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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-18
Reid 4 Hughes
"a to 100 Bank Street,
Waterbury,, Conn.
Notice to Contractors.

SE w ERS.
Gealed proposals for the construction OF sewers
y and appurtenances in WATERFOWL road and
Willow streets will be received at the Office of
the boards of sewer commissioners of the city of
Waterbury, Room No City hall, until
which hour the bids viii be publicly opened
and read.
Each proposal shall be signed by the bidder
and accompanied by a bond of $500 conditioned
accepted
A certified check for 5000 or its equivalent in
value, payable to the order of the city of Water
bury, will be accepted in place of the sureties
bond, if the certificate and bond for that case are
properly filled out.
may be awarded will be required to attend at
this office with the sureties offered by him or
them and execute the contract within five days
from the date of the award, and in case of fail
ure or neglect so to do. he or they will be con-
sidered to have abandoned it, and as in default
to the city of Waterbury.
The right to decline any or all proposals is re-
served, If deemed for the interest Of the CITY,
The engineers. stimate OF work and materials,
by which the bids will be tested is as follows: viz,
800 lineal feet of u inch certified pipe sewer.
80 lineal feet Of 0inch cast-irop pipe sewer,
Manholes
These quantities are to be considered as only
approximate, and given merely basis Of com
parison. The board expressly reserves the right
of increasing or diminishing the same as may be
deemed necessary by the engineer.
The roposals must be made upon blanks fur
nished by the board, and all proposals will be
considered as informal, which are not in all re-
spects in conformity with this notice.
Blank forms of pre- posal and all information
may be obtaine at Office of the city engineer.
F. FLOYD WELD,
City Engineer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-18
Big Oner for a Gambling Privilege.

WASHINGTON, April 16.-A dispatch
from New Orleans says the Louisiana
Lottery Company will submit a propo-
sition to the Legislature to pay the State
$12, 500, 900 for the privilege of main
twenty five years, the money to be paid
in yearly installments of $500, 900 each.
The proposition will stipulate that one
third of the payments shall go to the
public school fund; one third to the
support of certain existing charitable
institutions; and the remaining third TO
the levee fund of the State.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-18
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
The House Appropriates a Little LIE,
Than 021, 900, 900.

The House ApprOpriates Little Less
Than 921, 100000.
WASHINGTON, April 18.-The House
Committee on the Rivers and Harbors
completed the River and Harbor Appro-
priation bill. The total appropriation
is little over $50, 100000. The items
of Importance in the bill are as follows:
For Harbor improvements.
Massachusetts, - Boston, continuing
Improvement, $125, 900; Lynn, $4,000;
Nantucket, $50, 900; Newburyport, $685.,
900; Scituute, $4,000; Gloucester. $15,-
900; New Bedford, $4,000; Vineyard
Haven, $4,000; harbor of refuge at
Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, $15O.OOO.
Rhode Handbook Island, $4,000;
Newport, s12 5O0
breakwater at New Haven, 500, 900; New
Haven Harbor, $50, 900; Stonington, $12,
500; Duck Island Harbor, harbor of
refuge, $4,000.
New York-Buffalo, continuing i'm
provement, for continuance Of con-
struction and repairs and extension of
breakwater, $500, 900; breakwater at
Rouse's Point, $4,000; Charlotte. $685.
goo; % Dunkirh, $40, 900; Flushing Bay,
900; Great Sodus Bay, $4,000; Little
sodus Bay, $4,000; Ogdensburg, in
Guiding new project, 81, 1000; oswego,
So, 900; Tonawanda Harbor and Niagara
River, $75, 900; New York Harbor, com
plotting improvement, $3.50, 900; Sanger
ties, $4,000; Glen Cove, $4,000; inn
proving channel between Staten Island
and the New Jersey shore, $4,000; Port
jefferson Inlet, $25, 900. Plattsburg
Breakwater, $s2, 500; harbor of refuge,
Salmon river, Lake Ontario. $40 900.
New Jersey-Raritan Bay, $390O0.
Pennsylvania $4,000; Phila-
delphia, for removal of Smiths Island,
Windmill Island and Pettey's Island,
$780, 900.
River Improvements.
The following are the principal ap-
propriations for river improvements:
onnecticut-Connectic River be-
low Hartford, $12,5O0; Housatonio
River, $35, 900; Thames River, $50, 900;
Mystic River, $4,000.
New York-Hudson River, $3.50, 900;
East River and He'll Gate, $500, 900; Har-
lem River, continuing improvements,
| $3.50, 900; Great Chazy River, $4,000;
Patchogue River, $4,000; Wappinger's
Creek, $4,000; Browns Greek, L. l.,
| $12, 900.
New Jersey-Passaic River, SAC, 900;
Raritan River, $4,000; Shrewsbury
River, $4,000.
Pennsylvania River, $25,
900; Delaware River from Trenton to its
mouth, $3.50, 900.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-18
7. F. JUDS0N.
The Popular Shoe

THE STRAIGHT SHOES for men have
| proved themselves by their sale to be
the most popular shoe ever worn. In a
few days we will have all the sizes in again
MS well as another line made on the same
(stra:ght) lasts,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-18

cS" These are good values and an OPP
portunity is given to buy really fine goods
at very moderate prices.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

win take the path that pleases her. Brain
she has, and fire; and she loves our cause;
but pray that the cause come not face to
face with her desires, for what her heart il
set on that will she do.-at any cost win she
do il. Therefore did brighten her now,
while may; for who can know but that
she will pass beyond my powera tell thee
that in this one girls hand lie all our lives;
and if she play US false, what thenl Alas
and alas that we must use such tools as
these! But it was needful; there was no
other way; and yet misdoubt me. pray
that it may be well; and still, at times,
fear my niece Charmion-she Is too fair,
and the blood of youth runs too warm in
those blue veins Of hers. Obi woe to the
cause that builds its strength upon q wom-
ans faith; for women. say, are faithful
only where they love, and when they love
their faithlessness becomes their faith.
They are not fixed as men are fixed; they
rise more high and sink more low-they are
strong and changeful as the sea. say to
thee, Harmachis, beware Of this Charmion;
for. like the ocean, she may float thee home;
or, like the ocean, she may wreck thee, and,
with thee, all the hope Of Egyptr'
CHAPTER K
OF THE COMING OF HARMACHIS TO THE PAL
ACE: HOW HE DREW PAULUs THROUGH THE
GATES; CLEOPATRA SLEEPING; AND THE
MAGIC WHICH HARNACHIs SHOWED UNTO
HER
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
A LAMENTAeuE FACT.

The Rapid Decay OF Sound Literary Taste
In the United States.
There was never a time when so many
books were published in the English lam
guage as now. They come flying from
the presses of the great publishing
houses on both sides of the ocean in
such showers as TO darken the literary
heavens and to obscure for us the great
lights set in the Intellectual armament
for all men and for all time. 1t is also,
of course, true that there was never so
much reading done The messenger
boy carries a cheap novel in his pocket
and -snatches time to read it, and from
this boy upward through the scale to the
man of learning in his library, every
one is reader, each in his own way.
And>what do all these people read? By
far the greater number of them might
answer with Hamlet: Swords, words.
words" for there is little else within
the covers of the worthless books which
form their mental sustenance.
1t is lamentable fact that the rank
growth of cheap and ephemeral litera-
ture has not only crowded the classics
of the English tongue from the market,
but devotion to reading of the shallow
and crude sort has perverted the public
taste. dissipated the public mind, and
is giving us generation which can not
swallow or digest a wholesome literary
meal
Nor is this confined to the less intelli-
gent and educated people. Our colleges
and high schools fail to surround their
pupils with literary atmosphere or
save in the case of some individual
whose natural bent is too pronounced to
no cd 10
and women of nice literary taste. A
story is told of the great List that he once
took a pupil of rare promise and kept
him playing an exercise month after
month. Occasionally the learner would
mildly hint at his desire for change,
but Lift only told him to be patient. At
last, at the end of three years, the mas
ter said: ''You may go and need not
come here again. why? Have of
Tended you?" asked the astonished and
distressed scholar. "No: but you play
that exercise perfectly. That means
that you can play any thing. 1 can
teach you no more"
| The story is apocryphal, but it teaches
a great lesson. ALI really broad and
comprehensive critical taste in letters
depends upon knowledge of the mas
terly works which furnish our only fixed
standard. Put school boy on a desert
island with only copy of the Spectator;
compel him to read this every day for
t five years to avoid mental starvation,
and he will come out with better
foundation upon which to build lit
erary education than his equally bright
fellow who has been at home reading
without direction or advice the books
from half dozen circulating libraries.
But the classics can not stand beside
the popular books of the day. ''Airy
Fairy Lillian" will easily drive THE
Scarlet Letter" from the field; 'Ouida" is
far more than a match for Thackeray;
Bellamy is a more acceptable philoso-
pher than Carlyle or Emerson, and SO it
goes until one pauses in glad surprise
when he sees any one with a copy of any
| worthy book in his hand.-Detroit Free
|
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
A STRAIN OF MUSIC.

wuz settin' by my winder all alone on Sun
day night,
When Their bells he'd quit Their ringin' an Their
moon was shinin' bright
An felt a little lonesome till Their sudden
Their sweetest strain O. music from an old
familiar song
They want no ordinary notes-they seemed
ter throb and swell
With q different kind o. feelin' then q pen
could ever tell;
They seemed ter lift me up an take me back
through many years
OF happiness an laughter, of misery an
tears.
I saw Their dear old place tibet my childhood
used ter know,
Where the sweet arbutus an the tender
water-cresses grow.
Where the crystal water bubbles out o
springs SO bright an clear
Thet drink OF 1t 'ud brace yer quicker any
wine or beer.
saw Their happy faces tibet cherished in my
youth,
When life wuz full o. happiness, an love an
hope an truth,
An they seemed ter smile upon me ez they
used ter long ago
When the future seemed SO distant an the
present seemed SO slow.
We sang again in chorus the old song we used
ter sing
An we pushed an pulled each other in the
twisted grapevine SWING,
An we went into Their orchard where the great
big pippins hung.
An we dropped 'em ez We used ter do when
they an wuz young.
They seemed ter cheer mo up again an start
me on the way
'Thet I've Travelled sence left 'em down until
the present day;
An then we separated an each took a differ
But somehow kinder thought thet mine 'ud
strike the richest vein.
An sz travelled on I saw the chances tibet I
lost,
An . thousand different slips for which the
future paid the cost,
An thought eff could see the future ez see
the past
~Thet I'd make a different showin' an a record
tibet 'ud last.
Now all those friends cherished is scattered
far and wide
Jest few, hear, is Twin but Their better part
hez died.
Yet alters see Their faces in q happy, joyous
throng
When hear strain o. music from tibet old
familiar song.
Harry s. Chester, in Inter Ocean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

the nose Of the worthy Captain Paulus,
dragged him, the said Panlus, through the
gates that Pallus swore the magician
should not pass. By the same token. Lady,
the magician says he has business with you
which grieves me for your sake"
Charmion turned and looked At me care
lessly. LAY, remember" she said; 'tand
SO he hath-at least the Queen would see
his tricks; but If he can do none better
than cause q sot''-here she cast a glance OF
scorn at the wondering Paulus-''to follow
his nose through the gates he guards, he
had better go whence he came. Follow me,
Sir Magician; and for thee, Brennus, say
keep thy riotous crew more quiet. For thee,
most honorable Paulus, get thee sober, and
next time am asked for at the gates give
him who asks q hearing" And with .
cueenly nod Of her small head she turned
and led the way, followed at q distance by
myself and the armed slave.
We passed up the marble walk which
runs through the garden grounds, and is
set on either side with marble statues, for
the most part of heather Gods and God
desses, wherewith these Lagide were not
ashamed to defle their royal d wellings. At
length we came to q portico with futed col
umns very beautiful to see, but OF Grecian
style Of art, where we found more guards,
who made way for the Lady Charmion.
Crossing the portico, we reached an outer
marble hall wherein fountain softly
FLASHED, and thence by q low doorway a
second chamber, known as the Alabaster
Hall, most beautiful to see. Its roof was
upheld by light columns of black marble,
but all its walls were paneled with ala
baster, whereon were craven Grecian le-
gends It's floor was of rich and many-hued
mosaic that told the tale of the passion of
PSYCHE for the Grecian God of Love, and
about it were set chairs of ivory and gold.
At the doorway Of this chamber Charmion
babe the armed slave stay, 10 that we
passed in alone, for the place was empty
save for two eunucbs who stood with
drawn swords before the curtains at the
further end.
81 am vexed, my Lord, !" she said, speak
ing very low and shyly, "that thou shouldst
have met with such affrOnt at the gate;
but the guard there served a double watch,
and I had given my commands to the OH
Ger Of the company that should have re-
heved it They are ever insolent, these
Roman officers, who, though they seem to
serve, know well that Egypt is their play
thing. But it is not altogether i'll, for these
rough soldiers are superstitious, and here
after they will fear thee. Now, bide thou here
while I pass INTO Cleopatra's chamber,
where she sleeps. But now have I sung
her to sleep, and If she be awakened will
call thee, for she waits thy coming" And
without more words she glided from my side.
In little time she returned, and, coming
to my side, spoke:
ssWouldst see the fairest woman in all the
world asleep?" she whispered. IF SO, fol-
low thou me. Nay, fear not; when she
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
GENESIS OF DEATH.
Completely of Organization Fatal to the
Perpetuation of the Organism.

Completely of Organization Fatal to the
Perpetuation of the Organism.
From the dawn of life the structures
best adapted to surrounding conditions
have been victors; whatever features
have proved useful have been seized up
on by natural selection and secured
dominance. The enormous mass of the
lower forms have persisted to this day,
because the balance established between
them and their surroundings has re-
manned unaltered. But wherever the
balance between living things and their
surroundings has been disturbed new
demands have been made upon them, to
which they responded, or, failing that re-
Spouse, persisted. Hence it is in the
first complexity of structure, the first
departure from simplicity, that the seeds
of death were sown- For that death be-
comes necessity. So far as its occur
renee by natural causes is concerned,
We know that as organisms get older
(although this applies more to animals
than to plants, in which the cells, as
they become 1iquified or converted into
wood, are overlaid with new cells) their
power of work and of renewal is lessened.
The cells which form the vital fabric Of
tissues are worn by continual use; the
mately ensues, because WORKOUT It's
sue can not forever renew itself, and be-
cause capacity for increase by means
of cell division is not everlasting, but
finite.'' Why there should be this limit
to cell division we can not say, but it is
clear that with the notifications of or
gans according to the work which they
discharge there results subtler struc-
ture which is less easy to repair and is
shorter of duration The one-celled or
ganisms have found salvation in SIM
plicity. We are, therefore, driven to
the conclusion that since there is, prima
facie, no reason why growth should be
limited or why function should come to
an end, death must have been brought
about by natural selection, which deter
mines survival or extinction from the
standpoint of utility alone. There
needs no showing that it is to the adj
vantage of the species that individuals
should die. Their immortality would be
harmful all around; nay, impossible,
unless vigor remained unimpaired, and
the multiplication of offspring does not
overtake the means of subsistence. For
it is evident" as Mr.. Russell Wallace
remarks in a note which he has con-
tributed to DR.. Weismann's essay, that
when one or more individuals have pro-
vided a sufficient number of successors,
they themselves, as consumers OF
nourishment in a constantly increasing
degree. are an injury to those successors
Natural selection, therefore, weeds them
out, and in many cases favors such races
as die almost Immediately after they
have left SUCCESSORS as, e. G., among
the male bees, the drone perishing
while pairing, death being due to sud-
den, nervous shock.-American An
alyst-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

in this mold-ay, stamp it with the fervid
zeal OF patriot faith, and thy reward shall
find thee. And now cover up that shame
less dress of thine and leave US. for it grows
late. Tomorrow shall Harmachis come, as
thou hast said. And so, farewell"
Charmion bowed her head, and. turning,
wrapped her dark-hued peplos around her !;
then, taking my hand, she touched it with
her lips and without any further words she
went.
"a strange womani'' said Sepa, when she
had gone; ga most strange woman and un-
certain"
sMethought, my uncle" I said, s'that
thou vast somewhat harsh with herr
cay" he answered, ''but not without .
cause. Look thou, Harmachis, beware of
this Charmion. She is too maynard. and,
fear me, may be led away. In truth, she is
q very woman; and, like FESTIVE horse,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

-''Can you tell me where I'll find the
SENATOR" said the wife of prominent
servant of the public to a page at the
capitol Eyes, ma'am; he is in the ante
ROOM" ''Deari dear! That man seems
to think of nothing but cards. Wash
ington Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

HAT same night while
we sat at supper in
the house, there came
a knock upon the
door. 1t was opened,
and a woman passed
in, wrapped from
head to foot in a large
dark pepios or cloak
in such fashion that
her face could not be
clearly seen.
My uncle rose, and
he did so the woman
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

Turn . man with his face to the
wall II he is perfectly nodded and
symmetrically made his chest will touch
the wall, his nose will be four inches
away, his thighs five inches and the end
of his toes three inches
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

A BOMBAY newspaper announces two
marriages, in one case the bride being aged
two years and in the other fifteen months,
while the bridegroom was thirty. This Il
the system which PundItA Ramabai II
struggling against
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

1HUS it came to pass
that on the next day
I arrayed myself
4 after the fashion OF q
Z magician or astrol-
oyer, in a long and
lowing robe. I placed
IN my head a cap,
about w hich were
broidered images OF the
stars, and in my belt q
scribe's palette and .
/ of papyrus written
r with mystic spells
s. In my hand I held
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

Corral is an enclosure in which cat
tie are kept, but to corral is used to OBJ
tain, to gain possession Of A woman
who was suffering from indigestion was
offered some buttermilk as a remedy.
She answered: Il am very glad of it,
for the doctor told me to corral all the
buttermilk could get"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20


Some time ago had = practical dill
Guilty with regard to these. wanted to
order . butter-knife by wire and the
compound word was charged IS two
words. In answer to an expostulation L
was informed that no word not found in
Nuttalls or Webster's Dictionary is ac-
cepted by the post-ofice as single
word. According to this rule butter
knife is not one word. though butter
print is; barn-door is one, house-door is,
or are, two. This seems somewhat arbi-
trary. Some compounds are certainly
necessary. Thus in Lancashire bread
loaf is distinguished from bun-loaf and
plum-loaf. Plum-loaf. by the way. il
not in the dictionaries, but plum-cake
is 1 can only suppose the reason to be
that the natural tendency to multiply
such compounds would soon swamp the
dictionaries were not q line drawn some
where. But where? That apparently
depends somewhat upon 1.-THE taste and
fancy" of the dictionary-makers, for
they certainly are not all agreed.-Notes
nd Queries
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

IHAvE used Bulls Sarsaparilla in my fam
ily with excellent satisfaction for rheuma-
tism, asthma, weak kidneys and general de-
bility. ] know of others who have used it
for consumption with good resultA-Ihoa.
II. Bentley, Rossrile, Ils.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
CLEOPATRA.
Being an Account of the Fall and
Vengeance of Harmachis, the
Royal Egyptian,
AS SET FORTH BY HIS OWN HAND.
By H. RIDER HAGGARD,

Author OF King Solonon's Mines"
"She,' Allan Ouaterrnain,"
ETC., ETC., Etc.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
Purity
Your Blood

AT the coming Of spring the blood should be purfs
ned, Is impurities which have been accommodating
for months or even years. are liable to mauife~o
themselves and seriously Affect the health Hoods
Sarsaparilla is undoubtedly the best blood purifier
expels every faint of mpuriy drives out scrofu.
lous humors and germs OF disease. and gives the
blood the quality ESSENTIAL TO good health.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

-OF THE COMING OF CHARMION. AND OF THE
WRATH OF SEPA.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

An claims not consistent with the high
character of Syrup of Figs are purposeiy
1t acts gently on the kidneys, liver and
bowels, cleansing the system ehectually,
but it is not q cure-au and makes no pre-
tensions that every bottle viii not subj
stantiata.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

cross-examination Is ten instituted to
settle q vexed Observation-Disclosures meri-
can.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
CHAPTER IX

illustrated by NICHoLL. after CATION WOOD
VILE and aREFFENEAGEN.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

THE man who thinks figures never lie
should compare banks assets with its
books after q Napoleonic raid-Puck-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

BEST easiest to use and cheapest Piso'k
Remedy for Catarrh- BY druggists 25c
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Every spring for years i have made IL q practices
TO take from three Eve bottles of Hoods Sarss-
parila. because know IL purines the blood and
thoroughly cleanses the system of all impurities~
W. H LAWRENCE, Editor Agricultural Epitomiss,
TAI