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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
A NATION OF LIARS.
Servlans al Ready with PrevaricatlOn Ms
with Rhymes.

with Rhymes.
A talk with KIM Milan is rich mental
p:.hulum for the traveller who is aweary
and athirst in tie dreary conversational
wastes of the Balkans, says Harper's
Weekly 1t is an uamixed delight, but
should be partallen of with the adj
mixture of much salt. 1t is a delight
full causcrie set going by conserves after
the Servian fashion, and concluded with
Turks, to5f,-2 and cigarettes, and q
mort than Persian etiquette prevails
th,.,u ghout. On crossing over into
til!3e countries one is Immediately
forced to the conclusion that Oscar
;ldcs lament lover the decay in the
TT of lying is at least premature, and
IN conversation with the ex-king you,
if you never have before, are immedi-
ately caught, and participate in the &C.
centric poets admiration and enthusi-
assn for the able and unblushing story
teller who never gives way to philoso-
phi; loubt and who is aware that the
| rit4rion of truth is fuctuating. King
Milan falls quite naturally into bonn
| baStic blank verse, and when warming
| to his work even scars to rhythmic
| rhyme. Your Servian cannot help this.
| 1t is inherent in his language and in
nate in his blood. The minister of
finance, whose name would not ven
ture to spell, made his budget report to
the sExr~ tt.;china three years ago in
well arranged quatrains. But the
BUDGET did not balance as well as the
qp.,. rains, and, while his report was re-
ceiged as a remarkable production in
literary circles, in the world of finance
it excited distrust and suspicion, and
Servian bonds would have taken a
tum'3le Lad they not been already deep
| l., c.-foedded in the bottom rock of bourse
| quotations
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
cAeBY AS A PIANIST.

He Descended from His Perch and Filled
the Bill Admirably.
A few weeks ago dancing party was
given at one of the largest clubs in
Vienna, says La Monde Artistic. The
regular pianist did not turn up. A mes
sage came to say that he was i'll. What
was to be done? A porter ran out,
hailed q cab, and said to the driver:
''Drive me - faith, don't know
whereof
"Why, what is it you want?"
81 want piano player. Do you hap.
pen to know Of one in the neighbor-
hood2"
81 should think did; in fact, close at
hand. You needn't trouble to get into
the cab"
"Where is hep
Right in front Of you. play the
piano myself fairly well, and shall be
glad to accommodate you."
Cabby got down from his box, took
his seat at the instrument and kept the
visitors dancing till break of day.
What is more, he declined to accept any
payment; he said he had come as an
amateur and for the love of the thing
He considered himself highly honored tc
have been allowed to spend night
with "such grand company" Where
but in Vienna, could you hope to find
such n sample of musical training, civ
ility and disinterestedness among the
cabhieSp
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
KISSED BY THE SUM-"
The Red-HaIred Maiden LIS Fit to BE
Queen or Devil.

Th0 HGQ~Ha1FOu mA1den Ii Fit Co DO
Queen or Devil.
Dn you ever stop to think how few
red-hAired people there are in the world?
Take any town, for instance, of three
thousand or four thousand population,
and out of that number there will be
only between one hundred and two
hundred whose heads are red, and by
''red heads" mean those of tint vary
ing from sandy to dark auburn. So
you see that red head is really a rara
avis, and should be appreciated as such,
says n writer in the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
All Indian tribes pay homage to ruddy
locks, and never venture to lay vandnl
hands on them, regarding the posses
GRs of such as children of the sun"
hence objects of vencration, not to be
rudcly violated or suddenly scalpcd
The members of some savage tribes,
found in heather countries, where the
sun, moon and stars are worshipcd.
have been known to fall down in awe
sorac homage at the feet of a belated
traveller, mumbEng them and kissing
them, while the traveller trembled in
his boots, expecting every moment to
be slaughtered. The frightened trav-
eler could, with difficulty, be made to
understand that his head, the bane Of
his childhood, the ncver-ending butt of
ridiculc in maturer years, had not only
saved his life, but made him worthy to
be god.
In many countries red hair in itself
entities woman to the claim of
beauty. In Italy the most bcauti-
full women and the depraved have
possessed locks 'sun-kissed by the
sun" Lucretia Borgia, whose name is
the synonym of horror, was red-haired.
Cleopatra, Antony's conqueror, had
hair which cleaned like FURNISHED cop
per in the sun, land skin, which shone
like pearl, SO white, SO white" In
other words, she was seductive, pas
sion-enthralling, authenticated woman,
of such a type as could only have be-
witched and turned poor Antony from
the path of virtue and duty. None
of your commonplace-brow haired,
dark-cyed lassics, nor your insipid
languid, blue-eyed, blonde-locl<ed maid
ems, nor the black ones, with their
| swarthy skins and jet-like eyes, would
have had the power.
The devil, when he wished to tempt
the pious hermit in his lonely desert,
when all his other arts and wiles had
failed, took the form of woman
clothed only with vail of darkest
red hair" which 'twined and twisted, IT
we are told, like snakes of copper, "
curling themselves about the poor
mans neck and breast like ''things
alive" while her erstwhile cheeks got
passion-flushed against his own.
| Curiously enough, although the arch
type of intense passion is red hair, it is
also the type of the highest purity. We
have it from Joserhus, rs well as from
sacred narrative, that the Saviour had
curling auburn locks, a singularly clear
white skin and tender, soulful eyes OF
gray. His virgin mother was, also,
authenticated. So the two extremes
meet.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
This Is1rs q 'sContest."
1lar actress ?"

"Who is the most popular actress ?"
No, don't be alarmed; there is no occa.
sion. am not proposing prize contest,
with piano for the stage star getting
the most votes. That was the question I
asked great photograph seller, and this
was his unhesfSaNng answer: LILLIAN
Russell, by a large majority, if you judge
by the sale of photographs"
"And who next p ] asked, whereupon
the photograph man walked UP and down
his cases, scanning the long rows of cab
inets. Then he came back and wrote on
q slip of paper four names in this order:
Lillian Russell, Agnes Huntington, Mrs
Kendall, Ada Rehan.
Here's food for philosophy. The &C
knowledged queen of comic opera leads in
favor, with one Of the aspirant Grown
Princesses next, and the plain-faced,
heavy British matron ahead of the more
beautiful and equally gifted American
commedienne. Why2 Heaven knows,
certainly, but don't, and it isn't worth
while to waste too much effort over the
solution.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04

The unfounded reports which have been
started about the mental troubles of OK
President Hayes illustrate the way in
which an absurd story may be started.
When Mr.. Hayes was at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, in New York, a few weeks ago, he
mentioned to a reporter, who called on
him, that he had been little annoyed
since his attack of the grip, during the
first influenza epidemic, by occasional
lapses of memory. This fact was duly
,hronicled and then allowed to lie fallow
for while. Then, when it was sufficiently
developed to make sensation, it was
Sprung" upon the public Mr.. Hayes
displays no indication of failing memory.
On the contrary he talks fuently on all
but public topics. "The loss of memory
on his part, to which the papers refer,
was forgetfulness of all matters of politi-
cal import But, far from showing men,
tai weakness, this-to many minds--dis-
played considerable shrewdness. The
man who has skill enough to escape an
swering the searching questions of a
score of reporters is very far from being
In his dotage.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
TWO QUEER NEW WORKERS.
One Eats Eggs. Shell and IAN. and tn
Other Crunches Bones,

One Eats Eggs. Shell and can. and the
Other Crunches Bones.
There was an account recently given
here of q man who crunches the shells
of the boiled eggs that he takes at
There Is another man in town who eats
bones, and who is known among his
friends as the great American bone
cater" He is a scientist, and when a
question was put to him he said: 81 do
not follow this habit for any fantastic
reason. l believe that the organic
chemical elements found in bones, such
as phosphate and carbonate of lime,
are greatly needed in the human frame
for the development of the osseous sys-
TEN. do not make u dinner of bones,
but merely taking little bone delicacy
Ut times, when not in company. will
go through the rib bones of a spring
chicken or quail, or what not | will
have the grilled leg bones of u young
chicken, which are easily eaten when
well grilled, and are very nice. Then
there are the grilled bones of a sucking
pig, or of a lamb, and, in fact, there are
sundry bones that can be prepared in
various ways to the advantage of the
eater. have had benefit from one eat
ing, and know several bone eaters
Some of the African negroes, who are
very strong, eat the bones of game after
making them crisp at the fire, and the
books tell of the bone eaters of Europe
In olden times. would advise you to
get a few dainty bones In nice order
/; and try them"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
Why Manila Is Behind.

Manila is one of the most important
ports in the Philippine islands, but
strange to say, is one day behind all
other places of it's size In the world,
says the st. Louis Republsc. This GU
rious fact is accounted for IN this way;
Although the Philippine islands lie near
the Asiatic coast, they were discovered
by Spaniards who sailed fsOm America.
When they crossed the magic line
where Sunday suddenly damages into
Monday, these fiery dons al proud Cas-.
titan ancestors did not revise their
calendar. When told Of this years
later, when informed thatCRAeir mode ot
reckoning time was not up 90 modern
notions, they only said tha1 that was sc
much the worse for modaen notions.
Anyhow, the fact remains that these
Philippine islanders keep plodding along
one day behind all the rest of the
world, which reckons time By the new
style.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
THE "Bla HEAD" IN SOCIETY.

How Personal ConoeIt DIstorts the
Charms OF Nature.
The big head is no longer monopo-
Lied by theatrical stars; it has broken
out, says the New York World, if one
MAY say SO, in polite society, and the
least of us may be afflicted by cranial
enlargement. 1t did not seem possible
that the big head could be contagious,
but in these days of imitation it has
been proved otherwise, and more than
one Of your acquaintance will be found
suffering from it. The society woman
who has achieved some local success is
the FIRST to find her acquaintances OBJ
serving this capital change; they say
nothing to her, Of course, but they look
u2utterable things when she betrays
herself and her new self-importance.
Very youthful persons. whom the world
il which they move has kindly noticed,
will carry round on their shoulders a
head out of all proportions with their
moral size; but they go unohallenged, be-
cause big head is now SO prevalent that
as monstrosity it would prove drug
in the dime museum line. To believe
in ones self, to determine to win the
race. really to be somebody, is all
praiseworthy IN the extreme, but the
instant these noble endeavors fly to the
head all is lost. The head swells, and
when that misfortune occurs all the
symmetry OF individuality vanishes,
and a disagreeable personal conceit
comes to distort the sweetest natural
charms. Modesty is rare quality in
the present day. There seems to be nc
room for its cultivation. Apparently,
nobody has any use for modesty, and
only blatant self-suf1ciency. with the
inevitable result. big head. now has the
floor
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
WHEN STEAMERS SAIL.
why Ocean Steamships Usually Leave o
wednesday, and Saturdays.

Why Ocean Steamships Usually Leave ON
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A correspondent writing to the New
York Tribune asks the following ques-
ton:
"Can you tell me why it is that with
Mt least ten steamers per week leaving
this port for Europe the only days, so
far as l have been able to learn, when
mail is taken are on Wednesdays and
Saturdays. In other words, why is 1t
that all the lines send their vessels on
these days, so that there are sometimes
five or six steamers leave the same day,
and no moro till the following Wednes-
day or Saturday? 1t would certainly
be a great convenience, and it seems
very strange that it was not SO
arranged, to have steamers for Europe
leave every day in the week, or at least
on Mondays and Thursdays as well as
on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
81 hope you can give me some expla'
nation of the present strange arrange
ment of sailings."
The explanation is briefly as follows
IL is the transportation OF cargoes
which has to be most considered in the
arrangement of steamship schedule.
Experience has proved that Wednes-
days and Saturdays are the most adj
vantageous days for sailings, day II
the middle of the week and the last
day. All large lines now run on four
weeks schedule. A ship leaving New
York on Monday would not be able
to receive and store cargo the
day before sailing. Tuesday would
give her only one day before sailing fol
the reception OF cargo. In short, the
object is to get the day Of sailing OF
both ends of the line as far away from
the previous Sunday as possible, and
Wednesdays and Saturdays have beer
found the best days for sailings
In summer, when the rush Of trans
atlantic trade is at it's height, it has
been found necessary to have ship:
sailing on other days in order to accom-
modate tho increased traffic. Thus II
the asst week steamers carrying mails
to England left this port on Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
only two week days, Monday and Fri
day, being without mail steamer fol
EurODe.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
The War of Newspaners.

The competition between New York
newspapers is now so keen as to preclude
the slightest possibility of profits for most
of them. Competition does not confine
itself to the issue of enormous illustrated
magazines on Sundays. That is some
thing familiar enough among the news
papers of other cities. More destructive
of profits is the cutting of rates on adver-
tisements. This was bad enough before
the two new papers started, and it is
worse now. All the papers print great
quantities Of advertising matter but there
isn't much money in it. An advertising
agent tells me that one of the very best
known dailies recently printed reading
notice over a column in length with sew
eral cuts, making the cuts itself, for $25.
Prompt upon the heels of the publication
came a whole swarm of agents-it used
to be the rule in New York that the best
papers did not solicit advertising, but
that don't go now. One would primo it
for 5000, another for SITS, and SO on.
When $25 was suggested they all wilted
except one, who offered to print it for
nothing if any descent amount of adver-
Using at regular rates would be promised
later on.
The advertising bonanzas in New York
at present are the monthly magazines,
and such papers as the Evening Post"
which have held aloof from the scramble
after bigness and plod along in the the
old fashioned way with their old client
age.
And yet there is talk of starting still
another new morning.. daily in the fall
with Col. Cockerill q It's editor.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
CANINE INSTINCT.
A Case Ia Which it Rosembled Human
Reason.

- NhNO "sAiCn fSCSeuADL0u huh23n
Reason.
On one occasion, lately, writes J. A.
Bartlett in Longman's Magazine. Lon
do. = particularly fine Newfoundland
do was sitting on a wooden bridge dis
Guessing bone, when n predatory mas
tiff came along, and, being unable or
unwilling to distinguish between meum
AMI tuum, smart alteration arose
So violent became the debate, that both
suddenly overbalanced and fell into
the stream beneath. The nearest land
ing place was a hundred yards down,
and to it tho Newfoundland betook
himself without much difficulty, and,
after good shake, was preparing to
depart. when he suddenly became
aware that the other dog, who was
more of soldier than a sailor, was
wildly beating the water and drowning
as fast as he could drown. One look
was enough. In went he of the shaggy
coat, and. Selling the other dog by the
collar, brought his late enemy safely to
land The two dogs then eyed each other
with anperfectly indescribable en- pres
sion for some seconds, then silently and
solemnly wagged their caudal append
nges, and with dignity departed. Some
will, no doubt, say this was brs Instinct.
and they may be right; but prefer tc
give my four-3ooted friends tae benefit
Of the doubt.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
An Expensive Drunk,

Newspaper men are fond of saying that
the old days of the Bohemian journalist
are gone never to return, but here is a
story that sounds suspiciously like refu-
tation of too sweeping statement of the
altered times.
The city editorship of one of the great
est papers in the metropolis was Offered:
to a certain bright young journalist, and
his commission was practically made out.
In his joy he went down to the Gravesend
race track with a chosen crony and got
on glorious spree. The business mana
ger of the paper heard of it somehow,
and, before the drunk had simmered
away to the subsequent katzenjammer,
the vacant desk was offered to and ac-
cepted by another young man who keeps
sober. That was an expensive drunk.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
CHARACTER IN EYES.
PeouliarItIcs of tho Optics of DIneren
Nations.

PeculiarItIes of tho Optics of Different
Nations.
Eyes have always been regarded as a
sure tribal characteristic, says the St.
Louis Republic. Tacitus, for example,
describes the Germans as fierce, with
blue eyes and red hair" The Celts are
mentioned as being swarthy skinned
and blaclS-eyed; the Gauls are red
baird and light-eyed, while the Nubians,
the Turks, the Egyptians and the 1tal-
ians have always been spoken OF as
''the darlS-eyed races"
These peculiarities have not changed.
Even to-day the people of the temper
ate zone have, generally, light-colored
eyes, while those of the torrid and
frigid zones are usually dark, or even
black. OF the races in particular, the
only one that can be said to be Light
eyed" is the Caucasian, and even In
this race the eyes are by no means uni-
form in point of color.
The whole period of human history
goes to prove that the light-haired,
'blue-eyed races are capable of the high
est degree of civilization, but it does
not by any means follow that the high
EFT degree of civilization is confined tc
people of blonde complexion. There
was time when blue-eyed person
was rarely seen, and to-day seven
eighths of the worlds inhabitants have
dark eyes.
Lavater, when discussing the eye as
feature in national physiognomy gave
the following as the result Of his OBJ
servations:
1.-THE Italians have small eyes, the
Germans, light-colored eyes, surround
ed by many wrinkles; the English
strong, open, steadfast eyes; and the
Swiss, eyes that are very dull-lool1ing.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
A WOLF BEATEN BY A WOMAN.
An Incident Showing tho Extremely Cow
ardly Nature of the Beast.

An Incident Showing tho Extremely Cow
ardly Nature of the Beast.
1t is not often that a wolf story is told
in way to show the cowardly nature
of the animal. For this reason the fol
lowing account, given by the author of
"Twenty-seven Years in Canada West, F"
has it's own value and interest.
My wife's youngest sister had pet
sheep that she had brought up from a
lamb, and to which she wSs much at
tached.
One afternoon she was going down to
the spring for pitcher of water when
she saw large dog. as she thought,
worrying her sheep, upon which she
picked up a large stick and struck the
beast two or three strokes with all her
strength, thus compelling him to drop
his prey.
This, however, he did very reluctant
ly, turning his head at the same time
and showing his teeth with diabolical
sharL
She saw at once when he faced her
by his pricked ears, high cheek bones,
long, bushy tail and gaunt figure, that
her antagonist was a WORT.
Nothing daunted, she again bravely
attacked him, for he seemed deter.
mined, in spite of her valiant opposi'
ton, to have her pet lamb, which he
again attacked.
She boldly beat him OF a second time,
following him down the creek, thrash.
ing him and calling for aid with all her
might, when, fortunately. one OF he1
brothers, attracted by her cries. ran
down with the dogs and his gun.
But he was toe late for shot, for
when the wolf saw the reinforcement
he scampered OF with all his speed
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
BRIDGE h.llLpING.
LEV One Was Constructed In German,
by Guess.

lI6% One Was Constructed In Germany
by Guess.
was q lieutenant of engineers under
Won Moltke, said Paul Wolff, Of Wash
ington, to a representative of the St.
Louis Globe Democrat. Let me give
you chapter from my personal expert
ence to show how thoroughly the Ger
man war department prepared for emer
gencies. One day a message came to
me at the barracks bidding me report
in civilian dress at the railroad station
and receive orders. went to the sta
ton.
A man approached me and addressed
me as Meyer. I said: my name is
Wolff" NO" said he. your name is
Meyer. Here is your bag of samples.
You are selling whisky. am selling
wine. We will go to such and such q
city and call on Mr.. So-and-so and Mr..
So-and-so, and try and sell them some
goods" We went and | made an effort
to sell whisky by the sample. but didn't
sell any. of course.
Then we proceeded to another city
and tried to sell goods there. After we
lshad visited several merchants and had
returned to the hotel my companion
said to me: 1--WE will take walk and go
across the bridge. We will not return
together. On your way back you will
pace the bridge, and going and coming
you will keep your eyes open to OBJ
serve all the points you can about the
bridge"
Then for the first time l began to
have a suspicion of what was really
| wanted strolled down to the bridge
and leaned over the edge looking at
some workmen who were making holes
in the ahutments. observed the plan
of construction from various points,
and then went on across the stream.
After awhile started back, and on my
way l paced the bridge arch by arch.
| In the engineer corps we are trained
to pace distances with great exactness.
| can walk block now and tell the
| length of it within six inches. / re-
turned to my hotel without having
made n note, but with my head full of
the plan of construction. My compan-
ion joined me.
| Now" said he, you will return to
| the place from which we started and
| you will make as complete a descrip-
ton OF the bridge as you can and turn
it in" | carried out the order and
heard no more of the expedition. A
considerable time after that war came
and the German army marched to the
| frontier
AS the advance drew near the bridge
| had reported upon was blown up anC
fell in a mass of ruins. The army halt
ed A train of freight cars came for
ward, and from those cars was taler
the prepared material with which a new
bridge was put together in q few hours
and the army marched over the river
aud into the enemy's country.
Every timber and every piece o.
metal was ready for immediate use. A
new bridge had been constructed
throughout for that particular crossing
based upon my report. aa