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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-07

eaine for the dissemination Of chewing
! gum. The action was q part Of his as
sumed character, and 10 was the cor
diality of the accompanying feeling, If
he had only known it.
He walked out of the restaurant and
leaned against q building which cost q
million dollars. Then he looked across
the way at another Of equal magnifi-
cence, and reflected that he hadn't q
cent in the world. He tried to estimate
the value of the land they stood upon,
and wondered whether he had ever had
money enough to buy lot with. two
feet frontage and six feet depth for q
grave.
But these gloomy speculations were
merely the first fruits of his penniless
condition. The influence of new ideas
and a good meal triumphed over de-
spondency. Already he was working
out the details Of q scheme full of novel
experiences and large profits. Gilbert
Ray had begun life with borrowed
hundred dollars, and was worth mill
ions. Would not a smaller initial loan
answer for O man with moderate expect
ations? If money could be made to
| grow at all, why not indefinitely; and,
il so, what practical difference did it
make how small the start was? He did
not know anybody who would lend him
hundred dollars, but he thought he
could borrow q quarter somewhere.
With that in hand, he might borrow q
half dollar; pay the quarter; and then
borrow dollar to pay the half. The
possibility OF such progression evil
IDENTIFY depended upon the careful use Of
each successive loan, and If the series
were carried far enough 1t would end in
riches and an established credit.
| The wine of the Cafe Napoleon must
have been strong, for the scheme looked
| plausible to him. He Immediately be-
gan to run over the list of his acquaint-
ances in order to select the man who
should furnish the first loan. Russell
had never been q borrower; in fact he
could not remember when he had asked
such a favor of anybody. But he had
often lent money, and that ought to give
him an advantage. He made out a list
of ten men whom he had frequently sup
piled with lunch-money during the last
six years. To the best Of his recollec-
ton they were all indebted to him for
certain forgotten loans, but he resolved
not to make any claim upon them for
past favors.
If Russell had known more about the
subject he would have chosen any ten
men in the world rather than these.
The more money one lends to a man.
the less one can borrow of him. So 1t
happened that in three hours he had
called upon nine of these men and had
found them all unable to accommodate
him. His method Of address was not
good. 1t is difficult thing to ask for
a loan, and the man who hasn't had
practice in the art is at great disad-
vantage. The confirmed borrower who
knows that the chances are ten to one
against his paying, always. has a tact
which carries him through, even when
the lender has an equal lack of conf
dence in final restitution.
When Russell closed in upon his tenth
man he had begun to be discouraged
This persons name was Rawson, and be
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ing in an animated ma1ifier on general
topics far removed from business, and
better still, from politics. Presently
one of them suggested lunch, and they
all walked away. Russell followed me-
chanically. lie was thinking that if
they had continued to talk in his hear
ing he might have learned great deal
about the real objects of interest to
young men of wealth who are popularity
supposed to be absorbed either in squan-
dering their possessions as fast as posi-
BILE or in adding to them by every
means that ingenuity unhampered by
honesty can suggest. But the words
which Russell had overheard referred to
art, and were evidently uttered by one
who understood the subject. There was
something in the language and bearing
of these men which led Russell to be-
lieve that they would be congenial asso-
ciates. Would he care to be one of them,
to live their life, since it was not so
shallow, after all? Perhaps; he was not
quite prepared to say.
He found himself at the door
of the Cafe Napoleon on Wall
street. The others entered. Should
he follow? He took out the five
dollar gold piece and looked at it. "You
can make me a rich man for half an
hour" said he, cor q poor man for a
week. AS matter of experiment will
choose the former
The Cafe Napoleon was crowded, as it
always is at one o'clock in the afternoon.
All the stools before the lunch counter
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PENMANSHIP.
Prof HOIleV

TeAshss every pupil 10 write 6ns rapid
business hand in eourDe Of 10 private
lessons and NO FAILURES.
Al kinAs Ct pen work exee1ts1 h tAe
hgAsut dngzss q - ~. 1o1 B~Ak nt.
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CHAPTER III.
A RUN OF LUCK

Russell held the half-dollar up to the
light and made pretense of examining
the spot of baser metal in it. In reality
he was considering the ACCESSIBILITY of
making a rush for the door. He decided
to remain. It was bad enough to have
such dinner on his stomach without
having it on his conscience also. Evil
IDENTIFY he must postpone payment. He
did not like the idea Borrowing din,
ners in this way had formed no part of
his original scheme. He removed his
eyes from the plugged coin, and turned
them upon the cashier.
pretty work." said he; 81 took it for
good one."
"Thirty cents, please" said the cash
Ter in o tone calculated to discourage
conversation.
81 regret to say that 1 haven't that
amount with me-" Russell began, apollo.
getically.
"You ought to have thought of that
BEFORE" was the response.
"Your remark bristles with wisdom, -
said Russell, ''but it does not contain a
suggestion as to course Of action"
'Settle up" said the cashier, by way
of supplying the deficiency. A fat man
in a white jacket and a traditional
cooks cap, who had been engaged in
the manufacture of griddle-cakes by the
window as temptation TO the passers.
by, overheard this controversy, and
strolled up to the desk armed with the
spade which he used to turn his cakes.
A half dozen newsboys from the side
walk and some walters and customers
joined the group.
"Put him on the griddle, Shorty, -
called one Of the urchins to the cook,
and the suggestion was received with
applause. The situation was becoming
embarrassing, but just then young
man connected with the press, whom
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had been a clerk with Russell in the old
times, but being of an ambitious dispo-
sition, he had abandoned salaried work
for the real estate and mortgage bust
ness, wherein he had prospered to such
an extent that he was reputed to be
eating widows houses at the rate of
three square meals day.
Russell hardly expected to find Raw
son in his office as late as five O'Clock,
but there he sat surrounded by aggres-
sive evidences of prosperity. Russell
was emb arrassed. He tried to remem-
Der some of the easy formulas with
which Rawson himself used to approach
the subject, but none of them seemed
to fit the case in hand, so he said good
afternoon, and hoped Mr.. Rawson found
business good. That prosperous gen.
tleman, remembering a small balance
against himself in their old accounts,
supposed that Russell had come to col
lect it, and the thought excited his re-
of smoke in Russells direction and re-
piled that business was bad, and he was
much pressed for ready money.
''That's unfortunate for you," said
Russell, ''and for me, too. because I
called"
I'm sorry, old man," said Rawson,
''but haven't red cent. just Dor
rowed my car fare from the Office boy,
but I'm expecting q big Doodle next
week, and If you'll call Tuesday"-h.
made benevolent gesture and added,
in an inaudlble tone: "1'll be in Buff
falo."
Then Russell went out with feeling
of desperation in his heart, and, meet
ing on the stairs man whom he had
never spoken to but once before in his
life, he borrowed quarter with ease.
He made q careful note that it was to
be returned the next day at ten o'clock.
This was beginning. and it gave
him hope. Hewas already planning for
the half dollar, and as an investment to
that end he bought q flve-cent cigar
with presentable exterior. Then he
lay in wait in front of q tobacco store
which was much frequented by men
whom he knew.
Within five minutes an acquaintance
approached with the evident intention
of entering the store.
"Have q cigar with me-" said Russell.
stepping in front of him.
Thanks, my boy" replied the victim
of this confidence game. How are you,
any way2 Haven't seen you for
month"
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CHAPTER II.
SMALL. llama

OF all the gifts that are bestowed by
the children of men upon their fellows
none SO little deserve the good name of
charity rs tips to walters. Russell be-
slowed his last quarter upon the man
who had served him with as much per-
sonal good will as he would have felt If
be had dropped 1t in the slot of . ma
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WILLIAM 4, COLLINS,

ZINE TKAS, COFFEES AND GROCERIES,
-CHOICE LIQUORS
Ffnehe's Golden wedding. James Il. Pepper's
M0unt Vernon Rye, in Barrels and Bottles.
Pale Ale On Draught Cents.
ass De. Main &c. Opp. Grand.
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For HOLIDAY TRADE.
M Fl wAAS

Desires to give customers Meerschaum
and Briar Pipes at reduction
For fine line of Cigars smoke Was
Choice, La Radiosa and w. D., Zoe. For
Sc Cigar the Top of the Heap, Try Me
and Solid Rocks, Big and Little Pride of
Waterbury and Victoria defy competition.
Cigar and tobacco wholesale and retail
headquarters.
COR. GRAND AND CANAL STREETS.
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THE HvRNING DRNocRAT.

a y Ah3L1 N8WklAHxR. .-r.
Published every afternoon, SsndAy ex-
cepted, at No 1ss ssath Eain street,
Waterbury. ...4 III
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ITO answer your question frankly"
said Russell, I'm broke, and was
looking for a man who had half o dollar
to spare"
''Glad to oblige you. Come around Co.
morrow and lunch with me-"
''Thank you. Here is my I. o. u"
"Never mind that, old man."
take it, If you please" Russell in,
sisted. 81 am very particular about
small loans. They are easily forgotten.
will pay you tomorrow at noon.'
It was six O'Clock when Russell ne
gotiated his second loan. He had be-
gun to discover with regret that the
power of a five-dollar luncheon to re-
lieve hunger is limited as to time equal
~ with less expensive meals. He
wanted his dinner. He had been living
at clearinghouse, but the week for
which he had paid ended at breakfast
that morning, and he did not think 1t
would be right to partake Of his land.
lady's cheer again until payment for 1t
became less problematical. Moreover,
he had plans which could best be exc.
cuted downtown; so he entered cheap
restaurant and ordered meal which
contrasted so unfavorably with his last
that his appetite we'll nigh vanished at
the sight of 1t. The society, too, was
not what he had enjoyed at the Cafe Ma
poleon. He observed with surprise that
his taste had been educated in many
ways by that luncheon. He had long
been accustomed to such eating-houses
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Russell knew, stepped into the restau-
rant to see whether any thing worthy
Of record was transpiring.
"What's the matter, Mr.. Russell?"
inquired this young man.
ST have Just Toasted upon the biceps
Of dried ostrich and cup Of strange
fluid called draw one, ," replied Russell,
land the only coin in my pocket hap
pened to be plugged. If understand
the situation correctly the gentleman
with the little shovel intends to make
o Rriddle-cake, of me-"
''I Thought somebody was getting
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-31
LoNDoN's BUILDING BOOM.
An Immense Number of New Edifices Co
ing up In Modern Babylon.

An Immense Number of New Edifices Co
ing up In Modern Babylon.
correspondent, writing from London to
the New York Commercial Advertiser, COM
ments on the immense amount of building
that is being done in that city this year; not in
wholesale fashion, as would be the case in
Paris, where's streets are re-created as by magic,
but in scattering, piecemeal work, in charac-
teristic English fashion. In comparison with
American architecture he says:
"There is a tendency here to build taller,
but no such tendency as manfests itself in
the fifteen-storied blocks of New York and
Chicago Five and six stories may be said to
be the general height of most new business
blocks. A seven-story warehouse is rare, an
eight-story one is unknown, SO far as / am
aware. Perhaps the majority of buildings in
central London are four-storied; in the
suburban business districts three or four
stories are the rule. The architecture is as
varied as can be. German Renaissance is
rather in vogue now, and some very pleasing
red brick structures of this kind have recently
risen in the new Shaftesbury avenue district.
The tendency to red brick is sensible, since
white stone is absurd in dirty, smoky, foggy
city like this, and stucco is an abomination.o
Although Londoners do not take kindly to
flats, he states that ''the fiat or apartment sys-
tenn is spreading so rapidly in London that the
ago, which made central London very ugly.
will, in few years. time, be the exceptions"
But it is mainly the actor, the journalist, the
author, the legislator, and the man about
town who will occupy London flats, the family
man prefering small house to himself in
the suburbs.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-31
WASHINGTON
Electric Construction Co.,
600 Twelfth Street NV.

We are in our New Store. Come and see us
ELECTRlCAL SPECIALTIES AND N)VET-
TIES IN STOCK.
ANY AND ALL KINDS OF EIECTRTC
LIGHT MATERIAL.
hEPAlRlNG ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
A FEATURE.
BELL OUTFITS FOR AMATEURS A SPF-
CIALTY.
We treat young experimenters we'll. Comein.
~, Inc cheapest Dry Battery in town. OnlyS5c.
we are ready to wire your business places
ana private residences for Electric Lights and
Bells Architects and builders will please
We sell the C. & c. MOTOR, to 5OH.P.
III STOCK. Over 200 motors in actual use.
Have you seen our new sign? The finest in
the tshe CITY Forty tiny incandeseent lamps are q
feature of it.
Residents OF Connecticut avenue and neigh
boring streets, do you know that we will he
ready to give you electric lights in few
weeksg Specifications and estimates given.
Remember, we are
BETWEEN f AND G SITS. ON TWELFTH,
Washington Electric Construction Company
CHAS. S. PARDOE, G. w. MESSNER,
Electrical Engr. Manager
TELEPHONE, 572-2. 600 18th ST. NV
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-31

The Vermont Marble Company, of Rutland,
VT, has recently made six of the largest mar
bic columns ever turned out in the United
States. The columns are 10 feet inches long
and feet 10 inches in diameter. They are
each made from one solid piece of marble,
turned In lathe, much as wood and metal are
turned. These six columns are for use I'm the
construction of Wing Hall, Princeton College.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-31
Lady Real estate Brokers.

Two enterprising ladies, Cora Bacon Foster
and Ella Hutchins-stewart, are engaged in
the real estate and stock broker business at
Houston, Tex, under the firm name of Foster
q Stewart. They refer, by permission, to half
a dozen banks in Houston and one In Cleve-
land. These ladies send out business-like
circulars, and appear to be well posted in
the business. Miss Foster was a former resi-
dent of Buffalo.
The record-union., 1891-09-30
BRIEF NOTES.

Old Boreas was on tear last night, and
made things howl.
Colonel Guthrie, who went to Nevada
City to superintend the esemi-annual target
practice of Company c on Sunday, has
returned.
John Harris has returned from Oak
land and reports his father, Len Harris,
as rapidly recovering from the effects OF
his recent wounds.
City Assessor Buckley announces that
he has no intention OF raising the assess
ment roll. 1t is not known that anybody
expected it would be raised.
Tom Reedy, who enjoyed himself on
Sunday with NJ. Hollands horse and
cart, has been arrested. His examina-
ton will take place on Saturday.
r. Helms, who was convicted in JUS
tice Henry's court of having carelessly
set fire to Robert Barmby's grass field
near Brighton, has been fined S6 there
for.
There is no apparent change in the
condition of John Hartman, who has
been i'll with typhoid-pneumonia, and
his physician and family have not given
up hope Of his recovery.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows has sustained the action of Eu-
reka Lodge, /. o. O. T., of this city, in its
action in expelling L. y. Billings because
Of his having killed i. d. Lightall during
q fight some two years and half ago.
The record-union., 1891-09-30
PASS OUT THE BOX. "
The Dogtown Stage Held Up by Lone
Highwayman.

[Chico Chronicle-Record, Sept. 29th1
Last Sunday as Langdon's stage, bound
for Dogtown, was climbing the grade
just this side of the Chaparral House a
lone highwayman stepped out from be-
hind Il stump and ordered Oats, the
driver, to pass out the express box, at
the same time covering him with re-
yolver.
To this demand, backed as it was by
siX-shooter, oats made haste to accede.
When he rendered the box to the would
be robber the latter refused to take it.
noticing that there was not a very healthy
rattle to it, and told the stage-driver to
drive on.
Oats sister was on the stage with him
at the time, and when the robber made
his appearance began to cry and begged
the highwayman not to kill her brother
| The knight of the road molested nothing
on the stage, allowing it to go its way
when he thought there was nothing in
the express box.
This same fellow, it is thought, made all
preparations to stop the stage Friday
morning, having drawn couple of large
limbs across the road and made himself
brush screen. Constable Thomson
miscreant and dragged the limbs out of
! the road. but when he saw the fellows
boots protruding beyond the screen, put
spurs to his horse and made for home TO
! get his rife. When he returned the bird
| had flown.
on Sunday, Andy Isenberg had passed
the point where the stage was stopped not
to exceed ten minutes before the attempted
| robbery occurred.
! He was hailed by the fellow but did not
! stop. Mr.. Isenberg had been across the
The record-union., 1891-09-30
BABY A SOLID SCAB
Torturing Disease Of Blood and Skin.
Many Doctors Fail. Cured by
the Cuticura Remedics.

have q sister troubled with blood or skin
disease. 1t commenced when about one year
Old. We would try one doctor and then
another, and II seemed like they were glad to
get rid o! 1t. When they would commence,
they would say il is easy dried up and cured
but at last they would say II could not be
cured. Il ran on about two years. We had
tried all the doctors around, and they had
failed. I saw your advertisement in the PAPER
and wrote you 1or directions and you sent me
copy of your book at once. We then got
CUTICURA REMEDIES and used it, 1t dried
up the sores and healed them up right away
Her face, head ana Iarts Of her body We're q
solid scab. The way il would commence it
would raise a small lump under the skin. then
became small plmpie and itched so that sne
got no rest night or cay, ana she would scratch
them and they would keep spreading and Itch
nag. am sure rom what / know of the Gu
TICCRA REMEDIES they ale the best medicine
for scroiuia. or blood or skin diseases that any
one can use. GEORGE q. CARTON
Llml L-ln- Lann.1.r
The record-union., 1891-09-30
ADJUSTMENTS

The beautiful work, THE City of
Babylon" in miniature, will remain on
exhibition only few days longer. It is
to be seen afternoon and evening at Tur-
ner Hall for nominal fee. A competent
lecturer explains the model, which is
some forty feet on all sides. 1t is q curl
Gus and handsome work, and is doubtless
as nearly accurate as it is possible to ar
rive at from the descriptions Of the city
50 beautiful and so wicked, and that was
at one time the most marvellous city of the
earth.
The record-union., 1891-09-30
JOHN CALLAHAN.
Inquest on the Body OF the Dead Deck
Hand.

Coroner Clark held an inquest yester-
Gay afternoon in the case of John Gala
han, the deck hand who was killed in
the switch-yards at the foot of l. street
last week.
The testimony of several witnesses
went to show that Callahan, who was in
toXicated. was sitting on the platform OF
the fruit-shed and reclining against the
side of a freight car which was standing
on the track close to the shed. There was
q space of only about a foot between the
platform and shed, and when the switch
engine backed down and moved the car
the deceased fell off the platform and was
cut in two before the car could be stopped.
The jury returned verdict to the effect
that the true name of the deceased was
John Callahan, that he was about 35
years of age, and that he came to his
death through his own carelessness. The
railroad employees were exonerated from
blame.
The record-union., 1891-09-30

mountains delivering load of dried fruit,
and had about 300 with him at the time.
At the time the box was demanded by
the highwayman it contained 50. The
robber was evidently the same fellow who
visited the Wilson ranch at Anita on last
Wednesday night and stole one of Charles
Goodrich found the horse near the scene
of the robbery.
1t is thought by the officers that the fell
low is a green hand at the calling of
highwayman.
The record-union., 1891-09-30
4 Veteran Clergyman.

Rev. NJ. c. Briggs, who lived in Sacra-
mento during the war, and whose efforts
as the head of the Sanitary Commission
VIII long be remembered, left Tor the
East on Monday night. He goes as the
representative of Pacific Coast MethCdistS
to the Educational Commission ordered
by the last General Conference Of the
church, and viii attend the Ecumenical
Conference OF Methodists from ali parts
OF the world, which convenes in Wash
ington the latter part of October. lie is
accompanied by Mrs. Briggs.
The record-union., 1891-09-30
House and Furniture at Auction.

At l0:30 o'clock this forenoon D. J. Sim
mons Il Co. will sell at auction the house
and lot, 80xS0, on the northeast corner of
Fourteenth and q streets; at the same
time all the fine furniture contained
therein will be Sold
The record-union., 1891-09-30
Mechanics, Fair. 1901.

Ahead as usual, Mechanics Fair, San Fran
cisco, 1891, Mathushck Pianos received the
first premium, awarded the medal If you
have your mind made up to buy a Mathushelz
Upright Piano, do not be'induced to change
your mind by false representations OF parties
offering new, cheap. SNOWY and trashy pianos
which viii be worthless iii this climate in a
very short time. MathUsheks sold twenty
years ago are as good as ever, and tuned prop
eTly every few years sound as we'll as the dav
they lett the ftc ory. See the new inproy et!
ones at COJpPr'S
The record-union., 1891-09-30
Young women's Christian Associate

The illustrated lecture to be given by
DR.. Ollie next Friday evening, October
I'd, at the Sixth-street NJ. f. Church, will
open the course of lectures planned by
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
hoped that the people will show their ap-
probation of the efforts these young
women are making by turning out en-
masse.
The lantern and screen from the Con-
gregational Church will be used with the
electric light. DR.. Ollie promises to let
the public see all that he saw, but without
the delightful experience OF being eaten
up with tleas and hayip~ the skin burnt
Oft their noses.
The record-union., 1891-09-30
Was Not Found Guilty.

1t was inadvertently stated yesterday
that G. II. Herrick had been convicted in
the Police Court on the preceding day of
defrauding hotel proprietor. The case
had, however, been taken under advise
ment. Yesterday, as the Police Court re-
port shows, Herrick was discharged