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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-03
HORSES TO Battle.
Blue Blooded Aristocrats In the Surf
Conev Island.


Blue-Blooded Aristocrats In the Surf at
Coney Island.
The most aristocratic of Coney Islands
many visitors, the first to come and the
last to go, are the blue-blooded racers
from the Gravesend stables, says the
New York Recorder. There can be no
doubt of their pretensions to noble an
cestry, and their fame is known to all
the world. These distinguished visitors
have already inaugurated the bathing
season and have given an air of life and
vivacity to the beaches in spite of the
cold weather
go soak your feet" they are told,
and instead of taking the suggestion as
an insult, as human aristocrats would
take it, they wade into the breakers
and seem to enjoy softening their hoofs.
The best time to see the race horses
battle is between five and six o'clock.
They come trooping down to the beach
in all sorts of picturesque costumes.
Some are swathed from head to tail in
blanket suits Of gigantic plaids or gaudy
reds or yellows. Others affect low-cut
busters of modest colors, and a few
come stripped, with nothing on but
their low shoes. The beauties step
daintily down to the very edge of the
water, and then, like fashionable bath
ers, they hesitate. The waves look
cold and wet. Sir knight rises, as if
to leap the ocean, and then plunges in
with a great splutter and splash that
vets the bare legs of the colored boy
on his back. He churns the water into
. foam about him and whirls suddenly as
if for true start. My lady goes in q
step at time, and draws back coyly
from each threatening wave. She knows
better than to plunge, and is coaxed,
not driven. If she is only timid she
hangs her head and shivers, with the
feet all punched up beneath her. If she
is very brave she goes out into deep
waters and turns her tail to the comb
erS.
1t is great sport for the crowd in the
pavilion when the water lis full of
horses. The spectators applaud when
groom, in spite of his shouting and
yanlSing, is carried out upon dry land,
and if a rider gets bucketful of water
in his face they howl with delight
When the bath is over and the wet
clothes are stripped off, the flyers roll
and wallow in the dry sand. They
shake themselves. leap playfully to the
end of their bridle-reins and roll again
Twenty roll at once, and when they
spring up they send the sand flying in
every direction. They are athletes, ev-
cry one of them, and as graceful as
kittens in their horseplay. When they
are finally ridden off to their stables
they don't need bracer to keep them
from catching cold.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-03
A FAMOUS PARIS cAFE.
Tortoni's, the Delmonico's of the Bouls
wards, and Some of the Habftues,

Tortoni's, the De1monico's of the Isoule-
wards, and Some of the Habitues.
Let us come at once to one of our
oldest and most celebrated cafes-the
Cafe Tortoni, writes Francisque Sarcey
in Scribner.
Tortoni! The name does not suggest
much to you, but to us Parisians it is
full of "reminiscences. 1 have said that
this establishment is one of the Oldest
in Paris. 1t was founded in 1898 BY
two Italians, Valloni and Tortoni. 1t
soon became fashionable; gentlemen of
the long robe and functionaries fire.
quented it.
Among the 'habitues was a lawyer
named Spolor, whose skill at billiards
was surprising. Prince Talleyrand had
such pleasure in seeing Spolor play, he
felt such confidence in his game, that
he invited him one day to his house
and presented him to one of his
friends, the general receiver for the de-
partment of the Vosges, also a great
billiard player, and very proud of his
talent.
A bet was made, solemn match was
engaged between Spolor and the re-
ceiver, who lost in few hours forty
thousand francs. Y n You see
that it is sometimes useful to know
how to play billiards.
One of the most curious types of the
Cafe Tortoni was Provost, one of the
walters, whose spine was as supple as
his conscience, and who never ap-
preached you unless bowed to the
ground, and asking in his softest tones:
Pardon me! A thousand pardons!
Is monsieur good enough to desire any
thing?"
1t was exquisite. What was no less
SOTO him-was that in giving change
he kept the best part of it for himself;
if detected by chance he had but to re-
peat:
Pardon me! pardon mel thousand
pardons!''
Nowadays the Cafe Tortoni Is no
longer haunted by diplomats like Tai
leyrand, but by journalists and men of
letters. Toward six o'clock are found
now and then gathered around it's Ia
blcs few men of wit: Albert Wolff,
Emile Blavet, Henry Fouquier, and
finally Aurelian Scholl, the most bril-
liant ta1lSer of Paris.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-03

But when, an hour afterward, they
CANA upon Hi YQen Wy in his garden
the old philosopher, with all his wis
dom, could not perceive the new light
in the sky, though it was like the smile
of heaven.
Five days more and Ii Kean stood in
the doorway while her tears fell fast.
"You will come again2" she said,
pleadingly.
''My word upon it for US both," said
Ii Xiii.
They sailed under favorable skies.
Slowly the tall tops of the Pom 10y
mountains grew into cloud-banks on the
horizon, while Ii Xiii and Sho Mai
stood side by side watching them.
Then came two days of pleasant
breezes and smooth seas, but the third
was reserved for a most terrible inter
ruption. The two voyagers stood beside
the captain as a sail which had been
sighted drew near.
''What is the matter?" asked Lii Xiii,
observing that there was tumult among
the sailors. "They act as if that were
the war junk of the pirate Kwan Dab
himself"
''The gods defend u.s." said the cap
tain, turning pale. cit isp'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-03
\ Bomb from the Sky.

In Asbury park the other day clap
of thunder startled the town by reason
of its almost unparalleled loudness. It
did not rumble; it sounded like the dis
charge of a great cannon. One lady
saw the source of all that noise, and
this is how she described it: She was
closing a window when there fell
through the air red ball not twice as
big as an average-sized Florida orange.
1t was fiery red. 1t burst when it was
close to the ground, and there flew into
the surrounding air 4 myriad darts and
shafts of many-colored fame, precisely,
she says, like one sees when irework
bomb goes off. Then came the bang.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-03
An InRenioua Device.

j The principle Of the expansion and
contraction Of metallic loop made Of
German silver and steel when exposed
ito varying temperatures has been uttl-
z; izsd, for automatically shutting. OFF gas
being turned off In the usual way. One
end Of the. LOOP, which. is adjusted close
to the. gas Hane, us free, while the other
Is secured to the fixture. A. valve CON
trolling the gas is attached, to the free
end, and when the gas is burning the
valve is open and the gas freely escapes.
II, however, the gas Is blown out the
loop will quickly cool and contract, and
the valve Will Shut. off the gas. The
device is exceedingly simple and it re.
spends quickly to the change in tenn
perature.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-03
Aluminium Wheels for Ricvcles.

Bicycle riders are watching with in
terest the attempts of certain ingenious
men to manufacture wheels out of
aluminium. The wonderful metals use
has already proved beneficial when it is
alleged with steel, but thus far no
wheels have been made of it wholly.
AS it is stronger and a great deal
lighter than steel, and will not corrode,
its advantage over steel is very appar-
Ont. A steel racing wheel now weighs
twenty-four pounds. If aluminium
proves practicable, racing wheel can
be made that will weigh only about
eight or nine pounds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-03
CHAPTER v.
A ApTIVE TO KwAN DAB.

CAPTIVE TO KWAN DAB.
The name of Kwan Dab is like the
menace of drawn sword. Hundreds of
miles from the sea which he has so Oft
en- Redeemed with innocent blood, the
murderous ferocity of this incarnate
fiend is as we'll known as in the fore
castles of ships where sailors who fear
NO other terror of the ocean speak of
Kwan Dah's deeds with trembling
voices.
Even Sho Mai needed no word except
his name to tell her for what fate she
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-03

EOR SALE-Old newspapers, 900 PEI
I 100. Large quantities at reduced
prices. Just the thing to put under car
pets. At the DEMooRAT Office.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-03
PENMANSHIP.
Prof. HOIIeV

Teaches every pupil to write fine rapid
business hand in a course of 16 private
lessons and NO FAILURES.
All kin IS Of pen work executed in the
highest degree of the art l67 Bank st
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-02-25
PRICE 5 CENTS.
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Women are eligible for Office in
Roumania, and in 1883 Nine. Anna
Jonesco was elected Mayoress of
Maugala, which position she held for
two years.
A noble prince, in fact q very
noble prince, with blue blood and q
first-class coat-of-arms, has just ad-
vertised in paper at Nice for an
American heiress.
There is hospital at Munich
which is wholly supported by the
sale of old steel pen nibs, collected
from all parts of Germany. They
are made into watch springs, knives
and razors.
The newspapers generally accuse
Prince Bismarck of trying to create
mistrust of the Triple Alliance in
order to produce an international
crisis, whereupon he would again
lift himself to the position OF dicts-
tor.
The Department Of Agriculture
will make efforts this year to intro
duce in South Russia the cultiva-
ton Of "fast-growing" rice. At
present the kind Of rice, which ripens
In sixty days from the time the seeds
are put into the ground, grows only
in China.
During the late holiday season the
temperance society of st. Peters
burg arranged popular entertain
ments. tea parties, concerts and
dances in the wards where the work
ing people live, for the purpose of
inducing the latter to keep away
from the liquor shops.
Every French soldier will receive
shortly from the Ministry OF War q
package containing antiseptic cotton,
bandages and two safety needles.
He will carry the package with him
into battle, SO that il wounded the
material for dressing his injuries
will be at hand for the field surgeon.
The State of California, the new
steamship of the State Line Com
pany, was successfully launched
Thursday at Glasgow. The tonnage
OF the new snip l6 O,USU, anu nor
dimensions are 400 feet over all, 46
feet beam, 1923 feet depth. She will
carry $40 saloon passengers.-N. Y.
Times, Feb. /.
The American colony in Berlin has
been very much interested by the
announcement in the local papers
that the Countess Pappenheim, for
merly Miss Mary Wheeler OF Phila.
delphia. had given birth to a daugh'
ter. The Count was 80 delighted
that he put notice to that effect in
all the Berlin papers.
A curious phenomenon was re-
Gently observed on the sea at Folk
stone, England. A ship laden with
oil sunk in collision and the water
was covered with oil. This produced
| q strange effect on the wild fowl
which are plentiful there. Wilt
ducks, teal and other birds were
easily caught, as they seemed unable
to fly on account of their feather
being saturated with oil.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-02-25
Furnished Rooms.

NEAT AND COSTLY FURNISH
-: ed Rooms can be had by an early
90 application at No. Garden Ian e
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-10
Early Railway Motions.

II is just so years since Chancello:
Livingston gave serious attention to Rob
ert Fulton's ideas on the newly projected
railway scheme. Fulton had succeeded
so well in his steamboat enterprise that he
was encouraged to continue invention,
and projected both canals and railroads.
He submitted his scheme to the chan.
cellor, and the reply OF the latter is OF
such interest that made an extract:
have read your very ingenious proposition
es 20 railway communication. fear, however.
on mature reflection. they will be liable TO se-
rious objections and ultimately be more ex-
psnsive than canal They must be double
80 as TO prevent the danger Of two such heavy
bodies meeting.
The wall on which they are placed must bo
at least four feet below the surface and threo
feet above. and must be clamped with iron,
and even then would hardly sustain SO heavy
four miles an hour. As to wood, il would not
last week. They must be covered with iron,
and that. too. very heavy and strong.
The means Of stopping these heavy carriages
without great shock. and Of preventing them
from running on each other Gor there would
be many running on the road at once) would
be very difficult. In cases Of accidental stops
or OF necessary stops to take on wood and
water, ETC.. many accidents would happen
Upon the whole ] fear the expense would be
much greater than that Of canals, without be.
ing 30 convenient. r. II. LIYIEosToS.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-10
n1olassea From Annl.a.

Here is a curious and instructive item
from Willimantic, Conn.,, letter in the
Hartford CourGnt:
With the present appliances for evap-
Grating juices of all kinds cider can ba
transformed into the regular old fashioned
boiler cider very quickly and very cheap
ly, and sweet cider evaporating into mo.
lasses ought to find ready sale in gro
cery stores at not less than 81 per gallon.
One barrel of cider will make about six
gallons of cider molasses. The cost to
make cider is so cents per barrel, and
the cost to get the cider evaporated is
about 30 cents per gallon.
This product from apples, after once
introduced, could not fail to become pop
ular.
One thing in favor of turning apples
into molasses is that it viii keep an in.
definite time. The writer has quantity
on hand which is years old, and it is
fully as good as when first made.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-10

A shoemaker says as soon as nan
comes into my shop and takes off his
shoes l can tell whether or not he is a
good walker, and 1t is astonishing to find
how few men know the proper way to
step out II the shoe is worn down at
the heel. not on the side but straight
back, aud leather OF the sole shows signs
of weakness at the ball Of the foot, lit
Tie greater on the inside Just below the
base of the great toe. know that the
wearer Is a good walker. If, however,
the heel is turned on one side, or is worn
evenly throughout, and the sole is worn
most near the toe, know that have to
deal with poor pedestrian. The reason
of the difference in position of the worn
spots lies in the fact that the poor walker
walks from his knees and the good one
from his hip. Watch the passer by on
the street aud you will at once see the
difference. Nine men out of ten will
bend the knee very considerably in walk
ing, stepping straight out with both hips
on the same line, and the toe will be the
FIRST tostrike the ground. The tenth man
will bend his knee very little, just enough
to clear the ground, and will swing the
leg from the hip, very much as the arm
Is swung from the shoulder, and not from
the elbow. BY SO doing he calls upon the
muscles which are strongest to bear the
strain, and increases the length of his
stride four or six inches. The heel touches
the ground first and not the toe. A
slight spring is given from the ball of the
foot on making another stride. Men who
walk in this fashion cover the ground 30
per cent or more faster with the same
exertion than those who walk from the
knee. In pugilism the old rule is to
strike from the shoulder and not from
the elbow. In pedestrianism it is to walk
from the hip and not from the knee
Globe-Democrat.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-10

Among the things that have been, now
laid away among tho dust and ribbons
Is the old autograph album" of post
bellum days. 1t was a fad of our
mothers and fathers, and it numbered
many ofus among its devotees in our salad
days. But it is an outgrown fad, and
one that deserves an early demise, for che
tender sentiments that clupg to its finger
marked pages were dollhouse flowers of n
very forced growth. But one does not
forget the stubnosed, freckled faced boy,
with copper toed shoes, who wrote
May your life have Just clouds enough
to make glorious sunset" and daubed
the page with ink and molasses candy
q sort of impressionist view of the sunset.
The stubnosed boy is now an attorney in
Kansas City, and was married the other
day. remember once he put chew OF
gum down the back of my neck, and one
Fourth of July night he blew up the
Widow Nason's hitchingpost with gun.
powder. Then there was the boy whose
father cut his hair by putting "A bowl
over the top of his head, following the
edges with his shears. He wrote:
In memories casket drop one purl for me.
find the "purl" is there In my very,
very youthful days could "lick this
square headed boy, and often did so. But
he took a sudden sprout, and one day,
when tried it, he gave me an nnmerci.
ful thrashing and dragged my plumes in
the dust. 1t was not so much the hurt,
for didn't care for that, but the humili.
alton of it. Iwent out behind Mrs. Dole's
barn and wept for the departed glories of
Israel.
Then there was the dear little girl with
curls. She wrote:
Forget me not, forget me never,
Until the sun shall set forever.
A feat in mnemonics that fear is toe
much TO ask. kissed her once on the
doorsteps of her papa's house, and / re
member the wild thrill" Steadmar
speaks of. But she married somebody 10
Soapville, and their progeny is whiting
the public school desks this very day.
doubt not
would like to be boy again for few
days, wouldn't you?-Minneapolis Jour.
nal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-10
Ba.ll,s Forge p.seox.r,d.

From reports it would appear that the
site of Basil's forge at Grand Pre- is
no longer a mystery. Mr.. W. c. Archi
bald, while cutting away a sandy knoll
about two miles west of the village OF
Wolfville, came upon what is supposed
to be the remains of the ancient black.
smiths shop, under about four feet OF
soil. Foundation stones. charcoal, and
Stag were discovered in large quantities,
SO unless the Acadian Grand Pre- could
boast of more than one smithy this is 10
all likelihood the spot where Basil lived
and worked. 1t looks as though Wolf.
vile was the heart of the ancient village
of Grand Pre-. Nova Scotia Weekly
Bulletin.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-10
PRICE ONE CENT


Russia's ana Chlna's Bell Casters
The Russians and the Chinese are be-
hind the rest of the civilized world in
many things, but bell founding is not
among the number, for the bells manu-
factured by both nations are not only the
largest, but among the best of those
made by any nation. 1t is said that be-
fore the great fire by which Napoleon
was driven out of Moscow there were in
the churches of that city 1,706 bells, each
Of which exceeded $4,000 pounds in
weight. The capital of China, Pekin, is,
according to Father lie Compile. not far
behind, as in its temples there are seven
bells, each exceeding 900 pounds. aud
a great number of less size. The giant
bell of the world is in Moscow; il is poet.
ically denominated the King of Bells.
and is 10 feet and 3 inches high and It's
circumference round the rim is so feet and
Q inches. It's weight can, of course, only
be estimated, but, by the least calcula-
ton, it is 443, ,732 pounds, and its valuo
as old metal exceeds $500, 900, not con-
sidering the gold and silver, of which
there is considerable quantity, which
enter into its composition. This bell,
when rung. required 40 men to ringit, the
clapper being swung by means of two
long ropes, with 20 men at each. The
great bell at st. Ivan's, in Moscow, is 40
feet and nine inches in circumference.
its thickness just above the rim is 10
inches, and its weight is computed at l27,-
$50 pounds. The bells of Pekin have
been mentioned, but next TO them is the
great bell of Vienna, which weighs 40.
200 pounds. After these are many small
er, yet of considerable size. A bell Of
Olmutz, Bohemia, and bell in Rouen,
France, are about equal in size to the
Vienna bell the bell of st. Paul's, Lon-
don, weighs 80, ,470 pounds, the bell OF
Westminster, 80, $50; that of st. Peters.
in Rome, $4,000. Several of these bells
are sounded only on very important occa-
sions. The st. Paul bell. the Vienna
bell, and the bell of st. Ivan's are tolled
only at the death of royalty; the bell of
st. Peters tolls at the death of Pope.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-10

A Hindoo princess, the Begun ANNA
dee, has distinguished herself in London
society as a singer Of superior voice,
talent, and cultivation. She is descend
ant of the emperors of Delhi, and pos
scsses n mezzosoprano voice of extTaor-
dinary richness and power. She also has
great personal beauty.
Mrs. Henrietta Morgan, the mother If
Morgan the raider" died recently in
Kentucky. She gained the title OF
mother Of soldiers" from the five sons
and the two sons in law, General Hill and
General Duke, who were in the Confed-
crate service. All of these were wounded
or imprisoned during the war, and three
were killed in battle. Mrs. Morgan was
the daughter of John w. Hunt, the first
man in kentucky TO become a million.
Rire.
How came to be called Lucky Bald
win was this, said E. j. Baldwin, of San
Francisco. when the Ophir mine deal
was made Flood, Mackay, and O'Brien,
the so called Bonanza Kings, entered
into combination to down me. But the
downing part happened to be all on my
side, and my victory over them was so
complete that / was referred to as
Lucky Buldwis at that time, and havo
been called by that name ever since.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-10
ANNAPOLIS Md TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER To- 1891
nTrs. Bseeher Tells of Her First Meet
ing with Him.

ing with Htm.
My first meeting with Henry Ward
Beecher was in the early part of May,
1880. He was a classmate of q brother
OF mine in Amherst College, and very
close friends. The two were just out of
their freshmen year when, together with
another classmate. they walked from
Amherst to my fathers house at West
Sutton for their spring vacation. writes
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher in the first
pages on "Mr. Beecher as Knew Him, "
In the October Ladies Home Jouraol
At that time Beecher was not quite II
years old, but so young and boyish was
his appearance that no one would have
thought him over 15-an age when boys
are usually awkward and painfully bash.
full For that reason my family feared
we might not be able to entertain OF
make the young man comfortable But
awkward he never was. and his rogush
mouth, his laughing, merry eyes. his
quaint humor, and his quick repartce
soon dispelled all such anxiety.
Before the first evening he spent at our
house had passed none Of the family felt
him TO be a stranger.
My father was absent with some Of his
patients when the young man arrived,
but returned in the evening when all were
laughing heartily at some story Henry
had just told. Father stood in the door.
way-tall, dignified, and somewhat
stern, at such tumult. When aware of
his presence. my brother at once intro
duced his classmates.
Little by little the same subtle influ.
ences which had pervaded the whole
evenings enjoyment stole over fathers
face, and long before it was time to re.
tire they were telling mirth provoking
stories as cheerfully as If they were boys
together.
When at length the "good nights were
exchanged. left father and mother by
the fire, while made some preparation
for breakfast.
As returned to the room father was
saying:
We'll, he 10 smarti He'll make his
mark in the world, IL he lives"
"Who, fatherG" | asked.
"Why, that young Beecher.
Such was Henry Ward Beecher when
I first saw him; and, truth to tell, he
was not remarkable for his beauty.