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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23

ENGLISH medical authorities have
come to the conclusion that the influ-
enza is contagious disease, and that it
should be classed with smallpox, scarlet
fever, diphtheria and other such mala-
dies, and that local health authorities
should be required to treat it in SINH
lar manner,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23
Gladstone Refused Admission.

B1ARR1rz, Dec 28,- The English Club
at this place, although nominally non
political, is controlled by Tory inau-
ences, aud a majority of it's members
concluded not to admit Mr.. Gladstone
to the club during his stay at Biarritz
This action has created intense indigna-
ton among the moro literally inclined,
and Sir Andrew Fairbank, the propose d
President of the club, has resigned in
disgust.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23
Baron Dies In a Barn.

ALBERT LEA, Mimi, Dec. S3.-Oscar,
Baron wedsl Yarlsbury, of ChriStiani a,
Norway, disdEin barn here. He was a
young man, known here as Oscar We
del. A few days ago came information
of the death Of thS father and his own
succession to the barOny. A remittance
of OIL, 900 accompanied the letter. The
new baron at once went ON a spree,
WIFI ch ended 10 his death.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23

THE adoption of the resolution offered
by Representative Enloe of Texas, pro-
viding for the appointment of a COM
mittee to investigate the charges
against the pension bureau, may be put
down as a certainty. The resolution
calls for an investigation of the notori-
GUS re-rating and promotion cases,
which resulted in the removal of
"Corporar' Tanner; the brokerage,
which got son of Commissioner Raum
in trouble; the favoritism by which
claims of certain attorneys are given
preference over those filed, either by
individual claimants or other attorneys,
and all other matters relating to the
conduct of the commissioner in the
matter, or to the administration of his
office, which in the judgment of said
committee, may conduce to the honest,
clean, Just, economical and efficient
administration of said bureau.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23

OUT of $50 members of congress polled
on the silver question it is announced
that 154 favors free American silver, III
unlimited coinage, 10 against free coin
age and "a doubtful. Fifty-four senators
favor free coinage, 80 are opposed, 1
doubtful. 1t requires so senate votes to
pass bill over the presidents veto.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23
Two FiShts Arranged.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Sullivan and
Slavin have made arrangements to fight
next September, if Savin whips Jack
son, fer $40, 900 side and the largest
purse offered, by any club, and Charlie
Mitchell and Jim Corbe met yesterday
and agreed to dght six rounds at the
Madison Square Garden for the stakes
and gate receipts. a9 ~, ~
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23
A SERIOUS CRISIS
Is an Ultimation to be Pre-
scented to Chill?
MR.. BLAINE VERY RET1oENT.
The Publication of Recent Santiago Dss-
patches Deemed Unwise.

Tue Omcials OF the Navy Department in
the Dark as to What the Outcome Will
be-No One Knows Except the Preside emit
and Secretary Blaine and they won's
Talk.
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. - Secret airy
Blaine is buried in the CHILEAN CORES
pondence. He did not attend the last
Cabinet meeting and has denied him
self to all callers. It is not denied at
the State Department or the White
House that the late dispatches from
Santiago have been of very serlon s
nature, and it is limited that their char
acter is such that publication at this
time would be in the highest degree I'M
wise.
It's believed that the affair is on the
verge of a crisis, but what cannot be
even conjectured. At no time since the
controversy began has there been such
reticence shown by the Department.
The officials of the Navy Department
appear to be equally in the dark with
everybody else, except the Secretary of
State and the President, and they as
sert that the nature of the dispatch es
has not been communicated to them.
It is believed in diplomatic circles
that affairs are shaping themselves rap
idly for the presen tation of an ultima =
tum on the part of the United States,
but it is the evident intention of the
Admins tration to prevent publication
of the details if possibls until they shall
be communicated to Congress.
Unless s. something of very startling
nature is to be prsci pitated upon Con
gress to-day, However, there is reason
to believe that nothing will be commu-
Gated until it is formally asked for
after the recess.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23
r.,,svsa t. uavo Been Lost at Sea.

LONDON, Dec. 23.-A boat marked
Cavalier and a number of pieces of new
wood. which evidently had not long
been in the water, have bean picked up
of the Sell ly Islands, and it is believed
that the steamer Cavalier which left
Gibraltar December 8 for Falmouth, has
been lost, and that everybody aboard Of
her was lost. The Cavalier was Brit
ish vessel Of 1877 tons.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23
Nh, & +. Railroad Time Table
Trains leave Waterbury for

Trains leave Waterbury for
NEW YORK 500 1913 q. m les a .3, 6:0 a
pm, Return-5.01, 500, 1000 a. m, 100, 4:o2,
500 p. m. .,r co- . -
NEW HAVEN = $50, a. M l:So' ""' p LA
BRTD e G4REPoRTM6:o5, $780, 1o:45, :a5 3:s5 6o7.
Return-7:oO, 9:52, a. M, 12:10,233, $50, 7:47
ANsoN1A-6o5, $40 1o45a M. lbs, a:25, eo7s go
o. m Return-7:35, 1929, M, 1914 $40
500. $50 p. IN. ..o. c.,E
E:01, 9:15 p m. last train Saturday only. Re
turn-6:s5, 70 1919 a. nd S;9 0iv 9oo' 0'0'
TBOMASTON-S-2O HIT, a. M, 400 $50 p n
Return-7:50 1919, a; M, 255 5;39 p; m:
TORRINGTON-s:20, 11:17, a. m 400 656 IN
Return-7:26 9:56 n. NJ. 2:3O. SIG p NJ
WINSTED-9:2o, 11:17 a. NJ, 400, 656 p. No,
Return-7O5 9:;h, a. m. 205, 4:52 2 m.
SUNDAY TRAINS
Going north, 9:.5 p. m
Going south, Ais p. M.
For New Haven and points on the Shore Lin
Divisonvia Naugatuck junction al 4:1o D. IN.
LUCIUS FUTILE. General Manager.
G n. b >.MPSTEAD. General Pass agent.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23
Paraoued bv tho Governor.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 49, Supsrvisor
Thomas w. Welch, who was found
guilty of contempt of court yesterday,
was sentenced to thirty days imprison-
ment in the Onondaga penitentiary
morning a messenger from Gov. Hill
re ached Syracuse with pardon and the
sup ervisor was at once released.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23

Two PromIaent AassAeh Nsatts Mon Dead
Boston, Dec. 2S.-Dr. Eward Sawyer
Is de ad Of heart disease at his home in
Bridgew alter. He was SO years old. DR..
SAWYER was a Republican and held
many positions sf trust. Julian Alb
bott is dead Mt LEVEL, aged 65 year
He was n graduate of Harvard of the
class Of 80, and enc of the oldest and
best known members of the bar of
Tow0Il,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23
Frances Request Refused.

LONDON, Dee. pa Berlin despatch
to the STANDARD" says that France
request for a joint protest to Turkey
against Bulgaria's election of Chadouine
has been declined by England, Italy,
Austria and Germany.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23
Cht1dren's Department.

Children's Department - ss.-ys
In this department we have no rivals.
Our efforts have been appreciated by
mothers and children.
All Wool Suits 3d. so 400, $50.
Suits for $500.
Children's Pants for 25c pair.
Boys Shetland Ulster $780,
Boys winter Caps for Is and rs cents.
Beach Jackets for 1925.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-23

aberdeen, WATERBURY, & CONNECTICUT
Nl RIVER RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT APRIL 3, 1891
FROM WATERBURY TO CROMWELL.
Taave Waterbury Dublin street, 500 and 500
am; 1870, 500, 7:07 p. m.
Leave Meriden. TO-, $40 a.rn. PIT, 545 p m
FROM CROMWELL TO WATERBURY.
Leave Cromwell, $50, sos a. NJ, 1918. 500 p. n
cave Neriden. West Main street; 705 e:9o
~. fs:h1. h:45, $50 p m.
Arrive at Dublin street 7:40, 1n1l a. M, 1875
SIS. r.5s o. m.
tHAs CRAWFoBD. EupA
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
England'S Fruits in the Middle
 Ages,

It is a curious fact that in the Mid dle Ages England was horticulturally much behind the continent of Europe. In Chaucer's time the English larder was very meagerly supplied with vege- tables, and but indifferently with fruits. Onions, leeks, nettles, peas and mus tard were the only articles that then figured in the short catalogue of Eng fish vegetable supplies. There is no trace of the existence of cabbage in England at this period. In the con temporary accounts of orchards there is no allusiou to plums, only once to damsons The pears were poor, but the apples were good. It Is question able whether cherries, raspberries and strawberries had crossed the Channel.
 The cherry gardens of Kent were first planted by q servant of Henry VIII Before the close of the Six teenth century, the turnip had reached England; so had the caulilower and the quiuce, for both are mentioned by Gararde in his Herbal" Carrots, when Gerarde wrote, were still a for eign vegetable. though their naturali- zation i'll England was not far of In 1912 We hear ot the peach, the almond and the tilbert among the products of an English orchard, and in 1920 the apricot was transplanted from Mo roeco.-New York Ledger.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
A Norman Lady,

We behold her, then, 0 well-propor tioned, slender figure of graceful bear ing, the features aquiline, complexion clear, eyes hazel, and hair of chestnut hue worn in smooth plaits that fal
 over the shoulders to the waist. Or her bridal day, those shining locks bound only by a chapter of jewels
 flowed freely about her form, lyins lightly against robe "of good ane deljcate scarlet"-for white was witt the Normans an emblem ofnourning-- but the matron confines the tresses which the bride suffered to fall loose
 Yet her dress Is still gay in color, { hooded robe of green of Ghent, tht dropping sleeves knotted up least they should trail upon the ground. Ever as it is, the ample cuffs hang iron wrist to heel Tine embroidered ker chief, too, is gathered in a loose knot to protect from soil it's silver fringes yet should dsooth be spoken, the danes over-zealous chamberers have ventur ed to hint that the kerchief might vel
 be discarded, as garment savolins more of fashions past than present but their mistress makes steadtasi answer that she was taught in early youth to dress rather for warmth than appearance, nor be the first ts shift apparel with the shifting hum0l of tho day katharine Ine Batop iu X6o G6autGuquoH V. K g.s. 5: \ x
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
IndIsCreet.

It is not difficult to imagine that the goddess of liberty smiled gently and indulgently as they made their way up the walk to the capitol. And when they entered the hall where the whispering gallery is the sight-seers all seemed to pause as if they had heard Cupid flap his wings. The points oi interest didn't seem to attract them much and at last they found cozy nook behind in corner where tho crowd could not iostle them and where they were safe from even the stare oi the stairway's marble eyes.
 Darling" he whispered, i've are at last alone. You have told me often, but want to hear it again. Tell me that you love me"
 Her lips parted, but as he awaited her reply there came the words in a hoarse, brutish voice;
 You can bet your life do."
 They looked once into each others startled faces and hed
 They had struck the whispering gal lery and there was an audience at the other end of the line. Washington Post.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
How tho Stag Elk Changes His Aaaers

Those who tal1o au interest in the study of natural history may be pleas- ed to know that in 8 few weeks tho stag elk ia the deer glen in the park will undergo decided change. says the San Francisco Chronicle. He will soon be shoru of the royal autlers that have made him the pride Of the glen.
 With the loss of the antlers the stag will change his disposition entirely and become as docile and tractable as lamb. He will show au inelina- ton to court public betting rather than avoid it. He will rem in in this condition until the beginning of March, when he will show disposition to turk in sequestered spots Of the glen and timidly avoid the presence of all, even of his kind.
 where tho late antlers were, a pair of protuberances will make their appear ance covered with Il soft dark. velvety skiu. These will attain considerable StON LII Ill tt ANe bt arteries Of these protuberances will enlarge with them in order to supply suflicieucy Of nourishment When the new antlers have attained their ful growth, which will be in ten weeks after the old ones have been shed, the bony rings at the base through which the antlers pass will begin 10 thicken. and gradually filling up will compress the blood vessels and ultimately obliterate them. The vel vety skin that surrounds the bone, being thus deprived of nourishment. will lose its vitality and will be rubbed off in shreds by the stag on the edges of rocks or other hard substances.
 As soon as the full size ot the antlers is attained the docile disposition of the elk will disappear, and he will become once more for the year the fierce king Of the glen.
 The age Of tue elk. according to writers on natural history. is com puted by the number of points on the antlers At the present time there arc six. The next set will bear seven. showing that seven summers have passed since the date of his birth.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
A Golden" Rule for Advert ss-J.

Said gentleman, the managing man of n concern. "tne only rule l have for determining whether or not a paper is a desirable one for our house to use as an advertising medium is to ascertain if the paper, upon examina- ton, has interest for me as reader
 go through it's columns carefully and consider what is being presented from month to month to its subscribers and readers. and then attempt to conceive of the kind of people who are likely to take the paper in order to obtain such Attenuation or such reading matter. 1 believe. he continued. that this rule enables me to weed out many papers which are only free circulation and some of those also which do not employ editors or which do not make any at tempt to take high rank as periodicals.
 Waen I find paper that l think could anord to pay for II . subsoribor
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
A Point for Women,

A writer in the Chautauquan gives
 q description of "How the People are Counted" and says that women seem
 to be better adapted than men to the
 nimble working of managing the ma
 chimes used in the Census Office. He quotes from the Superintendent of the Census as follows: ''The average num-
 Der counted by the women clerks was 9,590 families or 47,950 persons, and by the men clerks 6 ,5S7 families, or 32, ,935 persons. Thus 1t will be seen that the women averaged nearly one haf more than the men. It Is also
 worth noting that of the forty-three who counted more than 10, 1000, thirty eight were women and only five men. "
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
A Parallel Ca3e.

The indifference os the English to the suiferings of the Irish has been the subject of remark among intelli- gent people The only similar case we know Of is that of gentleman who took rather broad view Of things in general. and wno had the misfortune to lose his wife. Seeing him few days afterwards without any badge of mourning. friend re- moustrated. and hinted that when so close relationship was broken, the courtesies of life required some recog- nition of it in the style of dress.
 Quite true" replied the afflicted man. but don't you see Maria was no relation of mine. l only married her, and why should put on black"
 England regards Ireland pretty much in the same light. They are connected, but not related. and except in squandering her resources, Ireland receives but little consideration a' the hands of her lord and master.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
Consumption.

"Gastly monumental epitaph to one-third of all the deaths in the world; huge vampire beneath the black shadows of whose wings crouch widows, orphans, and multitude of bereaved. The evils and ravages of war and pestilence wane and pale with insignilicance before this mighty spectre, that is stealing the brightest and fairest of our land. !"
 The Popular Science Monthly pub- lished an article by the eminent Dr. Felix l.. Oswald, on 'The Remedies of Nature" in which he gives statistics to show that consumption causes three times as many deaths in the United States and Canada, as the use of intoxicating liquors, and D still greater per cent, i'll Northern Earope. ! The most careful investigation shows an aggregate of nearly 100000 deaths annually in the United States, l1O, 900 in Great Britain, so, ,O00in France, 1o5,000 in Russia, and S2,OOO in Northern Germany. In our own country, Massachusetts annually loses 10000 from lung diseases; Bos- ton, 2,0O0; New England, 10000; New York swells the number to not less than 10000,
 The death roll for theUnited States, for consumption, catarrh and bron- chitis would amount, at the above rate, to about 30O,0OO in a single year. Abiding to the fact that forty. nine deaths occurred in one week by consumption, in that city, the Philar delphia Public Ledger says: The havoc of lung disease goes on, with heavy count, all the year round. Yet the doctors in their conventions, have
 almost ceased to talk about phthisia 1 (consumptionl with any of enthusias.
 tie research, while they give us no end
 of brilliant light upon sewerage and
 the deaths from bad drainage. It is
 a discredit to medical science, that
 such well-defned diseases as American
 lungs present, should yet be so little
 under control, and the skill of our ex.
 perts should still be baflled."
 Another paper, in speaking of the
 subject, says: 'lf any other disease
 prevailed to such an extent, we would
 have immediate and rigid investiga- tions as to cause and remedy. That
 this is not the case in regard to lung 1 disease, can only be attributed to the
 fact that medical science appears to
 have exhausted itself in that direc- | tion."
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
Tom Soper never knew how he got

Tom Soper never knew how he got home; but the servant who opened the door to him always declared that he got home in a wet bundle, in the bottom of the gig. perfectly insensible, and in that state he was put to bed, and a doctor sent for; and in the morning, more ominous than the dreaded tick of any death. watch, came a lawyer and Tom Soper made his will, and such reparation as lay in his power for the wrong he had done.
 In less than a fortnight that will had to be read, and people declared that 1t was the most incomprehepsible will that ever was penned; for IS to Miss Champion, 1t was known that Tom Soper had had what almost amounted to an aversion for her; Jerry Simpson who was then up in London being turned into ar architect, was no more than a speaking acquaintance, and there was not a penny bestowed in charity. The trustees of the schools, the guardians who had to keep the pump in repair. the board of the lit- erary institution, and, in word, everyone connected with any of the local charities, declared hatly that the five hundred pounds had evidently been intended as Q charitable trust fund, and even went so far as to quarrel among themselves as to it's distribution; but the clergyman, hap pening toditfer with them in toto kept the money for his own use and benefit; and so the literary and scientific institutions. which 1t had been ill contemplation to call "The Soper Lyceum of Science" come to a speedy end for want of funds, and the build ing stands desolate and untenanted (there is talk of turning 1t into a lunatic asylum, but the Black Lion has petitioned against it) e"en unto the present day--a melancholy monu- ment of the vanity of human wishes.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
DUMB STER.
He Is Unable to Utter a Note of Defiance CT Ex
 ultation.

A gentleman living on the outskirts Of the city. near Black Rock, owns a curiosity the like of which Barnuln never dreamed of. says the Buffalo Ex- press. It is deaf-and-dumb rooster --a full-grown. brilliantly plumed brown Leghorn chanticleer- that has lost his voice, can neither crow nor cluck nor make any other audible souno with his vocal apparatus; does not wake up the neighborhood at 5 o'clock in the morning with an ever l sting cock-a-doodle-doo; does not give an alarm of hawks every time black cloud passes the sun, but is still as much the lord of the chicken park as ever.
 He has not always been thus Up to the time he was s months old he was as noisy as any young rooster need be. Then he got his head caught in a barbed-wire fence in such way us Go mangle his neck and probably tear out bis vocal cords. Losing the power to make sounds he evidently forgot how to hear them. At least now. at the age of 3 years, he gives no evidence Of hearing. But he makes his eyes an- swer for ears and voice. too. If any one wanted proof that ho was deaf and dumb. those eyes would be convincing. There is nothing he does not see. When the first glow of sunrise appears he begins the duties of the day by arousing all the rest Of the fowls in the henuery in his own original way. He walks around to each one and kicks 1t of it's perch. There is no resisting such au invitation to get up. It's much more effective than growing. When he gets challenge to fight he does not stop and announce what he can do. He goes and does it. And his battles are all victories.
 The most remarkable thing about this intelligent bird. however, is the fact that. though deaf, he can distin- guish betweea m admouition to ''shoo' and Il request to come to dinner. How he does 1t is q mystery, but it Is be- lieved that he tells by the motion of the lips and general attitude of the person who addresses him.
 \ course Of instruction in deaf and dumb institute IS all this rooster needs to learn to talk with his spurs.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
Unique Advertising.

Bishop Talbot tod a story in Bos- ton recently showing that at least one Harvard man didn't leave his wits behind him when he left college. The bishop, it seems, arrived one day in a small mining town in his diocese-Wy- oming-where he had promised to hold service. Walking up the street he noticed some green handbills flying about, took up one and read as fol. lows: Bishop Talbot breaches to- night at--- Let him have a big crowd pleaseleaveyourguns with the usher"
 The bishop was not easily scared, but thought the last sentence a little odd. On inquiry he learned that one of he younemen in town, a Harvard man, by the way, who knew the bishop, and wanted to raise good crowd to greet him knowing that many who would not come to hear bishop preach would come at the hint of a disturbance oi any kind.-New York World
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
Painting.

When any one faints he should be placed in a recumbent position, with his head low, if he is pale and blood less, but high, if red in the face, and every tight-fitting garment should be loosened. Then he should be famed in the open air by window, cold water should be sprinkled over him, and his temples bathed with vinegar, ether or cologne, while ammonia, burnt feathers or singed hair are held beneath his nose, and his nostrils are tickled to make him sneeze. If the faint be q deep one, an enema of vine gar may be administered, the feet and hands bathed in warm water, the soles of the feet chafed, and mustard applied over the heart Upon com ing out of the faint the patient should still preserve for a time the reclining or recumbent position, and should drink a little cold water, some brandy and water in the proportion of a tea spoonful of brandy in a tablespoonful of water, or little aromatic spirits of ammonia, ten drops every few min utes in tablespoonful of water--Dr. Louis Barkah, NJ. D.