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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-29
J. B. MULLINGS,
81 to IS Bank Street.

Monday and Friday we close our
store at p, m. s
.s12f -.zzas e .@-se Il b - o.
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How Old Masters Are Made.

Apropos de bottles, find two curious
business advertisements in my foreign
papers. One is that of an ingenious per-
son whose address is at the Batignolles,
and who announces himself as a sssig-
naturist" and ''monogramist," and
guarantees signatures of any artist at
any period of his art at a franc apiece.
Only think Of It'll For the price of a
pony of brandy at Delmonico's one may
convert any unidentified find of the
junkshop into Rembrandt, Velas-
quez, a Millet, or whatever else one
chooses.
Moreover, this expert, announces that
he identifies" pictures for his clients.
A wizard capable of transforming pic
lures could naturally identify them by
the same process. There are some escol-
lectors' in America whom it would pay
to make trip to Paris and visit to the
Batignolles. The demand for old mas
ters has stimulated the ingenuity Of
some German genius in another direc-
tion. A standing advertisement in the
leading art magazine of Germany is that
of competent artist" as he signs him
self, who offers to furnish copies that
cannot be identified from the originals
of any pictures in any of the public col
lections. collector.
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Tea VIII Detect Poisons.

Tea" says a woman who knows, "clear
tea, without sugar or cream, is one of the
best of agents for the detection of suspected
poison. 1 remember stopping once, in my
travels, at little country inn, whose buxom
landlady offered me some beautiful looking
waff1es, beside which she sat down a small
pitcher of sirup. There was talk at that
time-it was several years ago-about the
adulteration of some sirups, and this par
ticular pitcherful had a peculiar color
which did not like. So asked her that
cup of tea be brought to me first, and
when it came took a teaspoonful of the
sirup and put it in.
INSTANTLY the tea turned perfectly black,
showing the presence of mineral poison.
don't know that there would have been
enough to have done me serious harm, but
as don't care to take poison, even homeo-
pathically, when know it, ate my waf-
fles that day with butter and sugar More
than that, 1 called the landlady's attention
to the circumstance, which resulted in ban
ishing all of that sirup she had in the
house. Her Point of View in New York
Times
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British Eccentricitv.

1t is hard for an Englishman to say
whether his own countrymen are really
more eccentric than other people. He is
told they are; but how is he to know that
the information may not be built solidly
upon prejudice? The saying, "Oh, he's an
Englishman," with the shrug of the shoul-
ders that means so much, is often indeed
commonly put forward abroad when there
is talk of the doings of this or that man,
whose ways are not like the ways of the
herd of mankind.
Some Englishmen don't appreciate this
sort of thing. They get in rage with the
foreigner who charges them with being of
an eccentric race. But, for my part, l
always take it as a compliment, bow and
express my obligations and assure the
speaker that trust he does not intention
ally fiatter me and the countrymen of
whom l am so proud.
On the other hand, however, every one
who has been even but for a few months
among the people of the Continent can not
help coming to the conclusion that we
English folk have not the monopoly of &C.
centricity.-All the Year Round.
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Chinese and Their Buria1s.

The Chinese of this city and New York,
it is said, will hereafter bury their dead
in Cypress Hills cemetery instead of in
the cemetery of the Evergreens, as has
been their custom. This action is said
to be taken because the Evergreens
cemetery officials have increased the
price of graves from ten to twenty dol
lars each. They have purchased an acre
of ground in Cypress Hill cemetery for
$1,000 and will have cheaper rates in the
future. The Chinese allege that twenty
dollars is too much to pay for grave
which is tenanted for only five or six
years, as every Chinaman makes con-
tract with the company that employs
him under which the company agrees to
send his body back to China. This
transmigration of bodies takes place once
every five years, the skeletons being
packed in tin cases when the proper time
comes. The last shipment was made
only short time ago. The skeletons
then came from some Of the old graves
in the cemetery Of the Evergreens~
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Annihilated I'm Midain

About o'clock, just before the heavy
shower, several gentlemen were sitting
in front of store in West Nashville
when one of the party observed a large
turkey buzzard that was sailing maies-
tically across the sky, and remarked that
If the buzzard did not look out he would
get wet
Their attention was thus called to the
bird, and all were lazily watching its
fight, when suddenly, just as it was op-
posite to and above them, they were
blinded by flash of lightning, which
seemingly exploded on the Hback of the
buzzard. They were astonished some
what, but recovered themselves and
looked for the buzzard, but, alas, the
majestic bird was out of sight All that
was left of him was a few black tail
feathers, which huttered pathetically to
the ground
Those who witnessed the phenomenon
succeeded in catching several of the
scorched feathers, which they exhibit in
confederation of the ,story.-Nashvills
American
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Medicines i'm Coal.

1t may fairly be said that most of the
new medicines produced are products of
coal tar" said physician. Until lately
remedies freshly added to the pharma-
copeia were obtained through novel dis
coveries in the plant kingdom. Even now
from time to time such lucky finds are
made; but the science of botany has pretty
nearly completed its list of things vegetable
that grow upon the earth, and the prop
critics of their active principles have become
more and more thoroughly understood of
late years. Thus it happens that new
medicines today are nearly all products of
the laboratory.
In coal tar is found a simple organic
substance which is readily worked with
for the production of varied chemical re-
suits. 1t is what chemists call carbo-
hydrate, of an unelaborate character, which
renders itself readily useful in laboratory
processes Therefore. workers in the line
OF therapeutic research employ it to an al
most unlimited extent. OF the new RENE
dies which the apothecary keeps upon his
advertising slate majority are such coal
tar products.
Many of them are of a dangerous char
acter and should not be taken without q
physicians prescription; but that does not
prevent them from having a large sale,
and the firms which get them out under
patented names make fortunes by selling
them. Most important among these rem
edies are sleep producing and antifever
drugs. A number of them are admirable
when properly and judiciously admins
tered.-Washington Star.
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The Bright side of N1isfortune.

There is woman in Bellevue hospital
who, though sick of a remarkable diff
Guilty. is having first rate time She
doesn't suffer any pain at all. Her right
eye is paralyzed, also the right side of her
mouth, the right side of her tongue and
the entire right side of everything, yet she
sleeps well, eats well and enjoys being an
object of interest. Having only one@half
of her senses, she very wisely devotes all
that remain to her in sensing only the
pleasant things of existence. She sees
things only out of her smiling eye; doesn't
smell anything that she doesn't want to
smell; only tastes of what is good, care
fully putting obnoxious medicines over on
the right side of her mouth, where there
isn't any taste
1t must be quite charming to have this
power of discrimination and separation.
Think what a comfort blind spot in ones
eye may be, and then fancy the Joy of being
able to shut off half of ones whole being
so that it will be dead to the disagreeable
things in life.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
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A Boy freed by a wild Cat.

Charlie Heath, of Brooks, boy six
town the other day by a strange animal,
probably a wildcat. The boy saw the
animal in a tree and threw stone at it.
Thereupon the animal sprang down upon
the boy and they had quite !. fight, in
which the clothes of young Heath were
torn, his head and face and parts of his
body badly scratched. The boy then
managed to climb tree and with his
heavy boots would kick the animal down
as it tried to get to him. After some
time the beast became tired of this and
slunk away.-Lewiston Journal.
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Cosmetics Used Many Years Ago.

Pathological critics have observed that
the words translated as ''soap'' in the Old
Testament and in Bohn's Pliny mean prop
erly alkali and that the ancients generally
used only mechanical abstergents, such as
bran and fine sand. Perfumed ointments.
however, were considered an Indispensable
requisite of every civilized household,
though they have now gone as strangely
out of fashion as the incense of the Medi-
terranean nations.
The Greeks and Romans used special
ointment, often mixed with mineral dyes,
for the hair and another for purposes of
general Injunction, and, after returning
from journey, even travellers of moderate
means took bath, followed by an all-over
rubbing down with vegetable oils. Black
hair dyes were priced by the towheaded
Visigoths, while the Roman ladies coveted
the golden locks of the transalpine bar
barians.-Felix Oswald in Philadelphia
Times
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a copper Plate Found.

It was piece of shining, bright metal,
and the fsherman's eyes were sharp
And thereby hangs tale.
1t will be remembered that when the
barkentine Thomas j. Stewart stuck on
the ways and refused to take to the
water one day last November, the tug
boat Ralph Ross went to her assistance.
After one or two sharp pulls that were
Intellectual, all further proceedings were
stopped by the sudden breaking of the
post on the Ross to which was attached
the tow line of the T. j. Stewart.
Now, to this post was secured large
copper plate weighing about twelve
pounds, bearing the inscription of the
builders name, date of building and so
on. This plate dropped overheard with
the wreckage and was lost.
Wednesday fisherman attending his
weirs at Sandy point saw glistening
object in the water, and after much diff
ficulty succeeded in obtaining possession
of it. 1t was copper plate bearing the
inscription which proved to be the one
lost from the tug Ralph Ross last No
vember. The plate was returned to Mr..
Ross on Thursday at his Office.
The query is, How did that plate reach
Sandy point, twenty-five miles away?
1t is hardly. reasonable to say that the
current could have carried SO heavy a
body so far down the river, and it is
readily explained by stating that the ice
in some underhand fashion obtained DOS
session of the Ralph Ross passport, and
in its hurried journey to the south this
spring forgot to leave it behind It did
not travel far under false pretenses,
however, but has dropped its booty,
which is now returned to its proper
owners.
Mr.. Ross is to have the plate polished,
handsomely framed and hung on the
wall of his Office on Exchange street as
reminder Of the queer things that Dame
Nature will sometimes do. Bangor
News,
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Mr. Sears, Imported Razorback,.

The Tamworth hogs, which j. Mont
gomery Sears has imported for breeding
purposes, are an old English breed char
acterized by the large proportion of lean
meat to the fat in its make up. Ithas of
late been overlooked in the effort to breed
for fat, hence has seldom been mentioned
or heard of. Mr.. Sears has called public
attention to the breed by his importa-
tions, and still others now have them
under trial. They are medium in size,
light in the shoulder, deep sided, and
rather fat as compared with the modern
models, and ''red" in color. Their recon-
mendation is that they are unlike the
rounded balls of fat that have been fur
nishing US our models.-Bangor Com
mercial
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HE WANTS a FLOATING HOTEL.
An Enthusiasts Vision of an Ideal Mid
summer Boarding House.

An Enthusiasts Vision of an Ideal Mid
summer Boarding House.
Now that another summer is upon u.s."
said the perennial crank, "let me urge
upon you newspaper men that you have an
opportunity to do great act of philan-
thropy for many hundreds Of New York
ers whose incomes will not allow them to
spend the dog days out of the heated city,
by persuading some capitalist to fit up
big steamer for a hotel. There's money
in it.
Get big steamer, or, better still, build
one with plenty of roomy staterooms, well
ventilated, with ample dining, smoking
and lounging saloons, and two or three
decks for promenade and chairs. Charge
the customary summer hotel rates, and let
the steamer have pier near the Battery.
"Let her START from that pier every eve
ming at the close of business and steam
slowly out of the bay while her guests are
at dinner. Then let her touch her pier
again in time for those who want to spend
the evening on shore. After these people
are landed on the pier let the steamer put
out from the shore and steam slowly about
in the cool evening air, while her passen-
gers amuse themselves in her saloons and
staterooms and on her decks just as people
do in hotels. Just a little before midnight
let the steamer steam up to her pier and
take on board those people who have been
at the theaters, etc., and then drop away
down the bay again for the night.
"What refreshing and invigorating sleep
a man could get in that salty air. Quiet
and order could be preserved on board just
as well as in hotel, and in the morning
passengers could be landed fresh for bust
ness, while those who had no business in
the city could spend the whole day on board
if they liked.
There need be little unpleasant bump
ing and noise of machinery, as only enough
steam would need to be kept up to insure
steerage way. No one would look for
speed. The expenses would be as small
as any other city hotels. and am certain
that people would just tumble over each
other to get quarters on the ship On those
rare occasions when the water was too
rough or the wind too boisterous the ship
need not leave her pier at all, as the atmos-
phere would be cool enough then down by
the Battery to render the night agreeable.
Think of the thousands of New Yorkers
who must stay in the reeking hot city all
summer. How they would jump at such a
boarding housed I tell you there's money in
it for the first capitalist that takes it up"
New York Tribune.
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A Dangerous Handful.

A Georgia farmer, living in rather an
obscure part of the state, whose labors are
such as to compel him to be in the field
much Of the time, says that one day he
was engaged in clearing up field covered
with thick underground of bushes and
briers, and had employed two negroes to
help him. The three men built fire in
the middle of the field, and gathered the
brush in their hands and burned it up.
1 was working at some little distance
from the fire, and of course had to travel
back and forth with every handful. l had
just returned from the fire, and had stopped
to pick up another handful of brush, when
was conscious that had hold of a snake,
and mechanically frightened my grip.
looked down and saw that had good
sized rattlesnake. 1 had grabbed him by
the neck in such position that so long as
I kept tight hold he could not strike.
AS soon as the snake saw that he could
neither get away nor strike me, he wound
his body around my arm, which was bare
to the elbow, and attempted to pull his
head through my fingers. 1 tell you,
never until that moment realized what
tremendous strength there was in a snakes
body; it seemed almost as if my arm were
being pulled to pieces.
I had grabbed his neck between my fore
and middle fingers, so that was at a great
disadvantage; but knew that if he once
Boo MS uedu ree snoulu DC sGruck no5
once only, but as many times as he pleased;
30 held on and squeezed for dear life.
1 shouted to the negroes to come over
and kill him, and they came at once; but
as soon as they saw what it was had hold
of they would not come near me. Nothing
that l could say-neither threats nor per-
suasions-would induce them to give me
help. So all could do was to hold on and
squeeze my snake.
After what seemed an age, and when /
was about ready to drop from exhaustion,
felt the coils begin to loosen, and with
that encouragement I squeezed harder
than ever. Gradually the snake relaxed
its grip, and at last the body hung limp
and motionless from my hand. I walked
over and dropped it into the fire, and tell
you watched it burn with a mingled SEN
sation of relief and thankfulness.-Yout
Companion.
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MiIlions in sawdnst.

A well known mechanic of Portland.
Me-, is about taking out a patent on an
invention for converting the sawdust
and other waste from mills into wood
pulp of peculiar strength and quality
that he says can be utilized for nearly
every purpose in which wood is used. If
half his claims prove true his invention
is a most valuable one. One of the
largest business houses in Portland have
offered the inventor the free use of one
of their factories for a year for expert
nenting purposes. New York Telegram.
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old words and New.

some of the words used by old FASH
Toned country people, and laughed at by
those who hear them, are not corrup-
tions of language, but merely survivals
of old forms-forms SO old that many
educated persons have forgotten, or per-
haps have never known, that they were
once in good and regular standing as
English words.
If an old woman ''axes your pardon"
she is speaking as the most careful Eng
hsh scholars spoke for hundreds of years,
down almost to the end of the Sixteenth
century. Thus in Wycliffes New Tes-
tament-about 13S0-we read, "What
man of You is, that if his some axe hymn
breed, whethir he wole take hym a
stoon?" And Coverdale's translation of
the gospel according to st. Matthew,
published in 1885. has CAKE and it shall
be given you"
So, too, when the same old woman
says ''piny'' instead of peony, she is only
following the ancient usage. In William
Brownies "Britannia's Pastorals," print
ed in 1915, the poet contrasts ''the ruddy
piny with the lighter rose"
It amuses the schoolgirl of the pres
ent day to hear hlacs called s1aylocks," I"
but Walter Savage Landor always said
''laylocks," following, as his biographer
tells us, pronunciation traditional in
many old English families"
When an Hishman speaks of his ssfader
and moder" he is guilty Of nothing worse
than talking older English than we are
accustomed to hear "Worschipe thi
fadir and thi modir," says Wycliffe's
New Testament.
"Axe," "laylock" and the like are
now vulgarisms, and as such are to be
avoided, but it is well enough to know
that they were once as well received in
good society as their successors are at
present.-Youth's Companion.
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Silk That Is Dangerous.

The recent discussion as to whether ocean
liners should carry cotton as well as pas
sengers, and at the same time, has brought
out another fact. 1t is that they carry
other kinds of freight that make the danger
of fire just as great as from cotton. A per-
son who knows something of such matters
states that just at present there are being
made large importations of French silk
that are especially dangerous as freight.
AT present importers here" the gentle
man said, ''are receiving large consign-
ments of heavy dyed silk known as
French twist. The French manufacturers
do not spare the dye on these goods, for it
adds to their weight. In this dye chemi-
Gals of a peculiar kind are used, and it is
this fact that makes this silk dangerous
freight.
There is always fear of spontaneous
combustion unless the greatest care is
taken in packing the goods. These come
in bales of various sizes, but generally aver
aging about 500 pounds. They are wrapped
in cotton bagging, with undertaking lay
ers of straw and brown paper, and are
made compact by hydraulic pressure.
There is constant danger of fire origi-
mating from them, and they must be
watched with care while in transit. There
have been cases where bales have been de-
stroyed from the causes mentioned, and
not many years ago serious fire was
caused on a French steamship by these
same goods"
Steamship men generally say that they
are aware of the danger of carrying these
silks, and that the greatest care is taken
whenever they are carried as freight One
or two lines, indeed, discriminate against
this freight and will not carry it.-New
York Recorder.
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Tired Standing.

Old Lady Gin electric car)-Dear mel
We're going to have thunderstorm.
Bad Boy Changing to strap)-I don't see
no signs of it, num-
Old Lady-No signs? Why, the light
ming is beginning. See the flashes and
hear the thunder.
Bad Boy-That amt outside, mum.
That's in the car 1 guess something's
wrong with the electric connections.
Old Lady-Goodness mel Conductorl
Conductorl Stop the car; want to get of.
Bad Boy (taking her seatel guess the old
lady can get into some store before she gets
wet.-Good News
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Wordsworth a Great Eater.

1t will surprise many admirers of a great
English poet of this century. to learn that
he was great eater. In the latest edition
OF Lambs works it is stated that the per-
son with whom the Lambs boarded at En-
field charged usually one shilling extra
when they had a friend at dinner, but
when Wordsworth was the guest they
charged one and sixpence When Lamb
demonstrated, saying: He's great poet"
the practical landlord replied: Don't
know about the great poet. but he's a great
eater. r."-Boston Traveller.
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Insurinr Eleo,ric cnrios.

The collection of electrical apparatus on
exhibition at Frankfort-on-the-Main has
been insured against fire and damages by
explosion to the extent of $500, 700 marks
The risk has been undertaken by twenty
three of the principal German insurance
offices. The value of the exhibition as
whole is estimated at 1000, 900 marks
New York Telegram.
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S. B.
CLEVELAND, WASH, .
June 18th, 1915

S. B. Medicine Co.,
GENTLEMEN-Yourk kind favor received,
and in reply would say that I am more
than pleased with the terms offered me
on the last shipment of your medicines.
There is nothing like them ever intro
duced in this country, especially for La
grippe and kindred complaints. I have
had no complaints so far, and everyone
is ready with a word of praise for their
virtues. Yours, etc.,
NJ. F. HACKLEY.