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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-27
Wife Murderer Hanged.

BAINBRIDGE, Ga, June 27.-Ezekiel
Menax, wife murderer, was hanged
here this morning, in the presence of
over 1000 people. A photographer was
on hand to take picture of the scene,
but was not allowed to do so.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-27
A Linguistic Dog.

Fair Customer-You say you trained
that dog yourself. Can he understand
me If call him In EnglishP
Dealer-Yah- Of you whistle to him.
Good News
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-27
w. H. Casey,

Dealer in choice Ales, Wines, Liquors
and Cigars. Try Casey's 1891" long filled
Havana &c Cigar, it is equal to most 10c
cigars.
-. 261 BANK STREET.
N. B. The coo.est:spot in the city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-27
An Embarrassing Question.

She (wistfully)-I think would make
you good wife.
He IA superintendent
Have you had any experience?-Mun.
sey's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-27
KELLY SAYS

There is another drop in the Flour Market.
His prediction that -four would sell for So
per Dbl this summer, is coming true.
Kelly's Flour quotations to-day:
Niagara Falls, So 40
Pillsbury's, So 25
Christians, So 25
Washburn, Crosby & Co, SO IS
Jones, SO 25
st Louis, 50 40
Tea Biscuit Flour 5 cents pound.
Sugar Quotations
Granulated in barrels 81 80 per 100 lbs,
81 lbs for 81.
Extra G Sugar "a lbs for 81.
Coffee G Sugar 90 lbs for 81.
Eggs % cents per dozen.
Elgin Butter 25 cents per lb.
York State Butter in tubs 100 per lib.
Kelly has the sole agency for the cele-
brated California Fruit Chewing Gum
made by Jones, Prunley & Go, Elkhardt,
Ind. If you buy Kelly's New England
Bread you will never bake. Four lbs of
BOSS" Crackers for % cents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-27

G1. @. w. s. FROST. 1877 Bank st
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-27

WIN. Cor HOLMES, MIDI WIS *
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-27
Gold At a Premium

Would undoubtedly cause it to vanish-to disappear.
Its just with goods the "Od Pioneer lothiers"
They arrive, opened marked and before hrong
of buyers soon disappear.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-27
Every Dollar

Spent at the Od Pioneer Cothiers" yields you some
thing more than is offered by competitors. Either the
goods are of superior quality the price is Lessor
both. In either you the gamer Our prices are
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-07
AN ENORMOUS APPETITE.
A Bird that Swallowed Klttenn, Hail
Claws and All. g.

Bird that Swallowed Klttenn, Hair,
Claws and An. -.
Jacob, q more than usually comical
and greedy secretary-bird, says a write,
on African pets, was like q beacon
strictor in his capacity for putting him
self outside the animals on which he
fed-lizartls, rats. toads, frogs, fat juicy
locusts, young chickens, alas! and some
of the smaller pets If left incautiously
within his reach, even little kittens-all
went down whole. The last-named an
imals were his favorite delicacy. and he
was fortunate enough to get plenty
Of them. His enormous appetite,
and our difficulty in satisfying it.
were well-known in the neighbor-
hood, and the owners of several prolific
cats, instead of drowning the superfiu-
Gus progeny, bestowed them on us as
offerings to Jacob. They were killed
and given to him at the rate of one a
day. Once, however, by an unlucky &C.
cident, one Of them got into his clutches
without the preliminary knock on the
head, and the old barbarian swallowed
it slive. For some minutes we could
hear the poor thing mewing piteously
in Jacobs interior, while he himself
stood there listening and looking all
round in puzzled manner, to zee where
the noise came from. He evidently
thought there was another kitten some
where, and seemed much disappointed
1t not finding iA-San Francisco Argo
nauk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-07

Travellers who have penetrated into
the easternmost part of Southern Rus.
sis find some strange beliefs IS to the
power of fish-chsrms. Many Ash found
in those countries have two small, hard,
round bones on the side Of the head.
They are believed 70 have the power
when worn By the owner TO prevent
colic, and they are termed cole stones.
The more wealthy Of the peasants have
collie stones mounted in gold, and they
are worn upon the neck Is . valuable
addition TO . necklsck. The bones oi
the common bullhead are much used
among TIE Russiaa peasants q charm
againat favor. Among European na.
lions in the Middle .lAees doctors of
medicine had faith that two bones found
inths head of the tench have medicinal
virtusa The bones were 1Pplied to the
skin in eases af fever. The tench IL .
Enr6pean. 1sh. add the United States
FiA Commission i endeavor;ng 10 ir-
troducc Il to American waterA-JGw.
elsgs' Revjsw.
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CAA6 CGAV91kD AD6A SnAl1CA1xSIs
irons for her. Hans . livin' example
Jeems, of the old sayin' that where
there's will there's way I'm Altered
she'll OverdO herself sometimes, but
she's SO techy about being called weak.
" that I dasn't say nothin'. Pears like
she's got 50 she don't want nobody "a
notice her lameness, 50 say nothin' an
Jest let her have her own way"
"She's . tender little thing" said Mr..
Gray, ''an' she ort to be made over an
encouraged. Now, I'm goin' to town
to-day, an I'll bring her n new dress.
She's SO willin' and uncomplainin'."
''She amt needin' no dress jist now" /"
replied the mother, but you can buy
it to please her. l never see her beat
for talxin' to heart any little attentions a
body shows her"
It is doubtful If Han wcs more de-
lighted with the new dress than she
was with her mothers permission to
make il herself. She took great pleas
ure in the task, using the greatest of
care; and all the scraps were carefully
placed away for future use in quilt
piecing. III
Han showed such good taste In select
ing the style and such skill in the exc
cution of her work that neighbor lady
who saw the dress offered her plain
sewing, saying: 80.
''For practical purposes, Hannah,
your work is superior TO that of my
and I can afford to pay you
IS much IS pay her." -.2 iii
Hannah accepted the proposition, and
then and there laid the foundation for
what to her was . fortune. She soon
had al the sewing she could do, and her
work being carefully finished she was
wel paid.
Certain Il is that from her earnings
made in this humble way she was en-
Ihled to live in comparative ease in
Ifter life. having . su1hciency 70 raise
her above dependency. twas herpEiv-
lege and pleasure TO support her par
.nts in their extreme old age when
hey were oveital<en by helplessness
md poverty. She b growing old Her
'elf now, bot she need noe work unless
he chocses todoso. f0r Ghc has . home
u paid for and . snug little sum .of
money to bear her expenses through
he remalnAcf Of her HE. Besides. sh9
has many -waSn-hesEfea -ffisnds, wlss,
rnowingher history. appreciate her ef-
orts to make herself useful and help.
n Ma. y. 4. NoxIyoan.
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THE PEOPLE OF SINGAPORE
A British Colony J1st the Same Age ~
Qu0ea v1etoeia.

A British Colony Jast the Same Are a
Qusea vletssss.
Singapore, the capital of the British
colony known rs the Straits Settle.
ments, il q settlement which scores ex.
actly the years Of Queen VictoFia, for il
was in 1919, the year of Her Majesty's
birth, when Sir Stamford Rafles, tie
founder of the colony, planted his dag
of settlement On the long strand Of the
bay which now forms the harbor Of
Singapore. A mere Malay fishing village
at the mouth Of muddy tidal creek, IL
has in these few years sprung up into
one Of the busiest marts of Brit
ish commerce in the East. The i'm,
migrant Chinese population has com
pletely swamped the original Malay in
habitants. and to all intents and prr-
poses Singapore'snafive population may
Be considered a Chinese. In commerce
and petty trade they play IN indispensa-
BILE part In the business life Of the
colony, and moro than one-half Of t;,e
colonial revenue is derived from an inn
post on the opium they consume. The
ranks Of labor are almost exclusively
Chinese. although . good many Mad
Fssis, or K1ingA as they ere here termed,
make livelihood in the lower walks Of
life. Among the prominent features Of
the native life are The Madras bee9sr
women, with one or moro children. and
the performing monkeyA with their
lazy, dirty masterx-St Louis Globe
OoWocyot. ss st'
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y
do twice rs much, I'll be bound"
The truth OF this remark nettlol
Steve, and, scowling at his sister, b,
stalked sullenly out of the room.
All that afternoon Hannah lay on hel
little cot, her delicate fingers keeping
thine to the clicking needles, while hel
face wore . look of unusual aax;ety
and interest Evidently she WAS devis
ing plan to make herself less depend
ent 1t was great ahliction to b. Z
cripple, but to be taunted with he: help
leseaess was more than her sensitive nat
ure could bear.
Pap" she said that evening, ''don't
you think could walk II I had
crutches? I could help mann so much il
! could only 60 about, an it don't seem
like knittin' an sewin' an n'plaitsn' straw
for the boys hats is much work. Any
how, Steve don't think it is.''
| Don't pay no attention to Steve,
Ham," Mr.. Gray said. 1--WE all know
He's jest teasin' of you. I'll make you
pair O. light crutches tomorrow an
you can try 'em. If you could walk
with EN- they'd be q power of enjoy
ment to you; an it 'ud do my old heart
good to see you goin' about agin."
The crutches, or sticks" as Hannah
called them, were duly presented to her.
and she surveyed them critically, he,
black eyes swapping with happy antici,
ports very awkwardly and WAS able to
take only few steps at time. Though
she had long since learned tie value of
patience, never before had she felt moro
in need of that virtue. Her whole soul
was crying out for freedom, yet how
slowly her strength returned and how
heavy were those cumbersome limbs
But Hannah struggled bravely on, and
If any rebellious thoughts came to her,
she sternly dismissed them. happy in
the knowledge that she was less unfort-
unate than many others and much i'm
proved over her former condition.
Its better than lynn helpless in
bed, she said to q sympathizing friend
on one occasion. 81 know it amt as If
could walk an run as other Children
do, but it's better than not walhin' At
all. I'm learnin' to do 50 many things
that mann thought l couldn't do, an
can help in SO many ways" she con-
tinued, checrfully, ''that / don't feel Is
though I've any rigat 70 be sad about
my condition"
Indeed Han had grown to be SO help
full and so unmindful of her own disad-
vantages, that her afaic:ions, though
never decreasing, seemed less noticeable;
and she went about her dut,cs in such . |
cheerful, self-confident spirit that she
carried strength and courage 10 those
with whom she came in contact.
II do b'lieve, Jeems," said Mrs. Gray,
that Han'l make . smart woman.
She the particularist creetur' bout her
work I ever see, an she don't slight /
nothin'. She done nearly the whole
weeks ironin', an bad ever thing in its
place long afore 6:rner."
''Why, didn't Low che could stand
ong enough to do the i-c1in'," replied
he father.
''Oh, she didn't stand. She &C. in her
.asy cheer an the children can't the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-07
THE PRACTICE OF WRITING.

Is b IN Aid to the Correct Expression Of
Your Thoughts.
For those who desire to become ex-
,crts in the art of expression, letter
writing is, perhaps, the best early ex-
2erience. By this is not meant such
letter-writing as is done by hurried,
busy, harassed people, who must neces-
sarily sandwich this occupation in he
tween the seyerer duties of the day,
but the letter-writing Of theyoung and
ardent, whose inner selves are reflected
until the dull paper glows with life and
feeling.
The man who IL accustomed to hav-
irg .,is thoughts at his fingers ends is
naturally much more apt TO have them
ut his tongues end. but whether his
ideas flowed SO readily before he gave
free rein to them with his pen or not
must remain a matter Of conjecture. II
is reasonable to suppose, however, that
the careful letters he wrote in his early
youth to his mother, his sweetheart or
his friend have had an apprcciable in
auence upon his later conversational
style.
The exercise of letter-writing should
be entered upon with zeal. Boys and
girls should be encouraged in it as soon
as they are able to express themselves
on paper. The number of letters writ
ten should be restricted to . few. but
the excellence of such efforts should te
insisted upon by competent mentors.
who. if they will devote themselves
conscientiously to the task, may thus
be the humble instruments of building
better than they yknow.-Jenness-Mille,
Magazine. n s
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STEVE sHAxsLEp INTO THE ROOM,

STEVE sHANBLED INTO THE ROOM
amt no sign you don't do no work. 1
know some that has good use O. their
limbs that don't use 'em much for any
gooc purpose, an L don't see but that
them as has gos the will amt lots
more account than them that haint
nothin' but strength" E -
Hans brothers and sisters. however.
were not SO considerate Of her feelings.
and often they made remarks in her
presence that hurt her sensitive heart
sorely. One day Steve, her elder
brother, shambled rvadely into the room.
saying: 80. 80. 49,. - X
Han. it pears like you ort to be
dom somethin asides lyin' abed. all the
time. The rest Of us has TO work from
mornin' till night: an I don't see no use
o so much gruntin' nohow." a.fs' tti .
Steve" cried his snether. you ortnt
70 talk to Han that way. She's lest rs
usetu! N her way - you ass in yourn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-07

John Quincy Adams was Unitari-
IN, being Of the same faith Is his IA
ther.
Some twenty-five years ago Emile
Zola was . clerk, passing rich on 50
francs month. To-day he is practi-
cally q millionaire. No living French
writer has amassed more money than
he from the products of his pen. His
novels sell by the hundred thousand.
On the first publication of any of his
stories by q newspaper he receives the
sum Of 8. ZOO.
MIR. Mountney Jephson. one of STAN
ley's officers, evidently knows moro
about Africa than about the United
States. Il have some friends in Boston
mass, you know" said he. ssDo tell
me where Bostonmass il, You know,
and what is mass anyway? Now, by
the way, do ! pass near Chicago, you
know, when I 60 to Philadelphia, and
Is it anywhere near Brooklyn, dear
boy?"
DIR. Holmes was in . Boston book
store one day when woman came in to
buy book for . holiday present. One
OF the first volumes shown her was the
''Last Leaf, . poem which the Autocrat
prizes ~ one of his dearest. ''Who
is this by?" asked the customer. '.Dr.
Holmes" 1.-The pictures are very nice.
Did he draw them?'' ''Oh, NO: he wrote
the poetry" lis that alp was the
disappointed answer
Two copies of every article that is
accepted by the editors are kept by the
great magazine publishers. When q
manuscript II accepted it is at once
copied out in typewriting, and after
that one copy can be sent to the artist
who is to illustrate it, or to the printer
who is to set il mp. without the risk of
such loss as will compel the author to
rewrite it, and the publisher to pay
twice for it.-N. Y. Sun.
Miss Nellie Branham, the cele-
brated dwarf, of Paris, Mo-, is to wed
one Of the leading society young man Of
that place in the near. future. She is
years Of age and is wenty-
two inches high. Her intended husband
u unusually tall, and as the couple
walk along the street together the
young lady holds to the tip end of the
beau's coat tail, provided It is . long
Dne and she can reach il.
The original '.She' Of Rider HaR-
gard. . chieftainess named Maiajai,
whose kraal lies near the Dutch posses
ions in South Africa, was fined $500 by
he Transvaal Native Commissioner for
. breach Of the peace in
hat her Indunas had fallen upon q
tribe with more or less
mount Of destruction. Upon her re-
usal to pay, the fine against her has
,een raised to 41.o00 and 500 head of
attic, A party Of men with two guns
S now being sent against her.
The widow Of Gibres. the celebrated
french halter, sitter whom crushed hats
we're named, died recently at Versailles.
{ was she who measured the heads of
lis customers She said NJ. Guiz0t's
lead was not at all like the Rirth Of that
4 his illustrious rival, ThierA All the
ons Of Louis Philippe, except the Due
: 'Aumale, had small heads. Napoleon
ii. did not need . big hat OF all
;ibres' customers, Victor Hugo and tho
)uc de Praslin, who murdered his wife,
nd the largest heads. Kossuth and
ount Cavour had very large and high
eads.
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cowsoYs DISAPPEARING.

fhe Genuine Cow-Puncher WIN Soon Ips
No Mere.
A cowboy was returning from the
Western plains to his home in Ohio. He
was sad and his face bore q doleful ex.
preston rs he naruated the memories Of
happy ranch life never to be again.
''The plains" said he. ''are nothing like
they used to be. Instead Of herds Of
buffalo and cattle they now have
boomers scrub stock and scala.
wag dogs, and instead Of cowboys. ~
in the past, the inhabitants are settlers
who have during the past twenty yca<s
'squatted in nearly every State and
Territory west Of the Missouri river.
So long as they kept out Of the grazing
country we didn't mind them, but since
there has been such q demand for more
land for settlers those fellows have
crowded their society upon M until we
had either to fight, get out or accept
them as neighbors.
II guess the general run of my kind
of fellows would much prefer the first
but it doesn't pay. As for
the last, it doesn't go at all know
we arc rough fellows, and maybe we
don't seem any better in the eyes
Of the world than 'boomers,' but
that sort Of calculation is 'agin' MS. I
guess no fellow ever made success Of
cow punching who was lazy, and I
know l never met any fellow on tho
range who'd live In schooner and
starve his family sooner than work. "A
good many of MS could get little herds
and keep at the business II it wasn't
for the boomers but as they're
coming we're going. / don't think
you'll find many Of the cid
cowboys on the range after this year,
and next year you won't know by visit
ing what was once cattle-range coun-
try that there ever was such q set ~
genuine cowboys. City Times.
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some girl. but at the age of twelve sh,
was stricken with q terrible malady
which left her partially paralyzed
Often during the summer that followed
her prostration she lay with longing
heart and wistful eyes, looking afte1
her younger brothers and sisters who
romped about the yard or scampered
of to the orchard where apples lay in
delicious heaps on the ground. Yet nc
word OF complaint escaped her, and
emily now and then tear stole down
her pinchcd cheeks.
As the months passed the anxious
grew NO better and q great fear pos
sessed them lest she should always be a
cripple. They refrained from express
ing their thoughts in her hearing. but
they knew from the look OF patient res
ignation. which grew to be = fixed ex-
precision of her countenance, that she
fully understood their feelings and had
resolved to submit to the Inevitable.
Though there was no hope Of her re
cOvery she was not miserable. She
longed for the sunshine and freedom of
youth. but the excruciating sufferings
through which she had passed had de-
veloped in her = spirit of patient endur-
ance that made her nothing less than .
heroine and philosopher.
II have the use of my hands
an eyes yet" she one day said
to her mother, IAN that's . heap
to be thankful for. I'drather be lame,
than to be blind like little Nell Black,
an besides Nell has no kind father an
mother to care for her, an have"
I'm powerful glad to hear you talk
that way" replied Mrs Gray. "I've
been afraid you might think your lot
harder than anybody's. but now you
can think of somebody who is worse OF
than you your lot won't seem 50 bad"
There's lots o. things 1 can do to
help you, man," Hannah continued
shortly, If amt able to walk. know
how to knit an can knit all the gloves
this winter for pap an the boys. 1
know enough about sewin,' too, SO I can
make the dresses an aprons for the lit
tie 'uns. I've already pieced three
quilts. you know"
"Yes. of course you're . great help to
me, Han" said Mrs Gray, consolingly,
AN don't see how I'd git along 'thout
you. Because You can't run around 1t
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somebody's baby has follea aalee>
ever there mid the city's din:
O'cf mere where they toll end spin
AND sell and barter and loee ana win:
Spise OF the clamor and strife they keen
Oomeoooy's baby has fallen asleep.
somebody's bsby has fallen asleep;
aeshed IL lies in the darkened room.
Teer watched al through this long dsys.
gloom,
Flower bcdecked for this tiny tomb.
11ssed and Kissed where the wee pearls pecp,
oemeoodys baby has fallen asleep.
Oomebody's baby has fallen sslcep:
eomeoody's precious, peerless pet
Loverocked erst. in its robe tear-wet
Here will lie ere the sun has set:
mere poor eyes will weep and wesp
FOR somebody's baby fallen asleep.
Somebody's baby has fallen asleep,
woe for Us IL the end were herei
Woe for US II We know NO cheer
Past the mystery. past the bier!
woe Y tor aye were the slumber deep
On soenebody's baby fallen asleep.
Somebody's baby has fallen ssleep:
Thou. o Christ: who for aye and aye
Rolled the stone from the grave away.
speak 70 the griefswept hearts today:
whisper 70 them that Thy strong arms keen
6omebody's baby just fallen asleep.
~ A. Maitland, in Household Monthly.
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FLAT NOMENCLATURE.


Names Are Necessary fse Pretoatlo1l
Apartment Houses.
It is pretty well admitted fact NOW
among property owners that next to
building Nat the task of giving il q
name is the most difficult part Of the
matter of conducting ono Of these inssi.
tutions. No wellregulated nat ID now
allowed to 60 for any length of time
without q name, and the ingenuity dis
played by some Of their owners II
worthy Of note.
The list Of names of New York hats,
going by initial letters, runs from A 70
w, and within these limits the names If
fashionable watering places, Of soldiers,
of statesmen Of the past and present,
and Of many Of the more prominent
saints in the calendar have all been
twisted and juggled with in order TO
produce what may be termed . fiat
nomenclature.
OF the statesmen. Alexander Ham
ilton seems to be the favorite for four
big aat houses bear his name. Lincoln
is one behind him. GladstOnc's name il
borne BY two and the Duke Of Welling-
ton stands on the same level. JefIer-
son, jackson, Garfield, Franklin and
Grant are equal favoriteA
There is one fiat that bears the same
name as ex-President Cleveland. but to
offset this there is q fifteen-cent lotlg-
ing house on chatham street of which
the same can be said. There is Q Fol-
som. too, but whether named in honor
of the ex-president's wife can not be
said. Next to the statesman come the
authors.
Hawthorne is remembered, % II Ir-
wing, SO is Bancroft, 50 is Lord Chester.
field, and so are others less prominent.
As for the States and cities that a-e
honored. 50 to speak, they are innumer-
able. Those who are in . position to
know say that men who will not fuss
1t all over an architects plans, and who
will not in the least fret over the de-
tails of building and the like, will, On
he other hand, worry themselves ex-
;eedingly least they select IN unlucky
,ame for their building. This is said 10
De true, too, of men not known to he
in any other way. How
,ver, fats arc uncertain affairs in these
lines, ut the best, and that may account !
or tn. Y. Mail and Express.