Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

like my sermon to-day, Mr.. DooksP"
First rate; better, l may say, than
when first heard it"-Omaha World
Herald.
-lIe-"Will you marry me if stop
smoking cigarettes?" She-''No Mr..
Sappy. l can't bear the idea of marry
ing man who does nothing. brook
Ign Life.
The difference between an ordinary
death and it's possibilities in a football
game is, that where in the former one
may die by inches in the latter it comes
by the foot--Philadelph Times.
-Dolly-'O, mamma, 1 met a little
girl to-day who had never heard of a
cow" Dolly's Mother-"That was
strange, wasn't it? Who was the little
girl, Dolly?" Dolly-"She said her
father was a milkman."
-Pat-''I hope yees live forever, and
guess yces stand a good chance, as
Tonne is an Oirishman." Father Tom
How do You make that out?" Pat
Did wees Riv'rence niver hear of Tonne
O'Day?"-Smith, Gray Il Co.'S Monthly.
-Wife-"What a devoted husband
Mr.. Wiclls is; he has spent almost all
this week at home" Husband-"Yes,
he told the doctor to-day that he'd just
as soon die as stay in the house one day
longer. Inter Ocean.
Gould You make it convenient to-
lend me 500, JACKIE" II don't know.
If should lend it to you should be a
man of some distinction" "How is
that?" "One out of a hundred. Var
mouth Item.
THE privileges you enjoy, my son,
from being an American" said the
proud father, ARE simply inestima BILE.
You may some day become president of
the United States; while in England no
little boy, however brilliant or good,
can ever become queen"
A model postal station will be given
place in the government bnilning at the
Worlds Fair and deliveries of mail will
be made on the grounds hourly. Many
foreign governments will contribute to
the exhibit of postal curiosities and IA
cilitics
"A sad affliction has befallen four of
the members of the family of Patrick
Shea. of Troy, n. Y. His daughter has
just been obliged to give up work be-
cause of failing eyesight; six years ago
her mother became blind; then her SIS
ter lost her sight, and last June her
brother also lost the use of his eyes
The people of Singapore are asking
"who will free them from the tyranny
of Chinese domcstics?" In the Straits
settlements all the domestics are Chi
ncse and they are becoming fearfully
high in their charges So far no rem
edy has been suggested more practical
than that 1.-THE Penang Debating society
oh "a No 1r1after
There are 1,613 varieties of plants
of economic value in Australia, of
which 2l2 are classified as human food
and food adjuncts, 15S grasses, % other
forage plants than grasses, 1913 drugs,
40 gums, 81 resins, 50 kinos Al volatile
or essential oils, 10 expressed or fixed
oils, IA perfumes, SIS dyes, 81 tans, $50
timbcrs, 81 fibers and IS miscellaneous
and unclassitied.
A Scotch engineer is said to have
solved the problem of making the mill
run with the water that has passed. 1t
is reported by a Glasgow paper that a
resident engineer has devised an ar
rangemcnt by which all the steam used
by an engine is returned to the boiler.
AS a result it is said that as much energy
can be gotten out of one ton of coal as
is now secured by the consumption of
seven tons q.
"A professional catcher in Pitts
burgh wagered ten dollars that he
could catch any ball thrown to him, no
matter how curved or swiftly it was
sent The person who bet with him
paralyzed him by standing a young wo-
man before him to pitch. She had
never handled a ball before, but in
three pitches she put so many curves to
the ball that he has boon almost cross
eyed ever since. He failed to be with
in ten feet of the sphere when it came
in his direction.
The long-proposed plan for supply
ing Paris with hot-water fountains has
been accomplished, one fountain being
in working order. An automatic ma
chine is used, to which the water is con-
Quoted by means of subterranean pipes.
1t runs through q coiled up copper
tubing three hundred feet long, and is
heated during its progress through this
by gas, which is turned on by a sou
dropped into the slot, which amount
furnishes eight liters. 1t is thought
that this will be a great help to the
poorer classes, to whom fuel is a lux
ury
The president of the republic of
Paraguay advocates the development of
industries that aid agriculture, such as
the manufacture of oil, soap, beer,
cigars and flour, and through increas-
ing products that are suitable to the
climate, such as coffee, cotton, sugar,
vanilla and rice. The cultivation of to-
bacco is being perfected by introducing
seed of superior quality and improve
mcnts in preparing the land.
Experiments have been going on at
the Edison laboratory on the applica-
ton of magnetism to the human sys-
tenn. Magnets having an intensity of
one to two thousand C. g. S lines of
force to the square centimetre were
turned on n small boy and also brought
to bear upon dog for period of five
hours with no apparent effect 1t is
concluded that the human organism is
in no wise affected by the most power
full magnets known to modern science.
Martin Reifferscheid, a fugitive
from German justice. has kept tattooed