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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
The E.thstio Sense In Animals.

Animals possess in an appreciable man. ner certain tastes indicating an elemen. tary sense of the beautiful. This sense is not present in all animals, and those who do possess it manifest it in different degrees. But it is sufficient to know that its existence can be recognized. Birds are particularly gifted in this manner. They have taste for bright colors and melodious sounds, and most frequently tho male subjugates and fascinates his mate with the beauty of his plumage ol the tieNbility of his vocal organs. There are besides other birds who show this aesthetic sense ill singular manner.
 One of these is the baya. He has { passion for brilliant and varieSated ob jects, and he has n habit of ornamentine the entrance to his nest. which is built with infinite art and elegance, with a variety of objects, gathered by bits from all quarters, which happen to strike his fancy. Among them are brilliantly col. ored feathers of other birds, bright bits of shells, bits of stuffs, and the bird struts about in the midst of all this with evident pleasure.
 Insects also possess n marked ansthetiC sense. They prefer certain colors. and the plants which depend upon them for fertilization show an entirely differ. ent variety of colors from those of plants whose fertilization is affected by means of the wind. Musical sounds also affect different animals in a marked manner. They have their preferences and theil ntipathies.-Review of Reviews.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Magnitude of the Down Industry.

From out of the chaos of new industries the down trade has sprung to a most con spicuous place. Down pillows and head rests, as well as down comfortables, were, up to n short while ago, imported almost entirely, but today they are manufactured very largely in this country, and many grades are produced and sold here more cheaply than the imported.
 The idea of manufacturing quilts or com f0rtables filled with down goes back in it's origin to patent secured in England many years ago by Yorkshire drummer who conceived the idea of filling n cretonne con- fortable with silk waste. The thing hung fire for Q while until some one introduced down as substitute, then the industry as sumed large proportions, and today it is estimated that our manufacturers consume from 2,OOO, 900 to 3. 900 900 pounds of feathers for bed purposes each season, which means the annual contribution, dead or alive. of something like 10000, 900 of the feathered tribS.-Upholsterer
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Society Has Little Time For Mourning.

This is busy age, an age in which men are obliged to quicken their pace in order to keep abreast of the hurryinE. rushing crowd. The days of so clllal elegant leisure and deliberate ease are past, and even those who are not obliged to work for their living work for their pleasure. That is to say. they hurry somuch in taking their pleasure that it ceases to remain pleasure and be comes instead thereof a toil. In fact, So rapid has the pace become in Europe thal people no longer even allow proper time for the most saCrcd of all human sentiments namely, grief for those who have passed over to the majority, and the length of the period ns well aS the extent of the outward manifestations of mourning are now re duCcd 10 u minimum.
 This has been particularly noticeable during the past few months, and the old conventional rules and regulations of so- ciety on the subject arc becoming obsolete The classes in Europe are to a certain extent encouraged in this course by the eS- ample set by the rciEning and princely families, who. in proportion as their con stitutiOual power diminishcs endeavor to counterbalanee its loss by increasing their social influence. Court mourning never extends over few weeks. The oIseguies of the dead potcntatc are scarcely cOncludl- cd before the festivities in connection with his suCcesS3r'S accession commence, and mOrc than ever k it case of ''I.e roi est mort. Nive le rui!'-New York Tribune
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Prince of Detectives.

Vidocq, the great French detective, was born in Arras in 1775. He began life as q baker and early became the ter TOT of his companions by his athletic frame and violent disposition. At the same time he was n notorious thief, and after many disgraceful adventures he en- listed in the army. In 1796 he returned to Paris with some money, which, how ever, he soon squandcrcd. Next he was sentenced at Lille to eight years hard labor for forgery, but repeatedly escaped, and ill lSOS he became connected with the Paris police as a detective.
 His previous career enabled him to renHer important services, and he was appointed chief of the safety brigade, chiefly composed of reprieved couvicts, which purged Paris of the many danger ous classes. In ISIS he received a full pardon, and his connection with this service lasted until about 1928, when he settled at St. Mande as paper manu- facturer. Soon after the revolution of 1880 he became political detective. but with little success. In 1S4S he was again employed under the republican govern ment, but he died penniless in 1S57.-- Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Valucd His Onininn ui-hlr

Lawyers as q class are often bothered by friends and acquaintances who in a purely innocent manner ask their opin- ions on legal technicalities, with never an idea of paying for the information.
 A person of this class received well merited rebuke recently from d legal luminary of this city. Meeting q lawyer, he drew from his pocket s bill and said: Give me your opinion on this note. Is it good:'
 The lawyer took it, examined it care fully and then rendered his decision. 1t is perfectly good he said, and in non chalant way he folded it up and put it ill his pocket.
 And now," said the other, I'll thank you for the money"
 "Oh, no,' replied the attorney. I'll retain it as my fee. To give advice is my profession, and 1 cannot afford to render an important opinion withou: ay."-New York Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
A Brilliant Retort.

After dinner speaking is an art, and, like many other arts, its excellence has much to do with the mood of the artist Some of the best of our after dinner speakers some times fail, but it is not often that failure results in the enrichment of the world E store of epigram, as it dld in the case of Lord Erskine many years ago.
 When Lord Erskine was made a member of that highly honorable body, the Fish monger's Company of London, he made an after dinner speech on the occasion of his first appearance among them as a member. Upon his return he said to friend;
 "1 spoke i'll today and stammercd and hesitated in the opening"
 You certainly floundered," was the re, ply, but thought you did so in compli- ment to the hshmongers. ''-IIarper's Ba gar
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Early American scnlntnrs.

It is worthy of special notice that when Rush began to model in clay not one of the artists who have given celebrity to our native sculpture had seen the light of day. Frazer was not born until 1790, nor Ezekiel Augur of New Haven until 119l. The latter was originally in the grocery trade, but failing in that took up modelling and wood carving without any guide except his natural instincts; but like the majority of our early sculp- tors, with the exception of Rush, his eff forts are interesting only as evidence of what talent entirely unobstructcd can accomplish.
 It was not until 1905, long after Cop ley, West, Malone, Allston and Stuart had demonstrated our capacity for pic torial art, that Hiram Powers was born. The same year Horatio Greenough first saw the light of day In the remote wilds of Kentucky Hart was brought into this world in 1Sl0, and Clevenger, Crawford and Mills followed in 1S12. 1913 and 1S1J. Thus We see that. with out hereditary genius or predecessors from whom to copy, Rush achieved his artistic results, and succeeded ill win ming for himself European renown which made him the equal of some of the leading foreign carvers and sculptors of his age, and at the same time we'll earned the title of father of American sculpture. .-Lippincott's.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Cinderella ,pdu.-SI;Dnor

Yes, know you are saying to your self, That headline would have looked and sounded better had it been 'Cinder- ella and the Glass Slipper" but the writer has been making q critical study of this most interesting nursery story and finds that the famous glass" slip per properly has no place in it. The glass slipper isreally the fur. cloth or felt slipper, the word glass hay ing been substituted through strange mistranslation of the story. In the orig lnal 1t was written pantoufle en vair, which. being translated, would be the fur slipper" The translator however. wrote it as if it had been pantoufle en verre, making the little cindcr girls" fur foot covering one of glass, which, it must be admitted. would be one quite appropriate to a fairy.-St Louis Re public
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
The "Enr of fDinnnsins"

Acunningly constructed prison cavern. consisting of large chamber connected with one of smaller dimensions, situated near Syracuse, Italy. has gone into leg endary history with the title of the Ear of Dionysius." The smaller cham Der was unknown to the prisoners kept in this underground dungeon. and the tyrant by whose name it is known had a habit of secreting himself there to listen to the conversation of the convicts. who were mostly political offenders. An in genious device constructed at the small CT end of the larger chamber transmitted the sounds through the partition, thus enabling the suspicious ruler to hear even the whispered conversations of his ''sus- pects."-St. Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Gem PcddIcrs of CeyIon.

I was sitting one afternoon on the beautiful wide veranda of the Galle Face hotel. Colombo, ill Ceyion.
 b A light hand touched my shoulder, and q barefooted Cingalcse stood before me.
 Would you like to buy some stones:" he asked in his pleasant voice.
 These peddlers of gems are very nu- merous in Ceylon and threaten to become a nuisance to the traveller. They are not allowed to enter the hotels, and l once saw one of them actually beaten out of the Oriental in ColumbO. Hence itwns that before addressing me my Cingalese friend glanced furtively up and down the long veranda to see that he was un- observed by the minions of the hotel.
 He took from beneath his blouse H bundle of white cloth, which he opened. displaying about a pint of rubies, car buncles, moonstones and cats eyes. As had nothing to do, looked through them, after explaining to the sable mer- chant that had no intention of buying The collection must have been worth many thousands of dollars, judging Dy individual specimens, but apart from his merchandise the barefooted vender, cos tune and all, might have been assessed at about . shillingS,-Donahoe' Nigga zine ----..-.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
WALDO MEssARos' END.
The Ex-Preacher Died After Taking the
 Gold Cure,

The EX-Preacher Died After Taking the Gold Cure.
 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.-Waldo Mesa ros, who was once a we'll known minister of this city and later of New York, died in the German hospital, MT. Messaros re gently lost his church in New York, and later domestic discord added to his trou- bles, his wife instituting a suit for divorce This is said to have driven him to drink and he had been dissipating heavily lately.
 He had been stopping at the Washington hotel up to last Friday, when some friends induced him to try the gold cure for drunk enness. It is said that his friends found him lying on the floor of room in the gold cure establishment Saturday after noon sick and helpless. They sent for physician, who pronounced his condition critical. He was sent at once in an ambu- lance to the German hospital, where his death occurred.
 MT. Messaros, who was about 43 years old, will be chiefly remembered for his turbulent career as pastor of the North western Independent church of this city. which eliminated shortly after in his ar rest, trial and acquittal on a charge of at tempted assault on Mrs. Coulston, one of his parishioners. He was an eloquent speaker and was very popular as a plat form lecturer. He claimed that he was born in Greece, but this was disputed by many, who held that his birthplace was in this country and that the name of Waldo MessaFos was an assumed one.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
THE WRESTLING GIRL.
Fascinating, Generous, Noble Hearted, So
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 WomRn's Analysis Runs
 A Awoman who has made study of the whistling girl says that, aside from her assumption of a masculine prerogative, she is usually dainty and fas stidious bit of femininity, who loses not one iota of her womanly charm when she puckers her pretty mouth and whistles q merry tune. Rather the roguish twinkle in her eye challenges censure. To a superficial observer she is bright, jolly, original. Know her better, and she is frank, hon. Ist, high spirited, noble hearted, superior to the alleged pettiness of her sex, and, should circumstances require, sufficient ly generous to make wonderful sacrifices for those she loves, for, being ardent and impulsive, she loves warmly She may hate, too, with corresponding enthusi- asm, but not for long, for, being tender of heart and believing always the best of humanity, this harsher sentiment finds no permanent home with her.
 Contrary to the general opi ton, she is rarely if ever a ''tomhuv," and if she oc- casionally makes use o.' mcr ability to at- tract the attention of some delinuuent conductor it is only when she is hurry ing home at dusk and knows that the friendly darkness will not reveal her se- cret. As she approaches the corner she sees the coveted car leaving her perhaps to a long and weary wait unon the side walk. She glanccs ;,ruund 10 appeal to some possible small boy, but this conven- tent commodity fails to appear. Stead fly the car is receding. Can she be blamed if she for moment forgets that utility should weigh lightly in her vocal scale? And at last, when she triumphantly en- terS the car, no one would suppose that those demure lips had uttered that shrill and effective signal.
 Altogether, although inclined to be willful and rebellious at times (and who admires dull perfectionO, she is a gir: fashioned after free ideal. Is she to have her vocal freedom restrained by q cruel conventionality which forbids her to enliven her own home with pretty, birdlike music, while at the same time it not only tolerates, but often pretends to admire, the vocalist next door who seeks to entertain the entire neighbor- hood at eventide by a series of wailing notes and soaring crescendos? The whis- ting girl abruptly unpuckers her rosy lips to show her pretty teeth in dazzling smile as she flashes upon you a newer version of her grandmother's rebuke:
 Girls that whistle and hens that crow
 Make their way wherever they go.
 New York Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Points Abnut Fnntmrnr.

It is strange that so many people neglect to care for their feet who devote Considcra- ble time to their hands. It is quite certain that corns, bunions and other afllictions of the feet are more often due to such neglect than improperly shaped shoes or any other cause. Probably one of the most injurious habits of the time is the wearing of close shoes of india rubber. When a rubber is needed, Il slip rubber, which covers only the ball of the foot, is much more wholesome than a higher shoe and gives almost as much protection. A heavy cSlfskin shoe with stout heel, however, Ys the most wholesome foot covering for walking and will be found impervious to water if fire, quently oiled These shoes should be kept for damp weather.-New York Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Looking at Things.

When MT. Hudson was in Patagonia, he fell in with gambler, who told him that always after the first few rounds of the game he knew some of the cards as they were dealt. He recognized them man could not detect it even when it was pointed out to him.
 MT. Hudson is an ornithologist, and he says that this same preternaturally sharp eyed man was greatly surprised when he was told ;hEt half dozen kinds of sparrows were feeding and singing about the house. He had never seen any difference in them. he said. In size. color, shape and actions they were all alike and they all sang and twittered alike, so far as he had ever noticed.-Youth' s COmpaniOn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Frnfanitr Gninr nnt-

The profanity habit j. dying out It WAS, within the memory of Iho~e who do not like to think thcm>clvt> old. vel common l have heard. on what I am si re is trust worthy authority. of a Cler-yuian of the last generation who, summoat,l to hreak fast while at h.s morning dcvrtiOns, turnct upon the unfortunate mcSsyn-er with tht exclamation: "- you! How dare you in terrupt my prayers!' Much less extreme instances are known to many of Us whirl would be simply impossible Are We he coming more pioUISs
 That is not the general impression Is the fiber of the race >nftcnings That is of ten maintained, but l do not think Suc Sessfully- The CivIl war k there to dis prove it for Americans at least Or are We as French men and women did long aEu learning mnrc adequately to master the rS~ sources of our own tongue and becoming independent of this crude and rather stupid. to call il nothing worse, devicey-Century-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Extracting Virtue From Refuse.

The great decrease in the price of paper comes from tho discovery that nearly everything that grows can be turned into this useful article. Cotton stalks. tobacco stalks, the stalks of the sugar cane, corn husks and sawdust that used to culnber the ground are now made into cigarette wrappers, water pails, car wheels and even buildings for temporary purposes. The once despised sawdust can be used in still other ways. From 1t can be extracted alcohol, acids and dyes. The extraction of dyes from coal tar and tho refuse of refined petro leuln has for dozen years been one of the wonders of the chemists art. but theY are not the only things that are ob- tained from coal, and science is con- stantly widening the list. The slag of furnaces is now turned into asbestos, cement. pottery and fiji brick, and when pulverized becomes a base for paints. The refuse from wooden mills. which has contaminated so many streams, has been found to be valuable for the oil 1t contaiZs, and its extraction will not only profit the inventor, but do away with a nulSance.-Philadelph Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
TirSinia's Only Slave.

The state of Virginia once owned a slave-the only one probably the com monwealth ever did own. He was known as Ben the Bell Ringer of the Universi- ty of Virginia. The univer sity only had $2O0 left over when it was endowed. and it was proposed to buy negro wiSn this amount and keep him as bell ringer. They bought Ben. and in his time he be- came great character at the university. He knew everybody and was very useful to everybody. Ben used to get very drunk on the liberal and constant fees he received from students. He died in the Albemarle pnorhouse at an advanced age.-Richnond State.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
The Real Inventor ofthc Bicycle.


 The popular Lelief k that the bicycle is a modern invention. when in fact il really dates back to the seventeenth century. '- said Dr. T C Minor. T learned this one day when l was making some translations from The Journal de Medicine de Paris OZaram in i6g4 !n his Mathematical and Ply siCal ReCreHTIons.' tells of q carriage as he calls il, in which one can ride without the use of horses And then he gCes on 10 tell of how 8 lackey sits at the hack make it run by walking alternately with his wu feet by means of two small wheels con- cealed in case just between the wheyls behind and attached to the axle of thr car riaEe.' This was the principle of the velOCi pe,ie, so much impuovci since then But the priority of the discovery of the bicycle l believe to hc established without f1rt he argument or dispute.
 Tt was by A physician, Eli Richard, a young physician of Rochelle, France, who made the first machine after which our modern bicycle is patterned He was B medical student in Paris in l6E5 and be came one of the great physicians of France He died at the age Of Gl at Rochelle in lsO6, and there is a street in Rochelle named for him. and there is now q movement on foot tO creCt n bronze statue. not to Michaud. who it is claimed was the di~covcrcr of the bicycle, but tp the true di>CoycrrT. Dr. Tlt Richard Cincinnati Star
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
Sacred ard Classical.

The Sydney Sunday Times has a de iicious advertisement of "a grand sa- cred and classical concert to be given this Sunday night" The programme is composed of the work of Balfe, Le Brun, Adams. Pinsuti, Leve and others. and among the songs (thou yh whether classic al or sacred is not explained are Simon the Cellarer" and We All Went Home i'll a Cab" Admissi ,n to this rare con- cert was free, but ..cOllection at the door" Is announced. Perhaps that is why the performance is called a sacred con cert.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
WaterburyFire Alarm
LOCATION OF BONES.

 The following are the Fire Alarm Signals under the new system: I-2 Rogers X BrO.+
 I-s Cor East Main and Niagara streets. IT Cor East Main and Wolcott road. l-5 Cor High and Walnut streets. l-6 Cor East Main and Cherry streets. l-7 Cor East Main and Cole streets. a-1 Cor North Elm and kinEsbury streets. a-3 Cor North Elm. North Main and Grove
 streets.
 2-4 Waterbury Manufacturing company o-5 Cor North Main and North streets. a-6 Cor Buckingham and Cooke streets. n-7 Cor Grove and Prospect streets. a-s Cor Hillside avenue and Pine street a-g Cor Johnson and Watcrvillc streets. a-l-2 The Platt Bros X Co., a-14 Waterbury Clock company movement
 ment factory)-<
 3 Exchange place. 3-a Cor West Main and Willow streets a4 Cor West Main and Watertown roadi 3-5 Horse Car Railroad stable.* 3-6 Waterbury Brass company 3-7 Cor Cedar and Meadow streets. a-s Cor Grand and Field streets 9-l-2 Cor Bank and Meadow streets SIS Randolph X Cloves 3-l-4 Plume X Atwood Manufacturing com
 pany.+ s-a-a Holmes. Booth X Haydcns.E 3-a-4 Cor Charles and Porter streets. 3-a-5 Cor SimnnS street and Washington ave | Cor south Main and Grand streets. A Cor South Main and Clay streets. 4-s Waterbury Watch company fl Benedict X Burnham Manufacturing
 company 4-6 Waterbury Buckle company" 4-7 Cor south Main and Washington sts. Scuvil Manufacturing cVmIany.' 5-2 Cor Franklin and Union streets. 5-3 Waterbury Clock Co. lease factory. 5-I Cor Clay and Mill streets. 5-6 Cor Liberty and River streets. 6T No. Hose House. 5-s Cor Baldwin and Stone-strectS. Cor Bridge and Magill streets. 6-2 Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin street. Private.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
First Judicial Honors For a Woman.

To Henry VIII belongs the honor of having conferred judicial rights upon woman. Lady Anne Berkeley of York was allowed by the sovereign, who lad the widest experience of the virtues of women, to sit as judge, appoint a com mission and actually to pass sentence on some men who had been killing her deer and despoiling her park. The sentence is not recorded. but the fact remains that at least one woman has exercised iu- dicial rights.-New York Snn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
A Wife Appreciates Little kIndness..

A small bouquet, some little gift as |. surprise, an outing planned or the offer to read to her while she sews and the always grateful courtesies that you show everS other woman will be 10 times doubly ap- preciated by the wife. It isn't the cost that counts with her. It is the motive. and even though you do spend an extra dollar or two on unnecessary tritles, as you deem them, your reward will be in the brightening eyes and contented face of the woman ..sho re ceives them.-Philadelphia Tims