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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
Cheap Electricity.

The papers in the northwest say that
everywhere in that region water powers
are being taken mp and utilized to
create electricity. So cheap Ii this
process that the use Of coal Is out of the
question. No light and no power can
be created 30 cheaply as that where q
mountain stream has been made to do
the work. What was an experiment q
short time ago has now become one of
the most remarkable industrial devel-
opments of the time. In nearly all the
northwestern states which are billy or
mountainous these water powers are
abundant Swift streams are flowing
down everywhere. These are just what
the electricians want. Finding a stream
anywhere within five or ten miles Of q
thriving town, they are ready to light
that town and furnish power cheaper
than It could ever be furnished by the
use Of coal. This, to a great extent, is
the practical solution of the question Of
cheap light, heat and power.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

SECRETARY FOSTERS report on the
condition of the treasury and his esti-
mates of the probable receipts and ex-
penditures for the remainder of this and
for the next fiscal year, is at last in the
hands of the house ways and means
committee. 1t is far from satisfactory,
as it is known that the surplus which
he figures out is obtained by failing to
deduct liabilities amounting to SAG, OOO,-
900, which will have to be met in the
period covered by his estimates, and
there may be more yet, that the COM
mtttee is now at work trying to find
out, and Mr. Foster will probably have
to undergo rigid cross-questioning.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
Plai;;S Ia History.

There are in existence to-day about
one hundred elan plaids, of which abou;
half are the Highland tartans Til
other half are modern variations pro
duced by Lowlard families for their
Identification, as certain ambitious per
sons to-day buy up or think up fine
coat of arms The plaid oftencs1 seen
on the streets to-day is the Gordon
plaid. This is the blue and green and
black plaid, with a single yellow bar
1t must not be COMPOUNDED with the
blue and green and black with the
white bar, which is the Lombard plaid;
or the blue and green and black with
the double yellow bar, which is the
plaid of the Campbells of Breadelbane;
or the same plaid, with the single red
and double white bar, which makes up
the Colquhoun tartan. What risky
thing it was to be born at all in those
days when it might cost man his life
not to know the difference between two
bars of white and one bar of yellow in
the tartan of any stranger he might
meet on the wayside. The Gordon
plaid has 4 famous history from back il
the alrac@t legendary days of Malcolm
ILL.,, when Richard of Gordon slew /.
monster il the Morse and got a biz
grant Of land and a title for it.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
4 I,enl0riSahIR Canal.

The NEST remarkable canal in tn,
world is the one between Wcrsley ant
st. Eelens, in the north of England.
is sixteen miles long and underground
from one end to the other. In that sec
ton of Great Britain the coal mines ar,
very extensive, more than half tn,
country being undermined. Many year
ago the managers of the duke of Bridge
waters estates thought that they coul'
save money by transporting the pro,luc
Of the mines underground, thHr>t =
the canal was constructed ara IN
nines connected and drained at tr
same time. Ordinary canal boats az
used on this unique water way, the llu
tive power being furnished by tu>r
The tunnel arch over the canal is pro
vided with cross timbers, and the per
who do the work of propulsion lie OF
their backs on the loads of cuul ans
push with their feet against the wooden
supports of the roof.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
A ROYAL INDIAN.
The Prince of Wales Belongs to the Mo-
hawk Tribe.

The Prince of Wales Belongs to the Mo-
hawk Tribe.
There is living in Europe a middle
aged gentleman. who, many years ago,
was elected chief of the Mohawk
tribe of Indians. This gentleman, says
the New York World, not only comes
from ancestry both old and powerful,
but he is also heir apparent to one of
the mightiest thrones in the world. He
is Albert Edward, more Familiarity
known as the prince of Wales. When
he becomes king of England he will
doubtless be called Edward VII. In
1860 he visited the United States and
Canada, and during that year occurred
his election as an Indian chief. He was
probably present at this interesting oc-
casion and perhaps an Indian name was
given to him.
The Mohawk Indians, who thus hon
ored the prince of Wales, are one of the
famous Iriquois nations, and as ma
ton their home is now in Canada. Their
proper name is Agmegue or Gagmegue.
The celebrated Joseph Brant was q
Mohawk.
Does it not seem like fiction to read
that a tribe of North American Indians
can claim among those whom it has
elected chief man who not only comes
from distinguished European ancestry,
but is himself the heir apparent to q
mighty European throne?
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
.-N ,sl-n--t,.,a 49,.
itS EomarkaSle Insciilge &c and Gre
Powers of Memory.

itS Eomarkaole InseiiIge ,ce and GrcI,
Powers of Memory.
In the chapter of communities IL his
last work Sir John Lubbock repeats in
a plcasurable understandable way his
own researches with ants and bees.
With not less than one thousand species
of ants there are no two having the
same habits. We are just finding out
how long lived ants are. He has .had
working ants seven years old and a
queen ant lived in one of his nests for
fifteen years. He is certain that the
ants of each community recognize each
other. Sir John divided one community
and kept them apart for year and
nine months, at the end of which they
at once recognized each other, land
were perfectly friendly, while they at
tackled ants from n different nest, al
though of the same Species" Sir John
made his ants drunk with whisky ard
left them to their friends. The tipsy
ones had nothing to say, but their
friends knew them and dragged thea
off to their homes. where the besntted
ones We're watched over until they wcr>.
sober. There were stranger ANS
among the inebriatcs. and the comma
nifty took them and pitched them int
the water. Thus it is evident that thlr
know their friends even when inca pa
BILE of giving any sign or password"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

PEOPLE are now beginning to think
of what they will buy in the spring.
Experienced advertisers are aware of
this and keep their names before the
public all winter. Some are even now
advertising spring goods in certain lines
that permit such early announcements.
These merchants know we'll the value
of continuous advertising. 1t fixes
their names so firmly in the minds of
people that their stores are thought of
instinctively whenever person is about
to make purchases of needful articles.
The habit of advertising only in the
busy periods of the year can produce
none of the lasting good of all the year
round advertising. For the time being
it may answer its purpose but when the
season Is over and the advertisement
discontinued the public begins to forget
it. Careful study of advertising has
shown that it brings the best results
when made permanent and systematic.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

A NEAT pickpoclzet dodge practiced
upon rural-looking persons Is based
upon the known good nature and cour-
tesy Of the average American citizen.
The pickpoclet, clad In fine raiment
and carrying stick, stands upon the
rear platform of a street car. facing the
dashboard. He struggles with pair Of
tight gloves, and having vainly essayed
to button one after putting on the
other, appeals to the kindness Of the
man facing him on the platform. In
nine times out of ten he picks the right
man, and while the benefactor buttons
the glove the pickpocAet with his olsen
gagged hand takes the others watch.
The confederate inside is at hand to
battle the pursuers in case the theft II
dakecked
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
HIS WIFE WAS roo GOOD.

A London Man Had Planned n specula-
tion, But His Wife Spoiled It.
"Your worlds fair souvenir half dol
lar reminds me of singular incident"
said Ralph G. Watson, of London, in the
hearing of st. Louis Globe
Democrat reporter. During the
queens jubilee all England was
flooded with jubilee coins. The
largest denomination was five pound
sterling gold piece, and from that down
to a farthing. After the jubilee all
those special coins that found their way
back to the Bank of England were taken
out of circulation, and before it was
generally known that this was being
done ninety per cent. of the coins,
fancy, had found their way into the
NAV of the old lady of Threadneedle
street.
''I was among the few who had sense
enough to keep set. 1 had a Eve
pound sterling piece, a sovereign, a
half-sovereign, crown, a four-shilling
piece, a half-crown, a two-shilling bit,
one shilling, sixpence, a fourpence, a
threepence, penny, a half penny and
a farthing. They lay idle in box in
my dressing-case for nearly four years.
1 thought nothing of them until one
day last summer, having business in
Glasgow, went there. Here the jubi.
lee coins were great rarity, and
found that my collection, which
amounted to seven pounds, five shil.
lings, six pence, ha' penny, farthing,
would bring something like twelve
pounds.
"Now, thinks I, I'll just make that
five pounds like wink, so l tele-
graphed my wife to forward the box OF
coins to me by express at once. The
next day got letter from her inclos.
ing postal note for seven pounds, six
shillings, and note from the dear
woman saying that as long as was in
need of the money she thought the let
ter-post quicker than the package-post,
and had had my coins exchanged for a
postal order and added the change her
self to make it even money. Mad? Twas
not only lost my five pound specula
ton, but l lost my jubilee coins as well
but, say, it was rather thoughtful OF
her, you know, and under any Other
circumstances would have been very
gratifying"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
"suMER is I-CUMEN IN"
Oldest Song in tho English Language
Written In 1926.

Oldest Song In tho English Language
Written In 1926.
The oldest British song, taking the
word British in its widest acceptation,
and thus making it include Cymric and
Gaelic, might, with about equal justice
be the Cymric battle song: :"Godonin'
described by Henry Morley as 1.-THE
most important fragment Of what may
represent the Oldest Cymric literature
or the Gaelic description of the death
of Oscar at the battle Of Gabhra, which
took place in 2s4 A. D.
OF songs in the English language the
oldest Is "Beowolf." legendary heroic
song originally brought to this country
by the Angles and handed down from
generation to generation as the Ian
guage developed.
The oldest song in the language thai
has come down to us with its musica
setting is "canon" or "round" called
Summer Is I-cumen In" arranged
with considerable skill for six voices.
The MS. is in the Harleian library, and
the best authorities ascribe it to the
authorship of John of Fonsete, monk
of Reading abbey, who is supposed to
have written it about the year 1926.
Here is the first verse of it:
Sumner is i-cumen In,
Shude sing cuccu;
Groweth sede and bloweth mede,
And springth the VIDE nu,
Sing cuccu, ouccu.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
detected.

THERE is said to be a plenty and q
wide variety of game to be found in
many parts of the west. An Orc news
paper says the Olanogan river beside
that town is full of speckled trout, and
1t is the natural home Of canvas-b back
and teal duck, and also Of wild geese.
Within an hours walk Of the town the
mountains are full of grouse and deer.
while further back there are enough
mountain lions and bears to afford all
the sport more ambitious hunters might
desire, and the barking Of coyotes may
be heard at any hour of the night
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
She Was Up in Theory.

"One day." writes a correspondent OF
the Boston Transcript, my brother
went to buy bushel Of buckwheat for
sowing. He found the man of whom
he was going to buy the grain away;
but his wife was at HON and she un-
dertook to make the sale. She got a
peck measure and they went to the
granary. There the woman filed the
measure twice, poured it into the bag
which my brother held open, and then
was going to tie the bag and take the
pay for bushel. But, Mrs. F., said
he, 1T takes four pecks to make a bush
ell oh, does it?' said she. Well, you
see, 1 never had any experience in meas
uring grain before l was married; l al
ways taught school,"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

A QUAKER city is soon to be estab-
hshed in Oregon by a corporation in
which Friends in various parts Of the
country are interested, among them
being, 1t is said, moneyed men Of Ore
gon, Nebraska and Indiana. The
Friends Quaker company is the name
Of the syndicate, and it has an option
on twenty-five hundred acres of land
in Marion county, in a rich fruit-grow-
ing country, with abundance of water
power. The city will be organized and
the community will live on coopera-
tive plan. No saloons will be permit
ted. The immediate building of short
line of railroad, church and a school
house and the planting of one thou
sand acres in fruit trees are contem-
plated.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
The Genus Tramp.

There was big talk In a New York
club few nights ago about tramps,
the speakers being careful students Of
the tramp nuisance, and some statistics
given were of a nature to correct senti-
mental opinion on the subject and to
bring the tramp almost within criminal
lines Some people believe that tramps
are used-up men, others that they are
idle because incompetent; but one au-
thority declared, as the result of his In
vestigation, that four-ffths of our
tramps are in fair average physical con-
dition, and that more than half of them
are skilled laborers. The great mass of
them are intelligent, too, and would
about as ieve have newspaper as q
drink The conclusion is that tramps,
as class, are lazy, selflindulgent, and,
consequently, dishonest and vicious,
and the only way of keeping them from
preying on the public is to lock them
up and compel them to work.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

AN amusing episode took place in the
house one morning this week, just be-
fore the session began. Chief Wolf of
the Palouse tribe of Washington Indians
in all the glory of red blanket and red
paint, was taking in the sights. After
strolling around tho hall for awhile he
walked up to the speakers chair and
taking a seat therein calmly surveyed
the members who were in their seats
reading newspapers or writing letters.
While he was sitting there a witty
member remarked: That's the first
savage who has occupied the speakers
chair since Reed vacated it." Reed was
sitting near by and heard the remark,
and he joined in the laugh which fol-
lowed.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
A Sad Story of Almost Unparal-
leled Suffering.
Speaks Now in the Name of Truth and
Justice.

A Sage of Eighty Three Years Gives Elo-
quent and Timely Testimony.
A most interesting thing.
The following letter in regard to it ex-
plains itself.
Deputy United States Marshal s. r.
Thorne has been a prominent and impor-
tant figure in American affairs, and
gained a worldwide celebrity by his
noted arrest of Louis Baker, the MUIR
derer of William Pool, at the Canary Is
land in 1866.
The noted deputy marshal is veteran
now, but his letter shows all his old
time energy.
"In the Christian leader read letter
from Rev. c. D. R. Meacham, pastor Of
the Baptist church of Townshend, VT,
stating the wonderful cure received by
him by taking DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy.
81 fully indorse all the reverend gen.
tleman says about the efficacy OF the
Nervura.
"Also, learned of the testimony of
II. S. Shorter, Esq, who lived at 391
Broadway Newburg. N. Y, man of rs
years, who was restored to health by
the same remarkable medicine.
81 now have to add my knowledge of
experience with DIR Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy. have been
an invalid and laid up with the govt and
rheumatism for the last thirty years;
confined to the bed for months at a time,
in the most excruciating pains and have
taken all kinds of prescriptions for re-
lief, but with very little effect.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

A MAN recently offered to carry the
mails between Boonsborough and
Keedysville, Md, daily, except Sunday,
free of charge. The distance between
the two towns is about three miles, and
the bidder thought that he bid low
enough to secure the contract. 1t was
not awarded to him, however, for an
other man offered to do the work for an
annual compensation of one cent, and
to him the contract was awarded. The
man who offered to deliver the mail
free of charge is now wondering why he
was not permitted to do so.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
MANY people of the Pacific coast a,

MANY people Of the Pacific coast ar.
anxious to have the United States gov
eminent complete, own and operate
the Nicaragua canal, and efforts are
making to have the commercial bodies
Of Portland, San Francisco. Seattle and
Tacoma, as well as the legislatures Of
the coast states, memorabilia congress
to authorize the government to under
take the work. Memorials have been
drafted by some commercial clubs, and
agents Of the canal company are travel
ing through the northwest in the inter.
est of the canal.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

A WRITER in Science asserts that the
ice movement of the glacial period
radiated not from the poles, but from
Labrador and the region about Hudson
bay, and that the Ice accumulation
northwardlY between what are New
York and Cincinnati was nearly mile
deep. The final melting Of the ice, he
declares, proceeded with great rapidity,
but with various halts and oscillations
Of the front.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

A WHOEVER in Allegheny county, New
York, recently married a widow. He
brought into this domestic union two
children, while she brought three. Now
he wants a divorce; and why? At fam
ily prayers the wife noticed that he
prayed for his own children but persist
emily neglected hers. A crisis came.
She demanded that he repeat the service
and give her children a show. He re-
fused. So she grabbed his hair and
pulled until he yielded and prayed for
al Rlilka. g..
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

81 thought 1 would try DIR. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and
am now on the fourth bottle. The last
four weeks feel decidedly better and
am improving very fast. Indeed / am a
new man to what was a year ago,
though now am in my SD year.
sit has relieved me from trembling
and nervous prostration when no other
medicine has. In facilitates sleep, and
imagination, but a fact that experience
justifics.
"This medicine has been to me worth
more than all the gold dust out in Cali
fornia and does so much good that it
should be known throughout the world.
81 do not know DIR Greene AMI have
ne yer had any communication with him.
This statement is in the way of truth
and justice.
S. r. THORNE,
Chaplin Home, E. Goth st, New York
city,"
No expression of ours will add weight
to the strong and convincing words of
this well-known venerable gentleman.
His words alone would and should in
fluence every ailing person who read
them to make use of this great and valu-
able remedy, DIR Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy. A medicine like this,
which is sure TO make those who use it
strong and we'll again, does, indeed,
seem, as Mr. Thorne says, worth more
than gold. The remedy is purely vege-
table and harmless and is the prescrip-
ton and discovery of DIR Greene of 35
w. 18th St, New York, the successful
specialist in curing all forms of nervous
and chronic diseases, who can be con-
suited by all free of charge, personally
or by letter.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

The latest sea serpent story is from
Australia. Two men recently mad,
affidavit at Liverpool, New Soutll
Wales, that they had seen in the tall
sedge grass near that place an cnor
nous serpent. They declared that t III,
best of their knowledge and belief it
was between fortyfve and fifty feet in
length, and las large in circumference
as common salt barrel
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
The 1e1t1ncrat.
WATERBURY,. CONN.

For the past two years Connecticut
has been practically without legisla-
ture. On the other hand the present
month sees the state of Kansas with
two legislatures in session. And so we
go on in this glorious country making
political history.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

The professors in the colleges OF
Spain are miserably underpaid, often re-
ceiving no more than two hundred dol
lars per year. They endeavor to make
a small profit out Of their text books,
each requiring his own book to be used.
These books are frequently In manu-
script, or, if printed, are sold at unusual
prices. The students, also poor, resort
in consequence to secondhand shops
and the annual fair, where q speciality
Is made of college text books-
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

SOMEBODY has invented q cradle
which rocks itself and plays baby tunes
at the same time. This will be a great
help to poor, prosecuted, overworked
fathers. Now if come one will only An
vent a machine to get up and make the
fire and grind the coffee on a cold frosty
morning John Henry's joy will be COM
plete.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

A WRITER in a recent number of the
Overland Monthly advocates the i'm
portation and domestication Of the
kangaroo in this country. He gives au-
thorities showing the feasibility of the
project, and believes the animal could
be introduced and raised here with
profit The flesh of the kangaroo is
highly esteemed as food, and from the
hides a valuable leather is made.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

THE order for forest reservation in
San Bernardino county, Cal. which will
protect the watershed of the Sierras for
fifty miles, is giving delight to the horti-
culturists of southern California The
new reservation includes the sources of
all the large irrigation systems Of that
part Of the state, and hereafter the
sheep men will be prevented from start
ing fires in the protecting forest
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

IT is estimated that the photog-
raphers of this country consume annu-
ally in the making of the millions of
photographs compounds of silver and
gold to the value of nearly one hundred
thousand dollars.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

A RESIDENT of Dayton, Pa, was sur
prised the other morning when he went
to milk his cow to find placard at
tached her horns, which bore the fol-
lowing inscription: go down and pay
for the cabbage devoured last nightI''
A modest suggestion from some suffer
ing neighbor.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

OUT in California they are having
what they call a cold spell. The mer-
curry actually gets down below forty de-
grees above zero, but hasn't reachsd
freezing point yet. Eastern papers
really ought to say nothing about this
lest there be a Wholesale influx of i'm
migration to the 'finest climate in the
world"