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

ALTHOUGH the Chinese government
has made no appropriation for the
worlds fair exhibit, the merchants of
Hong Kong have determined to make
a display on their own account The
statement of what these merchants will
exhibit has been received. The list in
cludes silks, ivory, sandalwood, lac
quered ware, china. silverware and teas.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
A Statue of - shop Brooks.

Boston, Jan. est has been decided
by the wardens and vestry of Trinity
Church to erect n statue of Bishop Brooks
in Copley square, and a committee has
been appointed to receive subscriptio ms.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

A NEGRO woman in North Carolina
who has a monstrous head, and who
does not expect to live long, has sold ii
to a physician. it is said. for seven lol
lars.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

Four THOUSAND new post Offices were
established during the past year, and
557 GAO unavailable letters poured in the
boxes, 32,612 of them wholly without
any outside sign, symbol or address.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
CLEARING SALE.

In order to close
out all our heavy
winter clothing for
men, boys and chill
dren, together with a
large stock Of Suits,
Overcoats and VI
sters which we're con-
signed to us from a
large New York man
ufacturing firm, we
made the prices on
them very low. If
you have been too
late in purchasing
your winter clothing
you now have a very
good opportunity to
secure great bargains.
A trial will convince
you how cheap you
can now buy your
clothing at the
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
WatGrbQrYFirGA Alarm

WatGrburyFirGAIarm
LOCATION OF BOXES.
12-Rogers & Bro.
13-Cor East Main and Niagara SITS.
14-East Main street and Wolcott road
15-Cor High and Walnut SITS.
16-Corner East Main and Cherry SITS.
17-Cor East Main and Cole SITS.
21-Cor. North Elm and Kingsbury SITS.
23--Cor. North Elm, North Main and
Grove Streets.
24-Waterbury Manufacturing Co(private
25-Cor North Main and North SITS.
26-Cor. Buckingham and Cooke SITS.
27-Corner Grove and Prospect.
2S-Cor. Hillside Ave. and Pine st.
29-Cor johnson and Waterville SITS.
212- The Platt Bros & Co. (private)
4-Waterbury Clock Co, Movement
Factory (private.)
3-Exchange Place.
32-Corner West Main and Willow streN+s
34-Cor West Main and Watertown Rd.
35-Horse car railroad stables (rivate.D
Waterbury Brass Co priv .6e.)
37-Corner Cedar and Meadow SITS.
3S-Corner Grand and Field SITS.
312-Corner Bank and Meadow SITS.
313-Randolph & Cloves. (privste)
314-Plume & Atwood Co (private.)
321-No4 Hose house,
323-Holmes, Booth & Haydens (privatel
324-Cor. Charles and Porter SITS.
325-Cor, Simon St and Washington Ave-
4-Corner of South Main and Grand SITS
42-Corner of South Main and Clay SITS.
43-Waterbury Watch Co (private)
45-Benedict & Burnham Co (private.>
46-Waterbury Buckle Co (private)
47-Corner South Main and Washington
5-Scovill Manufacturing Co (private.)
62-Corner of Franklin and Union SITS.
53-Waterbury Clock Co., Case Factory,
(private)
54-Corner Clay and Mill.
56-Corner Liberty and River SITS.
57-No Hose house,
5S-Corner Baldwin and Stone SITS.
6-Corner Bridge and Magil SITS.
62-Corner Doolittle Alley & Dublin SITS.
SIGNALS.
One stroke 10 M.
One stroke calls the superintendent OF
fire alarm telegraph to the City hall.
Two single strokes, fire out or fire under
control, used as recall.
Ten strokes (quick) will indicate gen.
Fifteenstrokes (quick) and repeat calls
out the militia.
INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY-KOLDERs.
Be particular and remain at the box and
direct the firemen to the fire.
small bell in the box is striking, as that -.
indicates an alarm has alreadyibeen given
Be particular to remain at the box until
the arrival of an officer of the fire depart
ment, who will release the key, OF, if cir
cumstances will not permit remaining, then
the proper officer will return the key to
the holder as soon as convenient.
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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

A PHYSICIAN in New York reports
that during an epidemic Of diphtheris
in that city there were five times as
many cases on the shady side Of the
street as on the sunny side.
1ou run great risk If you allow q cough
to run neglected. Cure It on the start
with DIR Hale's Household Cough Cures
Sold by R. O. Partree, 46 & 776 Bank st.
DR. Hale's Household Ointment is the
finest remedy in the world for the cure of
neuralgia, rheumatism, piles, Group, cuts,
bruises and burns. Solo. by 3. o. Partree,
% & 768 Bank street. - -
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28
PENMA NSHIP.
PROF HOLrEY

Teaches every pupil to write fine, rapid bust.
ness hand in q course Of 10 private lessons and
NO FAILURES. All kinds of pen work executed
in the highest degreelofithe art.
s1o7HBANK HTRERTs
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-28

DR. Hale's Household Tea cures liver and
kidney troubles and all forms of malaria
better than any other known remedy
Sold by B, O. Partres, 40 & 706 Bank Of.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Snakes on the Isles of Shoals.

The Isles Of Shoals, mere rocks stand.
ing 10 miles from the New Hampshire
coast in a cold sea. are alive with snakes
On a hot day one will see dozens of them
running in and out of the DOGGY places
or summing themselves on the bare ridges
They are nothing to be afraid of, how.
ever, for they are of only one variety
the common little green snake that sci.
dom grows to length of ? feet.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
A New Car Fare Register.

In new fare register the main regis.
tering train is returned to zero at the
end of each trip by pulling out knoll
and turning it once around, when il
springs back into position. The number
and the direction of the trip are changed
at the same time. The register is saij
to be absolutely accurate in action, max
ing it impossible to ring without regis
tering or register without ringing. L
has a locking device, which prevent,
fares from being rung up during the alb
sence of passengers, and a 4-tumblel
lock with special key. The register il
thoroughly tested at 1S5 fares before leav
ing the factory.-New York TELEGRAM.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
thinning the Dentists.

Talk about the exports of gold upset
ting our financial system" said the eco
nomic reformer as he bit q crescent out
of n doughnut in Park row lunch ba-
zaar, at isn't the exporting that is driv-
ing our gold out of the treasury. No,
sir. The trouble is with the pluggers--
the high toned tooth pluggers. They are
ramming cool 81 900, 900 worth of gold
away into the back teeth of the Ameri-
can people every year, That means just
so much of the yellow metal lost to trade
and commerce every - months-lost
completely and irretrievably. This must
be stopped. Let congress pass law pro-
hibiting the use of gold in filling teeth,
and the monetary pressure will begin to
ease up in no time. When our gold is
drawn away from us by business trans
actions with foreign nations, we can get
it back in due time through the natural
processes of trade, but when it is plugged
away in the cavernous molars of our
purse proud dudes and millionaires it is
locked up so tight that n writ of foreign
attachment couldn't reach it. This bust
ness must stop, or the government will
slump before the next shad season opens.
New York Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
A Problem That Is a Problem.

A group of gentlemen were gathered
about the desk engaged in earnest en-
deavors to figure out mathematical
problem brought over by prominent
young member of the New York bar,
who stands to lose 500 on wager il
his own solution is wrong. Here it is:
A column of troops 20 miles long is or.
dered to point % miles distant. A
! courier starts simultaneously with the
rear of the column and reaches the head
thereof. Returning, he meets the rear
I of the column at the point where the
head originally was. Both the troops
and the courier are to travel at uni
form rate of speed. How many miles
does the courier traverse2
1t looks simple. The young New York
er said it was simple and that it didn't
take mathematical sharp to figure that
the courier journeyed even so miles. The
man who made the bet with him was
Philadelphia, and he called in Professor
Thunder, teacher of mathematics, said
to be the greatest expert in the Quaker
City. The professor figured at it awhile
and said it was plain that the courier
covered over so miles, but justine much
more he wouldn't undertake to say off
hand.
The man from Gotham was not salts
fed with the Philadelphia professors
conclusion, so on reaching Washington
he hunted up Professor George Hill, the
clerk to the house irrigation committee
and and expert in mathematics, who in
turn referred him to Professor Wood |
ward of the coast and geodetic survey.
His answer was sent in and appeared at |
the bottom of long sheet of algebraio
equations. 1t was COS miles. And still
the New Yorker is not satisfied. Before
giving up the 500 he is going to have the
opinion of the professor of mathematics
of Columbia college. 1t will take no less
an authority than that to shake his be.
lief in the correctness of his own cipher
ing, which, he admits, was not done with
the help of quadratic equations.-Wash-
ington Post.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Retaining Youth In Mature Life.

Not only does the vivacity, the en-
thusiasm, which belongs to youth carry
the man who retains it in middle age
over difficulties, but it brings him the
sympathy and applause Of the world,
which is sometimes refused TO more
worthy men.
We honor Bacon, but we give our af-
lection to Charles Lamb. Washington,
jefferson, Adams and Webster COM
manded the homage and veneration of
the nation, but it loved Clay, Lincoln and
Blaine, with all of their faults.
The tendency of American life is to
force our young people into shrewd
adults, who try anxiously to rid them
selves of impulse and emotion.
1t is common sarcasm among the
young that their fathers and mothers en-
joy jokes and are touched by sentiment
which their children are quite too old to
care for.
But may not the fin de steele boys and
girls be losing an element of strength
when they forget how to weep and make
merry.-Youth's Companion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Receiver Asked For,

Special to the Statesman.
GALVESTON, July 5.-The Omaha
ana South Texas Land company,
which assigned yesterday in Houston,
with liabilities of about 800, 900, and
assets approximating $1,0OO,OOO, today
filed an application in the United
States circuit court here to have H. F.
McGregor, the assignee, made receiver
of the company with full power to so
manage the properties of the company
as will best accrue to the creditors as
we'll as the company and save it from
unnecessary sacrifice. Mr.. McGregor's
bond was placed at $4,000 and the
immediate action of the court il
prayed for. Notice has been given by
the court to the creditors to show
cause why the application should not
be granted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
"Toad Bone" Was n Wonder.

All early writers attribute wonderful
qualities to toads and frogs and the va
rious parts of their bodies. Pliny be-
lieved, for instance, that if toad was
brought into the midst of mob or other
large and unruly concourse of people
"silence would instantly prevail" A
small bone found in the right side of
toads "of the proper age" was also be-
lieved to have powers over the various
elements. "3y throwing this bone into
vessel of boiling water" says Pliny,
sit will Immediately cool it, the water
refusing to boil again until the bone has
been removed. To find this bone, ex-
pose the dead toad on an ant hill. When
the ants have eaten her all away except
the bones, take each bone separately and
drop it into boiling water Thus may the
wondrous toad bone be discovered"
This antiboil bone of course had it's OPP
posite.
In another portion of his work Pliny
says: "On the other hand, again, in the
left side Of this reptile there is another
bone which when thrown into water has
all the appearance of making it boil.
The name given this bone is 'apocynon,'
which signifies dog averting,' because it
has the power and property of assuaging
the fury of the fiercest dogs" 1t was
also sovereign remedy for love and
other trouble, would conciliate es-
tranged friends, and if water in which a
toad bone" had been stepped be used
mixed with lambs tallow as an ointment
"the person using the same might with
out the least effort see ghosts and divers
spirits both by the day and by the
night st. LOUIS Republic.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
American News In Emrone.

An English correspondent takes &C.
casion to point out to Americans in the
course Of recent letter to a New York
newspaper that the outrageous quality
of what is sent abroad from this country
as news is working wonders in lowering
us in the esteem of foreigners and in
corrupting all classes of transatlantic
readers. Of the few days preceding the
transmission of his angry letter he states
that more than half the whole matter
sent during that week was given up to
stories of lynching in the south, includ-
ing minute details of the burning of a
negro for outrage after an hour of tor
ture with redhot irons, and nearly as
long story of the lynching of black
nursemaid.
ut is small thing" says he, "that
Americans living and travelling herr
should be continually insulted by opin-
ions based on this garbage, but if inter-
national respect and amity mean any
thing it is not small matter that our
people as whole should be persist
emily and libelously given away in this
fashion, and from their own side too"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Gold and Silver Paint.

"Let me tell you how to buy gold OIL
silver paint" says a lady. Don't get il
mixed or in the little bottles of powder
and liquid that come prepared in boxes
Get the gold, silver or bronze powder by
the ounce and buy the liquid medium
separately, as many ounces at time as
you wish. You know the bottle of liz.
uid never lasts as long as your powder
because it dries away and evaporates SC
rapidly. In this case You get any amount
you wish. Mix a small amount at 9
time, use it as quickly as you can after
it is prepared and always keep your bot
tie ed."-Philadelphia Times.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Dramatic Taste IN San Francisco.

a San Francisco audience will be
much more amused by the manner in
which the professor breaks down Mrs.
Brooklyn Bridges ceiling than it will
over the splendid merriment of Sir Toby
Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and NAL
volio. 1t is like the French audience,
which is infinitely more amused by wit
than by humor.
But comedy is not held in great favor
here. The San Franciscans being the
most pleasure loving of people, prefer
tragedy. A good, old fashioned, blood
spilling tragedy, where every one is
killed in the last act, is highly approved
of. If Edwin Forrest were alive today,
he would count his most frantic admir-
ers in the city by The Golden Gate.
Tragedy as he must have understood
it-tragedy played with all the force of
the lungs-tragedy where the murdered
victim and the despairing suicide took
half an hour to die and died acrobat
ically from the fOotlights to the door at
the back of the stage-would meet with
the heartiest approval here. The ele-
ment in the theaters which loved and
worshiped Forrest and his energetic
methods is larger in San Francisco than
in most cities of it's size. 1t is not that
the audiences here do not contain in
dividual spectators of the highest arts
tic insight and cultivation, it is that the
majority Of the audience is formed of
spectators whose taste in the drama is
very much on the same lines as the taste
in the drama Of the gods in the gallery
The spectators of Insignificant education
and uncultiyated taste are more numer-
Gus than the spectators of cultured mind
and trained powers of appreciation, and
the majority rules.-San Francisco Ar
gOnaut.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Effect of Faith In Times of Sickness

The effect Of belief or faith, the effect
of mind over the matter of the body, is
one Of the mysterious things in all sci
ence. 1t is unquestionably fact, dem
Onstrated beyond all dispute by thou
sands of observed cases. Long before it
was admitted or studied by scientific
men it was commonly known, and that,
too, among races Of little mental devel-
Opment. Who shall say when the first
enemy prayed his enemy to death among
the natives of the South Sea islands,
Who can tell when the first Obi man
S'put cunjer" on him who had defied him;
The religious mysteries Of vanished ma
tons are full of recorded occurrences
that may only be explained by this ex-
traordinary power.-Cyrus Edison, M.
D., i'll North American Review.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13

The usual odds laid by an accident
company are 81 900 to ca that you dc
not die from an accident in year. Sup.
posing that the whole population of the
country were insured against accident;
in one Office, each person paying 81 and
being guaranteed 81, 900 in case of dealt
by mishap the premiums would reacl
the figure of GAO, TAGS and the sun
to be paid for deaths would amount tC
e14,9Os, 900, leaving, after the deduction
of a few millions for working expenses
the very respectable profit Of e130,OO0,
000.-London Tit-Bits.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
THE PEACE BELLS OF BRookLlNE.

Our hearts were waiting, bleeding, waiting
With trembling, longing, hope and fear.
Our very breaths in silence batting.
And while we prayed, Gods hand be staid
Let war be over, peace appear"
Through all the air, with cadence fine,
Came pealing bells from fair Brookline:
peace is signed at Appomattox!
Mattoxl 'Mattox
Peace is signed at Appomattox!"
From spire TO spire the tidings spring
AS sunbeams flash DER peaks Of snow,
While strong men weep or pray or sing,
And each mans mood to all seems good,
For in that happy, golden glow
To God all grateful hearts incline,
While shoSts the bells Ut11ir Brookline:
peace is signed at ApiIosnattox!
'Mattox! 'Mattox!
Peace Is signed at Appomattox!"
Twas children rang, that glorious peal
In lightsome glee that war was DER.
AS men and women now they feel
How blest were they that happy day
To ring the bells which tidings bore
That brother brother fought no morel
And still they'll thrill in life's decline
When sound the bells of fair Brookline,
For meier in memory's dreams shall cease
That peal seraphic ringing: "Peacel
Peace was signed at Appomattoxl
'Mattoxl 'Mattoxl
Peace was signed at Appomattox!
-IIarper's Bazaar.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
The Derby as a zone Horse" Race.

For a fortnight or more before the
Derby everybody who talked or read
about the subject must have become
wearied of the expression that it would
be lone horse race" 1t may be well,
however, to realize the fact that the Der
by appears to be becoming one horse in
stitution, for at the start for the last
eight Derbies odds have been laid on the
favorite with the single exception of last
year, when the merest shadow of odds
n to 10y was laid against La Fleche.
Before the race of Wednesday it seemed
reasonable TO inquire whether backing
these so called certainties for the seven
previous Derbies had proved profitable
The reply was that if the sum had been
invested on the favorite in every instance
the gains would have about counterbal-
anced the losses, so that the hacker
would have had his fun for nothing"
although he would only have earned that
unsatisfying reward for his arduous la.
bors. On the other hand, if he had put
the same sum on each of the favorites
for the seven Derbies Immediately pre-
ceding the one horse Derby period he
would have been q considerable loser.
So after all there is something to be said
in favor of the one horse race.-London
Saturday Review.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
A Marvellous Memory.

5 A memory is good thing to cult
vate. Most people have passably goot
memories, many have extraordinar!
ones, and some have none at all. One
of the causes of the popularity of tn,
late James G. Blaine was his remarka
BILE memory for names and faces. 1t il
said that Mr.. Blaine could recall the
faces and names of persons he had me-
only casually 10 years and more after
the first meeting, not having encounter
ed them in the interval.-Harper'
Young People.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Converting the Jews In England.

During last year no less a sum than
e36,4S7 was subscribed in the country
by infatuated enthusiasts toward the
Utopian object of converting the Jews
to Christianity. The annual report
states that - converted" Jews
were confirmed during the year, of
whom, however, only five We're adults.
1t appears therefore that it costs about
G3,040 to convert each Jew. but this is
far too low an estimate, inasmuch as
out of the 10 were infants. London
Truth.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
WORKING PATERNALIsM.
Kansas Populists Want the State to Buy
Seed Wheat for Them.


TOPEKA, Kans., July 5.-While Gov
ernor Lewellying was at Waken yes
terday he was presented with petit
ton asking him to call an extra ses-
sion of the legislature for the purpose
of appropriating money for the relief
of western farmers who, on account of
the wheat crop failure, will have no
seed for fall planting. At the con-
clusion of his Fourth of July grafton
he said that while he appreciated the
condition of the western part and
sympathized with the people he could
not see that the exigencies of the sit
uation were great enough to Justify
him in calling the legislature together
While small grain was a total failure
the corn prospect was never better at
this time of year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Uelnjnr Along an Inventor.

The Bavarian government has made a
grant of 1000 marks to Herr Koch, an
aeronaut and author of Il pamphlet en-.
titled Free Euman Flying as the Pre-.
liminary Condition of Dynamic Aero.
nautics." to enable him to construct an
apparatus on the principle which he de-
scribes in his work.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Strange If True.

1t is related that on the date of Edwin
Booths birth there was meteoric show
err. At the hour and just before the mo-
ment of his death at the Players club
the electric lights all went out, and at
the hour of his burial in Mount Auburn
just at sunset there was a phenomenal
sky. The west was not only brilliantly
aglow, but aglow in a peculiar way.
Above the horizon line was band OF
light verging toward golden green, while
below and above was a marvellous blend.
ing of rose and azure and gold, while in
the east the reflection of all this splendol
was repeated in fainter tints. 1t was an
effect so beautiful and so unique ever
among beautiful sunsets that it was re-
marked in many towns and all along the
coast here. Boston Cor. New Orlean.
Times-Democrat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13
Eject of Heat and Cold ON Bodies.

The body of Prince Menschikoff, a
favorite of Peter the Great, on being ex-
humed after 90 years burialin the frozen
soil of northern Siberia was found to
have undergone hardly any change.
Corpses inferred in hot sand do not de-.
cay, but become mummified. -Wash.
ington Star.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-13

Were the superhuities of nation
valued and made perpetual tax or be-
nevolence, there Would be more aims
houses than poor, more schools than
scholars and enough to spare for govern.
ment besides.-Peun.