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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19

an make me feel small He'll try it on dis mawnin fur suah, an jest want to be dun fixed to paralyze his desirability. Spit lem right out, boss, an de ole man won't forgit yo' when de watermillyun sezun cums ag'in."
 We had about half mile to go, and be- fore we reached the depot I gave him a large and choice assortment of Webster s longest. When we drew up at the platform, Abraham was there, and also a dozen white people who were to go out on the train. It was good opportunity for the son to show off, and he realized it and came forward and waved his arm and shouted:
 "Yo' dar, ole man, hain'tI dun toled yo' bout 400 times not to sagGciate dat stupen- dous ole vehicle in de way of de omnibus9 Sum ole niggers doan seem to hev no mo ideah of de consanguinity of rectitude dan a squash"
 Was yo' spokiu to me, sahS" stiffly de manded the father as he stood up and glared at Abraham.
 "Of co'se was"
 Den, sah, want yo' to distinctly under stand dat when de co-operashuu of de i'm perialism seems to assimilate a adisreputable infringement of hereditary avariciousness l shall retract my individuality, but not befo'-not befo', sahr'
 Abrahan's eyes hung out, his complexion became ash color, and his knees bent under him as if the springs were about to give way. It was a long minute before he could utter a sound, and then he reached for my trunk with the muttered observations:
 "Befo' de Lawd, but things am gittin SC mixed up dat l can't dun tell whedder I'm his son or his tadder.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
VISITED BY THE DOCTOR.

form liniment and two or three patent pain killers. After getting to bed he suggested brandy, witchhazel and a flaNseed poultice, and he turned over to go to sleep with the remark:
 Some husbands suffering whxt 1 do wouldn't care how much trouble they made but don't want any one to put themselves out for me!''
 Next day Mir. Bowser had a stiff neck, as might be expected. As q consequence Mrs Bowser had to help dress him and put on his socks and shoes. As a further con- sequence he insisted on lying on the lounge and moaning and grooming large share of the time. Mrs. Bowser assured him over and over again that she knew all about boils and how to bring them to a head, but he could not rest easy until doctor had been called in. The doctor professionally assured him:
 First-That it was boil.
 Second-That it was a small boil.
 Third-That fax seed would bring it to a head.
 Fourth-Thatitw it would burst in due time.
 Fifth-That one story boil on the neck was never known to break loose and tear the human system up by the roots.
 Mir. Bowser felt in better spirits after that-at least for 10 minutes Then he sud denly exclaimed:
 Great lands, but suppose we have a con- hagration in this town while am in this helpless and suffering conditionr'
 Mrs. BowsCr reassuIed him on this and several other points and watched that flag seed poultice with all the solicitude he could desire. He looked over the morning paper and failed to find an item headed: Terrible Calamity An Eminent Citizen Confined to His House With Boilr' He was going to declare that he would stor his paper and add that the so called enter prise of reporters was all a sham and de fusion, when Mr:a Bowser checked him with:
 You see, dear, they were probably afraid of its influence on the stock market, and il was very wise in them not to say anything | to unsettle business" For five days Mir. Bowser sighed and moaned and groaned and talked of boils, and | for five days Mrs. Bowser extended a wifely solace and sympathy. On three different occasions, when cheeky peddlers rang tn:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19

deluston that our hair was standing on enc, and that we were waiting for dark night to skip the county. It was almost painful to witness his awakening to the true facts in the case. He had been here two years without even knowing that we had @ pri- vste graveyard with Il mounds in iti He had passed the spot two or three times and seen us at work cutting the grass and training the vines, but supposed it was field in which we planted such dead half breeds as got drunk and froxe to death on the streets in the winteri
 We had something to say to Colonel Smiley about his assets, and that stone mountain, and his libel suits, and we found that he was quite anxious to gree with us. We suggested Q change of climate and fixed the date of his departure at o'clock in the evening, and he favored the change and thought he could get ready by :. We don't know the exact minute of his going, but we are sure he went For reasons of his own he didn't go round bidding the public goodby, and he probably stepped very high and very softly as he went down the alleys. While 1t Is true that Colonel Smiley seems to have vanished off the face of the earth, there is no particular mystery about it. He has simply vanished from one spot to appear in another. No one blew him up with a bomb or enticed him to Q SpOS CrdChSN HIS SAhAis "S SAh S say that he was in the best of spirits when we last saw him, but his general health was never better, and if nothing interfered he walked at least 30 miles that night. We have no objections against correspondents of eastern papers making as long a string as they can, but in case of sudden and mys- terious disappearances in the future it will be as we'll for them to call around at THE KICKER office and get the inside facts. It can be depended on that we are always more or less mixed up with such eases,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
In Black and White.

As 1 was going down the street saw two bootblacks. One wns a black bootblack and the other white bootblack, and both had black boots, as well as backing and backing brushes. The black bootblack asked the white bootbla to black his, the black bootblack's, black boot with black ing.
 The white bootblack consented to black the black boots of the black bootblack with blacking, but when he, the white boot black, had blacked one black boot of the black bootblack with blacking. he, the white bootblack, refused to black his, the black bootblack's, other black boot with backing unless he, the black bootblack, paid him, the white bootblack. the same as what he, the white bootblack. got for blacking other peoples black boots, where upon the black bootblack grew still blacker in the face, called the white bootblack a blackguard, at the same time hitting the white bootblack with the black boot that be, the white bootblack, had already blacked with blackinG.-Exchange.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
BORDER FOR rABIECIorH,

loPs in buttonhole stitch through both the fabric and chain edge of the wheels, thus forming a continuous buttonhole stitched edge. After this carefully cut away the goods from under the wheels close to the buttonhole stitches.
 To make the wheels take fine linen thread; wind it 20 times around the first finger just below the nail; slip of the ring thus formed; cover with single crochets Count the stitches of the first one made and make the others of similar size) and join. Now make four chain, miss two, join with a short crochet; re peat until row of loops is made entire ly around the wheel. Beginning at the center of a scallop, make four chain; then two short crochets in the center of the next scallop; repeat around the en- tire wheel and cut of the thread about r inches long Thread needle with the latter, pass it to the inside of the ring and fill the latter with any kind of lace-stitch preferred. The wheels can be made in n more elaborate design if de sired, but the heavy foundation ring and scalloped edge of the one described give a much handsomer effect than at first seems evident. This styleis better adapt ed to teacloths (used for o'clock teas, card and other small parties), carving and traycloths and center squares than 1t is to doilies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
Some Candy Recines.

Walnut maccaroons may be made with a cup of walnut meats chopped fine. a cup of sugar. little salt. an egg. tablespoonfuls of four. Cook on a bnttered tin sheet in q slack oven.
 Peanut candy calls for cupful of mo lasses, a teaspoonful of vinegar, piece of butter the size of an egg. Just before it is done. stir in pint of shelled pea nuts
 Butterscotch is made with table spoonfuls of molasses, , tablespoonfuls of sugar. , tablespoonfuls of water, a large tablespoonful of butter. Cook un- til it hardens in cold water.
 For chocolate caranels put into a saucepan gill of mOlasses, pound of brown sugar. one-fourth pound of but ter, one-fourth pound of grated choco- late and a small half-cup of cream; stir together until well mixed. set over a slow fire, cook slowly until. win, n dropped in cold water. it crackle~; stir in teaspOonfuls of vanilla extract; I-'ur into greasel shallow tins, so it Is only half an inch deep. set 10 cool; when cold enough, take sharp knife well greased and mark into squares partly through, when throughly cold, break apart and wrap each square in tissue paper.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
THE FRONTIER.

Leoncavallo's new opera, "Medici." has been successfully produced in Milan.
 Mile Louise Nikita is now in St. Peters burg, where she will soon be heard in opera Rosina Vokes' plays are offered for sale, and it is said that she will never act again Anton Seidi says he likes the works of E. A. Mcdowell better than those of Brahms Lillian Russell wants to sing Martha" |" so that she can do ''The Last Rose of Sum- mer" too.
 Edith Kenwood will come back to Amer ica to do a kangaroo dance next month-or else to act.
 "A Scandal in High Life" did not get much farther than Brooklyn. It is to let on royalty.
 Berlioz's "Damnation of Faust" will be given with scenery and action in Liverpool next month
 Clementina De We're is singing in Ger, many. Her husband, Mir. Sapio, plays hel accompaniments.
 The vsteran Verdi is at work on a new opera, Romeo and Juliet" The book ii furnished by Boito.
 Charles A. Gardner, the German dialect comedian, has new actor who weighs 16t pounds and is a dog.
 Charles Walcott, in An American Duchess made up to initiate George Pull man, the carbuilder.
 London has a new opera entitled ''Niet Boy Jim' that is thought to be unequal t1 the "GOetterdaemmerung.
 Item from St. Petersburg: Mossorgsky' opera, "Chouanschtschina," has been pro duced at the Kononoff theater.
 Sardou in France and Sims and Raleigh il England are manufacturing new plays fo | the New York Lyceum theater. | M. Le Roy will write the music for al opera based upon a Russian Polish story Fred Isham of the Detroit Free Press vii | furnish the book.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19

of office furniture and a mountain of solid granite belonging to the United States We had something to say about it in THE KICKER, and the colonel sued us for libel, laying damages at SI00,0oO. We made a second investigation and felt 1t our duty to state that his office furniture wasn't worth over half dollar. He sued us again, lay ing damages at $75,OOO Three weeks ago Chinaman came over here from Prescott to find the town lot he had bought of Colonel Smiley for $2.
 The colonel lodged the poor heathen for a couple of days. aud he finally came to us On general principles we don't like the chap from the Celestial Empire, but in this case We felt it but just to explain to him that he had been washed, ironed and done up. The colonel began third suit, putting the figures at sI25,OOO Two weeks ago deaf and dumb man dropped in on us to find where his 70 acre farm was situated. We could only point to the mountain of gran ite, but he tumbled. The colonel instituted another suit, but it was only for $50, 900 this time.
 One day last week we went up to Colonel Smiley's office to see If he had increased his assets, As we entered the door he at- tempted to draw on us, but he was too late Before he could pull his gun we had A cou- pie of persuaders leveled on him, and he saved. We sat down and had little talk with the colonel and found that he had been laboring under great mistake-two of 'em. In the first place, he felt it his duty as patriot to bring the population of this territory up to the point where she would be taken into the Union as a state, and his plan was to offer real estate at bed rock prices. In fact, he was offering bed rock itself. In the second place, he was cuss who never fully appreciated the power of the press. His idea was that when an editor got cantankerous he could be bought up for about @. 50 or scared out of his boots
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
BOWSER IS LAID UP.
HE MAKES THE MOST OF AN AILMENI
 COMMON TO ALL.

B1rs. BoWser's Patience Is Taxed to the Utmost and the Doctor Is Called In. but After a Week of Terrible Suffering Bow ser Recovers-
 lCopyright, issS, by Charles B. Lewis.l
 When Mir. Bowser walked into the house the other evening, Mrs. Bowser knew that some calamity had occurred or was sched- uled to occur at an early date. His figure was all bumped over, his legs dragging us he moved, and on his face was look of desolation and despair.
 'Mr. Bowser, what on earth has hap pened." she exclaimed as she met him at the sitting room door
 "I-I'm laid up!' he gasped in reply.
 Laid upl Have you been run over or flung off the car!''
 "N-no. It's on the hack of my neck"
 Mrs. Bowser is very practical woman and never loses her head. She got him seated in a chair and had his collar and tie of inside of 80 seconds She found red, hard swelling and asked:
 Do you mean this spot herel"
 "YesI I could hardly get homel sup pose it's blood poisoning!'
 Its nothing but a boil, Mir Bowser! Why, thought from the way you acted that you"-
 Nothing but a boil!' he moaned. Moth ing but something which will cause me the most intense suffering for several weeks and then result in my death!'
 Tt may be little painful" she sooth- ingly observed, but it needn't lay you up at all. Don't you remember when had that felon on my finger;''
 I'd rather have 70 felons than this boill Let me lie down before faint awayr'
 Mrs. Bowser helped him over to the lounge and got his coat. vest and shoes of, and that was the beginning of week full of business for her. It wasn't n large, gen erous proportioned boil, built on the man. sard roof and dormer window style. On the contrary, it was one story affair GOV ering a small extent of territory-just such a boil as a 6-year-old boy likes to have on hand and rub against the fence when an other boy is proudly showing off a stubbed toe or a sore finger. MT. Bowser, however, had the idea that it was as large as a dishpan and as painful as a broken leg, and Mrs. BOwser thought it wiser not to undeceive him.
 That evening be had to have toast and jelly and wine and poached egg, and when Mrs. Bowser got his socks off and rubbed his feet with alcohol he feelingly re marked that if the calamity had to come it was better that he should be the victim, as he could stand the pain so much better than she could. Before going to bed Mrs. Bow ser had used at his suggestion camphor, arnica, whisky, bay rum, hot water, chloro-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.

The average American is an annexation ist. He is an ardent lover of the stars and stripes, and would delight to see the glori- ous emblem of liberty floating over Hawaii. He Is too apt to take only a su- perfcial view of the subject, and to throw up his hat in acclaim at any proposition to increase the territory and the prestige of this country, without carefully investi- gating the means by which it was brought about.
 Therefore it is that President Cleve- lands policy with regard to Hawaii has been greeted with disfavor. But the presi- dent would rather be right than be popu- lar and his orders, although severely criti- cized, not only by republicans, but by many democrats as well, were right, grand and good.
 The Hawaiian queen was dethroned by and with the aid of the American navy The provisional government was set up by committee who of themselves could dc nothing. Knowing these things the presi- dent as a simple act of justice planned tc secure the peacable restoration of the queen, provided she would guarantee gen eral amnesty to those concerned in the formation of the provisional government The queen was also told that the United States would lend no aid to continue heI Tn power. The conditions did not prove acceptable to the deposed queen, and the president having done all in his power tc bring about a peaceful solution of the trouble, turns the entire subject over tc l
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19

REPRESENTATIVE HOLMAN, chairman of the democratic caucus, after consulting with his democratic colleagues decided not to call the caucus which it has been deter mined to hold.to consider the Wilson bill, until after the Christmas recess. There are several reasons. all good. for this de cision. Many democrats have already gone to spend Christmas and if the caucus had been held this week it would conse- quently have been slimly attended. Be sides, those who spend. their holiday at home will get an opportunity to learn just how. the Wilson bill has been received by their constituents, which will enable them to lay before the caucus any objections which may exist. It is in fact very fortu- nate that the bill has been delayed. It will enable the democrats to do what has never been done before, consult the peo- pie about the details of tariff bill.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
oRNAMENTAI- TAsLE LINEN.
An Effective Wheel Border That Is Yer
 Easy 10 Crochet

An Enective Wheel Border That Is Very
 Easy to Crochet
 Women who like ornamental table linen will be glad to learn that with the present mania for reviving old fashions, tatting, netting, knit and cro- cheted lace have more than regained their old time popularity and are espe- cially favored for ornRmenting table linen. Not only are they used as inser- ton and edging lace, but in many new and novel ways. It is told in The Coun- try Gentleman that one of the most ef- fective of these methods is a hem finish that greatly resembles elaborate drawn work, but is far more easily made and durable and is carried out as follows:
 Turn the hem to the desired depth, leaving the edge raw, and haste securely to position. With fine linen or cotton thread and suitable hook crochet endtgh wheels for single row. Dampen and press the wheels on the wrong side until they are perfectly round and dry; then haste them to position, so that their centers will come directly along the in- side or raw edge of the hem Baste the outer edge of the wheels securely to po- sition; sew them together neatly where they join at the sides, and with linen floss or wash silk embroider small seal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19

front doorbell, she returned to Mr. Bowser to say that she thought it best not toadmit any reporters until he was stronger. Sew eral of the neighbors called, but she posted them in the hall, and they didn't hurt Mir. Bowser's feelings by declaring that they had rather have five boils than one soft corn. On the morning of the sixth day MT. Bowser was out of bed before her. She asked after the boil, and he turned on her with:
 "Boili boill Mrs. Bowscr, now that the crisis has passed, will say to you that the carbuncle which threatened my life burst during the night, and the danger no longer exists. Knowing what a nervous, helpless creature you are, didn't say much about it. In fact, led you to believe that noth- ing whatever ailed me except a touch of rheumatism and thereby avoided any com motion around the house. It was a mercf- ful providence that sent the awful suffer ing to me instead of you, Mrs. Bowser, or should now be a widoweri We will now go down to breakfast"
 And as he left the house for the office he halted moment on the step to say:
 Just think of it! You would have been iead and buried by this time, while not & trace of my awful sufferings and narrow escape can be secnl"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
A WISE INDIAN.
No Woodland Bride For Him After What
 He Heard.

No Woodland Bride For Him After What
 He Heard.
 There was a gurgling, chuckling. cac- king noise from the thicket in front-such 8 sound as you have heard issue from the lips of a travelling root and herb doctor as be got the crowd warmed up to pay a dol lar bottle for his blood medicine.
 The maiden started. She did not start for home, but just gave a little jump.
 "UghI Waugh! Whoop" came from the thicket, accompanied by demoniac chuckles of the most fiendish description.
 The maiden was about to start some more, but before she could do so an Indian chief broke cover and stood before her with a ferocious expression playing over his countenance.
 White Wolf, know your exclaimed the maiden, trying hard to repress the emo tion which thrilled her.
 "Yes. the white maiden knows me!' he chuckled, ''and knowing me she realizes her fate!'
 You will bear me away to your wig wam?'
 "Iwiltr
 And oblige me to wed you?"
 "I am one of the obligiug kindr he grim ly replied.
 Have you no pityi" she asked as she looked into his gleaming eyes 'NOne whatever
 Then suppose must go with you and be your woodland bride, but shall insist on taking this along to hang on the wall of our cute little wigwam."
 "To what does the white maiden refer!" asked White Wolf.
 "To this half finished painting," she re piled. II came out from the city to paint few landscapes. Here is one which started two days ago. l think it just the cutest, sweetest, incest little gem ever turned out by my hand. Observe that COW in the foreground! See how natural the waters of the brook glide along! You can fairly see the leaves"- "Waughv shrieked White Wolf. And must this go with youF" Tt positively must. I'll finish it up some i day, and you can make a rustic frame for it, and we'll hang it'- "Never!" he interrupted. I'd just as soon think of abducting white maiden who had taken 24 lessons at n cooking school! Young woman, farewell!"
 "Areyou Going'" ''I am."
 And won't you bear me away to youl cute little wigwam beyond the blue noun tainss"
 No! Never! Heap big Injun! Injun know everything! Injun make no mistake or white maiden who paints a cows hind legs under her shoulders"
 II think you are just as mean as ever you can bev' pouted the white maiden as sht painted another white spot on the neck o1 the COW. But he dashed into the thicket and rushed on and on. to be seen never again. M. QUAD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-19
THE PHILOSOPHER.

The faculty of enjoyment changes, but never expires.
 Evil and night have been partners from the beginning.
 There is nothing modern in the worlds love of a lover.
 Time and patience are good angels to the unjustly accused.
 Similarity is law, and the law of nature is the will of God.
 There is no enigma to us like him who is broadly our antipodes in moral being.
 Time has a medicine for almost every ail- ment of the mind, every distemper of the soul.
 Nothing so becomes & woman as care where words may be the occasion of mis- chief
 Old people are always forgetting they cannot make young people old like them selves.
 There is nothing stranger than how small cause suffices us to set man against man, life or death.
 The beggar polishes his crutch for the same reason the king gilds his throne-it belongs to him.
 Though one be rich, or great, or superior in his calling, wherein is the profit if he have lost his love:
 Tomorrow may be long coming, but they keep coming Time is a mill, and tomor- rows are but the dust of its grinding.
 There is nothing comes to us, whether in childhood or age. so crushing Aa sense of isolation.-General Lew Wallace in ''The Prince of India''
 How many there are who spend their youth yearning and fighting to write thAir names in history, then spend their old age shuddering to read them.