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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
poar Encourage Inhuman Tricks.

Let tho boy fish, boat, canoe, swim and tramp through the woods on explor- ing trips to his hearts content. Go with him if possible and encourage healthful exercise and observation as much aS pos Sible, but don't teach him, nor allow him to acquire, unlawful and inhuman tricks. Upon nearly every one of furred or feath- Fred things seen during June and July depends q family of helpless lives, which may be doomed to the miserieS of slow starvation by one thoughtless shot
 The boy with the firearm sees bird and says. Watch me plug; him." and if the aim prove true the boy thinks he has done something clever, and most likely his fond father tells him that he has so done. In reality he has broken law and probably sounded the doom of half a dozen wretched fledglings hidden in a nest near by. Men will cheerfully give up a handful of dollars for the privilege of drinking i'll the wondrous melody from the trained throat of a Patti and go into raptures over the sweetness and the elevating influence of perfect music, yet the same men will blithely murder a poor little feathered Patti and still for ever life and song such as no Patti ever Gspired tO-in fine, destroy what the con centrated brains and skill of the world cannot replace.
 And for what purpose: Simply to gratify taste for the shambles, or to show off-to prove that an eye can glance along a bit of iron or steel truly enough to insure the planting of mug get of lead within the limit of poor, unSuSpeciing creatures hOdV-to kill a beautiful. happy bird.-Outing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
Mind Y"ur Own Isn,inr.,.

An old custom once prevailed i'll a F,,- mote place If giving a clock io any ,uc who would truthfullv swear lha; h.. had minded his own hu>iu,>S alu;lt f,r year and day and had n,,t nl,.iil,7I with his neiEhhorS. Many came. lur few. if any. gained the priz,. winch WIS more difficult 10 win than the Dunuuw fitch uf bacon. Though they syv0rr, O:l the four gospels and hrli out their hands i'll certain hop,'. some hitch Was sure 10 be found suIncwhcrc. and for all their as>tVcratIuus line clock remained ~sa- tionary on the shelf, nu one being able 10 prove his absolute immunity from un- called for interference i'll things not in any way concerning himself
 At last young man came with per fectly clean recurd. and the clock seemed as if il was at last abDnt Ia change owners. Then said th,. custodian. ''uh, a young man wa~ here yesterday and made mighty sure he was gpin= |" have the clock. but he didn't" And why didn't he get ir:' Whats that tu vou:' snapped the custodian. .'That'> net ynur business. and-you don [ get The clns k. go Home Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
THE LITTLE DOG UNDER THE WAGON,

''Come. wife" said good old Farmer Gray, Put on your things, 'tis market day And we'll be off to the nearest town, There and back ere the sun goes down. Spot? No, we'll leave old Spot behind" But Spot he parked, and Spot he whined, And soon made up his doggish mind
 To follow under the wagon. Away they went at a good round pace. And joy came into the farmers face. Poor Spot" said he, did want to come, But I'm awful glad he's left at home. He'll guard the barn and guard the cot And keep the cattle out of the lot" I'm not so sure of that" thought Spot,
 The little dog under the wagon. The farmer all his produce sold And got his pay in yellow gold, Then started homeward after dark, Home through tho lonely forest. Harkl A robber springs from behind tree Your money or else your life" says he The moon was up, but he didn't see
 The little dog under the wagon. Spot ne'er parked, and Spot ne'er whined, But quickly caught the thief behind. He dragged him down in the mire and dirt And tore his coat and tore his shirt, Then held him fast on the miry ground. The robber uttered not a sound While his hands and feet the farmer bound
 And tumbled him into the wagon. So Spot he saved the farmers life, The farmers money, the farmers wife, And now hero grand and gay X silver collar he wears today. Among his friends, among his foes, And everywhere his master goes, He follows on his horny toes,
 The little dog under the wagon.
 New Orleans Picayune-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
COMMENCEMENT.
The Pretty Custom Observed by Conegs
 Graduates Each Year.


 Graduates Each Year.
 Commencement is like spring in thaI it is new each year and that familiarity with it breeds only increased apprecia- tion. It grows on the participator as his years accrue. It Is good day for the hopeful youths who graduate and march at the head of the line. It will seem good to them next year, when they come back after a 12 months separation and hobnob with one another over their class punch and presently get in line at the very tail end of the procession, so far off from the band that they can scarcely catch the music. But in 10 years time. when they have moved up 10 places nearer to the band, they will find it dearer still. Then it will have begun to assume its true properties. as the day of all the year that brings hack the youth that Is already slipping from them, by taking them back ia the scenes of their untrammeled adolescence and rubbing them up against the men who were young with them when they were young.
 Life brings great prizes to the diligent and the lucky. To the average college graduate of 15 years standing 1t has brought a wife and children. q certain foothold in the vorld and q definite pros pect of respectable achievement But it is better at bestowal than at rcplcnish- ment. It brings him new things. but il does not lit him out with fresh supplies of the treasures that he had There is only one set of the men who were young when he was young, and II cannot be duplicated.
 If he Is wise, and the cookies round his heart do not get too stiff, he Is very careful of that dwindliug set of asso- ciates, and the fewer there are uf them, and the more he realizes the impossibili ty of replacing them, the greater pains he takes to go back Ia commencement and take account uf stock.
 \ strangely impressive spectacle Is the forming of the line of graduates that marches tO the commencement dinner of an old college. First comes the gradu- ating class, then the alumni by classes i'll orier of seniority. Glass of Is2o." cries the marshal. Perhaps there Is no response. Glass of 1891. Glass of l>22: Glass of ls2G!' Presently. as his class Is reached. the oldest gr..duate present steps out, venerable man. perhaps the sole representative of his year, and takes his place amid the cheers If the SpeCta- tors. Then for dozen or d score of classes as the marshal calls the wear one or two or four or five oll men walk out. arm in arm, supporting one another 's steps. Then as the list gets into the for ties come gray haired men, but vigorous and not yet of the lean and slipperc,l period. And then in larger companies the men of middle age and then the younger men. and finally buisterous crowd 200 strong of luSty youth who cheer for go" \ marveIously vivid panorama of human life Is the com mencement procession from "Murituri salutamus" Ut one end to Life let Us cherish at the other. Dull must l~t ;l.,, spirit that is not stirred h. il. And vet II Is a cheering sight with all its pathos. so much good fellowship II shows and sympathy and joyous =rcvtlnS when old companions meet.-Harpcr'~ Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
Ir,atmcnt nfthr Mri>ts

Very few people know th,' importance of keeping the wrists c,sl ill warm weather. Actors and actresses t-ll ypu that if one If their number faints they pour cold water uu their wrists Ath- letes cnSaEcl in the l,rfyrnducr If feats of endurance kt.,w that III winter the wrists must la. k,pt warm and i'll summer cool, but the general public still continues tu wear tight gloves and heavy cuffs Ill thu dag days and then wonder why 1t is hut.
 Taking off ones gloves ,,SIrecially iu Churchl often mak,S quite an uIHazing difference in temperature. Tight sleeves above all things. make thu. w,,lr,r hot i'll oppressive weather; delicate girls have been known Ia faint from this cauz,. .alumc.-Exchaugr
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
An Escape In the sky.

Once i'll awhile meteor plunEiug iu- to the atmosphere of the earth is neither consumed by the heat developed through friction nor precipitatri upon the surface of the globe, but pursucs its way out into open space again.
 Its brief career within human ken may be compared to that of q comet travelling in a paraboHc orbit, which. as if welding to a hcadlong curiosity. almost pluuSvs into the sun and then hastens away again, never to return.
 In July. 1899, one of these escaping meteors was seen in Austria and Italy. Careful computations based upon tue observations which were made in vari- ous places have shown that it was visi- ble along track i'll the upper air about 6S0 miles in length. When at its nearest point to the earth. it was elevated 42 miles above the surface.
 From this point it reccdyl from thr earth. its elevation when last seen h,-iug no less than 9S miles.
 Although the resistance of the atmus- phere was not sufficient to destroy the motion of this strange visitor, which con- tented itself with so brief q gliriI,>t of our globe, vet it carried the effects of that resistance out into space with it and can never shake them of
 No matter what it's previous course may have been. the rctardatiou that il suffered during its passage through tine air sufficed to turn it into a different di- rection and to send it along another path than that which il had been follow ine--Nouth's Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
N.H.&H. Railroad Time Table
Jun" II. lSs0. NAUGATUCK DIVISION.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
Acorresnondent,s A peath.

Slight impression does the newspaper correspondent make personally on man. kind. The public reads his letters, criti- cises them or is pleased with them and beyond that cares little enough whether the writer is old or young, black or white, man or woman, beautiful or hideous. He is mostly as impersonal as the editorial page of his own newspaper. Even the journals themselves pay little attention when one of those who helps to build them up drops out of life. Unless it is & world famous editor in chief or a millionaire proprietor, the death of any body connected with the making of n newspaper excites not ripple upon the current of public interest.
 4 grim illustration of this is found in the case of the going out of Lucy Hamil- ton Hooper, for Is years an American correspondent in Paris and one ol the best known ill the newspaper world. Like the soldier in battle, she died at her post. Her last newspaper letter to the Philadelphia Telegraph was dictated aft CT her own hand had become too weak to hold the pen, just before she passed behind the curtain, and in the full knowl- edge that her eyes were about to close on this world forever. Pathetic beyond description are the following words:
 And now, my kind and patient readers, l must stop and lay down the pen forever. By the time these lines appear the author, who has dictated them to her amRnuensis and dear daughter, will bc beyond the stars. In Jan- uary would haVc celt hrated my silver we'd ding with professional literature. but the fates have decided il otherwise, and must say fare well. Other engagements have changed and varied, but The Evening Telegraph has been constant for Is years, during which time l have never missed a week in sending my let ter. IL was always a vision of mine to return one day to my own dear old city. Philadelphia, to see old friends and old places, but liko many other aspirations in this world that one was destined 10 be unfulhlled.
 To my dear and loyal and firm friend, Mir. Warburton, whose kindness 10 me and mine has been unfailing and untiriuG; to my many friends in Philadelphia and 10 the many peo- pie who have read my letters, and though not acquainted with mo personally have written me kind letters and spoken of me kindly; to my dear old home I say farewell. Every one has been very kind to me, and mine has been a happy life. But il is ended now, and like Tiny Tim in the "Christmas Carol" can only say. God bless us every one"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
Peacock.. Fr,thrrs.

Peacocks' feathers have been handed down to us from the ancient days of mythology as mathematical of treacherv, evil and misfortune. The origin of this strange superstition k founde,l upon the following classical story: Osiris. king of Egypt. upon starting on his Indian ex- petition. left his queen, Isis. regent, with Argus his minister, as her chief adviser. Argus, with is hundred eyes. ar rather his spies. s,sUu made himself 50 forn,i- liable and powerful that he seized the queen regent, shut her up in a strong castle and proclaimed himself king If Egypt. Mercury was sent against him with strong army, took him captive and cut of his head, whereupOn Juno metamorphose,l him into peacock and set his spies in his tail. From this legend and the various additions made to it from time to time the belief has arisen thatit is unlucky to have epeacocks' feath- CTS inside n hOuse.-B Brooklyn Eagle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
The Turkish Haren.

In recent lecture on Turkey" Mfr Oscar r. Straus. ex-minlster of the Unit ed States to that country, threw some in teresting light upon a most interesting phase of Turkish life-the harem The lecturer admitted that his knowledge came entirely from hearsay. He had never been in one and had never known a diplomat who had. He pronounced the institution not altogether unattractive, Turkish women are not secluded ill the hareln as ill a prison. They are abso- lute mistresses of that side of the house and free to exercise their rights indis- putably. \ Turkish husband would not dare to enter his wife's apartments when it Is not her pleasure that he should, and she has only to place her slippers outside the door to indicate such desire for SC clusion. In many ways the oriental wife makes her caprices felt, and her spouse can only submit with what grace he may. like his occidental brother. Inc right la divorce is vested with the hnsband, but inc divorced retires with all her property to her family and may
 marry again at once. And this right to
 noid property separately from their hns-
 bands which English and American wom.
 en have only lately acquired has been
 the privilege of the Turkish wifo for ( l thousand years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
What notani,,s Do Not know.

How water. commonly called sap. nc,- essary to the life of a tr,v.. passes from the roots to the tuImuSt leaf and evaro- rates Is d problem nul Vet solved uy l,ot- anists. It is known that the. ascent $ made chiefly Ill cavities iii the sap wood only. the heart and bark serving other purposes That k the extent uf eur knowledge of the Iuattcr B,.H uud is mere conjecture. and every theory vet advanced has failed Ia stand th,. test of experiment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
DOIHGS AT THE CAPITAL
Senator Kyle Had a Small Audi
 ence In the Senate.
wAsHBURN SURPRISED woLoorr.

Statistics of Various Kinds From the Diff
 i-rcnt Departments-The Many Letters
 That Never Came-NIr. Warmers Resoiu-
 tion-To Investigate the Sugar Trust.
 WASHINGTON, Oct S.-The resolution proposing postponement of action on the repeal bill and other measures until the three vacant seats from Montana, Wash ington and Wyoming are filled was brought up incidentally by Mir. Dubois of Idaho. He disclaimed any purpose of obstruction in offering it. This revival of the subject gave Mir. WashbRrn of Minnesota an op- portunity of declaring the proposition to be absolutely absurd, particularly in view of the fact that two of the states concerned were not silver producing and had no more interest in the silver question than other states, and were, furthermore, now repre- sented in the senate by a man who would vote for unconditional repeal of the Sher- man act. This last statement was instantly challenged both by Mir. Dubois and Mir Wolcott who asked for the authority on which it was made.
 There was no hesitation on Mir Wash burns part in gratifying their curiosity His authority, he said. came from the two senators themselves-Messrs. Squire and Carey-aud he stated afterward in precise terms that the senator from Washington tMr. Squirrel had told him that he would vote for the unconditional repeal of the sherman law. The statement seemed to surprise the senators from Colorado and Idaho.
 Mir. kyIe's Audience Was Small.
 Mr Dubois appeared altogether incredu- louS and asserted that the two senators lMessrs. Squire and Careyl would vote against the pending bill. He did not say what authority he had for the assertion.
 The debate on the silver purchase repeaI bill was continued by Mir. Kyle of South Dakota against the repeal and by Mir Mo Milan of Michigan for it. Mir, Dolph of Oregon also made an argument against the free coinage of silver.
 Mir, Kyle read his argument against the bill By actual count there were three Democratic senators and eight Republican senators in their seats part of the time, and the galleries were almost empty. At last the deserted condition of the senate cham Der appealed to the sympathieS of Mir kylr'S colleague Mir. pettigrew, and the result was that, through the instrumentali- " of call, the temporary presence uf 46 senators WAS secured, and the speech was prucceded with.
 Outside uf a humorous speech by Mir. Clark of Missouri against the federal cleo ton laws the prucrcdings in the house Were lacking in interest. He kept the attention of the house for more than an hour, and his sallcs were enjoyed alike by political friend and fne. The other speakers We're Mir Dmsmure of Arkansas, MT Denson of -NHhama and NIT. Cooper of Florida, all uf whom were in favor of repeal No Rcpub- ltciu could bc prevailed upon to speak Ia a large array of empty seats and the house adjuurnvd
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
THE INTERsTELLAR ETHER.
Ethereal Waves Which Affect the Eye and
 the Photographic Plate.

the A-noIokrAphiC
 Our eye does not act by detecting heat; in other words, it is not affected by the whole range of ethereal Quiverings. but only by d very minute and apparently insignificant portion. It wholly ignores the ether waves whose frequency is com parable with that of sound, and for 30 or 70 octaves above this nothing about us responds: but high I'D in q range of vi braron of the inconceivably high pitch of four 10 seven hundred million per second-a range which extremely few accessible bodies are able 10 emit. and which it requires some knowledge and skill artif~ially to produce-to those waves the eye is aCutelv, surprisingly and most inteligentlv sensitive.
 This little fragment of total radiation is i'll itself trival and negligible. Were it not for men and glowworms and a few other forIus of life. hardly any of 1t would ever occur un such moderate sized lump of matter as the earth. EN- Cept for an occasional volcano ur a flash of lightning, only gigantic bodies like the sun and stars have energy enough to produce these higher fiutelike notes, and they do it by sheer main force and vio- lence-the violence of their gravitativt energy gy-producing not only these. but every other kind of radiation also. Glow. worms. so far as I know, alone have learned the secret of emitting the phys iologlcally useful waves, and none other
 Why these waves are physiologicallN useful why they are what is callet light" while other kinds of radiation are dark, are questions to be asked but at present only tentatively answered The answer must ultimately be given bN the physiologist, for the distinction bt, tween light and nonlight can only b, stated ill terms of the eye and its peCul far specialized, senSitiveneSs, but hin may be given him by the physicist.
 The etheral waves which affect tn, rye and the photographic plate are of { size not wholly incomparable with tha of atoms of matter. When physica phenomenon is concerned with the ulti mate atoms of matter, it is relegated a present to the vaguer group of knowl edge summarized under the head O chemistry. Sight Is probably chemica sense. In the retina may be comple, aggregations of atoms. shaken asundel by the incident light vibrations, ant rapidly built up again by the living tis sues in which they live, the nerve ending, meanwhile appreciating them in theil temporarily dissociated conditions vague speculation, not to be further countenanced except as a working hy pothesis leading to examination of fact but nevertheless the direction in whiCl the thoughts of some physicists art tending-a direction toward which many recently discovered experimental fact: point.-Professor Lodge iH Fortnightly Review
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03

The last words of Marie Antoinetts were; Lord, enlighten and soften the hearts of my executioners. Adieu for ever. my dear children: I go to join your father"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
he le1nncrate
c. and NJ. T. MALoNEY. PunIlsnERs.

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
JACQUES OPERA HOUSE,
"Wednesday, Oct 4th.

Merriment of Vaudeville. The event of the season. The ia nous Lottie Collins in naughty substitute, and her latsst London Success. Marquer te with Rainbow Dance bigger hut than Ia Ra Ra, In conjunction with the New Bos ton How ard Rthenaeum Co. The great est Vaudeville company 5eforc the public. t has positively no peer. and it is patronized every where by the fashionable sets in every city.