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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

NoTFEELING wELL-(B. Nye, Artist.
me flowers as 1 sailed did not come
They had not failed me before, but did
wrong in paying them until they had de-
hvered the goods.
There is already German air about
the ship, and the band is playing one on
the deck also. We have,a good deal of
music, and it is superbtoo. The Ger
mans lean a good deal toward music, as
tigmatism and gravy.
The table groans with good things for
eating purposes. didTnot feel we'll for
a day or two. 1t was not seasickness,
but sort of a sporadic case of indigestion.
Still 1 was pressed by all hands to eat
something. Meals came closer together
as wewent east land gravy became more
general ON the menu. For fear of a
famine duEing the day lunch was served
three times a day in the smoking room.
Then the steward, when he saw my place
vacant at the table, sent waiter and
undersheriff to my stateroom to make
me come down or allow them to bring
up something with gravy on it.
Yesterday morning we struck the path
of great storm. We could see places
along the way where the lightning had
struck. we also Iouhu tnat, InouSn the
sun was shining, there were large holes
in the sea into which we stumbled with
our dampfer.
Dampfer is German for steamer. Early
in the morning we sighted wreck 1t
was an American schooner that had
barely outlived the storm. l went on
deck to see the remainder OF the crew
come aboard, rescued from death. AS
we got abreast of the hull, on which a
spar or two sustained rag of sail that
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

L sprung up ana SIOOu us ~ DGITl1Cu De-
tICcCn IdrdS and him.
MY poor girl,'' he said smiling as he
drew out his handkerchief, "a couple of
shots from that practiced hand would kill
you both"
at may be So" faltered as l sank into
a chair overcome with sense of my help
lessness. But he shall kill me first, please
God"
He knitted his brows and turned away,
wiping his hands with the handkerchief as
if they were wet. When he turned again,
there was perspiration on his brow.
You talk Of death" he said, ''as if there
was no chance of escape, no hope of happi-
ness in all the years before you"
There is no chance of escape if what you
say is true; no hope of happiness if Taras is
taken from me. It's useless to 20 on talk
ing. Do you think I'd give in al the first
sight of danger? Not l. I've got to think
how I'm to face this other man now"
Some way of getting out of the difficult
ty," he repeated in a slow, reflective tone,
and then he added eagerly, Who knows
but that your woman wit might find an
outlet where my senses are at faultS Why
should not we-you and try to devise
some scheme by which we may outwit the
police, Rudersdorf, the whole lott"
I regarded him with mistrust, his eager
closed eyes, quickening my suspicious,
though these signs were not inconsistent
with an ardent wish to save Taras by de-
ceiving his enemies.
I'VE will see what Taras says"
Great heavenP' he exclaimed, with ex-
treme agitation. ''Taras must never hear
a word of what has happened tonight. II
you will not promise me that upon your
oath, LIP
A look of dismay-aquicko outward move
nent with his trembling hands, as if he
were abandoning everything closed the
sentence which his lips seemed powerless to
finish.
IF am to believe you," said after a
minutes reflection, "Taras will believe
you, and if what you have told me is not a
lie he will forgive you"
II do not doubt that His faith is great
er than yours. But it is his duty TO report
this to the society, and because 1t is duty
he will do It, despite the mercy in his heart.
The society will judge me by the letter of
the law, and Eny sentence will be death.
This is what exposed myself to by the at
tempt 70 save Tafas from the hand of Ru-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

Casparo Spontini regarded himself in
the light of demigod, and when in
SEPARATIONS crowded upon him he donned
a wide, togalike gown of white silk with
a border Of gold and fez of white silk
embroidered in gold, from which heavy
tassel hung down. With great dignity
he sat down before his desk, and if q
grain of dust was visible on the paper on
which he penned his music he rang the
bell impatiently for his servant to re-
move the obstacle. Spontini owned so
many medals and decorations that they
could no longer be accommodated on his
breast. At grand musical reunion at
Halle an old musician remarked to a
comrade, ''See how many decorations
Spontini has, while Mozart has not one."
Spontini, who overheard it, replied
quickly, mozart, my dear friend, does
not need them. st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

ONE OF THE BAND-(B. Nye. Artist.
in few days. Wherever vanity bears
the burden of taxation there can be no
just cause for complaint.
Every morning the band plays on deck,
and at evening it plays as an orchestra
through dinner. 1t is delightful music.
When get on shore, I shall have to have
a band to play at dinner time, or l shall
have no appetite. The music, too, seems
to fit the courses. With our CLANS we
get very joyous music. which would indi-
cate the happiness entering into the life
of the clam at high tide. With our soup
we have an Irish air descriptive of the
broth of boy" 1 discovered this adap-
tation of music to the course.
For the side dishes we have selections
from Seidl.
With the fish we get In the North
Sea Lived Whale" This is a little far
fetched, but we do not mind it.
With the fowl the orchestra plays
Flee as Bird" etc. When we get
down to fruit, the band plays Little
Peach of Emerald Hue" and when the
early rising cheese comes ON the leader
strikes up johnny, Get Your Gun"
introduced this custom four years
ago on this line of steamers and now
have patent on it pronounced paytent
in England
Tho other evening the ship was max
ing such wild plunges that the managers
had to be put on the table again. She
would bury her nose in the sea, slowly
recover. shake herself and clear the ia
BILE at the same time, and people would
go up stairs forgetting to put their nap
kins in the rings. <
In the meantime the orchestra was
playing Rocked In the Cradle of the
Deep" when Herr Embonpont, who
plays the big bull fiddle and is often
mistaken for it, stepped up on stool in
order to reach top note with his left
hand, when the dampfer gave lurch and
threw him on the chest of the bass VOL.
1t fell on top of him and nearly knocked
out his young life. This is not an idle
fancy, but a fact. You may ask him
when he comes back to America if am
not right.
was told that it is almost impossible
to keep the place of the cornetist sup
piled in the orchestra. did not under
stand why it was so and asked a member
of the staff OF the steamer. He said
You see, it is not strange when you
think of it. The orchestra sits up over
the dining saloon during dinner. The
members cannot eat until after we get
through. We have about 81 courses,
and you can get the odor of the feast and
hear the pop of the weinfaschen for over
an hour.
st is enough to make mans mouth
water. 1t does.
1--WE have to blindfold the cornetist
now, and still he has to stop every little
while and pull for the shore.'"
If we should go down ere we reach
the land and this should reach the hands
of n stranger, 1 authorize him to modify
the above statement so that it will har-
monize with the epitaph, such as it is.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
WIDE TIRE PHILOSOPHY.
some of the Advantages to BE Gained
Ita Universal Use

=
Its Universal Use.
As a machine for leveling roads, the
wide tire is of great use and is, in fact,
q modification Of the roller. The char
acter of the vehicles which are used up
on a roadway has q great influence upon
its endurance to the beat of the wheels.
The greatest defect of our American
wagons is that for a given weight of
wagon and load the tires of the wheel
are extremely narrow. 1t is probably
true that on i'll conditioned and muddy
roads a narrow wheel tire is an adyan-
tage for the reason that the thick mud
has less extended hold when it wraps
around the fellies and spokes, but with
this arrangement the interests of the
roadway are sacrificed to the convent
ence of the person who travels upon it.
These narrow wheels, with tires often
not more than an inch wide, cut like
knives into the roadbed and so deepen
the ruts. This effect is not so easily
produced upon hard, macadam roads.
but on dirt or even gravel roads it Is
useless to expect that narrow tired wag-
ons can be used without forming ruts.
No matter how much care a road may
have or how much the scraper and roll
er may be applied the heavy rains and
then the long continued droughts, with
the almost universal use of narrow tired
wagons for hauling heavy loads, will fill
our best kept dirt roads with deep ruts
and cut the surface in such a way that
proper smoothness cannot be main
tanned. Every farmer using the high
ways for drawing heavy loads should
use a wagon with wide tires. Its bene-
fetal effect upon the roads should make
1t to his interest to change the wheels of
all his heavy farm wagons or provide
them with tires of a proper width.
The proper width of tire depends upon
the weight of load to be drawn. The or
binary tire for the common farm wagon
should not be less than inches, but the
heavy draft wagons should have tires
from 3 to @ inches in width. Tires of
these widths do not increase the amount
of force necessary to move the load. In
deed when the roadbed is soft the mar
row tire will cut in where the wide tire
will stay upon the surface, and the re-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
Things Women Want to Know.

Basques formed by small gathered or
killed hounces, square or leaf shaped
tabs or loops of ribbon will make an old
Gnwn look almost as good as new.
Waved or serpentine braid of silk and
-sohair in hercules and more novel
weaves is one of the new fancies.
Neck rufus continue in fashion.
The new pocketbooks for feminine use
are large and commodious.
Some of the winter dress fabrics are
rough, with hairy surface.
Women may have either cloaks, jack
cts or capes and remain in the fashion.
The skirts of walking dresses are all
made to escape touching the ground.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

The experiments of growing a vine on
the wall indoors has been often success
full. The common ivy succeeds best, as
it thrives in temperature of 40 degrees
and over as we'll as in a much colder
one. It has no flowers, but is clean
vine, harboring no insects, and is suffi-
GENTLY hardy to stand the strain of
fluctuations in the average house tenn
perature. The vine should start from
large pots of Leeds pottery and may
festoon window or door opening or
Chamber at will over II wall space, where
its glossy, overlapping leaves outshine
tapestry or damask. With soft sponge
wet and wipe off the leaves occasionally
on both sides
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
WaterburyFire Alarm
LOCATION OF BOXES.

Tho following are the Fire Alarm Signals
under the new system:
IL Rogers Il Bro
Ia Cor East Main and Niagara streets
- Cor East Main and Wolcott road
- Cor High and Walnut streets.
"a Cor East Main and Cherry streets
- or Fast Main and Cole streets
49, Cor North Elm and Kingsbury streets.
~ North Elm. North Main and Grove
streets.
Ivo.orburv Manufacturing company
~ Cor North Main and North streets
s Cor buckingham and Cooke streets
81 Cor Grove and Prospect streets
"a Cor Hillside avenue and Pine street.
% Cor johnson and Watervllle Streets
2-1-2 The Plat Bros X Co.. ,-.,,.
2-1-4 Waterbury Clock company 'iiio> eii'o'A'
ment factoryl:'
q Exchange place.
C,r West Main and Willow streets.
a. Cor West Main and Watertown roadI
as Horse Car Railroad stable.
a-6 Waterbury Brass company
az Cor Cedar and Meadow streets.
as Cor Grand and Field streets.
Ala Cor Bank and Meadow streets
s-1-3 Randolph Cloves
49, plume i Atwood Manufacturing COM
pany.*
2-o-a Holmes, Booth " Hayueh9.'
49, Cor Charles and Porter streets.
a-2-5 Cor Simons street and Washington ave
Cor South Main and Grand streets
- Cor South Main and Clay streets
"a Waterbury Watch company
80 Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing
company
"a Waterbury Buckle company.
- Cor South Main and Washington SIS
: Scoviu Manufacturing company
,9 Cor Franklin and Union streets.
w,tarr,1rv Clock Co. tease factory.
81 Cor Clay and Mill streets
5s Cor Liberty and River streets.
81 No. 5 Hose House.
So Cor Baldwin and Stone streets.
Cor Bridge and Magill streets
"a Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin street
- Private.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

1.-THE human body is constantly under
going tissue change" remarked the pro-
fessor to several listeners in the hotel Of
fee. Worn out particles are cast aside
and eliminated from the system, while
the new are ever being formed from the
inception of life to its close"
A red eyed man. stretched on a settee,
looked up leeringly.
Water" continued the professor,
"has the power of increasing these tissue
changes, which multiplies the waste
products, but at the same time they are
renewed by its agency, giving rise to in
creased appetite, which in turn provides
fresh nutriment. Persons but little &C
customed to drinking water are liable to
have the waste products formed faster
than they are removed. ANY obstruction
to the free working of natural laws at
once produces disease, which, if once
firmly seated, requires both time and
money to cure"
The man groaned.
I've been tellin these people they
oughtn't to mix water with it," he said,
but they will do it, and still Detroit is
called the City of the Straits" And he
rolled over and groaned again
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
The Useful Soft Cnstard.

In making soft custard when eggs arc
scarce substitute a tablespoonful of
cornstarch for egg and use half the
usual number of eggs. The soft Gus
tard with different flavorings is used
sometimes to pour over squares of stale
cake. Sometimes rice boiled and kept
warm in bowl till ready for use is
nice with cold custard poured round it
The various buildings make change
and are already favored. Bananas
Sliced, with soft custard poured over
them are delicious
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

A Monster Advertisement.

The largest advertisement that has
ever been thrown out for wondering hui
manity to gaze upon is that of the Glas-
gov News, made of fowerbeds on the
side of a mountain back of Ardenlee,
Scotland The words Glasgow News"
can be seen and plainly read at a dis
lance of four miles. The length of each
letter is 40 feet, the total length Of the
line 323 feet and the area covered by the
letters 1855 feet. The borders of the
bed are sown with white flowers; the
centers with red and purple. The effect
from distance is said to be very grand.
st. Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25


sistence is thereby lessened. The wide
tired wagon as a farm wagon is better
than the narrow tired wagon. Often the
farmer has been forced to cut his mead
ows by drawing heavy loads in the fall
and spring upon narrow tired wagons,
which could be prevented by the use of
wide tires.
There should also be a difference in
the length of axles of wagons. The con-
tinual tracking of the wheels with mar
row tires is the principal cause of cut
ting the roadbed. With tires 1 inches
wide and the rear axle ! inches longer
than the forward, surface of 16 incLes
would be rolled every time the wagon
passed over the road. II must be appar-
ent to every one how useful in maintain
ing Il smooth and compact surface such
wagons would be.
There are some objections 10 the use
of wide tired wagons One of these is
that ON roads where tine narrow tire Is
also used the ruts formed are a great
hindrance and impede the easy move
ment of the wagon. The hest way to
overcome this difficulty l. To persist in
the Use of the wide tire and do a little
missionary work among the neighbors,
prevailing upon them to give up the use
of the narrow tire. Another objection is
the expense and difficulty of changing
the old wagon from the narrow to the
wide tires. But if all the new wagons or
wheels purchased We're with wide tire
it would net be long before their use be-
came almost universal. There is an ad-
Unstable wide tire made, so arranged
with clamps that it can be place upon
any wagon tired wheel. The appended
figure shows how this adjustable tire
may be adjusted TO the fellies of a
wheel.-Highway Manual of New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25


afterward pays any attention to, while
Germany robs the poor to feed a million
dummies in time of peace.
If hadn't agreed to write history of
the United States and visit Ireland this
fall, l would take small class in rudi-
mentary government for a few months,
but can't do everything.
DR.. Bedloe, ex-consul at Annoy, China,
tells of good plan adopted in the Chinese
empire for raising taxes, by means of
which the government is greatly bene-
flied, and the pride of the citizen is the
thing taxed. For instance, the right to
use the name Depew would pay tax of
81 per year, whereas to use the name c.
NJ. Depew would cost the urbane presi-
dent of the New York Central and Hud-
son River railroad 800.
Surprising that he should put on his
visiting card Chauncey Mitchell Depew,
it would cost him 5000, or if he thought
best to add DIR. to the above full name he
could do SO by paying $500. Colonel
would be the same. So would Judge.
Major would be $500. In this way it
takes means in China to maintain title.
You cannot be colonel there on your
own statement that you used to be very
wealthy. You must pay your taxes ON
these handles or surrender them.
The newspapers are kept posted, and
you also have to make your cards fit your
condition. When you lose ground and
can no longer afford to be called judge,
You must admit it. Even your tomb
stone must tell your condition and sta
ton. If had been called judge all my
life, for instance. and should keep guess
ing winners at the races in such way
as to die too poor to pay my tax, my
monument would be permitted only to
bear my naked name.
This system if adopted in the United
States would weed out n good many
judges and colonies or fill the treasury
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

Pumpkin johnny cake may be made
as follows: Two teacupfuls of sour milk,
. teaspoonfuls of soda, a cupful of
molasses. a cup of sugar. 2 of pump
kin, 81 of meal. II of -four; salt. Bake
it slowly in deeper tins than those used
for an ordinary Johnny cake. This
would be nice for brown bread at an
old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
NYE ON THE BRINY.
WITH SOME STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS
BY HIMSELF.

He, Did Net Feel Well For' Few Days,
but He Was Not se@siok-Music by the
Band to Accompanying Oourses-An In
terriew with n.Real Baron.
copyright. 1885. by Edgar w. Nye.l
ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE
BowERY AND WHITRcHAPEL,
STEAMER ALLEN, ATLANTIC OCEAN. !
How strange it seems to be once more
on the bounding lbillow! The weather is
fine. We had an suspicious start. Only
one thing failed; me. The two uniformed
footmen whom 1 had engaged to bring
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

LACE FOR TRIMMING LINEN ARTICLES.
Those who have made point lace will
need no directions for making the braid
lace, but as the pattern calls for little
skill beginner may safely attempt it,
so we will put them in the right way by
giving the modern Priscilla's design and
directions for working the same: The
pattern may be traced on thick paper or
it may be stamped on cloth. Basic the
braid on the outline, inter the corners
and run the curves with fine cotton and
put in the twisted bars, darning those
that intersect according to the design.
Bear in mind that the right side of the
work is next the cloth while working.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

Most vegetables are better cooked fast,
excepting potatoes. beans, cauliflower
and others which contain starch. Cab
bage should be boiled rapidly in plenty
of water; so should onions and young
beets and turnips. Never leave a spoon
in anything required to boil quickly.
The spoon conducts heat away from the
liquid
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
A Hard Nest For a Small Bird.

A curiosity worthy of its place in the
local museum was a birds nest made
wholly of long spiral steel shavings,
without the least particle of vegetable
fiber. 1t was found in Switzerland at a
place which is the center of a large
watch manufacturing district.-Cham-
bers' Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

The desire for something new is ever
active in the minds of women devoted to
fancy needlework. The Modern Priscil-
La, DESTROYS to please, furnishes the new
centerpiece here depicted.
This centerpiece is entirely new in
shape, and the cut edge is to be worked
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

which is about the most idiotic feature
of grownup government. We put all
kinds of business in jeopardy every four
years by threatening a revolution and
soaring every trade and manufacturer to |
death with platforms which nobody
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
A NEW CENTERPIECE.

in long and short buttonhole stitch. The
forgetmenots may be worked solidly with
pale blue or pale pink, and the scrolls
with pale green i'll fine feather stitch or
outline. If color is not desired. the
whole design may be carried out in white
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
Renson For His AfrectIon.

The Wife-Do you really love me more
and more every day?
The Husband-Yes, darling, for you
do not play the piano nearly as much 81
you used to.-Vogue.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
MAKING BRAID LACE.

An Easy DesiKn, with simple Directions
For Reproducing the Same.
Braid lace ought to be popular for two
reasons at least. 1t is easy to make for
those who are acquainted with point
lace making, and their number is many.
Thon it affords a handsome trimming
for linen articles, such as sideboard
scarfs, table covers and the like.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
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CHAPTER XXI

eoPTRIoHT. Isss. cAssELL = PuaLIaHED
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-12-20
Attem pied Robbery.

A very amateurish attempt was
made to rob the Bank of Maryville
last Thursday night. The robbers
had picked the lock of the back door
and obtained an entrance in that way.
When the bank was opened next
morning a cold-chisel was found
driven into the plate Of the lock on
the outside of the vault door and a
hammer and glove in front of the
door. 1t seems as though the would
be robbers had to leave in hurry,
for they left their tools. After getting
this door open, which would have taken
them at least three or four more hours
at the rate they were going, there
would have been another iron door on
the inside Of the vault and then the
safe, which is burglar proof, could
not possibly have been opened by
such novices as the work Of these
parties indie ates they were. No
clew has yet been found that would
tell who were the guilty parties. A
berth in the penitentiary would be
the best place for such people. They
are rather green, but at the same
dangerous to be at large.
The following is clipped from the
Knoxville Journal Of Sunday:
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night
1t. Jud Reeder nabbed two of the
Maryville bank robbers on Market
Square and took them before Esquire
Leahy, who committed them to Jail
in default Of S., 500. Their names
are H. A. Rankin, alias Hopper, and
Stanford McManima, 1t. Reeder
had been quietly working on the case
all day, and has abundant evidence
of their completely in the fruitless at
tempt to rob the Maryville bank, an
account of which appeared in yester-
days Journal. The officer says there
are two or three others of the gang
who have not yet been located. He
obtained further evidence that these
men had planned to rob the safe at
Condon's store at midnight last night,
but they fell into the hands Of the
officer on Market Square and the
scheme was done for. Rankin is 4
noted crack and thief from Danville,
Virginia, and his pal is said to be a
Knoxville boy who has been arrested
a number Of times for various misde-
mcanors.