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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04
Good For All Times.

For sandwiches the bread should be
shaved from the sides and the ends of
the loaf. leaving it even. The bread
should be buttered, then cut about the
thickness of the ordinary square cracker.
For chicken sandwiches, cold chicken
should be chopped finely. mixed with a
little cold gravy and seasoned.
For delicious cheese sandwiches, CRATE
a quarter of pound of cheese and mix
it with half teaspoonful of salt. pepper
and mustard. Melt little butter, add
a tablespoonful of vinegar. mix and
spread the bread thin. Sardincs may
be rubbed TO a paste instead of cheese.
Egg sandwiches are made by chop
ping tho whites of hard boiled eggs.
MASKING tho yulks and mixing 10 a
smooth paste with nclcUG butter, pepper
and salt
Salmon sandwiches are good. Drain
the oil of canned salmon, remove all
bits Of skin and bone, mash smooth,
spread a slice of bread and squeeze a
little lemon juice on it.
Chopped ham sandwiches should have
the ham chopped as fine as grated
cheese. mixed with melted butter or
beaten egg to make paste, seasoned
with mustard. pepper and a bit of
pickle. The ordinary bread and butter
sandwich can be made delicious by put
ting lettuce between the slices, or mas
turtium or dAndelion leaves.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

sound chicken meat is Just as whole
some as in December land likely TO be a
deal more tender, and that the usual ap-
petite for whisky is not to be taken as
an indication that a man needs it any
more than in winter, but rather that,
like Rip Van Wrinkle, he's better with
out it" Nevertheless at this season we
hear monstrous stories, some of which
will be given further on.
OF course everybody knows by this
time, for astronomy has been popular
lied more than any other science in the
last 30 years, that by the apparent mo-
ton of the sun and fixed stars the for
mer is at this season in the same part Of
the sky as Sirius, the dog star, which
gives name to the period. AS, how
ever, the Sun and Sirius are in the same
quarter for long time. no exact meas
ure is possible, and American almanacs
usually put it from July % to Sept. 8
inclusive. In ancient days Sirius and
the sun came together about the time
those dreadful summer plaques and hot
winds came to Mediterranean lands. AS
the sun, however, is but a little matter
of $4,000, 600 miles from us. while Sirius
is at least 100, OOO, 900 900, 900, it is plain
that their apparent conjunction cannot
affect the dogs.
Nevertheless there is so much in
name that millions believe these are in
truth mad dog days, and it is true that
dogs can more easily be tormented into
biting and boys are rather more aggra-
waiting. This also is the season when
people are roaming all over the country
and many will NEEDLE with strange
dogs. OF u truth, however, there is the
least hydrophobia in the hottest weather
and next least in the coolest weather, if
it is both cold and dry. The maximum
is in the wettest weather. Thus the
records kept at the official medical sta
tons in Europe show three times as
many cases in April and November as
in July and August. 1t is therefore a
singular coincidence that in one week of
July several dreadful and some curious
cases occurred in New York city and
vicinity.
OF these the most distressing was that
of Miss Lizzie Byram, who suffered the
most intense agony and yet retained her
mental faculties almost to the last, warn
ing her physician and lover to keep out
of her reach even while she was snap
ping at their hands in the dreadful par
oxysms. Miss Byram was the Oldest
child Of Alpheus J. Byran of Newark,
N. j., and some time in April was play
ing with a pet dog. when it suddenly
snapped at her, left scratch on the
hack of her hand and at once dashed out
of the house and yard and never re
turned.
As the skin was not broken so far as
she could see, she thought nothing of the
scratch-it was in truth only red
MARYLAND went with the family to pass
| the hot weather at Ashury Park. With
out warning or previous sickness of
any kind she was suddenly seized with a
nervous irritabilitv that prevented her
from sleeping. She was treated for a
| cold, as her ewes were infamed and wa
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04
MoDERN WICKET AND JUMP suor.

pions have been as follows: 1888, G. W.
johnson, Philadelphia; 1854, General Ed
ward Harland. Norwich; 1885, Charles ia
cobus, New Brunswick, \. J.; 1886, c. Hull
Botsford, New York city; 1887, Abram
Wambold, Staten Island; 1885, \. l.. Bish-
op, Norwich; 1889, q. w. johnson, phila-
delphia; 1890, George c. Strong, New Lon
don; 1891, Charles Smith, Cottage City;
1892, G. w. johnson, Philadelphia.
Since 1888 the annual championship
games have been contested in Norwich, I'M
til 1891 upon the famous Robbins lot
and since that time upon the new field on
Rockwell street, where 10 courts are al
ways ready for play during the summer
months During the evenings of tourna-
ment week the grounds are lighted by
electricity, and every facility is afforded
that can make these annual meets thor
oughly successful.
1t is largely owing to the efforts of this
energetic organization that scientific co
quet has gained a permanent place in the
list of outdoor summer sports. While 9.
people out of 100 still play the old loose
game, with a six inch wicket and a three
inch ball. every year adds more really gooC
players to the ranks of the opponents o.
the modern tight" game, which calls fol
a greater exercise of skill, precision anC
Ceneralship in planning for points ahead
than almost any other.
HILLIAEp BRUCE
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

on the wheelman as a curiosity, escaped
from the same museum as the rowing
man, the tennis player or any other hu-
man being who labors with L body and
calls it fun.
None of these three is likely to think
of the wheelman as one who exerts an in
huence for good in matters Of interest to
them. Yet, if they would consider that
of the 10000 or more bicycle riders who
assembled in Trenton there was not one
who is not an ardent advocate of good
roads, they would doubtless perceive that
in these muscular men they themselves
possess invaluable allies. 1t is not nee
essary to point out the deSirability of
good roads to the pedestrian, the horse
back rider or the driver. A good road
way is literally the foundation of their
pleasure. But possibly it may not occur
to every one that the farmers interest in
good roads is the most serious of all.
With him it Is not matter of pleasure.
but of business.
a large part of the farmers work con-
sists of hauling. His produce must be
taken in wagons to the railway station or
steamboat landing for shipment to the
great city markets, and his empty bar
rels, boxes and crates must be pulled
back over the same road. In the state OF
New Jersey, moreover. there is great
deal of hauling of fertilizers. The earth
itself contains remarkably fine natural
manure in the shape of mari. The beds
in which this mari is found are private
property and are widely scattered. The
farmers purchase it by the load and haul
it to their land. 1t is heavy. and the
/ hauling of it soon cuts deep and almost
/ impossible ruts in poor roads.
Now, good road means a large anc
pecuniarily valuable saving TO the farm
er in time and expenditure of power. i
means that he can haul more loads Of
produce or of fertilizer in a day with
less wear and tear of wagon and har
ness and less exhaustion of his horses
1t means a valuable saving of time
which can be applied to the local lsbol
! on the land itself. And it may mean AZ
I hour more of rest to the farmer. who
| has quite as much labor as a man car
| bear.
These are considerations which user
| of r,ads ought to take into account. Thu
| wheelmen are a body Of men whose in
tiuence is of large Importance, and wh'
| ought to be encouraged and supported
in their combined movements for thei
own interests, because one of the great
est of those interests is also that OF thre,
other large and valuable classes.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04
CHAMPIONS At CROQUET.
They Viii Soon Meet at the
Norwich Tournament.
THE OLD SCOTCH GAME OF GOLF.

Americans Are Beginning to Enjoy the
Sport, Which Resembles Skinny How
the Game Is PIayed-The Courses Are
From Three to Five Miles Long.
National Croquet association, which is tc
be held upon the grounds in Norwich,
Conn, during the third week in August.
will be the signal for the gathering Of about
co expert mallet wielders. Present appear,
Rnces point to a successful series OF cham,
pionship games this year Among those
who are sure to be present are George w.
johnson of Philadelphia, three times win
ner of the championship emblem; Charles
Jacobus, champion in 1885 and second prize
winner in 1854, 1886, 1881, 1889 and 1890
Abram Wambold, Staten Islands crack
player, who was champion in 1887; the Rev.
Philip Germond of Tarrytown, y. y, sec
ond prize winner in 1891, and Charles Smith
of Cottage City, Mass, who until recently
bore the sobriquet of the boy player"
An addition to the conveniences of the
Norwich grounds is new building for the
accommodation of players awaiting their
turn, who have hitherto sat upon a hard
bench in the August sun until their oppo
nent missed a shot and changed places with
them.
The National Cruquet association com
prises about 70 clubs, located in As many
cities and towns from Boston to Chicago
1t dates its origin from the year 1882, and
its first CHAMP iouship tournament was held
that summer y. Il. Shipman of New \ ork
city won first prize, and DIR. Ira b. Read
the president of the association, was second
prize winner. Since 1888 the national cham
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

medical skeptics, this boy got we'll be-
cause he is too young and too matter of
fact to have any great imagination, had
never heard or read of a case of hydro
phobia and for other reasons could not
have hysteria. The case is considered
important as proving how much mere
terror may have to do with the dreadful
affection.
A still more singular case is that of
John Brassington, a lad of IS, whose
commissions first came on while his IA
Their, in a state of intoxication, was be-
rating him. Thereafter the sight Of his
father Immediately started him off in q
fit. having all the symptoms of hydro
phobia, and finally the smell of liquor
on any mans breath would upset him-a
peculiarly unfortunate condition in New
York city. A length the boy had every
marked symptom of hydrophobia, and
had to he strapped to his bed. In his
lucid intervals he declared positively
that he was bitten last spring by rabid
dog and treated at the Pasteur institute.
which is all delusion. as nothing of the
sort occurred. At length he was taken
to the state asylum at Poughkeepsie.
where at last accounts he was recovering
rapidly. The neighbors say that his IA
Their whacked him on the head with a
club and that when he came to-" he at
once declared he had hydrophohia, which
ives a faint touch of grim humor to the
c,s.'.
\ third Newark case is that of Kate
McCaulev. CitizenesS with a mixed
record who was bitten bv 4 strange
dog and At once had recourse to her
favorite stimulant, believing apparently
that the antlduto was the same as for
snake bite. She was walking leisurely
and apparently in good health near the
canal. and happening 10 zoos at the
water al once wcn- into the widest
| commissions. When Policeman Long
took hold of her, sho bit his coat and tore
1t 10 rags before she could be got TO the
station. Says he: She hung onto that
coat so tight that when l got it away it
wasn't fit to wear to dog fight. Do l
think she had hydrophobia? If that
wasn't hydrophobia in its most violent
form, I'll resign tomorrow. Look at
that coat"
All night she banked and snapped and
howled till people in the vicinity thought
the police had a wild beast Gagged, but in
L IQo morning SIlo uIdl1A ice "dIST DS Tue
i quart, so the doctors were undeceived.
The latest opinion is that her case is one
OF chronic alcoholism and acute hysteria
the hydrophobia symptoms being the re-
suit of her overheated Imagination. 9th.
er and really fatal cases have occurred.
What the doctors don't know about
hydrophobia would make big book. II
is certain that the dog, wolf, fox, jackal
lhyena, dingo, indeed all animals of thai
genus, are liable to it, and that rart
cases occur among cats and pigs; alsc
that the bite of the weasel, marten, pole
sat, mink and few other small animals
b occasionally very poisonous, but doe
not produce true rabies. But as to tn.
cause and the cure very little is yet con
Iclusiyely proved, ], h BEADIE.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

Fruit is the best dish and the prettiest
and most welcome ornament your break
fast table can have. An orange at each
place with a small dolly and a dainty
knife to peel it with puts every one in a
good humor, while dish Of oranges or
grapes in the center of the table imparts
festive and luxurious air to the meal.
Children should have fruit to eat in the
morning, brown bread, oatmeal or
cracked wheat and milk to drink. Pre-
serves or fresh fruit at lunch is excellent
also, and while fruit is said to be gold
en- at morn, silver at noon." it is also
said to be lead at night" but l should
risk oranges, figs and grapes at night
where would hesitate at eating plum
pudding or mince pie, which are too
often lead at any time.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

lar length for 4 golf course, although some
courses are five miles They are usually
circular, like race course, SO that several
games may be played at the same time, one
set of players following another with sutfi-
cient interval between them so that they
will not conflict.
small gutta percha ball and from three
to seven clubs of different styles are used
by each player. These clubs are carried by
the players caddie, or attendant, who also
oficiates as adviser. The necessary clubs
are two wood clubs, the driver and putter,
and one iron club, the cleek or lofter, for
heavy work on rough or sandy soil.
The starting point on golf course Is
called the teeinS ground and is designated
by two marks drawn across the course and
at right angles with it.
The tee is the slight elevation from which
each side strikes its ball at the opening OF
the game. From to Is round holes, lined
with iron and four inches across, are sunk
in the course from 100 to 400 yards apart.
Eighteen holes is the usual number, but
nine may be used if the course is a short
one These holes are placed in the center
of level stretch of green about 60 feet
square called the putting green, and the
location of each hole is indicated by Il flag,
which is taken from the hole when the
players approach.
In golf singles one person plays against
another; in foursomes two persons contest
against an equal number of opponents
the partners playing alternately. In golf
matches an expert player contests against
two or more opponents.
Golfing is begun at the teeinG ground
near the first hole by each side striking it.
ball toward the second hole. The clul
alone may be used in moving the ball, and
| stroke after stroke is played by one sid,
after another until one or the other puts it,
ball in the first hole. The player or sid,
| that puts the ball in with the least number
| of strokes wins the hole. II both sides hol,
their balls with the same number of strokes
| each is credited with one-half the hole
| The players then proceed from hole to hol,
| until a circuit of the course is made, wheT
/ the side that has won the most holes is de
L clared winner. EARLE II. EATON.
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terry and other symptoms were present.
Next day the commissions began, and as
DR.. J. II. Bryan approached her she cried
ont:
Doctor, am mad. 1 believe have
hydrophobia. Keep your hands away
or shall bite you, and 1 would not do
that for the world"
The young man to whom Miss Lizzie
was to have been married in Il few weeks
was sent for, and for the remaining two
days and nights of her life never left her
bedside. The scene was too dreadful for
description. She could swallow nothing.
Her means were like those of a dog in
pain. She barked and snapped like a
dog. In the brief intervals of rest she
begged her weeping friends to keep away
from her, and in one of her spasms
scratched the arm of her lover, Mr.. Mat
thew Apologize. which seemed to add to
her grief. CONFUSION then succeeded
convulsion so rapidly that there was no
interval for rallying, and three days aft
er being taken sick she died of complete
exhaustion.
And then the usual dispute arose. De
spite the symptoms, several physicians
who studied the case declare that Miss
Byram could not have had hydrophobia.
1t is alleged that, although she looked as
well as usual, her health and strength
were really declining for other reasons
and when she heard that a dog resem.
bling the one that bit her was killed q
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few miles away because it was supposed
to be mad she gave herself up for lost.
An active imagination and unusual hys-
terra did the rest. So say these doctors.
1t is a curious fact that though leprosy
and hydrophobis have been known from
the earliest recorded times they are the
two diseases of which physicians know
the least, and their origin seems to elude
all inquiry.
The second case, also in Newark, was
equally dreadful at the start, but ter
minated favorably, from which the skep-
teal physicians draw important conclu-
sions. Joseph Rhein, aged 10, was bitten
in the thigh by a mongrel dog, and two
hours passed before the wound was eau
terized. He played till night with his
usual cheerfulness, but on going to bed
was suddenly taken with the first symp-
toms of hydrophobia-that is, fever,
restlessness, pain in the head and back
and inability to swallow. His mother
called in a neighbor man and started for
the doctor. She had no sooner left the
house than the boy went into convul-
sions. In Is minutes his face was trans
formed till its expression was fnghtful.
He howled, snapped, bit the bedclothes
and struggled so violently that three
men held him only with extreme diff
Guilty.
The physicians administered chloro-
form and after it hypodermic injections
of morphine. About midnight the boy
took decided turn for the better. To
ward morning he sank into a refreshing
sleep and at s a. IN. got up free from
spasms, but very weak. and has slowly
recovered. Fortunately the dog was not
killed, and all who have inspected him
declare he is not mad. Now, say the
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

When Fred Funston went on the
Death valley expedition two or three
years ago, two of his university girl
friends were talking about him. Where
and what is Death Valley" queried one.
why, it is away out west in the noun
tains. and is horrid hot place where
people just wither up into mummies, "
was the reply. How perfectly awful!T
responded her friend. And then, with
a tone of enthusiasm in her voice, she
added, But what a dear, sweet little
mummy Fred would makew-Iola Reg
ister
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04
Apanrerous Practice.

Ladies who do a great deal Of sewing
frequently suffer great deal from sore
ness of the mouth and lips and are often
at loss to ascertain the cause of the
trouble. Half the time it is simply the
result of biting off thread instead Of us
ing pair of shears for cutting. In the
case of silk thread the danger is quite
marked, because it is usual to soak the
thread in acetate Of lead, partly to hard
en- it and give it a good surface, and also
perhaps to increase its weight some
what If this practice is followed reg
ularly and very much silk thread L.
used, the results may be quite serious
and even lead to blood poisoning.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

Guide-In this castle, gentlemen. lived
the Knight Dagobert and his beauti-
full wife. The knights prowess was
we'll
Tourists-Oh, do spare us long
winded story. Tell us the conclusion,
and that will be enough.
Guide-All right. Here is the con-
clusion: And now, gentlemen, as have
told you such thrilling tale, hope you
will give me trifie with which to drink
your Bits.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

Ruin had oyertaken him.
Crushed and Inundated he stood be-
fore the woman he loved and awaited
his fate.
Speak" he groaned; II am prepared
for the worst"
Moving swiftly across the room, she
laid her hand tenderly upon his Shout
der. His being thrilled with renewed
courage.
Then You have trust in me?" he ca
gerly exclaimed.
She smiled.
Can you doubt me?" she asked in
sweet reproach. When you came to
me and told me you had caught Al brook
trout, each of a weight of one pound and
upward. l believed you. Why, then,
should You question me now|
Supported by her love he laughed the
world to scorn.-Detroit Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

Gwendolen, another Boston maiden of
7 who has never been on farm in hC q
life, has gone at last this summer to visit
some country relatives.
The other day while she and the fam
lily were at dinner pet lamb approached
the open door and baa-ed loudly and re-
peatedly.
"Mamma," exclaimed Gwendolen,
who's that hollering rags, rags out
there?"-Boston Transcript.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04
wHEELMEN AND GOOD ROADS.
They Should BE Supported In Their En-
deANors For Better Highways.

They Should BE Supported In Their En-
deaSors For Better Highway
The following editorial uttsrance of
the New York Times, in allusion to the
recent convention of New Jersey wheel
men, will commend itself to all who IA
yor road reform:
The convention Of the New Jersey
members OF the League Of American
Wheelmen ct Trenton had an Importance
beyond that Of sport. The person who
Is impelled by inclination or compelled
by smallness of means to exercise his
lower limbs in the manner invented by
Adam'is prone TO regard the bicycle rider
as hybrid. compounded Of pedestrian
and horseback rider. He who takes the
air behind a horse. whether it be one
with a pedigree and a record or one with
the more prosaic attributes of a service
able hack, is likely to fall into the error
of despising the bicycler for his humble
method Of progress or of disliking him
for having any rights in public high,
way. The farmer undoubtedly looks up
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04
A Serious Undertaking..

Chappie-I was vewy gweatly i'm
pwessed by Doctah Plausible's sermon
on Sunday, when he spoke of the neces-
sity of having a sewious object in life.
And I'm going to do it too.
Cholhe - Going to turn missionary,
deah boy?
Chappie-Hardly, but I've made up
my mind to tool dwag.-Truth.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

"Youah teeth twubbling you again,
Weggie, deah boy? Why don't you so
to youah wegular dentist them"
Because, deah chappie, l learned to-
day that he doesn't even fill his own
teeth. and fellah who hasn't that much
confidence in himself I'm afwaid to
twust, don't you see?"- Brooklyn Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

Mr.. Shabby Genteel-I desire to put
up at this hotel.
Clerk-Have you any baggage?
Mr.. Shabby Genteel-No, sir.
Clerk-In that case the first thing you
put up will be $40 in advance.-Texas
Siftings.
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making Hay While the Son Shines"


Dodd-You can't always judge man
by his looks. For instance, take Whis-
kerly.
Todd-He's shabby enough.
Dodd-I know it. But succeeded in
borrowing s. from him yesterday
Clothier and Furnisher.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-04

Home Comer-What has become of
the Hon. Mr. Silvertongue, the great
American patriot?
Host-Oh, he got rich and bought q
castle in Europe.-New York Weekly.