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be asked, Where does this tree OBJ.
tain the. elements that enter into the
composition of all plant life? Is it
possible that it is sustained like the
known air plants, by absorbing from
the air and through its foliage the
elements upon which it lives and
thriyes? Or does dust settle in the
crevices?-St. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-29
The Largest Pearls.

The largest pearl ever found meas
ures two inches long and weighs three
ounces. This is OF eastern origin.
The largest found in the Gulf of Cal
ifornia did not exceed an inch and
quarter long and was somewhat larger
than the egg of bluebird. Many OF
the California pearls are black and
speckled. These are considered moro
valuable than the white pearls Of
Europe, but the most highly priced
pearls of all are pink.-Chicago Her
aid.
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TEMPERANCE.
rHE CURsE OF DRINK.

THE CURSE OF DRINK.
Would ye. shrink from the vile haunts OF
disgrace
And see not the agony in friends loving
face?
Would ye turn from the dens OF infamy and
woe "..
And mingle not with the degraded and
low?
Then shun the cup and turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse OF
drink. ..
1yo,,ld 70 eeek honest face and feature
And most admired be by fellow creature!
Would We be 1.-the of limb, bright OF eye
And fearless stand before great and high!
Then shun the cup, and turn from tne prink
Where Others fall through the curse OF
drink.
Would ye be pure, and free and great,
Crowned with honor's high estate!
Would We strive to others burdens bear.
And rescue them from the tempter's snare!
Then shun the cup. and turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse OF
drink. ~. .-
Would We save from deep and dark despair
mothers heart. and her sweetest bless
ings share?
Would we hear a fathers noblest praise
Ever ringing to your latest days?
Then shun the cup, and turn from the prihk
Where others fall through the curse OF
drink.
Would ye serve your home, your God, your
race.
And share in the rewards Of infinite grace?
Would ye care to have part In the endless
love
or God and angels in the realms above?
Then shun the cup, and turn from the brink
Where others iall through the curse OF
t drink.
Would ye wish mansion in the city OF gold.
Prepared by the Master with grandeur IN
told?
Would ye rest meath the shade of lfe's tree,
Clothed in the robes OF immortality?
Then shun the cup. and turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse OF
drink.
Would ye wish Eiugly jewel to wear,
A scepter to wielo. crown to bear?
Would We dwell in the realms bright and
fair,
OF which we're told, mo drunkard is
there?''
Then shun the cup, and turn from the brink
Where others fall through the curse Of
drink.
H. s. Irwin, in Ladies' Home Companion.
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in abundance, and are fed, bathed,
and dosed when necessary; in short,
are treated with the same care and
eentleness that is bestowed upon hu-
man beings, and in addition have every
facility for comfort and cleanliness.
Bald monkeys and superannuated
crows, kites and vultures are no un-
common sights, and one may occa-
sionally find wooden leg supplying
the place of the lost member of some
animal in this paradise of the brute
creation.
The Jains believe in the transmi-
grafton of souls, and regard all anil
mails, insects, reptiles, and plants as
being endowed with souls, and they
consider it an act of piety to erect and
maintain hospitals for sick animals.
They practice what they term the four
virtues-liberality, gentleness, piety,
and penance or remorse for falllnes,
by goodness in thought, word, and
deed, and by kindness to the brute
creation which extends even to forms
of vegetable life.
The religious members of the Jain
sect ere called Yatis. The Yati must
lead life of abstinence, taciturnity,
and confluence. He is enjoined to
wear thin cloth over his mouth to
prevent small insects flying into it,
and must also carry brush to sweep
the place on which he is about to sit
down in order to remove the posi-
bility of crushing or injuring any liv-
ing creature by his weight, and such
is the regard in which this peculiar
eastern sect hold animal life that they
never by any chance leave a vessel
containing liquid of any description
uncovered for fear of some insect be-
ing drowned in it.
The Jsins have no caste distinctions,
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A few witnesses were called by the dc.
fense to prove that Dorothea was insane
ut the time she committed the crime, but
even the most hopeful felt that the evil
dence would have no effect upon the
sentence. She had committed murder
and, no matter whether sane or insane,
whether she or the man who drove her
insane be the guilty one before God-she
had committed the crime, and she alone
could eXpiate it.
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A FEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Question.-What is a liquor saloon good
for?
Answer.-Good for nothing.
Q.-What is better than shutting up the
drunkard?
A.-Shutting up the liquor saloon.
Q.-What should we do with strong drink:
A.-Do without it.
Q.-What would become OF the liquor
seller?
Ale would have to seek some other
business.
Q.--What is the best cure for drunkenness?
A.-The water cure.
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TEN YEARS FOR A DRINK.

James Lysaight, of Rochester. N. y. will
have to 20 to prison ten years for taking one
drink of whisky.
1t seems that Lysaight had served three
wears o: a thirteen years sentence in the
penitentiary, when the Governor .pardoned
him on condition that he should forfeit his
freedom If he drank Intoxicating liquors.
The man got along very well for six months
and then violated the condition. When the
case was tried it was proved that he had not
been intoxicated, and his lawyer argued that
he had Constitutional right to take drink
and that the Governor could not takeit away
from him.
The court sided with the Governor, and
ordered the defendant to be turned over to
the prison warden to serve out the remaining
ten wears Of his sentence. Lysaight will pay
a fancy price for his tipple. and his case will
furnish one more illustration for the temper
ance lecturers. But many man mas lost
more than his liberty for the same thing
sometimes a man loses his life for few
drops of ofliquor--Atlanta Constitution.
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FIcTIO... md FACT.

The fiction about drink is that it is 1000.
The fact about drink is that II Ion OF alS
contains less noGrishment tnan Jenny loaf.
that n glass OF wine contains il. 1000 tnan
could lie put on a threepenny piece, and that
n glass Of spirits contains as much nourisn.
ment and is about as satisfying as the bite OF
a mad dog. How can this betrue. when peo-
ple feel so much strengthened and revived
after taking {: drink? Because stimulation
and excitement are mistaken for strength.
A spur or whip will carry a horseto the top
of a hill, but no one is insane enough 10 sup
pose the horse is really stronger Tor fhe
whipping. .,,,
the body and enables it TO endure additional
fatigue. The fact about drink is that -
weakens the centre Of life and action VIZ.
the heart. A pint and half OF beer or TWO
glasses OF wine. or ono glass OF spirits: VIII
cause the heart to beat six thousand extrs
strokes in a day.
The fiction is that alcohol helps digestion,
The fact is that it causes indigestion anu
dyspepsia!
The fiction about drink is that it warns the
body. The fact about 1t is that il coois II,
lowering the temperature and rendering the
body more susceptible to cold.-d. Milton
Smith.
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King 10 BeuguIa.

Mr.. Rider Haggard has recently said
some very hard things of Lo Benguls,
King of Matabele Land, but, curiously
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-29
TOO MUCH OF ALCOHOL,

At recent experience meeting" held ct
one OF the missions in New York City, many
testimonies were given by reformed drunkards
concerning the causes which led them to
drunkenness. They were varied. and all had
had too much or too little of something. Oi
one thing (alcohoD all had had too much. Nc
one is ever led to drunkenness by abstinence.
Natural Temperance Advocate.
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The railway mileage in this country
&c. day amounts to III, 56S. 81 miles. !:
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05

Several italian cardinals, fearing
the growing possibility of a non-Italian
pope succeeding to the Holy See, wait
ed upon Leo XIII, with the request
that his holiness would not create so
many foreign cardinals. The report of
the visit says that his holiness promised
to accede to therwishes of the cardinals.
He will appoint two English cardinals,
as previously decided on, but will not
elevate SO many French, Austrian and
German prelates to the sacred college.
The quadrennial report of the board
of education of the Methodist church
contains the following interesting sta
tistics for last year as to the relative
standing of the fifty-four educational
institutions in afiliation with the Meth
odist church: Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
western, 2,S01; Ohio Wesleyan. LOSE;
De PAW, 961; Boston, 939; Syracuse,
$40. Observation-Disclosures, 81
IAN, 1853; Boston, s1,050,0OO Wesleyan,
at Middletown, Conn.,, s1,O2s, 7O5; SYRIA
cuse. $699,S15 Ohio Wesleyan, s45s. 252;
De Paw, S24O, 600. Value of buildings
and grounds-Northwes S955, 900;
university of Denver is second and SYRIA
cuse third. Total income-Boston, $780,
e44; Northwestern. >111. 4O4; Syracuse,
BIO, 3S1; Wesleyan, at Middletown, $780,
800; Ohio Wesleyan, SCI, 1874; De Paw
$50 OO0
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
The Language of Flies.

An English inquirer, armed with mi
.rophone, or sound magnifer, has been
listening patiently through long hours
to the curious noises made by house flies
and reports his belief that they have a
language of their own. The language
does not consist of the buzzing sound
which we ordinarily hear, which is
made by the rapid vibrations of their
wings in the air, but of a smaller, finer
and more widely modulated series OF
sounds, audible to the human ear only
by the aid of the microphone. Proba-
bly, this fly conversation is perfectly
audible to the fly ears, which, as every
schoolboy knows who has tried to move
his hand slowly upon them, are very
acute. The hope is expressed that since
the heretofore inaudible whispers OF
flies have been detected and recorded
some inventor may construct micro.
phone which will enable us to make out
the language of the microbes, and SC
surprise them in the horrible secret OF
their mode of operations. Chicago Post
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
BATTLED WITH THE MOB
Desperate Fight at a North
Carolina Lynching Bee.
TWENTY-FIVE KILLED OUTRIGHT.

Many Others Shot, Several Fatally-A
Mob, Having Lynched q Confessed Muir.
derer, Is Met by the Sheriff and Depu-
ties-A Sanguinary Encounter Ensues.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn, Jan. 5.-The facts
which led up to the terrible lynching af-
fray in Bakersville, N. G., were as fol-
lows:
Aaron Wiseman and Calvin Snipes were
partners in an illicit distillery in Mitchell
county, N. c., and had told VIM. Osborne
and Isaac Osborne, two brothers, where
the distillery was situated. VIM. Osborne
reported the distillery to the officials at
Bakersville, n. c.. and helped them to
destroy it.
Wiseman and Snipes suspected Isaac
Osborne as the reporter. On the night of
August 81, 1899, Snipes and Wiseman
armed with Winchester rifles, went to
the home of Isaac Osborne and called him
up. Mr.. Osborne came to the door and
the culprits opened fire almost Kidding
him with bullets.
Wiseman and Snipes were arrested but
sufficient evidence could not be obtained
against Wiseman and he was released.
Snipes was bound by the Superior Court
on purely circumstantial evidence. He
was placed in Jail and after being confined
about two weeks, confessed to the killing
in the manner above related
A mob of 400 gathered at Bakersville
yesterday afternoon and at once surround
ed the Jail. Tie sheriff harricaded the
doors but the mob battered the main
doors down with log for a ram.
The mob swarmed into the jail anG
overpowered the guards. The Sheriff re
fused to tell where he had secreted the
keys of Snipes' oell. EGsRaM
The door was burst in and Snipes was
dragged out and in the care of the moi
marched through the town and into
mountain forest about half q mile dis
tant.
The Sheriff swore in half a hundred
deputies, and at once started in pursuit
He hoped to recover the prisoner, but be
fore he reached the timber the mob hat
strung Snipes ito the limb of tree anC
were pouring volleys of bullets into hi.
body when the Sheriff and his men came
up.
The brave Sheriff ordered his men tc
arrest the ringleaders of the mob. Thu
mob at once opened fire on the Sheriff anC
his men, who as quickly replied will
guns and revolvers-
The combatants scattered among tn,
trees, and a regular guerrilla war began
The battle lasted an hour or SO befor
both sides paused to care for the wounded
The names of those Of the sheriff.
posse killed are as follows:
J. N. Williams, D. F. Richie, R. R.
Jones, P. B. Sans, R. E. Johnson, VIM
Reed, 7. N. Beckner, ]. w. Laws, N. r
Pannell, G. N. Hallifield and Thomas
Hall.
The names Of those Of the mob killed
are:
John Work, William Osborne, T. G
Bailitfe, Win Perry, John Osborne, Phi
| Crowder, Jim Nance, Will Butler, Hage!
Byrd, Owen Thomas, Jack Phillips ant
several others whose names are not know
| at present.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
PROCEEDINGS AT ALBANY.
Both Branches Adjourn Over Until Mo
day Next.

ALBANY, Jan. 5.-The Senate ME
shortly after 10 o'clock and began tn,
consideration of the bill amending tn,
Constitutional Convention law, post
poning the election until next November
After several amendments had beer
voted down the bill was passed.
The Assembly resolution to take re
cess until Monday night at O'Clock wa.
concurred in.
When the Assembly convened Mr.
Quigley moved that when the Assembl,
adjourn it be until 8 o'clock next Mon
day evening. Agreed to.
Mr.. Ainsworth introduced a resolution
which was referred, calling on the Con
gressmen from New York to enact at tn,
present session some measure looking to
the restriction of immigration in view
of the danger of cholera.
The Constitutional Amendment bill
was then taken up and passed by vote
of ayes. 1l3; noes, 8. The bill now goes
to the Governor.
The report of the committee appointed
by the last Legislature to consider the re
vision of the tax laws was received, and
the committee was granted sixty days
further time in which to complete it's la
bors.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
ANCIENT TEACHERS.
Great and Renowned Professors of tn
AleXandrian School.

Great and Renowned Professors of the
Alexandrian School
Among the most famous physicians
of the university of Alexandria were
Cleombrotus, Herophilus and Erasistra-
tus, and among the subordinate physi-
clans was Philostephanus, who had
charge of the natural history depart
ment Of the museum, and who wrote a
book on fishes
The researches of the physicians were
founded upon the only sure and GER
tain basis of anatomy. They were au-
thorized by the royal authority of Ptol-
envy to resort to the dissection of the
lead and to ascertain by that only
trustworthy method the correct struc-
turc of the human body. They were
also authorized to make vivisections of
criminals who had been condemned to
death, in order that they might ascer-
tain the mode by which the various
functions of the body We're performed.
Hcrophilus wrot e treatise on the
practice Of medicine. on Obstetrics, on
the eye, and on the pulse, which he cor
rectly referred to the movements of the
heart. He was aware of the existence
of the lactcalS and of their anatomical
relations to the meScnteric glands.
Erasistratus-his colleagues and a
pupil of TheOphraStus and Chrysippus
was aware of the nature of the heart
and its connection with the veins and
arteries, but he fell into the error that
I the veins were for the conveyance of
air and the arteries for that of blood;
otherwise he anticipated Harvey's great
discovery. He knew that there were
two kinds of nerves, those of motion
and those of sensation.
Among the improvements in surgery
effected by this school of physicians
may be mentioned new operations for
lithotomy, Instruments for crushing
calculi, for reducing dislocations, etc.
Among the great scientists. or rather
mathematicians, were also Pappus, one
of the greatest of ancient mathemati-
clans; Theon and his unfortunate
daughter, the famous Hypatia, who APP
pears to have been a better mathema-
tioian than her father, the story of
| whose life and tragical death is familiar
through Kingsley's novel. Unfortu-
| nately none of her works are eXtant.
She was the last of the Alexandrian
philosophers who attained any fame.
| She lived about AIS A. D.
Not only is this old university re-
| ncwned for the impulse which it gave
to science, but it also extended its pro
| lection and aid to literature, poetry and
| the fine arts. For example: Ptolemy
Philadelphus did not consider it beneath
him to count among his personal friends
| the poet Callimaohus, the author OF 4
treatise on birds, who honorably main
| tanned himself by keeping a school az
| Alexandria. Among the most distin.
guished poets may be mentioned Ly
| cophron, whose work "Cassandra" still
remains, and Theocritus. whose ex
quisite buoolics prove how sweet poe
| he was.-NYestminster Review.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
LOVE AND WEATHER.

When, in the budding Of the year,
To her OF love Glanced TO sigh;
TITS spring" sho whispered in my ear
You'll feel much better by and by"
And when, in summers golden hours,
said my heart was all aglow,
She smiled rs sweCtly as the tlow'rs
And murmured: summer, don't youknov.
And later, when the leaves fell down,
And rChCarsCd my heartfelt tale,
She said. but with n little frOwn:
The day is dull and you are pale"
| sadly waited. Christmas came,
Ana with the bells my love l told;
Said She: This wintry nights 10 blame,
I'm sure you're sun ring from the cold"
Oh grant, yc powers of destiny,
That she and may meet together,
In some strange land that's fair to see,
But wholly destitute Of weather
"A c. Gahau, in n. y. Sun
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
Seriously Hurt in an Explosion.

TROY, N. Y, Jan. 5.-An explosion OF
illuminating gas wrecked the four story
building at the corner of Ferry and Third
streets yesterday afternoon and Robert
Seize was seriously burned and injured.
His wife received bruises as did also Mrs.
DR.. NJ. D. Dickinson. The Third street
wall was blown across the thoroughfart
and the loss, total one, will reach sew
eral thousand dollars.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
HaroId'S View.

Mrs. Somerby-It hurts me great
deal more than it does you when have
to whip you, Harold.
Harold-Then 1 think you ought to
make me go without bread pudding in
stead of whipping me. Don't you think
so?-Harper's Young People
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05

"A Tipperary man hailed fellow
laborer with: $50 ye've got a baby at
yer house. What is it, n boy or grip"
Guess" cts boy" mo" "Well,
then, it's girl" Faith" said the de-
lighted father, "solnebody's bin telling
yer'-HouSehold Monthly.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05

Neither my father nor grandfather
ever did a bit of work in their lives,
boosted the visiting young man
''Goshl" said Uncle Summerboard
''Wuz they feeble-minded, too?"-In
dianapolis Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
LODGE HE WINNER.
Nominated by the Massachusetts Redub-
Iicans to Succeed Senator Dawes.

Nominated by the Massachusetts Redub-
Iicans to Succeed Senator Dawes.
Boston, Jan. 5.-The Senate organized
by the reelection of President Pinkerton
of Worcester, and Henry D. Coolidge as
Clerk.
In the House the Speaker and Clerk of
1892, Messrs. William F. Barrett and Ed
ward A. Mclaughlin, were reelected, and
Capt. J. c. B. Adams was again chosen
Sergeant alarms by the two Houses in
concurrence.
Both President Pinkerton and Speaker
Barrett made addresses, in which the
earnest and united efforts Of all for care
full legislation and prompt attention to
duty were asked
The contest for Speaker in the House
had most harmonious ending. Mr.. Bar
rett receiving 2S0 of the 231 votes cast.
Mr. Charles, of Boston, who received the
' odd vote, moved that it be made unani-
4 nous.
The Republicans of the Legislature met
| in caucus in the afternoon to nominate a
| United States Senator to succeed Senator
Dawes. President Pinkerton of the Sen
| ate presided. Senator Butler, leader of
| the Grape forces, asked why the members
were in such haste to hold this caucus.
The vote for senator could not be taken
until January II and he asked that an
adjournment be taken to January 10.
Several other speakers discussed the ques-
ton, but a motion to adjourn was finally
lost 1874 to 40, and by a vote of 143 to 81
the caucus proceeded to ballot. The re-
| suit was as follows:
Whole number of votes 1856; necessary
for choice, "a; Henry Cabot Lodge had
| 147: William w. Grape, 81; Frederick T.
Greenhalge, 2; William Coggswell, 2;
John D. Long, s.
Mr.. Lodge was declared the caucus
| nominee.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05

He Was Forgiven. for
get yourself. sir" He-"How could
think of myself in your presencev'-N.
Y. Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
: NJ. BURNS

Licensed disinfecting officer for
cleaning and disinfecting vaults and
cesspools. Disinfectant soc per ct.
N B.-RssIdonCs Is sarsHeId Street.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05

Many Of the subscribers to Victoria
college, the new Methodist institution
at Toronto, are children from six years
pward.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
Scarlet Fever at Mays Landing.

CAPE MAY, N. j., Jan. 5.-Scarlet
fever has become so prevalent at Mays
Landing, that, as a measure of precau-
ton it has been resolved to close the pub
lie school.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
JOSEPH 4, JACKSON, ARCHITECT,

Lilley's Block. Waterbury, Conn,
And az West I25th ST, New York.
Plans and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES all classes of
buildings -~A1a
Many years successful experience enables me
to secure!for clients the best results with the
astexpenditure.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
New Hampshire's Legislature.

CONCORD, N. H, Jan. Booth branches
of the Legislature met at noon and or
ganized. Robert N. Chamberlin Rep.) of
Berlin was elected Speaker. S. s. jew
EFT of Laconia, was elected Clerk and E.
I. Ingalls, of Concord, Sergeant-at-arms.
In tho Senate. John McLane Of Milford,
was chosen President, @. J. Hamblett of
Nashua, Clerk, and F. H. Wason of
Nashua, Sergeant-at-Arms, all Republi'
cans.