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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Tate of an Inventors Cat.


 A Chicago inventor has a cat. He lives in an uptown house sliced into floors for different tenants. The in ventor is on the second floor, and below him is family with bird. For this reason 1t has not been considered wise to give the cat the freedom of the lower floor. The inventor has accordingly built a gangway from the back window of his floor to the yard for the cats use; and, that she may be free and unre- stricted in her movements, has provided little wicket through which the cat enters in and out at pleasure. After a time, however, other cats discovered the secrets and convenience of the gang way and presented themselves. But the inventor did not desire that his window ledge should be taken for a back fence. Accordingly he set in the panel of the wicket a multiplying mir TOT. Now when 0 venturesome and so- ciable cat comes up the gangway it is confronted unexpectedly by twenty cats and turns tail and scampers down the ganRway with all speed. Strange. ly,. the inventors cat. who still passes freely in and out, does not seem to understand why it is she is suddenly deprived of all her company.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
The Articles of War Adopted in 1906 anS
 Susceptible of Improvement.

The Articles of War Adopted in 1906 and
 Susceptible of Improvement.
 The Articles of War" which the newspapers mention once in awhile are the rules governing the armies of the United States. They are contained in sections 1S42 and 1S43 of the revised statutes of the United States and were adopted in 1906 substantially as taken from the British articles of war in 1775. Section 1842 contains 1eS different arti- cles, which formed the original articles. The whole collection Is ancient and ac- cording to the St. Louis Globe-Demo. crat might be revised with great bene- f1tI 1t is long and, as the articles must be read publicly at least once every six months, the day on which they are read is looked forward to with disgust by both officers and men. The first eight articles deal with enlistments, musters, false returns; articles and 10, with re- sponsibtlity for stores; articles II to 14, with furloughs and musters; 15 to IS, with damaging or losing stores; 19 to 80, with disrespect to president, to officers, mutiny, challenging in duelsI 31 to S5, with absence; 86 to 61, hiring duty, drunkenness, cowardice, desertionJ 6e and 53, with misconduct at divine serv- ice and the use of profane oaths; 54 to 50, with good order in commands, destruc- tion of property, violence to persons bringing provisions, crimes during re- bellion; 60, frauds against the United States; 61, punishment of conduct un- becoming an officer; 6s and GA, persons subject to articles of war; 65 to Il, treatment of prisoners; 72 to IA, con- duct of court-martials; 115 to 121, courts of inquiry; 122 to 124, rank of officers; 125 to l27. effects of deceased soldiers; 12s, publication of articles; and section 1s4S, punishment of spies-a higgledy- piggledy arrangement, which might be improved without more than half an hours trouble.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Two new cases and one death is New York City's typhus record for Sunday Gov Flower has signed the Glens Falls and tho Amsterdam Armory bills, each ap- propriating $22, ,000.
 At Upper Falmouth, N. S., Mrs. Learey, aged 92, was burned to death through her clothing catching fire.
 Capt. J. s. McMillin. one of the best known rivermen in the country, dropped dead in Fttsburg Saturday.
 W. K. Vanderbilt has arrived in London from Paris and will go to Liverpool to in spect the yacht there building to replace the Ava.
 -Bayard S. Gray of Chicago will accom-. pany his father, the Hon. Isaac P. Gray, to the City of Mexico and will act as his Secretary.
 Luke Schoolcraft, the famous comedian, died last night at Cincinnati, o. The cause of death was gastritis complicated with heart disease.
 The training ship Constellation has gone to Norfolk, Va, to take on her battery and fit out for a summer cruise with the Naval Academy cadets.
 M. Chcvalier of the Department of the Public Delst has been chosen to succeed Charles de LcSseps as director of the Suez Canal corhpany.
 Mrs. Anna Potter, the wife of promi
 nent insurance man of Kansas City, has announced herself candidate for mayor o
 Kansas City, Kas. Forty persons, comprising the crew anc passengers of the steamer Wells City
 stranded at Seabright, N. J., were rescueG by the brooches buoy. A verdict of murder in the first degrc,
 has been rendered at Collingwood, Ont, against Jennie Wonch, accused of killing her mother and little daughter. Judge Dangerfield in San Francisco, Sat urday, sentenced to ten years imprison mfnt G. w. White, who was convicted O illegal registration at the last election. Mrs. Gallagher, member of Dan Nc Carthy's Rambler from Clare" company ! is very ill at Amsterdam, N. Y., with peri tonitis. Mrs. Gallagher's stage name i Polly Holmes.
 Thirteen convicts- escaped from tn | guards at the Tracy City, Tenn, coa bloodhounds. Fifty-seven other convict refused to escape. \ The water main which supplies Noun \ Vernon, N. Y, with water from its reser \ voir at Pelhamville, is broken and the sup ! ply of water is shut off. In case of fire tn
 fire department is helpless. | The State of Massachusetts will lose $40 | 900 in the destruction of the plans an
 records of the Metropolitan Sewerage Com
 mission, whose offices in the Lincoln stree
 building, Boston, were destroyed by fire. Commissions of Street Improvement
 Louis J. Heintz of the annexed district C
 New York died yesterday from an Hines
 caused by a cold contracted in Washington
 while attending the inauguration ceremc nies.
 John G. Tasting of Port Gibson, Miss
 committed suicide yesterday at the Metro | politan House, Birmingham, Ala, with
 revolver. He left nothing to indicate tn
 cause of the deed. He was nearly sixt
 years old and left wife and several chi | dren
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
woEFuL WASTE AT PANAMA.
Valuable Tools and Machinery Left tS
 Ruae and Ruin.

Valuable Tools and Machinery Left to
 Rust and Ruin.
 A correspondent of the London Daily News writes from the deserted Panama canal works as follows:
 While in Colon last voyage made a careful tour of the Panama bogie, and the stores, engine sheds, rolling and floating stock. Words cannot paint my astonishment at the sight. l never saw anything so sinful in my life as to see all that stuff going to rack and ruin. I went through one 'store'-of these there are six in all, at different places bigger than any shipyard on Clyde could boast; all the things just as they came froEn the makers. Files never un- packed; every engineers tool you can think of-English. French, American was sthere-Whitworth stocks, dies and taps, about twenty cases complete, good as when they left the shop. l walked for a mile over the only road way passable along the canal side, viz. the top of a train of eight-wheel bogie freight wagons, all sinking In, the wheels disappeared in tropical under growth.
 'Al around is swampy ground, and all these wagons are rotting beneath that blazing sun. Engine steam sheds, full of fine, powerful engines, the sheds overrun and inhabited now by snakes and their prey, the lizards, while the six-foot Is full of land-crab holes saw eight fine, large marine boilers, just as they had been discharged from the R. M. cargo boat that brought them over, and the complete part of set ot a big compo-marine engine, about one thousand horse power, lying on the shore; never been used; never fitted in. l saw dry docks, splendidly built and equipped with fine, expensive pumping plant. And why say more? Poor old De Lesseps' house on the point looks very melancholy"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13

ing dwellings and barns and of transfer ring them in sections to the next county or even state. The first thing farmer does out there after building his house Is to place n heavy mortgage on top, with the possible object of dishearten- ing tho cyclone; but the tornado is no rcSpectcr of persons or of farm mort gage trusts, and when one comes along the mortgage, however weighty, is pretty sure to be lifted together with tho farmer and the house. The uncer- tain and unhcraldcd approach of these terrific gales does not tend to tranquil. lity or n sense of security.
 At the first apprehension of visit from a cyclone the farmer, tumultuous- ly followed by his wife and family, packs off to his cellar or lowers him. self down n well. Here he waits until all has quieted, not knowing whether he will rest in his bed or study astron- omy all night. If the house has stood but 1t rarely does-all is well and good, but, if 1t is gone, then all he can do is to build another for the fat and healthy mortgage to come back and roost upon.
 A man out in Denver has patented an idea which he thinks will materially change this condition of affairs. He is intimate with cyclones, having met several in Kansas, and from his acute observation of their characteristics he is persuaded that he can knock out the strongest of them. In the piquant lan- guage of the unsophisticated west he is willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that he can stop tornado in one round.
 His plan is simple enough. A strong iron band passes over the gables and roof of the house, to which it is firmly bolted; the ends of the rod terminate in loops which are buried in the ground and carefully tackled down by large wooden stakes, mallet and the hired man. As a sort of additional precau. ton small pyramidal house of refuge is attached, also a terrifying combinar tion of heavy anchors, sills and beams, which the inventor believes will stand eternally. In addition this amateur re
 formatory institution has infinite pos abilities as a summer house, hencoor or salle a manager for the pigs, which will commend it at once to the intelli
 gent agriculturist.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
THE COMMON GENDER.
Difficulties Occasioned by Lack of Femi-
 ninity in Our Language.

Difficulties Occasioned by Lack of Femi-
 ninity in Our Language.
 There really seems to be no hope for words which we class as common gender. so that VIC shall perhaps for ever hear our servants refer to their 'lady friend" or their ''gentleman cousin" says a writer in New Peterson. Nor can we desire such a complete diff ferentiation that would compel us to be strictly logical in giving the feminine of "Michigander," or constrain us to follow an example already set in refer ence to a woman's convention as "mov- ing in the even soprano of their ways" This latter might be improved upon by saying mezzo-soprano of her way. But, joking aside, how are we to refer to the presiding officer of an assembly of women? Will Mrs President do? Or shall we, in our rules of parliamentary practice, suggest the chair? Perhaps this would answer. But suppose the chair appoints 8 committee, and in an. nouncinR the members desires that Mrs. A. should preside at the delibera. tions of this committee, how shall shall she indicate it3 Shall she say "I appoint Mrs. A. chairman" or chair woman? This latter bears too close q resemblance to charwoman to be pop ular, and, in the broad pronunciation of some, might be mistaken for 1t Would it do to say chairmistress? Ii not, what shall we adviser Again, we are likely soon to see women on oul juries, and 1t is more than probable that one of them would be selected to ren der the verdict In such an event con fusion might result, inasmuch as ou1 | statutes prescribe the functions of tho | foreman. Shall these states, as soon a: they admit women on the jury, revise their statutes in this regardP If so what change must be made-foreman ol \ forewoman2 foreman or foremistress' or what?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13

Carnegie steel company. Instead of forming steel by adding spiegeleisen or ferro manganese to the charge in the Bessemer converter after decarburizing the iron by the blast, the molten metal is run into a receiving vessel which con tains finely divided free carbon. A small quantity of the metal is first run in, then the carbon Is spread upon its surface and finally the full converter charge Is discharged. This process, it is expected, will reduce the cost of manufacturing steel.
 Thomas A. Edison has obtained 8 patent on the generation of the electric current which may lead eventually to the solution of the problem of gener- ating electricity from combustion.
 Edison's method consists substantial ly in generating electricity in n heated chamber, exhausted of air, from the re- action of carbon with chemical com pound, the nature of which Is not yet disclosed. The walls of the chamber form one electrode and a carbon rod the other. Much may be expected from this latest invention of tho Wizard of Menlo Park" If his chemical Is a cheap one. The discovery certainly embodies new principles.
 The Japanese bury their dead sitting in tubs in a cramped and uncomforta- ble position, and the New York dwell lers in flats take their baths in a similar manner. It Is doubtful which of the two fates Is preferable. Bath tubs in modern flats arc of the size of gcner- ous soup tureen and it is necessary to bathe by the installment plan.
 A Chicago fcnd, not satisfied with the present almost microscopical pro- portions of these tubs, has invented a folding ono which may save an inch or so more of space, and which, according to him, satisfies the most critical and artistic lover of household art" This new tub, when folded together, Is about three feet six inches in height, something less than two feet thick, and slightly wider than its depth. Let down, n water reservoir, heated by n gas or gasoline jet, with a cock opening into the tub, Is disclosed. Tho tub is made of any metal, lined or unlincd with porcelain. Its appearance is claimed to be meat, ornate and chaSte,' ,'' especially when the surrounding case is m the vcrisimilitudc of piano. It is made also in n cabinet form, with bcvcled looking glasses. For anyone who desires to batho in his parlor it will be n decided acquisition.
 A few years since the market was flooded with electric hairbrushcs, tooth brushes, bathbruShes and belts, all warranted to cure various ailments. Whether electricity can exercise any therapeutic action more than stimu- lus to the nerves and muscles is doubt full, but the medical applications of the | galvnnic current are constantly in- creasing. One of the latest departures is an apparatus for applying electricity to the eyes and ears. To reach the delicate optic nerves an appliance hay, ing the outward appearance of pair of spectacles without the crystals is used. In place of the glasses sponge or other absorptivc material is in direct contact with the eyes, and m appendix
 for connection with the nose is joined to the conductor. The wires arc insu.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Weather Forecast.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 11.-For New England; Probably fair. followed by loca showers or light snow along the coast, colder north winds shifting to easterly.
 For Eastern New York, Eastern PenE. sylvania. New Jersey. Delaware and Mary. land: Generally fair, followed by local rain northerly winds shifting to castcrly, slightly cooler.
 For Western New York: Generally fair followed by rain or light snow at lake stations winds shifting to easterly, slightly cooler tomorrow.
 For Western Pennsylvania: Light rain slightly cooler tomorrow, winds shifting ts aasterlv.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
THE sALDwlNsvlLLe TRAGEDY.
Michael Sullivan shows Little RemOrse for Shooting hia Son.

Michael Sullivan Shows Little RemOrse
 for Shooting His Son.
 GARDNER, Mass, March 13.-Michael Sullivan, of Baldwinsville, who shot his Swear old son Michael Friday, pleaded guilty and was held in $1O,000 un- til the 25th.
 The prisoner said he did the shooting in self-defense, is not sorry, and if he should get life sentence he would be glad of it crowd. He said that he had not eaten a meal with the family for a number of years.
 The man has been arrested for disturb ance and drunkenness a great many times and has been a tough character. for years. He is 62 years old. It is thought the boy will ,lio
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
1s Mira. crounse tn. Murderer, ,

FORT PLAIN, N. Y., March 13.-The murder of Henry Crounse Thursday night is still the theme of much discussion in the Mohawk Valley. The arrest of two men and their release gives additional interest to the mystery. By many the story told by the murdered mans wife is regarded as angular, and there is a growing belief that she knows more of the murder than she has thus far told.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
MANN's BODY FOUND.
Under a File of Stones Covered by snO for Three Weeks.

GETTYSBURG, Pa, March 13.-The body of a young man named Mann has been found under a pile of rocks on the South mountain, west of this place. He had been murdered
 His lower jaw was cut off, and there were deep cuts on the back of the head. He lad been missing three weeks. The heavy now on the mountain kept the body in a tate of preservation.
 The murdered man was woodcutter, md his companion, Henry Heist, is sus- ,cctad of the crime.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
signers of the Mexican constitution.

Slgners of the Mexican Constitution.
 There arc fifteen of the original sign CTS of the constitution of Mexico still living, and they are arranging to hold a grand reunion some time this month. Eighty of the original signers are dead. Those still living are Congressmen Guil- lermo Prieto and Justine Fernandez, Senators Francis Abarra Ramos and Jose A. Gambos, Benito Gomez Farlos, Manuel Romero Rubio, Ignacio Maris- coda and Felix Romero. Seven havere- tired from political life, viz: Messrs- Manuel Buenrostro, Pedro Ignacio Try goyena, Bias Balcarcel Ignac:o, L. Val larta, Jose L. Revulln, Manuel Fernan- do Sato and Benito Quintana.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13

A country minister who in addition to his clerical duties followed the pro- fession of photographer, was called upon to perform the marriage cere- mony. Now, then, young man," he said to the groom, who was nervous and excited as all grooms ought to be. just keep your eye on that crack ip the walland try and loo" pleasant"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Prof. Totten's Calculation.

NEW YORK, March 13.-Ex-Professor Iotten has not given up prophecy since his etirement from duty in Yale College. He as latSerly been engaged in fixing the pre- ise time described as the midnight hour in he parable of the '::Ten Virgins" By cal ulations which he himself finds as clear as Fay, the twelfth stroke of the clock which $ to indicate the midnight hour" when he Son of Man will come will sound in the eptember equinox of this year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
In Their New Station.

i'HILApELPnIA. March 13.-The Reading froad has abandoned it's old station at |-nth and Green streets as the place of ioparture and arrival of New York trains .nd the trains on that division now start ron the new terminal station at Twelfth md Market streets. The terminal is much nofe conveniently situated for the travel ng public than the old station and an 'Xtra car is run on all trains to accommo- tate the increase in the number of passen-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
co-OpsratlVs Tailoring Co,


On or about March 18th we will move into our new store, a few doors above our ;present location, and with increased facilities and greater resources, we mean to An- crease the very liberal policy we have always maintained in dealing with our patrons to such an extent that our customers will be pleasant ly surprised and highly gratified. We are bound to convince all those in need of Garments, that we are the firm that can and, will do better by its patrons than any other tailoring establishment in New England.
 We still guarantee you saving of from 15 to 25 per cent from prices of other merchant tailors. We still are willing to deliver gar ments to you on small weekly pay ments.
 In addition to all these great in- ducements we will make every twentieth order free of charge. Every twentieth suit, every twen- tieth overcoat or every twentieth ypair of pants.we will take order for we will deliver without charge. We make this unprecedented offer for the purpose of acquainting all aud everybody that doing business on the co operative plan is the only and most liberal way. For further Information call at the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Rouge Et Noir.

Miss De Rigeur gave pink tea last evening. was there"
 ''Everything at pink tea should have been couleur de rose, but you somehow don't look as if you enjoyed it very much"
 "Well, the fact is took the oppor- tunity of proposing to Miss De Riguer." "And"-
 And she gave me black eye."-. Texas Siftings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
John l.. Arrested in Cincinnati,

CINCINNATI, March 13.-John L. Sullivan, he pugilist. appeared on the stage in a heatrical performance before crowded louse last night. He was arrested along with other actors after the performance, as ; the custom in Cincinnati, and was taken tbe police station aud charged with vio- ation of the Sunday laws. An immense rowd followed him cheering lustily. The xchampion enjoyed his distinction and smarked 'I am n drawing card still"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
ICopYRIaur. IsN9l

INOFEH1GHr1 IbVNT
 It is hard to believe that an article which has a purely religious use would be patentable or that the cost of obtaining patent would be consid- cred profitable investment. Yet m Ohio inventor has taken out letters patent on a folding confessional. em- hodying all the comforts of home
 A newly patented process of manufac- turing steel has been purchased by the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Used In the Arts.

The amount of the precious metals that go into the gold and silversmiths' arts is enormous. Europe consumes up- ward of s24,OOO, ,0OO worth of gold and silver annually for plate, jewelry and ornaments.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Delay to the Paris.

NEW YORK. March 13.-The American line steamer Paris will not sail until Wed nesday. The Paris was originally scheduled to sail at noon Saturday, but the date was postponed until to-day on account of an ac- cident to her port engines. She is further delayed awaiting the usual midweek mails.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
ITouan's Danqer.

No man can ever know the devoted martyrdom of many women.
 Unselfshly a woman works and suffers that home and loved ones may be happy.
 When it seems as though her back would break, when she grows irregular, faint, irritable, loses all interest in society, gets the "blues," is crushed with that indescribable feeling of bearing-down," she "drags along," day after day, suffering agonies that would appal man.
 The cause of all her trouble IS some Arrangement of the uterus or womb, perhaps the development of a tumor, or cancerous humor, - anyway, give it instant attention.
 LyaIa E. Plnkhau's Tegs- ka6le Combouvd ~ is the sure cure.
 It is recom- % S mended by thou %H sands of women. Amn Its cures are un- aE1SSe, lAl2x3A parallelled. E1H9MNSS%
 All druggists sell it. AS3N<
 Address in confidence, - ~l LYDIA E. PINKHAM MED. f~1A<1S Sss&<<8-
 Co.,, LYNN, Mass. 0@~ Liver PiLLS, 25 cents. ~oS "~""s"~''~
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Art for the Worlds Fair.

CHICAGO, March 18.-The work of the National Jury of Selection has been fin shed. The number of American works of rt accepted by the local juries in the East rn States and in Europe is considerably ver 1000
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Change of Residence.

Dr. Gill has moved from Humph- rey's block to Ralph Smiths new brick flats, rear of 36 Meadow St. Driveway off Meadow St, and plank walk fromRSouth Main St,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Mohawk Villages Flooded.

FONDA, N. Y., March 18.-There is a general thaw in the Mohawk valley, the small streams are greatly swollen and the river is high. In nearly every village of the valley the cellars are filled with water. The country roads are in a bad condition and some are impossible.