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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
RARE AS A WHITE BLAcKBlRD.
Real English NIistletoe Seldom Finds Its
Way to This Country.

Real English NIIstIetoe Seldom Finds Its
Way to This Country.
"But mistletoe-English mistletoel
Surely that will never lose Its hold!"
some reader may exclaim.
Not in name, perhaps, but in sub
stance, says Agnes Carr Sage In Har-
per's Bazaar, for you must know real
English mistletoe is as rare in this coun-
try as white blaclbird; and that SO
called by florists. and supposed to pos
sess all the properties with which the
black art of the middle ages endowed
the mystic parasite, because grown on
British soil, comes principally from Nor
mandy, where it hourishes in such mad
profusion as to be a veritable nuisance,
while it has so embraced and strangled
the roadside poplar trees that the
French government has ordered 1T to be
entirely destroyed. If this cdict is car
rivd into effect, we shall see very little
of the true lniStlCtOc, viSCum album, but
Will have to content ourselves with it:
.N1lCri an cousin. the phOradendrOT
NavrS"pnS, which abounds in some of tn,
southern states, is really far prettiel
and bears more berries, but lacks the
romantic associations clustered abou.
the "Allheal" of the Druids. We may
venture to predict, however, that 81
long as there are merry hearts and fond
lovers on the earth, some sort of mis-
tlctoc, ancient or modern, will be hung
up each recurring December, for, as a
sweet poetess of England sings:
Under the mistletoe peace and good will
Mingle the spirits that long have been twain:
Leaves of the olive branch twine with 1t still,
While breathings Of hope I'LL the long carol
strain.
Yet why should this holy and festival mirth
In the reign of old Christmas tide only be
found?
Hang up loves mistletoe over tho earth,
And let US X ISIS under 1t all the year round
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
COUNT TIE STARS.

Don't BUY Flag That Has Not the
Proper Number.
Persons who arc disposed to purchase
expensive American flags should count
the stars, says the Upholstcrcr. The
patriotic wife of wcll-knOwn news
paper man greeted her husband at the
dinner table the otl.cr day with the
glecful assurance that she had secured
Il "splcndid bargain" She had bought
a handsome silk flag, worth perhaps
five or six dollars originally, for two
dollars.
"Thcrc must he something the mat
ter with that flag said her husband.
"Oh, no." quickly responded his wife.
~ examined it very carefully. 1t is
perfect.
did YOU count the stars?" asked her
husband.
mo, did not" answered the wife,
somewhat obviously.
The stars on the flag were counted,
and it was found that they numbered
thirty-ci%ht; it lacked just six stars of
being an American flag.
The steamship City of Atlanta of the
Old Dominion Line burned in New York
last night. Loss 800, 600
congressman Fellows has introduced
in the House a resolution providing for
an investigation of the dOings of United
States citizens in connection with the
Panama Canal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
WHY JENNY LIND RETIRED.
An Intimate Friend of the Singer Gives
the True Reason.


the True Reason.
One matter which must be of interest
to every lover of dramatic art, and
which has been an enigma to many
people, is now for the first time dealt
with by one with authority to discuss
the question, says a writer in the Cen
fury. Why did Jenny Lind quit the
stage at the moment of her greatest
glory, and many years before her I'M
rivaled powers had begun to suffer any
decay? Some have perhaps reluctantly
accepted the widely-prevalent idea that
she had come to regard the dramatic
profession as an unholy thing which no
pure-sOuled woman could remain in
without contamination. Happily this
notion can be entertained no longer.
Her intimate friend, Frollen Won Sted-
ingk, with reference to it says: MANY
suppose this resolution to be the result
of pietism. Jenny Lind is as God-fear-
ing as she is pure, but had pictism been
the cause, she would not herself have
gone to the play, which she declared
she liked to do, to see others act" The
fact is that to appreciate her motive for
leaving the stage is to understand the
whole character of the woman. Her
ulSItSGc AOE IL ScculS W nave DSpun WIFI
her first great European success and
steadily grew as her fame spread. In
1910 she had lived for ten years life OF
incessant hard work on the stage; yet
in the following year she wrote from
Paris: Life on the stage has in it
something SO fascinating that l think,
having once tasted it, one can never
feel truly happy away from it" But
in 1915, just after her transcendent sue
cess in Berlin, the idea of leaving the
stage had not merely occurred to her
mind, but had already become fixed
determination. Among the dominant
notes of her character We're love OF
home and craving for domestic peace.
This craving was to great extent sat
isfed while she remained in Stockholm,
and especially during the time she
| lived with the Lindblad family. But
when her destiny drew her in relentless
triumph to Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen,
London, her domestic instincts were
| wreEched and tortured, and she found
| no compensation in all the glitter OF
her success. 81 am convinced" said
Herr Brockhaus, in April, 1916, that
she would gladly exchange all her tri-
umphs for simple homely happiness"
That was the secret of the whole mat
| ter: And so she formed the resolution
| to quit the stage forever, Il resolution
| in which she never wavered from 1915,
when it first took definite shape, till
| she carried it out in London in the sum.
| mer of IS49
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
ONE KIND OF SAVING.
Thrifty Noman's Economy That Come
Exceedingly High.

Exceedingly High.
A thrifty woman had Joined one of
those cooperative saving societies,
whose earthly function is to protect its
patrons against cXtOrtionate prices by
securing to them a reduction of ten per
cent. at the stores belonging to the
combination, says the Detroit Free
Press. She was enthusiastic over the
opportunities for economy the scheme
presented and her husband was rather
disposed to be sllcptical on the subject.
At the close of the first week she had
a talk with him.
"You don't believe in the socicty?'
she said, tentatively.
Not altogether" he confessed.
"Wrll, whether ynu do or not, I've
saved ten dollars this wrrl>: over oae
dollar and fifty cents Il day fer six days"
"IInw?" he inquired.
"By using my tickets, of course. !
bought one hundred dollars worth of
things and only paid ninety dollars for
Them
"Ah," he said, beginning to figure.
"Hes, l did, and next week Ill save
twenty-five dollars, or over four dollars
a day" and She was moro enthusiastic
than ever.
"No you won't, my dear" he said,
emphatically. You are altogether too
economical. This business of spending
two hundred and twenty-five dollars to
save twenty-five won't work. You
throw that ticket in the fire and begin
to retrCnch and reform in some other
direction, please" and she began to cry.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
q GUESS AT THE GREEN ROOM.
Why IA Green Cloth Was Laid In British
Tragedies.

Why IL Green Cloth Was Laid in British
Tragedies.
When l was a lad in the painting
COON of the old Princess theater, A. d.
1916, says a writer in the London
Times, whenever tragedy was per
formed there used to be laid down on
the stage huge carpet of green baize.
Often and often have l asked the
stage carpenters, the property mon, and
even the mighty proprietor himself
what was the meaning of this theatrical
board of green cloth. But could never
obtain satisfactory solution of the
mystery.
Long years afterward l was enabled
to solve the riddle. The meaning OF
English tragic drama the heroes and
heroines are mournfully addicted to
dying in sight of the audience.
Now, in the latter part of the seven
teenth century, and during the first
fifty years of the present one, the no.
bility and gentry were in the generous
habit of presenting their cast-off
drawing-room and birthnight dresses,
often made of the richest silks, satins
an d brocades, profusely embroidered
with gold and silver, to the most con-
spicuous among the players; and the
dramatic artists, when it was their
business to give up the ghost in pres
ence of the audience, very sensibly OBJ
jected to having their fine clothes
spoiled by coming in contact with the
not always clean boards of the stage.
So it occurred to some thoughtful
manager to lay down a green cloth OF
which kings and queens could expire
with due dignity, but without soiling
their gay apparel
have theory-only theory-that
the "green room" at playhouse de
rived its name from the tragedy, greer
cloth being kept there rolled in case o:
peed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19

AE LEANED HALF ANGh1L1 FOhW A1SD.
lowered his voice slightly and dragged
his chair nearer CORTLAND, II don't
like the looks of things here. There's
some devilment plotting among those
rascals. They're only waiting an OPP
portunity-a single flash would be
enough to set them in a blaze-even If
the fire wasn't lit and smoldering
already like spark in bale of cot
ton. I'd out the whole thing and clear
out If didn't think it would make 1t
harder for Miss Dows-who would be
left alone"
You're good follow, Champney,"
said CORTLAND, laying his hand on the
young mans shoulder with a sudden
impulse, land forgive you for over
looking the fact that could help them.
Indeed" he added, with an odd serious
ness and half sigh, Its not strange
that you should. But l must remind
you that the Bows are strictly the
agents and tenants of the company
represent, and that their rights and
property under that tenancy shall not
be interfered with by others as long as
am here. l have no right, however"
he added gravcly, ''to keep Miss Bows
from imperiling them by her social re-
lations."
Champncy rose and shook hands with
him awllwardly. The shower seems
to be holding up" he said, land I'll
toddle along before it starts afresh.
Good night! | say-you didn't mind
my coming to you in this way, did you?
BY Jove! I thought you We're n little
stand-offish at first But you know
what | mcant!"
"Perfectly, and l thank you'll" They
| shook hands again. Champney stepped
| from the portico, and reaching the
gate secmcd to ~anish and become a
part of the darkness.
The storm was not yet over; the air
| had again become close and suffocating.
CORTLAND remained brooding in his
chair. Whether he could accept
Champncy's news as true or not, he felt
that he must end this suspense at once.
A half guilty consciousness that he was
thinking more of it in reference to his
own passion than his duty to the COM
pany did not render his meditations less
unpleasant. Yet while he could not
reconcile Miss Sally's condolences In
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
Natural history as a Tranquillizer.

"a patient of Sir William Gull told
me-" says writer in Temple Bar, that
his physician had recommended him to
take up natural history as a tranquil
lizing study. The question arises, are
the men who pursue these studies more
free from strife. jealousies and all I'M
charitableness, than those who are strug.
Cling for supremacy in art and litera-
ture? Judging from the naturalists l
have known, 1 am inclined to think
that, as rule, they are more tranquil,
minded. Kingsley felt the truth of this
when he said: Ere 1 grow too old, l
trust to be able to throw away all pul'-
suits save natural history, and die with
my mind full Of Gods facts, instead O
mems les"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19

ent," said CORTLAND. in tone of quiet
but positive authority.
''Are dey goin' to bring back de ole
'patter-rollers' 'Tthe patrol or local
police who formerly had the surveil-
lance of slavcsl," sah?" asked the man,
with slight sheer.
Il don't know" returned CORTLAND,
quietly, ignoring his overseer's manner.
"But if they did you must comply with
the local regulations unless they con-
flict with the federal laws, when you
must appeal to the federal authorities.
l prefer Gou should svuid any trouble
until you 0re sure"
ON me-" said che negro with a short
laugh.
Courtlsnd looked Ut him intent1y.
II Thought as muchl YOU'RE carrying
arms. C&to1 Hand them oven"
The overseer hesitAted for q moment,
and then unstrapped . revolver from
his belt and handed 1t to CORTLAND.
"Now, how many Of you are In the
habit Of going round the town armed
Like thisP"
"~On1y de men who've been tnsu1ted.
seh-"
ana now n6Vo you Dccn 1uSu1CeQr
~Merse Tom Hi0bee down In de mar
ket reoloned n was high time fancy
nlgRerS was drove into do swamp, and
allowed that loAfers and beggsrs had
bettar DooOt high whon workin' folks
was around. and MA<So Tom said he'd
cut my hAht out"
"And do you think your carrying a
revolver will prevent hImand his friends
performing that operation II you pro-
voked them2'
"You said 1t was 70 perfect ourseffs,
sah." returned the negro, gloomily.
What fob den did you drill us to use
dem rifle In de armory2"
ITO defend yourselves together If at
tackled, not to Hingly threaten with
them in Q street row. Together, you
would stand some chance against those
man: separately they could eat up.
Cato"
~ wouldn't trust too much to some of
dem nggers starding together, sab, -
said Cato, darkly. "Dey'd run before
de old masters-if ley didn't run to 'em.
Shnahln
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
Oddities About Mans weight.

Prof. Huxley declares that the proper
weight OF man Il La pounds, made up
az follows: Muscles and their appurte-
nanceA, 90 poundS: skeleton, ~ pounds;
akin. 1oH pounds; fat, % pounds; brain,
pounds; abdominal v1Scera, II pounds;
blood Chat which would drain from the
body, pounds The heart of such a
man should beat IS times in a minute
and he should breathe Is times during
each minute. At that rate, In "a hours
he would vitiate 1.Ts0 cubic feet Of pure
air to the extent of per cent In the
same length of time he should throw
off through the skin Is ounoes Of water,
800 grains Of solid matter and 400 grains
Of carbonic acid
The Kansas Populists have finally de-
cided to submit the question of the
legality of the PoPuliSt House organiza-
ton to the Supreme court.
Executive officers Of the Baltimore s.
Ohio railroad Company discrsdit pub
Gshed statements about q deal between
the Hooking Valley and Pennsylvania
railroad companies.
Fire completely Quilted q hve-story
brick building ON Second avenue, Pitts
burg, occupied by the Novelty Candy
company and Rarrs' Electrotyping estab-
lishmsnt. Lass, $50, 600.
BY vote of 10 to - the Australian
Colonial Parliament declared it's want of
confidence in the government.
VIM E Spaars, a Boston lawyer, has
been appointed o. g. Commissioner to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of II.
L Hallet.
Hills, Turner q Co.. Lambert Bros and
R Sherburns, the largest manufacturers
of plate and window glass in Boston, have
consolidated into q stock company, with
a capital Of $500, 900 and will hereafter dc
business under the name of the Bost ON
Plate and Window Glass company.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19

the cemetery In regard to the manner
ence of her people to Champney's atten-
tions with what Champney had just told
him of tho reasons she had given him
for declining them, / am afraid he was
not panied by her peculiar ethics. A
lover seldom finds fault with his mis-
tress for deceiving his rival, and Is as
little apt to consider the logical deduc-
ton that she could deceive him also, as
Othello was to accept Brabantio's warn
ing. The masculine sense of honor
which would have resented the friend
ship of a man capable Of such treachery
does not hesitate in accepting the love
of a woman under the same conditions.
Perhaps there is an implied compliment
in thus allowing her to take the sole
ethical responsibility, which few women
can resist.
In the midst Of this gloomy abstrac-
ton CORTLAND suddenly raised his head
and listened.
Cato"
Eyes, sah."
There was the sound of heavy foot
steps in the hall coming from the rear
of the house, and presently a darker
bulk appeared in the Swallowed door
way. 1t was his principal overseer-a
strong and superior negro, selected by
his fellow freedmen from among their
number in accordance with Courtland's
new regime.
did you como here from the planta-
ton or the town.
1.-THE town. sah."
81 think you had better keep out of
the town in the evenings for the pres
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19

| not expect me to listen to any reflec-
tions upon the way they choose to ad-
min ster their part of its affairs, either
now or to come. Still less do care to
discuss the idle gossip which can affect
| only the pripdtc interests of these ladies
with which neither you nor l have
any right to interfere"
But the nGipette of the young Eng
| lishman was as invincible as Miss Sal
ly's own, and as fatal to Courtland's at
titude. ''Of course haven't any right,
you know" he said, calmly ignoring
the preamble of his companions speech,
but l say-hang it all-even if a fellow
has no chance himseIf he don't like to
see girl throw herself and her proper
ty away on man like that"
zone moment, Champney," said
CORTLAND, under the infection of his
guests simplicity, abandoning his form
err superior attitude. You may say
you have no chance. Do you wish me
to understand that you are regularly q
sutton of Miss Dows?"
"Y-e-e-s," said the young feuow-but
with the hesitation of consGientiousness
rather than evasion. THAT is-you
know Il qcaS. But don't you see it
couldn't be- 1t wouldn't do, you know.
If those clannish neighbors of hers
that southern set-suspected thnt Miss
Sally was courted by an Englishman.
don't you know-a poacher on. their
prcserves-it would be oil up with her
position on the property and her inf1u-
cnce over them. l don't mind telling
you that's one reason why l left the
company and took that other planta-
| ton. But even that didn't work; they
had their suspicious excited already"
did Miss Bows give that as a reason
for declining your suit?" asked Court
land, slowly.
Eyes; YOU know what straightfor-
| ward girl she is. She didn't come no
rot about not expecting anything Of
| the kind or about being n sister to me,
and all that, for, by Jovc, she's always
more like fellows sister, don't you
know, than his girl. OF course it was
hard lines for me, but suppose she
was about right" He stopped and
| then added with kind of gentle per-
sistcncy: "lOu think she was about
right-don't you?'
With what was passing in Courtland's
mind, the question seemed so bitterly
| ironical that he leaned half angrily
forward, with an unconscious move
mcnt of attempti1 6 to catch the speak
er's expression in the darkness. Il
| should hardly venture to give an
| opinion" he said deliberately. Miss
| BOWS relations with her neighbors are
SO very peculiar. And from what you
tell me of her cousin it would seem that
her desire to placate them is not always
to he depended upon"
"Im not finding fault with her, you
know" said Champney, hastily. I'm
not such bcastly cad as that; l
wouldn't have spoken of my affairs at
all, but you asked, you know. / only
thought if she was going to get her
self into trouble on account of that
Frenchmau you might talk to her;
she'd listen to you because she'd know
you only did It out OF business reasons.
And they're really business reasons.
you know. suppose you don't think
much of my business capacity, colonel.
and you wouldn't go much on my hldg-
ment-especia1ly now-but I've been
aere longer than you and" he
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
SALLY BOWS,
An After War Romance of the South.
BY BRET / ARTE.
CHAPTER v.


I'LL !: &: s: : ::::::::
l&%,~-$A %A of local lawyer
Z >zsjJf'NE&2 T7S-,->3sc>7V and justice of the
WITH LN4 SvTI1Ii peace was not
81 n SE|ll large. but had an
ISL ~ - ,.,: - imposing portico
SsSre.. y y ~ ~ >~cc~~.GS- of wooden dOric
columns which
extended to the roof and frontcd the
main street. The alLpcrvading crccper
closely covered it: the sidewalk before
it was shaded by row of broal-lcavcd
uilantuS. The front room, with French
windows opening ON the pnrtirn, was
used 10y Col. CORTLAND as general
office; beyond this sittjng-ronm and
diuiug-room overlooked the uld-fash-
toned garden with its detached Kitchen
and inevitable negro cabin 1t was Il
close evening: There were dark clouds
coming up in the direction of the turn
pike road, bat the leaves Of thr %ilantus
hung heavy and mntioulr>S in the hush
of the Impending storm. The sparks of
la2ily NoutiuT trrllivS softly expanded
and We Mt out in the gloom of the black
foliage, or in tine Clark ry,rSs,s of tho
office, whose NinI,N,S were widely
open. and whose LIGHTS Cuurtlnnl had
rNtinwvi. he'd whom M, brnnoht lis arm
chair to the rnrtir, f,r rnnl,...s One
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it. nl,r,. r!ns,Iv. At vIi.h il Jis,n.
prarcl and = voice from, th,, Street s,iI.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
NOTICE.

The board of relief will be in session
January 2, 1898, from 10 to 10 a. M, to
5 and to s p. m, Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays, until January % inclusive.
Old soldiers, sailors and pensioners that
have been exempted heretofore need not
appear before the board for the purpose
of exemption.
JOHN THOMPSON,
JNO K. MAHER,
HENRY NJ. FRENCH,
Board of Relief.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
M. BURNS =

Licensed disinfecting officer for
cleaning and disinfecting vaults and
cesspools. Disinfectant soc per ct.
n B.-Residonoe 1s sarsaeld Street.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19

- -
of the Dru m
mond syndicate
in RcLlands-thc
former residence
of n local lawyer
and justice of the
peace was not
large. but had an
imposing portico
of wooden doric
columns which
A.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-19
DIPLOMACY DOES NOT PAY.

Hang up loves mistletoe over the earth,
And let US X ISIS under 1t all the year round
Middletown transcript., 1893-09-02
NEAR BY

All through life our hearts are seeking some
rich prize to call our own,
Some sweet bliss to drown our sorrow and
tor every pain atone.
Far and wide we seek our treasure, looking
vainly tor its gold;
Till our sad hearts grow SO empty, waiting
for some prize to hold.
But at last, worn out, discouraged, we no
more our trials repeat,
When, behold! we find our treasure lying
waiting ut our feet.
If for happiness you're longing, Oh. let not
the teardrops start,
For your search is not all fruitless, you may
find it in your heart.
-Cgdrd Belle SottthtOell.
Middletown transcript., 1893-09-02
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SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the accounts OF
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traitors, Trustees, Guardians and Receivers.
The Company acts by authority OF law as
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