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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25
AFRICAN Fruit Ruined by Insects.

Half measures are Of no avail in deal
ing with the parasitic hy ceratitis-that
scourge of the fruit farmers in South
Africa. Mr.. William Tuck of Grahams-
town, who expresses this opinion, is .
high authority on fruit farming. He
tells Us that in the eastern province
they can never depend on any fruit ex-
eept grapes coming to ripeness without
damage from hy larve, though where,
owing to high altitude-2. 900 feet to
5000 and over-thers are sharp frosts
every winter such fruits as can stand
the cold are fairly free from the plague,
because the larve cannot tide over the
frost.
1t sometimes happens that scarcely
peach ripens in the whole province with
out q worm inside Mr.. Tuck is for he
roic remedies He is decidedly of opin-
ion that il a general and perfect destruc-
ton Of all the fruit grown in any one
year could be brought about by the COM
mon consent OF the whole body of fruit
growers the ny might be stamped out,
but he mournfully confesses that the
universal system of go As you please. !"
added to the isolated life OF cape farms,
renders any such united action Of years
self denial for the common good quite
fmpraeticable .-Lendon News
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25
The Discovery of Glass.

Though tho Egyptians claim to have
been taught by Hermes the art of max
ing glass, 1t may be stated upon the au-
thority Of Pliny that its discovery be-
longs to the Syrians, or rather Phoeni-
clans, who obtained it accidentally. A
small number of sailors who had landed
upon the coast of Spain built fire upon
the sand and supported their cooking
utensils with stones which they had
found near the shore. After finishing
their meal one of the party accidentally
raked the ashes, and the action of the
heat having combined the inter and
sand he found a crystalline substance
the glass of the present day.-Boston
Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

caught himsel1 Dy the jamb and STOOD
peering in. It was nearly dark in the
bare, puncheon fioored room, except that
now and then tongue of flame thrust
itself from smoldering handful of
twigs on the hearth. Against the far
thest wall a woman crouched, a woman
who at sight of Lucia struck out two
bony hands and moaned and gazed
blankly.
Don't touch me" she said hoarsely.
81 won't go! 1 won'tI I've hid away
here and prayed you'd never find me-
"Huldah! broke in the elderess pas
sionately, don't look at me so! I've
come to take you home, Huldah-home
to West House. Listen, Huldahl I've
been hard and cruel, but I'll never pain
you again"
The old woman seemed not to hear.
She gazed round at the cracked walls, the
pallet of brush, the darkened window.
81 amt no trouble to no one," she
muttered. 1--we starved and froze and
all. I've heard the owls boot at night
and ben skeered, and ben lonesome and
sick, but was home, and / could "a
gone on if Ann would "a heard my pray
ers. But she amt listened. She's turned
agin me. She give me into your hand.
Lucia had cast herself ON the rough
floor and was clasping Huldah's knees.
"You are killing me, Huldah," she
wept. Il have sinned against You and
against all those whose lives have made
cold and hard. meant to do right, but
was vain and wicked. Huldah! HUI
dab! do not forgive me. do not ask it.
do not deserve it. Only come homo
with me and let me serve you as daugh-
ter who has erred may serve the mother
who pities her"
The tollgate man rubbed his nose with
the end of his red scarf and wheeled
away. Huldah stood gazing confusedly
down on the kneeling slender figure,
with its wringing hands and beautiful
pale face and streaming eyes.
BE you'ns a-cryin?' she stammered.
81 lowed you was flint. And kneeling
to me! Elderess Lucia-don't We, don't
ye! Sit up, Elderess Lucia!''
But Lucia clasped her the closer.
Not till you promise to come with
me-" she sobbed. Not till you promise
not to hate me as deserve"
Huldah drew a quick breath. Her
hand trembled down upon the young
woman's black, soft hair.
"Hate your she breathed. why, I'll
go-now-wherever you take me-or
send mer-Harper's Bazaar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

An urchin 0 years old, with a very
dirty face and a pair of bright eyes, ac-
costed a woman as she was hurrying
across the common the other day.
PLEASE to give me some money to get
me something to eat" he whined.
No, won't give you any money to
get YOU something to eat,n was the reply.
The lady mimicked his whine
Finally she hired him to carry her UNI
brella TO her Office, and on their way
thither she gave him dissertation on
labor and its fruits in phrases she thought
he would understand. She advised him
to go into the newspaper business and
loaned him 20 cents to invest in papers,
after he had signed his name to a con-
tract she drew up. promising to pay her
Immediately ne had cleared that amount.
In an hour and half he came back tc
the Office proudly and deposited the
money loaned on her desk. She took 1C
cents of it, and he kept the other TO make
further investments. The next day he
cleared $3.50. He was radiant
This is better than begging, isn't it,
she asked.
You bet" he said.
Now, if give you this 10 cents, will
you promise to buy with it what shall
ask your"
"Yes'm."
Then buy a cake of soap and use it,
He said he would and went out.-Bos
ton Globe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

During the Nez Perez war of 1877 two
soldiers were pursued by savages and
had to fly for their lives. One of the
soldiers was better mounted than his
companion and soon was several hun
dred yards in the lead. Looking back,
he perceived that the enemy was get
ting dangerously near, so he shouted:
Come on; they're right after usy'
The man in the rear ironically replied:
"You don't think I'm trying to throw
this race, do you?"-Spokane Outburst.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

ton of that brilliant if somewhat meteoric
manager, J. Z. Duff. 1t is alleged that J.
NJ. Hill also had finger in the pie, but be
that as it may the opera was produced
and has been favorably received even by
those persons who are rather fastidious in
musical matters. Those who like "Phile-
mon and Baucis" say that il is a charming,
natural, enforced and idyllic piece of work.
while those whom it has not pleased de
clare that it is namby PANTY in the ex-
treme and entirely unworthy of the com
poser of Faust" The majority, however,
think tho opera excellent, and it certainly
ought to be popular with managers, for but
four principals are required for its preSenta-
ton. The plot follows in the main the lines
of the old legend
1t is rumored that that dashiDg French
.chanteuse cxcentrique," Fougere. is to
head company which will give French
variety opera" in French. There will be
not line of Dialogue nothing but songs
and the inevitable specialties. The mem
bers Of the company will all be foreigners.
At least, that is the programme as 1t was
mapped out to me on the Rialto few
evenings ago. Whether it Is true or not
the next few months will show.
BY the way, / heard good story about
FouRere the other day. II was told about
as follows: When she was here, she became
we'll acquainted with a lady who had a Nat
Immediately below hers Somehow or 9TH
er Johnnie obtained her home address
and wrote to invite her to 40 driving With
him Sunday afternoon. At first Fougert
was tempted to tear up the note, but act.
ing upon the advice of her friend she &C
cepted the invitation. When the Johnnie
called, he was invited into the parlor OF the
friends hat. He waited and waited, and
then he waited some more. Then he waited
again.
As the shades Of night were falling
along with his previously effervescent spir'
its-he ambled down stairs just in time &c
see Fougere and her friend jump from the
trap.
''You have invite Mile. Fougere to take
one drive in re park. She have take Get.
She eez vair much thankful. Bon jour.
And with that the Frenchwoman and Fou-
gore tripped laughingly up the steps of the
stoop and into the house. The dude wa.
crushed He had spent IS for about q
minutes actual use of the conveyance.
/ do not know that this story 10 true
Whether IL Is or not. u epght 70 b. It u
certainly mod ana
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

IL was Fred Peal whs hit upon &.
thought that there could be no mora dis
tinctively American typo Of character than
q real estate gpeculAtor who ssalously
strives to make much out Of nothing. Pom
dering on the farcical possibilities Of such q
type. Mr.. Peel awakened to the rare comic
value Of makeshift western town such a
seems great on the surveyors plans and in
the speeches Of the promoter, but 10 really
. mere blelnish of shAnties on the great
American desert. Now, Mr.. Peel, who Is at
present "hustling" ahead Of Tom Davis
farce, THE Hustler" had no time to put
his ideas into typswritten form. knowing
that actors have more leisure than man
ayers and agents have. he conflded tia
Aforesaid ideas to Gus Heege, author ana
principal player Of lyon Yonson.n Mr.
Heege added sundry notions Of his own,
and the result was q three act farce At
which even the typewriter screamed in
copying it.
An unsettled question was that Of the
names Of the speculator and the town.
I'VE want n name" said Mr. Heege, sin
dicative of unexampled rapidity and boom. I"
"A name" said Mr.. Peel, that means
rush" Whats the NATTER said Mr.
Heege, with a name that is 'rushi' What's
the matter with Rush itselff'' Rush
City," cried Peel; "let it 90 at thatI And
as towns are often named after their found
ers, why shouldn't the SPECTATORS name
be 'RushP" And so it stands. Mr.. Heege
suggested killing two birds with one stone
by using the name of the town for the name
OF the play. The title has attracted much
attention in theatrical circles 1t excites
curiosity and sets the imagination conjec-
turing what kind of place the mythical
town may be- ] tell this merely to illus
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

. The capital of the nation is infested
with human insect that devotes its en-
orgies to boring into places where it is
not wanted. Possibly its kindred exists
elsewhere, but there has been so much
freedom of access to the houses Of men
whose careers depend upon popularity,
and so much dread among those in high
places of unwittingly trampling upon
influential feelings, that the breed is es-
pecially encouraged there. Then, again,
there are two notable features which
mark the society of the capitalize pres
ence of officials and statesmen who are
known far and wide, and the absence Of
men who are distinguished in the sci
ences and the arts.-H. L. Nelson in
Harnar,s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25
WaterburVFire Alarm
LOCATION OF BOXES.


The following are the Fire Alarm Signals
under the new system:
Ia Rogers Bro"
Is Cor East Main and Niagara streets.
Ia Cor East Main and Wolcott road.
is Cor High and Walnut streets.
lie Cor East Main and Cherry streets.
II Cor East Main and Cole streets.
I'll Cor North Elm and KingsbUry streets.
2-s Cor North Elm. North Main and Grove
streets.
- Waterbury Manufacturing company
Us Cor North Main and North streets.
90 Cor Buckingham and Cooke streets.
81 Cor Grove and Prospect streets
IS Cor Hillside avenue and Pine street
20 Cor johnson and Waterville streets.
Ala The Flat Bros Il Co"
Ala Waterbury Clock company movement
ment factory"
3 Exchange place.
Al Cor West Main and Willow streets.
81 Cor West Main and Watertown roadI
s6 Horse Car Railroad stable.'
SO Waterbury Brass company
ST Cor Cedar and Meadow streets.
SIS Cor Grand and Field streets.
sl-a Cor Bank and Meadow streets.
sis Randolph It Cloves
STA Plume & Atwood Manufacturing COM
pany.*
S-2-2 Holmes. Booth y hayuenS-'
s-24 Cor Charles and Porter streets
s-2S Cor Simons street and Washington ave-
Cor South Main and Grand streets.
"A Cor South Main and Clay streets.
4-s Waterbury Watch company"
~ Benedict Burnham Manufacturing
company
IS Waterbury Buckle company"
81 Cor South Main and Washington SITS
S Scovill Manufacturing company
50 Cor Franklin and Union streets.
SIS Waterbury Clock Co. lease factory
81 Cor Clay and Mill streets.
Sc Cor Liberty and River streets.
st No. Hose House.
6-s Cor Baldwin and Stone.streets.
Cor Bridge and Magill streets.
Ga Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin street.
- Private.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25
Lived or His Sister.

Not long ago Young man whose sole
business, apparently, is to wear fine
clothes and to enjoy life generally was a
witness in lawsuit at town not many
miles from Buffalo. When, in putting
the preliminary questions, the attorney
asked him what was his occupation, the
witness was visibly embarrassed.
Come, come, what is your business
repeated the lawyer impatiently.
az -I-er-I-er"- stammered the
young man, blushing painfully; "I-er-
that is, my sister is dressmaker. -
Buffalo EXPRESS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

Hypnotism, spiritism, theosophy and
many other things pertaining to psychol-
ogy and biology ara occupying the at
tention Of brainy men and women. We
may pooh pooh these as much as we
please, the fact remains that they are
steadily forcing themselves on our atten-
tion.-Edgar Lee in Arena.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25
ONWARD.

Sometimes when the growing darkness,
At the close OF day,
To the stress of daily labor
Brings moments stay,
All at once the mind will wander
Back to other years,
See as In . panorama,
Youthful hopes and fears.
Once again upon the threshold
OF our life we stand
And discern the future glowing
Like the promised land,
And the hopes of early manhood
Putting forth their leaf.
Green as are the leaves in springtime,
And their life as brief.
With a pang do We remember
That we meant to be
In the battlefield a hero,
Crowned with victory;
But, discredited and beaten
Have been forced 10 yield,
Or at best are barely able
Still to keep tho field.
On our brow no crown of laurel
Tells of victory won;
Not for us the song of triumph,
When the day is done.
Other men have reaped the harvest
That We thought TO reap;
Other men have gained the summit
OF the mountain steep.
And our hearts are bowed with sorrow,
Gazing on that scene,
For a moment as we picture
All that might have been.
For a moment! Then our manhood
Puts the sorrow by,
Crushes down again the heart throb,
Quells the rising sigh.
And once more we set our faces
Sternly toward the front,
Brace again our nerves and sinews
For the battles brunt.
Onward With success or failure
We have naught to do.
Ours to do our duty nobly
All LIES journey through.
And, although success would cheer US
As we onward plod,
We can bear the doom of failure,
By the help of God.
-Good Words,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

One of the most famous smiths of the
Weald was st. Dunstan, archbishop Of
Canterbury. Mayfeld in Sussex is the
site Of an ancient archiepiscopal pal
ace, and here, according to some, took
place the terrific encounter between st.
Dunstan and the devil. At any rate, the
anvil, hammer and tongs which are al
legged to have belonged to the saint are
stiIl preserved at Mayield paIace.--Gen-
tlemau.s Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25
THE DEAD CHILD.



Sleep on. dear. now.
The last sleep and the beSs
And on thy brow
And on thy quiet breast.
Violets throw!
Thy littlc life
Was mine little while:
No fears were rife,
To trouble thy brief srails
With stress or strife
Lie still and lie
EorpveFmors a childi
Not Rrudgingiy,
Whom life has not deflled,
render thee
Slumber 50 deep
would not rashly wake
hardly weep;
Fain only for thy sake
To share thy sleep.
zeal to be dead
Dead here with thee today
When all Is said. q
'Twere good by thee TO lay
Ny weary head.
That Is the best:
All. child. 50 tired OF play.
stand contest:
], too, would come thy way
And somewhere rest
Ernest Dowson In AtAlAatA-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

Lynn, Mass, has bargain goods fac
tory, which turns out cheap goods of
excellent appearance for the bargain
counters. The American bargain seeker
has called for such things, and now if
shams are made to deceive him he must
not grumble. There are 16 Of such bar
gain goods manufactures, and the bar
gain goods era is just now at its zenith.
Exchange.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

The pre-eminently recreative exercise
is play. This natural gymnastics brings
with it an attraction that animates the
most Indifferent and gives inspiration to
the most phlegmatic. And what O con-
trast there is between pupils exercising
in play and those upon whom syste-
matte gymnastics are imposed-between
English school children, for example, and
French;-M. F. Lagrange in Popular
Science Monthly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25
A THEATRICAL REVIEW.
Fitch's "April Weather" Pro-
duced by Sol Smith Russell.
GoUNOD's~PHILEMoN EFT BAUcIs.-

Tho Dashing FOugere May become . Star
In America-The Personality OF the
Young Man Whom Rumor Has Engaged
to Jay GouId's DauEhter-Chitchat.
NEW YORK. Nov. el.-Sol Smith Russell,
who has been playing in his old favorites to
rather poor business at Days theater for
some time, put on his last piece, Clyde
Fitch's April Weather." which was seen
in Chicago during the Worlds fair. Bust
ness is still not heavy enough to necessitate
the employment of extra ticket sellers, but
It is said to have picked up perceptibly.
April Weather" does not appear to have
pleased the New York critics, some OF
whom assert that the piece abounds with
inslpidity instead of simplicity. One can
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

The rule for ascertaining when Easter
Sunday occurs may be gathered from
this statement: Easter is the Sunday
which follows that fourteenth day of the
calendar moon which falls upon or next
after March 81. We give number Of
dates Of Easter Sunday. which will be
useful for preservation to such readers
as are DESTROYS TO watch these recurring
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

Il don't see why you call him greedy
when he gave you his nice large apple to
divide"
That's Just it. OF course l had to
give him the biggest piece then---Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

Mrs. Clamwhoeper-John. You have .
very annoying habit Of saving What's
that whenever Yen are spoken to- Can't
you break yourself OF II:
Mr. Csmwhooper Crcadiugl- En- -
what's that.-TeSas Sif;ings-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

Maine and Georgia" war drama by
Howard r. Taylor and Henry Meredith,
which was presented at the Fourteenth
Street theater, has not made any impression
here, although it is said to have been well
received in San Francisco, where IL was
tried some time ago Tie play is built CO
strictly conventional lines. Z. r. Stock
wells acting, however. IS deserving of high
commentator. OcTAvCs CoHES
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25
A Good Examine.

Mrs. Goodwin-You shouldn't cat so
many peanuts, Johnny. You'll be hay
ing dyspepsia
Johnny-Do the policemen have dys-
napsia, Tramma?-1ife.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

not, however, avoid the inference that the
gentlemen of the press for some inscrutable
reason "have it in" for Mr.. Fitch, for in
stead of courageously condemning his work
they seek to belittle ito damn it with
faint praise. The plot of April Weather"
is certainly simplicity itself.
Raphael Reed, a struggling artist, is
hoarder at the residence of Mrs. Stanton, a
widow with several children. The neigh
hors talk about them in a manner calculat-
ed to injure the reputation of the lady, and
Reed magnanimously asks her hand In
marriage. The lady promises, but not
without some misgivings, for she still has
n sort of laundering idea that her first liege
lord was not guilty of the charge brought
against him and will return at the right
moment to prove it.
In the second act Reed is engaged in do
| ing the interior decorations of the house of
n society woman. 1t is at this point that
! the long lost husband, Jack Phelps, re-
turns to add n complication to the plot.
The husband proves his innocence as his
erstwhile spouse had all along said he
would, and he is grieved that he cannot
| find his wife. Reed recognizes him by a
| photograph and conceals the information,
| rs he cannot bring himself to give up the
woman he loves to a man whom he be-
! Heves still to have been a criminal.
In the third and last act Reed becomes
convinced of the innocence of his rival
md when he goes for q minister brings the
husband back instead. II that isn't a SIM
Pile and pure play, should like to see one
! that is
Bessie Bonehill, that charming favorite
| of the English concert halls and American
| vaudeville stage, made known to New
| Workers for the first time the farce
comedy" in which she has elected to make
/ her debut as a star. The skit is
called "Playmates," although almost
! any other name would be as appro-
| pirate. The piece cannot be said to have
scored Il hit, =" as most persons who saw it
pronounced it very dreary except in those
| spots where the specialties which were not
written in the farce. came in. Miss Bone
| hill, however, added to her New York repu-
tation, and the piquant little lady is now a
| favortte of the first magnitude in this city.
| The work of the author, IL opinions are
worth anything at all, will never make him
serious rival Of Bronson Howard
| philemon and Baucis," which Gounod
| wrote Mt about the same time with Faust, -
! was produced for the first time in this coun-
/ try at Herrmann's theater, under the direc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

trate that the happiest title may come at q
moments inspiration, and as every theat-
rical venturer knows, a title is half the
battle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25
waterbury B0il6i Works

Having removed to the corner rter Street
and n. s. h. r. formerly the W"ter9ury Male
able Iron CO groun Isl an boinE = pTaetlc2I
B ,Ier NJ 4ker, am prepared I'd do ALT kinds of
Boiler, Water Tank =mnSe stack Tar Hea'tnE;
Fur Iaces A11e4llnz Pa tS. Pate and sheet Iron
Work OF all Desert ptiOU%- Orders by mail VIII
receive prompt attention
MES j. DUFFY.
u HnX, all
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

Harry Woodruff, who will, it is said, mar.
~ Jay Gould's daughter Anna, is a charm
ing young fellow about 81 years old. He
was in the cast of the i'll fated Kentucky
Colonel" in a role not exactly suited to his
abilities. Then he became a member OF Eye
Earle Trouble" His part in that GUY
Carleton play fitted him like glove, and
he made a crest hit. Woodruff is very
handsome, although his coloring is so ex.
tremely light that bis face appears some
what effeminate in its delicacy. This effect
is heightened by the faxen curls which
cluster about his head.
Woodruff is not Miss Nancy, however
by any means He is a manly, gentleman
ly youth who has too much self respect to
become a barroom hanger-on, and for that
reason he is not popular with the under
crust of theatrical society, the members Of
which are wont to sneer at Woodruff's so
cial aspirations Miss Gould's brothers
and the young man most interested deny
that a marriage is contemplated, but the
unemployed Hamlets and Othellos along
the Rialto seem to think otherwise, and
should not these omniscient beings knowi
One thing is certain-if Miss Helen Gould
should become Mrs. Woodruff, she will be
the wife of a handsome, refined and intelli-
gent man, and a perfect gentleman
one topic of conversation in theatrical cir
cles during the past few days There are
not many persons who understood how
strong was the bond Of friendship-love
would perhaps be a better term-that held
Thomas and his partner. Playwright
Charles H. Hoyt, together. A dozen years
ago Thomas recognized the wonderful
ability of Hoyt as concocter of eccentric
farces- The latter was then the dramatic
editor Of Boston paper. and the former
was his assistant.
A copartnership was formed. and as evil
dence that il was eminently successful 10
need only be said that Thomas estate Is
probably worth all told close on to 500. 900,
while Hoyt is possessed of much more
wealth, although both men have always
been high hvers- Thomas WAS but 81 years
old, and yet he was regarded one of the
most farseeinE and shrewd theatrical man
ayers in America. II IS rumored that Frank
Mckee, for several years Hoyt s. Thomas
general manager. will now become a mem
Der OF the firm.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-25

philemon and Baucis," which Gounod
wrote Mt about the same time with Faust, -
was produced for the first time in this coun-
try at Herrmann's theater, under the direc-