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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
Old Time Cures,

In medieval times if child dld not learn to walk with readiness the wise wizard would direct it to creep through a black down to the earth and rooted by their tips. At the present it would be as pleasant and efficacious for the tardv toddler to creep among q few barbed wire fences, and it would be more in keeping with the keen spirit of this ago of wire.
 One of the leading sources of income to the old herbalist was the compound ing of love powders for Respondent swains and heartsick maidens. If DOW der would not bring the desired relief, various juices of roots and herbs were mingled in Q potion and sold as the love phial. Here iS an old recipe: ''Mistletoe berries <not exceeding nine in number) are steeped in an equal mixture of wine. beer, vinegar and honey.
 This taken on all empty stomach be- fore going to bed will cause dreams of your future destiny tprovided ycu retire before 12 o'clockj either on Christmas eve or on the first and third of q new noon." Perhaps as q lingering remnant of this abSurdity there is ,s current no- ton IL some parts of the world today that q whole Glince pie e1ten at mid night will cause the reappearance ot long departed friends. not to mention the family physician and the more inter ested members of the household. .-Chau tauQuan.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
FI.Iing by EIeetricItr.

The success which attended the use of the electric light in fishing of the Cali fornia coast has led to the devising of various improved apparatus for that pur- pose. One of these consists of a large iron frame interlaced with netting. which can be opened and closed at the will of the operator. An electric light incased in lantern Is lowered into the net. the electricity being furnished by a motor in the bow of the boat. As the boat moves along the network is thrown open. and the bright light of the lamp, which is seen at great distance in the clear water. aronses the curiosity of the fish, which readily swim into the tran. This is the modern variant of the old method of destroying fish from Q canoe by torch hght.-ExchanQe-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
Touch of Fellow Feeling.

I've do indeed have some queer ex- periences,' said the trained nurse, talk ing off her white cap and giving its dainty bow Gwfew delft. reconstructing touches, "andS many interesting and di- vert;ng episodes also. Not long ago I was sent for to attend minister's wife and must confess that 1 responded to the call with some trepidation and ap- prehensiOn. It was my first experience ill minister's family, and l was afraid that my patient might ask me to pray with her or read the Bible to her, which most excellent offices would be wholly out of my line and would cause me much embarrassment.
 When l reached my post of duty, found the minister's wife suffering q great deal, and my first office was to make and apply mustard plaster I concocted it with n generous and con scientiOus hand, and it must have been pretty warm, for several seconds after 1 had deferentially applied the mustard plaster on the person of the minister's wife she groaned dismally. Leaning over her to discover whether her pain had increased, I heard her murmur softly but enerGetically:
 "'Oh. jininy! It's too hot! can't stand itr
 Perhaps you can imagine how my heart leaped toward the dear woman at this touch of nature We had delight full time together when she got better. She was good woman, too but like the rest of us she had her favorite ejacula- tions under compelling circumstances" Louisville Courier-Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
FEMALE, WOMAN, LADY.
The Distinction Between Several Words
 and How They May Be Used.

The Distinction Between Several Words
 and How They May Be Used.
 An interesting discussion is going on in the columns of some newspapers over the use of the words lady" and ''wom- an." There is no real difference as to the occasions upon which each word is to be used, but there is frank acknowl- edgment upon the part of some that they do not use the word woman where their good sense tells them that they should. for fear that it might give of fense to the person to whom it Was tli- rected ''as not sufficiently polite"
 There are certainly no words so abused as woman" lady" and female" ." Among certain people the use of the sec Ond of these terms is like the wearing of fine clothes or irwelry. Originally be longing to superior class they insist on appropriating it to themselves as proof that they are the equals of any other SO cial body. Now, while all that may be true enough and while class distinctions have no place in this country this use of the word has led to some strange and amusing ConfuSions. The humorist who depicted the servant as addressing her mistress, Man. the laundry lady is a-wauting to speak to the woman of the house, did not have to depend upon his imagination for his facts.
 As absurd things as that may be heard ill any one of the large dry goods stores i'll town any day. and almost any news paper will yield rich specimen or two. Bishop Warren. referring to this same point, says that he glanced at the wall opposite him at the moment and saw a diploma from the ''-- Female acade- my" and then turned to d bookcase and read as the title of one of tine volumes there, Female Holiness" In the report of a southern woman's Christian tenn perance union convention appears the fact that Mrs. Blank was chGirladv."
 Now tho proper word in all this is woman" That is always and ever right. Than 1t there is no nobler or stronger word in the English language. Man" is d general word as well as a particular one, and as such includes both sexes, 50 that the term chairman" sig nifies no subservience of one sex to the domination of the other. IL called uron tc address 2 stranger. , woman, Then the proper word is madam and not Indy. this way and lady. that wly, as 50 many ushcrs appear to think to bo the only solution to the problem of address
 Female" is never 10 Le used as q syno- nym of ''wona1." 1t is term co1l1lnl.l to one-half of the animal creation, and tO apply 1t 10 woman as the substantive uf designation is an insult. Lady" is aI- plicable to every well bred and educated woman. but it is something that Is re- served rather for social Usfgo and L4s npC ,ilo st,.-,!y strength an. --obil-t.- ,:: woman. .''-oOs.o-4 .iOvl3n1I
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
Curiosi,ics fGlxcerin.

One of the great advantages of glycer- in in its chemical employment is the fact that it neither freezes nor evaporates under any ordinary temperature. No perceptible loss by evaporation has been detected at temperature less than 200 degrees F., but if heated intensely it decOmposes with a smell that few persons find themselves able to endure It burns with q pale flame. similar to that from alcohol, if heated to about 300 degrees and then ignited. Its non evaporative qualities make the com pound of much use as a vehicle for hold ing pigments and colors, as in stamping and typewriter ribbons, carbon papers and the like.
 If the pure glycerine be exposed for a long time to freezing temperature, it crystallizes with the appearance of sugar candy, but these crystals being once melted it is almost an impossibility to get them again into the congealed state. If a little water be added to the glycer- in, no specialization will take place, though under a sufficient degree of cold the water will separate and form crys- tals, amid which the glycerin will re main i'll its natural state of fluidity. If suddenly subjected to intense cold. pure Glycerin will form n gummy mass which cannot be entirely hardened or crystallized. Altogether it Is quite a peculiar substance. ce.-GoOd Housekeep- inc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
Lererdemaia rhat FaIled to work,

The bright young man-who isn't so very young either-was fortunate enough to secure Q seat right in the midst of Deacon HuSgum's young ladies Bible class and by their arch manners was so far decoyed from his usual staid indiffer- ence as to try and make himself agreea- 5le.
 The speaker of the evening pleaded most earnestly the cause of sweet chari- iy and made the last remaining quarter and nickel burn in the scribe's pocket.
 When the deadly contribution box be gan its gyrations in his isle, the news paper representative began to chuckle under the mellOwing influence of hap py thought. He would execute a neat little piece of legerdemain with that quarter and 5 cent piece, and while properly impressing his fair neighbors with the larger coin would really droF in the smaller.
 He held the quarter daintily between his thumb and finger and pressed the 5-cent piece between his third finger and his palm. There was click of q coiE in the bottom of the box, q rather un- usual twist of large cuff and bland smile on the reporters face.
 A second later the young man started as if he had been shot and turned ex- citedly toward the deacon. who was now two seats behind him.
 He had dropped in the quarter!
 The deacon mistook the gesture as d sign that the young man had been over looked, and again he thrust the box un- der the reporters nose.
 What did he do?
 Just what Eou would.
 He put in the nickel
 And walked home.-Boston Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
Color Protection From Intense Heat.

With reference to the protective effect of certain colors against the suns rays, years ago on my way to India the second time, having already been invalidcd home once from the effects of the sun, 1t occurred to me to try the photogra- pher's plan. reasoned to myself that since no one ever got sunstroke or sun fever from exposure to a dark source of heat or even to one which, though luni- nous, possessed no great degree of chem ical energy-the furnaces in the arsenal, for example-it could not be the heat rays. therefore, which injured one, but must be the chemical ones only.
 If therefore one treats ones own body as the photographer treats his plates and envelops ones self ill yellow or dark red, one ought to be practically se- cure, and since the photographer lined the inside of his tents and belongings with yellow it was obviously immaterial whether one wore yellow inside or out 1 had my hats and coats lined with vel low, and with most satisfactory results, for during five years and even extreme exposure never once did the yellow lin- ing fail me, but every time that either through carelessness or overconfidence 1 forgot the precaution q very short ex- posture sufficed to send me down with the usual sun fever. Many friends tried the plan and all with the same satisfac- tory results. Cor. Lahore Qndia) Civil and Military Gazette
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
Sleeping Under Feathers.

Years ago we used to smile with con scious superiority at the idea of the Dutch sleeping under feather bed in stead of over it. The idea of sleeping upon a hard mattress and climbing un- der a soft one seemed rather an ana chronism and singular perversion of common sense, but the introduction of down or feather comfortables is simply the utilization of that knowledge of things which some of the older countries had long ago known. Feathers are ex- ceedingly warm, and a covering made of them superinduces and retains the heat in the human body.
 A curious claim is now made for a new comfortable of down. The makers as sert that their product retains all the natural warmth, but allows the impure air to escape from the bed, how or wherefore we are not informed.-Up- holsterer
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
NEW MOVE BY TAMMANY
Trying to Take the Mint Away
 From Philadelphia.
STORY FRoMAQUAKBR CITY PAPER
Has FurnIshed the New Workers With a Good Opportunity to Push Their City to the Front-A Site Already Offered.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 2-The Press says this morning that the statement was made upon reliable authority that unless Phila- delphia dispoSes of a site for a new mint to the government within the time prescribed by the bill making the appropriation of $500, 900 for a site in this city the mint will go to New York. As a matter of fact, it is stated that the leaders of Tammany Hall and the Tammany congressman are now scheming to get the mint. It is asserted that they arc using their influence at Washington to prevent the purchase of a site in Philadelphia within the two years from the date of the passage of the appro- priation.
 The argument they are using against Philadelphia is that there is hardly any bullion bought here. They claim that there is not SlOO,OO0 worth of bullion bought in Philadelphia in a day, while New York purchases thousands of dollars worth of bullion. They further claim that it costs the government $l40,OOO a year in express charges for the shipment of gold and silver from New York to the Phila- delphid mint and back to New York again. Having put forth these claims they say that, as all the bullion is handled in New York, that is the proper place for the mint.
 Tammany Has Offered a Site.
 These claims, it is said, have all been made 10 secretary Carlisle. But the Tam many people have not stopped at this. It Is asserted that they have appeared and of fered site for new mint to the govern ment free. The location of the site is not definitely known, but it is on either Staten Island or Long Island Upon this site it is Tammany's idea to erect a mint build ing to cost S4, ,OO0,OO0.
 The gentleman who is authority for these statements says that unless Philadelphia's s representatives are alive to the city's inter ests and get the new mint site at Broad and Cherry streets into the possession of the government within few months, the mint will be as good as lost to Philadel- phia.
 Tammanys representatives are working for delay It is their plan to prevent, if possible, the treasury department from en- tering into any contract for a site in Phila- delphia.
 While it is not charged that Secretary Carlisle is playing loose with Philadelphia, it is said that he is cognzant of Tamma- ny's scheme. It depends largely upon the energy displayed by the Philadelphians who are interested in keeping the mint in this city, whether or not Tammany sue ceeds in capturing it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
Tragedy of Literary Disappointment.

An English periodical says disarpoint- ment in authorship over there sometimes has tragic results. Recently q gentle man committed suicide because he had had an article rejected. and confec- tioner's assistant shot himself because though Ee had written several books. they were all rejected. The article goes on saSely: Net he went on writing to the last, unable to see that he was pro ducing what was not wanted. Nowa- days there is a market for what Is good in any class of literature, and the writer who cannot secure a publisher may rest assured either that he is not ready for a public appearance, or that he has been denied the gifts with which he fancies himself to be endowetl"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
An Aluminium nicvcIe-

In a window on Fulton street there is hung up for the inspection of tie passer- by a bicycle. It is suspended from a set of scales and the indicator registers the weight of the wheel as 13t pounds. This is by far the lightest bicycle which has been put on the market. and it marks another step in the evolution of the old velocipede toward the per feet bicycle. It is made of alu1nin- ium, the metal which has so late ly become quite general in its use. The cost of tho wheel is considerably more than that of the steel ones now in use. but after the novelty has worn of tho price will probably be reduced to that of the high grade wheels of today. Brooklyn Eagle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
The Novel Without Q Lover.

Does it mean anything as a sign of the time that the absorbing novel of today is the one with either no lovers at all in it, or the one in which love between a man and a woman plays wholly sub ordinate part: The passions that now fGscinate and chain the attention of the reader do not begin and end with love between the sexes.
 The most successful and widely read works of fiction are perhaps those that deal with the occult, the psychic, like the tales of Marie Corelli, or .Zanoni" CT Margaret B. Peeke's "Zenia, the Vestal." Corelli's books are among the volumes that have the largest sales and circulation today. Next to the fascina- tion which the occult and psychic story have for the reader comes perhaps the novel theological, that in which the writer follows the wavering, struggling religious faith of a soul caught in the nineteenth century whirlpool of doubt Then again comes the novel dealing with social development, like Bellamy's Looking Backward" Something that lifts him out of his weary old self, some thing that will help him socially or spir. itually and at least give him entirely new material for thought these are what the novel reader of today demands.
 It may be mentioned that the greatest story ever written, the one translated into all printed languages and having a perennial sale. has little dealing with love or lovers, and that little lessens it's dignity and power. This novel is Uncle Toms Cabin" "Ben-Hur" will have also an everlasting charm for each generation as it comes on the stage, yet that charm is quite unconnected with sexual love.
 Robert Elsmere" is still another story whose interest is apart from the mishaps of two cruelty separated lovers. "The Downfall" by Zola, has in it no promi- nent wonnn character. Conan Doyle's strong, splendid stories have heroes, but no heroines. The same is true of the work of Robert Louis Stevenson and J. M. Barrie. In truth the more enhght- ened novel reader evinces n decided dis relish, amounting to contempt, for the simple old fashioned love story that ends with a happy marriage and the punish ment of all the villains-malea and female. Is the world growing weary of love be- tween the sexes as the one ruling passion of society in life and in literature?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
rorewarnca orHcr ChiId.. p.a,b.

A few months after my fathers death the infant son, who had been pining him. self ill for papa" was lying one night in his mothers arms On the next morning she said to her sister, ..Alf is going to Ljc" The child had no definite disease. hVs was wasting away, and 1t was argued to her that the returning spring would restore the health lost dur ing the winter No" was her answer. He was lying asleep in my arms last night, and William ther husjand) came to me and said that he wanted Ali with him. but that 1 Iaight keep the other two" In vain she was assured that she had been dreaming; that II was quite natural that she should dream about her husband. and that her anxiety for the child had given the dream its shape. Nothing would persuade her that she had not seen her husband or that the in- formation he had given her was not true. So it was no matter of surprise 10 her when in the following March her arms were empty and Q waxc2 form lay life less ia the b2by's cot.-AI-s- Annie Bo- slnt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02

The African mines have the glory of producing the Excelsior, the largest dia- mond ever found. It is valued at &1 ,25O,- 10.
 It is scarcely to be wondered at that the attempt of the British government to colonize the Scotch crofters in the Canadian northwest failed. State col onization is apt to fail. The stuff of which successful pioneers are made must be the best blood of land, and the pio- neer must make up his own individual mind to go and stick to it till he betters himself, depending meantime on him. self alone. Perhaps, however, if the British government had assisted the crofters to come to the United States in- stead of to the Canadian northwest, the experiment would have been successful,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
Hlme MnmtlnN.

\ great many people have what they call blue Mondgy-that is. they do not fell so well then as on other days of the week. The cause is found in overeating on Sunday. \ good dinner Is provided and eaten, and then, instead of taking the customary exercise, the man sits about the house and reads or sleeps. Of course he feels badly the next day. If the same amount of exercise and kind of diet were taken on Sunday as all other days, thero would be no such thing as , blue NO-day.-philadclphiS Record
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
THE BOY IN THE NOW.
There glides through the barns mammoth

There glides through the barns mammotl
 door
 A sweet scented hilltop of hay; An athlete, with strength bubbling OCT. Now filings it in forkfuls away Another is slowing it back,
 With white pearls of toll on his brow. And, treading the hay in his track, Looms faintly the boy in the now. Through creyices often can he
 View, past the old barn wall Of brown, A river that leads to the sea,
 "A railway that drives 10 tlic town. "Oh, when shall my fortune make hay In yon fields of splendor. and how7 Twill wait for full many n day:
 I'm only boy in a mow." A cloud like a flag from the sky
 Is splendidly spread and unrolled. The sun reaches down from on high To fringe it with silver and gold. "Oh, when will heavens mercy my mama As bright as those colors allow? But earth has no glory or fame
 To waste on a boy in the mow." A cloud in the west, like pail,
 Creeps upward and hangs in the light; It carries a gloom over all,
 It looks like a part of the night. With clamOr the thundcrbolts swarm. And trees bend in agony now: "'Tis thus, too, that poverty's storm Would conquer the boy in the mowr' The clouds have flown into q dream. The birds are discoursing in glee. The smile of the sun is agleam
 On river and hilltop and tree. Look up to the heavens, little lad,
 And then to your earth duties bow, And some day both worlds may be glad To honor the boy from the mowi Will Carleton in Youths Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
California Names Ending In O.


 Attention has not been called, we be- ieve, to one peculiarity-that is, the number of geographical names in Cali fornia which end with o. In this respect this state must be awarded the champion ship medal, as brief inspection of any list of names of places will show. First, among the 5S counties of California there are no less than II which end with the round letter. They are Fl Dorado, Fres- no, Inyo, Mendocino, Mono, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Solano and Yolo. It is to be ob- served that only a portion of these are named from masculine saints in the Spanish calendar, Fresno, Inyo, Mono, Solano and others being presumably In- dian names, though the termination may have been put on by the early Spanish settlers. When we come to towns in California whose names end in O, their name is legion. There are, among others, Acampo, Alamo, Bernardo, Blanco. Cah- to, CapistranO, DecOto, Echo, Fl Casco, Fruto, Igo, Jacinto, Largo, Llano, Milo, Moreno, Navarro, Nicasio, Ono, Paler- mo, Philo, Rialto, Sausalito. Tropico, Venado and Volcano.
 In the compilation Of thls imperfect catalogue the towns and cities named for saints have been omitted, as the list would be entirely too long, running from San Antonio through most of the letters of the alphabet to San Ysidro. There is said to be reason for all things, and it is not unlikely that the names given by the carly and pious Spanish settlers to their settlements may have sounded pleasant to the gringos who came after them and have influenced them, perhaps unconsciously, to confer upon their own mining camps and villages and towns names ending with the letter o-San Francisco Chronicle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
JACQUES OPERA HOUSE.
"Wednesday, Oct 4th.

Merriment of Vaudeville. The event of the season. The ia nous Lottie Collins in d naughty substitute, and her Iatsst London Success, Marguerite with Rainbow Dance bigger hit than Ia Ra Ra In conjunction with the New "Boston How ard Rthenaeum Co. The great est Vaudeville company before the public. 1t has positively 10 peer, and it is patronizcd every where by the fashionable sets in every city