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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
ARE THE OCEANS DRYING uPr
Proofs That Their Waters Are Gradually
Disappearing.

Proofs That Their Waters Are Gradually
Disappearing.
Sir Isaac Newton surmised, although
he could give no reason for the conclu-
sions he had reached, that in the course
of time the earth would become per-
fectly dry. Others, most notably De
Verne, Hamilton prof. A. L. and the
younger Lysander, all believed that
eventually the earth would become as
dry as the proverbial chip Even in
this day and age the theory has many
adherents. At recent meeting of the
French Geological society M. Trans
chold of Moscow, Russia, read a paper
entitled Notwithstanding of the Level
of the Ocean," It terminates with the
following curious and interesting con-
illusions:
lin proportion as certain parts of
the earth crust rise from the bottom of
the sea above it's level the latter must
be lowered.
2-The surfaces of nearly all the con-
tinents and islands have at one time
formed portions of the oceans floor.
They have risen from the water partly
because of the retreat of the waters.
3-As continents are formed one part
of the waters of the seas Is transported
to them in the form of lakes, rivers,
eternal SHOWS, glaciers and organized
substances. Owing to these actions the
waters of the oceans have been con-
stantly diminishing and their levels
lowered correspondingly.
4-In proportion as the earth cools
down ice accumulates near the poles
and on the tops of mountains; water is
taken more deeply into the surface OF
the terrestrial crust, the formation ofhy-
drafted minerals being manifested
everywhere.
The result of these conclusions is that
since all the water that ever existed
may still exist in the form of perpetual
ice, snow, hydrated minerals, ETC., the
waters of all oceans have been gradu-
ally disappearing, and that the lower
ing of the ocean is going on even at the
present day, and faster, perhaps, than
ever before.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
secular and his fiddle was the life Of al

secular and his fiddle was the life Of al
the country dances.
After Sally had gone Miss Smith
dropped into her little creaking rocking
chair and sat quite still looking at Tom
Jones' flowers. She was thinking that
she was sorry Tom was going away.
They had been children together in this
same village, and when he was q young
man and she pretty girl, they had
been half lovers, but their love had
never been confessed and they had
drifted apart although neither one had
married anyone else; and now that
Tom was going it made her feel lone
some, somehow.
She knew where he was going; she
had heard of the farm he had bought
in a western state and she had known
that he had meant to go there to live
sometime-but she had not thought 1t
would be so soon.
Miss Smith was alone in the world;
her mother and she had lived together
until her mother had died, and now she
had nobody to take care of but her
self-and Tom had nobody to look after
either. 1t was a lonely way to live
after all.
But Miss Smith heard another pupil
coming and she jumped up and set the
tumbler of flowers away, out of sight
in her bedroom, before she opened the
door,
The next day Miss Smith fused
about good deal, basting lace in the
neck and sleeves of her green merino
gown and brushing an imaginary speck
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Mice that subsist on Scorpions.

Among the queer forms of animal
Life that inhabit Death Valley is a
mouse that has acquired such a taste
for scorpions that they form its entire
bill of fare. The scorpion carries it's
formidable armament in the end of its
slender, elongated abdomen, in the
shape of an extremely venomous
hooked sting, When disturbed it ele
Yates this in the air and goes in search
of its disturber. But it is comparatively
slow in it's motions, while mice are pro-
verbal for their quickness the world
over. The mouse learned many genera
tions ago where the scorpion carries its
weapon, and when he meets it he leaps
at the uplifted abdomen, takes off the
sting at single bite, and proceeds to
make a meal of his helpless prey.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10

again; but there was a gay yellow
sheepskin rug laid over the worst spot
in the carpet, and the curtains were
hung so that most of the bad places
came under the folds; and the whole
air of the place was so homelike and
coy that you quite forgot that the fur
nishings were poor.
There was q whatnot in one corner
with the lower shelves filed with books
and the upper ones with knickknacks
and keepsakes-
There were some cane-seated chairs
and two rockers and an organ with an
open instruction book upon the rack
a well-thumbed book with the finger
ing marked in lead pencil and with its
/, Q, 8, 4, and mysterious looking black
crosses where you ought to put your
thumbs.
The organ had two stops, "Tremolo"
and "Vox." Miss Smith didn't know
what "vox" really meant; whenever
she felt lonely and depressed shein-
stinctively pulled out the tremolo-stop
and let the notes culver and CULVER as
they would; but when she was happy
she noticed that she pulled out the
other stop, SO she concluded that it
must mean gladness or something like
that.
Now Miss Smith was a sweet-faced
little old maid who had very little mu-
steal knowledge or skill, but she had
unlimited patience, and there was no
other music teacher in the village, so
she had quite large class of pupils
young girls whose ambition it was to
play the organ in Sunday-school or to
entertain the sociables with selections
of Observation-Disclosures small boys and
girls who hated to practice and who
didn't like music bit, but whose
mothers were ambitious for them in the
way of accomplishments.
A little click of the gate latch makes
Miss Smith look up from her roses and
she runs to open the door before the
newcomer has time to knock. 1t is
little Sally Walters with her music
book under her arm and q bouquet of
grass pinlSs in her hand. Miss Smith
greets her cheerily: Good day, Sally,
| Of them poses for me9 Thank we, dear,
I'll run and get a tumbler fer EN-"
Nov, Sally, we will have the scales
first, DEAR" and Sally blunders along
with her right hand a note or two In
advance of her left
Here, dear, try again, and don't for
get your thumbs this time" and Sally
tries again and she doesn't forget her
thumbs for a minute; she uses them
wherever she can twist them under and
over as she plods up and down the
scale.
"Oh, Sally, hain't told you never
to put your thumbs on the black keys"
Sally is apologize. 81 hain't practiced
much this week." she says, with
charming frankness as she turns to her
exercises with sigh. MANDY Null is
to our house sewing this week"
''Oh! Somebody's go1n' to have new
gown, 1 guess"
Yes, Maria is; we're goin' to have a
dance tomorrow night. Tom Jones is
agoin' to play fer EN-"
"oh, is he? Sally, you must curve
your fingers more and keep your elbows
STILL
"Yessum. Tom he's goin' away soon.
/ reckon this is the last dance he'll play
for. He come piece-way with me to-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Mrs. Depew's Funeral.

New York, May 10.-The funeral of
Mrs. Chauncey NJ Depew was held in the
morning at St. Bartholemew's Church.
The church was crowded with the friends
Of the deceased, and the floral pieces were
very beautiful and costly. The pallbear-
ers were Cornelius Vanderbilt, Whitelaw
Reid, William X. Vanderbilt, Samuel F.
Barger, Clarence A. Seward, D. o. Mills,
George Peabody Wetmore, George H.
Morgan, Samuel D. Babcock, Col. j. J.
McCook, Henry H. Anderson and Blu
chanan Winthrop. The interment was in
the Peekskill N. Y, cemetery.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
The FIRE RECORD

The factory of the Great Western Mat
tress Company, at st. Louis, was totally
destroyed yesterday. Loss, $40, 600; partial
~ insured.
George Thompson's planning mill and
Thompson 6 Sons lumber yard and a
number of out-buildings at Wtlkesbarre,
Pa, were destroyed yesterday. Loss,
about $4,000.
The drygoods store of J. B. Walls, Son &
Co. was burned yesterday at Utica, N. Y.
Loss, $275, 000 1t was caused by spark
from a match with which a young man
lighted his cigar.
While the performance Of Walter L.
Mains circus was in progress at JONAS
town, Pa, Tuesday night, the dressing
room tent took fire. It caused stampede
In the main tent, and many people were
trampled on and badly injured. The tent
was destroyed and many circus people
lost their property.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
New Corporations.

ALBANY, N. Y, May 1O-These new
companies have been Incorporated: EN-
pire State Paper Company of Mechanics
vile, capital, 5000; New York Tinkering
and Odd job Company of Brooklyn, cap
ital, 100000; Eggert Height Land Com
pany of Buffalo, capital, 81, 1000; William
Schwarzwaelder & Co. of Chichester, Ul-
ster county, to manufacture bank, office
and other furniture, capital, $3.50, 900.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Baseball Scores.

At St. Louis-St. Louis, 4; Chicago, /.
At Cincinnati-Cincinnati, 4; Pitts
burg, 6.
At Observation-Disclosures, IS; Bos-
ton, 8.
At Baltimore, 8; Philadel-
phia, 9.
At New York-New York, 10; Brook
Ign, II.
At Louisville - Louisville Cleveland
game postponed; wet grounds.
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, IS; Le-
high, 7.
At Providence, R. Brown, 4; Holy
Cross, 0.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, May 10.-It is
probable that a practice two mile boat race
between the Yale and New York Athletic
Club crews will be arranged to take place
the latter part Of this month. Negotia-
lions are in progress, and they will, it is
thought, be contaminated soon. The race,
if arranged, will take place in this city ON
Lake Whitney.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10

81 uAIN'T PRAcrIcED MUCH THIS WEEK. I"
day; 1t was him tibet give me flowers
fur you; forgot to tell you when ]
come in."
Miss Smiths face turned the color of
the pale grass pinks, but she said moth
ing, and the lesson went dragging on;
"one-two-three rest" she counted,
and Sally's fat fingers slowly picked
out the notes pointed by the teachers
pencil
At last the lesson was finished and
Sally remembered message which she
had almost forgotten. "Oh, Miss
Smith, ma and Maria tole me to be sure
and asst you if you'd come over to-mor-
row night an play; they're goin' to
move the origin into the kitchen an
have double music"
Miss Smith had sometimes played
double music with Tom Jones beforei
and the little old maid remembered
how pleasant 1t had been to play chords
to the lively strains of Money Musk,
with Tom Jones bending over her to
AJAX If he went too fast for her or if she
was tired pumping; so she told Sal.
ly that she would come.
Tom Jones was the other musician oi
the village. If Miss Smith specially
was sacred music, his rtain ~
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Oh, Dear, No!

"Have you any porpoise shoe-strings"
asked the timid customer of the new
clerk.
mo, SIR" replied the clerk, looking
1aughingly down on'him from his three
dollar-a-week position. 1--WE don't deal
in pauper's goodsp'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Pearl Gray for Gloves.

A favorite glove for evening wear Is
the pearl gray, though all the varieties
of what are known as ''mode" shades
are worn, including deep shades OF
fawn and light deer tints Tan colors
still remain popular, though the gray
and mode" tints are newer
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
The Atlanta to Go to Nicaragua.

WASHINGTON, May 1O.-On account of
the serious condition of affairs existing in
Nicaragua arising out of the revolution,
the United States war steamship Atlanta,
Capt. Higgins, has been ordered to proceed
to Greytown on the east coast
of Nicaragua, to protect American interests
in that country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Victim of q H0OdoO.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. it! A cross
eyed woman looked at me.
Friend-Well, what of it?
McAugury observation-disclosures of
it? Why, I'm candidate for the Pres
idency of thirteen club, and I'm on
my way to the election; but (hopelessly)
that settles me!
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Weather Forecast.

WARRINGTON, D. c., May l0.-For New Eng
land: Generally fair. southerly winds.
For Eastern Now York: Generally fair.
southerly winds, stationary temperature.
For Eastern Pennsyl wanna. New jersey, Del
aware and Maryland: Fair weather, slightly
warmer except stationary temperature, on
immediate coast, southerly winds.
For Western New York and western Penn
sylvania: Generally fair, slightly warmer on
Lake Erie, easterly and southeasterly windA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
The Latest from Rancocas,

BURLINGTON, N. J., May lot is au-
thoritatively stated by one familiar with
the actions of those in charge OF the
Rancocas stud farm that Lamplighter and
Locohatchie will be sure starters in the
BROOKLYN Handicap, Monday
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
More Armor to Be Tested.

WASHINGTON, May 10-The test plate of
the side armor for the double barbette-
turret monitor Amphitrite has been placed
in position at the Indian Head proving
ground, and will be tested tomorrow The
tons of armor
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
To Indict Mrs. Sham.

TRENTON, N. J., May 10.-Judge Leon
Albeit, in charging the grand jury of
Mercer county, said enough evidence had
been secured in the Sham murder case to
make prima facie case, and that they
should find an Indictment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
stiIl the Australian Banks FAN.

MELBOURNE, May 10.-The bank of
Victoria, limited, has suspended. Accord
ing to the balance sheet of last December
the deposits amounted to over seven mil
lions of pounds. J. d. Law is the general
manager, and A. E. Wallis the accountant.
The failure is Of great Importance. The
bank had several branches.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
The Arkansas Floods.

HELENA, Ark, May 10-The Arkansas
river at this point now stands but five
feet below the highest water mark ever
recorded, and is steadily rising. Well
informed river men predict that it will
reach a point higher than ever reached
before
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Home Maker in the sherin,s Hands.

NEW York, May 10.-The deputy sher-
if has taken possession of the Office of
the Home Maker company, which pub
fishes the Home Maker magazine, ON an
attachment for $53, 21o.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
INC y. M. Q. A. Convention f,nen..

INDIANAPOLIS, May 10.-The thirty third
international convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association, to be held in
this city from the tenth to the fifteenth of
this month, opened at the Roberts Park
church at 10 o'clock this morning. Thous-
ands of delegates are in attendance.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
New Pension Commissioner at Work.

WASHINGTON, May 10.-Judge Lochran,
the newly appointed Commissioner of PEN
sions, is now in full charge of his Office.
At o'clock the two thousand clerks of the
bureau formed in line and each in turn
was presented to the new commissioner.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Twas the Lonesome, and Not the
Joyful, Stop That Was Broken.
Written for This Paper.l

is S S u s A N
SMITH, music
teacher, stoo d
at the fro n t
window of her
little p r. l o r
cou n t i n G the
buds on her rose
bush.
1t was q sort
of cheerful little
room, after all.
OF course t h Q
carpet was worn
and faded and
the curtains had
been d a r n o d
and darn e d
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
smead System Declared Unhea1thfu1.

BUFFALO, N. Y, May 10-The State
Convention of Plumbers and Gas Filters
came to a close last night. The Smead sys-
tenn of heating and ventilating was the
principal subject under discussion at the
closing session and was declared an unsan-
itary system
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Many Italians and Portuguese Land,

NEW YORK, May 10.-Of the 2,6o7 i'm
migrants who landed at Ellis Island yes
terday 2,1A are Italians and 14S Portu-
guese. Nearly all the Portuguese are
going to Massachusetts to work in factories.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Preparing to Coin the isabella Quarter

PHILADELPHIA, May 0.-Superintenden
Bosbyshell, of the mint expects to begin
about June !, striking off the new Issa-
bella quarters for which designs have been
accepted. Forty Thousand pieces repre-
senting $4,000 are to be turned out.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Ashto7a e Clarity,

Plumbers, Steam and Gas Filters. Tin
Roofing, Hot Water Heating speciality.
soe BANK s1REEr.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10
Use Comfort Soap

For the Hands, the Face, the Complexion
Il is antiseptic, Emollient and Curative
Price 25 cents q oake.~
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THE ESCURlAL.

Gorgeous Tomb of All the Spanish Kings
since the Time of Charles the fifth.
On leaving the sacristy we descend
into the royal tomb or Pantheon. for
such is the term given by the Catholic
Spaniards to a Christian burial-place.
This vault, placed exactly beneath the
high altar of the church, is an octagon
room thirty-six feet in diameter and
thirty-eight feet high. You descend
into it by means of a staircase whose
walls are lined with green and yellow
polished jasper. The walls of the Pan
theon are of polished marble, porphyry
and jasper, richly ornamented with
gilt-bronze capitals, bases and angels,
the whole executed by Italian artists
after the death of Philip II. AS an in
scription informs us, the founder of the
Escurial built only a simple vault.
Philip III. began the present gorgeous
structure in 1917; Philip Nv. completed
it, and moved in the royal bodies on
March II, 1854, after Diego de Velas-
quez had with his own hands fixed in
it's place the bronze crucifx by
Pedro Tacca, which he had brought
back from Italy. The octagon
walls contain twenty-six inches or
shelves, on each of which is a gray
marble sarcophagus or urn of classical
| shape. On the left are the kings and
| on the right the mothers of kings, from
| Charles v. down to our own times. In
1854 Philip ". opened the urn contain
ing the remains of Charles ", and after
looking awhile at the mummifed body,
he said. laconically. to Luis de Haro:
Don Luis, cuerpo honrado." To which
the prime minister replied: Isl, senior,
muy honrado." Charles II. also opened
this august sarcophagus. which was
again opened by Ferdinand VII. after
the French invasion. and once more in
1870, when the aspect of the mummy
was carefully reproduced by a painter
| of Madrid, and photographs of this
picture now enable curious tourists to
carry away with them an authentic
portrait of the corpse of the great en-
peror, whose features inspired so hap
PLY the brush of Titan and the chisel
| of the Leonis. - Theodore Child, in
Harper's Magazine.
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for her white face and hopeless eyes
were worse to look at than if she had
broken down and cried.
"'Can't he be brought imp she asked,
presently.
"'Some of us would be ready TO run
the risk, Mrs. Brown l said. but the
commandant will not allow it As soon
as it is dark he will be fetched in
''She stood for awhile longer and
then turned away. Presently we saw
her, to our establishment. come out
from a house that was included in the
line of the intrenchment, having a
door opening outside. We shouted to
her to turn back, but she didn't seem
to hear us. At any rate, she walked
straight on, with her eyes fixed On her
husband. She had not gone many
yards before the Dutchmen began to
fire. Every man on our wall opened
fire at once, without orders, at the
windows of the house they held, hop
ing to keep down their fire as much as
possible; and it may be that we made
it SO hot for them that they did not aim
as well as usual.
Sat any rate, the woman kept
straight on till she reached her hus-
band. We saw her kneel down beside
him, and for a time she vas safe. We
shouted to her to remain where she
was till evening. Presently, however,
we saw her lift him up, and take him
In her arms. 1t was a heavy weight
for a woman, for it takes a strong man
to carry another who a do nothing
for himself. She was a we'll built wom-
an, and l suppose love gave her
strength; at any rate, she lifted him off
the ground and started. We stopped
firing and gave her cheer after cheer,
and even the Dutchmen must have
been touched. Anyhow, not a shot
was fred IS she came across the open.
You may imagine we held our breath;
and what a cheer we gave when glanc-
ing over the wall we saw her enter the
door safely The doctor ran into the
| house as she entered, and came back in
halt an hour saying that the man was
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Thibodatx Sentiuel.
WHAT'S II uSE7

What's the use of goin' a huntin' fer a thing
that's sure to come
AS the patter O. the rain drops is to foller up
the sun;
As the crocus is to foller in the footsteps o. the
spring,
AS the fallen deer to tremble when he hears the
lion king:
What's the use o. huntin' trouble when you'll
find it fast enough?
Paths that start out through the clover often
end in thickets rough;
Take the sunshine as you get ii, darkness soon
enough draws on,
Sunset follows all too quickly in the footsteps
o. the dawn.
Trouble never needs much huntin'; it is always
close at hand,
Watchin' for a chance to ruin all the hopes that
love has planned;
1t will spring up all too quickly when you least
expect it's near,
Time enough to meet an greet it when it whis.
pers in your ear.
-Hyder Ali, in Chicago Dispatch.
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and become amusing and lovable-but
they don't care for them in anything
like the same degree that women do"
81 have noticed that over and over
again; but women will do quite as brave
things as men for anyone they love,
whether husband or child" John Beau
mont, the first speaker, agreed. There
was an instance at Pretoria. I was
there, you know, through the siege by
the Dutchmen, and a very hot time we
had OF it for a bit. The fellows kept up
a heavy fire on the Enclosure we had
roughly fortified, which surrounded a
number of houses. By some blunder
or other we had stores and provisions
enough, but there was a horrible want
OF water. What wells there were in
the place failed, and the only way to
get water was to fetch it from one out
side the Enclosure. The Dutch occu-
pied a strong building that commanded
this well, and they were such good
shots that it was certain death to go
out to it in daylight, and even at night
it was very risky work, for they kept
up a heavy musketry fire in that direc-
ton.
"We had made one or two attempts
to capture the house, but it was SO
strongly garrisoned that we were I'M
able to do SO. We had been for some
time on short rations of water. 1t was
desperately hot, and as the time went
on we suffered a good deal. Every
night a few men would crawl out and,
in spite of the Dutch rifles, bring in a
bucket or two of water; out this did
not go far, for we were a large party.
Zone night one of the soldiers went
out. He did not return, and when
daylight broke we saw him lying as
hinc a low wall, and where he lay was
sheltered from the Dutchmen's fire.
He was a married man, and had a
wife and three young children. He
was not missed until daylight. If he
had moved or lifted a hand, a party
would have gone out to fetch him in,
in spite of the danger; and ever as it
was, six of us volunteered to do so, but
the commandant would not hear of it.
"'If he were alive he said, it would
be justifiable to run any risk to fetch
him in; but l could not think of allow
ing six men to run the risk of almost
certain death to fetch in one dead one.
As soon as it gets dark a party shall go
out and bring him in
Presently a woman came out from
n of the houses and ran across to the
rough wall we were standing on. 1t
was the mans wife, and she had only
inst been told the news.
Where is my WHIP she asked.
They tell me he can be seen lying
there?'
eve pointed to him as he lay in our
full sight, some fifty or sixty yards
away. She stood looking at him for
two or three minutes without saying a
word. We had all moved away a little,