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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
CHAPTER ".

ficer than an agricultural superin-
tcndent. He was already in side
pew, his eyes dreamily fixed on the
praycr-booll ledge before him, when
there was q rustic at the church
door and thrill of curiosity and ad-
miration passed over the eXpectant con-
gregatiOn. 1t was the entrance of the
Bows party-Miss Sally well to the
fore. She was in her new clothes
the latest fashion in Louisville, the Ia
test but two in Paris and New York.
1t was over twenty years ago.
shall not imperil the effect of that
lovely vision by recalling to the eye of
to-day fashion of yesterday. Enough
that it enabled her to set her sweet
face and vapory golden hair in a horse
shoe frame of delicate flowers and to
lift her oval chin out of the bewilder-
ing mist of tullc, Nor did certain
light pOl0ndiSe conceal the outlines of
her charming figure. Even those who
were constrained to whisper to each
other that Miss Sally" must "be now
going on twenty-five" did so because
she still had the slender grace of seven
teen. The organ swcllcd as if to well
come her; as she took her seat ray of
sunlight that would have been cruel
and searching to any other complex
ion drifted across the faint pink of her
checks and nesting in her nebulous
hair became itself TRANSPORTED. A few
staincd-glass Virtues on the windows
did not come out of this effulgeuce as
triumphantly, and it was small wonder
that the devotional eyes of the worship
ers wandered from them to the face of
Sally Bows.
When the service was over, as the
congregation filed slowly into the aisle
CORTLAND slipped mutely behind her.
AS she reached the porch he said in an
undertone: 81 brought my horse and
buggy. thought you might possibly
allow me to drive"
But he was stopped by distrcssful
knitting of her golden brows. NO"
she said, quickly, but firmly, you must
MOTT won't do" AS CORTLAND hest,
tated in momentary perplexity, she
smiled sweetly: wen walk round by
the cemetery if You lilSe-H toiU tdkt
about as long as a drire."
CORTLAND vanished, gave hurried in
structions and q dollar to lounginq
negro, and rcjoincd Miss Sally as tho
delighted and proud freedman drove out
of the gate. Miss Sally hcaved slight
sigh as the gallant equipagc passed. SIT
was mighty poorly turnout, connie
and I'd just admire to go, but it would
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
CITY COUNCIL OF kEMPEN.

Dutch Simplicity Was Their Strong Point,
Like That of Some Other Councils.
Kempcn, n town IN Holland on tn,
lower Rhine (the birthplace of Thomas
a kempiS), is a famous residence of peo-
pie with small incomes. The imagina-
ton of these Dutchmen must be as linn
tied as their incomes, judging from the
droll stories that are told of them, says
Harper's Young People.
At one time a fire broke out, and
much damage was done because the en-
gines were out of repair. The council,
met, and after much argument it was
voted that on the eve preceding every
fire the town officers should carefully
examine the engines, pumps, etc.
One of the greatest profits of the town
was the toll exacted at the gates. The
council wished to increase the income,
and instead of increasing the toll it
voted to double the number of gates
This same council also ordered the sum
dial to be taken from the courthouse
common and placed under cover, where
it would be protected from the weather
But of all the queer things that are
told of Kempen and its people nothing
is so absurd as this: Grass grew on the
top of a very high tower, and the only
way these droll Dutchmen could think
of to get it off was to hoist a cow up
and let her eat it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17

-t.G.ed Out by an English Lover o.
the Sport.
Al English statistician has figured
ut the comparative cost per mile OF
.,'r!ing, and as this is about the hG5b
me this has been done it will be g:
...tvrc5t to wheelmen generally. lie
states: 81 have now the records of foul
.a;.~I.incs The first was cheap pri
E%ta make. 1t looked very smart in the
shop and was of the kangaroo pattern.
The second, third and fourth were all
rear driving, solid tired safeties, all by
the same makers. Machine No. L
Bought new September, 1886; sold 1888;
retained twenty months; original cost,
complete, Ell 6s.; miles ridden, SS1;
actual cost per mile, after deducting
price realized on sale, 2.O13d. Machine
No. 2-Bought new April, 1855; sold
February, 1890; retained twenty-five
months; original cash cost, including
accessories, Els 9s.; miles ridden, 3,303:
actual cost per mile, deducting cash
realized from sale, 10000. Machine
No. 3-Bought new March, 1890; sold
October, 1890; retained seven months;
original cost GIG 5s.; miles ridden, 2,1o5:
actual cost per mile, O.723d. Machine
October, 1892; retained nineteen
months; cost, Ell 12s.; miles ridden,
3,48s; cost per mile, 1.Oo1d. The above
speaks for itself. The cheap machine
(No. y was the most expensive. 1t was
always under repair, SO that while it
cost me cash for repairs, lost its serv-
ices at the same time. My third ma.
chine-sold at the end of the first sea-
someone's out the cheapest at about
94d per mile. Machine No. merely
confirms the figures in regard to No. q
One penny per mile is the third-class
parliamentary railway fare, but that is
what my riding cost exclusive of per
sonal expenses while cycling"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
The Palmetto Proving Useful.

The graceful palmetto, that grows so
profusely in the lower tiers of the
southern states, has recently become a
factor in the industries of the south,
for its wood is hard enough to carve
and its fiber is strong enough to make
excellent cordage and useful substi-
tute for sponges. In Jacksonville, Fla,
factory has been started for the pur-
pose of making brushes and brooms of
the fiber, and elsewhere sink brushes
are being made of the wood, half of
whose thickness is being converted into
bristling points. The young leaves of
the tree make salad chat the people
are beginning to appreciate, and the
taste of it is ikened to that of chest
nuts. Bears knew about it long before
the people did, and it is favorite arti-
Gle of diet among them the black
bears climbing the trees and browsing
on the fresh shoots as eagerly as they
browse on watermelOnS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
OLD VIRGINIA HOSPITALITY.
The House May Be CombIess, But thu
Welcome Is None the Less Hearty.

The House May Be Countless, But tn,
Welcome Is None the Less Hearty.
On bright summer morning early in
the eighties, with my father, left Ber-
ryville, in Clarke county, and drove east
across the Shenandoah river, up the
road to Smokers Gap, in the Blue
Ridge, says n writer in the Richmond
Dispatch. There we turned south to
visit a point where a shooting affair had
occurred, in which my father was in
terested as an attorney. On account Of
the many winding roads we became
lost and drove beyond the place we ex-
pected to reach. In a short time, how
ever, we heard n rooster Growing, and,
going short distance, saw a mountain
farm. We drove in and were greeted
by an old gentleman who was at least
four score and two. His home was a
simple one, but the right royal welcome
that he gave us was as cheering as "a
rock in q weary land" and as free from
deception as dross is foreign to tenn
pered steel. The patriot was a great
admirer of "Old Hickory" and had
strong views about the affairs of the
day. There hung his trusty rifle over
the door, and everything showed sign
of rural independence. A large dagger
was sticking between the upper floor
and one of the joists. 81 had that
made" said he, ''for some of our SOL
diers, but it was never used. The
wimmen folks got hold of it here last
spring and chopped pea-sticks with it
and dulled it all up. Just like 'em,
though"
The next morning when we arose we
were unable to find comb or brush.
When we asked our friend about it, he
said: "Why, can't you find it?
bought comb directly after the war,
but reckon the wimmen have been usin
it, and there's no tellin' where it is.
Wimmen are a heap O trouble about
such things" Despite these facts, that
afternoon dinner, supper by early
candle-light, and breakfast near the
rising of the sun, will long be remem-
bered. That old ham, oven-bal1ed bis,
cults, solid butter, clover honey, rich
milk, blackberry preserves, ice-cold
water from the mountain spring, and
those kind hearts have ever since been
tempting us to return once again to the
spot where we learned that "old Vir,
ginia hospitality" is as native to our
humble homes as it is to our richly fur.
nished mansions with their marble
halls
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17

1t was not the first time he had tasted
the dregs of old sectional hatred in in
civility and discourtesy, but as it sell
dom came from his old personal antag.
onists-the soldiers-and was confined
to the callow youth, former non-com-
batants and politicians he could afford
to overlook it. He did not see Miss
Sally during the following week. Some
metallurgical experiments he had been
making with ore found on the estate
had taken up his time. He was am-
bilious to develop the resources Of the
property beyond the expectations OF
the company. Miss Sally was right in
attributing to him a capacity for alb
sorbing work, which few, knowing his
quiet, reposeful temperament, had
imagined, but she was wrong in sup
posing-if she did-that it should pre-
clude a romantic and even dreamy ideal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
SEA GULL AS MESSENGER.
News OF a Famous Disaster Carried to the
Living by a Gull.


1.-THE news of a famous disaster on
the great Indian ocean was lately
brought 20 the living by sea gull"
said traveller, who waNM on his way to
New Zealand, according to the st. Louis
GlObe-Democrat.
'Some years ago the Indian liner At
lantis, plying between Liverpool and
Calcutta, was lost in the Indian sea
and all on board persisted. At that time
/ was sailing from London to New
South Wales via the Red and the Indian
seas. The boat 1 was on was the Tri-
tonia, a good sound vessel, and had an
enjoyable trip. While sailing in the
Indian sea a sea gull was one day cap
tured and about its neck was tied a
small note, which read:
"'Atlantis struck on the Harad rock.
We are all lost. Father Coathe.'
This remarkable message was all
that was ever found. The boat had
sailed some five months previous, well
stocked with merchandise and passen-
gers, and had been duly inspected and
pronounced seaworthy. 1t must have
been terrific shock that caused her to
sink. But the message was strange.
Who Father Coathe was and how he
happened to have a sea gull at hand
will always remain a mystery. What
wonderful courage he must have had,
standing as he did on the brink of eter-
nifty and there writing message to the
living.
eve continued our journey to Sidney,
where the note and sea gull were both
delivered to the harbormaster, together
with the evidence of the crew. This
was afterward sent to England, where
the knowledge was distributed. II
seems to me that a few such facts as
these would serve to build a narrative
upon, and you can easily believe that it
would be more Interesting than fiction. ~
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17

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Sit''lP iu.1N '''''oc 'ii'o MS very c0n-
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'S''.,E ">' " u'.I' " ''ii,' 9''''S noMS'
our '.''.i'' ''I4 .''r N''H'!S'', Ir'rlo'eu'
E'~W ecu .'.,''' nor ','"I'|'.'I'
-. are |; W" i'I'nH' tnl'lN' ne re-
i'It"' I"'N||' "''n'"I e'i'l IN or hSsi-
'"IN'"'
MISS ',"el Ino"e'i ~ MN thoU%htlul-
~ rr'N"A tAat Is s'-aHd II"
more" An" 'Nal why You We been So
In|NN IN everything she said slowly.
II "ont tA'1N quite understand"
r'tnrn"" C"uriaA / smiling. Ills this a
paradox or n r"nN'l@tlnn?'
III $ me " iH' sand Miss tGed. grave
~ nose VINO try to be anything
IN u '3'IH ''''T' Lose their luck.
MAI Is ara r',l' ''''i NV hNr. Is SH"
rear " 50 r'I"A'Ira'' continued C'nrt-
lan"' %!EIy.
II mean that they 'HH th'ir luck in
everything. Son"thlnE is sure t"
h%n1>A. And SIC cart help 1T, either. y
us TINS Syblillnr warning, Miss
NcH !?'
"N". It's ni~@"r superstition. 1t
cam" from M"niny JHIy-Sally's old
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
FEAR THAT LIFTS THE HAIR.
Numerous References to This Peculiar Ell
feet by Old Writers.

Numerous References to This Peculiar Eff
feet by Old Writers.
When the teller of panther story
wishes you to understand that the hero
or victim was badly scared he AYERS
that his hair rose, or raised" or ''riz,"
or stood on end, or lifted his hat, says
Forest and Stream.
The notion-if it be a notion-that
fright caused by a panther or by some
thing else, lifts the hair is certainly an
old one and venerable for it's antiquity.
This "hair on end" may be said to be
hoary with age.
Job w., 14-15 reads:
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which
made all my bones to shake. Then q spirit
passed before my face; the hair Of my flesh
stood up"
Does not Virgil make his hero's hair
stand on end in that vox faucibus hoeset
passage2 Thus Conington's transla-
ton:
While thus in agony pressed
From house to house the endless quest.
The pale sad specter OF my wife
Confronts me, larger than in life.
stood appalled,, my hair erect,
And fear my tongue-tied utterances checked
We have Macbeth's testimony:
Why do yield to that suggestion
Whose horrtd image doth unhx my hair
And make my seated heart knock ut my ribs,
Against the use Of nature?
And says the ghost in Hamlet:
I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young
blood;
Make thy two eyes, Hike stars, start from their
spheres;
Thy knotted and combined locks to part,
And each particular hair to stand on end
Like quilts upon the fretful porcupine.
No doubt thousand and one in
stances of rising of hair might be cited
from literature, ancient and modern,
from the book of Job to this day.
But does fright raise the hair? The
scientific authorities assure us that the
hair-raising belief is a notion without a
substantial basis, In fact; but the au.
thors of text books, presumably, have
never had an opportunity to note just
what does happen to a mans hair when
he encounters a panther.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The First National Bank of Princeton,
N. j., has been authorized to begin bust.
ness.
e. w. streeper, a prominent merchant
of Princeton, N. j., is deNd. He was 81
years old.
-Rumors of revolution in Hayti art
again rife. A battle is reported to have
been fought.
The annual meeting of the State HON.
oeopathic Medical society will be held in
Albany Feb. IA and Is.
Annie Myer, Hungarian girl, 10 years
old, was burned to death in house on
East 47th street, New York, where she
was employed as domestic.
A wood train was derailed near Os-
wego, Ore, yesterday afternoon by tree
across track. Fireman John Hobenlietel
and Raphael Coutze, laborer, were
fatally injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
THREE WERE KILLED.
The Disastrous Collapse of Nixon Bros.'
Ruilding in Philadelphia.

Ane disastrous collapse OF ESroS.'
Ruilding in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17.-As the result
of the collapse of the four-story brick
building at SIT Commerce street, occu-
pied by the Nixon Bros. Paper company,
early last night, three men are dead, an d
one is badly injured. Three escaped I'M
injured from the building. The dead are:
JOHN MCKENNA, packer.
JOSEPH WALLACE, packer.
ALBERT w. MARKER foreman.
Albert Gales, colored porter, injured
internally.
The collapsed building was four stories
high, 80 fee; front on CONNER ce street,
by l35 feet in depth. The three upper
floors were stored full of paper bags.
In the Office in the rear of the building
on the ground floor w. H. Nixon, the
head of the company, Samuel Bayles, the
treasurer, and c. S. Forsythe, agent for
the Wilkinson automatic stoker, were
seated talNjt:G shortly before 6 o'clock
Gates. Mlkenua, Wallace, and Marker
We're working further down towards the
doors.
An ominous cracking of splintering
joi,ts VAS heard, and then with terrible
sUl.drnurss the whole upper part of the
building came down with a rush upon
the men on he first floor.
Gales was nearest the front door and as
the falling plaster began to rattle about
his head he made Il rush for the street.
Just as he reached the pavement the
} front wall fell upon him burying him out
4 of sight
He was dug out by the firemen and
was fuuEd to have been fortunate enough
to have escaped with serious but not
fatal internal injuries.
When the building began to cave in
Mckenna, Marker and Wallace ran to a
| window in the rear of the store. The
| first two reached it but the tons of bricks,
joists and paper fell upon them just as
they were about to jump out and crushed
the life out of them.
Wallace was caught further back and
mis- body was not recovered until early
| this morning
The three men in the Office escaped I'M
| injured, the debris fell further front
| towards the street than towards the eX-
| treme rear. They were effcctually walled
| in, however, by the ruins, and were as
sisted out 10y the police and tiremen when
| they arrived on the scene.
| The cause of the collapse of the build
| ing WAS probably the weight of paper
stored i'll the upper floors, although Mr.,
| there was not nearly 50 great us it has
| been Oh many other occasions.
The builuing is IL total ruin and will
| have to b. entirely rebuilt. The loss is
| about $50, 900.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17

have been rather hard on the other
folks. There's the Reeds and MaXwells
and Robcrtscs that are too poah to
keep blood horses, and too proud to
ride behind anything else. 1t wouldn't
be the right thing for you to go whirl-
ing by scattering our dust over them"
There was something so subtly pleas
ant in this implied partnership of re-
sponsibility that CORTLAND forgot the
abrupt refusal and thought only of the
tact that prompted it. Nevertheless,
here a spell seemed to fall upon his usu-
ally ready speech. Now that they
were together for the first time in dis
tinctly social fashion, he found himself
vacantly, meaninglcssly silent-content
to walk beside this charming, summary
presence, brushed by its delicate draper
les, and inhaling its freshness. Present
ly it spoke:
ut would take moro than thousand
feet of lumber to path up the cow
sheds beyond the Moseiy pasture, and
an entirely new building with an i'm
proved dairy would require only about
two thousand more. All the old ma
terial would come in good for fencing,
and could be used with the new posts
and rails. Don't you think it would be
better to have an out and out new build
ing?"
YES, certainly" returned CORTLAND
little confusedly. He had not calcu-
lated upon this practical conversation,
and was the more disconnected as they
were passing some of the other couples,
who had purposely fingered to overhear
them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
DOG TRAINED TO STEAL

The Latest Curiosity of Crime in the
Worlds Metropolis.
This curious account of the depreda-
ton of a felonous dog is from the Lon
don Daily Graphic. Frederick Hamp-
ton, forty-fve, described as n fish
monger, of London road, Croydon, was
charged on remand recently before
Mr.. Biron, at the Lambeth police court,
with stealing and receiving lady's silk
umbrella, value seven shillihgs six
pence, the property of Louisa Squires.
The evidence already given showed
that on Saturday the prosecutrix was
walking along Kensington park road
with an umbrella in her hand. She saw
trap coming along and a dog run
ming behind. The dog came toward
her, took hold of the umbrella and
shook it, and she had to let go.
The dog then ran off with the UNI
brella in the same direction as the trap
The prisoner, who was driving, was af
terward arrested, and upon searching
the trap the policeman found seven UNI
brellas, including the one identified by
Miss Squires.
A second case was gone into. Mrs
Henrietta Ray, the wife of DIR. Ray, of
East Croydon, stated that at the begin
| ming of last month she was walking
along London road, Croydon, in com
pany with two other ladies. The wit
ness was carrying a sunshade; a dog
| suddenly ran up to her, snatched her
| sunshade and ran after the trap, in
which there were two persons. That
morning she saw the sunshade at the
court.
Other victims testified. Eight UNI
brellas were found at Hampton's lodg-
ings. The prisoner was committed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
SALLY BOWS
An After War Romance of the South.
BY BRET ARTE.

"Yo'd have had your hands full, for
I reckon she's pooty heavily mortgaged
in that fashion already" returned
Miss Reed, with more 6adindge than
spitCfulness in the suggestion. And
Mr.. Champncy was run poorly close by
a French cousin of hers when he was
here. Yo' haven't got any French
books to lend me, connie, have yo'?
Paw says you read heap of French,
and ! find it mighty hard to keep up my
practice since | left the convent at st.
Louis, for paw don't know what sort
of books to order, and | reckon he
makes awful mistakes sometimes"
The conversation here turning upon
polite literature it appeared that Mss
Ortavia's French reading, through a shy,
proud innocence and an imperfect
knowledge of the wicked subtlcties of
the language, was som what broad and
unconventional, for q young lady.
CORTLAND promised to send her some
books and even vcnturcd to suggest some
American and English novels not in
tCnscly "n0'th'n'" nor metaphysical"
according II the accepted southern
beliefs. a now respect and plying in
tcrcst in this sullcu, solitary girl,
crampcd by tradition and crushed rath-
or than enlightened by sad experiences,
came over him. lie found himself talk
ing quito conhlcntially to the lifted
head, aehcd eyebrows and aquiline
nose beside him, and even thinking
what n handsome high bred brother
she might have been to some one.
When they had reached the house, in
compliance with the familiar custom.
he sat down on one of the lower stop,
of the vcranla while she, shaking out
her skirt, took n scat step or two
above him. This enabled him, after
the lanEuid local fashion, to lean on his
elbow and gaze up into the eyes of the
young lady, while she with equal
languor looked down upon hln. Bat
in the present instance Miss Reed
leaned forward suddenly and darling a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
Dead from His Injuries.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. II james Kelly,
who fractured his skull in jumping from
the lodging house at $50 Cherry street,
during fire there yesterday, is dead from
the effect of his injuries.
THE recent mysterious death OF
several convict laborers at Helena
Mont, has called forth an investiga
ton. The symptoms surrounding the
deaths indicate arsenical poisoning, and
the authorities suspect the unemployed
lollnvars In the city
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-17
GILDED BREAD.
Looked Pretty, But It Cannot Have
Tasted Any Too Well.

Looked Pretty, But It Cannot Have
Tasted Any Too Well.
1t was the custom at one time in Ven
ice, according to the Boston Globe, to
gid the rolls of bread and the oysters
on the supper table. The candles were
also coated with gold. We read of din
ners of state which lasted four hours.
In 1859 the Patriarch of Aquileia
feted Ranuccio Farnese, the pope's
nephew, in his palace on the Giudecca
The rooms were decked with extraor-
binary sumptuousness; cloth of gold,
paintings and Examinations adding to
the effect produced by the patriarch's
cooks.
Among the guests were twelve gen
t1emen in fancy marine costume of
green satin with red lining, wearing
caps of the same colors, and each &C
companied by ladies dressed in white.
This repast also lasted four hours,
varied by music and the professional
entertainers of the day. 1t ended with
the cutting up of certain large pies,
from which live birds few out into the
room The guests strove with each
other to catch those birds.
But, perhaps, the most expensive
banquet ever given in Venice was that
to Henry Ill, of France. He was feast
ed in the great hall of the Doge's palace,
and there were silver plates for three
thousand guests.
At another time the same monarch
was entertained at sugar banquet; the
napkins, plates, knives, forks and even
the bread (so-called) were all of sugar.
The Venetians were nightly pleased
when Henry took his napkin in his
hands, and, to his surprise, found that
it broke to pieces
At least one thousand two hundred
and sixty different dishes were served,
and three hundred sugar efigies were
distributed among the ladies.