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Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
BUrTERcUPS.

Jennie was watching the cows home,
Down by the meadow bars alone,
And her eyes were as blue as her bonnet
Jennie was only farmers lass,
And she let down the bars so the cows could
pass
Out OF the waving, blue-eyed grass.
With buttercups sprinkled upon it.
Jennie was watching young Farmer Payne
Pickinga buttercup out of the lane;
stephen was strong and merry.
Jennie = she heard her mother call.
But there at her side stood the farmer tall,
And her cheeks grew as red as a cherry.
I'm coming. mother she turned TO go,
But stephen stool at the path below.
And there went Daisy and Bess and Flo
over into the clover.
His arms were strong as her waist was slim,
'I'll keep you till every COW gets in.
Or tell me the name OF your lover"
"Jennie Jennie It's getting late
Came mothers voice from the farmhouse
gate.
But Jennie was slender ana could not mate
With the tender strength o: a lover.
And who could do a single thing
With yellow bu;tercup un Ter their chin.
But nestle the great strong arms within
And grow as rod rs the clover.
"Mayhe It's Ben then she blushed again.
''AnI maybe It's only stephen Payne
Then the dark crept over the M "A low Ian,
And buttercups a-sprinkle
Not a single souni in the dusky dell
Save the tinkle of Daisy's silver bell,
Tink-a-linS-a-tinklc
For mothers voice AMI the bars forgot
The cows are into the meadow lot
Knee deep in tho dewy clover.
Jennie and Steve came slowly up.
Har soft hin yellow with bu,ter,up.
His handsome face flushed over
"Where are you. Jennie? It's late AMI cold. .
"we're comm. mother" said Stephen bolI.
The cows got into the meadow,
We stopped to drive them slowly up"
Then he slyly hid the buttcrcnp
And kissed her again in the shadow.
The Modern Arso.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
PLENTY OF RELATryEs.

Madame Finishem lat Young Ladies'
Academy Miss Pretty, that was the
sixteenth young man who has called
here as your brother, and know you
have been deceiving us"
Miss Pretty-"No, madame | have
promised to be sister to them all. =
Good News.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
A CLEVER pI,rrNcrroy.

The teacher asked the class wherein
lay the difference in meaning between
the words sufficient" and "enoush. 1"
Sufficient answered Tommy,
''is when mother thinks It's time that
stopped eating pie; enough is VIII
| think it is Puck.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
HIS WEAKNESS.

"And you say Bill is no longer
here?" said the visitor to u small west
ern town.
chats what said.
"But l understand that he was one
of your leading citizens.
$50 he was. That's how we come to
lose him. One night we found him
leadin' the wrong hoss. Detroit Free
Press.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
This IL rjshiu..

Frank Vinton aad others caught a
29D pound sturgeon last week ani
made the line fast to young tree
standing on the shore. Later, when
they went to draw the big fish TO land,
they loauiit had escaped by pulling
the tree up by ths roots AMI taking
over eighty feet os small rope along.
The fishermen hal three other big
fish tied mp at different places along
the ssrean. -Asotin (Washingtonl Sem
tinel
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
A LOGICAL DEDUCTION.

Mr. Murray "There is one
virtue nobc dy can boast OF having. =
Mrs. Murray Hill--"What is that?'
Mr.. Murray Hill-"Modesty. for as
soon rs person brags of having it he
hasn't got it any more. "-TeXas Sift-
ings.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
PLAToSIC.

Miss Whirlsfair-'I know prunes
are awfully common, but l love them
dearly, don't you?'
Miss Backbay-'Love is perhaps
too strong a word; but [ esteem them
quite highly. boston Globe"
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
HOW HE DOES 1T.

"What is your method of work."
asked the interviewer of the egotisti-
cal story writer.
Very simple. assure you.'
"But would you mind giving our
readers the benefit of your expert
ence?"
Certainly not. l begin by making
q skeleton OF the work like this:
".I-I-I-I-I-.'
"Then fill out the blanks at my
leisure. Detroit Free Press.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
FAIR puGRI,rAGEs.

"Are You going to the Fair, Tomp-
kins?"
Nope"
ooh, you ought to go. It's the
finest show there ever was.
II know It, :"
Cant you afford to go?"
eyes"
Cant you get away
"Yes."
"Then why in thunder don't vou
go?"
''I've been. Bazaar.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
his EXPERIENCE.

She-''Do come to Bar Harhor,
Cousin Tom. know nice girl with
lots of money"
Cousin Tom (deiecteilly but firmly
-"You don't. Nice girls never have
n cent. Life.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
FIRST MARRIAGE Is EDUCATIONAL.

Mr.. Fearer-"Can Won cook:'
Miss Brairly-"No; but II can
searn."
Mr.. Fearer-"Well when you be-
come widow, let me know.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
ALTERNATIVE.

Mamma (who is going to take Maudie
for walk Your hands are dirty.
my dear"
Maudie-" ".Shall wash them or put
IN my gloves?"-Judgc.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09

3iBs. MISSIONS SooTHISG SYRUP has been
used by mothers for their children whi .
teething. 10 soothes the chill soft n the
gums. allays all IA n cures wind 80 ic. r gu
lates the stomach and bowe :, and is the be t
remedy for DiarhRa. Iw;n:y-iv cents n
bottle. 80 by all oru :gists throu hout the
world. d. sure and Isk for "MRs. WISsLow's
s, oTHrSa SyRrP.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
Ax rysr.rEnARI.Y rArAr. nnsr,cLr-

An INSCFEKABLf FAIAL UisIA'La.
al don't believe the detectives will
catch him.
why not?"
They claim to have clue. Truth.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
An UNHAPPY MAY.

Haskins found Snooper standing at
the door of large dry-goois store
the other day. with deep scovl on
his face.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09

seem ghtily
c h an ged since
Dolly came, ;" said
Miss Martha to her
neishbor, Mrs.
Staples, as the two
sat knitting in the
cool entry, with
the front door open
and looking on the
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
WHY SHE IHoUGHr so.


AFFAIRS OF STATE
Spanish Premier's Wife-.'You look
weary this evening, dear husband"
Spanish Premier-''No doubt; I've
been playing marbles with His Majesty
Ill the afternoon.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09

Frog pies were invented by the
Italians in the Fourteenth Century. :.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
5ToR IS THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

An Ostrich Tip-Why She Thought
So--in Insuperably Fatal Obstacle
His Experience, Etc, Etc.
When the ostric,i i7 captured,
He knows his m,s!Iap
Means many a feather
In somebody's cap.
Truth.
WHY SHE THOUGHT so.
The Poet 'What led YOU to think
{ had quit writing poetry"
She-''Your last book OF verse. -
life.
Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09
HOW DOLLY PROVIDED.

BY s. A. WEISS.
S HIS house does
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
cABLEGRAMs FROM EUROPE.

A LAUNDRY In England owned by
women and employing only women
earned $25, 900 last year.
A FRENCH doctor recently celebrated
his one hundredth birthday anniver-
sary, and the fact was commented upon
that among the large number present
who had been his patients not one was
over fifty years old, and most of them
were much younger.
THE cholera commission of the SEN
ate of Hamburg has decided that all
medical students who volunteered their
services during the cholera epidemic
there ''in the belief that their services
were to be rcmunernted" shall be paid
at the rate of 20 marks 1857 day.
IN Rome there is much talk about an
old bcggar who used to frequent the
doors of the Church of the Minerva, and
who, dying lately, was found to be pos
sessed of 100, 900 francs, which he had
left by a properly drawn up will to his
three children, who were completely
ignorant of their fathers wealth.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
PEOPLE OVER THE SEAS.

ONE of the most comfortable royal
homes in Europe is the palace at Berlin
in which Empress Frederick lives
when she is in the German capital.
NJ. EIFFEL, who is in such sore trou-
BILE about his share in the Panama
swindle, has designed the new bridge
over the Neva at st. Petersburg, upon
the construction of which S14, ZOO, 900
will be expended.
ONE of the oldest of British noblemen
is the duke of Northumberland, who
Is nearly ninety. He has been mem
Der of five cabinets and in parliament
for twenty years before he succeeded to
his title.
QUEEN VICTORIA has learned to oper-
ate the typewriter, as has also her
daughter, Princess Beatrice, and the
click of the machine may often be
heard in the private apartments of the
sovereign at Windsor and Osborne
AMONG Europeans who have a money
interest in this country are Mrs. Glad
stone, who owns three acres of land,
worth SIS, 900, at Niagara Falls, Ont,
presented to her by her husband, and
Prince bismarck, who is said to hold
$50, 900 worth of stock in the street cal
lines of Milwaukee.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
BRUTAL RUSSIAN ESPIONAGE.
Police Agents Do Not Hesitate to Com
init Burglary and Murder.

Police Agents Do Not Hesitate to Com
init Burglary and Murder.
Between st. Petersburg and Kovno
I stopped for a chat with a friend who
knows the devious methods of Russian
government pretty well, says Poultney
Blgelow in Harper's Bazaar. l told him
nv tale and asked him what he made
of it.
Nothing is simpler" said he. you
are politely requested to disappear from
Russia at the shortest possible notice
You have been watched from beginning
to end and you may be watched at this
moment. You might have waited a
month in St. Petersburg, but you would
never have got an answer to your re-
quest"
But" said I, what if had gone on
without permission?"
'You would never have known what
had interfered with you. You would
have been arrested at the first conven-
lent place and kept a week or so pend
ing examination. What is most likely,
however," said he, "some dark night
your boats would have been smashed to
kindling wood; your stores, papers and
valuables would have been taken away
and yourselves turned adrift in a
swamp"
But" said I, you don't mean to say
that great government would permit
such thing?"
''Oh! of course not. Our great gov
eminent would express the most pro-
found regret at the accident; it would
insist that the damage was done not by
police agents, but by common thieves.
In any event you would be stopped be-
fore you got hundred miles away
from st. Petersburg, and, what is
more, you would never be able to prove
that the government had stopped you.
I'm Russia we are far ahead of west
ern Europe. We have copied lynch law
from America, only here the govern
ment does the lynching. When a man
is obnoxious, reads or writes or talks
too much, we do not bother about
courts and sheriffs. He disappears-that
is all. When his friends come to inquire
after him the government shrugs It's
shoulders and knows nothing about it.
He has been killed by robbers, perhaps,
or he has committed suicidel The gov
eminent cannot be held responsible fol
every traveller in Russia, of course!
when a military attache is suspected
of knowing too much about Russian af
fairs his rooms are always broken into
and ransacked. Not by the govern.
ment-oh, dear, no! That would be
shocl1ingI 1t is always done by bur
glars But, odd to say, these Russian
burglars always care particularly fol-
papers and letters.
THE German military attache has
had his room broken into twice in this
manner, and. to prevent q third inva
sion. he assured the chief of police thai
there was no use doing it any more
that he really never kept any important
papers there. Since then he has MOI
been troubled by official burglars"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
WORLDS FAIR EXHIBITS.

THE flag carried by Pizarro and his
followers during the conquest of Peru
will be n notable object in the Ven
ezuelan exhibit at the worlds fair. The
sword of Cortez will be exhibited from
Mexico.
SEVEN London-built coaches and sixty
english horses, together with profes.
Sional drivers and guards, are to he
taken to Chicago to ply between the
principal hotels and the exhibition
there during the fair.
A POPULAR piece of worlds fair jew
elly, designed for sale in Chicago this
year, takes the form of a chatelaine,
with objects in the shape of hams,
pigs feet, pigs heads, ribs, sides of
bacon, and sausages, all done in silver.
A REPORT is current in London that
Prince George, of Wales, contemplates
a trip to the United States in the spring.
His intention is to participate in the
| naval review in New York harbor with
| large squadron of warships, after
| which he will go to Chicago and visit
| the exposition.
AN effort is being made by the man
ayers of the worlds fair to induce Jean
Armour Burns Brown, the great-grand-
| daughter of Robert Burns, to visit Chi
cago this coming summer. She is a
| young woman about twenty, and her
| resemblance to the poet is said to be
iairly startling. She lives near Dunn
tries, Scotland.
EIGHTY-sIx foreign countries, prin-
| cipalities and colonies will be officially
| represented among the worlds fair eX-
hibits. The appropriations for this
showing aggregate S5,S43, 1914. The
! thirty-one states of our own country
| which will be represented will spend
about $1,000, 900 in their exhibits anc
| headquarters.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
ABOUT THE AMETHYST.
A Gem OF Many Varieties and with
Classic History.

A Gem of Many Varieties and with q
Classic History.
The word amethyst means not in
toxicated or drunken, because the stone
was supposed to possess the virtue of
preventing drunkenness, leaving the
wearer or drinl1er not intoxicated.
For this reason, according to Miner
ais, 1t was made into drinking cups by
the ancient Persians, but, unfortun-
ately, tradition leaves us in doubt as to
whether it was this misplaced confidence
or not that led to the discon tinuance of
the amethystine cup.
The occidental amethyst is a species
of quartz, blush purple in color,
generally occurring crystallized in
hexahedral prisms terminated by cor
responding pyramids Its fracture is
conchoidal splintery. Its color is due
to the oxide of manganese or to iron
and soda.
Although esteemed as gem, it is
unlike most gems-more brilliant by
sunlight than by gaslight. The most
beautiful specimens are brought from
Brazil, Ceylon, India, Siberia, and vari-
GUS parts of Europe. 1t is found also i'll
North Carolina. Mount Holyoke and
Nova Scotia
The shores of the picturesque basin
of Minas, made famous by Longfellow's
poem "Evangeline," furnish many fine
| specimens of this beautiful stone. After
the frosts of winter have broken an6
scaled the face of the bluffs then is the
most favorable time to hunt not only
for the amethyst, but for other miner
rails, such as chalcedony, agate, mala
chite, calcite, anocline, apatite, natro
lite, etc, found there In the debris al
the foot of the cliffs.
It is said that Cape Blomidon anne
thyst is In the crown of France ant
that two hundred and seventy-fve year,
ago Sieur de Monts carried several large
amethysts from one Of the islands in thu
basin to Henry w. of France. Thes'
gems are generally found In geode O.
after fresh fall of traprock.
The oriental amethyst Is really vic
let-colored sapphire, which is an exceed
ingly rare gem and of brilliant luster
1t is regarded as a sacred stone, and i
used to ornament the cross and the pas
toral ring of Catholic bishops The an
clients often used the amethyst for cut
ting figures both In relief and in intag
Ito, and there is in the national librar,
of France acknowledgements profit
of Mecenas, a Roman statesman of Oc
tavius' time, engraved on amethyst b.
Dioscorides, one of the four celebrate
engravers mentioned by Piny.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
WELL WORTH A GLANCE.

TRAGEDY was first represented on a
wagon by Thespis, at Athens, B. c. $50.
THE two bridges of Xerxes had three
hundred and sixty-six and three hun
dred and fourteen boats respectively.
AT Avanches, In French-speal1ing
Switzerland, Swiss society of archaic
ology is laying bare the site of Roman
theater.
The fleece of ten goats and the work
Of several men for half year are re-
quired to make q genuine cashmere
shawl a yard and half wide
THE superiority of tea over brandy in
many cases is beyond question. The
idea still fingers that alcohol keeps out
the cold. AS matter of fact, mountain
GERS have found by repeated experience
Mat the opposite of this holds true.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
One of Natures Wonders.

In the extreme eastern edge of Ari-
IONA, some forty miles west by south of
that remote pueblo, Juni, N. NJ, there
is a most remarkable natural phenom-
enon-a great, shallow, salt lake in a
bowl-like depression, the sink itself be-
ing some hundreds of feet deep and
three miles across. The basin, all that
portion of it not taken up by the lake,
is dazzling white with millions upon
millions of salt crystals. In the center
of the lake rises what appears to be a
cone-shaped volcanic peak. Should you
take the trouble to ford the lake and
explore this peak-a task neither dis
agreeable nor dangerous-you will find
instead of a crater of smoking, seething
mud a miniature lake in the middle OF
the peak, clear as crystal and as pure as
any spring water.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18

Some years ago an old gentleman fell
by the roadside near Kensington, Eng
land. Of quite a number of persons who
witnessed his fall all pronounced him
drunk, except one lady named Birch.
She alone went to his aid, insisting that
he had merely tainted, which was the
fact. 1t is not known that Miss Birch
ever saw the old gentleman, but few
weeks ago his solicitor called and in =
formed her that he had died and be-
queathed to her the sum of seven hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
subcommittee Will Go TO Indiana.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The Panama
Investigating Committee met yesterday
and it was decided that a subcommittee
to consist of Messrs. Patterson and Storer
should go to Terre Haute, Ind, and take
the testimony of ex-Secretary Thompson
there on Monday. On Wednesday the
Investigation will be resumed in this city.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
Ran Away with Another Mans Wife.

TROY, N. Y, Feb. 18.-Conrad Carl
was locked up here last evening on COM
plant of Charles Kehn Of Albany, who
alleges that Carl ran away with his wife
and children last June. Officers restrained
Kehn with difficulty from assaulting
Carl. Kehh is ready to forgive his wife.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
NICE TO KNOW.

RABBITsBURa is the name of town
in West Virginia
A New YORK woman testifying in a
case the other day called herself q pan
try lady.
TEXAS has fifty-seven counties each
of which is larger than the state of
Rhode Island.
ACCORDING to the president of the
Kansas State Dairy association it costs
more to grow pound of wheat than to
make a pound of milk in that state,
and the wheat sells for thrcc-quartcrs
of cent pound and the milk for a
cent n pound.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
Skater Joe Donoghue Ill.

NEwBURGH, N. Y, Feb. 1s.-Joe Don
oghue, the skater, has arrived homo in
charge Of his brother. He is i'll and con-
fined to his bed. He says his stomach
failed him in the first race, and thereafter
his limbs almost failed to respond to his
efforts to forge ahead.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
THE ACCESSORIES OF DRESS

SATIN ribbon is exceedingly popular
as n trimming material.
HA1RPINs of filagree gold have long
teeth of shell or amber.
New silver bracelets arc made of
twisted wire in all sorts of fancy pat
terms
A NEW caprice, and n not very charm
ing one at that, is dyed wool trimming,
or collar and muff in yellow, pink or
heliotrope.
SILK gloves are coming into use
again, some long, very handsome ones
for evening wear being among the new
importations.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
Matrimonial Matches in China.

In China, love making follows mar
riage, and lasts only about three DAYS
after ceremony. There is no spoon
ing" previous to marriage. A previous
acquaintance between the male and
female prevents them from marriage.
For this reason man seldom weds a
girl of his own town. Old women, in
stead of the young, are the bellies of
SGcietv
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
sentcnccd for MnMslmnghter.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Feb IS Frederick
Flrming, son OF the late May Agnes Flem-
ing, has been sent luccI in the Court OF
General Sess ions, to three years and six
months i'll the Kings county peniten-
1inry. Fleming was found guilty of
in killing Michael Taylor
in Il SALON i'll williamsburg
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
Freight Traffic Alliance Transferred.

BosToN, Feb 1S.-The Pennsylvania
railroad company has issued it's formal
notice that the freight traffic alliance
uithcrto existing between that company
and the New York s. New England rail
road, has been terminated and transferred
to the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad company.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
A New York Man Dies in Egypt.

New YORK, Feb. 19-James Clapp, of
16 at Cairo, Egypt. Mr.. Clapp was the
son of James Clapp, distinguished
lawyer of Central New York, and was
born at Oxford, Chenango county, in
1928. He has of late spent the winters
oh
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18

Licensed disinfecting officer fol
cleaning and disinfecting vaults and
cesspools. Disinfectant soc per ct.
u B.-Rosidence 1s sarsneld Street.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
No Cholera in nIarseil1es.

MARsE1LLEs, Feb. 19.-The newspapers
of this city declare that there is not now
the least trace Of sickness bearing a sus-
picion of cholera
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
Senator Hill In Albany.

ALBANY, Feb. Ex-senator Hill ar
rived in the city early this morning and
is auartered in his rooms at the Kenmore.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18
JOSEPH A. JACKSON, ARCHITECT,
Lilley's Block.
Waterbury, Com

Lilley's Block. Waterbury, Conn,
And az West I25th ST, New York
Plans and Superintendent for all classes of
buildings.
Many'years successful experience enables me
tolsecurej for clients the best results with the
east expenditure.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-18

Ashton e Garrity,
Plumbers, Steam and Gas Filters, Tin
Roofing, Hot Water Heating a.specislty.
400. BANK STREET.