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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11
A Possibility,

Nothing for me, postmasterf"
 Nothing"
 Dear mel I was quite expecting post card from my son."
 "Oh, an open card. Just wait minute. I will see if my wife has got it in the kitch en."-Tit- Bits.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11
Relief.

Her hair was very heavy And dark as the wing of night Until she purchase blondine, Which made it doubly light.
 Detroit Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11
Killed the MotOrman.

ASHLAND, Pa., May IA Schuylkill traction car jumped the track at St. Nich- olas, killing the motorman, John Welch. None of the passengers was seriously in. iured. .-.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11
VIEW MONUMENT PARK,

the people of the whole country in carry ing out plans for the beautifying of towns and cities and renewing the forest growth of which it is being so rapidly denuded.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11
WaatA}.

I took her to the play one night It cost me dollars four. And then found. to my delight, She'd been there twice before.
 a-&Afa;
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11
Count Bismarck Bohln Dead.

LONDON, May 1.-The Times announces the death at Carlsburg of Count Bismarck Bohln, who was an adjutant to Emperor William and governor of Alsace in 1871.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11
The Ice Man.

This inequality of things Must ofteI, make us sigh: In moderate May this lump he brings, And this in hot July.
 Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11
An Evening Bodice.

A low cut bodice for an evening dress that is especially adapted to youthful figures and fresh complexions is made in turquoise blue velvet. This bodice and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11
KEEP OFF THE GRASS
THIS oBNoTIG--5 SIGN NO LONGER
 SEEN IT, WASHINGTON.

Sore Breathing faces There Than In Any
 City In t..s- .o-:ntry-SearIy Four Hun cred Reservations For tine Use of the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-11

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Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
No Bonnet. In tho Parl. Opera House.

No Bonnets In tho Paris Opera House.
II will seem strange to the American
woman, with her Declaration of Inde-
pendence traditions. to hear that the di-
rector of the French opera has assumed
the authority to make hard and fast
rule with respect to ladies' bonnets. Even
small bonnets are forbidden altogether
for the occupants of the pit stalls on
Saturday, that being the only night when
ladies are admitted to this part of the
house. Formerly the stalls at the French
theater were invariably reserved for men
only, but one after another their rules
have relaxed, until the only one where il
is retained absolutely is the Theater
Francaise. Ever since the question of
bonnets has hecn constantly mooted, but
hitherto without any actual result. il be-
ing so much against the habit for ladies
to appear in evening dress III such places
that no one under the rank Of an opera
director could have ventured on their
adopting it.-Paris journal.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
a Possibility.

Girls are so much more clever IA clerks
than men that the male clerk is doomed
to extinction like the dodo. The results
are disastrous both to women and to
men.
Every observer in cities must see that
nearly all classes Of clerical work are
passing rapidly into the hands of young
women. These young women enter the
Offices with skillful fingers. winning
manners. industrious ways and general
aptness to write letters. keep books. count
cash and discharge the multitndinous du
ties attaching to business life. They do
their work satisfactorily and well.
Taken altogether they are neater, bet
ter behaved and quicker than young men.
The result is that these bright young fell
lows. capable of doing excellent work,
are forced to toll for long hours. often
at night, for the munificent salary of $i5
month. After two or three years Of
hard and faithful service promotion to
the $oj month class is possible. while
$35 to $50 is the outside figure to which
clerk may aspire if he exhibits special
qualifications and sustained devotion to
his task.
If the next 90 years witness the same
relative increase in the number of work
ing girls and women as has taken place
since 1870 in this country and the United
States. we shall see young men doing
the homework and their sisters and
mothers carrying ON half the business Of
the and.-Canadian Magazine
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
Its Adoption Declared.
STATE ~ MARYLAND.
Ererafir, u, p.iyfy,,

EAtc"tfct Dtfhff ftWtHt.I
Whereas. ai the .Iamuar, session 1899. OF
the General Assembly "t Mar, land. an
| Amendment Ia the Constitution WAS pro
posed, aud Il Bill cmhulying the Article ur
Section as the same will stand when amend
ed was PASSED III the manner and form pre-
scribcd hv the Constitution.
And Whereas. the Governor. ~ required
hy Section one "t Article fourteen "f the
Constitution. did. ON tho nineteenth daN ui
July. III the year eighteen hundred and
ninct -tlrr-. issue hi> pro- lamnti"n. CON
tainin. the I,ruIn ed amendment ~ full AND
submitilm. II i"a vote 81 the people ~ the
State ~ the General ,lc,ti"n then mrNt
ensuing. whih Proclamation Ma ruhl>hrh
in the city "f BIlilm"rr. once Il week t"r at
least three months prcrcdn. the general
election.
| And, Whereas. at II - neral election held
in this State on Tuesday. thu seventh day
Of November. in the said wear eighteen
hundred and ninety three. the said amend
mcnt WAS voted nl",n l., the people. and
| from the returns al such election mn,l in
the G",crnar III the form required hy law.
.ivin. the vote For" and "N..aiuSt III,
proposed amendment, II arprar> that IN the
vote on the amendment. kn"wr aS chapter
3I3 ut the Act. al the General Assembly uf
1892 Entitled Anari Ia add an additional
section IL Article four "i the Constitution
oi this State.
There were ra>t For" si.tccn Thousand.
live hundred aud seven Votes. aud Against
eight tl"usani. inc hundred and seventy
four votc,. and thu amendment wa~ adopted.
And. Whrrca~. the said section one "f
Article t"mrtcru 81 the Constitution. fur
thcr provides that III il SHALL appear 1"
the Governor that maI"ritN "f the ,ntcs
east M said election "n SAID amen lneni, ~
amendments. srNcrallv. we're east III favor
thcrs"i. the G",crn"r Shall hy III, rrnrla-
nation declare the said ancu,lm,nt. "r
amendments. haNiu. received said ma oritv
of the votes tn have been adopted hv the
people "i Mar,land as part "i the t"n>t-
tuition thereof
N"w Therefore. I. Frank Brown. Gov
crn"r al Maryland. dn hereby proclaim aud
declare that the amendment herein named
havin. received - majority al all the v"tcS
cast at sah election. has l'c, adopted bv
the people "i Mar, land ~ - part Of the
Constitution thereof, and hcncrf"rih said
amendment shall hc pat al the Cpn>ti-
tuition.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal
of Maryland. FRANK BROWN.
lsl the ';ncrnor
WM. L. l;HA>rLY. See "t State.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
A PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON.

The Peculiar Manner In which Approx
mate Time May Be Ascertained.
Actual and repeated experiments have
shown that the nearest hour of the day
or night may be ascertained in the fol
lowing very curious way:
Make small running loop in piece
of sewing thread about foot in length.
place shilling in this loop, see that the
coin is accurately bisected by the thread
and then draw the loop tight mp. so that
the shilling is firmly slung at one end of
the thread. Put on solid table glass
tumbler with fairly wide mouth Rest
your right elbow on the table in firm
and easy position So as 10 avoid any
shakiness in Your hand. hold the other
end of the thread between your first
finger and the ball" Of your thumb
j. e.. the feshy top joint of the thumb
so that the thumb nail is undcrmost and
a few inches above the middle of the
mouth of the glass.
Now, if you keep your hand quite
steady, the movement of the coin, which
is hanging inside the tuinbler, will be-
come less and less until the shilling is
motionless. Then. in half minute or
SO. very slight and regular vibration
will commence. the coin oscillating from
side to side like II pendulum and grad
ually increasing the length Of movement
until it gently strikes the sides Of the
glass. This strike goes on in the most
regular and automatic way-first on one
side of the glass and then on the other
until, say. eight strokes have been struck.
The vibrations Of the coin then diminish
in length until the suspended shilling
again becomes motionless and hangs in
the middle of the tumbler You look at
your watch and find that 8 o'clock is the
nearest hour!
/ have tried this over and over again,
deliberately setting about the experiment
without bias or any intention of infiu-
encing the swingof the coin and also be-
ing ignorant of the time. and when my
hand has been steady tho right time has
invariably been struck.
There is something very curious about
this phenomenon: whether the thread is
influenced by the pulse in the "ball" of
the thumb or whether there il some nm
conscious transfercnce of intention"
from the brain to the thread l do not
know. but in any case the matter is suffi-
ciently interesting to be worthy of a
critical test by persons who will care
fully. and without bias. carry out this
singular experiment of telling the time.
London Tit Bits.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06

A friend of mine unale). who is fussy.
unreasonable and likes To argue, said to
me the other day: II wish you wouldn't
call yourself bachelor girl don't
like il. 1t sounds too masculine. What
is bachelor girl anyway
"A fine institution" replied. "a prod
net of the times. deny that she is mas
culine. More self reliant than the aver
age woman and less dependent than most
men, she is still feminine and never for
gets the fact. She is always well dressed
and well informed. Above all she is in
dependent and fearless. Good nature
always attends her, and she is not
ashamed of hearty laugh. She can
appreciate good joke, a good horse or
a good picture. She will smoke cigar
ette before going to church ON Sunday
morning and criticise the sermon at din
ner table with the keen logic of a doctor
Of metaphysics. She understands her
own temperament and pays enough at
tention to the laws of health TO keep
herself robust aud wholesome. The
bachelor girl is not n man hater-no
woman is-but she prefers companion
ship TO fiattery" My friend was over
whelmed at this burst of eloquence.
II greet you" he said as he lifted his
hat and passed on.-Miss knickerbocker
in New York Recorder.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
The Fishing Party.

Wun>t We went II ii>hin-mc
An my pa an ma-all three.
Nh hen rhey was n picnic. way
uuf la llauch> woods. one lav.
An there WIS crick out there.
" here the fishes i. an where
Little hoyS 'taint biz an strong.
Better haze their folks along
M pl he ~ iiSlich and iished
IN my ma ~bc said she wished
Me an hrr WAS home. an pa.
said he wished 81 worse II ma
Ia said cl Won talk. cr say
Ansthln ~ sncrle' ~ play.
Haunt nn fish. alive cr dead.
Ever 20 tn bite. hc said.
rnrt' nigh dark in town when VIC
tot back home: an ma. saws she.
.N0tr she'll have fish fer shore
An she hnyrd one at the store.
Men. nj supper, pa hc won't
Eat i,n fish. aud saws hc don't
Like en-. an he pounded me
When I ch"Lcd, Ma. diln't he:
.j"meS nhjtcomb Riity
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
A Skeleton in the Closet.

How often io we hear of this in domestic
life at this day. lint what j. m-rc appalling
than the living body made rcpuIsve with
skin and scalp diseases. salt -rhcum. tcttcr.
eczema and scrofnlouS sores and swellin.s.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
the positive cure for all Of these diseases.
II taken in time, il also cures Lung -scrofula.
commonly known rs Pulmonary Cun>ump-
ri"n. BY druggists
KEysEE. Y q.
DIR. x. V. PIERCE: Dear Sir When
about three wears old | was taken with
mumps. also hal fever. fnall, I hal that
dreaded disease Scrntuln. The mo>t cmi.
ncnt physicians in this section treated me to
no avail. had running scrofulnus sores
on left side al neck and face. I was small
aud weakly wheh eight ar nine vca,s old.
aud in fact Was nearly n skeleton. Six
bottles of DR.. picrrcS Golden Medical Dis
roVcry wrought marvellous changes. Al
though the sores were healed in eight months
lid not quit taking it until was sure il
hnd been entirely rented from INV system.
The only signs left of the dreadful disease
are the which ever remind me of how
near deaths do"r was until rescued l., the
aud weigh las pounds, aud have not lccn
sick in tive wears. Yours respectfully.
HARVEY ". HOLlEMAN
Agt. for S-alrlard Air Line
For constipation and headache, use DR..
Pierce Pellets.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
st, Elmo Hote1,
81 Il 3l9 Arch Street.
PHILADELPHIA.
Rates. $3.50 to 81 per Day.

The tra,clin. public will find ut this
ll"tcl the >aimc liberal provisions iur their
comfort. II i located in the immediate
centres "f hu>nnS> and places of amusc-
mcnt aud the different railway dcI~iS, rs
we'll all parts of the city are easily nc
cc>>ihle hv street ears constantly passing
the doors. II offers special Inducements To
those visitn. The cit, tnr bus n ar pleas
urr. GABEL \ kRAI'SE.
feb. "l-ly. Proprictors.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06

Subscribe for TuE DEMncRATp ME-
sENGEE. unlv one Dollar II wear in al
vance.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
FOR GRASS,

A. . top irc>>in. for Grass our Ph"s-
rhaic has nn equal, hui il should he applied
in February "r March il possible.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
FOR TOrIATOES,

We have u speciality. aud our te>timon-
ials are ;" many We could not give them
here. hut we ave u circular winch We will
send upon application concerning.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06

CAUTTON.-If n dealer offers w. l..
Douglas shoes MT n reduced price. or says
he has them without name stamped ON
bottom, put him down as u fraud.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
For Sale Cheap.

y "oat, blackboard. and harness
Goat thoroughly broken. Al in good
order. Apply Ia HARRY :. rlR-
NELL. Berlin, Nil.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
SNOW HILL NURSERIES,
300. 600 No. 1
PEACH TREES

Among wuIcu can bc found kinds suited
tn all sections. incluIn. all the new and
old standard sorts. largcl, OF yellow ,arie-
ties for canmin. aud dryin. purposes. Also
10000 APPLE TRIES
0.o0n Of them are extra Ion. Keeping vari-
eticS. adopted Ia Southern planting. or
wherever l"n.kecPing apples ar" desirable.
Pears all th" standard varieties
Cherry aud Plum Trees "t the lraIn.
kinds.
Shade Tres Rest Stock
ENccllcmt Stock "i Hardy Native Graves
Asparagus Cnn"vcr, ,ol">snl ir"m one
to tw" wears old
3."m,n"o Sirawhcrrs Plants from new
beds Special prices ~ lar.." l',r-
pricr> hv mail rrrnptl, attended +"
Addrc~s. w. VI. rE1EES' SONS.
I. o. Wesley Station.
oct. lS-lyr. MARYLAND.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
To the Trade.
For Strawberries.
FOR OATS,

Use our Special Oat Fertilizers. which
has stood the test nov for wears. tine pa
tron claims Z" have grown Gil bushels per
"a
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06
FOR POTATOES,

Our Special "l'"iaio Manure" has l. en-
used for wears in competition with Mapc>.
YarncllS aud Baushs, in fact. all the high
grade goods on the market.
Democratic messenger., 1894-01-06

HOODS PILLS cure Nausea. Sick Headache
Indigestion, Biliousness. Sold hy all druggists
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-23
Mars.

Westermann says that the first sight Of
Mars through a modern telescope is 'real-
ly terrifying" even for person of good
nerve. 1t is Az if one saw the whole earth
with its icy poles and variegated tropics,
floating in the great blue canopy of space
above. Through such an instrument one
can clearly distinguish the clear blue seas
and the brilliant, beaming, many hued
dry land, and on the latter the scorched
up beds of what have once been lakes,
bays, rivers and creeks.
AS one continues to look with raptured
gaze'' he can note the variation of colors
and of light and shade, and, further, that
the outlines on one edge of the disk pass
gradually out of sight, while on the other
the ever changing and wondrous landscape
continually expands. Thus you have ocu-
lar proof that Mars, like our world and the
other planets, revolves on its axis, and that
the ends of the axes are frozen poles. AS
tronomers who watch Mars year after year
say that the ice crust at the poles dimin-
ishes during the Marsian summer, thus
demonstrating the fact that the planet is
influenced by the suns rays precisely as
our world is and that the atmosphere and
water are identical with those of our globe.
st. Louis Republic.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-23
Longevity on the Bench.

The supreme court furnishes some inter
esting instances of active longevity. JUS
tice Blatchford was IS years old when he
died, but he was in active possession of his
mental faculties up to the time of his
death. Roger B. fancy, chief justice of
the supreme court, remained on the bench
until hewas SS years old. He was appoint
ed chief justice at the age of So. He began
an autobiography at the age of n, but did
not finish it. Chief Justice Marshall, who
served from 1900 to 1885 on the supreme
bench, was 80 years old when i'll health
compelled him to leave Washington. He
died in that year-1S35. He was delegate
to the convention for revising the state
constitution of Virginia when he was "A
years old, and it is said that, though he did
not speak often in the convention, when
he did speak bestowed that his mind was
clear and his reasoning as solid as in his
younger days.
Chief Justice Waite remained on the SUI
preme bench to the last, though he was 70
years old when he died. Justice Strong
retired from the supreme bench in 1880 at
the age of 70. Noah II. Swayne, who died
in 1884, retired from the supreme bench in
1881 at the age of 7.-Washington Star.
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In q New Light.

The young woman was trying to per.
sGade her father to give his consent to her
accepting very worthy young man he did
not want her to marry, and he was stub
born.
"But, papa" she insisted, che is tn.
man of my choice"
"Well, he isn't the man of my choice
and you shall not marry him." he persis.
ed.
The girl grew firm at once.
"Now, look here, papa" she said. "Some
day my daughter will probably come to
her father as l am coming to you, and she
will ask him what am asking you, and
he will refuse, as you are doing. Then my
daughter will say coaXingly to her father
But, papa, you were mammals choice,
and then in reply to that would you like
to have that man say to your granddaugh-
ter: No, wasn't. | was your GRANDPA
theirs choice?' Answer me that. Do you
think it would be pleasant thing for that
man to say to your granddaughter" The
father blinked two or three times and
rubbed his dome of thought.
"Um-er-um," he hesitated. "It hadn't
quite struck me that way before. guess
you can have your own way about it. F"
And up to date nobody has heard any
cause to regret the girls successful argu
ment.-Detroit Free Press.
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PATENTS.
NOTICE TO 1NYENroRs.


There was never time in the history
of our country when the demand for in
ventiOns and improvements in the arts
and sciences generally was so great as
now. The cOnveniences of mankind in
the factory and workshop, the house
hold, on the farm, and in official life, re-
quire continual accessions to the appur-
tenances and implements of each in or
der TO save labor, time and expense
The political change in the administra-
ton of government does not affect the
progress of the American inventor, who
being on the alert, and ready to perceive
the existing DEFICIENCIES, does not per
nit the affairs of government to deter
him from quickly conceiving the rem
edy to overcome existing discrepancies.
Too great care can not be exercised in
choosing a competent and skillful attor-
ney to prepare and prosecute an appli-
cation'fOr patent. Valuable interests
have been lost and destroyed in innu-
merable instances by the employment
of incompetent counsel, and especially
is this ADVICE applicable to those who
adopt the mo patent, no pay" system
Inventors who entrust their business to
this class of attorneys do so at imminent
risk, as tile breadth and strength of tie
patent is never considered in view of
quick endeavor to get an allowance and
obtain the fee then due. THE PRESS
CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wedder-
burn, General Manager, 6lS F street, N.
w., Washington, D. G., representing
large number of important daily and
weekly papers, as well as general period
icals OF the country, was instituted to
protect its patrons from the unsafe
methods heretofore employed in this
line of business. The said Company is
prepared to take charge of all patent
business entrusted to it for reasonable
fees, and prepares and prosecutes APP
plications generally, including mechani-
cal inventions, design patents, trade
marks, labels, copyrights, interferences,
infringements, validity reports, and
gives especial attention to rejected
cases. 1t is also prepared to enter into
competition with any firm in securing
foreign patents.
Write for Instructions and advice
John Wedderburn, 61S F Street, Wash
ingtOn D. G. P. o. Box 9S5.
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MISS JOSIE WILSON of South Walpole,
Mass, writes Il have been troubled for
a number of years with terrible disease
called eczema. My face was terrible
sight, all red blotchcs. 1 tried everything
and was on the point Of giving Up in de-
spair, when someone recommended Aliens
Sarsaparilla, and have only used one
bottle and my face is almost well, and
there are no pimples on it at all now. l
cannot speak too highly of it, and have
recommended it to great many of my
friends who now have great faith in it. l
shall get some more and keep on using it
as know it is doing me good.
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Here's Proof that II Curas Blood
Trouble and Constipation.

We frequently hear people say that n
guarantee don't amount TO ANYTHING.
However that may he with other pjcpara-
lions, it amounts to just this with Aliens
Sarsaporil'a, every bottle has guarantee
label near the bottom. If no bearflt H.
derived by the Time it is taken down to III.
label, it can be returned to Us, accovlr"
to directions on the label and we will ..
fund the full price; provided it is tax,
regularly and according to directions, az,
for the diseases for which we recomnc.l,
it, and provided it is not purchased at Il
discount from the retail price. NJ RENE
dy without wonderful properties, and sold
at so low price, could be guaranteed mn
der these terms. We are convinced ly
our experience and by the strong tcstimo-
mails that are constantly pouring in, that
we are perfectly safe in guaranteeing Al
lens Sarsaparilla.
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A Modern Poor Richard,

Father-This is fine house you We
bought. | don't see how you raised the
money.
Son--I am buying it on the installment
plan.
"Ohl But where did you get all this
handsome furniture?"
Buying that on the installment plan
too"
"Humph! Must cost something. don't
see how you can spare so much for clothes.
Your wife dresses like princess"
eyes, get our clothes on the installment
plan"
won't do-won't do at all, Suppose
you should die?"
81 can be buried on the installment plan
easily enough"
"But your wife won't have any money
to pay the installments.
eyes, she'll have plenty. I'm insured
on the installment plan-pay every week. "
New York Weekly.