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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
THE TATTLER.

Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease is said to be m adept at hypnOtisIn.
 Mime. DieulafOy, the archeologist, now wears masculine attirc altogether.
 Rev. Phcbc Hanaford Is credited with baying performed 70 wedding ccrcmonics during her ministry.
 Mss Cornelia Sorabjl is now working with firm of solicitors in Bombay. She confines herself to special pleading. Mrs. Lucy Hcaly of Charleston, R. l., hAs just completed her ninety ninth year. She Is the daughter of a Revolutionary sol | dicr.
 HuldA Grnscr of Cincinnati while yet | in her teens succeeded to her fathers busi- ness us n broker and Is said to bc carry ing 1t on with success.
 Tho mother of Bret Harte was hand some factory girl. Her husband educated Der, and she became one of the most cul- turcd women in Detroit. l Josephine Valentino, an Italian girl of | Newark, N. J., sacrificed an inheritance | of S1O0, 900 the other day by marrying the man whom her father, n banker, wanted to veto.
 Mrs. Oscar Wilde Is u plainly dressed pretty little woman. whose only approach to astheticism Is the affecting of immense Gainsborough hats, heavy with dropping plumcs.
 Mrs. Carlisle never deserts the ship of state No matter how tempting the invi- tation, if the secretary of the treasury can not leave his post his admirable wife stays at home to make everybody happy.
 Mmo. Carnot, widow of tho murdered French president, Is not only given tc deeds of philanthropy, but she Is O model housewife. There is no work in her home which she is not as competent as any oi her own servants to do.
 One of the fastest stenographers in tho country is Miss R. Maude Wolfe of Bos ton. She writes fluently in three languages and her notes arc so plainly written that they arc readily deciphered by her assist ants. Miss Wolfe Is also remarkably ppetty 1 and highly educated.
 Mrs. Benjamin L. Beall of Baltimore who is 93 years old, enjoys tho distinction of having been kissed by Lafayette n : Alexandria, Va, when he was making hi tour of the country in 1894. Mrs. Beal was then Miss Elizabeth Taylor and on' of a group of young ladies who welcomes ! the distinguished Frenchman on his entr, AL- -a@-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
THAT ELECTRIC BELL
MIR. BOWSER THINKS HE KNOWS ALL
 ABOUT IT.
But When He Attempts to Monkey With Its Complicated Machinery the Result Is Somewhat Disastrous, and Bowser Re tires With Blood In His Eye.

lCopyri.ht, 1894, by Charles B. Lewis.l
 Is our doorbell an electric bell;" que rictl Mrs. Bowscr the other evening after tucking up young Bowser for the night
 Out of order again, suppOse:" grOwl cd MT. Bowser in rcply as he looked up from his paper
 Every dOorbcll is liable to get out of order once in awhile, isn't it:''
 No, ma'am, it isn't. Ours is the only dOOrbcll in this town which ever gets out of order Do you know what it has cost me to have doorbcll men running up here every five minutes for the last 10 ycars:''
 Tt hasn't been out of order for year bcfnre"
 Hasn't it: That shows how little you hccd what is going on in this house. To my certain knowledge that doOrbell has had to be rrpaip'd 2S times in the last l2 months. That is over twice . month once in every 13 days! Is it any wonder is it any wonder, Mrs. Bcwscr. that I can't bank a dollar to save my neck? Is it any wonder that I have nightmare ev- cry night and kick and toss and groan and have drcams of the pOOrhouse:''
 Shc didn't answer, and he rose up and stood bcfOrc her. spcctaclcs iE ono bard and newspaper in the other, and contin- ucd:
 The doOrbcll busted again-bustedt tor the twenty ninth time in a year! \ thou sand dollars paid out in 12 months to re- pair busted duurIrllS. We might as well quit right herr and go to the pOorhouse.
 '.You can't blame me, MT. Bowscr," she protc~tCd
 If you arc not to blame, then who is.'' he shouted. If you didn't stand on tho steps and jah and jam on tho button until the wirc melted or broke, then who did? Don't try to lay it on some caller or agent.
 I'll sec about having it fixed myself. 1 haven't had occasion to ring it in six months There's no reason to got excited over such a triIc.''
 Mrs. BOwsor, I'm not excited, but simply put out over your CarclcssneSs. You bust the dourlcll; you break n pane of glass; you smash mirror; you kick a leg off the sofa; you''--
 When did 1 do thcSc thingsf''
 Never you mind! No wife should talk back to her husband. While your care year I shall say nothing moro at this time The lHcll will not only be fixed, but l will fix it myself. .In fact, I was just wishing there was something I could tinker at for au hour"
 If you will let it go till tomorrow, l will get man to do it.'
 The bell will be duly repaired within half an hour, Mrs BOWsCr. Is my tool box down Cvllar:'
 Il l,clicvc su, but I wish you wouldn't lnctldlc with it, If anything happens, you -you'--
 Nothing will happen, and no one will blame you. If can save 1,0O0 year by
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
CREDIT WHERE IT WAS NOT DUE.
A Professor who-e Medicine Was Most If
 fectiNr In the Bottle.

A Professor who~e Medicine Was Most Ef-
 fectiVr In the Battle-
 There is a dOctOr connected with the University of Buffalo who has habit of saying. Do you catch the idea:'' to the young men who arc in his charge when he has made or tri"d to make a point ill his lectures at tho quiz classes
 Once he had m odd case among his private patients, and he invited a stu dent to go with him to Sce it The ra- tient was a woman. Before entering the room the doctor carefully explained the disease to the student and told him that he had sent the woman some medicine the night before which he was confident would help her. He explained the com position of the medicine, told what par ticular combination of drugs would bCn- eft this disease and then entered the sickroom-
 "How do you feel this morning. MrS- K :'' he asked
 "Oh, doctor" replied the patient. you have no idea how much better feel"
 ''There. young man." said the dUc- tor. turning to the student, do you catch the idea:'
 ''Ees. doctor" continued the sick woman. II do feel very much better. ''
 Took my medicine. l suppOse:' queried the doctor.
 Well. nc" replied the patient. "You see, my husband was detained away from home last night, and didn't get it at all .
 II don't think" broke ill the stu dent, that exactly caught the idea ''
 And the doctor hadn't q word to say. -Buffalo Express.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
HE HAD A GUN AT oCR EAR.

in our ear We underwent a rcvulsion of feeling, and We cheerfully promised him 10 publish oBr belief that he Is Cntircly worthy of public confidence as a lawyer, and that all stories affecting his reputa- tion as a gentleman arc base canards. While WIG made this promise under com pulsiOn we carry 1t out just the same. Our recourse, of course, Is to go out and look for Mir. Wheaton. This We shall do. At the timo of this writing our literary editor Is Oiling up our guns and seeing that everything is in order to make the affair a complete success.
 Saturday afternoon we were idiot enough to go to the postoffice without O gun be- hind our coattaiL The postmaster must have discovered our defcnseless condition by intuition, for the minute we stuck our head in the general delivery window to ask him if tho mail from Prescott had ar- rived he poked 0 six shooter under our nose and demanded that we take back ev- cry mean thing we ever said of him. Of the thousand or so clips We have had at the man in the last two years we could not recall over 50. We crawflshcd on those, however and agreed to publish the fact. We hereby publish as agreed We have had to shoot the man three times in two years to expedite the public service, and ~ some moro. He has been sitting behind a screen for the last three days, a shotgun across his knees and everything ready fol us, and some day soon we shall make him l a formal call
 1 On Sunday we mounted our running mule and rode out to commune with ma ture- We had just got fairly to commun ing when six of the cowboys from thG ranch struck our trail md ran us thret miles to cover. They had a rope with them, which had been properly soaped fol doing our business, and we were only savct | by the speed of our mule. The picture of ( state senator, mayor and editor flying fol his life before a gang of cowboys is not (
 pleasant one to our eye, but we must chok'
 down our chagrin until the occasion arise
 for getting even
 On Monday we had to apologize to Mrs
 Colonel Jackson for saying that she raI | away from another husband in the east
 and on Tuesday Mir. Williams of the Bii
 Bear saloon made us take water for sayinl
 that he was fugitive from justice iron
 Wisconsin. Wednesday came the bitteres | pill of all to swallow. Lung Sing, a China
 man about whom we had joke the weel
 before, caught us unarmed on Apach I avenue and put gun at our chin am made us hold up our bands and render
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Showing That an Editors Life Is Not Al.
 ways a Bed of Roses.

ways Bed of Roses.
 AN UNFORTUNATE WEEK-Wc have many reasons to feel ashamed of the events of the past week, and yet in each and cv- cry instance circumstances were beyond our power to control. Our paper was not yet clear of the press on Thursday when old Joe Davis, the champion mountain lion killer of the west, entered our sane tum with rifle as long us n fence rail and proceeded to mako us eat dirt. The old man can neither read nor write but in the dim past some one told him that Plutarch was q mighty hunter and had killed above 30 mountain lions. That aroused old Joc's admiration, and at the last election he wouldn't vote because Plutarch wasn't on the ticket. About four weeks ago THE KICKER contained a squib about old Joe and Plutarch, and some one read it to him 10 miles away. He came in Thursday to demand an apol- ogy, and when we found that old lion killing gun pointed at us we got right down on our marrow bones and rendered up n long, broad and juicy apology. We furthermore agreed to make public re- traction, and we now state and declare that old Flute was one of the finest old boys of his day and generation. He could outjump outshCot and outyell any other critter wearing cowhidc boots, and in case his friends have neglected to mark his last nesting place we stand ready to chip in S10 for a tombstone.
 Friday forenoon, just as We had clipped a leading editorial from n New York pa per to alter and amend and improve 1t for the west, we carelessly turned our back to the door. MT. J. M. Wheaton, a law yer whom VIC have made crawfish on scv- eral occasions, was watching for just such an opening and the first thing we knew he had a gun at our ear and was threaten ing us with death if WIG did not do some vigorous retracting. On two different oc- casiOns THE KICKER has stated that MT. Wheaton was a shyster lawyer who had narrowly escaped being sent to prison in | Iowa for corrupt practice. So lsng as we had the bulge on MT. Wheaton WIG fully believed in these statements, and also that Inc was good man to let alone. As soon as we felt that gun pOking around
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
De Gu.tfbus Non Disputandum.

At the hospital the other morning one of the patients was just recovering from an attack of dclirium trcmcns, and, as Is usual in such cases, desired to dress and go home morc than anything else It hap pencd that one of the young ladies con nectcd with the flower mission saw him, and approaching said: II have some beau tiful roses here. Wouldn't you like somc'"
 No response.
 Again she said, "Wouldn't you like to have some of these ruscs;"
 Slowly his head turned, and slightly opening his bleary eyes he said, much to the embarrassment of tho young woman I'd n d-d sight rather have my pants. |" Life
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
HOW WIRE IS MADE
Its Manufacture . Very Interesting and
 Unfque Mechanical Process.


 The rod is received by the wire draw CT in the form of a coil, the rod being of varying section and the coil of a weight depending upon the purpose for which it is intended One end of the rod is pointed and somewhat reduced by machinery. The coil is then given a bath in mild acid to remove all oxida- ton, afterward washed in Hmewater to give a drawing surface and is finally dried in a proper oven When ready for drawing, the pointed rod is inserted in one of the holes of a drawing plate. This plate Is generally of steel, but some fac tories use cast iron. The drawing holes are conical, and the rod is inserted from the larger end On the other side of the plate the pointed end is seized by pow CT pinchers and pulled until enough has been drawn through to allow of its be ing passed around and fastened to a drum or reel which is driven by power. Of course the rod is reduced in area and much elongated, and this without any perceptible loss of metal. While passing through the plate it is kept fabricated with what is called wire drawers soap or grease After being drawn through this first hole it is put through a series of smaller ones until 1t has been brOr ght down to the requisite size. But the com pression and disturbance o* the structure of the rod consequent upon these rcduc- tions have hardened it 90 much that at certain stages it is necessary to stop the process and soften the metal by anneal- ing. After this it is again washed in acid, etc, and the drawing is resumed Iron and the harder grades of steel re quirc five or six annealings while being reduced tO the finer gauges of wire But the manufacture of soft steel and the details of rolling it into rods have been so perfected that soft steel rods can now be drawn into fence wire without any cleaning or auncaling. After the final drawing the wire is finished in various ways. depending upon the purposes for which it is intended
 No matter of what metal the wire may be composed, the same general sys- tenn of drawing Is used. varying more or less according to the metal. Includ- ing gold. silver. platinum. copper. etc |. the commercial sizes of wire run from one-fOurth inch to One-scNcu hundretith inch in diameter Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
THE SKIRMiSHER.

Soldiers arc most frequently wounded in the lower cxtrcmitics.
 During the Revolutionary war there were rarrly murc than 30, OOO men in the field a, one time.
 Rear Admiral TChaikuwski, command CT of the irunclad SinOpC, was recently ap pointed chief of the staff of the Russian Black sea fleet.
 The great army with which Napoleon undertook to invade Russia numbered 45S, GOO men. It rccrussCd tho Nistula n rncrc wrvCk of l5,UnU half famishcd and demoraliZcd soldiers.
 It would seem that France had had enough of war and glory during the past log years. Between l192 and 1915 . 25u. 900 of her sons lost their lives in war, and during the present century 6,30n, GOO have rone in the same way.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
MAKING THEIR OWN PILLS.
Dlctors TaIsins to n Custom That Troubl.
 the Apothecaries.


 our business is suffering to some extent from new fad of the physician that is growing rapidly, Iregret to say, |" said an apothecary. Tn old times, of course, it was quite usual for medical practitioners to put up their own pre-. scriptions. Oddly enough, they are talk. ing up the practice again in O fresh form. They do not prepare the medi- cines they prescribe, but good many of them they give to their patients in the shape of pills For example, you consult Dr. Squills for symptoms which indicate a stomach disorder. Instead of writing prescription for it, he gives you half dozen little tablets and tells you to call again in couple of days You go back again and get some more of the same pills-one to be taken after each meal, you are instructed. That transaction robs the apothecary of the 50 cents he would have got for filling the prescription. It might seem to you that the expense of furnishing their own medicines would deter physicians from adopting this plan, but I will quickly explain to you how it works to their advantage. You must understand,
 
 tablets at wholesale rates, so that the cost is not very great. Nasty doses are no longer in fashion, and a large num- Der of remedies-particular the coal tar preparations-are put up nowadays in the shape speak of.
 ''Dr. Squills gives you six tablets and tells you to come back on Friday. In that way he secures another visit from you and rakes ill an additional g. That is where his profit comes in. Further more, if your friend Mrs. Robbins hap pens to be suffcrings from symptoms similar to your own, you cannot furnish her with some of tho pills which have done you so much good, as you could dc if you had prescription. You can only recommend her to Dr. Squills, who scoops in another fee. So you can seo for yourself that this plan, while de. cidedly injurious to our trade, is n great help to the doctors. In one way it works we'll. Not having prescription. the patient cannot obtain indefinite quanti- ties of the medicine by having it put up again and again at the apOthecary's. IL is in that manner more than any other that people acquire dangerous drug hab. it's
 ''To such point of development has this new fad of the physicians arrived that great factories are kept busy turn. ing out tablets and pills for sale to doc. tors only. The firms that own these es. tablishmcnts send agents all over the country to solicit tho patronage of med. ical men. From the latter they obtain orders for the doses ill small compass at so much per 1000 or 10, 900, put up ill bottles or boxes. The pills arc carefully prepared according to formuln of rec ognizcd value, drugs of the best quality being employed. "-St. Louis Globe. Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30

table Compound goesdirect to the source of trouble. drives out disease, and curcS back ache, fainting, despondency, blOating. ovarian troubles, and leucorrhea-
 "I would have been in my grave if had not taken Mrs. Pinkham's medicines. Mus. HANNAH HYDE. Bethel. lnd-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30

i,lcllces show ccluponherby thousands. Her Vegetable Com pound has done more fOrwoncn than any other remedy.
 |" The great cause of wo- mans misery is in her womb. Lydia E. Pink hams Ncge- tahlaE0nDOunt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
NnATfs TT SAu ''

I'll thank yo' all de rest O my life. White folks knows jest how to talk in a letter. |"
 You love her as you have never loved before or can againt'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
Queer Freak of Memory.

The French scientist, Ribot, in his work on Diseases of the Memory" tells of man 30 years of age, of considcra- ble learning and requirements. who was found at the termination of se- we're illness to have lost the recollection of everything, even the names of the most common objects.
 As soon as his health was restored he began to acquire knowledge like child. After learning the names of objects he was taught to read, and after this be- gan to learn Latin. He made cunsidora. ble progress when one day in reading his lesson with his brother, who was his teacher, he suddenly stopped and put his hand to his head.
 What Is the matter? Don't you feel wcll:" asked his brother.
 ''I feel peculiar sensation in my head, ho replied, and now it seems to me knew all this before.
 Strange to say, from that time he rapidly recovered his faculties and could never understand how 1t had been nee. essary to teach him reading and writing when he was 80 years of ago and pro- ficicnt ill both.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
Justified.

Eyes so brown and hair so curly. In the house she reigns supreme. Every morni.sg rises early, Has no tin. 10 lie and dream Soul that overflows with laughter, Face o'crz zpread with happy smiles Life would be a great hereafter, But for the joy which she beguiles. And each day, as tired and hungry Home from work l wend my way, No occasion to get angry,
 Dinner cooked and served au fait. Still I love not this fair creature, Though she makes existente sweet Do you think my hardened nature Is with stoicism replete? For fear you should, don't mind saying That my meaning you've mistook. feel justified in paying
 All these Compliments to the cook.
 New York W orld.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
Criminals Change Their Faces.

Surgcry's discovery of n way to oblit, crate facial blemishcs has given the de- tective forces great deal of difficulty in locating well known criminals. By these operations the whole character of the facial expression is sometimes changed by few delft jabs of lancet. The wounds heal in n very short time and in most cases can never be noticed. The criminal fraternity are not slow tc take hold of this knowledge, and in con sequence the descriptions ill the posses sion of the detectives cannot always bt depended upon. Call.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
A WHITE MANS LETTER.

How It Was Changed to Conform With Ex-
 isting Circumstances.
 As sat in the hotel reading room, close to a window opening out on a veranda, a eolored man appeared at the window and looked so wistful that asked him if he wanted anything of me. He looked all around to see that no one else was near and then whispered:
 '.I'ze jest dyin fur Tub O de gal who cooks fur dis hotel''
 Well, have you told her sop ..- "No, sah, but wants to tell her in Q letter. Hain't got de couraige to talk to
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
Not Ohscnre Bnefrx.

m give SlO." said the old subscriber as he shook an open copy of tho magazine flerccly in the publishers facc-''I'll give Sl0 if any one will tell me what this poem means"
 behind him.
 ''Who arc you, sir?" asked the old sub scribCr
 ''Thc author of tho poem" said the newcomer.-Chicago Tribune
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
Gen Pass Agent. BoStn
E.H.&H. Railroad Time Table
June r.. 1891. NAUGATCCK DIVISION.

Trains leave Waterbury as follow: Frr NEW YORK-6.O5. SIP, lO-50 m: l.2s. S25 44Opm. Sundav. 4.l5 ? n- Return 5CD 6.nO % IOO3 d III lOc. i-0e.6-O1- nm Sunday. 6iJ q II. For NEW HAVEN. via Derby JunctlC-- 6uo. sl2 lOSO a m {: I-lS. S25. 5-S3 ? m- Return via Derby Junction o0. 10 m. I1ON a.gT 5Sn .S5 p. m sunday. S-lO a m Fnr NEW HAVEN. NEW LONDON. etc. via Naugatuck Junction 1. 10 m. For BRiDGEPORT-6OS. s11 1esO m Ias sa5 40. 5-5S m. Sunday itY m RatTEn at .Os. SIP 9-i0 8 m {: l2JJJ 22s.53OI ii nm. Sundays Is a m- For ASSONIA-s-O5. s-l2, Io5O l2H; 3a5440SsS7 % tmi1ed) p m. Sunday. 4-ls Ra,urn at 7.Is. s54 1o21 a m :: 12SI 3-o1. 6.1O SIS D m. sunday s.46 m. wATERTOWN-6-iO sSS. 1111 6 m S5S sI2, 7O4 D III. Saturday BIS p h. Return at $40. T.iO. 10 70 a n 2-So. 4S5. e-SC pm Saturday 7-35 m. Fur THOMASTON-s3S. 1ll2 m: S-sS' ops pm. Sunday 9-25 a m.
 Return at T.43. 102S . m; 2bS o-2o p m Sunday SAT 2 m- o pm Sunday s.75 m-
 Return at 70. lO-Oo a m; 2-S S-US p III Sunday 3-Z3 ?. m- For WINSTED-s2SS. 1l-12 a. m.: 3S3. 6s' ? m Sunday. 9.25 m
 Return at OO a.iO a. m; POS. AZ T.. m sunday. 800 D. m-
 CT. HAMPSTEAD. Gen ra@s Agent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30

personal apology. Of course We got our guns and looked for him later o:s. hut he had gone off with drove of mules, and we were left to stand on the record It was, taken all in all, the dreariest week of our whole editorial life, and we hope never to see such another. As soon as this issue is in the mails we shall buckle on our guns and start out to see if we cannot change the current of affairs and regain our lost prestige.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
Starter Rowe Arrested.

NEW YORK, Aug 8o-A warrant was served on Starter James ROwo at the Sheepshcad Bay race track charging him with assault Jockey Tod Sloane the complainant, charges that the starter struck him with a whip while hs was on O horse nt tho post before a race.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
NeCcssarN.

Lady," began Mir. Dismal Dawson, you scc hrforc you n man whusc name is mud-m II q, mud.
 ''Th"rc must bc some mistake in your calculations, replied the lady. 1t takes water to make mud. d.''-Indianapolis Jour nal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-30
HntrI Clerks Suicide.

CHICAGO. Aug 3O.-M. F. Rrenton committed suicide at he.Great Northern hotel by taking morphine. He left letters indicating that his action was due to a charge of cmbezzlemont made against him by the proprietor Of the Schneider House in Columbus, whero he was recently em- ploycd as clerk.