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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
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WHY THE JUROR HELD OUT.
The Extraordinary Secret Imparted to
 Chief Justice In England.
OCTAvUS COHEN

The Extraordinary Secret Imparted to 9 Chief Justice In England.
 The most remarkable case of jury "standing out'' against what seemed irrefutable testimony, and all through the resolution of one man, occurred be- fore Chief Justice Dyer many years ago. He presided at a murder trial in whi oh everything went against the prisoner, who on his part could only say that on his going to work in the morning he had found the murdered man dying and tried to help him, whereby he had be- come covered with blood, but when the man presently died he had come away and said nothing about it, because he was known to have had a quarrel with the deceased and feared he might get into trouble. The hayfork with which the man had been murdered had the prisoners name on it. In other re- spects his guilt appeared to be clearly established, and the chief justice was convinced of it, but the jury returned a verdict of Not guilty"
 This was Chief Justice Dyer's case, and he put some very searching ques- tions to the high sheriff. The cause of the acquittal, said the official, was un- doubtedly the foreman, farmer of ex- cellent character, esteemed by all his neighbors, and very unlikely to be ob- stinate or vexatious. Then" said the judge, II must see this foreman, for an explanation of the matter l will have. !" The foreman came, and after extracting from his lordship a promise of secrecy Ornvod at ppro that the OrisONeP had been rightly acquitted, flor, said he. "it was myself who killed the man. !"
 It had been no murder, for the other had attacked him with the hayfork, and as he eshowed-severely injured him,
 but in the struggle to get possession of the weapon he had the misfortune to give the man a fatal wound. He had no fears as to his being found guilty of murder, but, the assiZes being just over, his farm and affairs would have been ruined by confession, through lying in jail so long, so he suffered mat ters to take their course. He was hor- rified to find one of his own servants ac- cused of the murder. He supported his wife and children while in jail; managed to be placed on the jury and elected foreman. He added that if he had failed in this he would certainly have confessed to his own share in the business, and the judge believed him.
 Every year for 15 years the judge made inquiries as to the foreman's exis- tence, and at last, happening to survive him, he considered himself free to tell the story. y.-London News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
Got Even With the Preacher.

A lawyer of this city tells story of how he got even with a preacher. It was on the occasion of his second mar riage. After concluding the ceremony the minister took advantage of the privilege accorded him by custom of kissing the bride. While so engaged the groom suddenly imprinted re- sounding kiss on the cheek of the min ister's wife, who was standing immedi- ately behind the wedding party.
 The lady was indignant, and the min ister asked for an explanation. Coolly enough and in few words, the groom expressed the opinion that it was poor rule that would not work both ways and that he had as much right to kiss the preachers wife as the former had to kiss the bride.-Louisville Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A pinch of soda added to fruit while you are stewing 1t will take away much of it's tartness, and less sugar will be needed.
 If bottle or fruit jar Is placed on towel well soaked in hot water, there ia little danger of it's being cracked by the introduc- tion of a hot liquid.
 When anything Is spilled on the stove or milk has boiled over and a suffocating smoke arises, sprinkle the spot with salt, and 1t will disappear Immediately.
 A simple plan of disinfecting rooms con- sists in putting 6 saucerful of salt in the middle of room and pouring on 1t dram or two of sulphuric acid. The fumes that arise do the work of disinfection.
 Provided.
 The eyes of the Senegambian matron sparkled.
 ''Oh, what a lovely feather boar she exclaimed. "You dear, good manr'
 Sternly the husband iisengaged him. self from her embrace.
 "Whenever," he austerely observed, i've are invited to functions in the fu- ture, don't want to bear any more talk essc4t not having thing to wear.~
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
PEN. PENCIL AND BRUSH,

Henry Gust, M. F., next in succession to
 the Earl of Brownlow. is the editor of w.
 W. Astor's Pall Mall Gazette. | Ouida expresses the opinion that the
 nineteenth century clothing of the English
 man is ''the most frightful, grotesque and | disgraceful costumes the world has ever
 seen"
 l MT. Jerome K. Jerome it is said, will soon lay aside his humorous pen, which has | brought him so much fame and money, and
 turn his attention to serious work His latest humorous book, Novel Notes," is
 serious enough.
 | Mrs. Alexander, the English novelist, has been lame for two years from curious
 cause She suffered serious hurt to the
 knee, owing to her cramped position in the dress circle of London theater one even ing and she is now unable to walk without 8 stick.
 MT. Whistler, the painter, had no taste ! for gross hattery. It is said that a newly introduced sycophant thus addressed him,
 "There are only two great painters in the world-.yourself and Velasquez." "Why
 drag in Velasquez?" replied Mir. Whistler | drily.
 Adelia Louise Stowe, q literary person of Omaha, asked the local courts for permis- SlOu to Cnduge ner name to OhOnnSCdmm, on | the plea that she could better achieve fame | with an uncommon name. The court earned her gratitude by considering her grounds frivolous and rejecting her petition. | General Lew Wallace confesses: My life
 does seem to have been what men call hap oily successful; but, honor bright, what
 worries me is that Ive invented fshpole and can't do thing with it. The finest thing of the kind you ever saw-made of aluminium, hollow, line comes down in- side the pole, light, we'll balanced"-but it will not work
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
How to Make Mince Meat.

For every cup of cooked, chopped meat take cups of chopped apples, a cup of the meat broth or liquor, cup of raisins, a cup of entrants, a cup of brown sugar, one-half cup of molasses, a teaspOonful of cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful each of cloves and all spice, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of mace, the juice and grated rind of a lemon, one-fourth of pound of citron, and one-half of a pound of candied fruit. Mix well together, add cups of cider and simmer until apples and raisins are soft. When taken from the fire, add one-fourth of cup of bran dy. Substitute for the cider a cup of sweet pickle vinegar, and use in place of the fruit remnants of jelly and pre- serves. The liquor from branded and pickled peaches aids in making delicious mince pies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
4 THEATRICAL REVIEW.
Sydney Grundy's Sowing the
 Wind" Is an Artistic Success.
CYRIL SCOTTs FINE ACTING.

bel Eaton's Proposed Starring Tour.
 Can the Success of 8 Play Be Foretold?
 Other Interesting Chitchat.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-"Sowing the Wind" at the Empire theater is an artistic success In that respect it is like it's immediate pred ecessor, "Phe Councillors Wife" It is also apparently ''go' from the potent view point of the box office. Therein it differs radically from "The Councillors Wife"
 Sowing the Wind" is the work of Syd- ney Grundy, a man who makes his charac- ters say absolutely impossible things in such charming and convincing manner hat one is forced to accept them without question. The language of the play is beau
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
HIS HAND WAS ROUGH.

His hand was rough and His hand was hard, For He wrought in wood in Nazareth town; With naught of worship, with no regard, In the village street He went up and down. His hand was rough, but its touch was light, As it lay on the eyes of him born blind; Or strake sick folk in its healing might, And gave back joy to the hearts that pined. His hand was hard, but they spiked it fast To the splintering wood of the cursed tree; And He hung in the sight of the world, at last In His shame. And the red blood trickled
 free.
 New York Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12

hear that at the end of the present en- gagement of Coquelin and Hading at Hen ry E. Abbey's new theater, and after Henry
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
A RIBBON FRAME FOR PICTURE.

serving, not few are worthy of fram- ing and hanging at least in the sitting room and bedrooms of the average homes.
 To preserve one that pleases, a single frame can be made that is ample protec- ton and costs but 8 trife of labor and expense by following these directions, given in the New York Times:
 Gum the picture on a mat of bristol board, leaving margin the width of the ribbon to be used, about 14 inches. Fit piece of window glass over the mat and picture, holding it in place on either side with a band of ribbon passed quite around glass and mat and secured with bow. A piece of narrower ribbon or wire attached to the mat and glass through perforation hangs the picture.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
Her Scheme Failed.

The latest instance of crime bringing its own punishment comes, on the au- thority of Dr. Leonard Guthrie, from Italy An Italian woman had a hus- band, and the husband had the dropsy. But the dropsy did not work quickly enough. The woman put a toad into her husbands wine to poison him. But the poison which the toad's skin se- cretes has an active principle-phrynin which much resembles digitalis, which is the best possible remedy for dropsy pending on heart disease. So, instead of killing her husband, she re- stored him to health.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
HENRY F. ABBEY.

Irving shall have played his brief return date at that house, MT. Abbey will put on Gilbert & Sullivan's latest opera, Utopia, Limited" which, by the way, American managers have not been tumbling over one another to get, as in the palmy old days of ''The Mikado," etc. "The Gondoliers," !" that frightfully dull concoction, has evil dently done it's work to some extent. If it be true that Mr. Abbey will put opera on at his theater, it knocks into a cooked hat the industriously circulated rumor that he would have fine stock company there. and it also disposes of the idea, which was re- markedly we'll understood for something that was not inspired that none but the highest grade and strictly legitimate at fractions would be permitted to appear at the new house.
 Mir. Abbey has more at stake than any theatrical manager in America, not even excepting Charles Frohman. What wi.h the big opera company, with heavier ex~ penses per night than almost any other at traction in town has per week, to say noth- ing of his own theater, the Metropolitan Opera House, the tours of the Irving-Terry and Coquelin- Hading companies in this country and Sara Bernhardt in Europe, to- gether with his mammoth spectacle, Amer ica," which, by the way, is not doing near ly so we'll as it might, Henry E. Abbey Is indeed a busy man and is entitled to the distinction of being referred to as 'the theatrical Napoleon"
 Miss Mabel Eaton. the remarkably clever young emotional actress who will star in David Belasco's strong play, La BeAe Russe," is very ambitious, and the fact that she is also beautiful will not tend to impede her upward progress on the stage. She is not quite 21 years old and went on the stage but little more than two years ago as a member of Augustin Daly's com pany, in which she was intrusted with only small parts. In the latter part of the sea- son of 1S91-2 Miss Eaton joined Annie Pix ley. Her work was so good that she at tracted the attention of Rose Coghlan, who engaged her to play Mion in "Diplomacy."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
It Looked That Way.

An Italian organ grinder recently escaped fine by his wit. He had been playing be- fore the house of an irascible old gentle man, who furiously and amid wild gesticu lations ordered him to move on. The Ital- ian stolidly stood his ground and played on, and at last was arrested for causing dis turbance. At the court the magistrate asked him why he did not leave when he was requested.
 ''Me no understan mooch Inglese," was the reply.
 "Well, but you must have understood by his motions that he wanted you to go," said the magistrate.
 II tink he come to dance." was the re- ioinder.-Tit-Bits.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12

HOODS PIILs arc the beat After-dtnAsr Pflls .sG,E1 cixOssIocs eu-s hssaAehs- TTy box So.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
Wanted n Variety ofThem,

Mrs. Newrich irate)-I've a good mind to sue you for your work on that last order to engrave my silverware.
 The Designer and Engraver-What is the trouble, madam?
 Mrs. Newrich-Trouble! Why, told you not to spare any pains to make it the swcllest job you knew how, and here you've put just the same coat of arms on every piece!-Chicago Record
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
A Vivid Description.

= Willie heard some wonderful music on the street one day and ran home to tell his mother about it.
 "There was & man with fiddle" he said, land another man who had big thing with a lot of strings on it, and ev- cry time he pinched it it squealed."
 1t required special investigation to discover that Willie had seen man play ing on a harp. -Harper's Bazaar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
AnnlRs nn1 BnfatnnS.

Apples and potatoes should never be kept in the same cellar, or if this is un- avoidable the potatoes should be kept in the warmest part of the cellar and ap- pies in barrel we'll headed up near the windows, where on days when the air outside is only few degrees above freez- ing they can be treated to a cold breeze from the open windows, while at the same time the atmosphere in the part of the cellar where the potatoes are kept does not fall below 40 degrees.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12

There is a difference in the time of digestion between one meat and another and between different conditions of the same meat. Raw beef disappears from the stomach in about two hours. The same beef boiled takes three hours, while thoroughly roasted beef is not di- gested until four hours have elapsed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
So He Would Know,

She had called at her husbands office, and she told him that in case he got home first he would find the key where she had hidden it on the porch.
 He did get home first, and he found this notice in his wife's handwriting in con- spicuous place on the front door:
 Dear Fred-I have hidden the key so that no one can find it but you. It is under the left lower corner of the doormat.''- Cnlcago Record.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
Simple Cure For a Cough.

This old time cure is not to be de- spised because it is simple and within the reach of all: Slice three or four onions on a shallow plate, pour over them half a cupful of sugar, cover with another plate, place on the back of the stove and let them simmer until cooked. Eat the preserved onions instead of sup. per, and repeat next day if the cough is not cured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
SAVE DOCrOR'S RlLLS

by paying attention to properly regulating and one derangements of the system which follow neglect of this precauton. Once used for this purpose, Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets are always in favor. They're purely vegetable and far better, as a liver pill, than blue pills or calomel Their secondary effect is to keep the bowels open and regular-not to constipate.
 Miss MARY ANGUISH, of Glen Edston, Mar shall Co.,, ". Td., writes: 1.-Two years ago I
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H.&H. Railroad Time Table
 June II. 1893.
 NAUGATUCK DIVISION.

Trains leave Waterbury as follows. For NEW YORK-6.os. 7s0, s.aR lo.bo am.1os 3.25 b.53 m. Sunday. AIS D m, ' Return SM, 800. lOOS m; loo. 4.O2, sO3 pm. Sunday. 601 a m. ""' For NEW HAVEN. via Naugatuck Junction ESQ s26 m; l.2a. 32b. bbs m, Via Derby Junction. 6.05 8.26. lO.5O a m: aS 3.25 5.53 D m. i LEO Return via Naugatuck Junction at AZ -
 Sunday, 800 a m. Via Derby Junctinn 100, 9.42 a. m; 12.00. 220 BS0 74O n m, Sunday. BIO a m ~ p' 'u' For BRIDGEPORT-6'06 ' 70. s.26 lObO a m l,28, 3.25, B.B3 ? m. Sunday Ilb n m " Return at LOS, $40 a m {: 12. .O0 2.2a E 90 Ya7 pm. Sunday 8, ,1B a m. " For ANSONIA-6.06. 2. 30. s.26, I06O a m I oa
 5.26. b.ba, 7.eo (mixed) D m. Sunday. i.is Return at TAO, 1o.21. a m 123l S.01 6.I0. ao pm. Sunday 8.46 a m.
 For WATERTOWN-6.A 8.37, s1.l7 a m ka
 6.12, 704 m. Saturday 9lB m Return at 6.2b. 2 6S, 1880 m 2bO Aab A ao pm. Saturday T36 D m. ~ For THOMASTON-s,S ii.I2a a m: sBa eKo
 900 D m. Sunday 9.26 a m. wy Return at .06, 7.55 1928 m 2.B5 g. 2e n m
 Sunday SAT m. ' For TORRINGTON-8.s2 ll.12a m asa ko 9.06 D m. Sunday 92b m. '' Return at 6.A7. 7.3I, lO20 m; 2.SO Sl,s n n,
 Sunday 3.23 D m.
 For WINSTED--8.32. 11.l2 m: a.S2 ese a no pm. Sunday e.2S Q m. WY Return at e.so. 5.lo GAO m a.Ds. 6.xs n m HundaYis plTn. - - cT.HEaEpsTxAp. Gen rsss Assna
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NOT ICE.

NOTICE. To the Legal Voters of the Center Schoo District of the Town of Waterbury: The legal voters of the Center School district of the town of Waterbury are here by warned and notified that special dis trict meeting will be held in the district court room, City hall building, in said dis trict, on Saturday evening January 13, 1892, at 8 o'clock; for the purpose of taking action on the matter of purchasing for the use of said district, a certain piece of land adjoining and connecting with the Ridge street school property, so called. owned by John Fay and at present occupied by the north wall of the Ridge street school prop. erty, so called.
 ALFRED J. WOLFF,
 MICHAEL BEGNAL,
 CHARLES $. CHAPMAN,
 JOHN J. MCDONALD,
 JAY H. HART,
 District Committee. THOMAS J. MORAN, Clerk.
 Waterbury, January 8, 1894.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
Strategy.

MT. Wickwire-You ought to be ashamed of the way you encourage that Mrs. Garsup to keep calling here. Do you really enjoy hearing your neighbors talked about?
 Mrs. Wickwire-No, I can't say that I do.~ But as long as I keep her here know she is not talking about me.-Indianapolis Journal
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II never get mad at fool, was the cutting replark of a man who wanted to crush a rival That accounts for your always being on such good terms with yourself" was the reply.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
The American Abroad.

Diggs-Thero is one thing about an American 1 don t understand.
 Figgs-What?
 Diggs-Ho brags about his country all the time he is here and about our country all the time after he gets home.-London Tit-Bits.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
No Wonder.

He's great admirer of Miss Cubley's. And he's such a thin, withered, dried up specimen of man!'
 Eve noticed that when she speaks to him he seems q good deal-um-rattled.'- .'-Chi- cago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
A Rag For SoiIed Linen,

A very pretty bag for soiled linen, dress pieces or other use may be made of two checked towels. Modern Priscil- Ia tells how to decorate it: The squares
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
FREDDIE GEBHARD,s FlANcEE.
Miss Morris, the Baltimore Beauty Whom
 He Will Soon Wed.


 He Will Soon Wed.
 Like Barkis, Frederick Gebhard, the apparently incorrigible bachelor, club man, horseman and erstwhile admirer of the Jersey Lily, is at last "willin" to ex- change the irresponsibilities of celibacy for the cares and responsibilities of Ben edict. Miss Louise H. Morris, the so- ciety Peggotty who has won his heart, is 8 Baltimore belle, tall and divinely fair, blue eyed, brown haired and possessing such exquisitelv chiseled features that she is said to closely resemble the pret- tiest and most queenly woman Du Mau- rier draws. She is the personiication of youth, health and vitality, and as she is credited with possessing sparkling wit there is doubtless much more humor in her than is to be found in the pictures she is said to resemble.
 Her parents are MT. and Mrs. John B. Morris of Baltimore, and since her debut about three years ago, when she was two years beyond sweet 16, she has been one of the most admired women in New
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
SCENE FROM SOWING THE WIND. "

6OENE HUM bOWINH HE W1NU. tiful, although there is perhaps asuperluity of it and dearth of action. But what would ordinarily be dreary wastes of talk MT. Grundy's facile pen converts into ap- parently attractive oases.
 The story of Sowing the Wind" is not startlingly original. except perhaps in few minor respects, and the treatment of the subject is decidedly conventional, and yet there is no denying the fact that it is an in tensely interesting play. Its principal fault is that the subject, which is good for about three acts, has been stretched out by MT. Grundy into four.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12

my stomach. A phy- sician pronounced my case 'Catarrh of the Stomach but he could not help me. I lived a month without solid food and when I tried to eat l would vomit. At this time I began taking Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and in two weeks 1 was decid- cdly better. l am now . in good health, and never felt better in my life. I have a better color, eat more, and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
FRAMING PICTURES.

Protecting Pictures of High Grade Art Excellence at a Trifiing Cost.
 Many households are at the present time rich in accumulation of pictures of gen. uine artistic merits, such, for instance, as ones included in the holiday numbers of the magazines and periodicals While all may not be worth the trouble of pre-
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there. He tries to force it down che throats of his patrons, and they stand it If awhile When we have first class stock company giving American plays because they are meritorious and not because they are written by some individual whose repu- tation is due to the fact that he is willing to write claptrap, we may begin to talk of the native drama, but certainly not until then.
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CONVENIENT AND PRETTY.

are embroidered in crewel, with tiny fig ures in cross stitch, and the seams are feather stitched. The bag is turned over at the top to form frill, through which draw strings are run. Pompons of crew. el finish the bag.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
Assignee Sale.

The bankrupt stock of boots and shoes of M. Holczer, 199 South Main street, oppo- site Grand street, must be sold at once in order to make a settlement with the credi- tors, Cost no object.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12

Letters and communications should bear the name and address of the writer in each case as a guarantee of good faith. Anony- nous communications will not be printed.
 Any irregularity in delivery should be re- ported to the office at once.
 Entered at the Post Ofice at Waterbury as second-claSS matter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
Hard.

Hard. Said the living mermaid in the show, 'Deary mel But this business is slowl For my feet are in jail In this soft rubber tail, And the fat woman's stolen my beaul"
 -Harper's Baaar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-12
22d Annual Promenade Concert and Ball
 Given by the \AIA T E R B U RN Wire DePartna' \
 AT CITY HALL,
Friday, Jan. 12, '94

Music by Eighth Regiment band of New York, Prof Crowley Leader, Uffendale, prompter.
 Tickets admitting gent and ladies, $500. Doors open at p. m., Concert at S:3O. Free carriages in attendance.