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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
RAGING ACROSS THE LANDS.

drifts yet unmelted in the fence corners and in the gullies of the hillside, and it still retains some of the balm of sum. mer You will do we'll, too. if the choice is left to you, to begin your blowing in a field that has recently been cropped and not in one whose surface is covered with 0 sward of some years growth, especially if your team be light, for only the heaviest draft animals can be used in breaking sward with any com fort to the man who holds the blow handles. Light horses are obliged, in or der to haul the plowshare's s cutting edge through the sward' s thick mass, to move with much greater speed than the heavy ones, and the man who blows sward with horses weighing less than 1, 600 pounds apiece is far moro wearied when at noon the dinner horn calls to the midday meal than his neighbor whose team is heavier is likely to be at night
 My first experience as a plowboy was in the autumn in n l j acre field of sward that had not been turned for 20 years
 Fair and smooth this field appeared to the eye, for although it had originally been covered with stones they had been picked clean and laid into walls in place of fences, with the exception of here and there bowlder showing its rounded brown or white surface in strong con- trast with the prevailing green. These powders, however did not add to the difficulty of breaking up tho sod, for they could be avoided, but there were others, lying just below the surface, which could not be perceived till they
 were struck, and therein lay my great est difficulty. My team was light, one of the horses weighing about 1000 pounds and the other about 1. 100. Ev- cry farmer knows that such n team ought not to be put in to break sod. know it now, and it was in that field of sward that l learned it.
 My little horses, barely more than ponies, were admirably adapted to light road work. but not at all to breaking | sod. Besides being light they were high strung and doubtless indignant at the heavy task placed upon them. By no | possibility could they do the work Ut a steady. even gait. They were obliged to race across the Hands, " as the sections | into which field is divided by the | plowman are denominated. If you have | ever plowed, you do not need to know | of my misery during the fortnight that was consumed in breaking those , acres of sod. It was almost impossible to
 keep a straight furrow, and frequently
 the blow would run completely out of
 the ground, making it necessary to back
 the horses with one hand and haul the heavy iron sod breaker with the other
 to the point of leaving tho furrow. This
 almost constant bobbing in and out of
 the furrow was extremely conducive to
 bruises. As I am rather tall, was
 thumped continually in the region of
 tho hips, which became black and blue
 on the first day of my labors in the field
 and remained so until the work was en-
 tirely finished. If had been shorter oi
 stature, would have received the blow
 handles hammering on the ribs.
 |. This punishment and the exertion of
 keeping my team as near straight as
 possible were enough to make any one
 iD position to do so forswcar the occu,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06

me I am helping you. l have my thoughts. Now take me home
 took her home and telegraphed to brother detective to telegraph to the widow, and I waited and watched l saw her get into a carriage and go away. I followed and saw her take the train. If Kitty wanted her out of the way, she was safe.
 A few hours afterward I received note:
 Disguise yourself as an old woman and come here at once. Come in a cab Wear thick black veil. Send up word that you are nay Aunt Agnes. Lose no time.
 lost none. As went slowly up the stairs. with my black veil down, could hear my heart beat Kitty opened the door, called out, "Why, aunty, dear" and shut 1t.
 "I have opened the door between my room and Mrs. Mull's," she said. "I have found something. I can't appear in this matter. You must see for your self'
 She led me into the handsome room and went to a wardrobe. There, from beneath other dresses, she drew plainly cut coat, or redingote, of thin black cloth, with many buttons down the front, and spread it on q chair. About the height of the knees piece was torn l away and a button gone. "Hushr' she said. We don't know who may be listening. Make no sound.
 Then she took the bit of cloth from her pocket, fitted it to the rent and laid the button on it.
 ''The piece of cloth found in dead Mrs. Jeffries' hand came from this gar ment," was her remark. Yes" l said, ''she must have dis guised him in it. But-why"-
 "Goosey"" said Kitty. "Mr. Jeffries could not get into this. Mrs. Null wore it herself Mrs. Null killed old Mrs. Jeffries. The nephew knows nothing about it-guesses nothing This wicked woman wanted to marry him when he had inherited the estate. She has done it. I watched her through the peephole had made. I saw her writhe in agony, and, without speaking a word, wiring her hands and tear her hair. It was an awful sight, but kuew it was a guilty conscience that moved her. There-you have it all in your own hands now. I'll | go and tell Mrs. G. that have news which must take me away, pay her my board and go with you i'll the cab. I left her at her own door. Mrs. Null was arrested at the station on her return, and it was all as Kitty said. She made full confession. She had con- ceived the idea of murdering the old woman that her nephew might get the money, and she had hoped the poor roof mender would be charged with the | crime.
 She was q fiend in female form, but the thought that had driven q woman to the gaIlows haunted me and sickened me of the detective business, which l left very soon.
 Kitty and are keeping little hotel now and prospering very well.-London l Tit-Bits.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
Nothine Original About Him.

One of the greatest sorrows of famous personages is that it is impossible to live up to the ideal opinion which the people whom they meet in the ordinary affairs of life have formed of them.
 It is recorded that q certain literary man of high reputation had occasion to remark to waiter in the restaurant where he sometimes lunches:
 Waiter, this beefsteak is tough.
 The waiter looked at him with a sor- rOwful expression and sighed deeply.
 Perhaps you will tell me, " said the literary man, why you sigh in that fashion,"
 ''Ah, sir, said the waiter, II took you for q man who always said original things, and here you come and say just the same thing that all the rest of them 
 COTTON CARGOES AElAZE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
COTTON CARGoEs AeLAzE.
Fire Broke Out In the Holds of Seven Cot
 ton Laden Steamers.

SAVANNAH, Nov. 6.-Fire was discov- cred in the hold of the cotton steamer Skidby at the Central Compress wharf The Skidby had about 10, GOO bales on board. She had about concluded loading and would have cleared today. The fire had gained considerable headway when dis covered and Is still burning.
 About the same time it was discovered that there was fire in the hold of the steamer Baltim ore City at Gordon Press wharf about a mile away from the scene of the fire of the Skidby. Alongside the Baltimore City lay the steamer Castle Garth, and a few minutes after the dis covery that the formers cotton was aflre fire was also discovered in the forepeak of the Castle Garth, in which compart- ment there were about 100 bales of cotton and tho seamen's clothes. The fire on the Baltimore City was but small and was soon put out. On the Castle Garth however, 1t was more obstinate and was not extinguished until the sailors clothes had been burned and all the cotton in the compartment more or less damaged
 About an hour after the discovery of the fire on the Baltimore City an alarm of fire was given from the steamer Stag, also loading at Gordon's wharf along with the Baltimore City and the Castle Garth. This fire proved to be the most obstinate of the three at the Gordon wharf, and it is still raging. The Stag had on large proportion of her cargo. Some 100 bales have been taken from her hold and the holds of the Baltimore City and Gas. tie Garth and put on lighters
 About the same time that the Stag was reported afire at Gordon's fire broke ont in the hold of the steamer DeIgarth at the Central Press wharf, nenr the Skid by, where the first fro occurred, and in a few minutes the steamer Petunin. also at the Central Press wharf, was reported with fire in her cotton. The three ships at this wharf were not over 300 yards apart. The three other ships afirs were a mile away at the other end of the city. The fire on the Petunia was easily extinguished. The DelRarth's fire was extinguished when about 300 bales had been damaged. All of the fires were put out except those on the Stag and Skidby. The loss as far as can be estimated at this time is about $50. 900. The ships and cargoes are covered by insurance.
 As to the origin of the fires there is no satisfactory explanation.
 In the case of tho Stag a phosphores cent glow was seen in her hold Q few minutes before the fire broke out, and |, is surmised that the Stas's fire originated in this glow.
 There has recently been trouble amona the lonRshoremen in this city, but thers is none now. Last spring the union long. shorsmen went out on strike. but recent ly great many of the strikers have TO turned Co work at the rates at which the nonunion men were working.
 Early this morning fire was discovered In the steamship Armenia at the Central railroad wharf, making seven vessels now on the uxtn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06

YOU WON'T BREAK so MANY P'INTs." that autumn. and, so far as profits to himself were concerned, he wished would blow sod abounding in hidden bowldcrs-hard heads he called them for tho rest of my natural life. The last time l went tO him for n new supply he made suggestion which l adopted to my profit. though it was profitable to him too. |: was that should hire his horse at jO cents day and keep it until should finish tho blowing with the three horse team would then have at my command.
 You see my young friend, he said, that there horse of mine is heavier than either of yourn. and he'll kinder hold them back. Then if they go stid- dier and slower you won't break so many p'ints, and you won't run half so much risk of straining them ponies of yourn. You might easy spavin one of them or otherwise hurt him so that he would never be so good again.
 When the job was done and found that really had injured both my horses, wished that he had spoken sooner. but my wish in that direction was not half so strong as the wish that l had never thought of breaking sod for winter wheat. That was the crop l designed putting in, and in order to further fit the ground after blowing for the wheat had to dragi it. Some times dragging is called narrowing, but by whatever name you know it it is not n pleasant occu. patton. To be sure. the drag has no ham dles to thump you in the side, nor has it points to break on powders, but il Is n good denl harder to tramp over fresh ly turned soil, soft and spongy and yielding to the weight. than it is to walk along the hard bottom of a fur row. If the weather is dry. too he who drags is tortured with plague of dust; if 1t is wet, hc carries on his feet con- stantly increasing accumulation of earth. Some days at 6. when I knocked of work, 1 used to think my feet weigh ed q ton apiece.
 After the dragging came the drilling, which hired done. and tho following summer tho harvest, hired a man with an old fashioned reaper to cut my wheat and helped bind it myself. But that's another story. My farmer readers will not be surprised when 1 say that, the year being poor for wheat, the net prof its of my adventures in breaking sod for winter wheat, counting my own wages nothing. were only S7.15. Besides spavined one of my beautiful road DO. nies, as have already said. and the other got the heaves through being watered too soon after his work was finished and before he had timo to get cool.
 have never held blow handle since, and probably never shall again.
 NJ. l. DEXTER.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
JUST BEFORE RETIRING
How to Insure Peaceful and Refreshing
 SIumber and a Sweet Mouth.


 Slumber and a Sweet Mouth.
 A warm bath, a light lunch and a clean mouth before retiring are goo6 things to take. They promote sleep and ''clean" tongue in the morning What this lunch should be the consumer must decide. The juice of couple of oranges. half grape fruit, n cup of tea with dry toast, a sandwich and glass of ale, cup of hot bOuillun, biscuit and glass of sherry, crackers with milk and vichy, or bowl of bread and milk is the choice of as many different people. all healthy and handsome
 The best thing ill the morning after q cold plunge or sponge bath is cup of hot tea or coffee with q little lemon juice. The earlier this draft is taken the better. It should preccde the break fast by at least half an hour. This is prime for the alimentary canal. It is . comfort to the stomach, and puts the digestive organs in order. A cup of hot milk is also prescribed, and even hot water the first thing in the morning is not bad. For anything but the abusive cup of cold water the poor stomach will be grateful If an appetite for breakfast is wanted, and the time permits, take a walk to the corner, alone, inhaling and forcibly exhaling the air through the nostrils. No Sl0 cure in therapeutics can compare with this. New York World
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06

point was broken short of and lay ip the bottom of the shallow trench. against tho top of the powder had struggled with to my defeat. As had not antici- pated any such experience. being green in the matter of breaking sward, was obliged to leave my work and go three miles to the village for new point. To tho portly old "storekeeper. who had himself been Q farmer and when boy had personally had first experience be- tween the blow handles. told the story of my mishap. It seemed to him vastly amusing, and he suggested that should take half dozen points along, so that in case I ran across more powders l would not have to lose time making ex- tra trips. accepted his advice and drove back to the field determined to watch out for hidden obstacles the rest of the day. All went we'll until about 8 o'clock. Perhaps l had grown caro- less by that time, though, now that l think of it, fail to see how. with so light a team, I could have avoided breaking points. At all events, I struck another bowlder, and the result was even more disastrous than when I col. lided with the first one.
 My poor little horses were forging ahead quite as rapidly as before, their nostrils swelling and their necks and Hanks fiecked with foam, when we struck. I knew what was the matter this time, but was quite unprepared for what happened. It was not the point that gave way. but the iron beam, a much more serious matter, for while points cost but a few cents apiece the price of n beam runs up into the dol lars. l don't remember the exact amount, but it was enough to seem a great sum to me then. Besides it meant a much greater loss of time than if I had simply broken point, for to get n beam casting had to go to the county seat, some l6 miles away, where the blow was manufactured. Fortunately found on closely examining the break that there had been flaw in the cast ing, and for that reason was able to force the manufacturer to furnish a new beam gratis.
 have no distinct recollection of the number of powders with which after ward came in collision. It was probably less than 100. and I know it was more than six, for remember distinctly hay ing to make several trips to the good natured old storekeeper for more points He said was the best customer he had
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
HAxIMus

 I hold him srr.s vho. for iOve's sake.
 Can give. with generous. earnest win Yet he who takes for loycis Exexs sAks think hold moro gSnsr0cs sstIl bow before the noble mind
 That frecly some grras urSsg forgiv~& Yet noblcr Is the enc forgiven
 Who hcars fh2s burden wsn and nvsa If may bc hard so gatn and sfin
 To keep lowIy. sfeadfA<t ka@rt fst ks who lnsss hAs to fn
 A harder and . truer part Glorious it is to wear tho crown
 Of . deServed and purc succss<- Hs who kno~s how to fail has won
 AcrUwn who=S l1ster Is not lcS<L Great may he be who can command
 And rule with just and tender sway. Yet Is divincr wisdom taught
 Better by him wkO can 0bSy- Bis--sd arc they who die for God
 And earn the martyrs crowu sF Eskt SSf he who lives for God may be
 A grcatcr cunqucrUr m his sight
 -AdelAide FnOet~r A Warning to wearers of Bicycle saIts- II have just called, Miss Hainge. {" said the angry lover. ''to say farewell. but before say it want you 10 know that I have discovered your falsensss and despise you for it '
 "why. William. whatever is the matter:''
 "Oh, you know we'll enough Per haps didn't pass the gate last evening and see you with your head on another mans shoulderr'
 But, William. I haven't seen any man but you. dearest. Honestly. ] haven't"
 ''No. I suppose not. Then maybe am blind. deaf and dumb and an idiot Maybe you didn't have company last evening:''
 ''NO one, William. but my friend winifred. No. didn't. and Ithink you are n wretch
 And yuu didn't stand at the gate:" ''Oh. yes. We did We were counting the stars-making wishes Of them. ''Oh. yes. l suppose I was blind Now perhaps you'll describe Winifred to me!''
 ''why, she had on her felt hat. hel black bicycle suit. white shirt front with black satin tie and awhite dncl vest You know Winifred. william:" ''Um-m. sec he murmured- An' what might have been a modern traged. was averted. and William made it ul ou the spot. Bits
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
A REMARKABLE COMPLAINT.
The Young Man Understood It After .
 Lexicographer Helped Him.


 They were sitting in the parlor of Q west side house, and the conversation was dragging somewhat They had ex- hausted all the available social topics, had taken a dip into literature by crih- cising some of the latest novels, had dis oussed the summer resorts and the pros- poets for a good fall season. talked a bit about the theaters, and there did not seem to be much left
 After an embarrassing pause of five minutes the girl said: We have got the funniest cook. She says the most killing things"
 "Yes?'' put in the young man inter estedly.
 "Yes, she is O crank about sickness Every day she has some now sickness As n matter of fnct, she is great bux- om woman, strong and healthy as oan be. but she imagines she has one foot in the grave.
 "Must keep her busy finding symp- toms. :" said the young man.
 Indeed it does, and some of her com plaints are very Imaginable. Why. the other day she came in and told me in perfect seriousness that her bones were ossifying."
 The young man looked puzzled. He laughed a little. though, and said: "What a remarkable complaint! don t suppose it was true, doyou?" The young woman's face took on pained expres- sion. ''I said she said her bones were ossifying, she remarked.
 ''So understood. And l asked if it was true.
 The young woman passed her haDS at the young man pityingly and said: 1T am afraid you do not yet understand the drift of my remark. I said the cook came to me and told me that her bones were ossifying
 The young man bit his mustache. "l fully understood what you said, Miss Brown," he replied. 1T think, too, that gather the meaning of the remark. Still l do not suppose that, except in rare instances, such things do occur" ," She put both hands to her brow this time. smiled q bit and abruptly changed the conversation.
 Half an hour later the young man paused on his way to his room and hunt. ed up a dictionary. He turned nervous. ly to the O's, found O's and ran his fin. ger down the column until he came tC "ossify." Then he threw his hands into the air and shrieked, Great Scott, and didn't know that ossify means to turn to bonep'
 And he hasn't called on Miss Brown since. Buffalo Express.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
Enrr<f Air

There is q general impression that the humidity of the air is greater in tho woods than in the opcn fields This is contradiCted, however. by tho result of observations rccCntly made in Germany
 It was found there that the humidity. both relative and absolute, was slightly greater in the open than in the woods. and this was true equally in the morn ing and in the afternoon
 As to the temperature of the air among the trees. it was a trifie higher than in the open in the morning, and in a more marked degree in the afternoon -Youth's Companion
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
A HINuOO rUeM.

A Hindoo died-a happy thing 10 do When fifty years Tnited 10 a shrew. Released, he holt nlly for entrance cries Before the gates eI Brahma's paradise Hast been through purgatoryT" Brahma
 said
 "I have been ,-.arried.'' and he hung his head Come in! come ini and welcome, too, my
 son.
 Marriage and iurgatory are as one" In bliss extreme he entered heavens door And knew the bliss he ne'er had seen before. He scarce had entered in the garden fair, Another Hindoo asked admission there. The self same question Brahma asked again, Hast been through purgatoryT" "No.
 What then!''
 Thou caust not enter" did the god reply. He who went fn there was no more than l. :" -'All that is true, but he has married been And so on earth has suffered for his sim" '.Married2 'Tis well, for I've been married
 twice."
 "Begone: We'll have no fools in paradise"
 -Chari- : Hills in Home and Country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
stnmmerInr Chil,lren-

It is safe to say that, out of every l,00O children in the Boston schools, seven shutter or stammcr. Of all boys in the schools l. l2 per cent are stuttcr- CTS, while only .42 per cent of all girls stuttcr. This is in accord with observa- tions of European experts, who say that three or four times as many boys as girls stutter habitually. Boston schools show a smaller proportion of sufferers than German and Russian schools. Boston Transcript.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
g,A&H. Railroad Time Table
uhe r.. 1894. sAU6ATCCE DIVISION.

Train. leave Waterbury as follow: err NEW YORK-6nS s-l2- 'e n: l.1S. sas 44Opm. Suntay. 4lS 2 nl- Ra--rn s6asGO s Ol. ls-G3 Q III l Oo. i-02-6-eJ n Sun. Jay. 5.1O q n. ror SFW HAVEN via DeTeS JTnctiC:. eos. si3. los0 m: I2s. S.3S, 5-sS D m- Return via Derby Junction " 70 m IaO0 r. 5Sa T.35 D. n Suntay- s.lo d ID ,r NEW III aVEN. NEW LONDON. etc. Via Saugaruck Junction f. 70 ? m For BRIDGEPORT-6O5. sl4 l3So m Irs Sas 40. 5-sS ? m Sun'iay t-I" m Pa.urn ar sps SIP 9-4o a m l2o'. 12SS -So -i' nm SundayS IS a ul- .,,- AS-OSIA-SGS. s-I2. lOSo ID l-4S 5S54.t1SSS 100 tmixedD ' m sunday. 4-ls Rsturn at JAS. s.s4 lO.2I. a m: l2lSl sol 6.lo sIspm Sunday s.i6 a m x-WATERTOWN- S-SS. El1 . m S-oe sI1 T0i m. Saturday sl5 ? u.- Rat,lrn at 62O T-iO. 1920 m ; 25O. A-sS. oSo nm Saturday T-SS ? m ~ .,,r TH0I STON-S3j. lll4 cl- SbS o-S@' pm. Sunday s-5 a m
 Return ar T-4S. 1O-3S III: -SS S--o 7 LA' Por orT0RRISGTOS-Ss lI.ll ID S-S2- o-5s. n m Sunday SIS a m-
 Rsrnrn at no. 1000 a m. 2Sr- o-N5 IL Sunday. 3-3S D. m- P,r WISSTED-s-sS. 1lll B. m: SS3 "-'' ? m RsfMTn si 7.6S. $40 a. m: 2-cs. 4,;2 p. m Sunday. 800 m
 CT. HAMPSTEAD. Gen Pass Agent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Alexander Schros- ter. the famous portrait artist of Munich. now a resident in this city. will play a match of five games of chess against A Ettlinger. the we'll known local amateur. at the Manhattan Chess club The stake is a novel one. Ettlinger backs himself with l, 900 cigars. while MT. Sehroeter will have to paint his adversary portrait in oil should he lose the match, which begins today.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-06
.fi<underxtootl.

That one cannot always trust his ears Is shown in tho following:
 4 small boy. who had been sent to c druggist $ shop for one of the pcnny 6yes, forgot his message on the E.ad, but moi wishing to return empty handed boldly entcrCd the shop, and addressing the druggist asked:
 Please. sir, what do folks dye withs''
 The druggist, misapprehending his question. replied:
 ''Oh, lots of things. Cholera some times"
 Well, then. was the prompt rFininer, give mo q ocCt's worth of that