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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
America,s Only Frostless Belt.

What is supposed to be the only frost less belt in the United States lies be- tween the city of Los Angeles and the Pacific ocean. It traverses the foothills of the Cahuenga range and has an ele- vation of between 200 and 400 feet. In breadth it IS perhaps three miles. The waters of the Pacific are visible from it, and the proximity of the ocean has of course something to do with banish- ing fr3sts. During the winter season this tract produces tomatoes, peas, beans and other tender vegetables, and here the lemon flourishes, tree that is peculiarly susceptible to cold. Tropical trees may be also cultivated with suc- cess, and in connection with this fact it is interesting to know that a part of the favored territory has been acquired by Los Angeles for park purposes, and it is only aquestion of time when the city will have the unique distinction of pos sessing the only tropical park in the United States. Strange to say, only the midway region of the Cahuenga range is free from frost, the lower part of the valley being occasionally visited. New York Evening Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
GENIUS IS INDIFFERENT.
Surroundings Have Naught to Do With tn
 Thread of Thought.

Surroundings Have Naught to Do With the
 Thread of Thought
 It might be cOnjectured perhaps that Scott's and Byron's genus was favored by the circumstances of their birth, that the wild scenes in which Scott s infancy was passed, and the local leg ends with which his head was filled de termined him to ballad writing, and that the ballad writing led naturally in its turn to romance, and that the high station and undisciplined liberty of Byron's childhood fostered that passion ate self will and brooding imaginatioE which showed themselves in his fierce, scornful and moody verse. This, we say, might perhaps be conjectured with some probability, and the like might be said of Wordsworth's s infancy.
 But how shall we maintain that the conditions of Keats cockney birth in a livery stable or his education in 3 dis secting room favored the growth of that most delicate and rich type or almost Hellenic clearness and beauty of imag- ination? And how shall we maintain that Dickens menial task in the cork ing of blacking bottles fostered the growth of that wonderful humor and that microscopic accuracy of vision which filled the world with laughter and with inimitable caricature such as no comedy, not even Moliere's, had an ticipated?
 Again, who would have ventured to predict that wild, despotic. Irish evan gelical spirit like Patrick Bronte, ban ished to the bleakest of Yorkshire moors, would have been the father of children so eager, original and vivid in their rev. cries as those who eventually produced the unique passion of Ellis and Currer Bells genius? So far as we know any thing of the origin of genius, that ori gin Is usually a surprise.
 It is the rare exception, and not the rule, when we find Chatham succeeding in producing such hothouse flower as William Pitt, or James Mill succeeding in elaborating a specimen more perfect than himself of a thinker of his own type, in the studious, diligent, diffuse, lucid and rather dreary logician and economist who left his mark on the English philosophy of the third quarter of this century. Nor do we ever find in rare instances of this sort the higher kinds of original genius. Pitt and John Stuart Mill were considerable triumphs of training for purpose, but that pur- pose was a very limited Cne and had none of the largeness and freshness of vitality which attaches to original gen. ius.-London Spectator.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
A SInnrClinr Scheme.

Passing through Hudson street with afriend, chanced to pass the establish ment of firm of ''folders and repack- CTS" of dry goods. Before the door were hundred or more little bales of goods, bearing odd markings, but showing that they were destined for firm in Texas, doing business in Il town near the Mex ican line.
 Do you know" asked my compan- ion, why those goods are put up in such small packages?"
 Upon replying in tho negative he con- tinued: They arc to be smuggled across the Mexican line. The goods are pur- chased in their original packages and delivered here. The wooden boxes are discarded, and the goods subjected to hydraulic pressure and baled. Each bale contains about 80 pieces, or half the number of an ordinary dry goods case.
 "The goods are then shipped to Tex as, and all marks removed. When all is arranged, some night the little bales are slung across the backs of mules, two bales to each animal, and with an armed escort the train proceeds over the border to some distributing point in Mexico, where the goods are sold to Mex ican traders at good profit.
 Smuggling in this manner is quite extensively carried on between this country and Mexico, the United States getting in return for its dry goods, which are the most easily handled, cheap Mexican coffee and cigars. ''-New York Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
Artist and Amateur.

A critic, who was recently asked to define the line between artist and anna teur, stated that an amateurs sketches were lahored and finished up to invite favorable criticism, while the artist s sketches were broad and unfinished, suggesting much to himself only. Could not the dividing line be better defined? Tho amount of time spent on a sketch often depends upon opportu- nity When the time is not needed else where, one quite able to sketch in the boldest, most rapid style may prefer to go on and produce a picture, trusting to the inspiration of the present rather than of the future. and to vision rather than memory. If something greater is to be subsequently, developed from the work, it will be no less suggestive be- cause of its finished character.
 It may not be easy to define the divid- ing line between artists and amateurs, but it is easy to point out a well recog- nized ono that is identical with 1.-the one that is drawn between poets and mere writers of verse. e.-Art Amateur.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08

TIE names of fifty-seven democratic members of the house have been published as opposing the personal income tax and as none of them have entered denial it is fair to assume that the list published is correct. This may account for the. seem ing sudden increase of the democratic op- positonito the tariff bill, but the income tax is not yet part of the tariff bill and indeed may never be, as there is a proba- bihty. amounting. almost to a certainty, that the ways and means committee will report it to the house as a separate and distinct bill to stand or fall on its own merits, instead of offering 1t as an amend ment to the tariff bill.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
The Right Kind.

The following story, told of the late Senator Stanford, is characteristic of the man. He was always cheerful giver, but preferred paying for work to emp tying his purse. One day he found a dilapidated cab on the avenue, with a half clad man upon the seat. "Why are you standing hero in the cold?" "I s'pects it's cause I'ze got too shabby, sir, said the man. Do you believe that horse could carry me to the capi- tol?" inquired Stanford. ''Yes, sir
 "Try it, then, was the response. And all that winter the man who owned the finest horses in America logged along behind the rusty steed. That there was a change in that poor drivers fortunes by the spring everybody knew. Ram s Horn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
A PRELUDE,
In youth. beside the lonely sea, Voices and visions came to me. Titania and her furtive broods

In youth, beside the lonely sea, SAI Voices and visions came to me. Ttania and her furtive broods Were my familiars in the woods. From every flower that broke in flame Some half articulate whisper came. In every wind felt the stir Of some celestial messenger. Later, amid the citys din And toll and wealth and want and sin, They followed mo from street to street, Tho dreams that made my boyhood sweet As in the silence haunted glen, So mid the crowded ways of men. Strange lights my errant fancy led, Strange watchers sat beside my bed. III fortune had no shafts for me In this aerial company.
 Now one by one the visions fly, And one by one tho voices die. More distantly the accents ring, More frequent the receding wing. Full dark shall be the days in store, When voice and vision come no morel
 Thomas Bailey Aldrich in Scribner's.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08

TIE investigation of tn relations of the government with Hawaii is being pushed by the committee on foreign relations. All of the witnesses heard up to this time have been gentlemen who took an active part in the annexation movement and the forma- tion of the provisional government of Hawaii; consequently the testimony has been all of ''one kind. Although the pro ceedings are supposed to be secret, the nature of the testimony taken becomes known almost as soon as it would if the hearings were public. Considerable com ment not favorable,,to ex-Minister Stevens has been indulged in. Senator Frye
 had reported the health of MT Stevens to be so precarious that it might prevent his going to Washington to testify before the committee, yet the newspapers all con- tained accounts of his having travelled from his home in Maine to Rhode Island in order to deliver speech on Hawaii at a club banquet. Now the question is being asked, why, if his health permits him to attend club banquets and sit up two thirds of a night to make a set speech, it should prevent his going to the mild eli mate of Washington and giving the com- mittee few hours of his time during the day? Perhaps the oath which the con- mittee administers to its witnesses may have something to do with the reluctance of Mir Stevens. 4 man don't have to swear to statements made at banquet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
ARTISTS OF THE ROUNDUP.
Old Time Texas Cowboys Vastly Differer
 From Those of tho Present Day.

| Old Time Texas Cowboys Vastly Different From Those of tho Present Day. The old time cowboy is no more. He | passed in his checks with tho free grass custom. The big pasture has intro l duced a new order of cowboy, who sleeps in house and "obeys orders' or quits. The old cowboy was the companion oi his boss and shared his pleasures and his hardships.
 No manager in this big headquarter rockhousa reminded him of his inferior rank in society, nor did any of the mod ern ranch accessories mar the common dangers, the pleasures and the freedom and equality of the whilom cowboy and cowman. But the ranch in the olden time was a cottonwood loghouse to cook in, and for roof and protection from the weather the slicker was used, and mother earth supplied their beds.
 The broad range and the overhanging sky answered for house and home. A roundup in 1S67-S0 was not bounded by wire fences, but the boys galloped out of camp after breakfast, made wide sweep, and all then drove toward a common center, and lo directly at that point was gathered a herd of stock cat tie of all brands. ready for tho cut to begin.
 The high toned man was tabooed. l remember such a man appeared at the ranch of ]. T., in Shackleford county, in 1869. He was a city fellow, and would say "Thank you' and such like. His intense politeness and high toned nonsense aggravated the boys nightly. Jim B. in particular-poor fellow was especially frttted by his nonsense, as he called It, and tried to ridicule it out of him. ont in vain. At last his resentment ripencl into genuine hatred and it was hard to keep the peace be- tween them, for the city fellow had grit too.
 Well, one morning in 1869, at Noun tain pass, in Taylor county, long before any one lived in that section, Jim got awfully mad and gave the city fellow cussing, whereupon row resulted and blodshed was barely prevented there and then. We got the city fellow to ride off, and it looked like peace had return ed, but one hour later Jim B. and his amiable enemy met off at one side of thO AhopPSAS" eS DS ASoA' All a flash the city chap ran before Jim, dismounted, leveled his gun on him and demanded an apology or death.
 Jim jerked out two six shooters, but said nothing, and instantly the city fellow fired. Poor Jim rolled off his horse dead man. got to them just as Jim fell. He died instantly, shot through the heart. His slayer mounted his horse and lit out" We buried Jim and went on with our herd, two men short, but with no discordant ele- ment among us.
 Such was tine old way. The boys were courteous and kind, they were gener- ous and brave, industrious and honest, but they would not stand any high toned nonsense. A new era has set in. Which is the better we cannot say, but one thing is sure-with all his faults, and they were many, the old time cowboy was man to be trusted ill peace or war and was the very soul of honor.-- Dallas News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
TRAININe eoTH HANDS ALIKE.
No Good Reason Yet Advanced Why l
 Should Not Be Done.

No Good Reason Yet Advanced Why It
 Should Not Be Done.
 In one of his essays in book en- titled "Brushwood, the late James T. Fields wrote: 'If were boy again, I think would learn to use my left hand just as freely as my right one, so that if anything happened to lame either of them the ether would be all ready to write and handle things just as freely as if nothing had occurred. And un- doubtedly great many of us would learn to use both hands alike if we had our lives to live over again. Of all the young women who came under my in- struction while in charge of the School of Domestic Economy of the Iowa Ag ricultural college, not more than one in twenty-five could sweep properly. The ratio in this respect of those who came under mY instruction at Purdue univer- sity was about the same. And as far as my observation extends this ratio will hold in regard to women generally.
 As a rule, women, old and young, do not know how to handle broom. Their right hands only have been trained. Their left hands have been neglected. When a women takes hold of a broom it is with the right hand near the top of the handle and the left hand toward the corn, and instead of changing and reversing them as occasion demands she always keeps them in the same po- sition. Whether she sweeps to the right or to the left, the position of her hands remains unchanged. And her body is contorted and her muscles strained in the performance of an operation that would exercise these organs harmonious ly, if the hands were so trained that they could be used at will and were changed as demanded by the changes iD the position of the sweeper.
 refer to women sweeping merely to illustrate my point. The same can be said concerning the training of the hands in numerous other branches of women's work that it is unnecessary to mention, and so far as the use of the left hand is concerned men are in no better condition than women. Men and women are ill this respect maimed and handicapped alike. Why should such a state of things exist? Why, in this age of manual training, should we over look and neglect the education of the left hand and continue to train the right hand at the expense of the left? No physician or physiologist has ever given a sensible reason for so doing, and we seem to adhere to the custom merely because it has been carried down to us by our ancestors. Miller Monthly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
HE WEARS WHISPERS.
The Unique Distinction of Bishop Dunne
 of Dallas.

of Dallas.
 A bewhiskered bishop is such a rarity in this country that the hirsute adorn- ments of Bishop Edward J. Dunne, the new head of the Catholic diocese of Dal- las, have attracted good deal of atten- tion in some quarters. Although smooth faces are the rule among priests and prel- ates of the Catholic church, Bishop Dunne is not the only conspicuous eN- ception, as Bishop Wigger of Newark, N. J., wears q small tuft of hair to pro- tect his chin, and q few bewhiskered priests might be mentioned.
 When called to the Dallas diocese, Bishop Dunne was in charge of All Saints church in Chicago. He organized the parish and built the church r years ago. He was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1S4S and was taken by his parents to Chicago the following year. He studied for the priesthood in Milwaukee and Baltimore and was ordained 22 years ago. He is an eloquent and attractive speaker
 The Dallas diocese comprises more than 100 counties and an area of more than 100000 square miles. In this vast tract there are 30 priests, 30 churches, 70chap-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
Detecting n Smucgler.

A treasury agent, speaking of the watchfulness of Uncle Sam's officials, said: "A handsomely dressed man got off ferryboat and seemed to be unusu- ally nervous. A moment more and he was struggling in the hands of the off cers and desperately clutching at the lapels of his coat. It's no use, the officers remarked; we know what you have and where it is. Better give it up and save trouble. Apparently crushed by the discovery, the man quietly as- sisted in opening seams and produced the diamonds from various portions of his clothing. Your shoes, pleasev This rather staggered him, but he submitted with good grace, and one of the heels being unscrewed another lot, though smaller and less valuable than the first, was found there. The diamonds were examined and pronounced to be splen- did article of paste, worth about % cents each. This did not satisfy us, and the man was stripped to the skin. A huge piece of sticking plaster was on his back, which was removed, and un- der it were concealed scores of genuine diamonds. It is not often that ruse is so adroitly planned and practiced. New York Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
His Religion.

John Field. tho pianist, was an Irish man who studied with an Italian, Clemente, and lived in Russia. He loved champagne and washed his own clothes. When he was dying, some one sent for priest, who went to his bed side md whispered, Are you Cath olic or Protestant?" The dying man revived sufficiently to sigh out: "Nei- ther. I am pianist. and immediate ly expired. Philadelphia Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08

els and stations. hospitals, i asylum, 12 academies, r parochial schools. theo- logical students and an estimated popu- lation of 25,000 Catholics. In Dallas, which is the episcopal city, there are q pro cathedral, which is dedicated to St. Patrick; another church, the Sacred Heart, and two chapels, one at the Ursu- line academy and the other at the orphan asylum.
 Bishop Dunne succeeds Bishop Bren- nan, who resigned the Dallas bishopric some time ago and is now bishop of St. Johns, N. r. The Dallas diocese was created in 1890.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
THE SECRETARY BIRD.
The Cool Manner In Which It Kills Snake,
 Its Natural Prey.


 As soon as the secretary bird, or snake eater, of South Africa discovers a Snake, it advances toward it without hurry and without hesitation, and when within striking distance it immediately elevates its crest and the feathers of the neck, and without losing any time de- livers blow with its foot. If the snake has avoided the blow and attempts to strike back, the bird interposes wing, thus receiving the deadly fangs harm lessly upon the long feathers and im- mediately strikes again.
 The fight is then virtually over, for if the secretary gets in single blow the snakes back is broken, and the bird, lightninglike, plants its foot firmly on the reptiles neck and head, pressing them into the ground, while it delivers the coup de grace with its beak, and then deliberately swallows the snake whole, beginning at the tail, and just before the head disappears, giving it an enthusiastic parting rap on the ground.
 But there is nothing refined about the secretary birds appetite, for one writer says he found inside one three serpents "as long as his arm" II lizards 2 inches long, 21 tortoises about inches in diameter, besides large quantity of grasshoppers and other insects" or in other words, 7H feet of snake, 619 of lizard, BE of tortoise and say yard of miscellaneous tritles!
 The secretary bird is protected by the cape authorities for tho immense public benefit it confers in eating poisonous snakes, and penalty is attached by law to its destruction. And if it were necessary hundreds of eyowitnesses could be called to prove its right to the title of serpentarius. Curiously enough, too, this bird may be trained, and is trained, to protect poultry yards, not only from snakes, which are too fond of eggs, but from other birds of prey.-St. James Budget.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
Women Clerks In Washington.

There have been great changes in the government departments in the last 30 years. Tho first woman regularly em- ployed was put on the rolls of the navy department 35 years ago. She was a young widow, and the officials consid- cred it an awful problem how to dis pose of her. Finally they hit upon a plan. They treated her as if she was a contagious disease and isolated her in an attic room. She received and re- turned her copying by messenger. But the disease caught on, so to speak, and today there are l, 1000 women in the treasury alone. There is one woman to every seven men.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08

GOVERNOR FLOWER has astonished the employees of the state of New York by notifying them that they must all submit by law or get out forthwith. The law takes in everybody from top to bottom, and there having been numerous evasions discovered, the governor has called halt and review. Say, boss" said one of the colored porters of the capitol, 'I neb- Der hear de like of dis year making us take examinations to clean de spittooonsr r'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
N. H.& Railroad Time Table
 June H. 1893.
 NAUGATUCK DIVISION.

Trains leave Waterbury as follows: For NEW YORK--G.ob. 7aO. s.2a 1OSo am. Log 325. 5.53 m. Sunday, AIS D m. Return, bnl, 800. 1908 a m; loo 4.0a 60o pm. Sunday, 601 a m. For NEW HAVEN, via Naugatuck Junation- ~ 730, s26 m; 1.2S, 325 b.B3 n m Via Derby Junction. COS, 8.26, 10.50 a m; l. pa 325. 6.b3 m.
 Return via Naugatuck Junction at I AS nm Sunday 800 a m. Via Derby Junction. TOO. 9.42 a. m: l2.O0, 220 B.30. TAO D. m. Sunday S.10 a m. For DRIDGEPORT-6'0 7.3O. s26 lo.Bo n n, :. 2s S.2b, b.bS D m. Sunday 4.l5 D m Return at 7.05, 9.40 m {; 120O 2.2S b.30 TAT pm. Sunday SIS a m. For ANSON1A-6.05. ' 30, s.26, lO.5O a m I,2a 32S. 5,53, TOO (mixed) p m. Sunday. AIS n m.
 Return at TAO. 1o.2l. a m 12.s1 s.ol. 6lO. s.2O pm. Sunday S.46 a m. For WATERTOWN-6.A s.S7, 111T a m 3.Ss, Return at 6.25. 755. 1O30 n m 2b0. 4S5, O.SO pm. Saturday 736 D m. F.r THOMASTON-s.3 l1.12a Q m; SEA- 6.Ba, 900 D m. Sunday 9.2b m. Return at : T.O8. T.5B,, 023 m 2.65 5.26 D m. Sunday SAT p m. For rTORRINGTON-S.S2 1l.I2 a m ;s5a 6.Be. 9.Ob n m. Sunday 9.2B m. Return at CAT, T 31, 10.20 m 2.30. sos m. Sunday a23 D m. For WINSTED--s.S2. 1112 m: 3Is2. eBo 900 nm. Sunday GAS m.
 Return at 6.So. yI0. GAO m a0G AA2 ? M. Sundayls psrn.
 O. HEafpsTEAD. Cen rass Agent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
Oscar Wilde's I.atest.

The way of the wit is hard. Oscar Wilde, moved by the ready appreciation of the English people, has been led to make some remarks which even his ad- mirers are not applauding. He has been making some observations on the subject of Puritans and the theater. After devoutly hoping that he would not "be offered a bishopric, MT. Wilde added, II quite expect to see any day in the evening papers, Great Discovery in Egypt. Ten more commandments by Oscar Wilde. ''-Exchange.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
A Missin" "V" Discovered.

The Buffalo Express says, Pack my box with four dozen liquor jugs IS the shortest sentence which contains every letter of the alphabet. Says the Roches- ter Post-Express, "Where's the letter in that sentence?'
 To which the Rochester Herald re- piled, Probably they went to the man who sold the jugs.
 None seems to have seon that it was probably originally five dozen," etc. Journal of Education.