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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-01
NULL cars AND suN.BoNNErs


NULL CAPS AND suN-BoNNET5
Hot weather calls for something Nsh.
and cool on the childrens heads ~. 80
more serviee6ble or comfortable can
get than one OF those Corded or u.
comets or Caps which We are snow
at DC, 3sc.. and 50c. They can ~
matched for the price elsewhere. ,.,,.
Should you want something more e'ao'
rate, we have them up 10 $50 and -
CHEMISETTEs AND WINDSOR TIP.
The popularity OF the above ait1..I,
this season makes IL next 20 imposs,..o,.,
TO keep supply. A shipment fe.s,' ~.
Saturday makes the assortment cont, y,
The pfice-25c.-is a minor consiieia''''
where attractivenesg is considered -,,,,,.
Another popular article Is the stsi'sI
Silver Belt-Buckle. OF which we snow
large variety OF styles and new design"
Kaufman & Go,
CORNER FogRTH AND BROAD
(my so-3p
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
kPpDiur Accounts.

To jut down every night the amount
spent during the day. setting every item
in order and footing up the sum total. is
to check ones natural tendency to cX-
travag"mcc and to promote accuracy.
1t Is astonishing how rapidly money
disappears when one keeps no account
of it. This little bit and that, these nick
els for car fare. that sum which went for
bOnbOES the other for soda water. the
third for the trtle to he worn at the neck,
or the pin or clasp which might have
been done without, and, 10! ones purse
is empty. Some girls always have money.
and others never have it, vet the allow
ance from which they draw is in all
cases quite liberal. The difference arises
from the way they spend. Those who keep
accounts. and who buy only what they
are sure they want, are in a much pleas
anter p ,silion financially than those who
are caught by every pretty thing offered
on the bargain counter, and who do not
count the cost till their money is i'll gone.
Most diaries have Il place in which the
memoranda of expenditure can be readily
kept, there being ruled columns with
dates for every day in the year and Il lit
tie pencil attached to the book. SO that
the minimum of trouble is given to the
accountant. The habit, once formed, is
so satisfactory that few are willing to
abandon it when its convenience has
been learned. SAYS a writer in Harpers
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
ROSINA VOKES.

The death of Rosina Vokes is a great loss
to the stage. She was one of the most orig
inal and refined of comediennes-Whee
ing Register.
Rosina Vokes, the well known actress.
was a merry little woman, and during her
career upon the stage, lasting about 25
years, she contributed much to the enjoy
ment of the world. She Was pure, wom-
anly woman in private life, and all who
knew will mourn her.-St. Paul Globe.
Thousands will feel personal loss in the
death of ROsina Notes.-The bright sunny
Rosina, whose laugh was a contagion Of
merriment, and whose delicious comedy
was the remedy for all the blues Of life. She
death is a sorrow for two hemisphere
Baltimore American.
The death of Rosina Vokes will be re-
GREETED by the thousands of American play
goers whom she has delighted. She was
probably the ugliest woman on the stage
and yet she was one Of the most charming
Her success is a striking illustration Of
what intelligence can do despite physical
disadvantages. - Louisville Courier-Jo our
nal.
News of the death Of Rosina Vokes will
cause pang to every theater ROer and will
carry genuine sorrow wherever this actress.
Incompatible in her special roles, has ap-
peared. Miss Vokes' stage career was one
of we'll deserved success. Her name in pri-
vate life was unblemished. The true ele-
walton of the stage is IN the presence upon
IL Of such characters,-New York World
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
Notice to ContraCtOrs-S Sew is

Sealed proposals for the construction Of
sewers and appurtcnancrN in the NauEatuck
river from the present termination of the
chamber below the Washington bridge will
| he received at tn" Office of the Board of Sew
rr Commissioners uf tn" city Of Waterbury.
City hall, until So'rlock y. m of the 18th dav
of FEBRUARY. 1894. at which time the bids shalt
toe publicly opened and read
Bidders are required to state in their pro-
posals their names and places of residence;
also that their proposals. are made without
sons making any proposal for the above work ::
that they are mall respects fair and without
T SONS acting in any official capacity whatever
for the Board of Sewer Commissioners of the
city Of Waterbury is directly or Indirectly in
teroSted therein or in any portion Of the
profits thereof
Each proposal shall he >,iA;ncd 10y the bidder
and accompanied 10y a bond of 500 cundi-
toned for the execution of the contrrct within
the time specified in this notice, III ease the
bid be accepted. The surcties of the bonds
both for the proposal and the contract, must
be satisfactory to the Board of Finance. No
bid will be considered which has not respnn-
A certified cheek for 500 maVaHlr , f. the or.
der of the city of Waterbury and deposited
with the Board of Finance. will be accepted
in race Of the sureties bond. if the certificate
and bond for that ease are properly HE'D out: .
Blank forms for the purpose will be furnished
on application to the city engineer.
EThCsperSOn or persons 10 whom the contract
may he awarded will he rruuircd {" attend at
his office with the sureties offered hy him OF
Them and execute the contract within five
DAYS from the dnte"f notice of such award,
and, in case of failure or neglect 50 t" do, he
or they will he considered to have abandoned
it, and as in default to the city of Waterbury.
The right to decline any or all the proposals
is reserved. if deemed for the interest of the
city.
The cnginrrr'e e~tim We of work and ma
terials, by which bids will he tested, is a. fol
4o4 lincal feet of 2linrh cast iron pipe
sewer.
tanned at the office of tho CITY Enulntrr.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09

A triumph of mechanical ingenuity,
unsurpassed in its line, is recorded at
the celebrated tin works, Swansea,
Wales. The iron from which the sheet
was rolled was worked in Il fnery with
charcoal and the usual blast afterward
taken to the hammer to be formed into
a regular fiat bottom, thence conveyed
to the balling furnace, and when sufti-
ciently heated taken up to the rolls,
heightened and cut by shears into prop
er lengths, piled up and transferred
to the balling furnace again. When
heated. it was passed through the rolls,
back again into the balling furnace,
and when duly brought TO the proper
pitch taken to the rolls and made into
a thorough good bar. subsequently,
at the tin mills, it was rolled till 1t was
supposed to he thinner than % grains,
afterward passed through the cold rolls
10 insure the necessary polish, the re-
suit being the thinncst sheet of IRON
ever rolled-that Is, the sheet WAS 10
by 81, inches. or % inches in surface.
of only 30 grains weight, which. being
brought TO the standard of : by /,
inches, or A surface inches, is bur 16
grains or 30 per cent less than pre-
Vious attempts. at least 4 500 being re-
auired TO make one inch i'll thickness.
New York Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
A Test of Bravery.

A cIstom like this has spread, of
course, among neighboring tribes under
various forms. That of the Ahyssinian
braves is described ny Mr.. Mansfield
Parkyns. The girls themselves play an
active part there.
When young people are gathered for
amusement, after a church festival, for
instance, one of them will begin peel
ing a straw of green millet, which is
full of pith. Her lovers blood runs
cold probably, but he must smile or
own himself carve When she has cut
the pith into bits an inch long, he
stretches out his bare arm. The exam
pie set, every girl who respects herself
and has Il lover follows it. The young
men form circle, with their arms ex-
tended.
Blithely, then, with many a Jest
doubtless, the maidcns arrange their
bits of pitb, upright, in some tanciful
design, on the bare flesh and set them
alight. They are nearly an inch thick,
and they burn very slowly. but the
hapless youth must stand and smile as
we'll as he can till the blood and Juices
of the scared flesh eXtinguish them
London Standard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09

He loved the wins lI1 lass with 1
love none the less arl,nt because she
was clerk i'll Il dry goods store, anG
he had met her there behind the coun-
ter when he had come iii IL make pur-
chaSeS.
But she w.Is no ordinary s5irl. and he
knew that il he won her as his own
it would be 40 easy conquest.
For weeks and weeks he had been tC
see her. and for weeks he had hesitatcd
on the brink of Il proposal which in
volved all his happiness.
Yet the girl did not seem to realize
how near she was to him, nor that any
moment might precipltate the final
question.
However, these things cannot con
tinue forever. and one Sunday after.
noon as they Were walking his voice
became low and trcmuluu>. and she
looked mp shyly iEto his face.
"ChristiHe, H. Whispered, may
ask You question:
"Certainly, George" She assented
frankly. What is It:
will You be my WIFE
She turned as if a shelf We're behind
her.
I'm very sorry" She said softly.
lis there anything else today DE
troit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
Sick Headache.

Attacks of sick headache could often
be avoided if the cause of them were
known. In many instances the cause is
q disordered condition of the stomach.
In such cases there is often regular re-
currence of the attacks, the person in the
meantime feeling perfectly free from the
complaint.
Here it will often be found that by
some error of diet the patient is gradu-
ally accommodating in his system some
nOXious substances, which it takes spe-
cial effort of nature to throw off. Then
the whole internal machinery refuses to
do its ordinary work. The stomach, the
intestines, the liver and other organs
which produce the digestive juices al
most entirely cease their regular task of
rendering the food taken into the mouth
fit for absorption into the system at large.
Sometimes habitual overeating will
produce this result, or person who
has been constantly active may continue
to eat his usual amount of food after ex-
changing his occupation for some more
sedentary one. In either case the result
is the same-the oyerburdened organs
become partially paralyzed, the undi-
gested food acts as an irritant, and head
ache and general disorder in the digestive
tract prevail.
A person who has no symptoms of
stomach disorder, or who has been
taught by his physician to avoid indis-
cretions which formerly resulted in
trouble, and who still has regularly re
current attacks of sick headache, must
look to some other than these, the most
common causes of such attacks. y outh's
Companion
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
a Bridal Bouquet.

a German horticultural journal is
responsible for this story about a brida
bouquet: a certain schoolteacher il
the town of konitz had ordered bou
Quet for his wedding day, STIMULATING
that it should not cost more than
marks (SD, but not designating what
kind of flowers should be selected. II
was i'll the autumn, when hothouse
flowers were few and dear. so the flor
list composed it of white dahlias, but
the bride and her family declaring that
these flowers We're unfit for the purpose
the schoolteacher returned the bouquet
to its maker and refused to pay for it.
The florist then sued him, but the
position of the schoolmaster was sus-
tanned in court, in accordance with the
testimony of experts in matters of taste
whom he had called in and who echoed
the opinion of the bride.
a similar result followed upon an
appeal to a higher court, despite the
testimony of experts now summoned by
the florist, and the florist was ordered
to pay the costs of the suit, amounting
to 300 marks
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
STATE RANK AND PRODUCTS.

Oregon is seventh in fisheries and fifteenth
IN wheat.
Delaware is the twenty first of the states
in apples.
| West Virginia is fifth in coal. eighth in
| buckwheat and iron.
Louisiana is first in sugar. third in rice
| and seventh in cotton.
Maine is fifth in buckwheat, eighth in
| hops, ninth in potatoes
Kansas IL fifth in cattle and corn. ninth
in hogs, horses and coal.
New Hampshire is third in cotton goods
and fifteenth i'll potatoes.
New Jersey sends to market every year
1000, 900 baskets of peaches and makes over
100000 gallons of applejack.
California stands first in gold and grapes,
second in sheep and wool; in hops, third; in
wheat, fifth; in silver, eighth.
Maryland grows every year over $40, OOo,-
600 of farm products and packs over ,OOO,-
90 cases of fruits and vegetables.
Iowa is first in hogs, second in corn, hay
and ososS, third in horses and mules, fifth in
| railways, seventh in wheat and coal.
Mississippi grows nearly 900 900 bales of
| cotton and sends north every season about
5000 carloads of fruits and vegetables.
Georgia is second in rice and sweet pota-
toes. third in cotton, fourth in sugar, sew
enth in horses and mules and tenth in hogs.
Arizona has produced more than $50 OOO.-
OnO of precious metals. The exports of sill
yer have exceeded 5000 900 a year; of cop
per. 100000.
Nebraska grows every year SO 900, 900
worth of farm products. There are 65, 600
farms, which produce go. 900 bushels Of
corn and wheat
Ohio is first in sheep and wool. second in
petroleum and steel. fourth in wheat.
sheep, coal and liquors. and fifth in cows.
hay and tobacco.
Montana has produced nearly one-third
Of the gold, silver. copper and lead in the
United States. The mines of this state
have yielded over 400, 10000.
Illinois produces k27O, OO0. 600 of farm prod
ucts every year. The grain product reaches
sl45, 10000; live stock, 5000, 900; dairy
products, 81, OOO, 900; hay and potatoes, 500
100000. The farm property is valued at
more than 81 900, 900, OO0.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
SCOluiun.

Scoldins is mostly Il habit. 1t is OF
ten the result of nerve u~ness and IN
irritable condition Of both mind and
body. \ person is tried or annoyed 1T
some trivial cause and forthwith com
mences finding fault with everything
and everybody within reach. SculdinS
is a habit very easily formed. 1t is as
tOnishinG how soon Ulc becomes addict
ed to it and confirmed i'll ii. 1t is an
unrCasoning and unreasonable habit.
Persons who once get into tn" way Of
scoIding always find SOMETHING to scold
about If there Is nothing else. they
begin sculding ut the mere absence Of
anything to sculd at. 1t is an extreme
ly disagrrrHble habit. 1t is contagious
Once introduced into il family, it is
pretty certain in a short time to- affect
all the members Exchange.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09

Milk applied once a week with soft
cloth freshens and preserves boots and
| shoes.
A lump of camphor in your clothes
| press will keep steel ornaments from tar
nishing.
Tinware may be frightened by dip
ping damp cloth in common soda and
rubbing it well.
When milk is used in tumblers, wash
them first in cold water; afterward rinse
them in hot water.
Strong tepid soda water will make
glass very brilliant. Then rinse in cold
water and wipe dry with linen cloth.
Bread and cake bowls or any dishes
in which flour and eggs have beer used
are more easily cleaned if placed in cold
water after using.
No matter how large the spot of oil,
any carpet or wooden stuff can be cleaned
by applying buckwheat plentifully,
brushing it into dustpan after short
time and putting on fresh until the oil
has disappeared.
The cardinal rule in kitchen is to
clean up as you go. and if attended to
this saves half the labor and fatigue
cooks suffer from who pursue the old
method OF having q grand and eempre-
hensive "clsan mp"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
POWDER AND BALL.

The French army is three times as large
as it was in 1870.
Nearly 10000 men were enlisted in the
United States army during the past year
During the retreat from Moscow the
French lost or threw away more than Co.,
900 muskets.
The destructiveness of a new gatling gun
may be imagined when it is stated that 10
fires s,1S9 shots minute.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
EDUCATIONAL ECHOES.

AT the University of Bern there are wom-
ell students of almost every nationality.
1alc's junior class this year is the largest
ever recorded at that college. 1t numbers
165 students.
One of the rules in force at the new Uni
versity of Chicago is that every student
must take at least one hours physical ex-
ercise each day.
A chair to be known as the Emily San
ford professorship Of English literature is to
be established at Yale college with the
$4,000 left for that purpose by the late
Judge Edward Coke Billings.
Elton college has just celebrated with
much rejoicing the four hundred and fifty
second anniversary of its foundation. It
owes its origin to King Henry vi. The col
lege buildings, which were erected in 144O,
are still in a wonderful state of preserva-
ton,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
Under the Wrong flag.

The following amusing stony is told
of the late DR.. Wilkinson. formerly re-
corder of Hartlepool: He WAS an en-
thuslastic advocate of the first great re-
form bill. One day, walking out in the
street with an equally Jealous friend, d
highly respectable gentleman like him.
self, he saw approaching Il great pro-
cessiOn headed by band and Il ban
ner. The latter, as it streamed III the
breeze, was seen 10 bear an inscription.
This could not be quite made out, but
the word reform was conspicuous in the
midst Of it. This was quite enough for
DR.. Wilkinson and his friend. Without
moment S hesitation they Joined the
throng and marched proudly along
with the rest. But presently the
wind dropped a little, and the legend
on the banner became fully lrgible.
Great was the horror of DR.. Wilkinson
and his companion to find that the pro-
cession they had SO eagerly joined, and
in which they had proved such promi-
nent figures. was one of Reformed
DrunkardS. London Figaro.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
A FuriOuS Artesian W ell.

A furious artesian we'll WIS struck in
Chamberlain, S. D., few months ago.
AT first, it sent out 5000 gallons of wa
ter in minute, but later the flow more
than doubled. Water is forced through
the pipe SO vigorously that the solid
eight inch stream is thrown over "A feet
into the air. The famous well at St.
Augustine, Fla, is the only we'll in the
country which approaches this in force
and quantity of flow. New York Led
ger
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09

nets constructed Of gilt brass and Mexi-
can onyx. The ar lnrlul work now so
popular finds abundant expression in
the iron. copper and brass pcdeStals of
the piano lamps which, by the bye. do
not necrssitate Il piano. New piano
lamps are made to initiate IL tree with
spreading branches and flowers. The
leaves are fiat and serve as shelves on
which vases and curios may be placed.
Some of the lamp shades are par
ticularly pretty. On" of very novel
design, named after Miss Loie Fuller,
was made of rainbow gauZe. 1t was
trimmed with rij'on and edged with
fringe of seQuins.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09

You know, said man, there arc
some people who seem to be able tc
tell the time of day without the aid OF
a timepiece; | don't mean by looking
at the sun OF that sort of thing, but
right otfhand. If yuu ask one of thcs,
people what time it is he says 'Twlll-
ty-fvr minutes past A. or Twenty
minutes to -; or whatever it may he.
and he g"ts within five minutes of
right. 1t seems rs though time had left
upon their minds some impress of its
flight " New Work Press
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
Strangely Saved by n Dream.


1t is related that Il Waterville woman,
Mrs j. NJ. Cook, once had very re-.
markable vision. In her dreams she met
a man with Il peculiar physiognomy, who
said to her. ! our turn next" and then
disappeared. The next morning she re-
membered the mans face perfectly, but
could not recall under what circum-
stances she met him. Again she dreamed
the same thing. For weeks and months
after she would occasionally have the
same dream without the slightest varia-
ton. She began to be seriously troubled
over the occurrence and at length de-
cided to leave town.
She had been in Philadelphia a few
DAYS when she had occasion to go into
one of the large buildings. Upon the
second floor She noticed that there was
an elevator and decided to wait for it.
Just at that moment it came down. and
as it went by the second story landiH% Il
voice within said, Your turn next.
This startled Mrs. Cook but She
thought it merely accidental that these
We're the precise words of her dream and
resolved to reprcss her fears. The rlr-
vator came up and stopped. She almost
tainted when she saw that he was the
perfect image of the man of her dr,:t:u.
Her terror can better be imagined tEHI
described. She recovered herself Iuick-
ly, and ordering the elevator to stop at
the next landing she got out. The Gle
vatOr went on. but Il short distance from
the third story something gave way and
the elevator crashed to the basement,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
OUR MODERN LAMPS.
They Are Constructed on Artistic and Sci
entific Principles,

entific Principles.
The modern lamp constructed on scien-
tiic principles has been brought to an
almost perfect state as a source of light.
Another accepted fact is its great devel-
opment from an art standpoint. Many
of the choice table lamps are veritable OBJ
jects of virtu, illustrating modern prog
ress in decorative art. Some of the bowls
are of pierced brass, the pattern taking
the form of daisies and other floral COM
positions, and again the fretwork takes
the form of magnificent scrolls and
arabesques. Other lamps are magnifi-
cent combinations of porcelain and gilt
bronze. Not only are lamps constructed
in enriched metals and in combinations
of porcelain and metal, but there are
others made of porcelain, OXidiZed silver,
iron tiligree work, bisque and wedge
wood ware.
The shades are of double glass differ
emily colored inside and out, the interior
of the shade being usually white, while
the exterior is in Roman pink, lemon
yellow, pale pink, cream and varying
shades of green. Others are opalescent
and lustrous with the varying CLEANS of
mother of pearl. Many of the lamps are
further enriched with silken shades of
artistic construction, most cunningly
wrought with soft frills and Fittings of
silk, enriched with tlounces of lace. The
materials Of others are silk chiffon, Grape
and crinIle silks in delicate shades of
lemon yellow, pale pink, the colors of
sunrise and sunset, orange, blue, and
many of the confections are further dec
GRATED with fiounces of lace and wreaths
of flowers.
The most sumptuous lamps of all are
the pedestal or piano lamps, whose
FURNISHED standards resembling twisted
gold are supported from tables and cabi-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-09
N.H.& 4. Railroad Timetable
JIIIlt IT, 1873.
NAUGATUCK DIVISION.

Trains leave Waterbury as follows;
For NEW YORK--6,Ob. 73O 500 1O5Oam:1os
32b, 5.53 y m. Sunday. 416 IN.
Return. sol, 500, 1908 a M 100 4O1 a 90
y m. Sunday, GO1 m.
For NEW HAVEN, via Naugatuck Junction
$50, $40 m: 1923. 3.25, Bb3 u m Via
Derby Junction, 6O5. s.26. lO.ho a m I ~
1925. $50 p m.
Return via Naugatuck Junction at 14bnm
Sunday 500 m. Via Derby Junctinn
TOO, 9.42 a. m; 1900 ego. $50 7lO n. m
Sunday $40 a m.
For BRlDGEPORT-6'O5 80 S.26 1880 n m
12s, 1926, $50 p m. Sunday l.ib y M
Return at 7.05. $40 II IN 1900. 22S. s 80 Al
pm. SundayS,15 a m.
For ANSONIA-6O5. 80, S.26, 1880 a m I2s
3.2b. b.5s, TOO tmiXed) p m. Sunday. 4.I6
Return OF TAO 1921. a m 1871 sOl. clio 81
pm. Sunday $40 a IN.
For WATERTOWN-6.44 837, III M S.5S.
612. 7.O4 p m. Saturday 9.15 nm.
Return at 625. .55. 1880 m 400 $50, $50
pm. Saturday 7.35 y m.
Fur THOMASTON-s.32. Hip m: $50. $50.
9.O0pm. Sunday 925 a m.
Return at : Os, 1856, 1923 m ; 2.o5 b.26 y m.
Sunday 3.47 y m.
For TORRINGTON,-s.s2 11.12 a IN $50. $50.
9.oOp m. Sunday 92b a IN.
Return at CAT, 7.s1, 40 m; $50. sos p m.
Sunday 1923 y m.
For WINSTED--s.s2, 11.12 m; s.s2. Csc. 900
pm. Sunday 9.25 q m.
Return at $50. ITO. $40 m 2.0S, 4.x2p
Sundays pm.
or. HEMPsTEAD. Cen Pass Awens