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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16

renne, who greatly admires his wonderful skill on skates, sent him d gold Maltese cross and he has also won q numb of other very interesting and valuable trophies.
 His skates are slender, graceful creations of steel and are of such excellent metal that they have been in constant use for 80 win terS \ British army officer once offered Meagher $50 fer these skates, but the cham pion refused to part with them at that or any price. Meagher says:
 "A great fault in the maj jority of begin ners is that they hold their arms too stitfly. The elbow should bend occasionally. Inn agine d dancer-Carmencita for instance holding her arms ill a stiff, awkward posi- tion. How unnatural and ungraceful it would appear! So it is with skating. To cut a figure on the ice remember that when striking out on any edge one must feel per fectly secure on that edge and cndeavor to remain so until it is changed to another. In competitions points are given for ability to perform with the same cNactness on ei- ther foot The writer advises that when learning D figure one should not feel satis- lied until it is mastered as well on the left as on the right foot"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
"oUTwITrED AS SURE AS FATE. '


 The complexion of the well dressed man was like mulatto's, and his hair was as black and coarse as an American Indians. A glance at him showed that while he may not have been exception ally strong he was as 1.-the and active as panther.
 He is one of the two that were skulk- ing through the grounds of the Liver more homestead the other night" nut tered Simpson. II have never met the couple by daylight, but that fellows profile shows him to be the one that climbed the tree and peered through the window at the interior. It was his com panion who attacked and would have given me my quietus but for those cigars"
 Whenever the train drew up at the station, Wichman-for it was he-quiet- ly shifted his position so as to observe any one that might leave the car. This was done so naturally that no one noticed it except Simpson.
 "He is shadowing Fairchild, but does he suspect me:'
 The detective could not feel altogether certain on this matter, but he was almost positive that the sepoy had no thought of him. The dense gloom which reigned during their first and only meeting pre- vented any view of eithers features, though the silhouette thrown against the yellow background of the window gave the American an immense advantage. But for the exceeding swarthiness of the fellows complexion, stamping his nation ality too plainly to be mistaken, it is un- likely that Simpson would have pene- trated his identity.
 He is after Fairchild. He knows or at least suspects that he has the gem with him, and he is prepared to take desperate chances to gain it, for he has already run great risk. The final strug- gle must take place very soon in the city of New York"
 The detective considered the question of frankly making known to the young man the situation. Thus warned, and with the companionship of himself tC | help guard the treasure, there surely ought to be no personal risk at all. But the officer was forced to consider the eventualities. He would have tc .avow his own character and was sure tC awaken suspicion regarding himself | Fairchild would be put on his guard against him and more than likely would repel his offer of friendly aid.
 II have the advantage over both 1T knowing the precise situation, while neither of them suspects me-that is," he added, II don't think he does."
 Since it was important that this ques ] ton should be decided before reaching the metropolis, Simpson had recourse tC simple strategem. When the trair made it's last halt, he rose from his seat valise and cane in hand, and left the cal by the rear door.
 AS he did so he managed to keep Fair child and the Asiatic in HAs field of vision Neither bestowed a glance upon him,
 That settled the question as the office | wished it settled. - -;
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
Sun Shots Lessen Animal Heat.

It has been observed that after the sun spots have been at a minimum the sum- mers are hotter, just as though there was more heat coming from the sun at such periods, and the fact has been accounted for by supposing that sun spots are caused by vast clouds of matter erupted from the sun and condensed in the surrounding space These act as screens and prevent the suns heat from radiating freely through them. From an examination of statistics MT A. B. McDowall, M. A., has found that in England during the hot summers, following the minima of sun spots, the month of August is hotter than July, an effect due in all likelihood to ac- emulation of the heat.-Am srican Reg ister
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
WaterburyFire Alarm
LOCATION OF BOXES.

The following are the Fire Alarm Signals luler the new system: I2 R,g,,r~ k Bro I-3 CT East Main ani Niagara streets. I4 Or East Main and W"Icvtt rad. IS CT High aui Walu,t streets i6 Or Fast Main and Cherry streets. l7 CT Est Main and C'l, streets II CT North Elm aui kinEshury streets. .3 CT North Elm. North Main and Grove
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
FANCY SKATER MEAGHER.

He Has Won Many Medals and Claims the
 Worlds Championship.
 George A. Mengher of Toronto enj"ys the distinction of being one of the best fancy and figure skaters in the world He won the amateur championship of the world at the Ottawa tournament March 1, 1891, and claims that he still holds it. At the tourney mentioned he was presented witt two hand rome medals by Lord stanley of Preston, Canada A year ago tie Countess of Tu-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16

v
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 4 sore theatrical question and one which has been provocative of as much discussion as any other that l know of is revived by "The Butterflies" It is this: Does the part (or in other words, the dramatisD make the actor, or the actor the part" Actors are the only persons living, l believe, who hold to the view that they "create" the characters. Everybody else contends that the character is created by the playwright, who has carefully determined just what he wants certain character to be. He aims to make him logical, to let him say and do nothing incongruous-in short, to keep him up to the ideal. high or low, which he has set.
 Your actor comes along, studies the lines and business, goes on, says and does just what the author has directed. makes hit and then parades the Rialto every after
 noon to inform his admiring and awestrick en friends how he made a no-good part go like house afire" If, on the other hand
 his work is condemned by the critics, he re
 mains in the seclusion of his hall bedroom -rear-and confides to his sympathZers that Booth couldn't "a made a hit in suct a hopeless part as that" And so it goes. If there were ever any doubt us to which side of the contention is the correct one "The Butterflies" has dispelled it. Miss Maude Adams had been on the stage fol
 several years before she got the leading
 role in ''The Masked Ball" The part made
 her because it was such one as fitted hei personality, and it was besides particularly
 fiat" In ''The Butterflies" her work is
 deserving of no special praise because tht
 part isn't, and she isn't sufficient of a genius
 to soar above the authors lines. Miss May
 is an actress of some experience, and there
 were many who thought she didn't amount
 to much. Perhaps she doesn't, but hel part in The Butterflies does, and today she is a prime New York favorite, where yesterday scarcely anybody in this city knew that there was such an actress in ex istence.
 "A Woman's Revenge" the latest pro duction at the American theater, is a melo drama written by the late Henry Pettitt which is in the seventh month of an unusu ally successful career at the Adelphi thea ter, London. It was the last play upol which Mir Pettitt ever worked, and nov | that he is dead it is interesting to conside how limited in number are the really goot
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
The "Crceping" of Railroad Rails.

Every railroader of scientific or inves- tigative turn can tell you queer stories of how the rails ''creep," but the greatest scientists of the world do not attempt to explain the phenomenon. It has been known for years that rails 'do creep, v as Brother Jasper would say, but it has only lately been learned that on lines running north and south the west r;uil "crreps' faster than the east.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
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We always have n stock at prices that are seldom equaIIed, and never bettered Liaene and Linen Collars and Cuffs of all kinds. Shirts of all kinds, Sus- penders, Garters Neckwear, Gold and Plated Buttons, MuffIers, shirt studs, Dress shirts, Under- wear, BaIbriggan, Merino, and all wool OveraIIs and working Coats and Jumpers, for men and boys. Boys Knee Pants, short Pants. Office Goats, Walters Coats, Barbers and Bar tenders Coats,' Butchers and Grocers Frocks and Aprons, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Bags, Um- breIIas, &c.
 Our honest low cash price to all, everyone made welcome, and treated equal. Our prices are not inflated by loss from a credit business, andyour dollar is recog- nized at full Value.
 You have only to give us a trial and you can prove to your entire satisfaction that We are the greatest bargain oiVers in New
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
Madrid's Match Vendors.

As rule. Madrd's little match vender is ragged, dirty, ubiquitous-a perfect lit tie black eyed imp, who will not accept a refusal, and whose appealing glances and insinuating whine only the hardest can withstand In Madrid every grownup person smokes cigars or cigarettes IS hours out of the 24. Hence the demand for matches is constant, and the chico de las cerillas is bound to make living if he re mains alert. His favorite resort is the Puerta del Sol, the center of the capital s whrl, where above the noise of vehicles and the hum of the passing throng is heard his shrill cry of "Cerillas, senor, cerillasn'
 He carries his wares in little square box suspended in front of his chest by a strap passed back of his neck. His stock consists of various kinds of matches, in cludinS those of wax in gayly ornamented paper boxes and the large, odoriferous ve- suvians of English importation. His most costly brand he retails for about cents, the cheapest for a penny.
 These match boys are a troublesome set at times, as they are fond of forming into cliQues, with fierce riValries, leading often to personal encounters. On such occasions the Spanish boy is unfortunately not satis fled to depend on the weapons nature has given him, but will seize knife or stone to attack his adversary. His redeeming trait, however is his intense love for his parents, to whose necessities he will devote his last penny y.-Harper's Young People
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
CHARACrERs IN "TIIE rrrrERrLIEs.

CHARACTERS IN THE BCTTEKFLIES. v ready passed its one hundred and lftieth performance, and the Empire theater, where the stock company has scored the greatest hit since it's organization in Sydney Grun- dy's Sowing the Wind" Then "The Girl Left Behind Me-" which has broken a good many records on the road, will come to the Academy of Music fora long run, beginning March l2. It will be given an elaborate scenic representation, and spectacular cf- fleets which were only hinted at in the orig inal production at the Empire a year or so ago will, it is said, be shown on the large stage of the Academy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16


 inal production at the Empire year so ago will, it is said, be shown on the large stage of the Academy.
 Henry Guy Carleton, smart as he k (and there is no doubt of the fact that he is d genius), never wrote anything in the way of play which was quite so good as "The Butterflies" It is very light comedy and fairly sparkles with bright dialogue, made more enjoyable by humorous situations, which, ill the main, are unforced. The plot is of course not very deep. It is not de sirable that Il story should be involved for an actor like John Drew, whose province is to amuse, not to instruct.
 Take it all in all, "1he Butterflies" is perhaps the best really light comedy ever written by an American. It is distinct advance over "A Gilded Fool" which Mir. Carleton constructed for Nat C. Good win (NIr. Goodwin always insists upon that c. in the middle of his name), and if the new play, "Ambltion," upon which the same author is now nt work for the same actor, is as great an improvement upon The But terfiies' as The Butterflies is upon "A Gilded Fool, the hearticst congratulations will be ill order for Mir. Goodwin, for he will be a fortunate man indeed.
 There are of course some faults in The Butterflies" What play is entirely devoid of them? There is a rather too frequent re sort to the time worn eXpedient of permit | ting one person, of whose presence the oth CTS would be quickly aware in real life, to overhear what her tor his) fellow players have to say. Then, besides, there is one really serious blot on the play. Through the first second and third acts it goes with a quiet but none the less positive rush un- til the final love scene between Mir. Drew and Miss Adams is reached. Then there is a halt. The subj feet is exhausted, and then it is gone over and over again. It must be confessed that eventually it becomes a triile tiresomc, especially as it prccedes the in variable pairing off of sweethearts which most playwrights seem to consider neces- sary, but which is, to say the least, not par ticulary exciting or unexpected and is in deed too often a bore
 Of the actors little but commendation can be spoken. John Drew is--,John Drew that is to say, he iS perfect with the excep- tion of that old trick of his of making faces at the audience occasionally. Miss Maude Adams is good enough as Mir. Drew's sweet heart. There is no tangible flaw iu her work, and yet she has not made anything like the hit that she scored in The Mask Ball." or, as Mir. Clyde Fitch, the adapter of the piece, persisted in calling it, "The Masked Ball'
 The member of the cast of The Butter flies" whose work stands out almost as brightly as that of Mir. John Drew Is Miss Olive May, who has at one bound, as it were, stepped from comparative obscurity into positive fame. The company through out is competent, and many of the excellent bits of byplay, am informed, were intro
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
JAtIES J DUFFY.

A Cl.-sss Laundry Cheek is a Lottery TtcHst, Capital Prize, LeorOSY.
 Se7s.ole People do not buy L,3ttsr. Tickets. Neither do t7s, 2atroaize a Chinese Laun- dry Hsle your work done by the Waterbury Steam Laundry, l. s,5@S'. Sa@%.
 Avoid all Risks.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
A THEATRICAL REVIEW
Gossip About Theatrical Hap
 penings In New York.
MIR CARLETON'S CLEVER WORK

''The Butterflies" With John Drew In the
 Leading Role, Is Great Success-"A
 Woman's Revenge" Is n Conventional
 but Interesting Pettitt Yokohama.
 NEW YORK, Feb. l4.-Charles Frohman is particularly fortunate as he is an excess lively agreeable man. The three theaters of this city which are doing continuously heavy business are Palmer's, where John Drew is the attraction in Henry Guy Carle- tons three act comedy, The Buttertiies;' the Standard, where that laugh provoking nonsensicality, "Charley's Aunt" has al
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
CHECKERS AND CHESS.

Checker Problem No 25S-By L. s. Head.
 Black.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
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duced at rehearsal by Charles Frohman himself. By the bye, il is rumored that Miss May will shortly become Mrs. Henry Guy Carleton The story, however, lacks con firmatiOn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16

SCENE FROM "A WOMAN s KEN ENNE. heroic ditto by the husband, curtain, enc of the play, with a suggestion as you leave the theater of galloWs for one, and that one the real murderer.
 "A Woman's Revenge" contains many episodes which disClaiufully ignore proba bility. There are also many evidences 0 the fact that the author possessed a dis eliminating mind and knew just what DOT tions of other persons worh and ideas tC appropriate. But Mir. Prttitt was such |; cOnsummate master of mplodramutic con structiOn that he has never written a fail ure. It only remains to be seen Whethcl NewYork will accept his latest work, which it should be mentioned in passing, is fui from being his best.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16

Mr. F. s. Willard is an excellent actor. In melodrama of the Henry Arthur Jonos school he is probably without a peer In that pretty but absurdly improbable semi, comedy written by Mir. Barrie, The Pro fessor's Love Story,' his work was very pretty-scarculy susceptible of improve ment. Of course he tried to play Ham let,' when he might just as well have at tempted The Gladiator He was earnest and sincere, it is true, but those qualities only served to bring out into glaring prom thence his shortcomings. But every actor has the "Hamlct' craze, so perhaps Mir. Willard may be excused, particularly if he will promise to never do it again."
 But Mr. Willard must have some other craze too. It is said that he has written to managers with whom he is booked announc ing that he will not play here next season and offering to substitute Miss Marie Bur roughs supported by his present company.
 Miss Marie Burroughs is an actress of some ability and distinctly defined limita tions She is exactly fitted for the position which she now occupies, but to assume that she can make her present roles stand out with sufficient added prominence to offset the inferior work which will neces sarily be done by Mir. Willard's substitute Is foolish. She is doing her level best uoW and no sincere, conscientious and discrimi- natlng friend of Miss Burroughs, no mat ter how much he may admire her excellent qualities as a woman and the beauty of her work (so far as it gUes), would delude her into the opiuion that she Is of stellar caliber OCTANUS COHEN.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16

Charles Coghlan has secured d manage, and will, it is announced, go t-slarring in : play which lie has recently finished. Iher, is not the slightest doubt that Mr. CoGhlm stands head and shoulders over any leading man in America, and it iS doubtful whrthcl the world contains another actor who is hi. equal in depicting rcpressei emotion. Mir Coghlan is, however, q trtle stout and cid erly for ordinary lovers roles, and it is tC be hoped that ill his new play he has pro vided himself with a part which is suited to his personality. Whether his recent marriage to kuchnc Bcveridge and he un savory newspaper notoriety provoked by il will affect his business injuriously ii is toe early to determine. The me and Booth' fellows who grace the Rialto declare that it will, but don't believe it. People pay to see an actor act, not for the privilege of Investigating private character, and it is just as well that it is so, for if it were not how many eminent stage people but wh! go into an unpleasant subject?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-12-12

round 6y another path that leads TO
tho place for which he is aiming he
will find that the Kehua is on the
new path before him. The one way
To- avoid disaster is 70 turn back and
20 home. OF at least, to the place last
left A chief. described as very in
telligent." assured Mr. Tregear. whD
has lately been investigating Maori
superstltlons, tnat ne saw tine spirits
~ two Of his uncles on each occasion
before they died Ills father mother,
brothers or sisters he did not sec. and it
is not stated why he supposed that his
uucles specially desired 90 visit him
i'm this fashion The explanation Of
this and the rest probably is that the
Maori. are remarkably superstitious
and imaginative people who can make
ghosts out Of nothing -- or nothing
more substantial than dreams as
easily as an old scotch wife % the last
century.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-12-12
N INTERRUPTED WEDDING.
Tbe bridegroom cried 'stopi stopi' and
the bride Painted.

Tbe bridegroom Criod "stopi stopi' and
the bride Painted.
Here is an old story Of an inter
rupted wedding. The bridegroom
was a working sawyer, the bride a
young lady Of corresponding rank and
social station They were married by
license and il was in the evening.
which may be noted by the curious
The officiating clergyman duly began
the service. When he came TO the
words. To have and TO hold, the
bridegroom suddenly cried out. as one
in the extremity Of terror.
"Stop! Stop, | meant it only to be
for fortnight
The clergyman stared at him.
u meant il only for a fortnight"
repeated the deplorable person
The clergyman closed his book
shook his head ia sorrow rather than
in anger, and departed 10 the vcstry.
The bride screeched and fell fainting
into the bridesmaids arms IL is
pleasant TO think that she did the
proper thing at the right moment; in
after life the recollection must have
consoled her.
There were murmurs Of gathering
tempest among the male members Of
her family; the bridegroom swiftly
marched down the aisle, and 50 into
the black night. And there he is
still. nor did the bride ever recover
him; and according 90 the latest
dispatches, now IS years old. she was
still screechiug and fainting.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-12-12

Oxen nave not appeared often in
the part of life savers, but good
peasant in the ncighborhood OF Flens-
burg, Germany, owes his life TO an OK
which he had purchased at the mar
ket IN that town. Before starting for
home the peasant had visited too
many wine restaurants. Fortunately,
however, someone had tied the rope
which was wound around the horns Of
the beast 10 the owners wrist When
just outside of the village he APP
preached too close to the canal,
tripped, and fell headlonP into the
water. The OK, frightened at the
plunge, tried 10 run away, and thus
drew the drunken man to the bank
and out of the water. A number of
people saw the accident