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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12

soubrcttcs chat gayIy with people who make n speciality of black face'' work.
 Tho stairs arc usually lined with men whc
 take up their accustomed positions day after day and week after week for no oth- CT apparent purpose than to be observed
 by the people who visit the dramatic
 agency on legitimate business and who dc
 sometimes secure engagements.
 These ''stair flowers, '' as they are fire
 quently called, have no other object in life
 than to appear to be ''in the swim" In order to accomplish this tLcy will go to al
 most any lengths. Most of these people
 arc dishonest, too, for the landlady is usu-
 ally the one who suffers for tho indulgence
 of the stair-standing and in-the- swim
 ming proclivities. Every now and then
 one of these fellows will Ect hold of an
 ''angcl' with n few hundred dollars, and
 then he enjoys Il brief-a very bricf-scason
 of importance. He buys a new high hat
 has new strips of fur put about the collar
 and sleeves of his OvercOat and then goes
 around to the dramatic agency, whorc he
 calmly inspCcts the people who arc sitting
 about ''waiting their turn
 When a stair flower gets an angel on the
 string, as it is inclCgantly but fOrcibly
 expressed by the hamfattcrs, he is almost
 certain to land his victim. This is one of the peculiarities of the theatrical business.
 You can demonstrate on paper to the most
 incredulous individual that the projected
 enterprise cannot possibly clear less than $200 to SiOO week in profits, and that if luck should be with you those figures may easily be doubled. There's millions in it. always-bcforc the show goes on the road. Then for some reason or other the enormous profits fail to materializc, and it is proved that it Is possible to clear less than S2OO u week by the fact that more than that amount has been lost in the same time. Usually in about fortnight the cx managerial stair flower Is back at his old post on the steps cuntidCntially rc. lating to the men whom he had but II short time beforc suubbed how hC would have ! made n barrel of money if the chicken hearted hacker had only had the nerve tu
 hang on one week longer.
 The dramatic agent makes his living out of the actors, rrcciying n sum for each cn- gagcmcnt pTOpOIt Itionatc to the salary paid. It follows, however, that, as the orders for people come from the managers, it he. | hoovcs the agent to bc as friendly as pusSi | ble with the theatrical magnatcs. ThCrc fore the agent 's influence is involuntarily | one of the many causes which have tended
 to depress the salaries of actors until now ! they arc in many cases smaller than those of ordinary clerks, and this, too, despite l the fact that their expenses on the road
 are very much heavier.
 l For n great many years it was consider | ed the proper thing to sheer at the Chicago | actor. All tho great companies, all the i famous managers and all the employing | agencies had their headquarters in New
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12

use, hauling street cars. As the average life of street car horse is but four years, there was a demand for about ', 900 horses of this grade every 13 months Now, there is practically no demand, at ieass far fresh horses from the west. for as fast as the New York lines call for more animals some line in the vicinity is ready to discard its horses and at rates that the breeder cannot meet. attended sale of this sort of horses n short time ago. and the average offerings were no more than $40 apiece, whereas tho same grade of horses a few years since would have brought from $I5O to $1T5. The wornout ami mals sold were disposed of in lump. for $7 or Ss-just what the hides, hoofs, etc, would bring.
 The struggle made, when the electric motive power was being introduced, by
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12

country over because O1 ms relations Tn New York with Rollin Squire. The city in which Mir Flynn's railroad was built is one that, so far as I have been able to learn, has not been foremost in any oth- CT material advance, Richmond. The pioneer in any line has to overcome ob- stacles that are as nothing to subsequent travellers along the same road. So it was in tho case of Flynn and his trolley. He had to learn how to do many things that have been considered very simple ever since, and many devices now standard" had to be invented, over which ho and his colleagues and his subordinates had many n hot discussion before adoption. For these and other reasons the building of the Richmond trolley lino took much longer than was expected, and there were not wanting those who could see clearly from the first that the whole scheme was doomed to dismal failure. In the face of every thing, however, the time came at last when experiments were no longer neces- sary, and the current was permanently turned on to the feed wires of the Rich mond trolley roads. Ever since that glad day the merry hum of the mystic motive DONtT HIS DttIl lDt Ol the Old Dominion's capital.
 The growth of the trolley elsewhere began on largo scale just as soon as the street railroad magnates began to understand what the new system would do. For few months Richmond was a mecca for those faithful to the street railroad as means of getting and keep ing riches, and during that time it is likely that the town saw more very wealthy men than it ever did before in n similar period. Here are a flow figures that will give some inklings of how the trolley has since seized the surface roads everywhere In 1892 there were in tho United States II, 63I miles of street railroad, f which 5,939 were electric. nearly all trolley, and 1, ,46O | miles of steam and horse lines. It will be observed that electricity had already won moro than half the field. A year later, in ISY3, the proportion was still more striking. for of the l2, lS7 total miles 1,4GG were electric and 3, ,497 horse and steam. The extension of the | trolley has been quite ns rapid this year | as either of the two previous years, per. haps more so, but the figures are not yet
 made up. of course.
 The slow death of an industry of
 great importance has como along with
 this marvellous growth of the trolley
 namely, the breeding of tho plain or
 railroad horse, otherwise known as the
 "strecter. Figures concerning this
 matter cannot be collected with the
 same ease, of course as can those show.
 ing tie growth of a new industry, but
 here arc some facts from the latitude ot
 New York that will serve to give a no
 tion of the general situation. First, il
 should Inc understood that the trolley
 has made less progress in the great town
 of New York than in any other large
 city in the United States. There are ca
 ble railroads on Manhattan island, but
 no trollevs have yet been allowed soutl
 of the Harlem river. In Brooklyn, how
 ever, the trolley is supreme. In the olC
 days the two cities of New York ant
 Brooklyn kept 2S. 900 horses in constant
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12

GENERAL GEENNILLE NELLEN DODGE- construction of the Mississippi and Ohio railroad. He was ono of the first men to organize regiments of cOlOrcd troops, and during tho Nicksburg campaign he made frequent raids into the enemy's country and indirectly protected the Hanks of both Grant and ROsccrans-
 General Grant had very high opin- ion of his services and placed his name at the head of his list of officers rccom- mended for promotion. Brave ud meIi- torious conduct at the battles of Sugar Valley and Resaca caused his promotion to major general in June, 1864. In Sherman's Georgia campaign Dodge led the Sixteenth corps, and at Atlanta July 22, backed by II regiments. he with stood the attack of General Hoods en- tire army corps. On Aug. l9, at the sGige of Atlanta, he was so severely wounded that he was incapacitated from service. In December he succeeded Rosecrans as commander of the department of Mis- souri, In 1866 he left the army, and the Union Pacific railroad was built under his supervision. He served one term in congress and succeeded General Sher- man as president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee when sherman died.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
The Captain.s He,.ro.eop,c Ey...

An aged sen captain whose home is in this city is troubled with a pecul- iarity of vision which is common to all shippers and ships officers of high rank who have had long experience on the sea. In this particular instance the captain complains that through long use of the telescope, the quadrant and oth- CT instruments used in making calcula- tions at sea the sight has been drawn from the left eye into the one which peers so eagerly through the instru- ments. He says he can discern objects at an enormous distance with his right eye, but is scarcely able to read with his left. ft.-Philadelphia Record.
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ice out of each car, and of course we gain also one third in trips on each of our motormcn and conductors. When we had horse cars. an hour and B min utes was allowed for each trip. but now we arc obliged to allow only an hour and five minutes. In crowded city of 200, 900 inhabitants one third more trips means at least n quarter more business, and that amounts to n cood deal in the course of year. We do not even yet know just how much less the renewal expenses of q trolley line are than of n horse car line. but We know the differ ence is considerable. :"
 It seems to he within bounds to say that the extension of the new power has but begun, and yet the revolution al- ready accomplished in the surface rail roads uf the country is almost past be- lief. In every middle class city, in near ly every first class onc-Ncw York be- ing. as already pointed out, the most notable cXcCptiOn-in many of the smaller cities and towns. and even somu of the villages, tho sweating, knock kneed. toiling car horses and the jolting. uncomfortable cars they drag have given place to steadily moving, smoothly rid ing trolley cars. In place of tho driver. profancly urging along a wUrnout team. there is q self possessed motor man, who shows by his bearing that he knows hc can control with tho turn of a lever an almost irresistible force and with far greater ease than his yelling predecessor could manage one strug- gling team. The streets arc cleaner than ever before. for the trolley makes no litter.
 But the revolution, though z eat in the cities, is and will be greater in the suburbs of these great towns and be- tween tho smaller ones. Travel in sub urban regions. once an intolerable bur den, is fast becoming as pleasant as any | travel can hc. From every great center of population n network of trolley tracks has been begun which will soon extend ! SO far as to intcrsect with that of the | next great center. and so the trolley is destined to rule the whole land after awhile IL will not be long now be- fore the ret tl:at is stretching cut from 1 Boston will join that about Providence;
 that will meet New Haven's; New Ha- ven's will meet New York's; New
 York will meet Philadelphia s; twill join Baltimore S, and Baltimore s Wash.
 ington's. Then you may go from the Hub to the capital by wire if you choose
 to do sn, though, as no through lines
 are yet built, the journey will be slow. | M. I. DEXTER.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12

was presided over by Mrs. ]. N. Grouse, president of the Kindergarten associa- tion. Almost every state of the union and several territories were represented. The range of subjects discussed was a wide one and included about everything from the subtle effects of prenatal in- fiuence upon the baby mind to the del- eterious effects of candy between meals upon the baby stomach.
 One doting mamma created q sensation by declaring that-she put her baby in a bag at night, but the sensation died out when she explained that the bag was simply used for the purpose of prevent ing the youngster from kicking of his clothes and acquiring n bad attack of the ever musical collie Another mother said that her 6-year-old boy had broken up about everything in the house except the kitchen range, which he was still at work on. and she wanted to know if any girl could be such a "terrOr" as that boy. "Or is a boy more of an ami maj than n girl?' she asked.
 As there were 700 women and only about n dozen scared men in the hall, the convocation found no difficulty in ar irving at the conclusion that not only boys of 6, but boys of from to 60, are somehow "nearcr to primitive nature than are girls and women.
 Dr. Norman Bridge caused fiutter in motherly hearts by declaring the somewhat iconoclastic doctrine that fruit was not good for growing children and that candy was better. Dr. w. W.. Jaggard, specialist in gynecology, also made the interesting statement that it was impossible for a woman to intiu- ence the character and appearance of her child before birth, save by proper attention to hygienic rules Among the interested spectators at the convention were several babies who attempted to informally address the meeting now and then, but were either promptly silenced or carried from the hall.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12

house of Farnham, Dale & Go, winch by successive changes became the firm of Sutton, Smith X Co. All this time the clerk was advancing in rank. and in January. 1870. succeeded his princi- pal employer, the new firm being w. l.. Strong & Co.
 His business connections have rapidly extended. For many years he was q di- rector of the Central National bank and for seven years has been its president He is also n director in the Erie railroad company, in the New York Life srsur- ance company. the Hanover Fire Insur- ance company and various minor cor poratiuns, is treasurer of St. John s guild, president of the Ohio Society of New York, and active in other social and charitable organizations.
 Politically he was originally q Repub- lican, but down to this time has been merely an active worker in the ranks. In the last three presidential campaigns he was especially active in organizing the Dry Goods Trade and Down Town Business Mems Republican cluhs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
A NEVADA JOKE.
How n wag Played It on an Innocent Wis
 iting Sportsman.


 iting Sportsman.
 Nothing can be moro interesting in sn ordinary way than the fate of practi- cal jokers. Shooters and sportsmen gen. erally will appreciate the latest from Eureka, Nev. Bent on landing game, a visitor held forth in his hotel with re- gard to his ability to bring quail to earth. Among the audience was a wag, who, being sport himself, was desirous of testing the foreigners ability as a shot
 "We do not shoot quail,' said he, i've bag them, and if you want to go out you may do so tonight and see bet ter fun than any gun can furnish.
 Accordingly the soi disant gamester journeyed out from a small hotel in Nevada to see the extraordinary plan by which quail could be ''bagged" at night time. The party walked two miles into the hills and arranged trap by laying down 80 pieces of candle in V shape. Into this, they explained, i've drive the quail, and one of us holds a sack at the end of the V. into which the quail run." By a previous arrangement an argument was commenced as to who tho sack and securing the birds while the remainder did the hard work of beating | them toward the trap.
 When the point was apparently set tied, one of the party said: "No, this is not fair. MT. de - is our guest, and as such is entitled to hold the sack. " Generously enough, to the boasting sportsman was given the honor of hold | ing . bag bound at the mouth to hoop so as to catch the birds. All the others left to beat up quail. For three hours i the visitor faithfully held that sack, and when the last candle burned out he found himself in the midst of a lonely valley, which was full of deserted shafts and other dangerous holes. two miles from any house and surrounded by a darkness which resembles a stack oi black cats. When he arrived at this hotel and found that his cohunters had been there enjoying the joke for hours. he simply went to bed and wept. He sold his gun next morning and left fol California - state where, he says, people would not do such thing. T San Francisco Call.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
UNATTAlNED.

When Pans Syrinx changed her form To a reed ky -iver's brim, Straight he GU. hat reed and blew Sounds divi-. y sweet to him, For he knew the music fine Was the sJul If her dear shade Hour hy hour he wooed her well, That she might not wholly fade; Kept the rcc1 against his lips And so held her spirit near, If pcrchancc by some strange spell She. repentant, rsappear- Still he calls upon her name, Counting not his vision gone, But he may not bring to life And her. living. look upon Yet he h0pes to. and so sings Here and therc by tempest tossed What the heart with love pursues Never can be wholly lost Die 1t cannot while We hope Through n shy, elusive gleam It must haunt the sunny heights Near the valleys where we dream.
 Chicago Record
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
WAS WITH OLD TecUMseH.
Gallant Record of President Dodge of th'
 Army of the Tennc~sce.


 Army of the Tennessee
 General Grcnville M. Dodge, who was recently reelected president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, has wide reputation as a gallant sol dier and capable railroad engineer. He is a native of Danvers Mass, and Is 63 years old In 1850 he was graduated from military academy in Norwich, Vt. and year later began promising career as railroad surveyor. When the civil war began, the goveynOr of Iowa sent him to Washington to obtain arms for state troops. and on June l1 of that year he became colonel of the Fourth Iowa regiment, which Inc had raised
 He served in Missouri under General Fremont, and carly in lSE2 opened Gen eral Curtis Arkansas campaign. He commanded brigade at the battle of Pea Ridge. where three horses were shot under him in the thick of tho fight. He was severely wounded in the side, but continued directing the movements of his men until the final rout of the ene- my. For his bravery he was made brig adler general of volunteers. In June, 1882, while in command of the district of the Mississippi, he supcrintended the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
MANY STAMPS MISSING.
An Employee of the Government Printing Onic. Charged win stealing Them

ofiic- Charged win stealing Them
 wAsHINGToN. Oct l2.-william B- smith of New Jersey, n labOrcr employed in the hurcau of engraving and printing, was arrested here charged with stealing 5o OOO cent postage stamps from the government. Smith went to New York a few days ago. and, it Is alleged, placed the stamps on sale there.
 This fact became known hero through postal authorities. and subsequently, word came from a postmaster that his pack ago of stamps was 5u, Oss0 short. It Is be- heved other employees arc implicated
 In addition to his Now York market smith found several purchasers of his stamps In Washington. from whom a con- siderable amount has been rccovcrSd. Of those recovered hero a part wcrO printed by thr American Bank Note company and the others by the hurrau Of engraving and printing. as shown by the cngravsrs' marks showing concIusively that Smith mus have taken mors than one package of bo.OO0 Tho rxArt number Ioss. how ever, can only hs known when pos,mas- ters rsport to ths hurcau that the.r requi- sisions arc either nissins or short.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
ToIstoi and the CEar.

It is said that after the first incen- diary articles of Tolstoi tho czar sent for him and advised him to desist Twill your majesty. Tolstoi is report ed to have said, "doff for an instant your imperial mantle and judge my works us a mere man7 If a single word of my writings offend your majesty's s human sense, I will cut of my right hand" Alexander III became very thoughtful. did not reply and affably dismissed the greatest living apostle of the social Christian idea--New York Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
JIne r. 1894 SAUGATU& DIVISION.

SAUGATUCE DIVISION.
 Trains leave Waterbury as fellow: For NEW YORE-sOS. sI1 lj5O 6 m: l-2s. SIS 44Gpm. Sunday AIS ? m Ra--trn % 6Gl IJ-O3 a m l -0c. 402-6-O1 n. Sunday 6-OD a H- ror NEW HAVEN. via Derby JunctiC-- eA6 sIl lOsO a m: l-2s. S-25. 5S5 ? m Return via Derby Junction : f" e-io m IlOn 415. sySO. T3S p: m sunday s,l" n orNEW H AvEN. NEW LONDON. etc via Naug4r1Ick Junction |. +0 D III. P,r RRIDG GEPORT-SOS Sl4- l05O m . IS SIS 4-sO S-SS ? I'll. sunday -" m: Ra-TrEn al T1S I3 9-4J a I'll l2'S'- 1-,5-sJ -4o nm Sun,layS IS a m For sSSONIA-6OS. s-I2. 1OS ID lAs 5as440k 5S ! 70 tmixedl m Sunday i-ls Raturn at 7.s3. sS4. lO21. m : 12 Sl 3 ol 6IU. sI5nm m Sunday s.46 m.
 WLTERTOWN-6.40 s-Ss. HI 6 m SbS. eI9 Q. D m Saturday SIS ? h. Return at 6.2O 7.iO. 10 70 m 7-50. 4Ss. 6SO nm Saturday 7L35 m- . R,,r THOHASTOS-s-33.- 11l2 ID: SeS- e-os' nm Sunday s-25 m-
 Return al T.4S. lO-2S 6 m: 7s5 e-2e m' Sunday S.4I m. .o For rTORRISGTOS-s-S3 L-l2 ID S-s2 eos' m Sunday 9 .45 a m
 Return at | 70 lO-Oa m-s 2-sb. S-uS p Ill., Sunday. S-9S D. m. For WISSTED-s:S3 Il.12 a. m-: 3S3. 6S9 ? ID Sunday. 9 $ m- , Return at TOO. 9.4O a. m: 2-OS- AZ D. III Sunday. 800 D. m
 CT. HAMPSTEAD. Gen Pass Agent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
TRAVELLING BY WIRE.
MARVELLOUS GROWTH OF THE eLEc.
 TRIc TROLLEY RAILROAD SYSTEM.

you Can Soon Go by Trolley From the
 Hub to the Capitai-Through Electric
 Lines Projceted-Troiiey Mall Cars, Rel
 ative Cost of Horses and. the Trolley.
 The revolution that has been wrought by the introduction of the trolley cars is already counted among the most inn portant overturnings in all the history of material development. Yet it has apparently only just begun.
 The first successful trolley railroad was operated by Maurice Flynn, the same who was once so we'll known the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
MISS ACkERMAN'S TRIP.
She Has Been Around the World Doing
 Missionary Work.

Missionary Work.
 CHICAGO. Oct. l2.-Miss Jessie Acker- man. an around tho world" missionary of the Woman's Christian Temperance union, arrived in Chicago after a trip of l50, 900 miles, which. she claims. Is the longest journey ever made by n woman. She has been abroad for seven years, and her work has carried her through China, Japan, New Zealand Australia and South Africa, Madagascar, Java, Singapore 9 2 the Hawaiian Islands.
 She has been n guest in 2,O00 homes, has been entertained in palaces, slept in ancient tombs. lived through tho jungle fever, and. as she expresses it, tied the white ribbon of the W. c. T. T.. twice around the globe"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
HE Is AGAINST TawmANy-
An ohio Man Running For Mayor of New
 York Cffr

The municipal campaign in New York city this year attracts universal attention, and the issue of the struggle between Tammany and its foes is watch ed with interest everywhere. Colonel William L. Strong. candidate for mayor nominated by the Republicans and such anti-Tammany organizations as affiliate with them, was first in the field, and though hitherto unknown as a candi- date is well known as business man
 He was born March 9, IS27. in Richland county, O., and after obtain ing a common school education entered a retail dry goods store in Wooster at the age of 16. After two years there he en- tered a store in Mansfield, and afte, some seven years work there removed tc New York city and secured place with l.. O. Wilson & Co, then one of the largest dry goods houses in the city. That firm went to pieces in the panic of 1857, and Mir. Strong went into the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
.J.bp.op.. Rrc.r,, n.a,-n.

SACRAMENTO, Oct. ls.-In the bicycle at Agricultural park Charles =. Wells. paced by tandems. with flying start. rode half milo In 52 T 5 seconds. beating tho worlds record four fifths of a second. the previous record being B3 2-s by John <. Johnson at Springfield.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
confereno, Delegate Die. suddenly.

SYRACUSE. Oct. 12.-Tho session of the Central New York Methodist Episcopal conference was saddened by the an- nouncement of the sudden death of the Rev. Charles c. Tucker of Butler Center. Mir. Tucker was subject to cataicptio fits and expired suddenly at his boarding place in this city.