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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-30
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Is there such n thing as luck? Let q
man come to the conclusion that he is
lucky and some day he will he will find
that he has deluded himself and the de-
fusion will ruin him. He who thinks he is
child only to be lulled along in the strong
arms of Fortune, some day discovers that
his dependence upon a theory and not
upon condition has landed him in the
gutter. The man who concludes that he is
child of misfortune is really victim OF
his own weak character, and he falls be-
hind into the rank and file of the disap-
pointed. He has gone to the extreme.
The chances are, too, he has had his OPP
portunity and failed to grasp it-he let his
chances like sunbeams pass him by. We
must stear clear of getting into that frame
of mind. To avoid these two extremes
and be happy, let man watch himself;
depend upon himself; back up that de-
pendence with pluck and zeal, grasping
every opportunity, and if there is any luck
lying around loose piece of it will come
his way.
Remember, luck isn't always luck. Ger
tain effects must follow certain causes. If
one man works earnestly and thinks deeply
he is bound to gain an advantage over his
companion who does not. And such
causes are not lost on the desert air, but
have their effects, when generally accrue
to the profit of the man who thinks and
acts If something happens to you that
has the appearance of ill luck. do not be
too easily influenced but get out your chart
give the wheel turn and steer in some
other direction.
If you want to see the difference be-
tween Old and New Flour, buy a loaf of
KELLY'S New England Bread and COM
pare it with that you make from New
Flour.
KeIIv. the Butter man.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-30

FORT WAYNE May 30.-Thc three Grand
Army posts of Fort Wayne have caused q
sensation by adopting re iolutions con-
dcmning all kinds of picl les and sports
on Decoration day.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-30
Corn Starch, s pounds for 25c, W. N.
LADD. ~ 05 South Main street.

Fucker Brothers, 1876 East Main street,
will sell household goods below cost.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-30
E. c.. KtLDUFF G. GO.
UnapprOaChable Bargains.

1t is a well-known fact do ADVERTISE if better
that the bargains equal if surpa what the closest
might expect We have just closed out from Davies Hopkins
Bates, Boston, reliable makers of Clothing, Mems
and Youths Suits, which offer at figures that will bring you
to the Progressive Clothers.
LOT NO lComprises IS Mems Mixed Cashmere Suits we'll
made and trimmed, and made sell $40
Our price will be IS while they last.
LOT NO. 2Comprises all wool, fast colos blue and black
ChcNlots, Eomespuns and Scotch Cashmercs
made to sell at $l2 Our price $50.
business or dress; would be good value SD
offer them at IS.
LOT NO. I'm this lot find blue and black Serges
single double brcastcd Silk Mixed Suits
sacks or trocks fancy Twceds, all made o retail
at SIG or $l1. We bought them right and will
sell them right he Our price, $40.
LOT NO. 3What do you think of $40 Suits for 1922 This
is a fact. There about 90 Suits in the lot
all colors and sizes. Call and Them take
them homo and compare them with suits YOU will
have to pay $ or IS more for, and if YOU do not
think so return them and get your money.
G- The bargains offered in Bows Department
Our Boys 25c Pants all sizes what pay lS at other
stores
T7 Our Straw Hats Sale Come in and see the line
equal to in sizc-wc little lower in
price always
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less gifts s1owered upon them. At st.
Petersburg the Archduke, a cousin Of the
re ag 8, Car fell y victim to her wies
in a moment of blind infatuatiOn made her
a present of his grandmother's jewels, said
court ball at the Winter Palace. to which
she had been invited at the instance Of
this nobleman, she had the audacity and
looms of the royal family. She could not,
however, escape the eagle eye of old Alex
her her life and the Archduke his estates.
AS soon as the truth was known the Car
ordered her out of his dominions with an
of death, an order which it was best 10
obey. The Archduke was banished from
his court and remained under royal dis
pleasure until the death of the Car.
The beautiful young adventures now
made their way to Paris. and by their
Napoleon. Count Percele. ambassador to
Japan, was the next victim to fall under
the spell OF her daring RI Iney were fa mar r,
Paris with great ceremony and splendor,
receiving magnificent gifts some from the
hands of the Empress Eugene herself.
She shortly afterwards sailed with her
husband to the land of the little Japs. Here
she created the same excitement and stir
as elsewhere. For a time things went well.
The ideas Of property in the polished little
Frenchman were not so eXacting as at
Washington or St Petersburg AT least
the Prime Minister and the Mkado became
entangled in the meSheS of the dangerous
beauty and soon was completely in her
tolls. The Countess had passed the meridian
of her power. the zenith of her glory was
passed, her star was on the decline. She
was at the age now for reflection, and her
aim should have been to retain the honor
able and titled name which she now pos
sessed. But she seemed impelled irresistIbly
forward to meet that danger and ruin that
she knew would sooner or later overtake
her, without the powers to forsake the
paths in which they lay.
The Count deserted her. returned to Paris
and procured a divorce. The Countess mar
ried the Prime Minister of Japan but on
ward and rapidly she sped to the end. For
some real or imaginary indiscretion her
husband caused her TO be thrown into
prison, and obtained from the Mikado a
death warrant, and away in foreign lands,
friendless and alone. Mary BoOZer, Mrs.
James Beecher. Countess Percele, and lastly
Mrs. Prime Minister Of Japan, paid the
penalty of a wayward and wicked life by
being brought to the block
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peared at our doors. pleading for work in
the old coaxing fashion But the outraged
Rushville housewives were obdurate. and
she was al last forced 10 apply 10 the town
for aid. She found in the New England sys-
tenn OF poor relief a second blssful revela-
ton, and her downfall was complete
Thenceforth she made "A mere pretense Of
working. On the plea of her sickly chill
dren. she obtained aid from various charita-
BILE societies, and she became a regular at
tendant at "a mission church.
Some years have passed. and Mrs Slam
bangskt Is still a professional pauper Seve-
raj OF her boys and girls have married, at
the age OF fifteen or sixteen, creatures as
miserable as themselves. These new house
holds Internationally pursue some precarious
calling, but their real dependence is upon
the superintendent Of the poor Their chill
dren multiply like the sands of the sea;
even the original Mrs. Slambangski has two
utterly unexplained little Slambangsks.
The homebred good qualities of the Slal>
bangsh blood have disappeared, and the
new world has failed 10 replace them.
We shall 90 on supporting Slambangskis
unto the third and fourth generation, as we
have supported others before them. AS the
superintendent Of the poor roughly but forci-
bly, puts the case: Those Slambangskis are
just human rubbish. but what we do
about IL? As long as the town feeds them,
they Will live forever; but as sure we
cut OF their allowance, one of them will
up and die within a week. just for the fun
of IL. And the people who stand by and see
the workngman's home taxed till the taxes
grow as heavy rent, the people who
breed paupers and never manage TO help the
poor who worth keeping alive-would
set up a national howl il We let Slam
bangSk PERISH
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RATS ARE HER PETS.
4 Georgetown Woman Who Rivals
the Pied Piper of HameIin.
Washington Post.

washington POST
If the Pied Piper of Harlelin should ever
a visit he would find that he had rival
already installed here and the field fully
occupied. The rival in question is Sarah
Baker a colored woman who lives IL
Georgetown. near the junction Of Con-
gress street and the canal She raises
white rats, not for sale or profit, but
merely for the love of the rats. Her room
where she and her four-footed. long-tailed
up with cages piled one over the other, and
scores. If not hundreds. of the pink-eyed.
snowy furred rodents, making up such u
ratful vision as would ruin the trade of the
best saloon in Washington If the customers
had to pass through it on their way after
a drink.
The rats are all the descendants of two
or three pair that were given to the wo-
man year or two ago; They multiplied
and increased. and declining to kill any of
them. Mrs. Baker provided new cages as
the rats filled UP their old quarters until
now 1t takes her the better part of her
spare time to feed and attend to the wants
of her file-tailed family.
The rats all know her, and will come to
the front of their cages and take food from
between her. lips, or If given the liberty of
the room some OF the corpulent old fellows
Will sit upright on the palm of her hand
and wash their faces and comb -out their
whiskers with the gravity of a burgher-
master.
But white rats are not the only ones
that inhabit the old house. a horde of big
brown wood rats live in the walls Of the
house. and whenever one of the peaceable
and inoffensive white ones strays out of
IT'S cage over night 1t is almost sure to be
torn 10 pieces. Several have met their fate
In this way, and should the whole con-
tingent ever escape and meet their wild
brethren in mortal combat there would be
q scene of death and carnage such as
would rival the already classic conflict of
the frogs and the mice
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THE STAR STORE
1914 & 196 w. Washington st.
FAMOUS MARY BOOZER
Her Beauty and Wit Became No
tOriOuS i'm Three Continents.
Once the Belle of the South, She Turned
Traitress, Dazzled Russia and Paris,
and Was Beheaded in Japan.
r, A. Dickert in Atlanta Constitution.

d. A. Dickert, in Atlanta Constitution.
'The Countess Percele has lost her head"
Such is the news that comes from far-off
japan. The countess often before happened
with this misfortune. figuratively speaking,
and notably, at the great court of the white
Car of all the Russas, but at the court
of the willy little Mikado she fell VICTIM
like Mary, the beautiful but unfortunate
Scottish Queen, to malice and jealousy. and
lost her head at the hands of the aXman,
her marvellous beauty and indiscretion be-
ing the author of her ruin.
land who was the Countess Percele? VINO
this distant Princess that we of the South
should be interested in her sad ending? AT
one time the whole State of South Carolina
would have listened with bated breath to
catch one word of this famous beauty. She
was of the South, and South Carolinian
She was born in Newberry district in 1SB
and was ranked with common consent the
most beautiful and accomplished beauty in
the State. Her father was a Mr.. Burton
who died while Mary. the subject of this
sketch. was vet a child. Her mother mar
ried a Mr.. Boozer, who adopted her, and
gave her his name and fortune. For some
cause gossip has it domestic trouble
Boozer committed suicide. The widow then
married a Mr. Feasten and took up their
abode in the aristocratic city of Columbia
Feasten, being a man of wealth and hav-
ing no children of his own, lavished his
money upon the stepdaughter giving her
all the education and accomplishments that
wealth could bestow. She grew in grace
and loveliness as she merged into woman
hood and became one of the most beau
tiful ard fascinating young ladies in the
whole State, and her personal charms were
sic
brilliarcy, her wit AMI charming manners.
I'm fact, she was said 10 be a perfect model
of Trace beauty and loVelineSs. Her rare
Accomplishments and dazzling beauty, TO
say nothing of her wealth and social stand
ing made her without dispute the social
queen OF Columbia and her hand was often
sought in marriage by sons or the wealthy
I, nrare Of nm tofta0fl1.
But to all such overtures she turned
deAE estr. ait fSEls-ItiSu unIettereu ana
fancy free" The war came on and the
young SWANS deserted the ballroom and
scenes OF poetic gayety for the more real
and prosaic battlefield. With war came
ruin devastation and upheavals in society.
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WHINING WOMEN.
n French GOverness American
Maids and MatrOns.

New York Mercury.
Now. in this favored land. there is abso-
luteiy no standard of marital happiness;
many American girls look upon marriage
as a mere episode and not in any sense
OF the word as great and glorious final
1ty. If you were TO ask some of them why
they wished to get married their answers
might be like the following: Because I'll
the young girls in our set do; because
want 10 spite somebody; because he mas
been fool enough TO ask me; because he's
little darling; because / want to get rid
OF him; because he has more money than
brains; because he has already been mar
ried; because he's such a divine WALTER;
because can twist him around my finger;
because his mother is dead and he has no
sisters; because l know that he will never
tell me what L should wear; because he's
SO ugly that other women will not run
married; because if you don't like a man
You may leave him; because I don't want
women call on mamma; because if a man is
worth having some girl will be sure 10
take him; because I'm sick and tired of hav-
the. only way Of finding out how it feels
TO be called Mrs because my chum bet
me that L couldn't catch Tom, no matter
how hard 1 tried because / am tired Of
papas stories; because L want to get club
gossip at first hand
pretty birds, after being so quick to hop
INTO the golden cage of matrimony, should
TO beat their breasts against its gittering
wires? In other words, begin to whine, if
you will excuse the tumble of metaphor.
My young friend BERTHE, the clubman,
dropped in upon the other evening and
Al occurred to me TO ask him if he had ever
had any experience with whining wives.
Mails, oui madamoiselle' he replied, as
he drew down his cuffs and glanced at his
polished finger nails. II know the type
very we'll. There's my friend, Ned w.
Dined with him the other day; good fellow
generous TO a fault, always has the best
OF wines and cigars; would have enjoyed
the dinner hugely, but unfortunately Neds
wire Is a wilmer, a genuine, tender pathetic
wilmer. She did nothing but complain about
Ned from the time entered the dining
room until Ned and 1 smoked her out.
raving mad. Everything Ned did, every
thing Ned said, was wrong; he didn't carve
the ducks right, didn't put enough vinegar
in the French dressing, didn't give
mamma" the right piece didn't remember
her directions about some trivial matter,
didn't repeat a certain conversation cor
rectly, di6s1t tell story in the
right way, didn't bear in mind her (empha-
sis on the herr feelings in certain matter,
tain lady sneered at her, didn't express
enough regret when she sprained her ankle,
didn't have penetration enough to see
through the schemes of certain woman,
in fact. from the moment / entered the
house until the front door closed behind me
that woman continued her warning. Poor
Ned, he kept busy defending
himself that when We lighted our cigars and
bis wife and her mother had left the ROOM
then after a few moments rest he rose,
walked to the buffet and INDUCED in
double soda He suffering from bad
attack of acidity of the stomach
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President Eliot en- Athletics.
Harper's Weekly.

AIebi per w eekly.
1T is clear" says President Eliot. in his
recent report, that extravagant training
IN athletics is not compatible with the con-
ditlons Of the best intellectual work" Yes
tnat Is clear. of course, it also is that
eXtraVagant mental training does not pro-
duce the best intellectual work Extraya-
giant training of any sort should be re-
stricted But in the restriction 1t should al
ways be remembered that what is one mans
poison may be another mans meat and
that the athletic training which would alb
s9rb one mans nervous energies to the det-
riment of his intellectual side may be mere
~ sufficient To arouse the faculties of an
other man. his intellectual faculties among
the rest If a mans mind is acute and
active and works him hard just enough ex-
erclse TO keep him in condition may be all
that he needs. But if his mind is sluggish
ana his physical man Expresses him, a
course of thorough athletic training may
stir every faculty he has into fuller and
more eager life. II by limiting mans
physical labor one could be sure to divert
all the energy thus saved into intellectual
force, the problem of college athletics
would be much more simple than il is
would be as simple. indeed as some of the
critics of intercollegiate sports seem to re-
gard IL
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THE BAGpIPE.
1t Is an Ancient Instrument and Was
Known to Italians and Bretons.
Chambers Journal.

Chambers Journal
Though now associated with Scotland, the
bagpipe is an instrument of great antiquity,
and was known long ago to some Indian
races also 10 the Italians and Bretons. Ii
appears to have reached its most popular
development from the musical and utilita-
rian view in the case of the Highland bag
pipe The groundwork of the instrument is,
as the name implies, bag of skins sewed
together. and, OF course, perfectly air tight
This condition is aided by the use of trea-
Gle, which is poured into the bag and al
lowed TO soak well into IL.
Into the bag are fitted five wooden stocks,
generally of crocus ebony. These stocks
in their turn hold the three drOnes, the
chanter and the mouthpiece-the chanter
bainp perforated by the note holes while
the mOuthpiece is used for filling the bag
Each Of the drone pipes, and the chanter, Is
contrary tc the general impression, which
AGNES the chanter to be a kind Of flute,
and the drones hollow sticks.
Bagpipe music has fixed scale, and the
treble. or CT cef, is the only one used. The
great difficulty OF playing, however, is TO
obtain the doubling Of the notes at once
doubled or grace notes. as they are called.
makes the manuscript of bagpipe music
look something like a document filched
from the British Museum.
Most players carry the drones on their left
shoulder but the right is sometimes used.
In this case the player has TO take the
drones out and fix them that the bass
drone will rest on the right shoulder. II
not he must place his head between the
dronsS and support them by the connecting
cord resting on the back of his neck, the
small drones not being long enough 10 find
support on the shoulder
To the Sassenach such words Taor-
luath. TaOrlath Mach, Crunlaath. Crunlauth
Breabach. look very ominous. but. being
INTERPRETED, they are simply methods of
doubling and trebling the notes. 1t can
hardly be denied that the above terms,
although they might be called jaw-break-
ers, look much more imposing than the
Italian expressions which figure so largely
in piano-f forte practices.
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how is IL TO be done? Only by attending
the primaries and taking a hand in the
choice of delegates The Intellectual genius
for studying politics and political history
likes to listen TO essays and 10 do some
thing OF that sort himself. 1t Is a gentle
manly way OF doing his duty as a citizen.
But after all what does &c amount tot
While the essayist is plunging recklessly
mo the problems before him and explain
ing how this and that thing ought 20 be
done the boys" are around the corner
the polls giving a practical lesson in how
things are done. When the people as a
whole will take interest enough in the
Problems OF Municipal Government 10 20
TO the primaries they can solve all prob
lens to their own satisfaction. But
long as they leave all such matters 10 the
ward politicians they must take the chances.
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A bargain in plaid dress goods,
uouD1e width, at. II
Special drive in corded cashmeres,
double width and regular 25c quail
fty, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 15c
Once more we will be able to show
you full line of colors in our fam
Gus line of 36-inch cashmeres, 9TH
ers sell them at DC, our price,. zoe
All wool Henriettas in ali the new
shades, regular price, soc, we sell
them ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 900
Handsome Small Plaid, all wool cloth
dress goods nice for Easter dresses 39c
For Easter week we shall sell a nice
dress pattern in Crepon and illumi-
mated Serge, half wool goods at. S19s
Heather mixtures are new and we
will sell You dress pattern at. s13;
Are you going to make your own
cape this spring? If so see the ele-
CANT all wool cloth we are selling at 42c
All colors in a regular S125 broad
cloth selling at. o9c
Have you seen those new Satin Ber-
bers in all the new popular spring
shades? Nothing handsomer shown
and the nrice is onIv............... 75c
Black Silk Warp Gloria dress pat
terms will be placed on sale Mon
day morning again at................ S4.W
Silk Warp Glorias, in all colorS, fine
Reads Lansdowne in every color
made The most popular spring
dress fabric shown. A full dress
pattern ............... '.''...''.''' .'''' 81
Black Henriettas in every imaginat
quality, style and price.
Black Brocaded dress goods at all price
All wool 40-inch Serge dress goods,
regular 65c quality. 4Se
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and in due time, victim of artificial
duty. must sit and sit, without remon-
STRANGE or revolt. under the inexorable
Jenkins, who never has anything to say
nor knows when 10 sit down. Slavery was
not only bad for the slave, but democrat
izing for the STAKEHOLDER. 1t is 50 in some
degree with after-dinner speaking. 1t is a
serious responsibility that each Of US takes
when he sits consentlngly under an after
dinner speaker. since we not only weaken
our own powers Of resistance, but we help
on the abnormal toughening of his. Our
safety and his lie in the strength of our
resolution to nip him in the bud. We
should sit on him, not under him. We must
crush him while he is still young and ten
der that in his age his prolixity may not
overwhelm US, nor his III advised levity
bring reproaches upon himself.
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Literary Digest.


The posthumous. fifth. and finishing vol
ume CT Re1an's History of the Jews
has had & unique reception in Paris 1t
seems 10 have pleased everybody. softened
in attitude both sides find themselves
by considering the author ia retrospect. The
controlling idea OF the volume is that Chris
ua1lty is the flower, masterpiece. and glory
Of Judaism, and the sum total of its ovo-
luton. OF the future Renan says: ut is
not certain that the immediate future will
have the light Credulity is deep rooted.
Socialism may bring. with the completely
of Catholicism new middle age ba rba ria n
church, an eclipse of liberty. OF indiviou-
atty. in a word, Of civilization. But the
Interior future is sure. The future definite
j. viii no longer believe in the supernatural
for the supernatural Is not true and ali
that is not true Is condemned 10 die Moth
ing lasts ike the truth. This poor truth
appears pretty well abandoned, served as IL
Is by en- impeTcepthle minority. Be- TRANQUIL
il will triumph. Judaism ard Christianity
viii disappear. Jewish work will end but
Greek work-that is. science, rational and
Observation-Disclosures without char
latanism, without revelation, founded on
reason and liberty, will. on the contrary
go on forever. The trace OF Israel however
Viii De eternal.
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Solution of n Problem.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
So. after all, the Problems Of Municipal
Government are reduced to the one propo-
sition: elect good men to Office. There is
nothing more than this TO the discussion.
Elect good men and the rest Is easy. But