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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24

door. and more dead than alive sought

door, and more dead than alive sought
my own room.
I could not face poor Victorine at
first, remembering her confession OF
affection for Mr.. Summers, her belief
in his love for her. Oh, she must never
know of this, never!
Poor Victorinc! AS sAe had said, l was
younger than she was, and I was pref
tier, and then | had fortune of my
own. Doubtless this had caused Mr..
Summers Inconsistency. Greed is the
vice of middle age. Never at her tiercest
had Nictorine so utterly disapproved of
this man from the north as | did in that
hour, and at first l wept for Nictor1ne,
and at last for myself, for now how
could Harry and hope for happiness?
After awhile l washed my face and
went down to the sitting room. The
lamp was put out, but the faint light
! Of the dying cmbers on the hearth re-
vealed Nictorine sitting in a large arm
chair, wrapped in my white shawl which
she had thrown up over her comb as Il
Spanish lady wears her mantilla. Slow
ly she swayed to and fro.
You don't mind the darkness, do
you, love-" she asked.
mo, indeed, " l cried. Little could
she comprehend how grateful l was for
yelling shadows just then.
4 put the lamp out that l might
think the better,' she went on. II
have been indulging in the most beau
tiful dreams. I am sure, my dear, that
married life must be far happier than
a single existence. Once or twice l
have had much attention paid to me,
but as | contemplated the possibility of
changing my peaceful condition | have
sat down in silence and darkness. rs |
have tonight, with something over my
head and asked myself, VIII it be well?'
and the answer has never been favor
able until now. In the case OF Major
Stibls, l remembered that had smelled
whisky on his breath. Professor Bud
worth, l concluded, would bore me at
times, but in thinking Of Mr.. Summers
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been subjected should result in another
famous heresy trial like that OF DR..
Briggs. The university is not Il Baptist
institution, though the Baptist divinity
school is part of it. and Founder Rookie
Teller and President Harper both belong
to that denomination. Still it is not inn
possible that the church authorities may
take official cognizance of DR.. Harper's
public utterances.
Though still a young man, DR.. Har-
per has long had more than national
prominence as a scholar and an educa-
tor. He has worldwide fame as a He
brew scholar and teacher and began to
fill responsible educational positions be-
fore he had attained his majority. He
was born in Ohio, at New Concord, July
26, 1856, and is of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
At the age of 10 years he entered Mus
kingum college, in his native town and
received his bachelor degree when he
was but IA, delivering an Grafton in He
brew at the commencement exercises.
AS soon as the age limitation permit
ted, at the age of II, he entered the grad
uate department of Yale and two years
later received the degree of Phi. B. He
then accepted the position of principal Of
the Masonic college at Macon, Tenn,
where he remained but one year, having
been appointed to the principalship of
the preparatory department of the Den
ison university at Granville, 0.
In 1879, when he was but %, DR.. Har-
per was elected to the chair of Hebrew
and cognate languages in the Baptist
Theological seminary at Morgan Park,
Ills, and one of the remarkable things
rememt cred in connection with his &C
ceptance of the post is the fact that he
was younger than any member of the
first class that he instructed. Whiie
holding this position he conceived and
organized the first summer school of He
brew, which has since spread elsewhere,
and instituted the Hebrew correspond
ence school.
Chautauqua elected him principal of
her college of liberal arts in 1885 and
made him principal of her entire system
in 1891, though he had then accepted the
presidency of Chicago university. In
1886 Yale claimed him for her chair of
Semetic languages, and three years later,
after repeated requests, he went to Chi
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slope of the round topped hill back of
the farmhouse was a good place to be Ill
that is, for boy Old enough to have
fun, but not old enough to bear hand
at the hard work. There was another
who heard the farmers prediction as to
the running of the sap who was imme-
diately filled with II tired feeling. He
was the man who 'helped round from
November to April for IS a month and
his board. He Thought only of the hard
work of sugar making, and he was quite
prepared for the worst when, next morn
ing, the farmer told him to go to work
at the sap troughs, for all this hap
pened so long ago that the sap was
caught as it ran from the trees in trOughs
hewn ont Of short sections of split beech
and birch and maple.
There should be about 400 sap troughs
on this farm, for there We're about 400
trees in the bush. Each year at the close
of the season the troughs were piled
away to be used the next year, but each
year an uncertain percentage was rem
dered useless by reason of decay and
''checking,' and it was a good week S
work to inspect the lot and replace the
useless ones. On the very day that this
task was accomplished the farmer judg-
ed that the sun, and the wind, and the
frost had wrought their perfect work,
and the next day the labors of the sea-
son We're begun in earnest.
1t was an informing season to the boy,
for he learned that he was no longer too
young to work. and his joy that he was
to be allowed to remain away from
school till sugar was made was before
the first day was over greatly moderated.
The men did the tapping, taking Il good
sized chip out of each tree. and from the
wounds they made the blood Of the
straight, beautiful naples flowed plenti-
full and sweet. To the boy was assigned
the work Of driving the "spiles' -pieces
of pine sharpened-into the taps, and
down the spiles the sap dripped, dripped,
all day into the trOughs.
Outside the bush. where the suns rays
could melt it, the snow was rapidly dis
appearing, but it was still Il foot deep at
the roots of the naples, and it was not
easy to tramp from tree to tree. By the
time the last of them had been tapped
the trOughs of those first tapped We're
filled. and the hired man burdened his
shoulders with Il clumsy wooden yoke.
from the ends Of which depended wooden
buckets, and started on the rounds gath
ering sap. The boy tramped round with
the man. emptying trOughs into the
buckets, till it seemed as if his legs would
crack at the knees, and then his father
told him to rest a bit and build the fire
in the saphouse.
Never was Il structure more inaptly
termed house than this. 1t was simply
Il roof of slabs and bark supported by
four posts. Under this rude shelter,
hanging on a pole upheld by two crotched
sticks, We're two big caldrons. Near them
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MAKINGMAPLESUGAR
IN DAYS GONE BY 1T WAS OFTEN
MIXED WITH ROMANCE.

In These Modern Times Its Manufacture Is
Carried on ON Scientific Lines, In Accord
ance With the Spirit of the Age, by the
Aid of No End of Patented Contrivances.
sit seems to me-" said the boys father
one day late in February, 'that the sap
ought to begin to run in a few days"
And he looked at the sky with Il crit
ical eye and whistled bar or two of
''Bonny Doom" softly to himself. "Just
let the sun come out warm and bright
for few days." he went on, with
northwest wind and good sharp frosts at
night, and We'll go to work in the sugar
bush"
These remarks filled the boys heart
with joy. He was a New England boy,
and he knew that during the sugar sea-
son the grove of naples known as the
sugar bush that covered the first gentle
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24

SOMETHING SWEETER THAN MAPLE SUGAR.
young man who was mostly joints, who
was able to converse most entertainingly
on the trapping of muskratS-he called
them mushrats-and who quite agreed
with the boy that there were too many
girls present.
The sugar was pronounced fright" by
the uncle and the doctors daughter
when they came in, but the hostess
smiled and said, Not yet" holding up
a twig on which she had been trying to
grain the wax unsuccessfully. A little
later when, she gave the word, there was
a general filling of plates with snow and
cooling of hot sugar, and then the con-
sumption of doughnuts and sweets be-
gan. When every one had eaten as much
as possible, the remainder of the sugar
was poured into little scalloped tin dishes
creased for the purpose and allowed to
cool into cakes of nut brown saccharini-
ty. At IL o'clock the sugar party, the
most successful one of the season, was
over with. The boy was just dropping
to sleep when his uncle returned from
seeing the doctors daughter home. He
seemed to be gay, for he sang ''Old Dan
Tucker" as he climbed the stairs to his
room, to the disgust Of the boy and the
hired man and the amusement of the
boys parents.
The old sugar bush still yields sugar
every spring, and the boy is now the
owner of the farm. But in the place of
the rude shed where the sap was boiled
there is a neat, substantial sugar house.
Instead of the swinging caldrons there
are patented evaporators and granulat-
ing pans. The trees are no more tapped
with the AK, but With thin augur, an
iron ''spile" being driven into the hole.
The troughs have long been rotten
wood, and in their place sap buckets
hang on the spiles. The sap is not now
gathered in buckets at the end of heavy
wooden yokes, but is collected in bar
rel, hauled about the bush on a cart or
a sled, and the old routine of boiling the
sap has gone forever. 1t is now poured
into the shallow evaporators, which are
heated by a patented furnace, and at the
other end comes out sugar. Some think
the sugar made this way is not so good
as it was when it was finished over the
kitchen stove. 1 do not agree with them
in this opinion, but it is certain that
some of the modern so called maple
sugar was once the juice of Louisiana
sugar cane and never saw sugar bush.
/. d. MARSHALL.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24

hCttrH hiln StttnI1C u}ld fuN
| cOnfess-I-could only say. He is de
lightful, and have had such Il dream,
such "a drcan-it must have been d
dream!'
l drew near Nictorinc and sat down
upon Il footstool and put my head upon
her knee.
Oh, had I. asked myself, by any CO.
quettish glance or tone beguiled her ell
derby lover? My conscience should
have been free enough, but l tortured
myself by this Thought.
"A Dream she repeated. Il sat
just half asleep. and my eyes were
shut. Then l fancicd the door opened,
and some one canc softly into the
room, crossed the floor, knelt beside
me, took my hand and kissed it, then
crept softly away.
II did not even open my eyes. 1t
was like that thrilling scene in Lord
Charles Fitz James; CT, Il Heart of Oak, ;
where Lady Arabolla falls asleep over
her embroidery frame, and he, finding
her SO, presses il kiss upon her taper
fingers. Oh, it was lovely! Do you
think it was a dream?'
"A dream, darling. Il dream" l an
swercd, and unable longer to restrain
my tears kissed her and bado her good
night.
HE SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24

doWed, has re-
Gently astounded
II any Baptist
thrologians by
the Iromulgati
Of ideas in regard
to the Scriptures
that do not meet
with their APP
prevail, and it
would not be as
tonishing if the
CRITICS III to
which he has
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24

years OF marvellous
success, it is acknowledged the unfailing
remedy for all forms of female complaints,
ovarian troubles, inflammation and ulcer
alton, falling and displacements of the
womb, irregularity, suppressed or pain
full transformations, leucorrhoa, bloating,
flooding, backache, nervous prostration,
kidney trouble, etc., and is found on the
shelves of all respectable druggists.
Such cases as this of Mrs. NJ. f. FOXY,
of Campello, Mass, speak volumes. She
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Had Him Placed.

Mr.. Cheviot Hill-Do You know who
am, my little man?
The Little Man--Yep. You're the fell
Ter who is going to propose to my sister,
ABrooklyn Life.
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,1,,mneachable Authority.

Nell-What makes you so sure that
Jack never loved any girl before he met
you and asked You to be his wife?
Belle-Why. he has told me so himself
at least hundred times.-Somerville
Torrnal
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Work Limited to Eleven Hours.

In Holland women and persons of Ell
Their sex under the age of 10 are now for
hidden to begin work earlier than a.
IN. or to continue at work later than z
D. m, nor can their work exceed II hours
d day In oil.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24

"Olllcll, Vel lllOSC VI
their own house
holds, or the Heroic
efforts they make to
appear cheerful and
happy.
Women ought to be
told just where the
danger lies, for their
whole future may
depend upon their
knowledge, and how
to overcome it.
Lydia Z, Pinkhan
solved the mystery
after years of expert
ence and study. She
unerringly traced the
cause of nearly all of
woman's suffering to
the womb.
Other years fol-
lowed and her Nege-
table Compound was
given to the world.
And now, after
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says: Il was very
sick. | did not ever
expect to get up
again. transformations
had stopped sud
denly. The pains all
through my body
were terrible. As u
last resort | sent for
q bottle of Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and a box
of her Liver Pills. |
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also used package of her Sanative Wash.
g Relief came at once, and to-day am
a we'll woman. transformations regular,
no backache, entirely cured of lcucorrhTa
and bearing down pains. Nothing equals
Lydia L. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Compound.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24
MISS YICTORINE.
By MARY KYLE DALLAS.
Copyright, 1855, b.. American Press As>ocia-

graduat / al the Mi TrimuCr' ; Col
4 -. for Young La,i,S Vi.h E.uorS. es
/ 2,,iallv in mathematics. l l,,1.w, ..
wrrh1..s,d it amous ourselves, French
German u:Il s.ari-n; could paint Eow-
+ 90 and do ,rItTuid,ry a2.i drawn work
| should Ire sorry ii t." Misses Trim
( 1a,r could sc my mistakes III siiull,
+ multiplication nowadays, and rs for my
att,mrts 10 mH:@ myself understood
/ aI.r,-,l. the let sail iin ,t."r. still
/ y.-' q rate l.:y t,,.,rI Hl- y and MAX,
a. lily cushions and l.UT, al covers 70
;.uy vvlain il t,.y I;l4J. However, TIN:
j. DIR >~iur.
Ia:E school s-.ir.r lad i Il Il !'roha-
ti.u iv-i~;.d i::>u ~ lay mat ma
Iv-G lil:n.r vvi, ii h. made 49, his hair
,-<. FrHn II "a is. AIS If i.-s2 was
II ..tt I'll this Srh,l Kept ly the three
- ~. duu-,l.t y If GetivTal jrhoSo-
pit TriImu,r. Il vi an Of The NrXi-
can v-a-. who luI ALL figured III the
&C. 1T, uf,l, as;!rt...->-. His h.irtEs
''i-;.~t L. iui'u,.t with tn proper
WINS. H. G,c.2r,d. What h" lncant
/ We guit' understood. Til" proper views
w5r" what Nicturinr called northern
views
Nic;erinv had been Young lady when
tn" W.T. broke Ant. while l WIS not Vet
lslTu. FIR though Wc had one father We
had different lanthcrS. Mine had Of
Tended her relatives hy jilting worthy
Young Harvard professor and choosing
my father, even then not very Young.
hut sti.l surr,!"oiy handsome. She died
1T ~ birth, and ut my first rcmem-
lTluCr my father. NlCturlnc and lived
vu tn. old plantation. tyranniZcd over.
cared for and loved ly til" last relic of
IT, sratr- rrd i'".i Of servants. portly.
ebony skinned -fuut Lmily. an amiable
tvrar:t. who tolI'd 1"r Us and "dored
L. asli la.n"-,d what httl" there was
u laa.... :.
en- day when | was II came the
nrw~ Of my maternal grandfather :
death HIS fortune WIS +" he mine on
c":"1Iun>- VS. I" h" Put To school
III New York Clty and 10 IT mann There
-'r i've wears. 10 +" weantd from
HON" ;nl lnr. SAID NY father. MY
wltr'S father always hated me.
10 forget ow lost cause, Smd We
turiu'. Ito lrc"IHr 1T heart northern
Il Will not ~. l said. II will not
earn NY fortune ny exile from those l
love. I've Years why ne hlGht rs
Wyl nav" sand forever. sat down
I" WIFI" III indignant refusal. t. rt-
nouncr tn fortune offered ON such
.'-- 10. ,., i'S' M''5 .,'Il
.. my '''' u ''',''''
to-. will ,,,...;,,, - ,,,;,f
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I,I,1 - ~,
''ilI ','l ~ ava ~ '' ".5:li'tTii. oi
nanny III 4 ''.lA'' ''iiS' ",.ii1
i1 v.r;,, ,,,, w. ,,,,,.r ''. .,,.ctd
:, '-,..'., 1.-.,,,', ~,
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|ELLlbA-
JAMES j. DUFFY.

I 27.-es. Laundry G0eo% IS d
Lottery T.-Net. CAPITA. Prize,
LeC~CSy.
SIS Sc Peep 30 not buy
-,5.--~. Tickets. Neither DO
t7e. 2a.ro7. e d Chinese Laun-
d~y
4a.s yolr w0rN done By the
Tai3-jIcy Sgc3n Laundry, Il ~ se.9.
Avoid III Risk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24
WOMAN'S HEROISM.
FEW PEOPLE REALIZE 1T.
What Heroic Efforts They make to
Appear Cheerful and Happy.
ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY REApERs.J

ESPECIAL OUR LADY READERs]
How many, think you, have any idea of
the suffering endured by so large a proper
ton of the women of America ?
Very few men have the slightest con-
ception of the pain endured by so many
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24
HE SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES

DR.. Harp-r of Chicag" University Has
Long Bi.Tn an Expert Hebrew scholar.
DR.. William RaintE Harper, president
of the Chicago university, the institu-
ton whi,h John y. Hrckefellcr, the
Standard Oil magnate. NO literally en-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24
waterbury BoiIeT Works.

l.v-r- removed - The corne- P. rter stree
q \ 5 K K formerly the Weter0ury Male
T. IN g., IN - 4lt bejr- practical.
3le- VI tks-. am prepared l" d" Al a nds ~
r.--. Wa-e- TsGS. ~rn'Ae >',scA- lar hr'-'ihs
m 49,. A1r.4.ru- Pam. p ale and sheet iron
-. NJ Al D--,,r-.ltIolS. orders oy mail Will
c.ive prompt TRENTON
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
Impulsive people like Victorine rare
IL do things BIZ halves II WA not
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24

broken heart if she knew it; that the
remembrance that she had made those
tender confessions to me would crush
her with modification.
Oh, this was terrible! And then
there was Harry, Whom I loved-who
loved me, l was sure.
What could do? What could | say?
Some girls could have got out of it
beautifully, no doubt, but l felt help
less.
Look at me-" he pleaded. Well.
though l could not speak, l could look.
turned my head, my cloak hood falling
back as did SO, and glared at him.
l shall never forget the expression of
his countenance at that moment.
Good heavens!' he calculated, Miss
Persis, T. but l would not listen. l
simply turned and Ian away. 1t was
the most ridiculous, childish conduct
possible, but then IL seemed the only
thing that could do.
Miss Persis, stop-stop-one word
/ only one!" heard him cry, but only
ran the faster, l knew not whittier. l
| encircled the house thrice, hearing him
all out of breath at my heels. My
cloak dropped off l did not stop to
pick it up. Whatever happened, l was
determined that he should not say
another word to me. l knew was he
having in an undignified manner, at
this offer of heart and hand from the
man who had given poor sister Victor
inc good reason to think he loved her
terrified me out of my senses.
rushed into the potato patch.
glided through the rows of corn. He
kept close behind me. Among the mel
/ ons l heard him stumble and fall fiat,
and left HIM lying there. Then
searched for my cloak, found it and
crept into the house by the kitchen
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-14

,.ru vopK Feb. 13-Cotton dull;
,,, TdM mi : s-ld: middllng uplands,
liluui IN. ss se al3 bales Futures closed
All h,,, eta,dv. sales. 1873. 80 bales; feD-
r r',arv ~ 80. March. 76T: April, ~, May,
: ~ 'Tune s.: July, ~, August 10
Septembcr. 7ss october, rvl' NoFeinpei'
7g1: December, ~. 49,. ,a,oirts NJ
The total consolidated net reSni'P, ,,orts
cotton reported to-day from all ports
,eere tSsI1a bales. exports 10 Great in
tain. 1905 bales; Continent 10 pai'''
stock, i,OD2.OT9 bales. -. oot,te
Total SO far this week-Net Ieceip,s'
43171 bales: exports 10 Great biiea ,,,i,
80. iO5 bales; France, I59 bales; Oo"''-
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. l3.-Cotton, ~
f,,res steady: sales. 5000 bales, ttb-
ruary. lis, March, ~; April, 49, nag ~. =
81: Iune. 10 July. I.1' Ausust, ~
September ~; October fW' NoNe"'-
Der. 7Gg; December, LOi. l..,,.,
LIVERPOOL. Feb Noon; ' otoo,,
aiIiet and free supply Offering american
middline ~: sales 1000 bales: Amerl-
can. q 10 bales. speculation and export
800 bales: receipts, 1000 bales Alieri
can $500 bales. Futures steady ana
doniand moderate: March ana Apfii,
4 iO-Gl. April and MAY, 4 l2-GA, May anl
June 1 fi-OAd4 ll-Gl: June ana july
{ 1851. July and August, l'-of' Au
gust and September. 4 18Th. 49,,
s T. M.-Febrnary. e-sHa iu,o4 } ey
ruarv and March, + 9-GiH4 1864; Marci
and Anril ( IO-G4Gl 11-H; April ane
Nav. / f2-Gf buyers. May anu jun
4 i4-G4. sellers; June and July. ! l'-ott
4 1864: July and August, 1901, buyers
August and September, J 1s-b4hf l1-pt
sentomber and October. 1861, sellers
Futures closed quiet but steady.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-14
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. ILL. Feb. i3.-Wheat SUI
pqesed all previous records Tor cheaphyss
to-day a popular expression on ~, '.e
Rnard Of Trade a. there ~ no bottom 20
wheat" reaction took place from
the extreme inside figures during tne
session to-day. but II had no ehthu n,ls.
accompanying It. Covering py sno 80.
ca,.ead the recovery. and when that sup
mort was Withdrawn prices again sagged.
The opening was panicky. first traces
being made at from Is 20 lbc unueI
The close OF Saturday. This decline Nas
brought about by the sensational p.edhs
i'm outside markets yesterday anu ID
iower English cables The selling WAS
enormous and was principally by com
mission houses having private wires, tne
theory beng that the orders came iIVih
New York May opened AZ sure. lSNer
at 59lsQJyi5c., ranged 'DelWsen o.,,.
and 5g7Lc. closing tsnlc. uhdet Sdtui
day at sos. G55iac. .,.,
Corn. although TO some extent partlci-
mating in the weakness OF wheat, Was
later governed by frmer ana steanier
divided between encouraging and depresS-
ING whilst the volume OF business was
nct large Cash corn was In good sup
ply and moderate demanu. lIiceS "
cnned lac. but closed STEADY. NAY
closed with a net loss OF - LOT .he nay i.
oats was quiet and steady. business
very light and the range OF prices mar
row. The close was about 1sc. lower
than Saturday. ,..-,,. 80,
q light run Of hogs. lighter estimates LOT
to-morrow. and higher prices Tor them;
An inprovement i'm the cash demand
belped values considerably shortly be-
fore the close there were tfee oHerllSs
Of pork and lard by a prominent cOhiiiiia-
sion house. and the market deCllnsu
sharulv MAY pork closed zoe. lower
tban saturday. May lard Toe. lower and
Niev riba unchanged 10 2tac. lower.