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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
TIE proposition enunciated bv tb

THE proposition enunciated by the mayor Monday night. just after taking the oath of office, that business and not parti- sanship is the proper province of the coun- cil. should be adopted as rule of action and not discarded as nickel-plated figure of speech
 Then read lecture to the republican members of the council, who have already blocked public business by making fight to secure three members of the board of road commissioners.
 THE statutes of the state of Florida pro vide that whoever by previous appoint ment meets another person and engages in a fight shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or fine not ex- ceeding $500. Another section provides a penalty for attempting to commit an offense prohibited by law. and in the at tempt doing any act toward the commits sion of such an offense. The articles of agreement between Mitchell and Corbett describe the Coming affair as a scientific glove contest, to be governed by the Mar quis of Queensberry rules, and the referee is authorized to step in whenever the con- test reaches stage involving serious dam age to life and limb. The legal question involved is as to whether this sort of a meeting is a fight.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05

sistant, Miss Lucia, were greatly to blame that they did not find means to compel their pupils to stick closer to their books.
 The wiseacres predicted that moro than one evil would result from the prevalent craze. The joints would be strained un- duly, they said, especially the knee joints, and the result would be case after case of "water on the knee, and they painted narrowing word pictures of how some of the most active skaters of the village would have to go through the rest of their lives crippled and dependent on crutches. There was also the danger that the ice would break. It was indeed thick, but the great weight it was daily called upon to bear in the shape of a hundred skaters might at any time prove too much for it, "and," said retired Sailor Tom Da- vies, "then there'll be sich a eatyclism as you won't never fergit-I say you won't never fergit." Just what he meant by "catyclism" no one knows.
 Fortunately no one was drowned, though two boys did come near to it by skating into squareo of water whence the tavern keeper had removed the ice for his icehouse. These youngsters went "plumb to the bottom to oncst," they said, and proved it, too, by the blue clay they brought up on their skate irons. They were rescued without much diff culty and hustled away to a big fire at the head of the pond, and their clothes dried on their bodies instead of being sent home to worry their mothers, who chanced to be among those most opposed to the sport. The prediction as to strains and bruises came nearer veriication. but though the doctor did have pretty good run of "millpond practice" as he phrased it, that winter, no one suffered lasting injury.
 Two days before Christmas heavy snowstorm began and lasted for 24 hours, and there was no skating after that up- til paths up and down the ice had been shoveled clear. That was accomplished by noon of Christmas, however, and the holiday was enjoyed on the ice by all who could turn out There was no more snow for fortnight longer, and every day the paths were extended a lit tie further, till there were, all told, sev- eral miles of them.
 On the 18th of the month, however, a storm began that lasted almost week, and when the clouds cleared away there was quite four feet of snow on the level, and the weight that rested on the ice caused it to sink, become flooded and spoiled. A certain old diary filled with grabbed, boyish handwriting contains this entry for Jan. 21, 1867:
 "No more skating this winter Think shall now studdy some mites and cetch up with my clas."
 Traditions of the skating season of l966-7 are still current at The Hook and its vicinity. I. D. MARSHALL.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
IKE TA1TLER.

The wife of Captain w. w. Gordon of Savannah was the first white child born in Chicago, and she doesn't look a day over 40
 When Mrs. Edward Cooper gives a din ner party. for the regulation finger bowls are substituted cut glass globes containing rose water.
 Mrs. George Gould and her sister-in-law, Miss Anna Gould. are often seen at the opera Both are usually Rowned quite sim ply in white
 Miss Julia Grant. daughter of Colonel Frederick Grant and granddaughter of Gen eral U. S. Grant, Is now a prominent figure in New York society.
 Sarah Bernhardt says if she could have her wish she would have a villa in the mid dle of the geological gardens in Paris, so great is the love of the actress for animals.
 The widow of Frederick L. Ames has presented to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, in memory of her husband. two life sized portraits by Rembrandt, valued at e40, 900 each.
 Rose Shelley carries the mail between Dexter and Goshen, an IS mile long stretch in Lane county, Or, with a regularity that is not excelled by any male carrier known to the department.
 A certificate of membership in the Inter- national Peace society was recently re- ceived by mail in Kansas addressed to Monsieur Mary Ellen Lease" It was sent in goo1 faith from,Switzerland.
 Miss Georgie Dean Sparkling has had broken bell of polished granite placed as monument upon the graves of her brother and sister, Emma F. and William P. Spaulding, members of the Spaulding fam fly bellringers.
 Mime Eva Nansen. the arctic explorers wife. Is regarded as being, next to Mime. Grieg, the finest romance singer in Norway. A vocal recital she gave in Christiania re- gently was attended by the royal family and a crowded audience.
 For the first time in the history of Vir- ginia the mother of presidents has one of her daughters in official position in one of the federal courts through the appointment of Miss Robert Ackerly to be deputy clerk of the United States district court at Lynch burg.
 Mrs. Bloomfield Moore of moneyed, phil anthropic and Keely motor notoriety is gentle. refined. unostentatious sort of per son, with sorrow written in her face, and the gleam of lovely little gold hairpins in her snow white hair that is always so ex- quisitely and artisticaIly arranged by her irreproachable English maid.
 Little has been heard recently of the beautiful Mrs. Josephine Banard McDon- aid, the widow of the late senator, "Old Saddlebags." Matthew Arnold said that she was the most beautiful woman in Amer lea. Her figure is perfect, her hair is snow white and her complexion the tint of peaches and cream. Her eyes are brown and sparkling.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05

THE democratic house caucus which meets tonight will settle for good and all whether the democrats of the ways and means committee have made a tariff bill worthy of the support of the party, or whether the work of the committee shall be revised before the bill is passed. Every democrat who has or thinks he has a grievance. will be given an opportunity to state it and to ascertain whether the ma jority sides with him or against him. When the caucus decides that settles it and the bill as finally approved will be Loyalty supported by every democrat who attends the caucus. It is thought probable that it may be necessary to continue the caucus for several nights in order to hear all that those opposed to several of the tariff schedules and to the income tax amendment may desire to say, and conf- dently expected that it will ratify the work of the committee as a whole, although there may be some minor amendments made in portions of the bill. The opposi- ton to the individual income tax will pro bably develop the most strength, owing to the vote in the committee having been so close-6 to 5-and to President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle being in doubt as to it's expediency.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
An Elastic Appetite.

The American black bear has an ap- petite that may be appropriately term ed elastic. He will kill thousand pound steer or capture the tiny field mouse for meal with equal indiffer- ence. If a pig CT a sheep is not handy to his reach. he will dine on a colony of ants or nest of wood grubs.
 He will feast on dainty birds eggs or sweet stores of wild honey ard on the foulest carrion with like gusto. He will fish fer the savory trout, but at the same time snap any warty toad or slimy lizard that may happen along that way. He will seek the luscious wild plum when it has ripened or the wild grape among the branches where the vine chambers and bears its fruit, but will not miss the opportunity to make food of any snake that may lie in ambush there for birds that come to peck at the plums or grapes. The bear has comprehen- sive palate. There is scarcely thing in the animal or vegetable kingdom Lat will not tickle it. .--- c.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
Requisites of the Stage.

One may say, "The requisites of suc- cess on the stage are youth, health, good elocutionary talents and practiced skill, good looks and dramatic instinct. Then it could be replied that if person pos sessed this combination he or she need give himself or herself no further con- cern as to success. It is absolutely se- cure-as secure as an income from $500, 900 of government bonds, and that to person just starting out on a stage career and anxious to make good liv- ing out of it such preliminary condi- tions are as remote as the big bank bal ance to the new beginner in commercial business.
 It is really the case that most of the conditions that qualify for stage sue cess have to be worked for. This sort of instruction may not be imparted by professional teachers at so much a les son, but 1t proceeds from teachers all the same, whether voluntary or invok- untary, since all human beings are con- tinually not only receiving but giving lessons. Rose Coghlan.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
The Oldest Trees In the World.

The bo tree of Anuradapura was planted 2eS Should be 245, Davids) years before Christ. Its age is matter of record, it's conservancy has been an object of solicitude to several dynasties, and the story of its vicissitudes has been preserved in 8 series of continuous chronicles among the most authentic that have been handed down by man. kind. The yew trees of Fountains ab- bey are believed to have flourished there 1900 years ago. The olives ill the garden of ,Gethsemane were full grown when the Saracens were expelled from Jerusalem, and the cypress of Sorna, in Lombardy, is said to have been tree in the time of Julius Caesar, yet the bo tree is older than the oldest of these by a century, and would almost seem to verify the prophecy pronounced when it was planted-that it would flourish and be green forever. "-Rhys Davis Buddhism. !"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
SEEMING IMpossIBILITIEs.

is, they "slid" and were pulled on sleds by the men and boys and stood about the fires and watched their sliding broth CTS and sons and sweethearts and fathers and husbands and grandfathers, and wished that women, too, might skate.
 For, singularly enough, the girls and women did not skate. Such thing was unheard of at The Hook. It was under stood by some or the inhabitants of the village that in some places women did skate. Miss Lucia Morse, the school mistress, said that in Holland women were quite as expert in their use of the gleaming steel as the men, and for her part she couldn't see why they shouldn't be. This was a very bold idea for any female of The Hook to. propound, and the ladies who heard Miss Lucia declare her belief in the skating rights and abil- iii Hf herself uuu iIrr sisters held up th@n hands in holy horror.
 Miss Lucia paled when she saw how her speech affected her hearers, for she had intended to try to learn to skate herself before the glorious opportunity should pass away. If she hadn't been 8 school mistress whose income was de- pc'AuSAI oA Iuo pAcSASuEc OA LuS f1IlhSGEHs there is no doubt she would have braved public opinion, no matter how strong, but as it was she didn't, to her lifelong regret, and the good people of The Hook saw no ''lady skaters" that winter.
 As time passed and the ice retained its strength and gloss the skill of the skat- CTS increased, and feats heretofore unat- tempted became common. The playing of ''shinney" and ''fox and geese" came to be regarded as calling into play no special ability, and the skater who could do nothing more difficult than the Dutch roll' and skating backward was but an ordinary performer. The stars of the pond learned to write their names on the ice, To skate long way on one foot and to perform what would now be called the outside edge" besides divers other seeming impossibilities before not even heard of.
 A few days before Christmas 1t was proposed to do some fishing through the ice. and all hands joined in the sport, and all said that it was. strange no one had thought of 1t before. The result
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
ENDER THE ROSE

UNDER THE ROSE. more, and Mir Beloe of the Galvest on News. 4 number of deceased editors are represented here in oil or crayon-Wilbur F. Storey, painted by his wife; Elliott F.. Shepard, A. s. Abell, founder of the Balti- more Sun and former partner of George William Childs; Henry Grady, George Jones of the New York Times, Dawson of Charleston, Colonel Clapp of Boston, and Matthews of the Buffalo Express.
 Faces That Are Missed.
 Three faces are lacking from this galaxy those of Henry Watterson, the brilliant cavalier of journalism; J. B. McCullagh, who is one of the greatest of newspaper generals, and Colonel Mcclure of Philadel- phia. MT. Charles Mann, who has charge of the press gallery, aud who was the orig inator of this excellent notion of collecting the portraits. hopes in time to add these three and many other great journalists to his most interesting gallery
 ROBERT GRAVES.
 The Ohltging Juryman.
 Some iurymen have too low an opin- ion of what some philosophers call their ego and arc willing to depute their du- ties to an alter ego. When Mir. Justice Gould had been about two hours trying case at CfK, ne nOtlceu tncre were but II jurymen in the box. Please, my lord, ,' replied the foreman in an swer to the judges natural inquiry, "the other has gone away about some business he had to do, but he has left his verdict with me. ''-London Illus trated News.
 CHECKERS AND CHESS. Checker Problem No. 252-By J. E. Owens, Moline Ills
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
A LITTLE BOOK.
tile book, with here and there a leaf

A little book, with here and there a leaf Turned at some tender rassagel how 1t
 seems
 To speak to me, to fill my soul with dreams Sweet as first love, and beautiful as briefi Here was her glory, on this page her grief, For tears have stained it; here the sunlight
 streams,
 And there the stars withheld from her their
 beams And sorrow sought her white soul like thief. And here her name, and as I breathe the
 sweet,
 Soft syllables, presence in the room Sheds a rare radiance, but may not look. The yellowed leaves are fluttering at my feet The light is gone, and I, lost in the gloom. Weep like O woman OCT this little book! Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05

IT is known that President Cleveland has lately given considerable attention to the selection of new public printer and it is believed that he has picked out the man and that his nomination will go to the senate in few days, probably this week, Rumor has connected the name of Chief Clerk Daniels of the interior department with the position. MT Daniels was not an applicant for the position, but his experi- ence as editor and publisher of news papers in North Carolina qualities him therefor should it turn out that he is the lucky man. Nearly every democratic sen- ator and representative has a personal preference for public printer, but they will all be satisfied to See the position filled by any good democrat who will give the democrats show at the three thousand positions in the government printing office, very large majority of which are still filled by republicans.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
THE PRESS GALLERY.
PORTRAITS OF BRILLIANT MEN WHICH
 ADORN ITS WALLS.

Dana, Reid, Pulitzer. MedilI, Scott, Hat ton, Halstead and dOthers-HIanipulators of Great and Prosperous Journals-Not- able Faces Which Are Missed.
 Special Correspondencel
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-An art gallery of rare interest and small celebrity is one which has it's existence in the capitol of the United States. Few but newspaper men ever see it, and newspaper men as a rule have something else to write about than the scenes amid which they perform their daily labors. For this art gallery adorns the comfortable lobby of the press gallery of the house of representatives. Here are 35 portraits of newspaper editors and proprietors, comprising a majority of the most famous journalists of our country and generation.
 Probably 35 more interesting portraits could not be gathered in one spot. Ger tainly it would be impossible to collect the counterfeit presentments of three dozen
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
SEVERE EXPOSURE

Often results in colds, fevers rheumatism, neuralgia and kindred Arrangements We do not q catch cold y if we are in good condi- tion. If tho liver is active, and the system in consequence doing its duty, we live in full health and enjoy life "rain or shine" To break up 0 cold there's nothing so valuable as Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets. They keep the whole system regulated in perfectly natural way. If we do not feel happy, if we worry and grumble, if we are morbid, if the days seem dreary and long, if the weather is bad, if things go awry, it is the liver which is at fault. It is generally torpid" take insufficient exercise, by means of which our tissue changes become indolent and in- complete. Be comfortable-you are com fortable when well. You'll be well when you have taken " Pleasant Pellets"
 No Constipation follows their use. Put up sealed ill glass - always fresh and re- liable.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
SIX WEEKS SKATING.
1.-THE HOOKS" UNPARALLELED LONG
 COLD SNAP WITHOUT SNOW.

In Those Days the Crease Skate With Straps
 and Heel Call<s Was Monarch of the Ice.
 BroiIed Fish, Roasted Potatoes and Golf
 fee Served Al Fresco.
 The boys who lived in the village called by its inhabitants The Hook con- sidered themselves especially favored in the matter of weather during the early part of the winter of 1S66-7. Three or four days before Thanksgiving Jack Frost swooped down from the north by night and locked the smaller streams and spread over the big millpond around
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
How to Select Geese and Ducks.

Geese and ducks should be young. Both should have white, soft fat; yell low feet and tender wings. The wind- pipe should be brittle, breaking easily when pressed with the thumb and fin ger. Wild and tame are usually easily distinguishable. Tame ducks have thick, yellowish feet, while wild ones have feet of reddish tinge. The canvas back Is distinguished from the others by the feathers of the head being short and smooth, and the head and neck of a deep chestnut color. The bill is entire ly greenish black, while that of the red head is dull blue.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
New York & New England

Der l9. 1893 Trains leave Waterbury for BOSION-7 90 a m 12.55. 3.55 D m. PROYIDENCE-7.3 30 a m l2.55 3.55 D m NEW YORK via Brewster-s.o6 a m POS pm WORCFSIER-7.3 30 a m l2.56 D m. NEW LONDON-7.3O a m 12.65' 355 pm. PQTNAME790 m loo. 3.55 pm SPRINGFIELD-9 O5 m 3.55 pm NEW HAVEN via PIainvlle~7so 80. 1o45 m HARTFoRD-7.sO, syo5. 1o;4s m. 12.t5. s.Ss NEW 3sR BRfThiN-7.ao. f Hi oo5 1o4s.a m ,a.os sss pLAINy{GLIE-7.sO 4 f Ili sOs. rO.45 m 1q.ss s.ss BRIsTotI7.iso. eOS. 1O45 m ls.6s. sss TERRYyfTLE-7.so. 9O5. 1O.46 m: l255 s.Sb wATERIILLiE- s.o5, lO. .45 a m B .ss s.l5 D m. ToWANTIclf S1 nt t scS SSG m m 2os 2SS 5pm nm SOUTHFORD-s.05 a m 2.O5. D m. POMPERAUG VALLEY-s.O5 m.. 2o5. SANDY HooK-s.O5 a m 2.o5. D m. HAWLEYNlLLE-s0 a m 2.O5. p m. DANBUkl-3.05 m 2O5 D m. II 6O a m FisHKILLroN -Hq qpsoN@s,O55 m iSO a0s @; m HS- S-Binghampton. Elmira. Jamestown. Cieve- POUGHKEEPSIE via Hopeweli. S SOS 'I a Y m. nn' sunday trains Hartford and Boston S4h m. 3.45 D. m.
 MERrDEN BRANCH.
 GOING EAST Leave Waterbury-New England station 451. 9.4o a m. 430 p m. Dublin street: 500 ph5 q m. 300 D m.
 GOING WEST Leave Merden for Waterbury 7.2b m t2'+0. 6:50 D m.
 ARRIVE Al Dublin street s;4O. a m. l.86, 7b6 pm At Waterbury. New England station. s.5O a m. 900 s.30 pm.
 W. R. BABCOCK,
 Gen Pass Agent IL. D bAhlON Gen Supt Boston
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
Distressing Airs.

"How long," says contemporary, "can one live without air?" It de- bends on the air. Most people could live long time without some of the airs which have been popular during the past 12 months. Buffalo Quips.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
THE NATURALIST.

An eel can live out of water for at least IS days. c. South Carolina oysters build lodges on the coast 10 feet high.
 The army worm travels in such a compact line that processions of them are frequently mistaken for snakes.
 The alligator grows slowly, but he grows as long as he lives, and Q 1S footer is said to be about 7S years old.
 The hog is the only known animal that Is ncs particularly affected hy the bites of rat tieshakes and. A.coppsshsHdgIll 7.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
How to Stew ParsnIDs,

Take six good sized parsnips, tea spoonful of salt, wash and scrape the parsnips, cut them in halves; throw them in cold water for half hour. Put them in saucepan, cover with boiling water, add the salt and boil for one hour. Take them up on hot dish and pour over them the following sauce: Put a tablespoonful of butter i'll a frying pan with tablespoonful of flour, mix until smooth; add a half pint of the water in which the parsnips were boiled. Stir and boil for five min utes, add salt and pepper and serve.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
N. H.&H. Railroad Time Table
 June Il. 1s93
 NAUGATUCK DIVISION

Trains leave Waterbury as follows; For NEW YORK-6.05 30. s2e To- 50 a m I os 3.25. 553 m. Sunday. AIS D m. 0' Return, b.O1, 800. 1908 a m: 100 AOa A no pm. Sunday, 6.01 a m. For NEW HAVEN, via NauRatuck Junction- 7.3o. s.26 a m; l.2S, S.2b. 5.53 n m VIa Derby Junction, COS, s.26, 1O.5O a m: pa 3.25. 5.53 pm. o Return via Naugatuck Junction at AK mn, Sunday, 500 a m. Via Derby Junctinmn 700. 942 a. m: 12.00, 220 5.3O. 74O m n, Sunday. BIO a m. P ''' For BRIDGEPORT-6'o5 30, s2s 1obo n m
 1.2s, S25. 6.bS D m. Sunday iib ID m Return nt 70b, 9.40 m :l2OO, 2.2a 6.S0 TAT pm. Sunday S,15 m. " For ANSONlA-6.05,7 .. 80. 8.26, lObO a m I ae S.2S. 6.6s' TOO (mixed) D m. Sunday. liS Return et TAO. 1o.91. n m 12s1 SOL e.io, s2O pm: Sunday 8.46 a m. For WATERTOWN-6.A, s.37, 1I.17 a m 3Ss, 6.12. 704 D m. Saturday 9.15 D m.
 Return at 6.26. Tbb. 10.S0 m 2.60. 4.S5 esO pm. Saturday FRS m. Fof THOMASTON-8.32. HIP m: SyB2, 6.60, 900 m. Sunday 9.25 m.
 Return at T.0s. 76b., 1922 m 2.b6 6-26 D m. Sunday 347 D m.
 For TORRINGTON--ss2 11.12 m : S.62 s.S9 800 D m. Sunday 9.25 m.
 Return at 6.47. 7sl, 1o.2o m; 2So. sos p m. Sunday 323 D m.
 For WINSTED-s.s2. 1l.12 a m; s.y2. e.Sp. a.oo pm. Sunday 02S m.
 Return ct S.so g.lo. es0 m 2.os. s.4a 10 Sundayis pim. F5
 or. EEMpsTzAD. Gen Pass Agent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05

men who wield greater influence upon their country and their time than these whose portraits hang where they serve as con- stant inspiration to the correspondents of the press who frequent the lobby. Here correspondents may sit writing their dis patches with the eyes of their editor in chief looking down upon them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
If rains

And the fire burns cheerful and bright, And the heart of the mother is happy tonight, And she smiles as the lamplight shimmers OCT Her babes at play with their toys on the floor.
 It rains.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-05
It rains.

IE TAInS. And the team goes not afield To seed the earth for another yield; The'farmer sits by the kitchen fire And smokes his pipe to soothe his ire.
 It rains.