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The evening times., 1895-08-17

TWO
Great
Stories
VIII Appear In the Sunday Times
j.. of August Eighteenth.
The Captains Wife. Qllus-
trated.) By Opie Reid.
I'm a Hollow of the Woods.
Second Instalment of Bret
Harte's Fascinating Serial.
(Illustrated.)
The evening times., 1895-08-17

American Vines in French Vineyards.
The bulletin Of the French agricultural de-
partmcnt, just published, shows that the
area in France under vineyard cultivation
has been gradually decreased during the
twenty years, 1875 to 1895. There has
been a remarkable falling off in the produc-
ton Of wine during the period, 1879 to
1892 inclusive, but the good effect of re-
stocking the affected vineyards with Amer
lean vines became very apparent in 1894,
when the production again rose to $780,
900 900 gallons, which exceeds the average
production during the ten years 1884 to
1894 by 23O 900 900 gallons. Since 1880
the imports of wine into France have been
largely in excess of the exports, and the
home consumption OF wine is enormous
Wine and Spirits Gazette.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

AMUsEMENTS.
KERNAN's LYCEUN THEATER
Tonight! Tonight!
GALA OPENING.
Two Big Shows In One
Cyrene's high-class vaudevilles
In the theater to to:sQ
MILE. MlLlOTTA'S
Terpsichorean Beauties
In the Garasn 1870 to midnight
oHH The Sensational Triiby Dance
OKk The Spicy Living Pictures.
The Twenty Big Speciality Acts
EVERY ACT A FEATURE
EVERY FEATURE A NOyELTYi
ONE ADMISSION TO ALL
prices So SOC 7Sc and 81 90
The evening times., 1895-08-17

Capt. George W. Girdon. one of the most
prominent navigators in the country, died
at his home in Chicago yesterday, aged 81.
He was for twenty years chairma n of the
local board of United States steam vessel
inspectors.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

| the fact that We are all capable of errors,
in whatever vocation we may select. and
rany times We are excused, but with the
| bail player 1t is different. Come what
| may, be must always be perfect il he does
not want to have showers Of condemns
ton beaped upon him."
Speaking OF dogs" said an official In
the assessors office, reminds me. Did
you ever contemplate the strength OF the
tie that binds the average citizen to his
dog? 1t is remarkable, and notice 1t here,
where a two-dollar note is all that stands
between the dog and total elimination, as
II were.
1.-The owner OF the stately st. Bernard Is
no more solicitous for the safety of his ia.
vorfte than is the humblest citizen for his
common 'yaller cur The demand for tags
seems to be strong and steady, and, although
the badge OF distinction is issued by the
collector Of taxes, the assessors office, be-
ing nearest the entrance, catches the inqui-
ries; the collector the So, or in default the
poundmaster catches the dog and the latter
catches II I'm the neck"
Since our removal from First street,
the license office has bloonied into q first
class bureau of information
do we object to answering queries?
Oh, no; that's what we're here for. Il
does get moDotonous sometimes, that'a
fact. Some of the many questions fired at
us are like these: Where do you pay water
bills:' Say, Mister. where do you get your
dDg-tags? I want to get bin for taxes;
where do you go?' Is the Commissioner
i8?' Can you get . marriage license hefe?'
!. Where do you report broken punips?' I
want permit to repair my woodshed; caa
you furnish it!' How far 10 It to tn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14

could rCplacr the men. It shows how rare gem good hall player Is in these days It also proves what firmly established business professional baseball has come to ho. When $lO0OO Is offered by one club and declined by another merely for the transfer of two players, the world knows that there Is moro money at the gates than therc Is in selling releases, even at those excessive figures.
 Some years ago $l0, GOO would have bought a whole team, and the man who expended that sum in such a way under the unstable condition nf the game would have been cunSidCr,d Gt subject for guardian. Now it is different X team of gOou baseball players k as valuable as a string of So many immense diamonds. Thcrc are lnonarchs in Europe who could not buy such teams as the BoStOnS, New Works or Baltim0rrS for the jewels in their crowns. That may sound a little strong but there iI merit in the COmpari- son.
 If thcrc wcrc many promising stars coming forward from the lower planes, National .,,lgue clubs would not Sct such prohibitive prices on the releases of tho tried stars they have, but the conviction that 'CnmcrS" arr as scarcc as pearls in ductS clubs to hold on to the players of whose abilities they arc certain.
 The National league racc on June was much more interesting than it was ono year before. On that date in 1894 .2l4 points separated the eighth club from tho first This year the ditlrrrncc is but .I44 points. Of last years lradrrs New York ocrupcd better position this year, and Baltimore Was .ll9 per cent lowtr. Pitts burg had almost the same pervrntaSr both times, and the BnStons werr only .OO3 per cent below their lS94 position Chicago and Cincinnati were tho two rrprcscnta- tivrS which were away above their June, lS94, fortunes. Chicago had gained 2O6 per cent and Cincinnati I93
 It iS nnhnly'S fight yet, and tho man who thinks he can namo the first three clubs in the race as they'll finish Ort. ought Ia hr ahlc tu tell us all about the in habitantS of Mars Q. r. CAYLOR
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14

Marie AutoinCttr when ShC was hostess at Little Triaunn. Tn" Col0rS most fan ciCd are bluCt. lettuce Errcn, nut brown. sage, the various pjnk>. the blues that shade from a rivl [ navy and peculiar cream shade that S,sms tn have a green iSh tiugr
 A useful and ,,t the same time inrx- IcnSivc silk gown to be worn when walking or indeed for any daytime oc- caSiun. when an elaborate toilet is not required. wl$ recently pictured in The Ladies Home Journal
 The material Is summer silk showing a blue satin stripe upon black. The skirt Is made with the usual flare, and while it is stiffcned and stands out we'll still il does not appear. as the skirts that are over Stitfrncd, to stand out be- yOnd the uuderSkirtS. The bodice is slightly fullcd ill the back and draped across the front. A square yoke of blue satin, like tho stripe, is overlaid with coarse black lace, and the collar is of the black lace also, with two tiny TO- settoS Ill blue ribbon, one at each side of the center of the front.
 The sleeves are large and so lined that they stand out well, shaping into cuffs of blue satin overlaid with black lace. The belt is of broad blue satin rib bon folded about the waist and falling ill two long ends at the back, so that its width and beauty are seen. The bonnet worn with this is the close fitting Dutch shape worn far back on the head.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
IiIs Iiend Was Soft.

Far above the excited crowd a young wo- man chung. trembling to a window sill. Beautiful she was, even in the habiliments of midnight,
 The flames rolled on. Ominous volumes of smoke bolChcd from the windows about, and climbing up the walls of the doomed structure darkcncd tho heavens above.
 Still the young woman maintained her grasp and hung suspended 500 feet in mid air
 Help, hrlpl" she cried at last.
 But though tho StrcCt below was throng ed with firrmcn who wore medals for bray cry not one moved toward tho girl Such an act would have been suicidal.
 What shall doE" again shriekcd the girl as the fOrked flames licked the coping just above her head
 Hold on! Don't jump. Wait awhile!" cried thousand voices from the street.
 IL was then that q young man was seen pushing his way through the crowd. He wore small dark mustache and seemed scarcely murc than a stripling. In his teeth he Clinchcd a cigarctto.
 When he had rCachcd position directly under the young woman. he exclaimed:
 ''I.ct go ycur hold and drop"
 She obcycd his command. and the crowd stood awcStricken. Like comet she shot earthward'
 Landing directly upon the young mans head she rehoundcd several feet into the crowd and was caught by policeman.
 An you huut" inquired the young man anxiuusly,
 Not one bit " she rcplied.
 "Ha. ha, he rjaculatcd, II was always famous for having anything but hard head" And the crowd ChcCred him to the echo. York World
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ondary or hlgh school work as it Is car ried on in the United States. This com mittee has passed into the educational history of America as the committee of ten. Its first meeting was held ill New York ill 1893, and its work was done during nine conferences held between the time of this first meeting and last years convention. Each of these confer enceS considered separate branch of the general subject, and when the last one had been held n report was made up, 30, 900 copies were printed by the United States government for gratuitouS distribution. and then, at tho Ashury Park convention, tho report was schinit ted for adoption.
 It was this report which caused such heated discussion at Asbury, for its rec concentrations were met with the most widely diverse views The chief differ ences seem to have arisen over the atti- tude assumed by the committee toward the Latin language. Its report favored material extension of the study uf that tongue. Those who favor tho report said that the study nf the Latin was the on ly way ill which tho pupil could gain a discriminating and accurate knowledge of the English; those who opposed it held that if the report were adopted and carried ont it would be nCceSSary tO re-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
Waterbury Plumbing : Co,
Working In Powder Mills.
-34 ABBOTT AvEN P

Apart from the danger If explosions. which. by tho way, are less frequent than k c"T"rallv supposed, gunpow,iCl mills are CXct~S!inglv hcalthful places Such thing nS T workman dying ut consumption k uuhtrIrd of. the cNplana tiOu hUimG that tho constant breathing into the lungs of dust containing char ccal. sulphur and saltprter k hcnCficial tu them. AS tn the death rate i'll powder mills. the Qs'pullr Ideas arc much cXaE gcratrl. the average freight yard being vastly moro fatal than they. Statistics show that. from the beginning of this century. when the Du Pont powder mills were established. up tO the present year. there has been an average of not quite one death a year from accidents or ex- ploSiunS.
 As among the employers, so among the men. fear is almost unknown. the black faced fellows shovelinG the gun powder about as if it were cOal and walking through it knee deep. as they would through so much four. They arc perfectly happy, these Stolid Irishmen, who go on risking their lives year after year for about the same wages as are paid in less dangerous employments- that is, $40 or $50 month. And yet they are exceedingly superstitiOus, it be- ing not uncommon for a man to throw up his job because he has had a warning or his wife has dreamed of white horse. Therc are various dreams under stood by powder men to foreten an acci dent or an explosion. and it is very diff ficult, often impossible, to get a man who has had one of these to go near the works -McClure's Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
Tn. New York Younr Man.

On Sunday morning the west side of Fifth avenue is thronged with church parade. There one sees in all his splen- dor the New York young man. Some how. notwithstanding all his efforts to be English, he never quite effects it. Either his hat is too curly, his coat too long, or his trousers overpressed He looks like an advertisement for fash ionable Manchester tailor, and represents the wide difference between gentleman ly and n gentleman. My impression is, by the way, they will never be able to produce the breed of American gentle men until they manage to buy up and transplant an English public school, with all its traditions and style. At present the gilded youth here seem to be i'll the transition stage between the COW boy and the Inasher; they talk very low, {, between their teeth: they call each oth- CT old man, and describe the theater last night as the ''rotteneSt show" but next minute out leaps the cowboy. either in manners or talk, and the temporary illusion is gone,-Temple Bar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
The Psychic Fad.

Now that hypnotiSm is in the air, our conversation books will have to be re modelled, as thus:
 Good morning, Have you hibernated we'll?
 Yes, had most successful trance last winter. Have you laid up at all?
 Only for a few days at Christmas, just to escape the bills.
 We'll, you take my advice, old man, and rent a private catacomb on the three years system. It comes much cheaper in the end, and you save all your coal and gas, to say nothing of clothes.
 We've started Nirvana club in our neighborhood on the tontine principle. The last person who wakes gets the prize, unless the first who comes to makes of with it.
 It is capital, any way, when you arc taking tour. Saves all the trouble of sightseeing. You are just packed up and forwarded from place to place, with an automatic kodak which records every thing you visited. Try it!
 Will, some dly. By love, must be off I've got to attend an anesthetio concert, absolutely painless.
 And I've got mesmeric dinner party on tonight. All the bores will be put in glass cases and fed mechanically.
 Goodby. then. Sleep welll !
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14


 clement was finally left to the executive board. Besides the Sentiment for Den yer, the final choice, there was strong manifestation ill the direction of Du luth, and Seattle also had its partiSans. The decision of the executive board was to be based largely upon the advantages to be offered by the railway and local hotel authorities. From all indications exceptionally favorable terms have been secured fSr the Denver convention in the matter of transportation and rates of living, Excursion tickets good for the return trip until Sept. have been placed on sale. and the bonifaces of Den yer have arranged to do their very pret- tiest for their brainy visitors.
 Another matter which called out Q flood of talk, some of which was decid- edty heated and even picturesque, will perhaps be the subject of still hvelier contest this year at Denver than it was last year at Asbury Park
 The National Educational association has been ill existence for little more than twpScore years, but 1t Is only within the last 10 or l2 years that it has been a great organization or has attract ed general attention. Now its member ship lies somewhere between 60. 900 and 70,o00, and in spite of the DebS rail road strikes, which kept thousands away in 1894, the attendance at the Asbury Park convention was close to 6,000. In 1899, at the Saratoga meeting of the educational council, a committee, com posed of President Eliot of Harvard, United States Commissioner of Educa- tion Harris, President Angel of the University of Michigan, Head Master Tetlow of the high school and the Girls Latin school of Boston, President Taylor of Vassar. Principal Robinson of rhe high school of Albany, President Baker of the University of Missouri, Head Master Mackenzie of tho Lawrence vile high school of lew Jersey and President King of Obcrl-n. was appoint ed for tho purpose of invest iSatin- sec
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14

TREASUREH JAMES Nj GREENWOOD.
 model many of the high schools of the United States and that then their grad uatcS would in nuwiSe be fitted for ac- tual life, but merely prepared for col leGc. As result of the very radical differences If opinions concerning this report and the apparent probability that to attempt it's adoption might bring about most serious ill feeling. 1t was merely aCrVptvd The committees 'S rec concentrations that lear upon clemcn- tarv education, however. arc now being considered hy a committee of l1 CduCa- tors, of which Dr. William H Maxwell, superintendent Of SchuulS i'll Brooklyn, Is chairman. and II k hoped that this committee may rrport i'll time for tho convention of 1895. At all events. the subject will come mp at Denver and will. no doubt, hc discussed in most lively fashion.
 Simultaneously with the convention of the National Educational aSS,riatiun the American Institute of Instruction will be held ill Portland, Me. Tlre in Stitute is much more venerable than the aSSociatiun. having been founded 66 years ago, when the cause of popular education i'll the United States was at the lowest point imaginable. Save in very few of the largest places there were no graded schools then, teachers were incompetent and poorly paid, the schOOlhOuSrS were worse than barns i'll construction, and therc were no nor nal schools. It was due largely to the patience, the toil and the genius of HOr hce Mann, the educational rcformer. that affairs with regard to popular edu- cation in the United States were mend ed. but there is not the slightest doubt that the American institute and the in telliSent, determined men who founded and laborcd for it in the years immedl- ately following 1880 alSn had much to do with the change. The first president of the institute was Rev. Francis Way land Dr. John C. Warren, the eminent physician: Warren Colhurn, the arith metician; John PiCrpOnt, grandfather of J. Pierpont Morgan. the banker, and many others. illustriOuS in their day and well remembered now by reason Of their achievements ill the betterinG of then existing conditions, were prominently identified with the movement the insti- ute embodied.
 Thrice only since the institutes estab lishment has it held its annual meeting outside New England-once at Troy and twice at Saratoga
 Although its operations have been virtually confined to New England, its influence has been signally felt in every state. and it may be properly claimed that every normal school in America owes its existence to the American In stitute of Instruction. Its presiding off Ger this year is Superintendent Stetson of Maine. NJ I. DEXTER
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
Octo'r l. 1894. NAU6ATUCK DIVISION.

Trains leave Waterbury Ss follows: For New York-s:O5, SIP, lO:50 a- m. 12S, S:25. 5:5S D. m.; Sunday 4:l5 p. m. Return, 500. 500, 1908 &. m; 1:00, 4.02. 500 p, m Sunday, 600 a. m. For New Haven via Derby Junction sos, S:I2, 10:50 8 m.; 1:3S, ,S:25, ,5:53 p m. Return via Derby Junction, TOO, 9 40 $ m: 1900, 2:27. 5:S0, 7:S5 p, m Sunday, S.l0 a. m
 For Bridgeport -6:05, S:t2. 10:50 m |; 8, 3 25. 5 5S p m; Sunday, 4 l5 ? ID RAturn 7:0S, $40 A. m; 1900, 2:30 5:SI TAO p m Sunday. S:15 m For Anaonia-6:O5, s:12, ,lO:5O ID ; l:2S, S:25, 5:5s, TOO (mixed) p. m; Sunday, 4:15 p. IT.
 Return, 7:4s, 1O:sl a m; 1s:S1, S:O5. s:I0 s:l5 p m.; Sunday, S:46 a. m. For watsrtown-6:40. 3:SS, l1:17 a. m.: 3:5s, 6:12, 7:04 p. m; Saturday, s:l5 Return. e:s0, TAO. 1920 8. m : 2:5O, 4.S5, 6:S0 p. m Saturday, 7:S5 p IF For FhomAston s:sS, 11:t2 m., 35S, 6:59 D. m; Sunday, 9:25 a.
 Return, 7:4S, 1928 m.; 2:55, 5:26 p. m.; Sunday, 3:47 p. m
 For Torringtou-S:33, 11:12 a. m.; S:5S, 6,59 m Sunday, 9:25 a. m.
 Return, 7:20, 10:n0 .. m; 2;S0, 5:0S p m Sunday, S:23 p m.
 For winsted-s:SS, :1:12 a. m.; S:5S, 8.sop. m; SunAay, s:25 6 m.
 Return, %. $40 a. m 2:O6, 4:42 p. m.; saH5 S:OOP. m-
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SeE York & NeW England

.'.s,enS Ira Service, May. 2S, 1895
 Traiu- leave Waterbury for Bos, ,on-3:45, 7:S0, I0.5 m; .O0 S:55 Provideuoe-3:45. 7:sO m 1;oo S:55 Nsw York via Brewsters-s;O5 a. m: a;lO wercsster-S:45. 7:SO a. ID loo p ID. New London -3:41, 7;3O a. m 1;O0, 8:55 Putnam-S:45. 7:SO,Io55 a m loo, S:55 wifiiimantic-8:45, 7:ao 1855 m. loo,
 S:55 p ID
 Rookviils-7:3O, lO:55 m. :oO, S:55 p. Manshes,sr-7;sO, lO:45 g. m l;oO, 3;55 springdeld Branch-9:O5 a. m; S;55 p. m. Hartford -3:45. 7:S0, 9;05, lO:45 a. m.; loo, S:55, SIS D. ID.
 New Bri,ain-345, 7.S0, 9;05, l0:'5 a III 100, 3:55, S:l5 ?. m.
 P.ainville- 7:30, 9:05. l0:55 a. III. |:
 1:OO, S:55, SIS D. III. Bristol-3:45. 80, 9:05. I0:55. m.; loo, rerryville-5: 80. 9:O5. lO;55 4. m.; loo, wstervilie ESQ. 9:o5, lO:55 A. m; 3:55, West Chsshire-:4O, s:SO a. m.; 4:So p, Meri ien-4:SO. s:SO a, m.; 4:SO p, m.
 (Duslin street station 500, S:42 8. m.; {; 500 p. m.)
 Cromwe.l-S:S0 a. m.: 4:30 p. m.
 Dublin st 'ees station S:42 a. m.; 500 p Union City-fs:05 A. m.
 To~antie-f~.05 a. m; f2 10, $50 p. n. Southford-S:05 s. m, 2:10, $50 p. IL Pomperaug valley-s:o5 8. m; 2;l0, 50 s.ndy Hook-s.O5 a. m.; a:1O, $50 p. m. Hawieyville -S:05 a. m.; 2:10. $50 p. m. Danbury-S:05 a. m.; 2:l0, 5:5011:35 p. ID. Ere wsters-S:O5a. a. m. 2:10, $50 p. m. Psughkeepsie via aopewell-S:05 a. m.;
 2:10, 1l:S5 D. m.
 Fishkill-on- Hudson-S:05 s. m.; 2:lO p. m. BinShamton, Elmirs, Jsmestown, Cleve- land, Akron and ChicsgO-S:05 &. m. |;
 BIO m.
 Sunday trains-Hartfor@ S.45. 80 a m. .;
 S:45 p. n.
 Boston-S.45 a. m., S.i5 p. m. W.R.BAB 'OCK, Gen Pass Agt. Boston
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
THE SILKS OF THE SUMMER.
These Lightweight Fabrics shed Dust. Are
 Cool. Comfortable and Dressy.

The hSht'vniSH: summer silks have achieved r,r themselves puSitivr posi- tiun, and ,t k not iu the least likely that they Will lr uut If vngur for many y,Lr,. N mmhlnd has realized how drrS,y they can lv m4l", thelr nhihty to >hrl Il 3~t .l!l, l'r-t If all. their cool and rrin,l ar Fewer surah silks are t,~'a than l.f.r,', but the smnoth sur faced iu,lll silk. * Well d. that which has the -rlrrL! namrvf ''sGmurr silk, :" i$ greatly liked Light backgrounds show hsirl,ne> ut contrasting color nS we'll n> tiny h'uuu,ts of flowers scat tered here and there upon them, making them lo,k like th, materials fancicd hy
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
4 Queer Recipe,

In an old black letter translation of Albertus Magnus the donkey figures in the following extraordinary recipe: Take an Adder's skyn. and Auri pig montum. and greeke pitch of Reupiriti- cum, and the waxe of newe Bees, and the fat or grease of an Asse, and breaks them all, and put them all in a dull seething pot full uf water, and make it to seeth at a glove fire. and after let it waxe cold, and make a taper, and every man that shall see light of it shall seeme heasileSSe. "-(fentleman's Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
One of tho Unwashed.

Real Estate Reporter-What's that I heard that man tell you awhile ago about there being n drOp ill real estate?
 Horse Rcporter-Oh. that was only q joke of his He was telling me about seeing tramp fall out of second story window. Free Press
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14
BALL GOSSIP.
Magnates Have Money to Burn,
 but Cannot Burn It.
BIG sUMSFOR RELEASES REFrSEp.
Talent Is So Scarce That S1, 500 or sIO. 900 Ofr>rs Tor the Transfer of Players Find No Takers How the Leading Mines Stood One Year AE"

In A r,,'rit game at the Polo ground in New \, .h INV tW rVma-kl lhlr fly catches utad> ry A N'un!y player who was drafted icr,n a luj'rvr league hy Inc Cincinnati V,Uh Hi, ruluv i> Gvurz,r lIuGrirvrr. hut rn account If the hrrNitv uf life and n nat ur,N G:,Yr~i:lon tn tahr the world easy t,...' ttu.Il!,:"!y call him Hog" in Gin C.uuAti Tie ynung mans principal >tr'" -th lies in his ability tu field we'll. As a hl,~:ran he hl~ uot h,N,n Sucr,'>S by au, 1lrl"~. and in these days an uuttirld Vr W,.,r k l!,G asr,n'G hat>uan hasn't much ch,,nrr tn k.>'ra rlacr on a National lraGuc ninr. In >lilN uf lis fine fielding it would nvt surprise I@r L. >v,' Hog" take a Srat ou Ihr bench when Holiday S,tS well enough tu join the tinrinuAtiS.
 NuGri,Nrr i> a Cincinnati boy by birth. B@rk t,Wi1r-, and shorty Fuller, began lall Vl4y iII4 WIlh sunday clubs on tho NacaI.t luJ~. Hi, first professional Cngagrmrnt WA~ IlAl,d with the OItUmwaS of tho Iowa Illinois lrl:-ur in l>9u. AftCrNVard hr Was with teams in Kansas City, St Paul. N>hk,'>h. El>t0n, Birmingham and sioux CItN. Last y,ar he played in l"6 g,ulc~ fur the sioux City club and made A syrvti rr"rd a> a hnt>mau and fielder >;."Gii- I.,..g Jhr head If the list in hoth dvi Artl';,I:i~ ri work
 His vNiN rjrucr ill the National lr;t=uC shows one indi>putablc and important fact -namVly. a minor league players fielding average k worth something to guide ma