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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05

my bowels, bearing down all the time; and there are pains in my groins and thighs. I can't sleep, walk, or sit. I'm diseased all over. The doctor ? Oh! he tells me to keep quiet. Such mockery!
 Inaammatory and uleerative conditions at the neck of the womb can produce all the above symptoms in the same person. In fact, there is hardly part of the body that can escape those sympathetic pains and aches.
 No woman should allow herself to reach such perfection of misery when there is positively no need of it.
 Lydia E. Pinkhdm's Vegetable Com pound acts promptly and thoroughly in such cases; strengthens the muscles of the womb, heals all inflammation, and restores that unruly organ to its normal condition. Druggists are selling carloads of it. Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, will gladly and freely answer all letters asking for advice.
 Mrs. E. Bishop, 7S7 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, NY, suffered all the above described horrors. Now she is well. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound cured her. Write her about it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05

Commandments was produced at the sacred concert. Wong Chin Foo, the philosopher who wroto Why I Am a Hcathen,' irrovcrently said of this piece, Ut is two short, but is just as safe to go by us your ten arc"
 To be behind the scenes of tho Chinese theater is to experience q nightmare. To get thero you must have tho ''open ses- amo" from Gnu Fong, and following him as a guide descend steep stairs, and pro- ceeding through roundabout narrow sub tcrranean passages rise again over an un- comfortable stairway.
 Thcro Is nearly as much space in the greenrOom as on the stage. A horrible ap- partition that is apt to greet visitor is monkey viSaged HighbindcF with ghastly white face blackened with blotchCs. Thcro Is Wong Kai, everything about his femalc attire improving on closer inspection. The deep rouge, however, causes his cheeks to appear most unnatural. The Chinese nc tors do not uso the grease paints of our professionals, but instead pigments i'm ported from far Cathay. Before tiny mir TOTS the female impersonators brink. give last touches to rouge and Chinese white with cloth pads, instead of pencils, and ar
 rango and rcarrange their elaborate hair. Cigarettes are in every mouth. Floating | up from the haunts below como warm, pungent, enervating opium fumes. The | stage manager gives the performers their cues through little window. All in the audience se5 hiiG do it. A Chinaman in
 front, having something to say ro -0Es ott | the actors in tine grecnrOom, takes flying
 leap on to what would bo the O. F. side of
 an American stage and comes almost un-
 noticed through the wings
 | Tho Chinese actors all 1.-Two together in q little wooden house Ht DOyers street, one door east of tho theater. They cat at n | restaurant across the street They used | to cook their own meals in tho basement
 of the thoater, but tired of 1t. Wong kai, l who is an eminent classical scholar and l playwright as well as actor, is also guUd | cook and could earn his living as a chef. | Tho actors, whose salaries range from | $500 to $l, 800, vary in their tastes, tenn | peramentS and expenditures. SOme are
 good losers to lottery and fantan, and soma l bank money with a merchant of their clan
 and remit periodically to those at home in China. An attempt to ascertain how | Wong Kai managed his princely income | of Sl, 500 year only resulted in the quo
 tation of n polite Chinese adage adverse to
 prying into other peoples private affairs.
 To an American the most peculiar thing
 about Chinese play is that time is never
 Supposed to clapse." It really elapses. If tho hero says to the heroine, '' I will meet .'ou here in an hour, it means that those | two will not havc another sccno together
 until 60 minutes shall have passed. That
 is the reason why they never give dramas | in which the dramatiS persOn;p become old. | That would ho too much of a tax upon | the patience even of a Chinaman.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
CHILDREN'S ATTIRE.
WHAT THE LADS AND LAsSES ARE
 WEARING.

From Three Years to Ten Picturesque Eff
 fects Are SouGht-From Ten to Sixteen
 Simplicity Is the Rule-TIInts For Older
 GirIs-Boys' Suits.
 It is a comparatively easy matter to dress babies and children from to 10 years old, after which last named age the trouble begins. Infants long robes are understood by even inexperienced young mothers, and tho convenient guimpe waists and empire frocks make things comparatively easy, so far as the costuning of little girls is concerned, until the tenth birthday is past. Then the awkward period is at hand. Wise mothers understand that this undevel- oped period is best meG with simple cos tunes. Elaborate dresses only serve to accentuate the imperfections of the overtall and angular figures of misses of 10 to II years of age.
 Some of these older girls are begin ming to wear the tailor frocks made with skirt and coat, but this style is not becoming to many, as the figures are too undeveloped and awkward. As a rule, dresses made with plain full skirts and waists will be found more beoom-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
A SWEET BOUQUET.

Tho gladiolus (from the Latin gladius, a sword, in reference to tho sword shaped leaves) is from southern Europe.
 Narcissus is from Greek word for stu por on account of tho evil effects produced by tho smell of sOmo species. It is from southern Europe
 The ncrium (oleander) is from Greek word meaning damp, in reference to the locality where it is found. It is indigo nous in South Africa and the east
 Heliotropo derives its namc from the Greek, on account of the popular notion that it turned toward the sun. Our much prizcd fragrant species is from Peru.
 Tho word bcgOnia is from tho Greek, meaning "double couch," alluding to the double placentra. They are mostly na- lives of the Indies and South America, none being found in North America.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
New York < New England

Passenger Train Se vice, Oct 2S 1894
 Train. len~e Waterbury for Bos.on-3:45, 7:3O a, m; 100, 3:55 ?. m. Providence 7:40 a m ; loo. 3:55 New York vii Brewsters-e;I5 ~. in.; 2:lo Worcester 7:iO a. m 1:oO m. New Loni,.n -3:45, 70 a. m loo, 3:55 pm
 Patnam-3:i5. .:30 il m; LOO, 3:55 P. m. Willimantic-3:45, 1:30 a. m ;OO, 3:15 p. m.
 Roekville-7:3D, 1O:45 m.; 1:Oo, 3:35 p Man .hes.er-7:3o, lo:l5 a. m: loo, 3:53 ?. m
 Springfield Branch-9:05 a. m; 3;55 p. m. Hartford-3:45, 1:30, 9:O5, 10:45 A. m.; 100, 3:55. s:I5 r. m New Rrit4in-3 45. 1:30, 9:05, l0:45 III ; [ :0O. 3:55, S:l5 p. in. P.ainv.Ilr-3:45 73o, 9:05, 10:45 a. III. ; I:D0, 3:55, S:l5 III. Bristol-3:45. 7:30, 9:O5. 0:45. a m.; GO, 3:55. S:l5p III. Terryville-7:3n. 9:O5, lO:i5 a. m; loo, 3:55, S:l5 p. Ill waterville 7:3O. 9:O5 lo:45 d, m 3;55, S:lj
 West Cheshire 4:4o. 8:3O a. m,; i:3O p, III.
 Meri lrn-4:3o, S:3O m; 4:3o P. m. tDnalin street srati n 800, S:i2 a. m.: 5:00p. m-
 C,omwe l-s:3O a. m 4::I0 P. m
 Dublin st ees sta ion Sig A. m; 900 p m.l
 Union Ctty-fS:O5 A- m. T1wantir-f-.OI :.. III: t2 10 r. ln. Sauthford-S:01 d. III ,: 0p. m. Pnnperang Val ey-S:'r5 a m; 2:lo r. III < ndy Hook-S:05 d. Ill.,; ,: c r. III. H4Slevvlllt. S:D5 a m.; 3:lop. m. DAnbqrv-S. .tll H. ln.; 2:l0. ll.;H r. m. Br.wsters-S:O5a B. m; 2:l0 P. III. Psughk--p-i-. via H"p~wvil-S:''3 d. Ill. 2:l0. lI::'J ?. III. FishkiIl un IIGdSnu-S:n1 .t. Iu.: Il" r. Ill Binghsmt"n, EImira, JA'ne -I"wm, C'rNe l4ni. ASr,u and ''ni-'G '-N:''' d. III. 2:p r. III . (. SundN characterization aud Boston, ;'.l'
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
.es. all hut me. MT. Snrles."

w ny, LllGlL Iak0S CHI ull DuJ you! Ssllu the sheriff after counting up on his fin gers.
 "Yes; all but me, MT. Sayles."
 And what are you staying forf'
 Board and lodgings and the comforts of homc Mir. Sayles. I was sent here fur three months and hov got nine weeks to put in, and hain't goin to throw up my job to look fur another.'' y
 Bill" said the sheriff after looking at the man for half minute, II took you for a mean and ungrateful critter when first set eyes on you, and now know that didn't make any mistake. You can stay, of course, but let mo say if you do you won't get but two meals a day, and those will be mighty slim. This is a new coun- ty, and shes $I5, GOO in debt, and the idea of keeping this jail open to accom- modatc a lOp shOuldered, redheaded var mint who only stole g hog makes me hopping mad. Bill, you've got to git!' linen gimme a quarter to git on!'
 Here it is, and don't you dare to come back at night and break your way in herer'
 He held the door open, and Bill walked out, and after tho prisoner was out of sight the official muttered She's a new county and $l5, 1000 in debt, and this cleaning out the jail will save her s a day. Tho cheek of that man to hang around here and expect to be fed ! and lodged at public cxpense'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
WONDERS OF THE SEA.

Tho Black sea has depth of 600 fath- oms.
 Tho gorgonia, or fan corals, arc found in every sea.
 Naturalists arc still in d, ,.bt as to whether the sponge is a plant or an ani- nal.
 The water of tho Dead sea yields about two pounds to the gallon of saline sub stances.
 It is estimated that the water of the whole ocean contains in solution over 5000, GOO tons of pure silver
 Tho Yellow sea of China is so called from the presence of yellow mud washed down by the great rivers that empty into its waters.
 Franklin taught that the ocean currents were due to the influence of permanent winds, in which opinion he was sustained by Sir John Hcrschcl.
 Humboldt estimates that the GangGs ev- cry year empties into the ocean a quantity of living infusoria equal to seven times the bulk of the great pyramid of Egypt.
 The lowest forms of life existing in the sea arc tho prutozoa. They are mere cells, tiny animated sparks of life, and even the microscope tells us little of their nature.
 The particles of sand, stones, shells and the like brought up in the tallow with which tho sounding lead is covered ire qucntly furnish indications of great value as to the position of the ship
 A kind of crinoid inhahiting the Medi- terranean is deposited as an egg, goes about to find place to live, selects home, takes root there, and after further development finally cuts loose from its moorings and remains a wanderer the rest of its life.- St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
Recipe For Lemon Pic.

Into F cupfuls of sugar stir ? heap ing tcaspoonfuls of flour, add the we'll beaten yolks of eggs and the whites of ? beaten stiff. the juice of ? lemons, the grated rind of one. and cupful of cold water. Line deep pie plates with paste, fill with the mixture and bake ill a moderate oven. When done, cover with mcringue made from tho whites of the eggs and cupful of powdered sugar. Cover the pies and brown light lv
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
ABOUT CHINESEACTORS
Complications Caused by Lack
 of Adequate Scenery.
THEIR NEW YORK PLAYHOUSE.

The Star, Like All of tho Best Histrions,
 Is Female ImpcrsonatOr-The Critical
 Audiences tO Which They Play and the
 PrinceIy Salaries They Receive.
 It requires tho most violent stretch of a particularly vivid imagination tO associate the Chinese with anything which even re- motely savers of cheerfulness, but it Is nevertheless n we'll authenticated fact that they do sometimes laugh and at alleged jokes at which Noah would have instant ly exclaimed "Chestnutsl' That is only one of tho very, very many respects in which tho heathen Chinee is peculiar"
 In n place of amusement condu stcd sole ly for tho cdification of Celestials the dcs- ignation of the house as a theater will be quickly and emphatioally resented unless its stage bo of sufficiently liberal dimen- sions to admit of the adequate production of war plays, each containing several real istic battles in which the Chinese always win. In passing 1t may not be inappro- priate to observe that tho Chinese never win fights except on the stage, and that is perhaps the reason why they are so fond of this mimic warfare
 Tho Chinese have a concert hall in Doy- CTS street, New York. They do not dare call it a theater for tho reason cited above. This place has a very small stage, and tho scenic accessories are startlingly conspicu- | ous by their absence. The lot of the actor who Is employed there, it may readily be understood, is for that reason not altogether
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
4 Great Place Tor Game.

There is no doubt about it, the Blue Ridge region is great place for game. The Blue Ridgo Post says the turkeys go in great droves there. Recently visitor, seeing what appeared to be a great noun tain, asked tho name of it.
 "Mountain?" cried an old inhabitant. You blarstcd idiot! Why, them's CT drove nv turkeys which has been flushed somewhar below. an they are stampeding this CT way. I gness we'd better git. '- Youths Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
THE WAYS OF A NEW COUNTRY.
Only One Man Left and He Had a Great
 Nerve.

Only One Man l4eIt ana He had O Great
 Nerve.
 Having been introduced to the sheriff, as I waited in the postOfiice, that official kindly asked me to go around and take a look at the jail. On the way over he ex- plained that as it was a new county and financially poor I couldn't expect to find anything like an eastern jail.
 The institution" proved to be a long, low structure built of blanks, with wood en bars nailed across the windows The sheriff's family occupied one end of the building, and there were accommodations for a dozen prisoners in the other. As we entered the place we found one of the pris- his pipe in the most contented manner.
 Well, Bill,' said the sheriff, "how are you getting on?'
 Tip top, MT Sayles," replied Bill I'm getting on well that wouldn't go with the rest of 'em."
 Has anybody got out this nfternoon?"
 Yes; that hoss thief pried the bars of 8 back winder and took a skip"
 Did, oh? Anybody else,'
 Yes; that freight car robber dug under the floor and took a walk soon after din- ner.''
 ''So he's gone tool Anybody elscf" Yes; that slim, cock eyed chap who | was in fur COW thievin said he was home sick and battered off a plank and started fur home"
 "Isuspected he wanted to get out, Any. body oisof'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05

different petitions to Washington praying for his removal and our appointment
 Wo frankly admit tirat we have left no stone unturned in our efforts to handle Uncle Sam's mail in this locality, but we are no nearer tho zenith of our hopes than when we began. While confessing to de- feat and disappointment, we arc trying to bo Il philosophorabuu it. Even postoilices como tD him who waits. In the course of time this plum will fall into our hands, as other plUms have done, and realizing this we have contracted to build an addition to TIE kICKEI! office to be used as postof flee. Nothing is too good for an editor, and tho editor who is not constantly reach ing out after tho fat things of lifo deserves to end his days in the poorkousc.
 M. QUAD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05

ods Pursued by Brother Bates In En-
 forcing His Arguments He Is Told to
 Leave the Club.
 [Copyright, 1895, by Charles B. Lewis.l
 Docs 1 perceive Bruddcr Sunllower Bates ober dar by de woodbox?" asked Brother Gardner as he arose and shaded his eyes with his hand and pcercd in the direction indicated.
 ''Ycs, sah, was perceived" answer,sl the member as he rose mp.
 Worry well, Bruddcr Bat. $, Yo' will please step dis way an stand -ln dat chalk mark while ax yo' few qucShuns. lie odder night. when yo' war gwinc hune wid Samuel Shin, yo' got up a disputO bout dc garden of Edcn?"
 1t was Bruddcr Shin who disputed, sah"
 .'Yo' told Brudder Shin dat yo' had seen a cucumber 9 feet long which growcd in dat garden of Eden, an when he said he didn't believe it yo' punched his head. "
 ''Nys, sah, hut I'zo sorry"
 "A few days ago yO' went obcr to sec Elder ToOts. Yo' found de elder hOein out his taterS, an yo' at once sUt out an told him yu' didn't believe de whale swallcrcd Jonar. De elder differed wid yo', of co SC, an what did yO' do?''
 Took him down an sot on him, sah.''
 "Exactly-sot on him most all de arter- noon-nn hes had sich lame back eber since he couldn't git outdoors. One day last week yo' called at de cabin of Brudder Bcbvr To didn't seem to hcv anything on yo'r mind fur a few minits, but all of Il sudden yo' axcd Brudder Bcboe if he be- lirvcd in dreams. He said he didn't, an yo got up dispute an knocked most of his right eyebrow obpr de back fence"
 But he Callc mo fool niggcr, sahr' protested BrutI.cr Bates.
 Yes, s'pcct he did, an nobody blames him! One afternoon last month yo' hap pcncd to IAert Shindig Watkins in a gro- ccry store. He was dar artcr clOthespins an cudtish, an he greeted yo' in do most 1ratcrnal spcerit. It wasn't five minits hrfo' yo put yo'r fist under his nOso an de- clar d yo'r belief dat de sun moves around dc airth an added dat yo' could lick any man who says it don't. Yo' was strikin out to hit him on de chin when he run away"
 ''I'ze bin sccin de sun move around de airth all my life, replied Brother Bates in attenuation.
 1.-Two or thrco weeks ago." continued the president, ''yo' gees Ober to see Brud- der Whalcbunr IIuwker Fur dc last fo'ty y'ars BruddCr IIuwker has bin firmly be-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05

fringe. Face and line the inside with pink satin. Add bows and streamers of moire ribbon.
 The two diagonal bands of either an tique brocadc or embroidery are outlined with fringe and secured down with a few stitches to hold some small photo graphs. The larger specimens with wa ter colors are placed in the two com- partments, which are also handy to hold any fashionable odds and ends.
 Not In That Case.
 Figg-It's all nonsense for girls to spend so much time and money learning to play tho piano. Before we were mar ried my wife used to be eternally practio- ing, but she hasn't touched the piano half a dozen times since.
 Fogg-And yet they say that marriage is n failure Boston Transcript.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Brothers of the Profession Should Stand
 Inv One Another

Brothers of the Profession Should Stand
 by One Another.
 HELPING AN EDITOR -Whilo a certain per cent of tho journalistic fraternity of this territory are down on THE KICKER and never miss an opportunity to give us a whack, our feeling toward tho,ontire lot is fathorly one, and we are always cheer fully willing to do a brother editor a fla vor. Last week we got word from Brother Babcock Ss tho Pine Hill Recorder that things wS-I not going right with him. Day before yesterday we mounted our mule and rntlo over to see what the trouble was We soon ascrrtaincd that he had been licked so often that tho sand had all pc tered out of his craw. He started The Re
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
ODE SIN DO MOVIE"

lievin dat Cain killed Abel wid a hickory club He has axcd mo bout it seheral timrS. an as dnan' know whether it was hickory or oak l cumfurtrd him by Sayin dat it was probably hickory EO' pur- tended to him dat yo wanted tO borry shovel but yo begun talkin round an finally got to dat club biZncSS an said yO' thought it was an elm club. Bruddcr Huwkcr got excited an begun to holler an yo' hit him on de nnsc an knocked dat or gan half an inch outer plumb"
 lie was Clawin fur me, sah!'
 Yes. know. Ono mo case, an dat happened only today. Yo' met Bruddcr Sunduwn Jackson on de street m talked bout dc hard times an de weather fur a few minitS. Den yu' suddenly axcd him if he believed dat dc tlrrin children of Israel passed frrw de Rcd sea dry sh0d. He said hr did. of C0'Sc, an yo' thumpCd him an Gr jaw, an he pears here tonight wid a t"wrI tied around his head to hold a Isrulti"o un q" >wrllin.
 He wa~ rrarhin fur my ear, sAh!" re- piled Br,tlicr Hatr>.
 Yes. m,hie he WIS. an he urtcr be iincd $IO. Oua dat he didn't get dar! Brud der Ratv<. yu surtrr slipped inter dis club When yu had gut in an 1 cum tu look yO' ofcr. made up my mind dat V" was pore timber. We hey rules an rrgulashuns to govern our CuHduCt. One of de striCtest rules an dat nn one shall dispute Ober MhlIral qu,>hunS Disputin would be bad 'nuii. but in y"r ease yo go round thumpin folks ka~,. dry won't agree wid yo'. I'z'' fr,lin Iuighty had kasv yo' didn't cum uts'r tn Inl h'usr an try tn git up dispute 'l,rut Nunhs ark. Had yn done sn V" would hey httl reason tn believe dat du ark an all dv animals in it had sudden | ly humP,I up a-n do back O yO'r head! l As yo' didn't cum, I want to say to yo' dat yo am no longer member of dis | club Nor name has bin scratched off de l Tulls, yor account balanced, an yo' kin | take yo'r hat an walk down stairs!" Ex Brother Bates was evidently sur | priscd and paincd, but he neither protested l nor appealed from the summary proceed ings- When ho had disappeared, Brother Gardner quietly said:
 If dar am any member of dis club who can't quite believe dat Lots wife was turned to pillar of salt, an who has got a burnin desiro to argy an dispute ober it,
 let him cum to mo in de anterroom arter de meeting adjourns! I hain't muffin agin
 a man gwine back to de var to git real
 knowledge, but when he picks up dis pint
 an dat pint fur de sake of argument, an
 den stands ready to thump de pusson who
 can't agree wid him, he's do gem'lan
 want to sec alone fur bout five minitsl"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
How to Make skeleton Leaves.

Skeleton leaves may be made by steep ing leaves ill rainwater ill an open yes sel exposed to the air and sun. Water must occasionally be added to compen- sate loss by evaporation. The leaves will putrefy, and their membranes will begin to open; then lay them on clean white plato filled with fresh water, and with gentle touches take off the external membranes, separating them cautiously near the middle rib. Tfis process TO- quircs great deal of patience, as ample timo must bo given for the vegetable tissue to decay and separate Tho fol
 lowing iS a quicker way: A tablespoon ful of chloride of limo i'll liquid state, mixed with quart of pure water
 Leaves of plants to be soaked ill the mixture for about four hours, then taken out and well washed in a basin filled with fresh water. after which left to dry with free exposure to light and air
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
The Latest LnlIahY.

Rock by, baby, my sweet little man. Go to sleep, darling, as fast you can, For mother must hasten to don new gown And put in her vote for the good of the town. Your mothers a voter; now, man child, be still And hush up your screaming, piercing and shrill, For be it known, man child, the time has come when Your mother can vote with the mannest of men. Now, lie where put you all safe in your bcd And don't you dare wrigglc hand or a head, While go with my new silk and stylish ca potc, Oh. man child, the rapture. to cast my first vote!
 Mammy k voter,
 A voter proud is she,
 And she will cast her ballot
 With the foremost of tho free,
 And a brave and honest voter
 Forever she will bel
 New York Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
More Than He Could stand.

Justice-Why did you assault this man, who did not give ou the slightest provo cation?
 Prisoner-I had plenty of provocation, may it please your honor.
 What was it?'
 ''Ho exaspcrated mo by going around with q happy expression on his faco, while have to scratch gravel to get money to pay my houso rent. '-Texas Siftings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Granny's "Yarbs."

She dosed tho boy with calomel, Then gave him catnip tea, And yet he didn't feel quite well. He had the grip, you see. Sho gave him tansy, b3nesct, squills. Rubbed tallow on his chest And fed him lots of blue mass pills, Which quickly did the rest. By this time John could not get up, And as he lay in bed She drenched him from Q qunssia cup Till he was nearly dead. And when at last the doctor came And fetched poor Johnny round Folks said, !" Twas Granny, all the same Kept him above the ground
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