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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-26

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02

Forge Master" "The Rivals, "A Scrap
 of Paper" and "Pique," and was intrust-
 ed with the title role in Betsy and the ! leading female character, Eily O'Connor, I in "The Colleen Bawn."
 After returning to America Miss Jarvis
 was engaged to play Mrs. George s. Knights old part in IA Railroad Ticket"
 While with this company she sang Com
 in Thro' the Rye" at each performance with exquisite effect. She was next the
 soubrette of Lincoln J. Carter's "Torna-
 do," and succeeded in developing the part ] to a wonderful extent. Then Miss Jarvis I was engaged by Emily Bancker to do Bel l Ia, the English maid of all work, in the farce "Our Flat" She won new laurels in
 this role and remained with the company
 until the close of the past season. At a recent production in Chicago of . ! dramatization of Rudyard Kipling' story,
 fThe Light That Failed,'' Miss Jarvis
 created the role of Bess, and by her excel lent and conscientious work demonstrated l that she is an originator and does not de- 1 pend upon the brains of others for her
 ideas as to the proper elaboration of 0 char 1 acter.
 I Miss Jarvis is exceedingly good looking Many of her friends are desirous that she
 should adopt comic opera and eschsw all forms of the drama. She is disinclined to
 do this, but her very fine voice may havO
 some bearing in determining the particu- l lar field of theatricals to which she will in l herself.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
CANAL ERA REVIVED.
NO GREAT TRUNK RAILWAYS UNDER
 CONSTRUCTION NOW.

But Many Ship Canals Are Projected. and
 portance of the New Canadian Canal
 Connecting Lakes Superior and Huron. The present, they say, is the begin ming of an era of canal building. The era of railroad building on large scale is at an end. True, there will te many miles of electric railroad built, but they will not be trunk railroads-only short lines in the cities or connecting towns. There are trunk lines enougl. now, they add, and although we are sooner or later to have through lines of electric railway this will be brought about simply by changing the motive power of the steam roads we have to electricity.
 All this may be true, and, if surface indications be trusted, it is true. Today not one through line of steam railroad is being built in all the United States, the land of wholesale railroad building. Only one important new road even is projected. It is known as the San Joa- quin valley line and is to compete with the existing Pacific roads between Salt Lake City and San Francisco, if ever it be built. But there is hitch of some sort. Contractors who are to bid do not seem able to get their bids in, and months have passed since the date orig inally set for the actual beginning of the work.
 In the meantime the canal builders are at their work. Very recently three great waterways have been formally opened for traffic, one in Europe and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
THEIR FAVORITE ANIMALS.
Boys Like Elephants and Lions, but Girl
 Prefer Snakes and Birds.

Prefer Snakes and Birds.
 Especial Corrcspondence.l
 NEW YORK, June 25.-I was walking in Central park tho other day, and it occurred to me to ask bright eyed little fellow who was watching tho polar bears, (Which is your favorite animal|'
 "I don't know" he answered, with boy ish candor But think elephants like to watch the best, like lions too. They look so strong and noble."
 Thinking 1 might obtain a not uninter- esting symposium on the subject, next interrogatcd little girl about years old, with the kindly assistance of her Teutonic nurse.
 "Oh, I prefer snakes to anything. It makes my heart jump to see them wiggle around and run out their black tongues. But they are so graceful, and some of them, 1 think, arc very pretty.'
 Aren't you afraid of being charmedT'
 fOh, my sakes. non'
 Rowing to this diminutive Elsie Venner, I advanced toward another miss, some- what older than the first ono.
 ''I like birds best,' she said, "those from faroff countries that have beautiful plumage. How would like to have some of their feathers on my hats! They would make all my friends as rAad as hops"
 "Of what savage beast are you fondestP" II used to like bears the best, but Unclo Ralph nearly got killed by one last sum- mcr in the Rockies, and now I detcst them. I like camols, because they look so meek and patient. Our minister has been where camcls arc used the same as we use horses. Ho lectures about it every little while and talks about tho Arabs he saw in Africa, where hc was a missionary"
 And so I stopped one youngster after another asking each ono to name his or her favorite animal, with this result:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02

IDA B. WELLS AND FERDINAND L. BARNETT. sister and ill the education of herself. So anxious was she to obtain ali educa- tion that she sometimes worked in the cornfelds in order to care for those de- pendent upon her and pay her tuition ill school Her early education was received in an academy nt Holly Springs and completed at Fisk university in Nash vile. Her first journalistic work was done at Fisk, where she was connected with the college r3per. Leaving college, she became teacl:2r and d contributor to newspapers.
 In 1888 she becaEla editor of the Memphis Free Press. While on this pa per she wrote nn article on lynching which made her an exile from that city. She then spent some time ill Phiadel- phia and New York and later went to Chicago, where she met her husband, and through him received employment on his paper, The Conservator. In 1893 she went to England on featuring tour. Her patrons were the bishop of Man chester, Dr. Clifford, the Baptist leader ; Lady Jeune and other notables. Her public labors ended with a late featuring tour on the Pacific coast.
 Ferdinand l.. Barnett is a Chicago lawyer, of the firm of Barnett & Will tor, the second oldest colored newspa- per in the world. He is widower, aged fl years, with two sons He was na- tive of Nashville and was educated in Chicago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
Ed Geers, the Silent Man.

Ed Geers, who drives Robert J, is unique character. says Outing for June. He Is known Rs the silent man from Ten nessee. He is a man who bears an enviable record for honesty, ability and abstemious- ness, and his only vice is an exceedingly mild one, that of chewing gum. Strange to say, although he has magnificent sta bio at his disposal, his fayorite amusement, when not attending to his horses, is to ride on a bicycle-in fact, he uses this mode of locomotion to keep down his weight, and favorite joke on him is that, when he is sweeping along a country road in tho neighborhood of Buffalo and finds himself overtaken by one of the crack riders of that city, he softly clucks to him. self as if he were addressing one of his fa- vorite steeds and then unconsciously puts on an extra spurt and probably boats the crack who has just passed him. Gcers re- ceives salary of $5, 900 year from the Village farm for driving, and he Is richly x,NG
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02

He sat amid the shadows, beating his breast and weeping.
 Farewell H' he moaned in a voice that would have called the dead to life. Farewell, thou who has clung to me all these years, through every vicissi- tude and joy, my constant solaco and comforter "
 The night wynd was calling dismally through the budding trees, but it called in vain.
 "Farewell,'' he repeated. "I have been fond and doting parent, bringing thee up to the envy of men and the ad- miration of women. Now, alas! I see thee lying low, cut off in the very prime of life, the midglory of thy caSeer. It Is terrible. But, hard as it may be, we must part. From Ter edict there is no appeal, and we must part forevern'
 Then, in the silence of the night, the stricken mourner did the departed in 0 neat parcel and went forth into the darkness, where, unbeknown to all the world, he buried the friend of years in the bottom of the ash barrel It was the tragedy of day, not soon to be forgot ten.
 The next day he went around to the mansion of his best girl.
 She was beautiful She was also worth 2,O00,O00 cold. Somehow, for reasons best known to themselves per- haps, millions are always cold.
 A beautiful girl with 2,OOO, ,OOO cold | must have her way. If she doesn't, something must drop. In this case she would have dropped. She would have dropped him.
 Darling, behold!" he cried. "You see the depth of my love, perceiving the extent of my sacrifice.
 She looked up into his eyes gratefully.
 "Thank you, dear," she exclaimed. "I had only one place to kiss you when you had those horrid whiskers on, and now have a dozen. Then she proceeded to try them all. And the ravished lover forgot all about the departed which reposed in the depths of the ash barrel. And the night wynd found some other man s whiskers to play selections from the comic operas through. York World.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02

silence would be broken by a glad cry as fragrant magnolia and cool moc- casin, with red petals, were gathered, and as the snake fell, with a mellow blunk, shrieks of delight were echoed from the deep, somber wall of giant gums.
 The Dismal swamp was owned after the Revolutionary disturbance by George Washington, who cut down a good many of the large trees with his little hatchet. He formed the Dismal Swamp Land company and dag the Washington ditch to raft timber to market on, and tho dark sarsaparilla colored streak of wet ness is still there.
 The Dismal swamp is yet the paradise of hunters, and in Lake Drummond there are fish as long as an oar. caught one, but it had just been born and was only 5A inches in length. was told that if I kept it long enough it would grow to be as big as an oar, but I only kept it till the conductor the next day asked me to please go into the secondhanded car, and decided to cast my little fish aside. Friends are to me far more valuable than fish, and man is by nature social being. A MT. Hosier escaped arrest by the federal government in 1868 and fled to the swamp. He swam the Elizabeth riv- CT with his clothes tied ill bundle on his head. Finally he reached Lake Drummond, and there decided to swim across. distance of seven miles. do not know why, but possibly it was for the excitement of being on the other side, for it was just the same on one side as the other. En route he lost his clothes and was met by huge serpent, but pulling his revolver from his pocket and pushing it into the serpent's back teeth he blew off the creature's head and escaped but when he landed MT. Hosier met up with bear, and being in a nude state he hated to take fall off the bear catch as catch can, so he ran away, which might be called nude de- parture. But the bear overtaken him, as the colored brother says, and MT. Hosier turned upon him with knife which he had in his other pocket, and feeding this weapon to the bear soon had the sad comfort of closing his eyes in death.
 Being naked, he decided to skin the bear and wear the pelt, for the red nosed brier and poisonous bo bush, as deadly as a rattlesnake, were making sad in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
SILL IVES PArHos.
Story of a Pdem Which the Humorist
 Never Finished.
Especial Uorrespondence.1

:. lSpecltl tlSOTESSpOuueuCc.l
 CHICAGO, June 24.-In 1882, while in Denver on a journalistic mission, re- solved to pay visit to the humorist who already had afforded mo so many hours in the aggregate of laughter and entertain meIit. To be sure, Laramie, Wy, where ho then lived, was 500 miles away, but my curiosity regarding the man had been aroused and my appreciation of his work made the distance seem short:
 A product of that visit is the following little sketch, transcribed from the original manuscript which ho presented to me- As was taking my leave of him at Laramie he thrust a long envelope into my hand and said: "Here is q manuscript sketch l wrote as far back as 1S79 give it to you as proof that I was not always jest CT with the quill, Perhaps when you are writing my obituary some time you can use it."
 And, sure enough, the pathetic and pret ty little sketch comes in conveniently now though, thank heaven, am not writing Bill Nye's obituary. Here it is:
 AN UNFINISHED POEM.
 Once, a long time ago, began to write poem. It was to be perfect in meter and in rhyme and so truthful in sentiment that thousands of hearts should throb and thrill to it's music I began it with high hopes and christencd it with the name of child But the work moved slowly, and the lines seemed very tame, sS1 returned again and again to the child model for inspiration and looked into the merry eyes for help.
 So it came to pass that very little of my time was devoted to the poem and great deal was devoted to my hero. No slave ever lived under u more unlimited mon- archy than under the reign of @ pair of laughing eyes, and no true loyal subject ever bowed in meeker submission or bless ed his sweet bondage. as I did, with my neck beneath the dimpled foot of my con- queror.
 Thus the summer came with the twin king music of the bobolink, the misty blue Of June mornings and the evening concerts of the sleepy voiced crickets The long, droary days were short to me, for was under q spell, and the wand of the en- chanter was n baby's tiny rattle. So still dreamed on of the poem that should crown this summer vision with an ode to my king the beck of whose chubby hand was my law.
 But the poem is only half finished. It was broken off in the middle of sentence, and now it is growing yellow
 pair of littlo scarlet and white
 Those summer days are locked
 sky. The roses and the violets are cred by tho drifting snow. With the death of the year came the time for the waxen hands to be forever still-those hands that hold my heartstrings in their eternal still ness, those hands that seem to touch me yet and take me back to that golden sum- mcr time when I was trying to write my poem. M. l.. WILLIAMS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
A NOTABLE WEDDING.
The Recent Marriage of Ida E. Wells of
 AntiIynching Fame,

The Recent Marriage of Ida B. Wells of
 Antilynching Fame.
 The recent marriage at Chicago of Ida B. Wells to Ferdinand L. Barnett at tracts considerable attention, owing to the world wide notoriety achieved by the bride in her crusade against lynch ing in the south. The engagement was the result of friendship growing out of business relations and ripening into love and was measurably due to the good of fees of the late Frederick Douglass. He was mutual friend of Miss Wells and Mir. Barnett. One day when he was in Chicago he said to Miss Wells: Barnett is 8 fino gentleman. He likes you and will make you a good husband. " Doug lass told Barnett, too, that Miss Wells was a real nice girl for him, and so they were mated.
 Miss Wells was born at Holly Springs, Miss, and is about 30 years of age. She lost her parents when a child, and her early life was a struggle with poverty in the support of q younger brother and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
MISS LEE JARVIS.
4 Young Woman Who Can Sing Almost
 as We'll aS She Can Act.

4 Young Woman Who Can Sing Almost
 as We'll as She Can Act.
 Leo Jarvis ought to make her way in the theatrical world because, besides be- ing an excellent actress, sho is very fine singer. She oncc appeared in the title role of "Erminie, and has also had other op- cratic experience.
 Miss Jarvis is still very young woman, but when she was even younger sho made her first appearance on the stage in the company of MT. and Mrs. E. A. McDow- ell. These sterling players wore about to start on an extended tour of South Amer ica and the West Indies, and the experi- encc gained at that time has since stood Miss Jarvis in good stead Most of the roles assigned her by tho McDowclls were ingenues and soubrettcs. She appeared in Engaged ' "The Shaughraun," "The
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
rattps Perennial Popu,arltx.

During Adelina Patti's recent engage ment at Covent Garden, London, it is said that as much as 10 guineas was frequent ly offered for a guinea seat. The theater was sold out for every performance before the opening night of the season, and the diva is reported to have never been in bet ter voice. She was also requested, although "commanded" is the word they use over there on such occasions to sing before the Patti got there. Even the queen of song cannot afford to ignore a summons from the queen of England. Her majesty was gracious enough to become enthusiastic over the singing of the phenomenal vocal ist, and that fact of course will not lesson the diva's popularity in dear old Lun- uon."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
Art Note.

A New York artist called at the stu dio of Gus Snobberly, who is one of the worst amateurs ill the city.
 "What the mischief is that you are painting there, Gus:' asked the artist
 "Why, that's bunch of grapes.
 "Why, yes, so it is, now that l look closely. They are very fine, but they are not quite as well painted as those Of Apelles, which were so natural that the birds came and pecked at them"
 "I ain't sure of that. Perhaps the reason why the birds don't interrupt me while I'm painting these grapes is be- cause the American birds are smarter than those of ancient Greece" replied Gus.-Texas Siftings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02

roads upon his complexion ill places. Putting on the bearskin on his own bare skin, he approached hut after hut, but every one ran when he knocked at the door, except one man, who ballasted him with bird shot and then retired. MT. Hosier has since been unable to obtain recognition or be identified and is still roaming up and down the vasty swamp afraid to come ashore, though it is now B years
 have dramatized this story from a small book by Robert Arnold of Suffolk called "Uncle Aliek and His Mule. !" It deals largely with the Dismal swamp, and he speaks of MT. Hosier as lovely character, some of whose statements are t1rn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
. An Excellent Prescription.

Patient-Doctor, am growing stout CT every day. What do you think ] ought to do to get thinner?
 Dr. Schrauber-My dear sir, there is nothing like worry to make man thin. Every day, for couple of hours, 1 would recommend you to look at my last half yearly account which you haven t paid yet Perhaps that will helr .--.- S.aA Atsanzeiger. .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
WANDERING BILLNYE
HE ATTENDS COMMENCEMENT AND
 HOLDS AN ICE CREAM.

Then, With .n Expedition Made Up For the Express Purpose, William Gayly Starts For the Dismal Swamp-Dramatis Story of q MT. HOsier.
 GCopyright, 1895, by Edgar W. Nye.l
 THE DISMAL SWAMP,
 NAUsEMoND COUNTY, Va.
 Beginning the commencemsnts season at Mount Vernon seminary in Washing ton, where my two daughters are being accomplished and accomplishing, set sail by the good steamboat Washington for Norfolk, leaving the national capital sitting in its gauge pyjama, for the heat was like a camp meeting, simply in tents. Laughter.
 It was a soothing ride to mo, for I was broiled on one side and raw on tho other, and Willard hotel barber had
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
U-nO Remedies.

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 134 East Main Street. Riverside Pharmacy, 775 Bank St. U-NO Tonic. 26c; U-No Ointment. 25e; U-No Worm L14.a IIa5s. U.Ns Oil. 2J U.No Oorn-O Cure. .l1EO.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
All the Same.
T1&l

Mir. Flatte-My wife takes me down frequently in the elevator.
 Mir. Cottage (with deep feeling)-We haven't any elevator. but that doesn't make any difference. Detroit Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
Exneriencad Reasoning.

Millicent--Here comes that horrid Miss Smith! am sure she will stop and talk to us.
 Lillian-Oh, don't think she will, my dear.
 Millicent-Whyf
 Lillian-Because she hasn't anything Few on.-Br1oklYn Eagle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
Proof AhSO1uta.

Floorwalker-Whya arc you so positive that she was an emancipated woman?
 Salesman-She bought dollar waist when there was one marked 99 cents ly. ing by the side of it.-New York World.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
The Last Fond R1rea.

Do not these answers possess some psy' chological significancep LEON MEAD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-02
Tire .;- Setting
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 To Manufacturers, Carriage Makers, Blacksmiths, everyone.

I have purchased at an expense of thou sands of dollars, and have now in opera tion at my repair shops adjoining my stables on meadow street. one of