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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
As They Will Be,

An Ohio man who is being sued for breach of promise makes the defense that he proposed and was accepted on Sunday and that according to tho laws of the state contracts made on Sunday are not legally binding. If this defense Is held by the court to be good, future courtships i'll Ohio will proceed about ill this way:
 The Wise Maiden-I cannot consider your offer today. If you are ill earnest repeat it tomorrow, and perhaps may give you the answer you wish.
 The Suitor-But why not today? Why will you keep me in suspense?
 Tho Wise Maiden-This is Sunday, you know. I don't intend to get left on any future breach of promise suit by entering into a Sunday contract Buff Talo Express.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
Dead Broke as Well as Drunk.

One night at midnight as I was going through VeSey street I came across a man lying ill a doorway, With a second bending over him, us if searching his pockets, There was no policeman in sight and halted to say:
 ''Who is the man, and what are you trying to do to him?"
 He's drunk, sir replied the man who seemed to be searching as he strengthened up.
 "And what are you doing?'
 ''A-fcclin feelin of disgust, sir!''
 ''Ycs, a drunken man is always an object of disgust We ought to notify a policeman and have him taken in.
 ''Ycs, we Orter, sir, but I wasn' t a-fcelin a feclin of disgust on account of his bein ill what they call an intoxi- catcd condition.
 ''NO? What then?'
 Because I've spent good 15 min utCs goin through his pockets, and he hash t banned out a crnt-Dot blessed penny, sir! You can stop around and notify copper if you wish to, but fur mo my fCclin of disgust fur man who goes about dead broke and puts an hon. est man to trouble won't permit me to hang around any longCr!''
 And he bestowed d kick upon the un- conscious form, spat over his shoulder i'll disgust and marched off down the street without q look backward.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
The Massachusetts Test Vote.

There is q sharp difference of opinion among the advocates of woman suffrage i'll Massachusetts as to what attitude they shall take toward the test vote in the next state campaign. The last legis- lature, it will be remembered, passed an act providing that "all persons qualified to vote for school committee shall at the next state election have an opportunity to express their opinion by voting Yes or No i'll answer to the question, Is it expedient that municipal suffrage be granted to women?" The result, of course, will have no legal significance It will simply be census on the general proposition.
 The advocates of woman suffrage op- posed the bill when it was pending in the legislature, claiming that if the vote went against the women it would not affect the principle at stake par ticle and would prove nothing, while it might injure the cause by furnishing its opponents with new argument. If it went for them, it would really amount to nothing practical
 Someapf the leading suffragists, how. ever, il pding Colonel T. w. HigRin- son ar Miss Alice Rlaelwsll axs in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
Twas a Fairy Tale.

Here -
 The genius dreV q glittering object from beneath his cloak
 -"is the wonderful lamp!''
 Aladdin regarded it intently.
 Its a beaut," he said, "but what S wonderful about it?''
 The genius bowed low.
 'This lamp will not rattle, nor does it smoke, nor can the light be shaken out, neither will it leak or break or bother the man who uses it.
 The next instant he vanished.
 On the following evening Aladdin used the lamp to light his way as he wheeled to where the beautiful princess awaited him, and before he had gone,a block he knew that genius was liar and the wonderful lamp was all it was said not to be-Wheel.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
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No Feathers There.

A policeman who was making his way up an alley off Calhoun street stop. ped to look over fence where a colortld man was splitting wood. Nothing was said by either for d time, but the colored man finally queried:
 "Doan' find no nuisances ill dis yere ya d, reckon?''
 ''I wasn't looking for nuisances, " re- piled the officer. "A man down here lost seven chickens last night ''
 "Seben chickens? Hur'
 "Yes; seven large, fat and juicy chickens.
 "sum one rig 'em right off de roose, I reckon?'
 ''Yes.
 "Ad dun cla'r off wid all dat pou1- try?"
 "Yes."
 "Hu! Yum, yum! Dat accounts fur itv'
 Accounts for what?' asked the off, Ger.
 Eur yo'r lool1in into dis back ya'd. knows what yo' was lookin fur-fur chicken fedders! !'
 "Well:'
 "Well, jist femme told yo' sunthin In de fust place, I was laid up wid a chill an couldn't hev gone out had dun wanted to, an, ill de next place, if had .sbsquatulated dat poultry my 20 ya'rs; speerience in de bizness would hev made me put dem fedders an heads an feet whar de hull creashun couldn t find 'em i'll a week hunt. No, sah-no, sah-yo' needn't reckon to elucidate no asperity by lookin ober de elongated back fence of de undersignedr'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18

favor of conducting a vigorous cam paign, both in public speech and by per sonal influence, to draw out as large Q vote as possible in favor of granting municipal suffrage to women.
 On the other hand, there are numbers of the suffragists, headed by Mrs. Mary A. Livermere. who look upon the act of the legislature as farce and are un- willing to take any notice of it. This opinion is so strong that at recent meeting of the executive committee of the Woman's Suffrage association a res olution recommending that the members of the order should do all in their power to bring out the vote failed of major ity and was lost Many of the suffragists go so far as to declare that they will not take the pains to vote upon the question submitted by the legislature. New York Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
POLITICAL PLEASANTRIEs.

The average politician always likes q straw hat. Probably it is so easy to talk through. Post.
 Tom Reed has his mustache shaved of, but it was never much of a mustache any Washington Capitol.
 Mir. Cleveland has discharged his chief weather man. It probably rained some day when the president wanted to go fish ing.-Minneapolis Journal.
 The pile of sawdust accommodating in Thomas B. Reeds back yard must be as- suming the proportions of a young noun tain.-Kansas City Journal.
 Tho slogan of "a western man or bust' is firing tho prairie grass and giving a lively motion to Uncle Horace Boies' rab- bits foot.-St. Louis Republic.
 Arizona is young, but she knows how to put up a vigorous protest when the politi- cal pie Is not being distributed according to her ideas of equality Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
The Scorner Scorned.

A slleptic, engaged in religious dis cussion with a country pastor, thought to end the whole matter by declaring that there was no such place as heaven, and that, for his part, he believed in metempsychosis.
 "You believe, then," said the pastor, "that your soul may enter the body of a beast after your death?"
 Certainly
 "And you expect to feel quite at home, I suppose?''
 Thereupon the skeptic decided that the last word was with his antagonist. Youths Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
SwiFk-

"Never heard of tao old Hot Feets?n queried the baseball crank as he laid down the sporting paper and prepared for remin!scence.
 "Nn-o; don t remember that have. y replied the man who is down on base ball idiocy.
 Well, they disbanded. Played at Swishville. Great ball they put mp too !'
 But why did they disband?"
 "Couldn't get fair treatment from umpires. ''
 "Why, what was the roason?" asked the man who hates baseball idiocy
 "Tell you how it was. Every man in the team was sprinter, and they ran around the bases so informally fast that the umpire had to have 'em whitcwash- ed every second inning so hc could see 'em"
 Do you expect mo to believe, sir, :" asked the man who hates baseball idiocy sternly, "that the umpires could not see great, strapping fellows going around that little diamond?"
 "Oh, occasionally, replied the crank, "when one of them would slide, the umpire could see tho smoke. ''-Cleve- land Plain Dealer,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
Same Old Line.

Tho other day d man who looked as if he had important business on hand knocked at a door On Seventh street for five long minutes without getting a response Then window WaS thrown up i'll the house next door, and a woman put her head out and said:
 "Thc folks arc all away there. "
 ''How long have they been gone?'' asked the man.
 'TWO weeks ''
 And when will they return?"
 Ill about two more. v
 "Then it $ no use for me to stand here for the next two weeks and knock at the door?"
 'NO, sir. ''
 ''I see, and will cease to knock"
 "Was it anything special?" she asked.
 "Oh, nO-same old line, you know castoff clothes and cold vittles. Sorry they have been away two weeks and won't be back for two more, but such is life. Madam, has your husband got an old coat or vest or pair of trousers he could spare, or have you some coffee and bacon and potatoes left over from break fast which you would be willing"-
 In went the woman s head, and down came the sash, and next instant the man was as much alone as if seated ill a boat ill midOcCan.-M. Quad ill De- troit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
$ The Little Cooky Man.

When we were children, just like you, Your mother, dcars, and l, And grandma had q baking day, Our happiness was high. She d let us bake some patty pies And scrape the frosting pan, And if we were oh, very good She'd make n cooly man A little cooky man
 And bake him ill a pan! The greatest treat, so crisp and sweet That little coolky man! She'd cut him from the sugared dough . And dress him in a hat. As his eyes were made of GETAWAY, He could find no fault with that. Iris true his legs were rather stiff, Each arm Was like a fan, But those were trihes in our joy Of a little coolly man little cooky man,
 With crust of oven tan, He grew quite stout fore taken out, The little cooky man! Oh, that was many years ago. I'm wiser now than then, And yet often mourn the days Of the little cOolly man, For though I've been both north and
 south
 And met full many n man I've not found one liked so well As those baked ill a pan As the little cooky man Grandma made in pan. Oh, he was sweet and good to eat, That little cooky man!
 $. Isadore Miner in Dallas News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
WOMAN'S WORLD.
MISS PARKER WINS THE DEGREE OF
 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE.

Women Ruled This Decision-The Massa-
 chusctts Test Vote Wheel Costumes.
 English View of New York Home.
 Mrs. Stowe's True Condition,
 Miss Marian Sara Parker of Detroit is the first woman to graduate from the department of engineering of the Uni versity of Michigan. She won the de- gree of bachelor of science ill civil en- gineering. She has taken the full course provided for those who desire to become civil engineers except the field work in surveying, and for this she substituted drawing. However, she has taken all the theoretical work of tho course and has stood all the time well at tle head of her class. Miss Parker entered the university four years ago from the De- troit high school, from which she grad uated in 1891.
 Her object ill pursuing this course, she says, was to become practical ar chitect. Upon finishing her course here she expects to practice her profession somewhere ill the west, which she be-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
Women Ruled This Decision.

It was a matter of some surprise re- gently that Justice Shiras of the United States supreme court should have changed his mind upon a matter of law, but it is not many months since the whole court changed their minds on such a matter, and that in the course of Il few days.
 The case before the court was one arising out of q customs decision at this port, and the counsel arguing against the decision of the custom house was a New York lawyer, then for the first time before the supreme court The case turned mainly upon tho question wheth- CT an article of importation should or should not be classcd as sauce The custom house had called it sauce and taxed it accordingly. Tho government maintained this contention, and of course the New York lawyer sought to show that the article should not be classed as a sauce.
 When the supreme court Came to con suit upon tho ease, their unanimous opinion Was favorable to the contention of the government. and one of the j:ls- tires was instructed to prepare a deci- sion i'll favor of the custom house. The justice. um returning home, told his wife of the case and indicated the ground of the decision, whereupUn the lady told him ill plain words that the justices of the supreme court did not know what they wcr" talking about and had agreed upon an unjust decision. The lady was entirely clear that the article i'll dispute could nut properly hc called sauce and openly ridiculrd the court
 The pcrplrXcd justice, instead of pre- pairing the decision ill accordance with the instructions of his brethren, did nothing i'll the matter, but at the next opportunity unfoldcd to the other jus tiCes his Wifc'S view of the matter and ! asked them to sock domestic counsel on the case and report at the next consul tatiOn of the court When that consul tation came round, the justices, having | taken feminine counsel, all reported | against their original view that the ar | ticle involved i'll the case should be l classed as q sauce, and accordingly the | justice originally charged with the task | of preparing d decision in favor of the government was now instructed to pre- | pare one ill favor of the New York law 1 yer's client. It thus happened that the | lawyer won his first case before the su- preme court because the wives of the | justices knew more than the court itself | New York Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
CUBA.

Reports from Cuba say that yellow fever is spreading very fast. Cuba never was q healthy place. It seems to be more dan gerous now than ever; especially for Span iards. s.-Baltimoro American:
 General CanIpos complains that he lis not receiving any moral support from the people of Cuba in his! campaign against the rebels.'' Even the rebels themselves nrS behaving with boorish rutleness.-- Cleveland Plain DeElort ~ h.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18


 licves to be the most promising section | i'll which to settle. Her desire and de- termination ill ovcrStcpping the ordi- nary bounds of woman's activity by seeking technical education were not at all of a spasmodic nature. She asserts that it has been her Stcadfast intention for at least ten years
 There arc not a great many women architects ill the country. Miss Parker says there arc probably 30 or 60 of them. There is ono ill Philadelphia, two ill Now York, and there are others scatter Cd throughout the country. While she is the first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan ill this course thcro have been several woman gradu- atCS from the school of technology in Cornell and several from tho Boston School of Technology.
 Miss Parker's thesis for graduation consisted of designing fireproof apart ment building, on which she has spent great deal of work. To an engineer, who knows what it means to design such q building, figuring out the strength of every piece of iron i'll its conStruc- tion, it will not seem a long time to spend on the plan Ot such building when it is said that Miss Parker has spent nearly the whole of the present semester on her thesis, although not ill constant work upon it.
 There have been few women to take the engineering course ill this institu- ton. Some have begun it, but none has before completed it. Miss Parker Is likely to have the distinction for some time of being tho only coed graduate of the engineering school of the University of Michigan. Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
COnnuhial Rlisa.

''How is it that the Mullers lead such a happy life? They have now been mar ried 22 years and have never had sim gle quarrel.
 "That is simple enough. She is out charing the whole day and he is night watchman. ."-Herriedener Lauhfrosch.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
Tire .::. Setting
 Made Easy.
 lGY' TIME IS MONEY.
 To Manufacturers, Carriage Makers, Blacksmiths, everyone.
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
J. B. WESr'S LATEST IMrRoN ED
 TIRE SETTERS.

Everyone who has carriage, a wagon, a cart, truck or any kind of light or heavy wagon, or any number of them is invited to come and see the greatest nvrn- tion of the period. Exhibition free, charges for setting tires as low as anywhere. Tires set cold while yon wait. Can finish full set of four heavy tires in about 20 minutes -or on rush. one tire in five minutes It is simply wonderful. Old methods are very funny in comparison. No fire, no muss, no injury to wheel or paint. Tire is put on in every way better than by any other process. One can hardly believe it without seeiug it. l have the sole right for this section, and am ready to set tires for any and all manufacturers, repairers, business men. firms or individuals. No waiting, no imperfections in hot or cold weather. Old or new tires set to order All wheels handled are beautifed, i'm proved and strengthened by the process. Come and see the machine and read the many glowing testimonials.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18

Mferun urawn through It and is looped in sash fashion just in front. When it is necessary to do this up, the ribbon can very easily be drawn out, and it can be replaced, or if a change is fancied blue or pale green or light yellow may be its substitute.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
Not His Worst,

Do your worst!' she whispered hoarsely.
 His heart failed him.
 "Do your worstr'
 The Hateful words rang in his ears, and he was just as anxious as his wife to get rid of the company who had call ed, but he concluded at the last moment to do only his worst but one
 Accordingly he played, but did not sing. Detroit Tribune
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
A Cause Found.

Customer-You give light weight. That pound of evaporated peaches you sold me did not weigh over three quar- ters.
 Dealer-Well, mum, didn't war rant 'em not to go on evaporatin !-New York Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
Rural News Item.

"Where's the editor today?" 'tFishin''
 "Where's the foreman?" ''Totin the jug.'' ''Well, where's the rest O the town?" "Follerin the foreman !"-Atlanta Constitution.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
At 8 DisadyantaRe.

Willie, said the teacher to the new woman's son, "you are nice little boy, but you shouldn't give up so easily. You should be more manly"
 'I can't" replied Willie in disconso- lation. Everybody says I don't take after mother. ."-Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
A nlstino1,on with A pInsrenoe.

"Yes, daughter is getting along in her music so well that we are thinking of sending her to some institute. '
 ''I heard one of the neighbors say that she ought to be sent to an institution of some kind. .'-Indianapolis Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
The NeM Way.

"Who is that stylish, handsome young man?'
 "Why, don't you knowr That's Mr. Purtie. He was Miss Noogirl's typewrit- CT, ShC married him. ,1->- ~-------->-->
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
He Worked nk Night.

Justice-What do you do for ivingp Tired Teddy-I hev q reg lar line of biz z'nuss.
 Justice-What is it?
 Tired Teddy The clothesline.- Clothier and Furnisher.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18

peculiar style of locomotion. Dr. Pahlin is an enthusiastic wheelman and is a brotherin-law to J. Smalley Daniels of the Plymouth Cycle company, to whom we are indebted for the cute little pic ture American Wheelman.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
U-nO Remedies

For sale by Waterbury Drug Co.
 134 East Main Street. Riverside Pharmacy, 775 Bank St. UENo Tonic, 25c; U-No Ointment, 25c: u'N0 W7Em IssoSsIlis. U q, |;
 U.@o OoEn- Cure. igo.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
His First Ride.

Milburn Ravenshaw Pahlin, the 1-year- old son of Dr. J H. Pahlin of Grand Rapids, Mich, is probably the youngest cyclist ill the world-in his
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
How to Make Ice Cream Cs,,e

Two, cups of sugar, Soups of flour, three-fourths cups millt5 three. fourths cup butter, whites of c eggs; teaspoon. kuls of baking bowdefi ...
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
English View of a New York Home.

Those who know New York will bear me out in saying that, beautiful as our more important London houses are, they pale in splendor when compared with those of Fifth avenue En passant may refer to the lovely home of our present American guests, MT. and Mrs. George Gould, hkened to a French chateau set down at random at the corner of Sixty seventh street and ''the' avenue. Its frontage, ornate to coquettishness, hard ly prepares you for the more serious splendors within.
 Imagine a reception room crammed with priceless treasures en suite, with Q hearth rug costing something like e3,- 900! The piano, which appears of pure gold however carefully you examine it, is, after all, only silver gilt-a fact which comforts you in the midst of such Arabian Nightlike gorgeousness
 The walls of the room are ebony, in laid with mother of pearl. There are the inevitable Louis Seize music rooms and Moorish smoking saloon. If the decora- tions are conventional, they are "beau- tiful exceedingly"
 It would be ungracious while describ- ing this far famed mansion not to say something in praise of MT. and Mrs. George Gould themselves. The heir of the late Jay Gould and his wife are about the most popular people in the exclusive New York society of today
 Mrs Gould is young and beautiful and won innumerable friends when yachting at Cowes last year. The Prince of Wales showed her and her husband quite special attention during the ''weck, 7 and their return here and to the isle of Wight during the summer is looked upon as quite a pleasant feature of the season-London Gentlewoman.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
Wheel Costumes.

If New York women have apparently gone mad over cycling, their passion is as moonlight unto sunlight" compared with that of their London and Paris sis ters. In London fashionable danes be- longing to the most exclusive sets are enthusiastic and persistent riders, and at the modistes and ladies' tailors ''wheel costumes" are the most impor- tant ill the wardrobe. Not to "wheel' is to be out of the whirl, all feminine roy alty, except the queen herself, having set its cachet on the fascinating sport In Paris the same story is told, with the added touch of the Frenchwoman' s dar- ing in the matter of dress In the latter city the English widow, Lady Randolph Churchill, is accredited with the smart est cycling version of the mourning toilet. She wears black alpaca suit, edged with black leather; knickerbock- CTS, usually concealed by short skirt, and a black straw hat with black rib bon. The sometime mooted question whether bicycling is really an exercise to be commended for women has been apparently decisively settled in the af- firmative. Many of the passive support ers-passive because they were not op- ponents of the wheel-among the med ical profession have now come out with pronounced opinions in its favor.
 Sir Benjamin Richardson, the emi- nent English authority on health, rec ommends it warmly to all women, but warns them not to abuse it. The novice should never ride beyond the point of fatigue. She should not ride immedi- ately before or after a meal, and she should not try to beat records. There is an excitement and fascination about the wheel which tempt the rider to overin- diligence, but it is a great pity to risk health by the abuse of what, when prop erly used, is at once a source of keen pleasure and sound benefit. New York Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18

practical mode of rcnovating old skirts is to insert souffletS,' or plaitcd fans, to any depth you please as far as the knee. These may be surmounted by one or three tiny bows of velvet. This style is newer than panels or fronts.