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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-06

cider mill, chicken farm and n weekly newspaper in Ohio and was absolutely iy,uur..ut uf thu great west. When we asked him II he could shoot, he looked at us in Rstunishmont. When wo mentioned poker, he held up his hands in horror. IIC had tho gentle disposition of the chickens brought to lie in his inCubatOrS and was
 as mild as tho new cider which poured from his press in the autumn days. How
 he ever managed to get out 20 issues of The Recorder iS n puzzle tu lis. People sued him for libel until il would have taken $lU, ,Ou0, GOO to satisfy claims. People
 called on him and ruOppcd his sanctum
 floor with his body until the floor wa:
 worn out. He was dragged out of bed and
 carried arc md on a rail, and he was led
 out of the office at high noon and hung uI
 until ho couldn't swallow anything but
 soup for days at a timo. He couldn't shOoA and he wouldn't use club and the
 result was what might have been expect ed On several occasions we rode over tt Pinc Hill and cleared his office of mot and in one instance cut him down as hI was hanging and kicking at the end of rope, but he had no sand and was play thing for the Pine Hillers. The right kirC | of an editor could have been postmaster
 OHSr there, had a private graveyard ant l been elected mayor by a whopping major ity, but Brother Barnaby made failur,
 of il all around and has finally scraped tn, ] mud of the territory of his feet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-06

NTw>rArEEIAL-In its issue of last week the Pine Hill Recorder gavc notice If >u>rru>ion, and wr understand that Brother BurnAly, it> editor and pr"pric- tor has ehipI'y,! his material east and will hunt fur a luont,"n in Iowa or Indiana
 When he stepped hero tiv" months ago on his wAy tn IIur Hill, WI wcrr sure that jj~a>t,r awaited him within a few weeks
 iIr hAd l".ru ruIuIng a chvrso factory,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-06

Because upon the purity of the Blood depends the health of every organ and tissue of the
 Body. If the Blood is thin and
 impure there is weakness, Nervousness, That Tired Feel
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-06

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache. A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-06
\ Change In the Weather.

\ Change In the Weather. ''Cnlunvl. may borrow your snUw shlsS:'' "Whcrv aro you going" To the picnic. ''-Atlanta Constitu- lion.
 CHECKERS AND CHESS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-06
CHECKERS AND cHES'

Checker Problem No. Sl7.-From American Checker Review, Chicago.
 Rln..k-2 II. F B. lA
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as he likes with his horses, for there
are actions which no horse viii permit;
neither viii the cat allow of liberties
which every dog delights in. Animals
when treated according TO their nature
are tractable. and when contrary to IL
are rebellioIs, and snakes are no excep-
ton.
Three years ago brought over here
from the island of Trinidad, at the
mouth of the Crinoco, eight beacon
strictors. Not only did they all allow
me to handle them freely, but / used
even to hand them to my visitors, in
stTucting them what TO do and what
not to do, and never did one OF the
boas bite. They had their tempers,
however. and resented inGignities with
ferceness, as even mild people are
wont TO do when too much trespasscd
on.
It happened ct Por. Of Spain that
one day some Indies care 20 see my
collection. My largest and mildest boa
especially delighted them; for not only
was ne one Of the biggest Of his kind,
but his beautifully notified coat was
then in its newest splenGor after
sloughing, and glowed OYER every scale
with all the cOlors Of the rainbow
hues OF purple and blae, green and
copper. changing, vanishing and reap
Pearing with every graceful movement
Of his folds His cage was fronted
with large-meshed netting OF wire, and,
as be sometimes remained motiOnless
and the ladies wished 20 see him NOV
ing. one Of them hastily inserted her
umbrella.
''-iay I poke him said she, half
looking a. ne. but before / had tine
70 answer the aroused boa few a. il
open-m0uthed and tore the silk into
filters, giving vent at the same time 70
2 hiss such as comes from a donkey
engine on the decks az discharging
steamships The ladies sb-anh IL ter
Tor. but looking az the costly parasol-
nov IN unsecrnly wreck, It's owner
again approached the cage. this time in
vexation. and leaning forward with
quicSness vigorously Pufed her breath
into the roTal serpent's face. The boa.
with a much ioEder hiss than before,
dashed his gaping mouth VIZ Z---r
- oe-celeSs 81 tie TT-es. as Z - o-f.L
through and seize her face Il his Avs
Eis temper l-zs most thoroughly
aroused. HIS tremendous hisslnzs 1lied
TIE room. each long expiration eoniiIl-
uing between sftccn aad twenty sec
oads, while his great BODY s7velled .
twice his usual size. as he EIled anew
lis capaciOus interior with AR BIS
mouth was KEEP partially open. and .:
Intervals his h.ecs< dOuole-pointsd
t0,zas would c1rc on: slowly and
meaaeine'Y. a. L - ~: Ho~ dare
yoar ia p-.tiaezlee troubie M sTsEguii
H.-Z-
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carefully beyond his reach The right
hand was beld elevated As before, but
kept perfectly Still. and no, threaten
ing the snake in any way; consequently
TO il he paid no attention, but kept
himself constantly on the defeas-
i've against tie moving and menacins'
lstt. When | saw that his whole
thought was concentrated on tina; wsv-
ing left hand, and that his coils lay in
q good position to catch hold of. down
swept the hitherto mo;ionless right
hand and swept him from the table in
light but careful grasp. making still
more close and rapid movements with
the left as | did So. Finding himself
moved by something, he knew not
what, which, however, did not hurt
him, but still left him in a position to
defend himself from the threatening
hand, he accommodated himself TO a.
tered circumstances by enwrapp,ng his
body and tail around the WRIST of the
supporting right, SO SIS TO make still
more furious but inpotent dashes at
the left.
The audience, noticing that he did
not bite the right hand, as had fore
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-30
WELLlNGTON'S FUNERAL
The Imposing Pageant Witnessed on That
MourrfuI Occasion.

Inc Imposing PaSeant witnessed on mat
MourrfuI Occasion.
In the funeral procession of the duke
of Wellington twelve horses drew the
car: these were covered from eyes TO
fetlocks in housings of black velvet,
with black ostrich plumes upon their
heads. The dukes funeral was mod
eled upon the precedent of that of John
Monk, first duke of Albemarle, the only
change in the trappings of the horses
being that the animals were only
plumed on the head, instead of carry
ing second plume on the crupper,
which, as the tail was hidden in the
velvet clothing, had rather ludicrous
appearance. But in the funeral of the
duke of Albemarle led horses formed an
important part of the procession.
Mourning horses" as they were
called, draped in black cloth and
plumed, were distributed at intervals
in the cortege. The chief mourning
horse" followed the standard of Eng
land. The funeral car was also fol-
lowed by a cream-colored "horse Of
honor" with crimson caparisoIS, in the
duke Of Wellington's funeral process
sion. The only led horse was his charger,
not Copenhagen. but the animal which
he was in the habit of riding in his last
years. Yet the riderless steed, pacing
behind its masters bier, awakened the
emotions of the gazing thousands with
an appeal more potent and direct than
that of all the accumulated pomp which
preceded it. - London Saturday Re-
Wow
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Pleasant Sunday Evenings for the
People. A Free Seat, A Free Hymn
Book, 4 Free Salvation. Mr.. Sampson
At $50
Thus the large bill on the door of
the Bempton street mission. The
facts were stated in bold char
acters. The hallkeeper's eldest son
sffth standerd) was responsible for
the execution, and, by using for pen
and ink a piece OF smooth frewood and
% pot of blacking, he had succeeded IN
imparting to his letters, to the capitals
In particular well-nigh the dignity of
brint. "Have it SO that he who runs
NAV read, Mr.. Sampson had directed at
the close Of the morning school The
language, of course, was 6gurative. 1t
was not the habit of the Bempton road
reople to run anywhere, and had they
felt disposed 30 break a custom, Sun
riay afternoon was the very last time
the would have selected for the out
burst.
Mr.. Pope had just fixed up the pla-
card. and was walking backwards, with
half-closed eyes, to study the effect.
eff that don't bring 'eIn In tonight"
he said aloud, ''nothink won't do 'em
any good"
at amt bin put up strife voice
remarked from his elbow. Mr.. Pope
turned round A threadbare man was
ieaning abstractedly against a lamp
post.
whats the matter with it, then?r he
rrowled discourag-ngly.
THAT sides TOO Ugh, said the 1oafer,
Indicating with the stem Of a clay pipe
TO what he referred.
The complaint was well founded.
Fortunately the paste was still wet, and
It took Mr. Pope but few seconds to
rectify the mistake.
"Wot-s hon?" the stranger vouch-
safed to inquire
'sCarnt you read?" snapped the hall
keeper Although he had accepted, he
had not forgiven the dirty mans crit
tcism.
"a free seat. A free i'm book. A free
salvation. Rawther thick, amt it,"
THAT'S what it's meant to be. So rs
1t can be read long way orr" ex-
planned Mr.. Pope. His good humor had
quite returned at the opportunity to
play the Snowman TO his sons handi-
work.
"Ar doan mean the writin'; but all
that bein' free"
"You 'ad better join us this evening,
my friend, and see for yourself" said
Mr.. Pope, unctuously. You'll find one
Or two inside DOL give you a 'arty shake
of the and"
''And a fat lot of good that nd dc
me-"
| Mr. Jarman retained his position
against the lamp-post. They give
Everything free"-he reflected aloud
@''im book and all. Bowed If l can
eec where the ketch comes in" He
moved away at last, but the question
continued to trouble him. He was
toitering along Bempton street as the
people were fiocking to the evening
service, but it was twenty minutes
later before he himself entered, and
was shown up the fight of narrow
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A Double Catch.

A farmer named Sam Jones set trap
for a fox the other day in a clearing in
Seabury Settlement, n. V, and when
he went to see if he had caught any
thing he found that the trap was gone,
notwithstanding it had been secured by
chain and heavy staple driven into
log. The chain had been broken of
and fox tracks led away, leaving a toll
erably plain trail in the dead leaves.
The trail Jones followed until he
reached a small opening some dozens of
rods away, where, on the moss, lay his
fox, dead and holding fast by the throat
with its jaws dead eagle. The eagle
IN sailing over the woods had spied the
fox in the trap and had swooped down
upon it, but the fox, though crippled
by the trap, had made u gallant fight
and had killed his assailant while yield
ing up his own life
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into It without further ceremony, that
the long spiritual conversation to which
his host had been looking forward was
postponed indefinitely.
my DEAR" said Mr.. Sampson to his
wife. after breakfast the next morning,
II have been thinking about what you
said last Friday. You were quite right.
We do need some one to help in the bust
ness"
s'You don't mean to tell me that you
have engaged Jarman?"
"I did mention it TO him, said her hus-
band, guiltily. "And why not? Jarman
became a new man in Christ last even
ing, you forget that"
very WELL" said Mrs Sampson;
Everything is settled. can see; but in
future when you and the boys go out, 1
60 out, too"
what do you mean, Lucy?"
''Only that won't be left alone in
the house with your new man, that's
all"
So the wanderer, Jarman, was in
stalled at the Simpsons, and although
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across the study table. MIR. sampson
looked no further. There were three
questions before him. and his mind in
sisted upon dealing with them all at
once BY what possible domestic sac
rifice could they raise such sum as
twenty-five pounds? How was the in
cident to be represented that no dam
age should result to the cause? In
what way could ne break the news to
his wife? This last problem. the most
harassing of all. answered itself Mr..
Sampson felt a soft arm creep round
his neck. 1t was Mrs Sampson, who,
entering noiselessly, had seen the
broken desk and her husband beside il
on his knees.
So far there had been nothing in Jar
mans action to distinguish him from
the common hypocrite. His next step
was more original. 1t was ascertained
afterwards that upon leaving his bene-
factors house he had gone straight
across to Southwark TO convert young
brother. This accomplished, he dis
appeared. and neither MIR. Sampson
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told, cheered vociferously, ana ques
toned me as to the reason why. Tho
answer was evident TO any thinking Oh,
server, because the action Of the previ
ouslv notionleSs and unnoticed right
hand was too quick To distract his at
tention from the constantly threaten
ing lef:- Had moved both hands 20
.gether or not held the right perfectly
quiet after that instantaneous snatch,
or ceased the motions Of the left hand
for an instant, he would undou btedly
have bitten the right
Some one may here ask, why do not
large boas WRAP themselves around
the charmer and do little strangling1
The answer is that they do not press
the charner because the charmer doe,
not hold them tightly. Ifheld forciblv
by the neck the giant serpent viii
soon exhibit his constructing powers,
and by enwrapping himself arouai
neck and arms and body will gradually
tighten his coils until the grasp Gu
his neck Is released, when he vaD
proceed 70 uncoil himself, after giving
a fearful bite ~ the hand which had,
rudely detained him. II may be stated
for certainty that no snake uses hh
constructing power in attack except r.
the act of taking his prey, and never in
defence except when held az prisoner.
During twenty years Of the study
Of living snakes ! have never seer
one voluntarily take prey which 10
could not swallow, and who has ever
seen chsrrner with a suBke larg,
enough 70 swallow full-grg'vn man OF
wOrnan2
Some OF the charmers have gone 30
far as 20 use deadly snakes in their ex>
hibitions- That some Of them remove
the fsngs or exhaust the glands, Is wei
known. On the other band, IL Is equal.
IL certain that occasionally one Il met
with who uses snakes with both fangs
and poison intact. how. then. is 1. &c
be explained that such persona escape
the fatal consequences Of their rash
ness? The answer TO this Il as before
The charmer understands the nature 81
the snakes and treats them accordingly
Many persons imagine that deadly
snakes have a sr>ecial mission 20 gss
their venom on human beings. AMI that
they are ever ready and anxious 70 do
20. So fer Is this from being the c2a<
that Il may b statsd as = rnle. espe
cially in regard 20 American serpeD:s.
that. except vixen much provoked. they
are very slow and reluctant 20 bite
The accomplished charrlcr always
chooses quiet snakes and. b. handling
them gently, escapes the danger u
which she would be e1pos-d with thass
Of a more nervous disposition.
My friend. Mr. Gus;&ve Won Sos~s,
of Liberty, Sullivan coun:y. bro-ghs
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"Win he soon be quiet again?" asked
the now terrified woman Il am afraid
to stay here lest he break through that
f,irsy wire"
At this we went of TO the other end
of the room and occupied fully half an
hour in going from cage to cage. while
speaking OF the interesting habits and
peculiarities of their various serpent
tenants. But to none did the ladies
give their full attention, for at every
football which the boa felt on the floor
ing his awful hissings were renewed,
and, even when my much-impressed
guests were departing, he followed
their movements by keeping his head
continually pointed in their direction.
until finally. wEen their shadows dark
ened the doorway, he struck once moro
at the wire and tangled his teeth in the
meshes, as if telling them with fI,ri-
Gus oath never again to show their
faces before him. Not that he knew
me from them. for the ophidian intel
Iect is quite incapable of Distinguishing
persons
( When I returned from the stairway
after bidding the ladies good-by, no
was Just as savage with me, 81 that TO
prevent his doing himself injury | was
forced to cover the front OF his cage
with a cloth. After this the kissing
gradually subsidized. But three hours
later, when attempted to remove the
covering, he began as vigorously as be-
fore, so that was reluctantly forced te
replace the veil; nor did he before next
morning recover his usual equanimity
of temper. And yet he was boa at
other times as tractable as petted cat
Indeed. on the very next day | gave
him into the hands OF the gray-haired
and venerable Mr. Frederick y. Gis-
borne. a member OF the Canadian par
Lament. He. was delighted with the
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COPYRIGHT, 1881

Jarrnan listened to the evangelist,
and as he did so, impressions began to
form themselves upon his mind. He
was in a position of deadly peril. All
the sins that he had ever committed
there were a good many-were TO be
visited upon him with hideous severity.
He tried at first to comfort himself
with the notion that the speaker was
trying to kid him." but Mr.. Sampson
turned his face towards the platform
for a second, end the heather knew
that 1t was not thus men look that
play the fool. Then another hope
| arose. The sentence might be lodged.
How, was not clear yet, but Jarman
was now listening intently and deter
| mined to find out. Ere long the speak
ers note changed. The threatenings
of the law were laid aside for the en-
treaties of the Gospel. A free pardon
was offered to every one present, to
the w!clledest ard most ignorant, and
with it such happiness in this world
and the next as no unsaved soul had
ever dreamed of. And you viii not
have it," he exclaimed. with passion
chase which God died in agony, you
will not so much as stretch out
hand to accept"
There were not many conversions
that evening. A couple OF senior
scholars, hobbledehoys, who had been
under influence for some weeks, were
understood to have got religion during
the singing OF the closing hymn, and
the stranger who had been accommo-
dated with seat upon the platform
seemed unwilling to go away. That
was all. The pastor took the simple
cases first, and disappeared with the
two youths into an adjacent class room.
1t was more than twenty minutes be-
fore they reappeared, Mr.. Sampson
triumphant and the senior scholars
making a noble attempt to look en-
tirely pleased with what they had done.
They shook hands shamefacedly with
their captor, and left in hurry.
Then Mr.. Sampson turned towards the
stranger.
did you wish to speak TO me?" he in
CURED, courteously.
Yes, SIR" said Jarman, with some
awkwardness. THAT orfer You spoke
abart, 'eaven and all that. I'll take it."
Mr.. Simpsons eyes glistened.
"There is only one way of salvation"
he said, ''you know what that is"
Jarman nodded.
Where then does your difficulty
come in about at once accepting it?"
'There amt none"
The evangelist was at loss how to
proceed. Shall we have word Of
prayer together?" he said.
Mr.. Jarman made no objection, and
when they arose from their knees both
seemed to regard the transaction as
complete.
eff you doan mind 1 should like US
two to shake 'ands over this ere" said
the convert.
'Mindl"
Now that that's fixed up so there's
no goin' back on it." said Mr.. Jarman,
81 suppose 'ad better be rovin' on"
"Oh. you don't get out of my clutches
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steps that led to the large schoolroom.
The place was crowded to the doors,
but the minister caught sight of Jar
man hunting about for d seat, and
beckoned him to the platform. a good
many envious glances were directed
towards the stranger as he pushed his
WAY to the front, for TO listen 20 the
Gospel from the platform was in
Bempton street circles distinction OF
some value. There was a general i'm
preston. and even the most radical
evangelists were unable TO shake ii OF,
that evil doors were located exclusive
~ In the body of the hall. IF there is
any sinner here tonight" they would
cav there frequently was. IAN oppor-
tunity is afforded him to come To his
right mind whilst the friends upou the
platform are singing the next hymn. :"
.Jarman found seat immediately be-
hind the speaker. In close proximity
TO him were a couple of silk dresses,
aud shiny hat. brim upwards, lay
temptingly near his feet.
Mr.. Sampson, pastor and superin-
tenden,, was an oratorical genius who
trlneQ with SreenTrOcS1S JUSTICES IN
the intervals OF evangelistic toll His
fame was by no means confined 10 the
region of Bempton street. At revivals
in all parts of London his services were
In request, and but for an unwilling
ness 10 earn livelihood from what was
70 him labor of p'are love, his worldly
position might have heeu considerably
enhanced. He put the interests Of
those to whom he ministered before
everything. and he expected his audi
diences to do the same. for he combined
q life free from selfishness with an ora
tory that had not 4 single generous APP
peal. To brighten or brib. one lot OF
wanderers into the fold. and then to
Ncrn his attention Immediately to an
ether batch was his plan of operations
which he believed had only TO be
adopted on sufficiently general scale
20 inauguratc a millennium. Finally
Mr.. Sampson possessed the rare gift Of
being able 20 drop h's by accident.