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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18

the number of threescore and ten, and of my loose shells a heap that should not be less, when counted, than score of sCoreS. These l must count before sleep. and "tUerward l must string them. IL iS a weary task, this counting shells. " he unused, as. with stiffened hands. he piled them into little heaps of tivo and then grouped these i'll scores of four piles each. But infinitely worse it is to put them on tho strings,
 Eomore he talked aS he performed his task. though ero it was accomplished he had broken half n score of shells. Next day he sent tu young man he knew who had slim hands and a bright eve and was by all who knew him counted honest ns the day.
 See" said the merchant to the youth; flor counting all tho shells men pay to me for goods each day, and string ing them as well I will. each fourth week, pay to thee q score of strings, and then. besides. within my tent thou shalt lie down at night, and of the food that shall eat thou shalt eat.
 And in this way. though have seen no record of the thing, no doubt the first cashier was set to work. The scheme was good, and afterward it was adopted far and near. and on the sculptured tablets of the cities of the long, dead past. that once rose stately in the valley of the Nile. and graven on the bricks of Ninevch, are records of tho counting of tho gold and silver coin that then had como to be employed ill place of shells.
 And itwaS 50 that some of the young men that counted money in those days became affected Curiously. So much of coin passed through their hands that 1 frequently their fingers grow to be like | birds claws, crooked and clinging. so that portions of the coin remained in them and wero not placed i'll the great. strong treasure chests that i'll those days were used instead of fireprOof, drill proof safes. And one cashier, whose hands had counted scores on scores of coins, was caught, redhanded. so to 1 speak. as. standing by the race track just outside city s walls, he wagered all he lad upon m elephant. whose owner put him up to race against q | horse. This luckless chap was taken to | tho execution ulacc, where, with kcon l sword ho was heheadHd as a warning 10 all others in the town who counted cash for bread.
 That night another one. to whose hands coin had stuck. arose and lied to far land. 0Ed all the merchants ill the place looked up their cash. when it was found that many more had stolen coin. And men invented then the phrase "crimo wave" hrcause they thought that evil, done by one. begat in other men the impulse to do wrong. Yet, had they thought the matter out. they would have seen that all along the stealings had gone on. although in truth they were found out all in q lump. There was a wave" indeed. but twas oi wakefulneSS, TO: crime.
 Possibly this may be bit fanciful. and vet ir could nos have been long aft CT the introduction of circulating me. dium and the downfall of the barter system that cashiers wero found neces sary. Today the cashier is as useful q; the salesman. Or the b0okkeeper. or any other absolutely necessary functiOnary
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
IRE LISTENER.

Ex- President Harrison is confininG him. self closely 10 his law practice
 Senator Squirr appeared in the senate the other day atlirvd in a Prince Albert suit and a vest Nf striking yellow.
 MT. Donovan. the only Democratic ncmlCr If Michigan legislature, has had q county named after him by his Repub liCan ConfrCrcS
 Senator Baker of Kansas says that, while he Is not a church member, yet be has since childhood rCpoated every evening a littlc prayer that his mother taught him.
 BcaIhold Ncumoegen. a stockhroker of New York, who died recently, made the collection Cf butterflies his hobby. He had over 100, 900 rarC and beautiful specimens
 Senator Elect Knute Nelson is only tri1e over 6 feet, shorter by an inch ur so than Napoleon. He will bo the smallest man physically in the United States sen ate,
 Tom Burton of Hart county. Ga, drramcd the night before election that he would la reelected treasurer by 2S0 ma jority, When Ihe vote was counted, 2S0 votes was his exact majority.
 Colonel seward Cary, tho Buffalo mil. lionairc and amateur whip who bought the coach Vivid. exhibited at the World $ fair, has arranged to run it between Buf- falo and Niagara falls next summer as public coach.
 Ed PardridgC. tho Chicago board of trade plungrr. is guarded by detective wherever hc goes. He is frightened half 10 death at q roIico he rccoivCd that if ho does rot make wheat rise 10 cents bushcl he will tx Killed
 Deacon Whito of Wall street faino is of the old North Carolina Quaker stock and has been in New York making and losing millions since lS65. His great point is his tcnacity of purpose and of not caring whether hc Is the under dog or not. J. Sterling Morton, secretary of agricul- turn, is aS hard to make an impression upon as If he Were made of stone. No matter how YaIActic a member of congress l may hrcumo in the intcrcSt of some for io-u female, the secretary of agriculture rCmLlus UHmuvCd.
 LCrsn.N ChantCr, now resident of l Jackson, Mich, claims "a have brought | IbC LrsC tobacco scCd 10 America from tho | island Ut Ma.IA in IS2S He says he plant | Cd thC st,ds iE A garden in BOston, from 1 which a liz cvup resulted. MT. Chanter is TOW Sj ycArs Uf age
 Lord Eurl1n os r,,le ale fame has given ] Il SE~N,ttO tbN h 1s14t AOE 10EtND u .RNu- l Trent, EuglaCd, the town in which his immenso brewery Is located. His father, l Sir Michael Bass, who first hrewed the | beverage which bears his name, spent SS50, GOO In boautitying the town. l Rev. Edward Davis of Oakland. Cal :, recently Illustrated a sermon on Eternal 1 Judgment" by assuming the character of Richard III and quoting in a dramatic manner tho famous soliloquy in tho first scene and also in tho fifth act of tho play. l The prcachCr's acting was realistic. There was big audience,
 Captain W. c. Kidd is conductor of the accommodation train running between 1 Nashville and Pulaski and has held the position since 1857. In all that timo he has never missed trip, has never been rcprimandcd and has never been reported 10 the company. Captain Kidd Is = years of aSc, but in activity is fully 30 years youncCr,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
STRIKERS RETURNING.
rAe Cost of the Brooklyn TIenp Has Beea
 About S3,OOO, 900.

BROOKLYN, Feb lS,-Prcsident Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad com pnny, said hat s.nce the trolley strike had Eeen declared or al out 600 of the old men had applied for work. A number of them, he added, had been received back into the fold. and others had had their names put on the eligible list. Master Workman Connolly is reported at his homo as be ng very sck, he result of the labors which he has undergone during the past five weeks as leader of tho striko.
 The trolley strike, which has lasted S4 days, has ,ost an enormous amount of money. Tn, co million dollars Is consider cd by those dire tly invo we'd a moderate estimate, Wren he S Ike started. 1t was stated that nis,ri, [ As emb,y No 75 had from $50, OO0 10 S>O,Ql0 in is treasury, X bout S65 GOO was subscribed b: sympa- thiEers. All this has heen spent and the $35O, 0OU wages the men would have earn cd has b cn lost.
 The Erookll Heights Railroad com, pany was tho heavios loser among tht roads IL Is estimated to have lost djrc l. ly $GO0, 0OO The O Tor sys ems have lost Clos, to 500. GOO. The cost 10 the ,i,y and tho state for hc troors Is expo ted to OK Cecd S25C, OrO. The damage done by CHr: manned by nonunion men Is plas cd at SlON. oCO more, and the loss in earning ca pa ity by tho militia during th ir stay ir Brooklyn is lons2rvativvly estimated al $23C, too
 Spe ial off CTS and deputi's ,os; kings and Queens counties $60. ON and the loss to tho business men of B. Q k yn is con dered Sh, when pla, cd af S700, o}O | Thyro wee many los cS to swell tn, amount in ddit on to the inconvenience and the suffer ng ,auscd by the big t.eup
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18

THE republican senators can yell sugar trust" as loud as anybody when trying to catch votes, but when it comes to passing bill like that for the repeal of the differ ential duty on sugar. which has been passed by the house and which would, while beneftting our trade with Ger many and the other continental European countries. strike the pocket of the sugar trust, they at once assume the role of ob- structionists. The intelligent people of this country will have no difficulty in spotting the friends of the sugar trust in the senate. The democrats have favor ably reported this bill and want it to pass; the republicans are determined to kill il without voting upon it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18


 the cashiers If the banks and liquor stores a> well as those in other places will wear skirts instead of trousers.
 Tho very weakness of the so called Gcntlsr SKIS q tOwar of strength in this matter, Wom,u Ieuorally refrain from drinking and smoking. as men smoke anu dEiuA. b-,1uso ui their ploTo sensitive nervous rrS SIui.AIicn. DamC Nature has decrrcd tha, they shall not be able to indulge lH u1rCoticS and intoXicants without sutIyr uS more aCutely and last inCly than man. and as long as this re- mains true oi thc feminine half of the raco women generally will bo free from the vice Cf lutCmpcraucr, and their breaths will ho untalnie,i by tho smell of tobacco They will also remain. as HOW, less fond of late hours and general dis sipation.
 The new woman" cannot be like the man in theSe things and still be strong enough to do business in compe- tition with him; hence she will not SC riously and generally attempt il. This being true, in the nature of things wo- men cashiers will continue to be honest, accurate and steady. and besides will not be Cxorbitant aS to wages, though it is likely that in time they will re- ceive nearly if not quite as much as the men. Thoro is really only one objection to wOuan's employment i'll the cash ier's capacity. and this objection holds good with regard to every other occupa- tion as well aS that of handling money. She is not so likely tO continue satisfied in her place as the man.
 Any woman who is attractive iS apt to captivate tho heart of some fellow l who is, or thinks he Is, abundantly able to earn enough for two, and when he has arrived at that conclusion he is prone to suggest 10 the attractive cash fer. just as he would if she were nos q cashier, that sho leave tho making of change to others and herself become | queen of his home. Of course, if she bt really new woman, such as Ibsen i would have us admire, she will decline, but the great majority of women are not yet IbSenized. and the pretty cash fer who Is asked Is likely to accept Such an acceptance Is naturally annoy ing to an employer thoroughly satisfied with his cashier, but this rarely counts. and this is why so many pretty girl cash iers fail to hold their places long.
 CHARLES APPLEBEE
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18

some big ginm.3 ,..... s-.,sst sec that the cash Is kep st ,.,. S1s, and this is the function, too. that must be fulfilled by the bank cashier wh1 draws his thou- sands yearly for the work, the cashier of the big dry goods house who makes change for a hundred salesmen and wo- men, and the pretty girl who takes ycur 5 cent check when you buy glass of soda water and with her slender fingers gives you back two dimes in place of quarter,
 Tho pretty girl cashier is a modern invention. She is an end of the century evolution, and, as the writer under stands it, a very successful HaC. Who 1t was that first devise tn ~'-l2ne of put ting women at the work If changing money no one knows. but now, if we except the ginmills anI the banks, where women cashiers havO not yet found a place, there are Ut least three women to two men in every town in this fair land who count ID cash and make change and in this way earn their bread
 It is moro than probable that the first woman cashier was engaged because she was willing to work for less money than the man whose place she took. This was natural, for the men require more money than their sisters. Crusty bach elors. stinEy husbands and close listed fathers to the contrary notwithstanding. the average man expends for things that he might do without, if he could only see it so. twice as much as the average woman, ''nevv," independent, self sup porting. or of the old fashioned, less az i gressive type. For instance, in spite of the wise and knowing paragraphs in the | papers, few indeed among the women smoke, Among the men few do not, and this item of itself is big enough to make n material difference between tho wages at which woman and a man ] can afford to work.
 l The lower wages demanded by women l for the same work undoubtedly held l them in. Because demands upon their means were less they were not 50 often tempted 10 ba careless aS to the meaning of tho little words mine and thine, '" and II was soon found by employers that cash was not nearly so likely to l stick to the fingers of tho girls as 1t had
 been 10 adhcro to those of the men. It
 is truo that women cashiers have been
 known to steal. but the instances
 have been so Fare as to be in the nature
 of phvnomrna, and this can hardly be
 said of tho men cashiers. as every one
 knows. Besides girls arc quicker with
 the cash. and ,hc combination of lower
 waScS. great houesty and exceeding ieft
 ness WAS naturally irresistible. aS. in
 fact, the attributes of pretty girls al
 ways are and the men cashiers have
 had 10 retreat before their onslaught,
 slowly. it i. true. hut none the less cer-
 tainly. Now thcre Is no telling how soon
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18

FREDERlCK VnLlERS nearly dozen wars in different parts of the globe. VillierS was horn in London about 42 years ago and became an art student. At the age of 26 he was such prey to dys- pepSia that when war was declared be- tween Servia and Turkey he went to the front for the London Graphic. This was in 1876, and Il year or two later he was in the midst of the Russo. Turkish war. He followed the Russian army. and like MacGahan, tho famous American cor respondent who died of the black fever in Constantinoplo, was great friend of Skobclotf, tho Russian general.
 Nilliers speedily made n reputation by his feArlrssncSS and his excellent sketches. Archibald Forbes says that during tho Scrvo-Turkish war he well remembers tho scolding the Russian gen eral Dochtuurof gave Nilliers for sit ting on n hilluCk and sketching com posedly while Turkish shells werc drop ping all around him.
 After the Rus>O-Turkish campai gn Villiers' next experience was i'll the Af- ghan war in lSiS.S0. and in 1882 he saw the bomhardment of Alexandria lENll lllS NCNR Ol lllc bEltlSu Sulp NOI- dor. which ran up under the very guns of the forts. The war in the Sudan next claimed his attention, and in lSS4-5 he went with the Nile expcdi- ton that was to relieve General Cor. don. but arrived too late. The war he tween Scrvia and Bulgaria. tho Bur mese war and tho Chinese Japanese war wcro tho oVcasion of his latest cam paignS
 lie sketches with great rapidity on the field, using small boukS that he can carry in the palm of lis hanl At times when "a be unoh>orvttl WAS very imp0r- | taIt he has even made sketches upon his thumb aud finger nails. When an important eaHaEcmrnt begins, ho uses larger book. for then the soldiers about him arc too busy to bother him. When his time Is limited. ho sends his sketches in crude form to the office of his paper, when they arc elaborated by art ists who follow his lines and his mar, l giual instructions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
COUNTING mn LASH.
ONCE IT WAS SHELLS AND NOT GOLD,
 SILVER OR PAPER MONEY.

There Were Cashiers In PrehIstorIe Times.
 No Doubt, hut Probably No Pretty Girl
 Cashiers-They Are Quick, Accurate and
 Honest and Work Cheaper Than Men. 
 It was while the earth and the races that dwell thereon were yet young that shrewd old antcdiluvian who had learned to get his food and drink and such raiment as he desired by buying and selling the goods of his ago and his country, instead of by productive labor, sat down at sunset one day 10 count the oowrio shells that had been taken in since morning
 ''There are of strings of shells" he said, complacently stroking his long rough beard as he laid the strings away.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
r,n,,.. md C,t,l. Train, Collide,

GVrRlF. q T Fsh IS.-Ths Texas expr, ss and n trough attla train on tho Santa fe coll.,ed n Deai Mans ,u:, five miles south uf hcre The passenger en- 7 ncer jumped anu sa'e ed h's l.fc as d id he lrr ght rir, man Ere sht Eng Eee- Charles Al p'el,y wa, k llc,l, and Pass nger F rvlnan Iair k Coldrun was ,aught ID the s,h and aided So badly that he d.ed Both eng ne> la gage and ma ars and half a do.en ght ,ars wcre demol shed, and 1O Q f sto were killed The pas senser coA hes did not lowe Ihe tra k and no pa>sens rs were badly injured
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
PRESIDENT cLeveLAND's FRIEND.
MT. l.. (. Benedict Rctircs From suSiness
 tO l.rJHy His Wealth.

Elias (. Benedict, the wealthy Wall street oprr0tor who recently retired from business, is hest known to the gen eral public as the intimate friend of President Cleveland. Mr. Benedict has been brok1r and operator for q great many years. and his speculations have enriched him 10 tho extent of about S. 900, 900. it is said. He resides in Green wich, Conn, and for a long time has entertained at his country home and on board his palatial steam yacht Onei- da such eminent actors 0s Jefferson,
 Booth, Raymond and others Through Jefferson. it is said. NIr. Benedict be- came acquainted with President Glove land during his first term of office, and the president and tho speculator soon became vCry cloSe friends. Both the president and Mrs. Cleveland havo ire quently been guests at the Benedict res idenCo i'll Greenwich. and they have as frequently enjoyed voyages on board the Oneida. IL was on this yacht that an operation was performed upon the pres
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
SHOT IN HIS CELL.
A Crippled Negro Dcspcrado Killed by a
 Mob.

KINGSTON, Mo, Feh lS-A mob of masked men, suppo.ed to be negroes from Ham lton. >urrounded the shertffs house and jail hore caught and bound SherilT Go,dsworthy. who's deputy was away. took the keys from him and gained en- trance to the jail corridor with the avOw- ed purpo of taking out and hanging Georgo Tracey. q negro who shot and kill cd his wi at Hami ton. in this county, on the mofning of Jan. 70.
 On tho insile the mob was unable 0 get into th s.cel coll in which he was confined with two other ncgro prisoners Tracey craw ed under his bod. and the mob began shooting through the bars ot the cell door. and succeeded in putting six bullets nto his body. killing him in stantly Tho $ erin made all tho rt sls;- Anc' ho could, but was Overpowered.
 The two prisoners in the cell with Ira Cey escaped unhurt Tracey was a tad charaCt and had lately served a jail sen tence for shooting a negro He had some years ago los, both of his legs trying tc board a train 10 escape some Kansas off rarS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18

in the carrying on of trade. This is not only true Us to individuals, but also as to nations. The treasurer of the United States is nothing but Uncle Sam's chief cashier, as the secretary of the treasury is chief bookkeeper. In essence the duties of the treasurer at Washington are
 identical with those of tho burly fellow
 who sits on raised seat and watches the intake of a half dozen bartenders in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18

District of Waterbury. ss, Probate Court DFeb IS. 1893.
 Estate of Will fam J. Snow. of Waterbury, in said District. assigning debtor.
 The voluntary assignment of the said debtor having been lodged in this office for record and the probate thereof. and William NJ. Ca tie of Waterbury, New Haven County, Co lneeti- cut being named in said assignment as truS- tee for said estate therefore
 ORDERED. that the 18th day Of feh. 1895, at g o'clock forenoon. be. and the same Is hereby assigned for a hearing on the ap- pruvai of said trustee. and that all persons interested therein may have notice to appear If they see cause. and be heard thereon, this Court directs that this order be published three times in newspaper having etrcu; lation in said Probate District before said time assigned for said hearing.
 RoBERT A. LOWE. Judge.w
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
A Statement

From one of the assistant shipping z clerks of the Waterbury Clock Go. ". \. Beeeher. one of the assistant shipping clerks of the Waterbury Clock Co. who lives at No 30 Baldwin street. says: For over fifteen years I have been a sufferer with piles. spent great deal of money on so-ealled pile cures. but the only thing I found to relieve me was the U-No Herb ointment. which cost me 25 cents. After . second application got immediate re- lief. It is the best thing ever tried.
 U-So Tonic Co, sl South Main Et.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
,rrC,rr.v Ho.pital.

NEW YORK. Ich, lS--pOminick Nc Cafrcy. tho pu-!l3 who wAS fighting Mitchell and >u! ivan few year, ago, ha, had a crowniug bit of hard luck. Sev- eral week ago n getting out of his bat tub le .crapsyi the k m OT his in tep He wls finally hrcatcned with blood poi on ing On Friday he wa advised 10 go to 5, llevue ho p.taL a-d there he went and be l. occupying a bed in that institution now T. e urceons think they can save the fos,t. lut at fir 1t was doubtful
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18

E1-SPEAKER REKp isn't the chipper man he wss. He was forced to show his hand on the gold bond bill, which was defeated in the house. and thereby he lost the sup port ot all the silver republicans. as A presidential candidate. He thought he had a walk-over for the nomination; now he sees defeat in sight.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
Boy Shot by a Comrade.

CANTON. Mass Feb lS-John Elem ming the lS-ycar-old newsHoy supposed to have boon shot by Everett Ellis, his IT, year old comrade is dead Flemmiug was found unconscious in a shed attached to the house occupied by the Ellis boy $ mother. Lat>r he reeovered sufficiently to nAme Ellis as the one who shot him. Ellis was promptly arrested and held without bail During the night Flemming again recovered consciousness, and when asked how the shooting was done replied, Fool ing
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
Pork a Cause of Cancer.

Tho researches of two French physi- cians. Verneuil and Roux. incline them Co regard pork as frequent cause of sancer. Verneuil has observed that the Israelites, who eat no pork. are always refractory to cancer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
Ice , NnrrItr s, naton Rouge.

BAroN RoUGE, q. Feh lS,-A large numLcr of people visited the river front O See t..v vel . ght of !ce floating in the Mi, Is ps river On.y once or tw.ce pre- vlous bas floating ice been seen in the Mi $ ssippi river this far south.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
La Boursosne Delayed.

NEW YORK, Feb Is-The French line st amship La Bourgogne, Captain GeffrOy, had not l'c. n reported up Q this morning. She sailed rom HaN re at 10 a. m Satur- day Feb 9. and was due a; this port yes. tsrdaE morning.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18

the battletields in China, has miss
 cd very little fighting that has occurred during the past score of years. Like the NJ arh orse, he B its the battles HIAr, and no mat ter where the truuble occnrs he Is soon at the scene. He is more of n WAT artist than war corre- spondent but he frequently com pines the two and has been in the thick of the fight urin g
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
JnI,n.nn neatrn on the Ice.

MlNNEArutIs. Feb lS-John :. John son tLc hreAkcr Of unnumbe ed recOr>.s was cc:n p,lloi to lower h's co'ors at the Su. maun a nk to Peter Ostluud, the champ n ska CT of Europe in a race of ! t4o yards A sand ng start was made, and JoLns D led unt with 70 rods of the fin whcn Ostlurd made a wonder ful uTst 0. sIe Il and won by more than two fee ID 53 !.5.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-18
rortuns Teller, In Trouble.

CINCINNATI. Feb, lS.-Dr. Edna Moore. fortune teller and trance medium. was ar rested yesterday for fraudulent use of tho mails The Soman's husband, Dr. Paul Moore was arrested in Atlanta on sim liar charge