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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.

The majority of the worlds law makers are paid by the day.
 Marriages between first cousins are forbidden in II of the United States.
 Missouri will have the largest dem- ocratic delegation in the next con- gress of any state in the union.
 American farming machinery is be- ing imported into Cuba in large quan- titles, and farming methods are be- ing rapidly changed to more modern system.
 When the newly elected governors of the states have been all inaugu- rated there will be 26 republican. IS democratic and one silverte, the last being Reinhold Sadler, of Nevada.
 The potato crop of the United States approximated 239, 100000 bush els, or nearly 5,CO0.Oco bushels less than last year. and fairly good yield compared with the average of the past ten years.
 Ice racing on the Hudson is to re- ceive unusual attention during the coming season. One craft that has just been turned out will be marvel in it's way. It will carry 613 square feet of canvas and will yet be SC light that four men can easily lift and handle it.
 Cuba will be well represented at the Pan-American exhibition at Buffalo. Gen. Wood has asked for plans of a building to be erected there. This building will be in the Cuban style. and every effort will be made to give fine display of the resources of the island
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
"SUpERBA" :"

Hanlon's ''Suparba" will be present ed at Polls this evening, coming in q new garb of novelty and beauty. It Is essentially q scenic production, de- pending primarily on stage mechanism and stage pictures for it's being, on the art and imagination of the painter and the ingenuity and skill of the machin- lst. which the managers ably supple nent with q large corps of clever ac- tors, dancers, singers and pantomiln- isis. Its success has been little short oi the wonderful; year after year 1t comes to Us. and year after year
 crowds the Iheater to ine door. If We were to inquire into the cause of this wonderful succeSs it might be found in tie cleverness of the management, which, rsalizing the demand fer novel ty and originality. artistically DOT rrayed, has kept 'Superba' up to the Iop notch of spectacle. Every up to date. ever bright. clean and clever, it guarantees all enjoyable evening for the old as well as the young. Among the novelties imported from Europe for this season are the Tillgr troupe Of eight girls iii pretty pallets and char acter dances. and the Galletti troupe of monkeys which perform the most marvellous and amusing tricks. Prices are D. B, 30, n cents and $1.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
"BROTHER OFFICERS"

The return engagement of Charles Frohman's Empire Theater Stock con- pany Ut Poli's on Monday evening. when Brother Officers will be pre- senIed. is an event of special interest. The splendid impression which the company made two weeks ago, when it presented Lord and Lady Algy.' gives an the guarantee needed of an other fine dramatic treat on Monday evening. The play is one of rare in- terest. concerning the story Of a Brit ish army officer who rose from the ranks and who finds himself out of place among his brother officers of higher social standing. and the cast is one Of rare excellence. Among it's members are Margaret Angiin, Guy Standing. ". II. Crompton. E. !. Backus, George Osborne. Jr. Joseph Nheelock. Jr. Edwin Stevens, George W. Howard. John R. Sumner, George Sylvester. Frank Brownlee, Thomas Gibson. Gardner Jenkins. ". E. Barnes. Mrs Thomas Whiffen. Mar garet Dole, Lillian Thurgate. Evelyn Wood and Lottie Wilkins. Seats are now on sale.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
"A RUNAWAY GIRL"

The bright musical comedy. "A Run away Girl" which had such q fine sue cess at Augustin Daly's theater in New York, will be the post Christmas attrac- ton on Wednesday evening at Polls. The production scored when present ed last season at Polls. and from the reports that are received of its success this season it is certainly net inferior to last seanson's production. The lead ing role of F}ipper is taken by Arthur Dunn, bright and clever comedian, who is recognized as che of our lead ing funmakers, and he has the support of an excellent cast and q remarkably good chorus. Sale of seats Tuesday.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
COMING EVENTS.

Simonsville Social club hall, January 1O-Simonsville Social clubs masuuer- ade.
 Leavenworth hall, January II, 1901. St Thomas Cadets Athletic associa- tion's concert and reception.
 St Patrick's Lyceum hall, January 19 to February 4, 19O1-Fair.
 Town hall, Watertown, February 1. ? and 4-Watertown fire department S grand bazaar.
 City hall. February 1S-United French societies of Waterbury, concert and dance.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
NASHVILLE STUDENTS.

Rusco and Hollands Original Nash vile Students, combined with Gideon $ Big Minstrel Carnival, will make a splendid attraction at the Jacques on Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday. These students are well known all over America. having toured the coun- try in concert many years. and they are generally recognized as the best band of colored concert singers in America. They appear to excellent advantage with the minstrel company and make the singing feature one of exceptional merit. The performance in addition comprises all the regular minstrel fea- lures and is one of rare entertainment. Seats went on sale this morning. and there has already been great demand, particularly for Christmas.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
FANNIE BUCKS THE COUNTER.

Sweet Fannie says the rushing And the crushing On the football field is terrible to see; They should drop it, .- They should stop it-- It should be crime to play the game,
 says she. But Fannie in the hurry And the scurry Where the Christmas shoppers push
 and puff and claw And bump you 'n'l thump you. Tackles, bucks and slugs and doesn't
 care 1t all.
 Chicago TimeS-Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
"EOGG'S FERRY"

The final performance Of ''Fogg's Ferry at the Jacques will be given this evening. It will probably marx the last appearance here of Miss Liz Zie Evans Ill her famous original char acter of Chip. as she re-enters vaude- vile to stay after New Years. The performance is an excellent one and deserving of generous patronage.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
MEETINGS To-NIGHT.

Nosahogan lodge school meeting.
 MEETINGS TOMORROW. Socialist labor party. St Joseph's T. A. society. French Canadian institute. L'Union Fraternelle Franchise.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

Speedwell hall. December 27-Water- bury associa tion football clubs dance.
 Carter's hall. Waterville, Dec 2S- American Pin company's fire depart ment sociable and dance.
 Armory. New Years .eve,-Decembar 31-Company G's lance.
 Leavenworth hal. New Years eve, December 31-French Canadian Insti- tute annual ball
 City hall, New Years night, Jan 1. Waterbury High school Alumni association. concert and ball.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

A new fad in hairdressing is the Janice Meredith curl, patterned after the one worn by Mary AIannering i'll her play by that name.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

Joseph Haworth says he has not settled upon his future plans, but his starring ventures are ;l thing of tie past. Robert of Sicily has been buried.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

\ novel feature of the yacht races for the Americas cup next summer will be the presence Of an Irish piper on board Sir Thomas Upton big steam yacht Erin. The piper will cross the ocean on the Erin when she convoys the cup hunter to these shores.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

Joseph Jefferson and his son. Will liam Winter Jefferson. arrived on Thursday at the famous comedian's $ resting place, Jeffersonville, Fla. where they will remain until April. William Winter Jefferson on Wednesday issued a confirmation of the report Of his beIrothal to Christie Macdonald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

The holiday season usually works sad havoc in the receipts of the thea ters, and this year is no exception. With the high grade companies busi- ness has been very good. but on the average the sufferings have Deell about normal It will be such until after Christmas, when business is expected to become normal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23
DeIavlnr m prorreau.

At one time, within the memory Of
persons now living, the Clyde was
navigable near Glasgow only for very
small vessels of a very light draft. A
skipper stuck in the mud near Rem
frew, and was not sparing in strong
language at the delay to which he was
subjected While waiting for the rise
of the tide he spied young girl APP
preaching the river with a pail to
fetch some water. This was too much
for the poor skipper, so, leaning over
the bulwarls of the vessel, he thus ad-
dressed the lassie: moo, ye hmmer,
gin ye TAX ae drap of water DOT O. here
till get afloat again, I'll crack ye held
wi boathook. STRAY Stories.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23

things with the burgIarized store,
keeper, who was a firm friend Of his.
''You can keep your mouth shut, I
know began Jacob, when the two
were alone. tNow I've found out who
took those cigarettes, and nm ready
to pay for them. Least said, soon.
est mended, How much were they
worth to your"
The storekeeper named a sum and
Jacob promptly paid it. 81 could have
brought them back to you,p he re-
marked, ''but I didn't do it because.
I didn't want them to be here tempt
ing boys"
For moment his friend, the store-
keeper, looked at him. Jacob" he
said, with admiration, "you were cut
out for a father if ever man was"
Jacob blushed all over his homely
visage. II kind Of thought 1 was when
1 married Sammie and the three girls,
he answered, modestly "The children
have lots of good in them, if body
knows where to find it,
And as months passed the town Of
Ganabrant began to see dimly what the
stepfather had all along seen through
his large vision.
Years went by and Sammie was out
in the world for himself doing well.
too, although Jacob thought, with q
sigh, that he had never said .pa. .
Then Jacob fell sick. The mother.
frightened and distracted at the
thought of losing him, was of little
use. But Samnie, in the full plenitude
of his small powers, stepped to the
front. Straight as a grenadier he
marched into Jacobs sick-room and,
taking his stepfather's hand cordially
in his, he said: 'Don't you worry, pa.
I'm right here, and I'm going to stay .
Mr.. Monasmith smiled and said,
family: II knew you would be, son"
Il never see the beat!" declared Miss
Havens, who was assisting Mrs. Mona-
smith, as, indeed, all the town were
doing, for Jacob had many friends.
''It's pa this and pa that continually
and every time that Sammie says pa, ;
it seems as good as a dose of medicine
to Jacob"
'Well," admitted Mr.. Havens, reluc-
family, when Mr., Monasmith had re-
covered, to the great joy Of his family,
Jacob has made man out of SANE
mie, but I don't see how he did it,
Youths Companion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23
LonrfelIowla Tndlnna.

Nearly so years ago Longfellow Wis.
tied the Ojibway tribe Of Indians, in
the land of Hiawatha on the shores OF
Lake Superior, and was the guest OF
the chief, Bukwujjlnene. One day late.
ly Wabunosa, the grandson Of the
chief, and Kabaoosa, his nephew, Wis.
tied the home of LOngfellow in Cam.
bridge, Mass, and were the guests OF
the poets daughters, Mrs. Dana, Mrs.
ThOrp and Miss Longfellow. Kabaoosa
sang two Indian songs for his hostess.
es, one a love song and the other a
war song, which his grandfather had
composed after the victory which his
tribe, as allies of the British, gained
over another tribe allied with the col.
onists at the battle Of Queenstown
Heights in the war Of 1912. - Utica On
W Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23
WIr ARD WISDOM

ALen who depend on others for tb
start "a life are usr started sWh.
Chicago Democrat
Don't Get TOO sels8mportanf; th
world win move On just the
after you are gone. Chicago DaNT
News.
a Measure 81 Time HaFs yo0
lived very long in the auburb o
80 very longs only about "a a8om
Brooklyn Life.
@Win you walk into my parlor
asked the spider. mo thanlss1
the reply. sTm little too ay for
you Golden Days.
Mrs Stubb-" ohm. j believe there
Is a rObber in the CELLAR Mr.. stubE
Nonsense, Maria, there Is nothing
down there except the gas meter. ~
n. o. democrat.
Just Her Blaze-up.- The bearded
woman has lost an her money
"That's TOO bad. But, then Im sure
she win Be able to face misfortune
like man. Philadelphia Bulletin
Customer Give me ten cents
worth Of paregoric, please" Drug
gist-'<Yes, sir7 Customer (absents
niindedIy How much IS it?7 Drug
gist-4tA quarter. Boston Cbristlnm
Register
''BingIe tells me he had two horses
killed under him IN one Of the bait
ties of the civil war" s'That's right.
The railway car he was riding IN
backed into drove Of them. Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Too Late.-''We want a shorter day,
sir, = said the spokesman of the COM
mittee Of dissatisfied worlSmen.n You
should have spoken sooner" replied
the proprietor. '.The days are getting
longer now. Pittsburgh Chronicles
Telegraph.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23
couNTma Zee EARTHe1LEEs.
seIenttsts Are InveatignttnE the EIiae
tery Of Earth Movements u
Japan and Peru


Japan and Peru are two Of the great
est earthquake regions, and for some
years past scientific men in those cnnn-
tries have been looking over the book
and archives to compile the history q
earthquake phenomena within thei&
territories.
The Japan committee, says the New
York Sun, began work in 1893 and has
not yet quite completed the large task
An earthquake catalogue, fec6ntly pub
lished, is the first Of the reports ISSUED.
It was compiled from 427 ancient and
modern histories and other Japanese
books and manuscripts and gives the
dates, the districts and intensity Of
1898 earthquakes that occurred be.
tween the years 416 and 1867 OF these
earthquakes, 220 were of a destructive
character. The early annals are very
incomplete, but the data before the
committee, particularly those since the
beginning of the seventeenth century,
justify the inference that one or an
other part Of Japan is visited about
every 2h years by a shock or sc.
ries of shocks of sufficient violence
to do much damage Kioto, the
capital for 1910 years, has rec
ord from the years 797 to 1867 Of 1,30s
earthquakes of which "a were destruc-
tive. Two of these sometimes occurred
in one year and there were intervals
of so and 100 years without an earth.
quake.
Destructive shocks are most numer.
GUS in Japan during the months Of July
and August, while the ordinary shocks
are least frequent during those months
Dividing the destructive earthquakes
into local and non-local, it appears that
the provinces of the concave or japan
sea side of the group of islands have
been disturbed almost wholly by Iceal
shocks, while those on the convex or
Pacific side have often been disturbed
by great non-local shocks, originating
in the ocean and sometimes accom-.
panied by fearful sea waves.
The records thus far compiled of the
Peruvian earthquakes enumerate over
{, 800 earthquakes between 1913 and
1878, OF which 215 took place in the
sixteenth century, % in the seven.
teenth, $50 in the eighteenth and Asa
in the nineteenth. 1t is quite evident
that no careful effort was made to
record these phenomena before the
beginning of the eighteenth century,
and Senior Polo, who has compiled the
catalogue, says that if they have been
recorded at all they must be sought
in rare and even in manuscript works
on various subjects, such as the chron-
icles of religious bodies, the lives Of
holy men and in theological or literary
treatises.
Father Cobo is quoted as saying that
in the middle Of the sixteenth century
no year passed without an earthquake
in Peru and Chill, and DR.. Fuentes has
brought the fact to light that between
1915 and 1858 there were eight more
or less violent earthquakes every year
in Lima. That city and Arequipa APP
pear to be the principal centers OF ae-
tivity. Lima has a record Of 923 and
Arequipa Of 1877 shocks.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23
THE COMING OF THE eREEN.

ttt4AN aNfe e4tttad daNHs
NOW the spirit of the Hood IS awake.
Ana the spirit Of the wood is stirred,
Ana the spirit Of the air is beautiful and
And 50 Is the song Of the bird.
And there cometh whisper Of spring.
And IT, footfall Is light on the sea,
eAlla Z cometh from the SOUTH with jewel
in Its mouth,
ana # bringeth blessing to me.
And the bare bough Is rllstling with leaves,
And the dark eaBth is glistening with
gold,
And the land IS an sheen with the coming
o' the green,
And a new world is born Of the old.
And the hawthorn is snowy in the brake,
-Aad the dear lark Is springtng up on
high,
And the young things are sprouting. the
young children shouting,
AND the old tears awake Ia the eye:
For earth was a paradise once,
And life all jubilee then.
But the glory once seen in the coming O.
the green
Departs when we come to be men:
6'or sweet Is the lily in the bed,
And sweet is the flower on the wall,
But sweeter the tear and the pity Of the
dead
For the old things were sweetest of all.
The Spectator.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23

The elder Dumas knew how to say
one thing while seeming to say am
other
Arriving one hot day at his sons
house, he dropped into a chair in the
tiny garden, in the hope of catching
a little breeze. But none came.
Alexandra! Alexandrel" he called
to his son in Che house. "Open the
windows, I beseech you, and let a lit
tie air into the gardenl"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23
"A DI1reDufnb1e novaTtv.

Archduke Otto, of Austria, between
whom and the succession of the Aus.
trian throne only the very preearious
life of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
stands, has been involved in another
disgraceful affair. While drunk he
tried to kiss respectable girl at a
Vienna hall, and had his face slapped
by the girls father. The emperor bun,
died him out Of Vienna, and then found
out that he had run up s1,25O,OO OF
debts.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23

"Can you tell me who Ananias was2"
asked the old man of the proprietor Of
the book store.
"Of course 1 can" was the reply.
''He was the champion liar of the
world at one time. Did anyone call
you Ananias?"
eyes, sir. Yes, Pipps called me Ana
Mas; and durn my. buttons if didn't
think he was giving me a bushel of
praise, Next man calls me Ananias
won't know what house fell on him. -
Washington Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23

Physician presenting his biiD D-Let
me congratulate you, my dear sir, on
the excellent health your family has
enjoyed during the past year Your
bill is only half as large as usual.
Husband and Father (rudely) -Huhg
Hard times. Had 70 economic some
wheEA Shut down oa superduities.-
N. x. World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23
odd % for > nnIIoon.

Everybody knows that the dust and
CRIME Of city put it at disadvantage
as a place in which to do laundry work.
The clear air Of the country is missing,
and the drying linen cannot be satis-
factorily bleached. 1t is reported that
an enterprising Partisan laundry conn
pany has solved the problem of.bleach.
ing linen in the city as effectually as
it can be done in the country. 1t has
hit on the idea of bleaching linen by
balloon. A few hundred feet above
the earth the atmosphere is nearly as
,pure over the city as in the open coun-
try, and it is in this higher region that
the linen is dried by the aid, of a cap.
tive balloon. The linen is attached to
bamboo frames and sent up, a consid-
cradle quantity being taken at each
ascent. There are about six ascents
in day. An extra charge Of from five
to fifty centimes, or from one to ten
cents, is charged for each article.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23

Mamma-Why don't you eat your
apple, Tommy?
TOMMY am waiting till Jimmy
Post comes. 1T wouldn't taste half as
good if there was nobody to see me
eat it.-N. Y. World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23

Milliner- That hat win last you sew
era1 seasons, Miss Flyhigh.
Miss Flyhigh-0h, don't want that
kind of a hat; show me one that won't
be fit to seen in about four weeks
Chicago Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23

Kipling was wise enough, says the
Chicago Record, to wait until Joubert
vas dead and Cronje locked up before
making his latest verses
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23

Daughter, is your husband amia-
ble2"
swell, ma, he's just exactly like pa;
when he gets his own way about every.
hing he's just lovely. - Detroit Free
9reRa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-11
HIGHLAND BOY DEFENDED.
Boston Firm Rcsents False State
ments Originating In London.

Boston Firm Rcsents False State
ments Originating In London.
Messrs. Hornblover & Weeks, the
well known firm of Boston brokers. re-
sent the slanderous article published in
the London Financial Times of Feb. p,
in which the camp of Bingham and the
Highland Boy mine in particular, were
attacked. The paper in referring to the
latter property doubted, as mining
investment whether the shares are
worth even par, e1, and gave as au-
thority the statement of an expert, who
declared, Notwithstanding the fact that
the copper runs as high as 7 per cent,
that owing to the enormous eXIknse Of
extraction. the ore has little commercial
value, and that the mine cannot be
worked prOfitably except on a high
metal market.
The Boston firm has been looking into
the matter and interviewing authorities
IN possession of facts, which has re-
suited in the mailing of letters to their
clients in the following language:
There is absolutely no truth what
ever in the statement, and further we
would say that if such were the case,
it seems hardly possible that the news
would come to us via London rather
than from the mines direct as it is a
well known fact that some OF the best
copper experts in this country have ex-
amined the Utah district and have
pronounced it as one of the coming
copper mining districts of the world.
From our personal knowledge of the
property We believe that Utah stock
will eventually sell much higher on its
merits"