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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14

In the morning he got up early and stroked the hens back. vhereupon she began once more to produce diamonds. While he was thus delightfully."- en- gagged there came to the door a poor youth who called for the rich mans daughter, and when she appeared he took her in his arms and kissed her. saying he had come to claim her for his wife.
 Then the rich man, who had been peeping out of the southeast corner of one eye and listening with one ear, rushed forth and ordered the youth away.
 Be gone. vagabond." he cried, ~or I will have you turned over to the po- lice"
 But. the youth replied. If I go your daughter must come with me. have her promise that she will become my wife"
 The rich man mocked him and re- fused to deliver his daughter or to re- turn the speckled hen, and the youth vas dragged away to prison Then the rich man returned to the hen and stroked her back again. but she hlinksd after the manner of hens and rsfussd so Isy. 4 score cf tines the rich man tried to again start ID the diamond works, bat his szor1 wsrs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14

as she was being lifted into the am- bulance after the accident
 I've good Quaker nurse and a room ready for her at first-class hotel the minute she can be moved" he whispered. Look a-here!" he said, turning down the tawdry bit of lace and ribbon at her throat, his big, hairy hand shaking. Them bones is a'most through the skin! The doctor says it's hunger-hungeri"
 He was right. Starvation had almost done its work. There was but a feeble flicker of life left in the emaciated little body; not enough to know or speak to us when at last she opened her dull eyes.
 None of them folks need consarn thefhselves any furder about her,~ said Biron. She'll come home to her own now, thank God, and be done with writing stuff to make books. Mrs. Biron will live like lady"
 About three weeks later a splendid phaeton stopped in front of my door. and Mir. and Mrs. Biron sent up their cards. Mir. Biron was glowing with happiness,
 We return immediately to the plan. tation,' he said. grandilocuently. T reckon largely on the effect of hes native air in restoring Mrs. Biron to health"
 Marcia was magnificent in silk and plumes. Her little face was pale. how ever, and she looked nobody in the eye. When they arose to go Marcia handed me a bulky package of papers. These are my manuscripts" she said. 'wilI you burn them for mel All; do not leave line. word. could not do it."
 l took the package, and they de parted. Mir. Biron was vehement in hia protestations of friendship and invita- tions to visit the plantation. But Marcia did not say a word. even of farewelI.- Philadelphia Item.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
THE MAIDEN OR THE HEN?
A Variation from "rhs Lssy CT the Tiger"
 By .. E. RISER

IN great city where the temples
 of trade cleft the clouds lived a multimillionaire who longed to become the richest man in the world. He owned all the fast horses and had bought up all the works of the old masters. He controlled railroads, mines, mills and other vast industries of hundred kinds. and daily he reached out after more. The world was aghast at his achievements, and the market slumped when he had a headache.
 Moreover, he had a daughter who was beautiful.
 Now it came to pass that she one day met youth who carried under his arm a hen, and the maiden looked upon him and was we'll pleased. And the youth straightway fell in love with the maiden; but he was poor, the hen that he carried being his only pos session.
 It was the rich mans habit daily to consult certain seer. in whose direc- tions he had implicit faith. Never had they been wrong. The rich mans vast accumulations of wealth were due wholly to his observance of the seeris advice. Whenever he had followed his own judgment as against the course prescribed for him by the seer he had suffered enormous losses.
 On the day after the meeting of the maiden and the youth. the rich man sat in the presence of the seer. and the seer. gazing into 8 crystal. said:
 Your daughter loves a youth whose only possession is speckled hen. If you can secure this hen for your own you will become the richest man of all Hines. for the moment you touch her she will begin to lay diamonds as big as eggs, and this she will continue to eo ss long as she is In your keeping. !"
 The rich man became excited and eagerly asked how he might secure the prize
 You have only to persuade your daughter to ask the youth for her." the seer replied
 In great haste the rich man went to bis daughter and implored her to go out in. search of the youth and get from him the speeklsd hen
 But what she asked, "shall I give him in rsturn!"
 The rich man named a price which Ssa sufficient to secure for the youth a fl meal ticket at a green front res taurznt. and the maiden hurried forth
 But she returned without the hen.
 Only on one condition" she ex- rlainsd- -rfIl hs part with his spsck- led bfddy. and that is that consent Co become kis vife-
 The rich man leaned back in his chair ard laughed It wss the first lime in many ysarr that his risihIss ksd operated. and his household vss greatly stirred
 'vsrT yell hs said. shsn sobsrnsss bad returned to hin. promise to bs Bis wife
 When fhs mki<sn returned sxssn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14

ing seen her come in. She had gone out by a side door.
 T caught a glimpse of her on the street" he said. T have come to New York three times in the last year to find her. Good God! how rank poor she is. Where does she live?"
 could not tell hin. as Marcia had long ago left the bakers and changed her quarters nearly every month.
 And reckon I'll have to wait until she comes hyar again. Tell her it's Zack Biron. the overseer's son. on-on business"
 He was not long in unveiIing his busi- ness. which any woman would soon have guessed. He had come to bring Marcia home and marry her.
 Two months passed. in which he sought for Marcia in vain She had seen him and knew of his errand Then one evening ss I was passing along lower Broadway I saw a crovd around the form of a woman on the pavement, who. was told. had been injured by a car while crossing the street One glance at the figure showed me that it vas Marcia and I hurTiedly followed the ambulance which carried her away to the hospital
 When arrived al the hospital Marcia was Iyinz on an iron stretchsr. The Mis- sissippizn- Biroa. Ess with her. kneel- ing on the floor Ia kis shirtsleeTss and ehasng her hand He had taken on his coat to wrap about her. ps told ne later that De had recognized Marcia
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14

unrewarded. The hen was as obsti- nate as country constable who knows the owner of the automobile has at least $50 on his person. At last the rich man went to the seer and laid the matter before him.
 Gazing into his crystal, the seer said:
 You have not kept faith with the youth. If you had done so all would have been we'll After he had married your daughter you could have be- slowed great wealth upon him and the hen would have kept on laying for you until you had gratified your ambition to become the richest man of all times. As it is, you must either give back the hen-in which case all the dia- monds she has laid thus far will at once melt away and you can never be- come the richest man in the world or you must give to the youth your daughter to live with him in penury where you may never see her again"
 And if now give her to him shall still become the richest man the world has ever seen or ever will see?"
 'sYes. The moment your daughter becomes his wife the hen will again begin laying diamonds: but in that case your child, who might have had great happiness if you had kept faith with the youth, will be unhappy all her days"
 The rich man went home and put the hen in one room and his daughter Into another. Then he sent out for the youth. and when the youth had been brought in the rich man looked at him long and earnestly and paced the floor and ran his fingers through his hair and fell into deep thought.
 A score of times he decided and as many times gave up his decision, but at last he took the young man by the hand and led him to a closed door, saying:
 Enter and take for your own what yousshall find in this room"
 Which. think you. followed. a sigh or cackle!-Chicago Record Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14

come to the editorial rooms through snows and rains that winter. Some. times she brought small items of news. and this information was the means of her securing few dollars.
 One day in the spring was sum- moned to see visitor on business. I found tall, lank young man stalking up and down the room, the most notice able point about him being the shock of red hair and whiskers falling over his neck. The face was that of an ignorant and small-minded man.
 1 He came straight toward me. "Is Marcia Barr here?"
 No, she has been gone an hour" ] He berated his luck in a white heat of rage, which must, l thought. have required some time to kindle. Indeed, I found he had been pacing up and down the street half the morning, hay.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14

great Joy was in her breast, and she brought to her father the speckled hen.
 The moment the rich man touched the hen she cackled and a diamond weighing AHA karats rolled upon the floor. The rich man said "Ah!" Whereat the hen csckled again and another diamond as large as the first hit the carpet
 So the rich man went on stroking the hens back and saying "Ah" and the diamonds continued to accumulate. When it was roasting time and the hen exhibited a tendency to become nervous the rich man penned her in a corner and went on stroking her until he had diamonds enough to fill a bar rel. At last, physically exhausted. he set the hen on the back of a gilt chair and went to bed. :.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
| The Writer Who Failed

nNE winter morning several years t ago the mail brought me a roll of manuscript and a letter. Every pub. fisher and editor receives such packages SO often as to know them at a glance Usually they contain half dozen poems and a story-a blur of sunsets, duch. esses. violets, bad French and worse English. with not grain of common sense, not hint of reality in the whole of it. I opened the letter and read that the writer was mot dependent on her pen for support" she had vowed her. self to literature;" she was resolved to assist in the progress of humanity" !" Scarcely had laid down the letter when I was told that she waited below to see me.
 The card she sent up was a bit of fly- leaf of book. and the name. Miss Barr. written in imitation of engraving. Her back was toward me when came down, and had time to read the same sham stylishness written all over her thin lit- tie person. She told me that she came from Mississippi, and that she had been the only white child on a poor plantation on the banks of the Yazoo. "I have only had such teachings as my mother could give me" she said simply. 'and my mother had but two years with a goyerness. Life on the lonely old plantation became distasteful 10 me, and got my father and mother to consent to my coming to New York to engage in work as an author. shall succeed as a writer some day. Just now people will do anything for me but print my manuscripts"
 You came alone2"
 Quite alone I hired a little room over a bakers shop on Second avenue I board myself and send out manu- scripts. They always come back to me"
 How long have you been here?'
 Three years"
 Impossible, You are but child"
 "I am % ' had an article published once in a Sunday school paper. she con. tinued. producing slip of printed paper about three inches long.
 Three years and only that little grain of succsssl She had supported herself meanwhile. as I afterward learned, by needlevork for a wholesale firm in Brooklyn
 Her books and poems must, I think have seemed unique 10 any editor. The spelling was atrocious and the errors of grammar beyond remedy. But in all her ignorance and weakness there was DO taint of imitation. She plzgiarized nobody She painted over and over again her ovn home fife on the Yazoo. the hot. still sunshine. the sfaknant swamp. the semi-tropical forest. the houses and negro quarters. with all their squalor and dreary mOnotony.
 All my counsel to her to forsaks the occupation she had chosen vas ia vain. During the months that followed her base very nearly reached starvation. I remember few things more pathetic than the damp. fCriorn figure that used to
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
saUARING THE ACCOUNT.

cannot make the thing come out,
 Though I have thought and thought an
 thought.
 And tried to make careful Eote
 Of everything that I have bought The more think and think and think
 The more in vain my brain ferments Confound the pesky cash account!
 Where did spend that thirty cents? Ten cents for car fares--that's all right; Three dollars for a new straw hat; For luncheon, fifty; shosshine, five
 Oh, hang 1t! Yes, I've got all that! Considering the scant supply,
 The treasury has too many vents. It's outgo, outgo all the time
 Where did I spend that thirty centsf Cigars. four-ffty; grape juice, ten q think 1t had some foam on top); Bleachers and peanuts. thirty-five, And ten cents more for ginger pop But still that haunting deficit
 My deep perpexity augments. What was It for?-Oh, well. here goes! For foreign missions, thirty cents!" Louisville Courier-Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Repartes.

He had been arrested the night be. fore for disturbing the peace. He stood before the justice In an sggTes- sive mood.
 What have you to say7" asked the justice
 "Sdarn outrage" said the prisoner.
 Ten dollars or ten days said the justice Nov what have you to sayf'' Sdarn outrage, judge 'Sdarn out rage"
 Ten dollars more added the judge. Have you anything to say novT
 "'sno use. judge. you're too good at repartee for me"-Chicago Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Royal Yacht salutsd

The other day a British merchant vessel saluted the royal yacht Victoria and Albert in passing and the Victoria and Albert did not return the salute. The skipper of the merchantmen com plained to the admiralty and the cap tain of the royal yacht sent him an apology.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Curb Meat Marketa.

The street curb meat market. To- cated in wagon, seems so tenacious of existence in some sections of the country that the theory of disease germs has no effect whatever. This is particularly true of the south, but it applies as well to other parts of the eountry.-N. Y. National Provisioner.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
A Rad ons.

How do you suppose Maud Muller liked it when the judge rode of with out making a proposal7" inquired the ssppy boarder. who knows his Whittier. T presume che was a Mad Mullah." caeklsd the humorous board CT. as he reached across the table for the hash.-Loulsville Courier Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Russian Dinner Custom

In Russia it is sometimes the GUS tom at q biz dinner party for each lady to smoke q tiny cigarette after each course. This is said to not only assist digestion. but it also removes the flavor of the previous course from the palate.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Queen Admiral

The queen of Greece is credited with being the only woman admiral in the world. having received this honor from the late czar of Russia. who was extremely fond of his beau tiful cousin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Irvinss Family Nam.

Sir Henry Irvings family name of Broadribb Is of pure ssxon derivation. originally signifying -brosdrib.- as sp- pied to q stalusrt person with a capa- cious chest measurement.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Room far T.

A remarkable Improvement is re ported ia Chias's army. which is al vsgs toutsd ss formidable ercept when some nattcn wants to take Eome- thfnE away from China
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Borneo Bankrunts.

The pepper business in Borneo seems to be in bad way. In a recent issue of the sarawak Gazette is a list of 71 bankrupts. Sixteen of them are or were pepper planters. and after each name is the word "absconded."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
nu,t.rain ,t sn

Butterflies which are blown out ts sea have been thought by insxperi enced observers to belong to q differ. ent species from the ordinary land butterflies. but there are none which csn be said to live on the sea
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Noe the rsvhs Kind.

Husbsrd-I can't get the castsrs un- der the bookcase to york st all sndTvs of1sd then twice.
 wife fwftk conscious szpsFiorityl- Bui you didnt use castor ofl-strsy Efcrfss
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Blamslas.

Stern Father-Remembsr to whom you are speaking lam your father.
 Pert Son-Well don't blame me for that.-Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
EDensive shots

The cost of firing one shot from one of Uncle Sans 1sinch guns equals the pay of private soldier for nvs years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Fish Scale Flow.r.

In small shop in New York city. managed by a woman. flowers of won. derful coloring are made from the scales of various fish.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Big rrh Hou..

The largest dry-esh packing kouss ia the world is al Halifax II has fseH1 square feet Of floor spsos.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Bsst AffsT Dinns- srs.-s

The best aftsr-dinnsr spssrh of ell The chsrks srs mine -Homs ss6 Ahruaa.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
SpeciaIties

GOLD BRACELETS-S5 to $50 GOLD ROSARY BEADs-s1 s1o CUFF BUTTONS, solid god-$2 to $35. ri~ .#4 OPERA GLASSES--$3 to $35 MATCH BOXES, solid silyer-$125 S1O. CHARMS--S1 to $50
 MANICURE SETS-$2.5O to S25 TEA SETS-$G to $75 ! CHATTING DISHES-$4 to $15 SMOKING SETS-$4 to S.
 SHAVING CUPS-S3 to s. CIGAR JARS-$2 to SIP.
 CIGARETTE JARS-$2 to $1O.
 JEWEL CASES-$2 to GOLD BRACELETS-S5 $50
 GOLD BEADS-$S to S30.
 DESK SETS-All prices
 POCKET BOOKS. LADIES BAGS, S1 to sig ROSARY BEADS-S1 to S10
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Plated Ware

Our PLATED WARE is large line We have all the Table Ware propuar always and made by the best other things under this MUGS CUPS SHAVING SETS, SALAD and FISH SETS, CANDELABRAs PUDDING DISHES BERRY and other FANCY SPOONS TRAYS and VASES, things gifts
 These price $1OO just things you looking for
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
Sterling Silver

We always carry STERLING SILVER GOODS in all the hollow and flat and the specaies desirable gifts include TABLE WARE, FRUIT DISHES, BREAD TRAYS DISHES and all the other things We have many low and medium priced goods. -I ~A %@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
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 of ZOA FLORA.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

fir was riding and a railroad train, complaints of pain and suffering on the part of the injured passenger, made at the time the injuries were received, may be adduced as original evidence.
 g. Same; same; case at bar.-In such a case 1t Is competent for a physician to testify that plaintiff told him he was hurt internally and that he had pains in his hips and was nervous.
 1. Same; plaintiff may walk before jury.-In such case where the evil dence tended to show that the plaintiff was injured in the back and legs as a result of the collision so as to effect his ability to walk, he may be allowed to walk the best he can" before the jury.
 5. Same; evidence of injuries to sex ual organs.-In such a case where the evidence tended to show that the plaint- if received injuries which affected his sexual organs, he may testify that he thinks such organs are no good" to him.
 6. Same; examination of witness Where an objection is sustained to a question propounded witness and such question is afterwards answered, there Is no error of which the except ing party can complain.
 '. Same: cross examination of wit ness.-Where a physician, witness Tor defendant, testified that he was sent by the defendant to see plaintiff after his injury the plaintiff may bring out on cross examination what the defend- ants attorney said to him. as tending to show a bias unfavorable to defend- ant
 8. Same; examination of witness Where a witness was asked to state at what rate of speed the car ap- preached the railroad crossing. his an- swer that Tt would be hard to judge that. because it had just started and it could not have been running fast" was properly excluded, as being the wit ness conclusion. ~.
 g. Same; charge of court to jury; not error to repeat charges.-The repeti- tion by the court of sound and perti- nent legal propositions in charging the jury, is not error, though such repeti- ton is effected by giving two identical charges at the request of the plaintiff.
 10. Same; when general charge prop erly given for plaintiff.-Under the evi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
TORTURED BY sAvAGEs
French Expedition Fights fin the New
 Hebrides.

Victoria, B. C., Sept. 29.-From the New Hebrides news was received by the Miowera yesterday of an attack by natives upon a French punitive expedi- tion sent to punish the blacks for out rageous actions against white settlers and several murders at Bullies on Mall leco Island. The French warship Mu- erthe landed a party of marines, who arrested three chiefs. As the party took their captives from the village shot fired from ambush killed one ma rine gunner.
 The party then attacked the village, dispersed the natives and killed four men, The landing party burned the village and returned to the bay, where it was again fired upon and marine wounded. The dead marine was buried at Port Sandwich with military honors.
 The natives alleged that the mur- derers of Captain Richard Pentocost and six members of the trader Petrel were taken to Noumea. They were the ringleaders of a party which tied Cap tain Pentocost to a tree and cast spears into his body. and while he was still conscious they threw him into shark in- fested waters and danced while the monsters tore the body to pieces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
The Real Cause of Backache, Urinary Ills. Dizzy Spells, Etc. Is Weakness of the Kidneys. C Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Weak Kidneys.

0fek kidneys. like any weak link in a ohalh weaken the whole structure of the body and hasten its final breaking down. '.gs
 ovsrwork. strains, colds and other oauees injure the kidneys. and when the activity of the kidneys is lessened the whole body suffers from an excess of uric acid circulated with the blood.
 Backache, rheumatic pains, urinary llls and langufd or nervous spells fol- low. and thcre is an ever-increasing tendency toward fatal diabetes or Brfght's Disease. There is no real help for the sufferer at any time except kidney help.
 Deans kidney pills is the one kidney Dpecinc that acts directly upon the kid neys, makes lasting cures. and is en- doreed by people you know. It Is purely vegetable and contains no dam 1erouo drugs. It relieves inaamma- tion and congestion. restores healthy kidney tfssue. and rids the sufferer permanently of thosS aches and pains that come from sick kidneys.
 Sold " a1l dFuEgists. Price 5Oc. Foster