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- J 05. WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER1' x-. l89T. r WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Icofflt Queer Facta Abont the Urat Whits Shaft. ' The distance -at "which the Washing ton Monument ds visible has always ibeen a matter of debatable interest wltl Interest with Washington people, s&ye the Star of that city. Not a train ap proaches the city, nor a boat speeds us or down the Potomac, but carries 0 group of people anxious to see at Just .What point they can last see the whit marble against the sky as they depart or first find it as they come. Probably the greatest distance al "le'Mch the monument is seen is from the summit of the Blue Ridge, al Snicker's Gap, about forty-three inilei In air line... The elevation there is two thousand feet above the Potomac. Tlhe mountaineers years ago, -with theii - keen eyes trained to long and snarp eighrt. in the mountains, detected the white spot gleaming on the horizon, , and they can always quickly determine . its ptoce on the horizon line. But to city folks the location of the white shaft is not an easy matter. Thousand of Washington people every sumime.i invade that region as summer boarders, to; subsist on, fresh - milk and fried etiioken, and Incidentally in their ex cursions up on the mountain to get a eight, of, the monument. On clear days It Is distinctly visible, especially ta those who are familiar with its precise location. It is more easily seen at sun set than at any other "hour, as the sharj reflectionof the sun's rays brings out the white surface of the marble. The point from which the monument was - first aeen from the Bine Ri'dge is the mount Kin farm of Mr. Louis P. Shoemaker of this city, and the place Is called "Mon ument View." There are hundreds of ladies in , .Washington who wear upon their hats ; the plumage of birds which have lost their lives by flying against the tall mass of marble in the dimness of twilight or daybreak. .Every morning one ol the watchman ' who spends the night In the monument finds about its hase quite a number of dead birds. This mortality includes nearly all the birds . kne-ra in this region. Strange to say, few English sparrows Jose their lives by flying against the monument, but the beautiful golden finches, cedar binds, starlings, tangers, grosbeaks, and many others of ' bright plumage and greet rarity, have been found. The watchman takes these birds up town fo a taaciaermist, wno stuua anu hmjuuls Che raro specimens, and. they are sold for a good round price to collectors, Rod theklns of those leas rare are pre pared for the milliner. Another queer thing to know about the monument Is that Its height and ' . width vary. It Is taller in summer than In winter, and . in the latter season its width on the south side is about an Inch greater than on the north, east or west side. This is due to expansion . trader the heat of the sun's rays. This phenomenon was determined by Oapt. Greene during the erection of the shaft. Plutarb lines were hung at each earner rf the marble wall, and the plumb UUUB, Uf MlA-iiJOAre US, TV 9UDiuucu In "pots ' Of ' glycerine or molasses. Across the top of each pot was laid a finely graduated steel bar, and three , times a day an army engineer "took off'? the registration thus made of the expansion of the walls. It was held that the' plummets moved precisely with the points at which the plumb lines, were attached to the top of the shaft, and the glycerine held them firm ly without vibration or oscillation, so that the officer could note any change Vt position. All these registrations, Jwice a day every day of the year, were recorded in a book during the seven years that were occupied it finishing the monument. A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE. Bvpposed Bnrglar In a IeIhbor's Moas Slakes Trouble for Man. After Slims had scanned his morning paper closely as if looking for some thing of great personal interest, he threw It aside with a sigh of relief and turned to his partner. "Great excite ment up in our neighborhood last night. Wanson, who lives next door to. me, went away early in the sum mer and left the key of the house with me fin. order that I might look after it. 2 took a rlde on my wheel last evening, and was so tired when I got back that I dropped off to sleep early. After midnight a few punches in the side Awakened me to find my wife sitting up in bed, pale-faced and talking to me in a whisper.- 'There are- burglars In Wan son's place,' she insisted with chattering teeth. 'I saw a light mov ing about tihere, and heard voices. I tried to have her lie down and give her Imagination a rest, but she routed me out by sheer persistence. Sure enough there was a lignt, and I had soon donned the necessary amount of clothing, "I routed out some of the neighbors and people passing along the street Joined us. One of them, who had stay ed oot not wisely, but too long, wanted to break- through a window and round np the robbers.' I had a private pa trol service called, but it expressed a delicacy about entering, because 'Wan ton' was not one of its subscribers. Watte I was creeping along the side ol the house to see if any of the cellar .gratings were removed, the pugnacious rounder was coming the other way in search o" an opening by which he. might get to the invaders. When we collided he let go at me with a scant ling ho had picked up, but it was a glancing blow. You can see where it removed a piece of scalp. I yelled for help the women screamed and the offi cer rushed to seize my assailant, who was still bent on rendering me harm less. As we struggled into the light and were recognized, Mrs. Wanson ap peared in an old-fashioned night cap at the upper window and shouted: 'How do you do, Mr. Sims? We just reach ed home to-night. How are your folks?' Everybody else laughed, but I Touted Wanson out, surrendered the key and curtly told him to hire a pri vate watchman or else agree to tele graph when he was going to steal in luring the night" Detroit Free Press. . A Gift Cigar. "Were the sanitary police in youi bouse this afternoon?" "They were." . v. "What was the matter? fJk was. smoking the clear von fare me. Better Goods for Less Money. Setter Quality for Less Profit, j U. S. & Co's Way of doiDg a C. W. D. business. North Window filled with BOYS' SUITS and REEF ERS, ages 3 to 16 years. Among all the kinds and prices we show this week. Four special trade win ners $1.97, $2.49, $3 49, $3.97.' Suits are double seat and knee, the "satisfaction kiud." Reefers, plain or rough faced goods, with velvet or storm collar. Tbc School Su't3. you want now. The Reefers will bs needed soon. Main En trance, 89-91 Bank St , ELEVATOR ENTRANCE, 61-86 South Main Street. A JPerrect Fraud. A beggar accosted a gentleman and whined: "I am paralyzed in both mis 'ands mister, an' can't work, f er I can't grasp anything with 'em. Could ye spare me a trifle, ja later?" "I'm deaf," replied the gentleman. "You'd better write down what you have to say. Here's a pencil and a piece of paper." "Deaf, is 'e?" thought the heggar. "Then he didn't 'ear about the pa ralysis." So he wrote down: "I've got a wife an' six children starvin' at home, mister. I've been out o' wurk fer six months, an' ham In a dreffel state of destertushun." He handed the paper to the gentle man, who read it, and said: "I thought you said you were par alyzed In both bands and couldn't grasp anything; and yet you can. write." ! "Did didn't yer say yer was deaf," stammered the beggar, who now real ly did feel paralyzed. ."Yes, Just to find out if you were an Imposter, which you are, as I suspect ed," replied the gentleman. "Well, of all the bloomin frauds, yer the biggest exclaimed the beggar. "The hldea of yer sayin' yer was deaf an' tryln' to impose on a pore feller." And he shuffled off, sniffing the air with righteous indignation. Tit-Bits. -GUARANTEED" to outlast a year's wear. So made that bones and clasp never wear through the ends. THE MILLER & - PECK CO., Agents fob Wz- tebburt, Conn. Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat-J rnt business conducted for Moderate Fees. Our Office is Opposite. U. S. Patent Office i Sid maSwm "patent W U Utto loan Ihci Send model, drawing ox pntra vnia uecnp.j if oatentable or not. tree of S charjre. Our tee not ane uu toreo. m . Hour to Obtain Fatbits." with! eoTt of aamo in' the V. S. and foreign countries 5 sent free. Address, G.A.SfJOW&CO. rr. dsteht' Office, Washington. D. C. THE WATERBURY FURNITURE CO. LIBRARY FURNITURE See the entire stock and learn all our excellence. We will promise you a aengntrui nan nour snowing you goods at HALF-PRICE. $60.00 Bookcase and Writing Desk for $30.00. $50.00 Bookcase and Writing Desk for $25.00. $35.00 Bookcase and Writing Desk for $17.50, $20.00 Bookcase and Writing Desk for $10.00. $10.00 Writing Desk for $5.00 $6.00 Writing Desk for $3.00 $40.00 Bookcases for $20.00 $20.00 Bookcases for $10.00 $10.00 Bookcases for $5.00 $6.00 Bookcases for $3.00 diningTroom talk. Everything Goes at HALF-PRICE. $30.00 Oak Extension Table, f 15.00 20.00 " 10.00 15.00 " 7.50 10.00 " " 5.00 8.00 " 4 00 60.00 Oak Sideboards for 30.00 40.00 " 20.00 30.00 " . " . 15.00 20.00 " " 10.00 30.00 China Closets for 16.00 25.00 . f J2.E0 18.00 " ' 9.00 3.50 Kitchen Table, 1.75 2.50 ". " " 1.25 1.50 " J .75 BED-ROOM FURNITURE At Half-Price. $150.00 Mahogany Bed Room Set for $75.00. -100.00 Oak or Mahogany Suit for $50.00 75.00 Oak or Mahogany Suit for $37.50 50.00 Oak Bed Room Set for $25.00. 35.00 Oak Bedroom Set for $17.50. " 20.00 Antique Bed Room Set for $10.00 4.00 Bed Springs, $2.00. 8.00. Mattress $4.00. 4.00 Mattress $2.00. 3.00 Mattress $1.50. ' 1.00 Oak Bed Room Table, ' 50c. .75 Oak Bed Room Chair, : 37c. Why She Darned Ills Socks. A well-known statesman, who has represented his district in Illinois for. a number of years, had the support oB his wife in a manner which won for turn the reputation of being a plain and simple man of the people, whom flat tery could not divert from his patri archal customs. A school friend of the wife, who had aot seen her since girlhood, visited her at her country home one summer. "How industrious you are!" exclaim ed the visitor. - "In what way?" "With fancy work, I guess. I know you used to have a great aversion to iriain sewing; but you must be very diligent now to have your work-basket light here in the parlor." "Would you like to know what I am Joing?" "Certainly." "You shall see." The Congressman's wife took from her basket a half-knit sock of old-fashioned blue yarn. "You don't mean to say that your husband wears things like that?" "Oh, no; he would't think of such a thing. I have a whole lot that I will be glad to give to anybody who will wear them." , ' "Do you do this for pleasure or char ity?" "No; for business, and I never occu py myseif in this way unless it is ab solutely necessary.' But I have to keep the work handy, and when the old fashioned rural voters of my husband's district come to call upon him and you have no idea how many honor us with that attention I get it out and knit away for dear life. It is a good deal of bother, but it's worth a good many votes every two years." . A tlfe lor Every II I Hard Ball. It is said that for every Ivory billiard tall In the world a human life has been lost. The ivory for their manu facture comes from the densest jun gles of Central Africa. As described by a correspondent there, the hot and damp atrnosphere reeks with a hun dred deadly diseases. In the dark and tangled vegetation also hide fierce, wild animals, poisonous snakes and loath some Insects, whoas bites are as fatal as. those of the most fearsome ser pents. In addition, there is the com mon chance of meeting with the venge ful natives, who do not hesitate to make way with all intruders, and the always present danger of being lost in the wilderness of tangled forest, pathlesa mountains and unpassable morasses. Thus nature conjures to shield the big but almost helpless elephant, and they only can engage in the trade of sup plying the material for ivory billiard balls who take their Uvea into their own hands. , A Bargain. Husband But why did you buy two hallstands? ' Wife They were such . a bargain, dear. They had been marked down from $5 to $4.98. Don't you see I save twice as much by purchasing two as if I had only bought one? You didn't know your little 'wifey had such a head for business, did you? a WATERBURY FURNITURE . (jk 135 to 169 East Main Street. , Half-Price - Sale of Furniture. Commencing at 9 o'clock Monday morning, Oct 11, and ending at 9:30 Saturday evening, Oct 16. The New Opera House and Moriarty's New Block necessitate many changes. The Waterbury Furniture Co must remodel their warerooms at once. New Elevators, great alterations and improvements in the "Big Store' compel us to make room for the carpenters, masons, painters, plumbers, electricians, etc, forcing a sale of Furniture that 'will be remembered by every economical person far and near. , WESTERN CONNECTICUT'S LARGEST STOCK OF FURNITURE for the Parlor, Drawing Room, Library, Hall, Bed Room, While this sale will cost us a sacrifice of much money, we know the people will kindly remember us when the prosperous year of (1898 comes around. ' ' Remember that for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur- day the . 1 '' ' : v. . . . . PRICES CUT ' IN f HALVES, that is to say, during these six days the goods will be sold for one-half the regular prices at which they are marked. THE WATERBURY FURNITURE CO. THE CURLS WERE MISSING. Mean Advantage Doris Took Whan tfca Satchels Were Kxchnngecl. "How did you enjoy the Suburban Club ball?" asked the girl in the pic ture bat. "Not at all," replied the girl In the empire jacket; "It was perfectly hor rid.'! N "Why, I heard that the decoration, music and supper were perfectly love ly and" v "O, yes, they were nice enough. But my faith In human nature had Just re ceived such a shock that I couldn't en Joy anything. You know DorLs and I went out in the afternoon together; we were to stop at Mrs. Brownsmlth's, and go to the ball under her chaperon-n-ge, you know." "Why, I didn't know that you needed x chaperon, dear." "I don't. I I have always known how to behave properly in society without any advice. Of course if I tvas like " "Of course; that was what I meant," said the girl In the picture hat, hasti ly. "Well, were Doris' cheeks as pink as ever at the ball?" "Pinker. We took our evening gowns out with us and, oddly enough, Dur satchels were just alike. In tak ing them up to pur rooms they were exchanged, and as soon as I opened the one sent up to me I knew it be longed to Doris!" "Oh, pshaw, you need only ring for i servant and get your own." "I know. But redetermined then and there to do Doris a real, unselfish ser vice. I hate to see her with those un natural pink cheeks, so I decided, while I had a chance, to go through her satchel, find her box of rouge and hide it; then, as she could get no more out there in the couhitry, she must appear without It, and it might be the means of causing her to give up Its use!" "Well, but that " . "I couldn't find it anywhere, and then I remembered the little bag hang ing from her belt, and I knew it was there. I had just gotten her things put back when one of the maids fetched me my satchel and took hers away." "Oh, well, she will never know that you hunted " "No. I had to dress In a great hur ry then, for I was late, and what do you think? Those lovely short curls that I twist in my back hair, and whlcfl everybody admires so much, were missing, though I knew I had packed them myself!" "My goodness, you don't think that Doris bad " "I don't think; I know it. She re turned them to me the next morning, saying they must have slipped out of my satchel as the maid carried it to me. Did you think there was a girl living who would ' do. such a mean thine!" ' EDITOR M'CULLAGH OUTWITTED. Bow the St. Louis Globe-Democrat IVas Ridiculous. When David D. Francis, now Secre tary of the Interior, was a candidate for Governor of Missouri, his friends ucceeded in using the "Globe-Democrat" to further his chances of elec tion. Editor McCullagh had turned on "Our Dave," as the Secretary is known In St. Louis, with his short paragraphs with telling effect, and Francis' friends got together and concocted a scheme to offset the editorial work of the paper. They wrote out a display advertisement and at a late hour of the Saturday morning immediately preceding the election of 1888 took it to the counting room of the' "Globe Democrat." The clerk on duty gave the copy a casual looking Over and without a word accepted It. It occu pied a full page and at lengtji and in glowing terms set forth-the "great business capacity and eminent qualify cations of Mr. Francis to occupy the Qubernatlonal chair of Missouri;" says St, Louis correspondent of the Chi :ago "Record." " ' That advertisement caused the big gest row ever witnessed In a newspa per office in St. Louis. W,ben Editor VIcCullagh found what had been done he raged and stormed for a week. The fast mail had distributed the paper all Dver Missouri before McCullagh had his attention called to it. He left his guarters at the Southern notel on a trot. Beaching the corner of Fourth and Pine streets he found the streets ind the office of the "Globe-Democrat" lammed with people, who were clamor ing to stop their subscriptions. Mc- sullagh had filled a column on the edi torial page with, "squibs" strongly op posing Francis, and advocating the Be publlcan nominee, but the big display f Francis' friends was the first thing seen on opening the paper. Mr. McCullagh at once Issued an ex tra, In which he deprecated the over lght by which the advertisement had found its way into the paper, but it was some time before the "Globe Democrat" office recovered Its cqullib rium. , -vl . , -.5; t . THEY ALL ASKED THAT. . Claude (earnestly) Au I the first man you ever loved? Maude Why, Certainly! How very strange men are; thus all aak ana tn-. Dining Room and Kitchen, A Trick of the Trade. A small advertisement in one of th daily papers a short time ago attracted a great deal of attention from the cu rio collectors and relic hunters of this city, and the shrewd merchant who In serted it secured a great deal of ad vertising for himself by drawing - a number of prominent persons to hli store. The ad. stated in an unostentar tloua way' that the merchant had a number of articles of furniture, such as tables, chairs, cradles and beds out of the White House for sale. Early tho next day a number of prospective pur chasers went to look at the furniture made valuable through association and one of the first callers was a lady who drove up to the door of the rather ob scure establishment in a stylishly ap pointed rig drawn by a spanking team of bays. The proprietor met her with an indifferent air and inquired what he could do for her. "I would like to see some of the fur niture out of the White house," she said. "Just look around and see if any thing strikes your fancy." The lady looked around her at the rather common-place looking stuff and said: I desired to see the furniture out of the White House advertised by you yesterday," "And, madam, that is what I am try ing to show you. Just look about you and I will price it to you." "But surely all this stuff is not out cf the White House?" "It is not in it at any rate, and con sequently must be out of it," was the quiet rejoinder. A look of disgust swept over the lady's face ,and with a haughty aii she swept out of the place. And there were others. Washington Post. i Fidelity. ' I "You have such a faithful wife, to," eaid the intimate friend, reproachful ly. "She stays right by you, no met ier how low down you get." "I know it," tearfully replied the penitent Jagway. "There are two things that will never desert me Mrs .Tscvav and rriv a.nw-tite for liquor." WMM- PURE WHITE FLOATING. Nothing enters into the manufacture of .Fairy Soap but the purest and best materials known to the soapmaker's v""'art and that money can buy. . . ' ' The Soap of Sold everywhere in one quality for the toilet, bath Made onlj bj THE N. K.- FAIRBAKK COMPANY, Chicago. St Lo-jIs. Now Ycrt THE WATERBURY FURNITURE CO. - PARLOR FURNITURE. You may want, and you : may not. 1? want to pay hut little for your wanUb Your opportunity is here at ,,. HALF-PRICE. - -'j $200.00 Parlor Suits for ,t j $108.00 ; 100.00 Parlor Suits for 50 W " 75.00 Parlor, Suits for . ST.50 V 50.00 Parlor Suits for-. - 25.00 .V 30.00 Parlor Suits for:,; L 15j0 10.00 Parlor Table for , v 5.00 f. 5.00 Parlor Table for 0 tr 3.50 Parlor Table for . 1.W ' I 40.00 Couches for " r, 80 W' -- 25.00 Couches for - . v 215ft 18.00 Couches for -vy 12.00 Couches for " " ,Mt f-Oft. HAVE A CHAlFt. 'Twill do you good,' whether loned or of wood. Any kind you jlV choose, we have for your use, at r HALF-PRICE. $20.00 Morris Chair for --: . : 15.00 Morris hair for . 10.00 Morris Chair for 10.00 Parlor Chair for 5.00 Parlor Chair for . ' 3.50 Parlor Chair for -2.00 C. S. Dining Chair for 1.25 C. S. Dining Chair for- .85 Kitchen Chair for .50 Kitchen Chair for New York Announaemen.fi i An. Amirloan Homes snd How to Famish Thsfls. -' tir-l,F1 "fWV - Horner's Forniturp THE BEST IBT TAUTT TBP. &ttf&?g i IS STYLE THK BEST Ilff ' -GIVIS THE BEST BATCSPACTlfejiR, Latest productions in Dining Eo5i)i, ;;. Bedroom, Parlor, Drawing Rdrjjw'i" 7 Library, and Ball Furniture ye-' tian Carved Furniture ExcroarrV Novelties. in Imported FurnltJfr" , .J White and Gold Enamelled Ttl-. r ture English Brass Bfdstoadsv White Enamelled Iron Beditufrin.; t ; with brass trimmings ResttaHtwcgEj Chairs and Settees SmoJajBg, , , i Billiard Boom Furniture WrJ$Ia&. . , Desks in over 300 styles. . " Vl Everything tor city- smd. .eomislrjv . homes, and in larger assortments tftsja elsewhere. An prices in plal n flgstr tmf .--. . 3 - ' -"V Send for our Illustrated Book ja ' HolpCol to aUTrao contemplate furnishing; in-wbtyCf or in part.. ... v---3'-VV 'si R.J. Horner Furniture Makers and IasostesjfcA" 61-65 W. 23d St., XeflrYorl? (Adjolsdasj Kdea Hum.) ' V - ' : C' I . Ifye'. Joke. : V f When Nye was a boy, he and-hkf -fcrother once had a great time search ' ;i lng after a calf that had got- lot la if ' piece of woods. The search Has k,epf -up Jot days. Finally it had to ,. h- '. abandoned. Everybody but the, humor- ' -1st forgot all about it, ana, he aalflj 1 nothing of it to any one for more' tb9 -twenty years. One day his brother the same who had helped In thseArcbi -got a letter from "Bill," in" wbicU a pending long trip to Europe wasV de scribed. The letter wound "UD. soni , thing like this: "You see, I'm coin.) a long ways, and shall be away som.1 time. , While I'm gone I skalf keep a sharp lookout everywhere. Maybe I'll v find that darn calf. I've looked'for 1 everywhere In the United States wlth- V out success and now I'm going t tnn -lie Old WorhV -s- - J.- the Oentury 1 and three convenient sizes, and laundry. ' 7 .1 1 V '-a 1 J 1 i iLL '