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Always Fair
" And Generous
To EveryMy !
The GlolDe
Takes pleasure in an
nouncing the many
useful Holiday Bargains !
Of Comfortable and
Stylish Gifts.
Silk Handkerchiefs& Mufflers
25c, 35 37, 50, 65, 75c, $1.00,
$1.50, 1.75, 2.00, 2.25 & $2.50
GLOVES,
Every Style, Quality and Price,
imaginable, Dress and Driving,
Lined and Unlined, 25c, 35, 50,
75c, $1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75 and $2.00
NECKWEAR !
EVERYTHING that is Neat, At
tractive, and desirable, 25c, 35c,
50c, 75c, $1.00, 1.25 and $1.50.
BROCADE SCARF,
The Handsomest thing th it can
be produced. Each.tie in a
separate box.
Gold and Silver Handled UM
BRELLAS from $2.25 to $10.
H mdsome SILK SUSPEND
ERS from 50c to $2.50.
CARDIGAN JACKETS from
$1 to $5.
White Laundered SHIRTS for
50c, 75, 1.00, 1.25 and $1.50.
Dress Shirts $1.25 and $1.50.
Scarf Pins and Elastic Stocking
Supporters,
Hats and Caps!
Fur Caps, Scotch Caps, &c.
RARE BARGAINS
IN OUR
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT!
The balance of our Children's
Suits to be closed preparatory to
extensive alteration in our Chil
dren's Department.
Children's Winter Suits,
Age 4 to 14 years, vell made an
thoroughly trimmed, a genteel
garment and all right every way
only we want the room. Were
sold by us in November at $4.00
per suit. We will sell the bal
ance of these suits at
$2.50 Bach.
This is not a cheap Garment at a
cheap price, but a reliable, well
made garment, at the lowest
-price ever made in this city.
The balance of our Children's
OVERCOATS at $1.37,
$1.50, 2.00, 2.50, 3.00, 3.50, 4.00, 4.50
and $5.00. If you see these Over
coats you will buy,
We present to each purchaser
of a Child's Suit or Overcoat their
choice of either
Book, Cup, Ball, Album
or Picture.
And don't forget that every pur
chase to the anount of $2. enti
tles you to guess on the
$100.00
Prize Conundrum
GLOBE,
79 & 81 Bank Street.
TH
DARING AND SUFFERING.
A History of the Andrews Eailroad
Eaid Into Georgia in 1862,
The Most Heroic and Tragic Episode
of the Civil War.
Embracing: a Full and Accurate Account
of the Secret Journey to the Heart of
the Confederacy, the Capture of a
Railway Tratn in a Confederate Camp,
the Terrible Chaso That Followed, and
the Subsequent Fortunes of the leader
and His Party.
The expedition, in the daring of its inception,
had the wildness of a romance; while in the
gigantic and overwhelming results it sought and
was likely to obtain it was absolutely sublime.
Judge Advocate General Holt's' Official Re
port. It was all the deepest laid scheme, and on the
grandest scale, that ever emanated from the
Drains of any number of Yankees combined.
Tub Southern Confederacy ' (Atlanta, Ga.),
April 15, 18G3.
Despite its tragic termination, it shows what a
handful of brave men could undertake in Amer
ica. Comte de Paris'1 History of the Civil War
in America, vol. 2, p. 18?.
By WILLIAM PITTENGEB,
A MEMBER OF XHB EXPEDITION.
Copyrighted, 1887, by War Publishing Co., N. YM
und published by arrangement with them. J
Tiie mOst lamentable part of the story
was the case of Barlow, a young East
Tennessee soldier, who alone attempted to
go with vis. He was only 18, but brave
and very amiable. No harm came to him
in the light, but in jumping down from
the fence he broke his leg just above the
ankle, and was dragged back to his cell in
a very rough manner. No attention was
paid to him till the next morning, and
very little then. He died from the injury,
after enduring great suffering.
FLIGHT TO THE WOODS.
From the window where I was I had a
good view of the proceedings below. In
a short time all the force of the place, in
cluding a regiment of cavalry, was drawn
up in front of the jail. I heard Col. Iee
directing the pursuit. He was in a tower
ing passion, and shouted out his orders in
a very angry tone. Said he: "Don't take
one of the villains alive. Shoot them down
and let them lie in the woods." He
ordered pickets to be placed at the ferries
of the Chattahoochee, along the railroads
and at all cross roads. I was glad to hear
such arrangements, for these were the
very places we had agreed to avoid !
All night long the guard talked over
their adventures. There was a hammock
belonging to one of the prisoners in the
front room, and this he kindly permitted
me to occupy. It was suspended right be
fore the window, and I could hear and see
much that was going om The guards had
their reserve around a camp fire close by,
and I could hear their discussion of their
parts in the affray. Generally they
lauded their own bravery to the skies,
telling how they had served the prisoners
who had broken out upon them. Occa
sionally one who had been present then
would suggest that it did not show a great
deal of bravery to let unarmed men snatch
their guns from them, but such hinted
slanders were always received with the
contempt they deserved, and the work of
self praise went on. One wondered at the
speed of the Yankees who had been kept
in prison so long. Another, of a philo
sophical turn of mind, accounted for it by
saying that they had received so much
practice in running away in all the battles
they had fought, that it was no wonder
they were fleet of foot! This. BaUy re
ceived prodigious applause !
This was a doleful night. As I heard
one after another of the guards tell how
ho had shot one of the prisoners, how an
other had been wounded and had no doubt
crawled off somewhere to die, and speak
of the great preparation for the search, it
did seem very doubtful whether any
would survive.
CHAPTER XXVI.
JOURNEYING TO THE UNION LINES.
The next morning the jailer put mo
back in the room I had occupied with the
remainder of my comrades. I was much
amused when he told me that a man had
put his hand over his mouth and nearly
smothered him, but he added, with great
seeming satisfaction: "I bit his finger
terribly, and gave the rascal a mark he
will carry to his grave." However, he
had not bitten as severely as he supposed,
as I had received only a slight scratch
that healed in a week or two. I had
always been rather a favorite with him,
and he had no suspicion that I was the
guilty person, as his fright had prevented
him from observing anything closely.
He spoke in strong complaint of the in
gratitude of our companions, saying that
he had been kind to them, and this was
the return ho got for it. "While we re
mained with him he watched more closely,
though ho supposed he was flattering us
by saying that he had .no doubt the men
who had gone-off were much worse than,
we.
Some time in the forenoon several
officers came to see tis in no mild humor,
and one roughly demanded the course our
boys intended to travel. I had no deli
cacy whatever about giving the informa
tion; I even took a good deal of pleasure
in telling him that they had said that
Atlanta was In the middle of what wag
left of the Confederacy, and that they
were going to travel toward the outside!
The officer was so well satisfied with this
information that he asked no more ques
tions! But it was a herculean task upon which
our brave boys had entered, and my state
ment to the marshal was literally correct,
though it could be of little use to him. I
cannot look back upon what they did
without thinking that in dangers en
countered and obstacles overcome, the
proudest exploits of Livingstone or Stanley
were not superior.
A whole volume, would be required for
the adventures in detail of tb,ese different
parties, but some brief account seems
needful for the completeness of our story.
The different narratives have been fur
nished me for publication by the parties
themselves, or are condensed and revised
from accounts published by them, some
very near the time df the return of the
futfrcs. Thji gtory In each case was of.
K WATERBURV EVENING DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY. DEC. 21,
such . extraordinary character that local
newspapers were glad of the privilege of
laying it before their readers. These
different accounts have been carefully
compared, and any paragraphs . which
have only passing or local interest have
been omitted. j
The first story Is that of our engineers,
and is furnished, by Knight, with a few
additional items by his companion, Brown.
They were the foremost of the whole party
in the run for the woods, as they had been
in attacking the guard. Knight says:
We started for the woods that were about a
mile distant. We ran through gardens or any
thing else that came in the way, kicking the
pickets off several garden fences as the easiest
way to get over them. To say we were tired out
when we reached the woods does not half express
our condition. The woods was but narrow, and.
we only stepped there long enough to catch our
wind, and then pressed on again. Mason, Dorsey
and Hawkins were now with us. We next en
tered a big field, in the middle of which was a
deep ravine with brush grown up in it. Here we
rested and took our bearings, and the n traveled
on. Mason now began to get sick, but we worked
him along till dark; then through the night we
moved along slowly, secreting ourselves a good
share of the time.
During the day we hid, but some men caused
us to change our position once or twice to avoid
them. The second night we also made but little
progress on account of Mason's sickness, and
after hiding all day again, we still found him no
better. We held a consultation, Mason urging
us to leave him to his fate and save ourselves.
But we decided not to leave him in the woods, at
any rate.
Wo selected a house that was on a little cross
road between two main roads, about a mile
apart, and with woods near. So Brown and I
went to the house and asked for lodging, telling
the man that one of our number was sick. He
did not wish to keep us, but we told him we were
goin? to stay, as we could go no further. He
yielded and gave us our supper. Mason was put
to bed, and we staid up with him part of the
night, and then went to bed ourselves and had a
good sleep. We had not yet determined what to
VICTORY OVER THE BLOODHOUNDS.
do, but we ate our breakfast in a back kitchen,
and then went into the large house tq get our
hats. Just then three men walked in. They
talked a little time about the weather and
tho war, and we began to edge toward the door.
They asked us if we had not broken jail in At
lanta. We told them that we had. Then they
advised us to surrender, saving that the ferries
and roads were all guarded, and that part of our
comrades had been shot down in the woods, and
that they had come to take us. Brown said: "No,
we won't; now you see if we do." We jumped
out of the back door and made for the neighbor
ing wood, jumping the fence and running like
two deer. They ran out at the front door and
round the end of the house, calling, "Halt, halt!"
but we did not halt. We had no choice but to
abandon Mason, who was taken back to Atlanta
the same day. We undertook to cut across the
road to get in behind them, as we feared to cross
the open plantation; but we failed and
had to take the risk. The old fellow with
whom we had stayed turned his hounds loose
and put them on our traiL We had a big hill to
go down and then one to go up before we could
reach the woods. We put in our best licks, and
could hear the hounds coming their best. We got
down the hill and across the flat, and were climb
ing the hill, when we saw that the hounds were
about to overtake us, and we prepared for battle
by stopping in a stony place and getting a pile of
rocks ready. We waited for them to come close
up, Rni took them at short range. We rolled
them down the hill, and then, as the southerners
used to say after a bat tie: " vVe won the victory,
but we evacuated the ground;" for by this time
we could see our three callers coming around the
road near by, on horseback, to get ahead of us.
We got to the woods as soon as possible, and
when we were out of sight changed our course so
as to get away from the horsemen. They got
part of their hounds rallied so that they would
follow along and howl on our track, but they
could not ba made to close up on us any more.
After awhile wenvould see these horsemen head
ing us oil again, and then we would cut in an
other direction, and the hounds would give them
our course again. About noon we came to a small
stream of water. We plunged into that, and
would stoop down and take up our hands full of
water and drink as we ran. We kept in the bed
of that stream for a couple of hours, and then the
hounds lost track of us. Soon after wo reached
Stone mountain, about eighteen miles east of At
lanta, and went on the north side of it and con
cealed ourselves i:i the grass till dark, when we
picked out the north star and traveled by it.
For twenty days we traveled by night and
hid by day. Each day, for several days, we
could see them after us, sometimes with dogs.
For six days after we left Mason we were with
out a bite to eat save what the woods furnished,
such as nuts, bark, buds, etc. On the seventh
day we were going along a little stream that had
willows on both sides, and which ran through a
field we wished to cross, as there were mountains
on the other side, and we thought we could get
on their slope and be traveling in the day time,
We had great good fortune here, for we found
two ears of corn on the bank and a. flock of geese
in the creek, one of which we captured by means
of the corn, and then getting into the mountains
we commenced to pick our goose. If anybody
ever picked a goose without scalding, they know
what kind of a job we had ! When we got tired
we took each a leg and pulled it in two I then we
went along eating our raw goose taking first a
bite of it, then of corn. That goose lasted several
days!
On the tenth day we reached the Chattahoo
chee river. There was a rail fence alongside of
the woods, and we took two large rails, crossed
them near one end, lashed them fast with" bark,
and putting our clothes on the highest end, we
floated at the other till we got across. We took a
good sleep in the thick cane break on. the other
side.
The next evening we came to a drove of small
pigs and began to figure for one. Finally I stood
behind a tree with a club; Brown bit off little
pieces of apple and pitched to the pigs; and soon
one little fellow commenced to pick up the pieces;
then Brown kept working backward till he passed
the tree where! stood, and when.tne pig followed
up I shot him with my stick 1 Previous to this we
found an iron strap that had fastened a shovel to
its handle, and one part of it had been worn thin.
This was rubbed up a little on a stone and it made
a very good butcher knife. We split the pig, and
with each a half ran up the side of the mountain,
and waited till dark for a wonderful feast I We
could see over the farm whevre there was a fire
burning out in a back field, and we went there
and roasted pig most of the night, Then we had
one of those feasts vou read about! That pig
lasted us till we struck the Hiwassee river in the
corner of North Carolina. Here we had thought
we could run a boat d wvn by night and hide in
the day time. But when we saw the river we
changed our mind, for it was a swift stream, full
of great rocks, where we could not have run a
canoe by daylight. But we tried to cross, and
each picked out a rock that we intended to reach.
I plunged in and missed mv rock, as the current
swept my feet away while I tried to put my hands
on i t. I looked to see what had become of Brown
after I had got on a flat stone much further down
the river than I intended. He was sitting on a
stoao laughing at me, though I did hot see where
the laugh came in. fie asked me to wait and see
if ho could get that far downl He starred, and
lauded far below me, aricj did not feel so, much
like laughing 1
But the tug of war came when we were on the
other side, for now we had to cross the moun
tains which we had been traveling lengthwise be
foremountains "it took two men and a boy to see
to tha top of it!" It was so rough that we were
four dajia soing eibLpiilfis
TO BE CONTINUED.
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chakj.es schmitt,
Dealer In
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Poultry and Game in season.
183 South Main and 308 Bank: St.
Try our Porter House Steak and Koast,
the Best in the Market.
GAMES OF THE FAKIRS
SMALL SCHEMES THAT LOOK HON
EST BUT ARE DECEPTIVE.
How the King; Trick "Wins The Tripod
and Gripsack Man Smu ggled Shawl
Which Entrap the Unwary The Sailor
and His Clears.
' There are a thousand and one ways in
which the unsuspecting resident or the bu
colic visitor in New York may be relieved
of his money without in the least suspecting
that he is being defrauded until the opera
tion has been performed. There are innu
merable schemes daily in operation in this
city by which a great and greedy army of
social harpies manages to take in quite a con
siderable revenue from their practice.
Perhaps the most successful of these little
games is that one generally described as "the
kid glove racket." The method adopted in
this game is very simple, but is nearly always
successful because it works so strongly on the
imagination and appeals with such peculiar
force to the gullibility which reposes in the
mind of the average man. The gentleman
who plies this interesting game may be met
frequently on Broadway, between Four
teenth and Twenty-third streets, and along
the Bowery. He selects a pedestrian who
from his appearance may become a likely
victim. He walks close beside the man for a
few paces when suddenly he stoops to the
ground and picks up a dark object. .
" a rixq in rr."
Naturally the curiosity of the prospective
victim is aroused, and he wants to know
what the young man has found. "Pshaw,
it's only a kid glove, d it!" exclaims that
individual, as he makes a motion as if to
throw it away. He restrains himself with a
start and cries: "There's a ring in it, by
gosh! Just feel it," and the man addressed
feels, while, surely enough, there it is. Then
the young man draws out the ring, and,
holding it at arm's length, exclaims with a
satisfied smile, "Ain't she a beauty, though?"
and "she" is, if glitter and size count for any
thing. To provo that the ring is a valuable
one he offers the glove for inspection, and
this being alwaj-sof the best description, nat
urally excites the belief -that a person wear
ing such an excellent glove would naturally
wear a valuablo ring. By this time the vic
tim is in good shape, and the young man of
fers to sell the ring for $5. It is too much,
the man says.
"Oh, well, I'm dead broke and you can
have it for $3." At this price the victim
buys, and he walks away with the pleasant
impression that he carries a bargain with
him in his pocket which cost the young man
who sold it just three cents. He soon learns his
mistake, but seldom tells others of how neat
ly ho has been scooped, and consequently tho
young man who works "the kid glove rackeD"
goes along serenely on the road to wealth.
Any person who passes along the Bowery
during the afternoon will probably notice a
man who, in and out of season, wears a high
white battered hat, a kind of linen duster, a
woolen muffler around his neck and a re
markably red nose. He carries with him a
portable tripod or stand and a weather beaten
gripsack which he unfolds and erects at a
spot near Canal street, where there is always
a great throng of passersby. He glances
around to see that no hated "copper" is in
sight, and then he is ready for gudgeons.
His game is a modification of the three card
trick, or a still further illustration of the de
gree to which the now you see it, now you
don't act, may be carried. He has a hole
about two inches square cut in the partition
dividing in two compartments of the grip
sack, and in the outer partition are four or
five small pasteboard boxes, something like
those made to hold cigarettes.
Ho picks up one of the boxes, and, pulling
out its drawer, shows therein a five dollar
bill. Then he announces to the crowd which
gathers so easily on the Bowery that ho will
allo'v anybody to draw that box who can do
so by paying $1 for the privilege. The crowd
is not desirous to try, when suddenly a tough
young man wearing a pea jacket ornamented
with great mock pearl buttons, says he will
try. Ho puts down a dollar, draws a box,
and lo! it is the one containing the bill.
HE TRIES IT AGAIN.
Ho invests another dollar, draws again, and
again he is successful. The red nosed man
expresses his disapproval of his ill luck, but
announces that somebody must win. The
young man with the pea jacket says he will
not try again, as he is $8 in pocket and is
happy, and he disappears from the scene. By
this time several men want to try their hands
at the drawing-e-it looks so simple J The first
one draws and find3 his box contains a cake
of soap. He tries again, with a Jike result.
Nothing daunted he slaps down another dol
lar for a chance, put fails to got the box with
the bill.
Of course that particular box is always
dropped skillfully through the little slot in
the partition. Then other observers try their
luck, but the result is always the same they
come out losers. When the crowd is pretty
well worked the red nosed man gazes down
the street and cries with a start, "Here's a
cop," and suddenly bundling up his traps he
disappears down Canal street. Of course
there is no "cop" in sight, and if any person
should follow the red nosed man he will find
him in company with the young man with
the pea jacket in a saloon a block away,'
drinking milk punches while chuckling over
their luck. 1
The most enterprising and elaborate of all
petty swindles is the "smuggled shawl" busi
ness. This is really an artistic little idea,
and the man who practices it deserves to bo"
called a Napoleon of finance in his way. He
dresses in a uniform similar to that worn by
stewards on first class ocean steamships. His
'story nover fails to make the desired impres
sion on his victims. ,
Ho goes around in tenement houses during
the day while the lords of creation are at
work and he carries a parcel which he de
clares contains a shawl of rare value which
lias been smuggled from France or Timbuc
too or some place far away. Sometimes it
is silk ho offers, but his makeup and the
plausible story he tolls usually get him a pur
chaser. In this way the guileless housewife
buys a shawl for 20 which the rascal gets
wholesale on Catharine street for $10 a
dozen. Tq this class of swindlers belongs the
alleged sailor one meets so frequently along
the river front who sells "smuggled" cigars
at $5 per box of 100 which he purchased on
Park row at a cent apiece or less. New
York Press.
Strange and Mysterious, JTaet,
- A day or two ago a lady in the West End
called my attention to a strange and mys
terious fact in reference to the prevalence of
diphtheria throughout the city. She had no
ticed that in nine cases out of ten the diseaso
was' found in the homes of families living on
the south side of the streets running east and
west, and on the east side of the streets run
ning north and south. She wanted to know
my opinion as to the cause, but I must con
fess I was unable to give her any informa
tion. I have looked the matter up, hqwever,
and I find she was right about the location of
the diseaso on the south and east sides of the
street.- Warren G. Priest in Globc-Dem
ocrat,
tijat HILL makes
TAKES THE LEAD.
If you wish the BEST Bread, Cake, Ice Cream,
or Candy, you will get it at
Hill's, 183 Bank-Street,
, THE FIRST FATAL STEP.
The Results of Committing an Indiscre
tion in the Way of Elegant Attire.
A friend of mine who is rather violently
disturbed over the matter of his personal ap
pearance, in discussing the matter the other
day, placidly remarked:
"Frank It. Stockton once wrote a story
about a man who bought a Queen Anne grato,
and was then lured on from one purchase to
another under the spell of the decorative
craze until he was obliged to build a Queen
Anne cottage to match his belongings. The
man who falls a victim to clothes does it a
good deal in the same way, and Stockton
ought to bo able to write a corking good
story about a poor wretch who goes off in a
sudden flight of vanity and extravagance
and purchases a pair of overgaiters, from
which he is led on to be a monumental and
stupendous fop.
"It is when man commits his first indiscre
tion in the way of the elegancies of attire
that his downfall begins. If you' are dressed
in rough clothes and heavy boots you will
look as well, as long as your attire is in har
mony, but the very instant you buy a pair
of overgaiters you observe that your trousers
look a bit frayed at tho bottom. You buy
new ones. Then you find that you want to
havo them ironed to be in the style. They
are ironed. After this the conviction is
slowly but surely forced upon you that the
shoes are not quite up to the standard of
gaiters. You buy new shoes, and patent
leather ones, of course, as there is no use
going half way. By this time there is no
shadow of doubt that the coat looks rusty,
and after you have bought a new coat and
vest, you find that a fancy waiscoat is almost
as necessary as food. You buy the waist
coat. Then after a short struggle, you aro
obliged to admit that smooth bosomed shirts
are by no means in harmony with the rest of
your attire. Hence, pique and ribbed fronts,
huge cuffs, high collars. After this, expen
sive cravats, and, finally, if you are not very
careful, a fierce and ungovernable yearning
for a single glass.
"This is the place to draw the line, though
it is not always drawn by the well dressed
men of New York. Then you want a rose in
your buttonhole, and finally sally forth with
tho latest beaver hat and the reddest of
gloves, and feel yourself completely dressed.
Then the trouble is that by the time all this
is accomplished, you suddenly discover that
the over gaiters look a little bit frayed.
Then the boots need revaruishing and there
is a wrinkle in tho back of tho coat, but
worst of all, the trousers bag a little at the
knees, and it is tho unwritten law of swelldom
that by his trousers shall ye know him. From
that timo on about one-third of your life
must be given up to considerations of dress,
or you will miss accomplishing what has be
come a cherished and over mastering ambi
tion. My advice to mankind is to beware of
the first step for fear you become a fop."
Blakely Hall in Lincoln (Neb.) State Journal
Prince Bismarck at Home.
Everybody knows that the prince hardly
ever gets up before noon, unless he has to at
tend an important parliamentary meeting.
But it must be remembered that he only goes
to bed after working till 2 a. m. every night.
In the chancellor's bedroom a light is kept
burning all the night, numbers of messages,
often requiring hia personal attention, being
brought in during the night. Ia considera
tion of the late hours kept by the prince, sup
per is served late in the evening and seldom
finished before midnight. Besides tho Prin
cess Bismarck Count and Countess Rantzan
partake of almost every meal, regularly
leaving the palace at 10:45 p. m., when
a seoond class cab always takes them
home; Bismarck's birthday ia always
a great feast and holiday for the serv
ants of the house. In the kitchen a barrel of
wine is provided by Princess Bismarck, two
bands are in attendance, and tho servants'
families appear on tho scene. Tho prince
comes down, talks with the guests and dis
tributes sweets among tho children. Tho
pleasant relations between master and
servant aro also evident from tho fact that
the princess always gives six Easter eggs to
each of the servants.
The domestic police of the princo consists
of a sergeant and eight constables. If the
princo is away from homo four constables go
with him and four remain at tho house, and
all of them are entitled to arrest any suspi
cious person, bo it at Berlin, at Friedrichs
ruho or at Varzin, It was at Varzin where
Bismarck's largo dog Sultan was poisoned.
Tho princess declared at tho timo that she
would make provision for lifo for any one
who could point out tho poisoner. Sultan
was moro intelligent than Tyras, but Tyras
is tho more faithful of the two, and will take
food out of the hand of any member of
Prince Bismarck's family, but never from a
servant, as one of the footmen has learned to
his regret. German Paper.
Cocoa for tho Voice.
"What was that you drank last night after
your first song?" asked a reporter tho other
day of a well known concert singer who had
taken part in a musical entei-tainmenfc the
previous evening.
"How did you know I drank anything?"
"I saw you take a drink of something from
my seat in the box."
"It was a cup of cocoa."
"What effect does it have on the voice?'
"Ib rests it and soothes tho vocal cords. I
always have a small spirit lamp stove in my
dressing room and bef ore I go on the stage I
have my maid prepare a small pot of thin
cocoa. The moment I finish my selection I
drink a cup of it warm not hot, mind you
and as a consequence my voico is seldom tired
and never is hoarse."
"How does tea and coffee act?"
"Tea is better than coffee, but neither com
pares with cocoa. Tea must be warm, and
it must not be drawn too long before it is
drank. If it stands for a certain time it bo
comes acid and does more harm than good.
Tea should be drank without sugar. Coffee
makes one too nervous to be of much bene
fit." New York Mail and Express.
Not a Good Juror.
A man whose solo duty iu life is to obey
orders does not make a good nor a fair juror.
He does not know how to weigh evidence as
the mechanic, or the blacksmith, or the
skilled laborer does. He is not accustomed to
exercising his own judgment. Somebody
else has been doing the most of his thinking.
And if he entertains a doubt about anything
ho naturally looks to the man in power to set
him right. That comes to bo instinctive in
him as a result of his business education. Of
course the state's attorney or his representa
tive is looked upon by a man like this as the
agent of all that ia good and just. The law
yer for the poor scamp who has gotten into
trouble ia an enemy of society. Tho trouble
with many of our juries is that they are not
impartial, because they fallinto'a way of re
garding themselves as a corps of assistants to
the prosecutor and the state. Chicago Her
ald. Teeumseh, and the Minstrels.
Gen. Sherman is very fond of a minstrel
show. .He listens earnestly to tho jokes and
laughs heartily at tho points made hy Bones
and Sambo, Usually ho is in a box with some
of his family, with whom he chats between
the acts. New York Evening Sun.
Read "Daring and. Suffering."
1887.
We Always Lead!
For the Holidays we are
determined to go far
in advance of all
the others !
The Largest Yariety !
Tie Finest Quality !
The Lowest Prices !
2TKeep watch of the show
windows, which are only an in
troduction to what is inside,
Come in and see.
W. F. YOEK,
Furniture Dealer and Undertaker,
75 and 77 South Main Street
Christmas Greeting
Are you thinking of buying a
PIANO OR ORGAN ?
Do not fail to look at our Elegant New Styles of
BAl'S AND OPERA PIANOS
Which we are selling on very easy terms, and at
prices that defy competition. We also have
several other good makes. M'e are offer
ing Great Bargains in ORGANS. Spec
ial Sale for next two weeks, prices
a way down. Remember place.
162 South Main St.
BENJ. SEDGWICK,
Merchant Tailor and
Gents' Furnisher.
93 DM STREET, WATERBURY.
P. F. Sntagg and
C. G. Belden, Cutters.
HEADQUARTERS
W00NS0CKET RUBBER GOODS,
" MEN'S
Woonsocket Rubber Boots
Every pair warranted fresh made
this year, and a pair of Slippers
to fit. ONLY $2.50.
RAMETTI, 16 E. Main.
Holiday Goods.
JUST LOOK IN MY WIN
DOW AND SEE TIIE AS
SOUTMENT OF HOLIDAY
GOODS AT PRICES THAT
ARE WAY DOWN AT
JAMES E. ROE'S PHARMACY,
12 Baldwin Street,
J. W. HODSON,
18 Exchange Place, Waterbury.
GENTLEMEN'S RESORT
For Fine Whiskies, Brandies. Wine. &c. Bass's
Pale and Burton Ales drawn from the wood.
BLACK ROCK OYSTERS OX HALF SHELL.
THE EIGHT O CLOCK
GRANULATED BREAKFAST
Is the only Coffee sold for 25c
per pound with a Check.
Gr't Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
D. G. YUENGLING, Jr.s
Champagne -Ale, Porter,
AND LAGER BEER, Absolutely Pure,
Bottled by CHAS. A BRIGGS,
179 South Main Street
Family trade a specialty.
THE
Peoples' Market,
293 Bank Street,
BROOKLYN.
The Matthews & Willard Co.
JIANLFACTf BCIW OF"
Stove Knobs, Hinge Pins, Span Metal,
Urn Tops, Towel Backs, Turnkeys,
Saddlery Goods, etc.
No. 70 North Ebn Street, Waterbury.
Hellman & Kipp,
B REWERS.
Best Lager in the City,
Bottled For Family Use.
People's Drag Store.
Coughlan s Block, Baldwin street
Please call nnd examine our stock of
Holiday Goods ! !
Only 25 ots
For a chance on one of tho Finest
Toilet Cases in the Cityr 11 pieces. -
figg Physicians Prescriptions a
SpBuiiflty.
ATERBUBl
Furniture Comjany!
NO. 20 GRAND ST,
Sends Greeting and
a Merry
X-MAS
TO
ITS THOUSAND PATROMS !
We are too busy to de
scribe our Stock in detail,
but
We Me Everything.
And guarantee generous
treatment and
Lowest Bottom Price
REMEMBER
20 Grand Street
IS THE GREAT
FURNITURE RESORT,
- And Frankie and G rover
are constantly fishing, and
you will notice that 'His.
Cleveland catches the fish
every time.
Look in our Window To-Night.
UNDERTAKING
on the meet improved plan at popular
prices. AHTKRIAL EM BALM DC Q a rpcclalty,
and first -claw work guaranteed.
NIGHT CALLS at Store. Xlght Clerk always in
attendance. Telephone at store and bouse.
JOHN MORIARTY, Proprietor.
ei so. tvt attst st.,
WATERBURY, CONN.
Over 40 rears in
Stoves ai Haritare
The " Rockford " Range, made
liy Leonard co-operative Foundry
Company; fully guaranteed. A
large assortment of Heating
Stoves: a full line of Housekeep
ing Goods always on hand.
IF. DB. Jb'l HTiT),
61 South Main St
Park Music Store.
LARGE STOCK OF
PIANOS AND ORGANS
From celebrated and Re
liable Manufacturers.
Smith American Organ and
Organ Co.
Hallet & Davis Co.
Decker & Son.
United States Organs.
Instruments sold for Cash or on easy Installments
Second hand Instruments taken in exchange.
S. C. OSBORNE, Proprietor,
No 9 and 11 West Main Street.
WATERBURY, CONN.
THE RICHMOND!
WM.H.CLABB:
DUUB in
Stoves and Furnaces.
RINK ttUILDiXG,
WILLIAM H. COLLINS,
DEALER IN
Groceries, Provisions 4 Family Liquors,
135 South Main Street,
WATERBURY, - CONN.
100 young men and boys to examine oar larffo
STOCK OF SKATES,
The prices defy competition. Also the
largest stock cf
Toys and Holiday Creeds
In this City at
Chord's, 103 South Main Slr::t,
TTT