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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
To the husbands of Waterbury,
Naugatuck. SOuthington. Wa
tertown, Woodbury., Thomas
ton, TOrringtOn and those
whom 1t may concern

On April the 9th we opened TO the pub
lie the largest furniture establishment in
Western Connecticut. There are ten of
us in this concern and it takes considerable
business to keep us going and in order to
facilitate matters we thought we would
take YOU into our confidence upon mat
ter that will help us materially, and in the
end will save money for you, and it is
money you are after the same rs ourselves
First Tie Your Wives Loose When they
90 ont to buy furniture throw them on
their own resources and let them use their
own Judgment And Trust Them. They
will not keep us back so much then in
our work waiting until their lords and
masters decide; when the truth is the aver
a1e woman knows more about furniture than
Won do, and will go much further to save n
dollar than you will yourself The aver
age woman is your equal intellectually,
morally she's your superior, and financially
she leaves you completely i'll the shade
Now then why not trust her to buy some
goods; she has to take care of them in the
-'house" If she buys an eyesore once she
won't buy another one; and it will be
worth more than all you can say to her.
Gentlemen Trust Your Wives. They will
then feel the responsibility and their judg
ment will grow better all the time. We speak
from practical experience. About eight
(S) of us are married in this concern and
our wives are distinguished for their great
ability. Moral Husbands tie your wives
loose.
Waterbury Furniture company,2O Grand
street and 1872 to 1874 South Main street.
Mammoth Furniture house, Stoves, Rang
es, Pictures We have the best stoves aud
ranges in the market. We could not afford
to carry only the best because if n
Woman Gets Mad Over Her Stove She
Would Not Buy Anything Else At That
Store. Our line of Chamber Suits, Parlor
Suits, Kitchen Furniture and everything
else is all that the heart can ask for
South Main and Grand street
Is the place,
So don't forget the number,
Well meet you with
A cheerful face,
While on our styles you'll wonder
Shakespeare
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
Settled the Railroad Strike.

CAIRO, ILL.,, April 14.-Freight trains
are running again on the Mobile &
Ohio road north, after a blockade last
ing three days. A settlement was ar
rived at between the striking freight
brakemen and General Manager Clark,
by which the men are paid 2.64 cents
per mile and paid for extra time over
twelve hours. The strikers all went to
work, and the new men brought from
the southern division Of tho road have
returned south. No Limitation was
placed on the time of trains.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
Emin Starts This.Week.

ZANZIBAR, April 14.-Emin Pacha
starts for the interior this week. He
has openly declared that the principal
reasons for his entering the German
service are his disappointment at his
treatment by his former supporters,
and his resentment of the manner in
which he has been misrepresented in
Stanley's speeches.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
Opposition to Stanley.

PARIS, April 14.-The French Geo.
graphical Society opposes the idea of a
public reception to Stanley. The
grounds of the objection are that Stan
1sy's recent enterprises have been Of a
purely commercial character, and that
he treated with disdain the more scien-
tifc aims of De BTazza.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
Stabbed With a Pitchfork.

CARLsrADr, N. j., April 14.-gester-
day evening Farmer Jacob G. Nmmer-
man stopped to water his horses near
the farm of Philip Schmidt, but the lat
ter wanted to be paid for the water.
The men got into quarrel and Sohindt
grabbed up pitchfork and stabbed
Zimmerman in the neck. Zimmerma
is in dangerous condition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
The Government VIII Push the Tithes
Bill to a Vote.

Bill to Vote.
LONDON, April 14.-Parliament opened
to-day in a very listless fashion after
the Easter recess. There are remark
ably few members present.
It is understood that the Government
will at an early day push the tithes bill
to a vote. There will also be introduced
a bill providing that all measures re-
lating to Scotland shall be examined
and approved by special Scotch COM
mittee before being reported to the
House for action. This is an important
innovation, and if it meets favorable
reception similar measures may be pro-
posed in regard to Ireland and Wales.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
The Nonpareil Co,oins East.

SAN Francisco, April 14.-Jack Demp-
sey, in letter to friend here, says he
intends going to New York from Port
land, Ore, shortly, but will be back
hero in time to second young Mitchell
In his fight with the Marine" La
Blanche, lJune ~. Weir writes3 Presi-
dent Jackson Of the Occidental that he
will be in San Fran CISCO looking for .
match with any one in his class in q
few days
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
sudden Death at = Cook Fight.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, April 1.-THE body
Of William Rhinehart. lather, was
brought to this city last night from
Windsor Beach where he died in tho
morning at cock fight The body
shows evidence of rough usage, and q
murder is suspected. His companions
insist that he died while drinking at
the bar. Others say that he fell over
dead in his seat while watching tho
d1ht.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14

NEW York, April 14.-Adolph Gross,
the New York grocer who made three
attempts to commit suicide at Trenton,
jumped from ferryb boat into the North
River yesterday while being brought
home from New Jersey by his wife. He
was rescued by the ferry employees and
take charge Of him until his sanity can
be inc uired into. He was not injured
by his plunge into the river.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14

BROOKLYN, N. Y, April 14.--William
Boscowen, proprietor of chair factory
in this city and we'll known in business
circles, has been missing since the 9th
inst. He is prominent g. A. r. man
He is 81 years old, tall, with Aorid com
plexion and gray hair.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
Drank q GLASS of Beer and Died.

M11BuRN, NJ, April 14.-Dennis Way,
q farm workman from Union walked
into the barroom of the Farmers Hotel
here and asked for a glass of beer. At
ter drinking it he was taken with con.
vulsions and died before medical aid
could be summoned. It is question
whether he died from the effects of the
beer or apoplexy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
The Bridegroom Ha. Disappeared.

Boston, April 14.-Geo. w. Shepard,
of Los Angeles, Gala, was to have mar
mied Miss Christie McAskiel at Vieth's
Hotel last night, but he did not appear,
and the relatives and friends of tho
young lady are now searching for Shop
ard and 5000 Of Miss MeAskiels money,
whieh he induced hR - plAas Il -
Eo4pan&. ...asnnllA1l1nan..tAuo enon
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
Germ any Forced the Sultan

ZANZIBAR, April 14.-It is asserted
chat the Germans compelled the Sultan
TO cancel the concession to the British
African Company Of Manda and Patta
On the Zanzibar coast. 1t is believed,
however, that the matter is still the
subject of negotiations.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14

BERLIN, April 14.--The Mckinley
Tariff bill is being bitterly opposed
in the commercial circles of this city.
Berlin merchants engaged in the Ameri-
can expectation business are bending
their energies to secure the rejection or
modification of the measure. They argue
that the passage of the bill in its pres
emit shape would strike fresh and Sc
rious blow at German exporting inter
eats
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
Will Arbi.rate With the Strikers.

CHICAGO, April 14.-At the meeting of
the new organization of Boss Carpen-
ters q committee of Ave was appointed
to arbitrate with the striking Carpen-
ters' Council, and q secret meeting was
ordered for tonight to receive the re-
mort Of the committee.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14

WAsHINGrON, April 1A-For Eastern New
York, Pennsylvania New Jersey and Della
ware: Light local showers, preceded by fair:
cooler: variable winds becoming westerly.
For New England: Fair, followed By In
creasing cloudiness and light local shswsrsI
cooler: easterly winds.
For Western New York and Western Penn
sylvania: Rain; cooler; variable winds, ~
coming northwesterly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
Manchester Tailors on Strike.

LONDON, April 14.--All the tailors of
Manchester have gone on strike, in con-
junction with the similar action on the
part of their brethren in London. The
movement may possibly become a
national one
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April 14.-The
Hampton Park Trotting Association
has organized with subscribers for a
purse fund of $4,000. The president
Is L. ]. Powers. The association has
voted to offer special stakes of e18, 900,
St, 900 for the 2:22 trotting class, $4,000
Tor the 2:es trotters and 81, 900 for s:22
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
DISTRICT OF WATERBURY IS Probate Court

DISTRICT OF WATERBURY IS Probate Court,
~ April IL. 1890.
Estate Of Lewis johnson late Of waterville,
in said district, deceased,
The Court of Probate for tho district Of Water
bury hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof, for tho creditors of said Estate
to exhibit their claims for settlement. Thoee
who neglect to present their accounts, properly.
attested, within said time, will be debarred ro-
covery. AL persons indebted to said Estate arc
requested to make immediate payment to
SARAH s Z. Jo ;iSHso'' Administrators.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
A Portuguese Attack.

ZANZIBAR: April 14.-Advices from
Mozambique are to the effect that the
Portuguese have despatched large
force up the Shire River to attack
Miranda
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14
ElkinS \ Wakes
123, 125 aud 127 So. Main Street.
Night Calls Will Be Answered By

w. f. York, 20 Abbott avenue.
WIS. R. Wake, 81 South Elm 81
w. w. Wallace, "a 1-2 Walnut Sc.
N. J. Norris, East Main street, or
The District Telegraph Office, or
Any Telephone Office.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-14

cF These are good values and an OPP
portunity is given to buy really fine goods
at very moderate prices.
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burg. The enormous paddle wheels of the
Monongahela river towboats have rolled
clear from the foot of the Allegheny Mount
aims to the base of the Rockies, but they
have not yet succeeded in tumbling over the
great divide of their own State When you
reach Altoona YOU are out of sight of the
big wheels peculiar to Western navigation.
Pittsburgers think these large, round
wooden wheels are the embodiment of SYM
metry, their motion the most graceful thing
in the world. Strangers from the East, ac-
customed to the boat architecture of tide
water streams, regard our gigantic wheels as
the funniest feature OF our inland vessels.
They call them bulky and awkward. When
they get to know our aesthetic ideas on the
subject their amusement becomes all the
greater. Our sincerity about the poetry of
a big steamboat wheel seems to Eastern
visitors something like the sober expression
on mans face when he tells joke.
THE BIGGEST PADDLE WHEEL.
Down on the Monongahela wharf the
other day saw several of these large wheels
lying along the shore detached from the
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down, rubbing his hands and chuckling.
1hat night Dick wrote letter to Maisie full
of the tenderest regard for her health, but
saying very little about his own, and
dreamed Of the Melancolia to be born Not
till morning did he remember that some
thing might happen to him in the future.
He fell to work, whistling softly, and was
swallowed up in the clean, clear joy of
creation, which does not come to man too
often, lest he should consider himself the
equal OF his God and so reuse to die at the
appointed time. He forgot Maisie, Torpen-
how and Binkie at his feet, but remembered
to stir Bessie, who needed very little stir
ring, into tremendous rage, that he might
watch the smouldering lights in her eyes.
He threw himself without reservation into
his work. and did not think of the doom that
was to overtake him, Tor he was possessed
with his notion, and the things OF this world
had no power upon him.
"You're pleased to-day" said Bessie.
Dick waved his mshl-stick in mystic
circles and went to the sideboard for drink
In the evening. when the exultation of the
day had died down, he went to the sideboard
again, and after come visits became con-
vinced that the eye doctor was liar. since
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wheel itself is as ancient as the time of the
Egyptians. A specimen is known to have
been tried in Spain in the sixteenth century.
In 1913, June II, Basca de Garray tried a
steamboat OF 200 tons with tolerable success
at Barcelona, Spain. 1t consisted of cal
dron of boiling water, and a movable
wheel on each side of the ship. 1t was laid
aside as impracticable. A present, how
ever, was made to the inventor for his dis
covery. In the principle of the paddle
wheel it will be seen that certain loss of
power is involved. To overcome the draw
backs OF the radial wheel, Eliza Galloway
patented in 1929 the feathering paddle wheel,
in which the floats were kept. while I'm
mersed, at right angles to the surface of the
water. So long as the water was smooth the
gain was great. Consequently feathered
floats were introduced largely among river
steamers. The paddle wheel in revolving
lmparts both forward velocity to the ves-
sci and backward velocity to the water.
The latter is called the slip"
OARS RUN BY STEAM.
1t seems that the idea of wheels had not
occurred to John Fitch, matchmaker in
Philadelphia, who, in 1856, conceived the
idea of propelling boat by steam. His
vessel. of which picture is given here, was
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he still could see everything very clearly.
He was of opinion that he would even make
home for Maisie, and that whether she
liked it or not she should be his wife. The
mood passed next morning, but the side
board and all upon it remained for his COM
fort. Again he set to work, and his eyes
troubled him with spots and dashes and
blurs till he had taken counsel with the side
board, and the Melancolia both on the can
vas and in his own mind appeared lovelier
than ever. There was delightful sense of
irresponsibility upon him, such as they feel
who walking among their fellow men know
that the death-sentence of disease is upon
them, and, since fear Is but waste of the lit
tie time left, are riotously happy. The
days passed without event. Bessie
arrived punctually always, and,
though her voice seemed to Dick to come
from distance, her face was ALWAYS very
near, and the Melancolia began to fame on
the canvas, in the likeness of a woman who
had known all the sorrow in the world and
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was laughing at it. 1t was true that the
corners of the studio draped themselves in
gray film and retired into the darkness, that
the spots in his eyes and the pains across bis
head were very troublesome, and that
Maisie's letters were hard to read and harder
still to answer. He could not tell her of his
trouble, and he could not laugh at her ae-
counts Of her own Melancolia which was ale
ways going to be finished. But the furious
days Of toll and the nights of wild dreams
made amends for all, and the sideboard was
his best friend on earth. Bessie was singu-
larly dull. She used to shrek with rage
when Dick stared at her between nalf-closed
eyes, Now she sulked, or watched him with
disgust, saying very little.
Torpenhow had been absent for six weeks.
An incoherent note heralded his return.
"Newsl great newsi' be said. 'The Nilghai
knows, and so does the Keneu. Were all
back on Thursday. Get lunch and clean
your accouterments-"
Dick showed Bessie the letter, and she
abused him for that he had ever sent Tor
penhow away and ruined her life.
"Well," said Dick, brutally, you're
better as you are, instead of making love to,
some drunken beast in the street." He felt
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steamboat shafts. They had been taken off
for repairs. except in one instance where it
was to be torn apart and a new one built. 1
learned that the average cost of one of these
wheels on Pittsburg towboats is $3.50. One
of the accompanying pictures shows the
wheel OF the boat Joseph Nixon. 1t lies on
the wharf at the waters edge about at the
foot of Ferry street, and is at present used
to moor fat boat to. 1t is awaiting re-
pairs. That wheel is considered one of the
infants of the city harbor, so far as size is
concerned, and yet it cost probably 5000.
There is said to be about 3, 900 feet of tim
Der in it.
The wheel of the powerful towboat, W.
W. O'Neill, is perhaps one OF the largest
on the Ohio river. 1t contains somewhere
about 200 feet of lumber and cost $500 or
$780, 1t takes nearly week to build one
wheel. With statistics like these our Phil
adelphia friends will understand that we
have substantial reason for pinning our
confidence to the big paddle wheel These
paddle wheels move tremendous tonnage,
The screW-propeller may make ocean racers,
and furnish fest passage for pleasure seekers
abroad, but no other city of the country can
boast of the water tonnage that Pittsburg
possesses.
CARPENTER ON EVERY BOAT.
Who has not read of the fleets of coal
boats, that are lashed together acres in ex-
tent, and safely foated l, 900 miles by SIN
gle wheel On such trip, however, the
wheel requires vigilance. Made of wood,
you wonder how it stands the buffet of the
current, the whack of ice distractions, or
the cutting collisions with sand bars. Every
boat, no matter how small, carries a car
penter. His tools always at hand, he is
ever ready to leap upon the shaft, go out
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launched on the Delaware three years later,
She performed the trip to Burlington, 20
miles distant, but burst her boiler on the
return. Fitch built second vessel on the
same plan. She is said to have moved at
the rate of eight miles per hour, but some-
thing was continually breaking and the
unfortunate inventor only overcame one
difficulty to meet another.
The first real steamboat that ever 1oated
on western rivers was furnished with pro-
pelling wheel at the stern. It was the New
Orleans, which was built at Pittsburg by
Robert Fulton, the far-famed inventor, and
his backer, Livingston. But its builders
did not believe the wheel would ever send
the boat up stream against the strong cur
rent, so they had sails to assist them. The
capacity of this vessel was 100 tons. In the
winter of 1872 she made her first trip from
Pittsburg to New Orleans, creating q tre-
mendous sensation. The wheel struck a
snag in less than two years after the start
near Baton Rouge, and the boat sank.
MIKE FINK's OPINION.
Mike Fink, that romantic character in the
history OF the Ohio valley, was a bargeman.
living at Pittsburg, when this first steam
boat went down the river. He had been the
king of all the early keel-boat men. He
knew every ripple in the Ohio and Missis-
sippi, and in his numerous voyages down
to New Orleans with skins and whisky had
killed an odd hundred Indians with his
trusty gun. He was the crack shot from the
keel boats. 1t is related of Fink, that when
he first saw the paddle wheel of the New
Orleans, he predicted utter failure for the
experiment. He declared that the only
good it would be, would be to knock the life
out OF FISH in the Ohio. He advised "bsit-
ing" the paddles and using the wheel in
earnest Tor fishing purposes.
Such quaint idea agrees with the charac.
ter Of Fink, which ia described In his own
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turously receive d by Binkie. "We've 90
| it very badly little dogl Just as badly at
we can get it. Well 90 to the park to think
| it out
They headed for certain tree that Dick
knew well, and they sat down to think, be-
cause his legs were trembling under him
and there was cold fear at the pit of his
| stomach.
How could it come without any warning?
It's as sudden as being shot. It's the living
death, Binke. We're to be shut up in the
dark In one year if we're careful, and we
shan't see anybody, and we shall never
have anything we want, not though we live
to be hundred" Binkie wagged his tail
joyously. "Binkie, we must think. Let's
see how it feels to be blind" Dick shut his
eyes and flaming commas and Catherine
wheels hoated inside the lids. Yet when he
looked across the park the scope of his
vision was not contracted. He could see
perfectly, until a procession of slow-wheel-
ing fireworks defiled across his eyeballs.
Little dorglums, we aren't at all we'll.
Let's go home. Ii only Torp were back
nowP'
But Torpenhow was in the south of Eng
land, inspecting dockyards in the company
of the Nilghai. His letters were brief and
full OF mystery. Dick had never asked any
BODY to help him IN his JOYS or his sorrows.
He argued, in the loneliness of the studio,
henceforward to be decorated with film of
gray gauze in one corner, that, if his fate
were blindness, all the Torpenhows in the
world could not save him. 81 can't call
him off his trip to sit down and sympathize
with me. 1 must pull through the business
alone" he said. He was lying on the sofa,
eating his mustache and wondering what
the darkness of the night would be like.
Then came to his mind the memory of
quaint scene in the Soudan. A soldier had
been nearly hacked in two by broad
bladed Arab spear. For one instant the
man felt no pain. Looking down,
he saw that his life-blood was
going from him. The stupid be-
wilderment on his face was so intensely
comic that both Dick and Torpenhow, still
painting and unstrung from fight for life,
had roared with laughter, in which the man
seemed as if be would join. but, as his lips
parted in sheepish grin, the agony of death
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sTANLEYs FAIR BRIDE. .

The Growing Reward of All His Perils in
Darkest Africa.
Faith Fenton in Toronto Empire.J
From the platform where the lecturer
stood looked across to where his wife-the
artistic Dorothy Tennant, of whom we have
heard so much-smiled down upon him from
the gallery A smiling English face, she
has, with lovely large dark eyes and arched
Jetty eyebrows, warm rich coloring, and the
prettiest and softest of English accent. Be-
side her husband she looks tall-very tall;
and as she talks he watches and listens very
proudly, very kindly.
Seeing them thus together, I felt somehow
glad that Mr.. Stanley has married. Having
won all else worth having, why should he
not win the best of all He has earned
honors and fame; riches, also. are assured
him. 1t Is good to know that having all
these he yet desired womau's love. 1t may
be that in the fir-off African forest, sur
rounded by peril and on the verge OF despair,
ne learned that love is beyond every other
earthly possession; and that next to the
anticipation of his task we'll done and COM
plsted, come the thought Of love and home,