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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
INDUSTRIAL ADVANCEMENT.

IN st. Paul a company makes bust
ness of cleaning and inspecting Chin
neys, and of finding the cause Of bad
drafts in chimneys.
MONSTER turtles are so abundant in
Magdalena bay, Lower California, that
company has gone into the business of
canning the extract for expectation.
MISSOURI is outstripping Kentucky in
the stoclz-raising business. Formerly
the best horses and mules came from
Kentucky, but now the best stock is
raised in Missouri.
THE report of the American Iron and
Steel association shows that for the
first time the product of the United
States in iron and steel last year exceed
ed that of the United Kingdom.
SIX of the largest marble columns
ever produced in this country have been
made by a firm in Rutland, VT, for use
in Wing hall at Princeton. They are
over nineteen feet long, and are a trife
more than three feet in diameter.
IT is said that the mining output in
Colorado this year will exceed anything
ever known in the history of the state.
The SHOWS on the mountains will fur
nish plenty of water for the gold placers
this summer, and the silver deposits are
rapidly being developed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
FEMININE FADS AND FoIBLEs.

The latest fad in Seattle, Wash, is
paper hats for ladies. They are made in
various styles, and, being usually pretty
and snowy and costing only a few cents
each, are apt to become quite popular.
A DECIDEDLY novel idea in jewelry is
that of signatures in gold. Handsome
lace-pins are made out of thin sheet
gold, the design of which is the sigma
ture of the fair one by whom the brooch
is worn.
FEsTooNs of flowers tied with ribbons
are used on lamps and candle-stands as
a table decoration. According to the
scheme of decoration field flowers,
grasses and daisies, pansies or roses are
employed. ~
The latest caprice for evening wear,
and for some day wear, too, is to have
the gown, shoes, hose and gloves match.
For gloves silk are in high favor for
evening and are imported in all the del
icate shades.
A BRAND new wheelbarrow loaded
full of Towering plants makes an eff
fective lawn ornament for country
houses and apparently thousands of
householders came to that conclusion
simultaneously this summer for nearly
all the suburbs display such wheelbar-
rows plentifully.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
HORRIBLE BARBECUE
Fifty Human Beings Eaten by
African Natives.
A BATTLE w1THTHE cANN1BA1s
Attacked by an Armed Expedition and
Hundreds Killed and Wounded.

Their Villages Occupied by Friendly
Europeans and Arabs-The Bakuwas
Around Stanley Falls Are Again Re-
turning to Cannibalism-sevsrAl Have
Been Court-OIa1ShalIsda and Executed.
LONDON, July 25.-Advices just received
from Stanley Falls, in the Congo Free
State, tell of caRnibalism among natives
and Of an armed expedition against them.
Natives along the Lomani River, who
had blocked the stream with hundreds
OF armed canoes, killed and ate fifty
natives friendly to Europeans.
An expedition composed of fifty Arabs
and ten Europeans soon after left Stanley
Falls to punish the cannibals, and after
a days battle succeeded in routing them
and occupying their villages. Hundreds
of the rebellious natives were killed and
wounded.
The same advices also state that the
Bakuwas around Stanley Falls are re-
turning to cannibalism and that several
of them have been court-martialled and
executed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
UNPLEASANT SITUATIONS.

A HoUsE-BREAKER in Kalamazoo,
Mich, was almost captured because of
his foolishness in using parlor match
to light his way, the noise attendant
upon striking the match awakening a
sleeper in the room.
THE Oldtown Indians in Maine have a
law that forbids palefaces to be on
their island later than a certain hour in
the evening. A white man who re-
manned until past the hour recently
took swim in his clothes to the main
land rather than fall i1zp the
clutches of the red constable.
Low-NECKED dresses were con-
demned in sermon by Providence
clergyman and he pointedly referred to
his wife as being an incorrigible sinner
in this respect, as she insisted on wear
ing them, despite his frequent ebjec-
tions. She has begun a suit for divorce
for being thus publicly pilloried.
A TEN-YEAR-oLD boy in an Arkansas
town has been detected in stealing let
tiers from a post-office box by means Of
a string and grasshopper. The grass
hopper was tied to the string and let
down into the box through the aperture.
When the insect got letter in its
pinchers he hauled it up and took the
letter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25

THE campaign in Ohio that will
solidify the democratic party and draw
into it every voter with the democratic
instinct. 1t utterly dwarfs the petty
factions of Cincinnati ward politics. 1t
makes a supreme issue for or against
democracy. 1t shows that IN Campbell
the Ohio democrats have a leader with
the courage of the statesman who acts
while others hesitate. 1t has been said
that "to dare, to dare and always to
dare" was the only policy" Andrew
Jackson ever had. There is no other
policy in the action of Campbell and the
Ohio democrats. If they have blunder-
ed it is with blunder that has in it at
least an even chance of winning for the
national democratic party the greatest
political victory of this half century.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
AMERICAN LITERARY PEOPLE.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL will soon
make visit to England.
GOODWIN SMITH suggests the form a
ton of a club in Toronto where lit
erary workers can meet and frater-
niZe.
Mrs. JULIA WARD HOWE began Greek
at seventy, and now at seventy-two she
has just read the plays of Sophocles in
the original.
Mr.. GEORGE KEENAN, has consented
to become editor of the paper called Fret
Russia, provided So, 900 can be raised to
remove the publication from London to
New York.
Z. MISS KATE FIELD resembles in no wise
the conventional type of the lecturer
and the "strong minded" woman. She
has a keen, vivacious face, and she
dresses in admirable taste.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES library In
his Boston home looks over the Charles
river and furnishes a superb view of the
distant spires and towers of Charleston
and Somerville. Just at shutdown the
prospect is ideal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25

THE contest in Portland, Maine, over
the holding of band concerts on Sunday
evenings at the expense of the city, has
at last resulted in having no concerts at
all. The city attorney has decided that
such use of the municipal funds is il
legal for band concerts on any evening
of the week, and he implies also that
according to the strict Interpretation of
the law Sunday evening band concerts
in particular are illegal. The crusade
against these musicals for the benefit of
the populace was begun by number of
clergymen on the ground that they were
antagonistic to proper spirit of Sunday
observance.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
SEVEN CHILDREN DROWNED.
They Were Playing in n Boat When Il



They Were Playing in n Boat When Is
Capsizod.
. MONTREAL, July 25.-Seven children
were drowned at Maisic during the day
The children Of two families named Mon
tigny and Pauras and the little dau ghter
of Quebec visitor were playing in an
old boat on tue shore. The Oldest was a
girl of 10, the youngest an infant of 3.
No one seemed to notice the rising tide
until a shout of terror from the children
showed the old boat afoat couple of
hundred yards from the shore and rapidly
sinking.
The children's screams brought all the
women to the shore, and the ensuing
scene was maddening.
There was no other boat at hand and
no men were near. In less than ten min
utes the crazy boat filed and capsized,
living the children struggling in the
water
For the majority the struggle was
brief as one by one the little heads we're
seen to disappear.
Tancred Pauras, aged 7, chung to the
boat and some 20 yards from him was
seen, still struggling, the only other re
naming child.
The boy left his refuge and swan to
the child, brought her back to the boat
and held on for an hour until the boat
drifted in 80 that the women could wade
out and bring in the children.
The names of the drowned are Alfred,
Joseph, Marie, Louise and Cecile Mon.
tigny and Manned and Marguerite Pau
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Surplus in the Treasury yesterday,
$54, IT'S, 647
John w. Lanning of Mount Holly, n =.
j., was held for trial in Bordentown for
assaulting Mrs. Ira Rogers of that town.
A census Office bulletin shows that the
United States in 1889 produced more cop
per than tho rest of the world combined.
Frank Bower aged "a of Haverstraw
N. Y, was drowned in the Hudson river
during the evening while bathing. He
was unmarried.
The hay crop in New Hampshire Is
reported to be the best in years. The oat
and barley crop is also very good, willis
potatoes are very promising.
George Reppert, who was convicted in
New York city of an atrocious as
sault on his 16-year-old daughter, was
sentenced to State Prison for 10 years and
10 months.
The Women's Home Missionary Society
Of America is holding its annual session
at Ocean Grove, N. j., Mrs. R. w. Golf
presiding. The conservation meeting was
conducted by Mrs. Clara Rosch of Wash
ington.
William A. Brickell of New Jersey has
sued the City Of New Haven for $50, 600,
because of an alleged infringement by
the city fire department on an improve
ment in feed-water heaters patented by
Brickell. A similar suit has been brought
against the city Of Hartford.
John P. Murray and Patrick McGreVh,
two of the convicted election officials
of Jersey City, N. j., were sen,
fenced to sixteen months in State Prison.
Five other convicted election officers who
were recommended by the Jury to the
Courts mercy will be sentenced next
Thursday.
The journeymen plumbers of Boston
recently akeed for an increase IN
wages from $3.50 to 81 day, with the
understanding that unless the Increase
was forthcoming before next Monday
they would strike. At n meeting of the
Master Plumbers Association yesterday
afternoon it was unanimously voted OF
to grant the increase. .s-.5
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
RRITAIN's WHITE BUFFALoEs.
A Peculiar Herd of Wild Cattle That
Still Exists in England.

A Peculiar Herd of Wild Cattle That
Still Exists in England.
At Chillingham, near Carlis lie, upon
the estates of the earl of Tankerville,
says the San Francisco Examiner, is a
herd-or the remnant of herd-of
wild white cattle, the history of which
is not known; but they are supposed to
have been fenced in or inclosed acci-
dentally possibly hundreds of years ago.
The herd numbers about seventy and
does not increase; for a great many
years past the number of head has been
nearly the same. They are extremely
shy in the summer, but in the winter,
when fed upon hay, they can be in
spected at tolerably close quarters.
They have certain points of the buffalo
which show in the head and hump, but
their horns are considerably longer and
sharper. No person has been known to
have been attacked or injured by them.
They are of a small stature, not being
much larger than a good-sized Jersey
COW, but their heads and chests are GER
tainly very fine. 1t is a great pity that
no trace can be found of their past his
tory, as they are the only band of wild
cattle known to be in existence in Eng
land. The present and past earls of
Tankerville have been offered large
sums for some of them, but all offers
have been refused, P. 7. Barnum,
amongst others, having offered fabu-
lous sum for two or three head for his
circus.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
A QUEER MISTAKE.
Where q Fly Speck Made Difference q
Three Thousand Pounds.

Where q Fly Speck Made q Difference of
Three Thousand Pounds.
In one of our large establishments
connected with the iron industry there
occurred a few days ago an apparent
a matter of three thousand pounds of
scrap iron. The clerks of the depart
ment were set to work to unravel the
tangled skein, and after they had ex-
pended two whole days in the search
they were compelled to give up the
task and pronounce it beyond their
comprehension. Thus matters stood for
several days.
Several days later, says the Phila-
delphia Record, the Office boy decided
to keep himself in practice in addition
by footing up column of figures on a
sheet which was lying on a desk be-
side him in the scrap iron department.
Bending his energies to the task, he
got along swimmingly with'the units,
tens and hundreds columns, but when
he came to the fourth column he could
not make it agree with the footings
set down. Again and again he tried it,
and with the same result-three thou
sand less. Going over the figures one
by one, his attention was drawn to a
queer-looking one. A f1yspeck was be-
side it in such a position as to make it
appear like a four, and as such 1t had
been counted by each of the clerks in
the department. The boy had earned
his promotion, and he got it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
WHAT WHISPERS WILL Dc.
They VIII Change One So That His Own
Relations Won't Know Him.

They VIII Change One So That His Own
Relations Won't Know Him.
A writer in the New York Star COM
ments upon the bewildering change In
q mans appearance which is often
brought about by shaving the beard or
letting 1t grow, and cites a story re-
lated to him by a lawyer. The lawyer
was then wearing heavy beard, which
he. had been cultivating, as he said,
''since last October"
The other day I was riding on the
front platform of a street car, as was
smoking, when saw a cousin of mine,
with her husband and baby, get aboard.
l had not seen her since the day she
was married, in the summer of 1883,
and had never met her husband except
on the night of the wedding. At that
time had only mustache.
When they were seated in the car
nodded to her, but she did not return
the salutation. 1 repeated it, but still
there was no response. Evidently she
did not recognize me, but for the fun
of the thing I kept on nodding and
smiling.
She began to be disconnected, and
pretty soon 1 saw her whispering to her
husband, who at once rose and made
his way to the rear platform, where he
spoke excitedly to the conductor. That
worthy came through the car, and,
opening the front door, said to me:
''You must either stop insulting the
lady in the car or get off. Her husband
has complained of your conduct"
1 assured him that had no wish to
insult anyone, and as he began to get
excited l passed into the car, and, tax
ing hold of a strap. leaned over the
lady apd said:
"Why, Minnie, how are your"
She looked at me for a moment, and
then exclaimed:
cousin Eddy! How do you do2
didn't know you with your whis1ers."
The car was pretty full, and as all
hands had understood that was COM
planned of, there was a general laugh
at this unexpected turn of affairs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
CAPT. NERNEY'S CRIME.
The Member of Parliament Loses an Z
tate Valued at $500, 900.

tate Valued at $500. 600.
LONDON, July 25.-The death of an
uncle of Capt. Edmund Verney, the
member Of Parliament for North Bucks,
who in May last was sentenced to one
years imprisonment for conspiracy to
procure a young governess for immoral
purposes, discloses the fact that Verney
received other punishment for his crime
than public disgrace and penal confine-
ment.
The will of the deceased shows that he
had bequeathed to Captain Verney one
third Of his estate, after the payment of
few small legacies, the value Of the be-
quest being something like $500, 900. A
codicil bearing the date of Vsrney's SEN
tence, May 6, cancels this bequest and
states the testator's reasons for cutting
Verney off, the latter having by his out
rageous conduct forfeited all claims to
recognition by any member of the family,
upon which he had brought disgrace and
humiliation.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
A REIGN OF TERROR.

RevOlutionfsts at Work in the State of
COrdOvA, Argentine Republic.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-Advioes from
Rosanio, in the State Of Cordova, Argen-
tine Republic, state that all is excite
ment and over 600 revolut ionists are in
prison. A plot has also been discovered
to blow up the Capitol and police head
quarters.
CASTOR Fouteynes was the principal
conspirator. He had tunnel partially
constructed, in which were found pow.
der and dynamite bombs. All the officers
and mon connected with the regular army
are now constantly on guard and the
people are in a state of terror, ex pectin 9
something dreadful to happen.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
Modern Miracles.

A singer for breath was distressed,
And the doctors all said she must rest,
But she took G. M. D.
For her weak lungs, you see,
And now she can sing with the best.
An athlete gave out, on run,
And he feared his career was quite done;
G. M. D., pray observe,
Gave back his lost nerve,
And now he can lift half ton,
A writer, who wrote for prize,
Had headaches and pain in the eyes;
G. NJ D. was the spell
That made him quite we'll,
And glory before him now lies.
These are only examples of the dali.
triumph of DR. Pierce's Golden Medica
Dis overy, in restoring health and re
viving wasted vitality. Sold by all drug
gists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
Hannibal Hamlin's Humor.

AS a great matter may hang by a
thread, so it was a weak little hair that
once defeated Hannibal Hamlin for a
seat in the senate. In the days when
Hamlin was speaker of the Maine assem-
bly, there was sensitive member from
a city district whose approaching bald
ness caused him great concern. To this
gentleman Mr.. Hamlin one day in a
sportive manner said: "Blanl, old fell
low, you've got enc Of your hairs crossed
over the other" 'You insult me, SIR,
replied the indignant member, and in
memory of that fancied insult he after
wards voted against Mr.. Hamlin when
the future vice president was candi-
date for the senate, and his vote de-
featad him
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
Some of the Passengers Drowned.

NEW YORK, July 25.-Passengers on
the steamer Drew, which collided with
an excursion barge in the Hudson River,
near Albany, say they believe at least
two persons were drowned. They claim
that when the boats came together, three
people were thrown by the force of the
shock into the water. One of these was
a woman, the other two were men. One
man was saved by the steamers deck
hands, but the other man and woman,
according to the passengers, sank be.
meath the waves: The captain of the Drew
admits that 1t was a peculiar accident
and that possibly some lives were lost.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
Ca1ifornia's Natural Bridge.

oadot +ha enjoys ,, rne ot tSa4 OF
navng efe only F1 1;s o, enas runs on IN
engineering Is In Sonoma county, be-
tween Clipper Mills and Stuart Point,
where the railroad crosses deep ravine
in the center of which are two huge
redwood trees, side by side. These
giants have been sawn off seventy-flve
feet above the bed of the creek, and the
timbers and ties are laid on these tall
stumps. This natural tree bridge is
considered to be equal in safety to a
bridge built on the most scientific prin-
ciples.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25

SECRETARY FOSTERS new form of
treasury statement which gives him a
good sized surplus, on paper, but which
adds not a cent to his actual cash on
hand, fools nobody, not even Mr. Foster.
Statements on paper will not meet
checks presented for payment, if they
would there would be no bank failures.
1t is significant that Mr. Foster has re-
Gently found it necessary to present, by
means of signed editorial in a New
York newspaper, very rosy statement
of what the condition of the treasury is
to be in the near future. Perhaps no
editor was willing to make it strong
enough for him, so he did it himself.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
The Quality
Is All Right, But The Prices Are
Crushed and Cut.
$1,000

Will buy here new Suits which
we have been selling tight
along this summer at $l2, $13
and IA. Our former prices on
them were the lowest in town.
How do you like the price now ?
The suits above mentioned
cost as much in wholesale. We
are' willing though to sell them
at that reduced price as we
would like to close out our sum-
mer stock as much as possible.
$40 we hope will make them
go.
We have pretty good bar
gains at $3.50, S.. 80, $3.50.
Call and be convinced that
you will save money when buy
ing your clothing Of the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25

Sometimes.it:is Observation-Disclosures TO
evade the point than to come to it. That
altogether depends on the kind of point
you want to emphasize, but here's one
which will bear all the inspection you can
give it: We MUST clear out our stock of
Summer Clothing, Straw Hats, etc, within
80 days. No milder term than MUST
will describe the situation. Necessity
knows no law and, as the highest neces-
sity is always the ruling principle, we are
not looking for alternatives, we are simply
accepting the inevitable. Here is an un-
precedented opportunity for you to pur-
chase what you may need in Boys or
Mems Clothing at about two thirds of the
usual prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
License Application.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn,
July %, 1891. This is to certify that
Maurice Moriarity has filed an application
to sell spirituous and Intoxicating liquors
at 20 Washington st, in said town, and is
endorsed by M. Doyle, w. Bowes, M.
Keefe, J. McCarty, J. Brown, electors and
taxpayers in said town.
JAMES J. MADDEN, Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25

Light rot P1e Dumplings: If wanted
for twelve o'clock dinner begin
to prepare them at half-past ten.
Take two cupfuls of buttermilk or sour
milk, three teaspoonfuls of soda and one
of salt. Add flour and knead until too
stiff for biscuit, then put to rise in a
warm place. 1t should rise in one hour
and quarter. With wet spoon cut
off pieces half the size of hens egg,
being careful not to stretch the dough,
and drop them into the kettle.-House-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-25
OPPOSED BY DONNELLY.
He Says the Wheat Corner Would IDSuE
the Farmers.

the Farmers.
81. PAUL, Mimi, July 25.-Ignatius
Donnelly, president of the Minnesota State
Farmers Alliance, has just published p n
open letter to members in opposition to
the scheme proposed for withholding
their present wheat crop for the double
purpose of obtaining higher prices and
crushing the wheat spectators combina-
ton. Mr.. Donnelly bases his opposition
to the com bin alton OF farmers or the
ground that If the farmers held their
wheat any length Of time it would only
lead to the market being eventually
glutted with it.
Every farmer would be attem ptfng to
sell at the same time. Prices would
quickly drop to ruinous figures and the
last condition of the agricuiJurist8
would be worse than the first.
He argues that the movement is not il
the right direction.
He is strongly opposed to the specula-
tors combine, but thinks it can be moro
effectually dealt with by law.