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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-28
MORNING NEWS
SUNDAY, JAN. |, 1893.

The committee has awarded the second prize
for stories written by pupil of the public
schools to DAN r. Ryan, of the public night
school. and the story, 'In An Artists Studio"
will appear next Sunday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
PORTRAYED IN LARD.

Busts of Famous Personages from tina
Chisel of the Center Market Sculptor.
The sculptors in Greece are cele-
bratcd, but sculptor in grease" is
something of a novelty in the art
world. Nevertheless, Washington pos
sesses such phenomenal artist, who
finds scope for the exhibition of his
genius, not in classic marble or plastic
clay, says the Washington Post, but
models bas-reliefs in lard and busts in
butterine. His name is B. G. Ford, and
his studio Is at the west of Center
I market.
The way Mr.. Ford entered upon his
artistic career was entirely by accident.
1t is his custom to pile fifty or sixty
pounds of lard upon his counter, and
one day he carelessly picked up knife
and carved bas-relief portrait in the
side. It was merely an ideal head,
drawn at random, but possessed such
merit as to attract considerable atten-
ton and custom from the marketers.
Senator Henderson, who happened
along, was particularly struck with
the portrait, which he declared to be a
remarkable likeness of Sir Walter
Raleigh.
Since then NE Ford has continued
his experiments, and developed con-
siderable skill in manipulating his
novel material for modelling. His tools
are ordinary carving knives, with which
he chisels out in rough some ideal face.
The features are afterward nodded
and smoothed by the fingers, the
warmth of which renders the lard
plastic. When this has been done to
the artists satisfaction he dips his
fingers in ice-water, which chills and
fixes the features, at the same time i'm
parting marble-lilSe gloss to the bust,
and showing almost translucent in the
electric light.
Among the subjects he has treated, in
addition to a number Of ideal heads, are
portrait busts of Walt Whitman, Mrs.
Morren and Sitting Bull, the latter of
which, being artistically decorated with
tr1fkey-feather plumes, attracted great
attention. Indeed, crowd always sur
rounds the sculptor as he works, and
his productions have become standard
attraction to the market.
The last bust he made was that of q
beautiful girl. The modelling of this
piece was of really high artistic merit,
| and it was considered by connoisseurs
as worthy of q place in the Corcoran
gallery. But sad fate overlook the
fair lady of lard. AS the weather grew
warmer she visibly dropped and sick
ened. Great, greasy tears gathered in
her downcast eyes, and her head bowed
gracefully as if in deep grief. The
sword of impending calamity hung
over her; one day it dropped and of
went her fair head, so Mr.. Ford named
her after the unfortunate Mary Queen
of SCOTS.
Mr.. Ford In considering an offer to
exhibit some of his work at the world s
fair. the pieces being protected In glass
refrigerators from the efeectA Of heat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
THE WATERBURY, EVENING DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, Jul

20 ~us=4 =1nS ana poet in one short life. :"
'Are you now satirical, mademoiselle?"
''No, mol But am skeptical. There
are SO few hearts like that Mine,
fear, is an idle mill wheel above an
empty stream-bed!"
"Yet one whose waters have been
dried. Or, if not dried, cruelty damned. :"
81 have not said that, monsieur"
"You say more, find, than you mean
to say" ~.
And yet you do not think me de-
ceitful; you have granted as much"
His eyes, for an instant, seemed to
caress her face. 81 think you strangely
miserablel" he affirmed. Then, lower
ing his voice little, and leaning nearer
to her: 81 can't but wonder if you are
incurably So"
81 am not miserable she said, with
wistful ardor Of denial. sit is too bad
that you should think this. You said
something of the same sort yesterday.
But you are wrong-wrong. still
have a great deal to live for"
STILL And you say that in the early
glow of your maidenhood! Still! 1t is
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
Oddities About Rats.
of ours.

Rats are natives of Asia and their
raids westward belong to comparatively
modern times. From the fact that they
are not mentioned by any of the early
Europeans it is surmised that they were
unknown west of the Ganges in
ancient times. The black rat first came
from Asia to Europe in the sixteenth
century-along with the plague-and
was first known as the graveyard
specter," because he preyed on the
flesh of those who died during that
awful visitation. He was also known
as the plague cat," because the COM
mon house cat had q similar habit OF
feast1ng on the dead. The black rat
was the common house rat until the
brown or gray rat made his appearance
In 1775. The gray rat came to Europe
from India, by way Of Russia, and ID
now popularity known as the Norway
rat, from a mistaken tradition that il
came from Norway to England and
from the latter country 70 America
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
NEGROES IN BARBADOS.

They Die Rapidly OF Consumptlon-Eu-o.
peans Safe From the Disease.
In barbados the chief enemy of the
black race is consumption, of which
many of them die, though it is practi-
cally unknown there among Europeans.
The cause is simply that all negroes,
without exception, Theoretically seal up
their huts at night, partly from fear of
mysterious ghosts or ''duppies," partly
to keep out mosquitoes, and partly
again because they wish to keep out
cold. For, strange as it may appear,
the naturalized West Indian negro shiv-
ers in a temperature of seventy-four de-
grees, and, on the rare occasions in win
ter when the thermometer falls to sew
enty degrees, he is blue with cold and
almost incapacitated for work. No
doubt he is warm enough in his hut at
night, with every shutter closed and
every chinlx and Granny stuffed with
rags, but nature avenges herself for
this exclusion of her purifying oxygen
by colds and coughs. The negro has
quack remedies and balsams by tho
dozen for these, but All The Year
Round says they do not save him from
the tubercle that soon forms in his
lungs and eats his life away.
After all, he is little missed; he has
had short life and pleasant one. His
relatives will feel pride in covering
themselves with Grape, of color almost
as black as their own complexions, for
Grape is ode rigueur" among the negress-
es of Barbados. He will probably
leave after him six or seven children,
mostly illegitimate, since the black la
dies have strong objections to the bond
of matrimony. But here the question
of pounds, shillings and pence does not
intrude itself as it does at home. 1t
costs so little to bring up black baby
that there is really no reason whatever
for its parents to consider its future.
When it grows up, an hours work or so
day will keep it in food and clothes.
So, in the streets of Bridgetown, the
happy little black imps swarm like flies,
and the island has the densest popula-
ton per square mile of any place in the
known world-that is, if what they say
about Chinese statistics be true.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06

amazing. Or, no; it isn't amazing at
all; it is thoroughly explainable. There
is something you want. l wonder if
could get it for you"
She shook her head quickly and then
stared down at the hands which lay like
two pale curled feathers in her lap.
mo, monsieur" she breathed, enshrin-
ing the words, as it were, in sort of
long sigh. ut is nothing that you could
get me-"
He accepted her reply as surrender
She aoGs sorrower, after all, and the
feints of her assertion to the contrary
had been admittedly futile.
In the silence that now followed they
both looked forth upon the incompara-
BILE valley, fan1ed by its mighty noun
tains, over-scattered by its ethereal viii
las, crowned, accumulated, dignified by
it's romantic and imposing palace.
The king slowly lifted his hand and
pointed to that pale and beauteous edi-
fee. His voice was quite faint Though
it reached her ears very clearly indeed)
as he said:
II have thought Of Offering you this
for a home"
She did not make the slightest sign OF
reply. He saw the color leave her
cheeks and the light greater in her
eyes. But she did not turn her look to-
wards his Now her breath came Wis
IDLY quicker, pulsing the spray of lace
at her throat Soon he saw her delicate
hands flutter little there in her lap
like fallen flowers that breeze blows
over and vaguely unsettles. But that
WAS all
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
Rise Early and Di. EARLY.

Early rising and a sponging down in
the morning have always been consid-
cred essential to good health and long
life. That is superstition, says Ger
man writer on dietetics, whose OBSERVE
tions have just been published "At
least eight out of ten persons over
eighty whose cases were investigated
never went to bed until well into the
small hours, and did not get up again
until late In the day. Early rising tends
to exhaust the physical powers and to
shorten life" And an English publica-
ton maintains thst "long Hvers were
really all persons who habitually alb
stained from bathing" What a conso-
lation this is to the lazy and the dirty
No doubt modern science Is grand In
finding excuses for all the cranky ideas
and vicious shams Of fashionable mod
ern life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
WAR ON ARAB sLAvERs.


breaking Up tho Business Of Raiders
from Khartoum.
The Congo Free State has received a
report from Capt. Ponthier, who has
been stationed about year between the
Mobangi-Makua and the Congo rivers,
with regard to his fights with the Arab
slave dealers from Khartoum and his
successful efforts to defeat their at
tempts to ravage the country south Of
the Congo.
He found in September last, says the
New York Sun, that large bands Of
these Arabs had established themselves
In stronglyfortif1ed towns on islands in
the Malzua river, that they had laid
waste large districts north of the river,
and that prompt measures must be
taken or they would extend their muir
derous raids to the tribes further south.
The chiefs all through the southern
part of his district were terribly fright
ened by the news that reached them of
Arab atrocities in the northern districts.
They eagerly welcomed the news that
| Capt Ponthier was about to lead On ex-
petition against the AraSs, and decided
| to help him with q considerable force OF
native warriors.
The captain was therefore able to set
out for the Arab towns late in October,
with about two hundred well-armed
soldiers of the state and upward of one
thousand natives armed with spears.
His march was SO rapid that he took
the Arabs by surprise, and after hard
battle, in which about one hundred of
the enemy were killed, they fed from
their strongest village, and crossing to
the north shore of the river scattered in
all directions. Night came too soon tc
permit Ponthier to follow up his vic
tory, but the next day and for three
days after he attacked the towns on
other islands with similar success, driv'
ing all the Arabs ccross the river and
getting possession of two hundred and
fifty slaves whom they had recently
captured.
A great number of these unfortunates
had been fastened together by iror
chains attached to rings that had beer
placed around their necks. They tolc
sad stories of their terrible sufferings
AS usual, the Arabs had killed or driver
into the jungle to perish about five per
sons for every one they captured. Thei,
Notifications were found to be of IN
usual strength. Several rows Of pals
AIDES surrounded each village. Capt
Ponthier thinks that he has stopped the
progress Of the Arabs in this direction
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
An Ancient Gallo Oath.

The famous oath Of the Gallo chief
tan has been discovered. according to
NJ. Arbois de Tub;Iinveille, in an Irish
text of the second century of our era
At the last sitting of the Academy OF
Inscriptions and Bellies letters the fol-
lowing translation of the oath was
given by NJ. de Tubainveille: 'sThe
heavens over us, the land below US, the
ocean around us,-everything In a circle
about US. If the heavens do not fall,
casting from their high fortresses the
stars like rain on the face Of the earth,
If shocks from within do not shatter the
land itself, If the ocean from its blue
solitude does not rise up over the brows
Of oil living things, /, by victory In war,
by combats and battles, win bring bach
to the stable and fold the cattle, and
to the house and their dwellings the
women that have been stolen by the
enemy" ~
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
Ladies

0Aiac Do you want to keep your husband home at night
AuAAo and keep him agreeable and pleasant He must
smoke and yet you don't like the smell of his tobacco You can
him away his cubou of just such things come misery
lhappness divorce. The trouble is that he
tobacco him get BLACKwElLs BULL DURHAM SMOKING
TOBACCO; its delicate will not be offensive to YOU ana
it will not fill all the curtains hangngs and clothing with that
dsagreeabe odor that troubles you Keep your husband
home and avoid all risks by having him smoke BULL DURHAM
TOBACCO. Sold everywhere
BLAcKWELL's DURHAM TOBACCO CO., Durham, N. 6.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06

Passenger Train Service, week days, June 26, 1892
Trains leave Waterbury for
ROSTON-7:3O, a. m; LOO, 2t5, *S.46. 400 p. m.
PROVIDENCE-7:3 a. M; 100. 400 m.
NEW YORK via Brewsters-s:o0 q. M; 1850 p.u.
WORCESTER-730 a. m; p. m.
NEW LONDON-7:S0 a. NJ; 100. 40) p. "a.
PUTNAN-7:3O q. m; 100, 2:(5, 43O p. m.
WILLIMANTIC-7:so ann 90, sa s. 1884 Otp.r.
SPRINGFIELD-7 80 q, M; 4a0 .. M.
NEW HAVEN via Plainville-7:30. l045 u, ia. 2t5
p. m.
HARTFORD-7:so. 1oA5 am; 90, aa5, 1915 AGO,
S:15 p. m.
NEW BRrTATN-7so 1o:4b a. M; 100. eos,
80 IS, 400, S:5 p m.
PLAINvTLLE-7:3u, t945, a. M; loo, 205. *3:45,
400, S:15 p. m.
BRJSTOL-7:30, 1o:45 a. M; 100. 2:t5. "3:45, 400
rERRYvrI.E-7:so 1o45 M; 100. sO5. "s:4s,
400, 8:'5 p. m.
WATFpvILLE-7So, 1o:45 M; '3:4' .4tO. s:15
p. n.
UNION CITY-fsN0 am
TOWANTIC-fsOo a. m.
SOUTHFORD-S00 a. M; 1:50 p. m.
POMPERAUG VALLEY-s:00 q. M; 1:50 r. m
SANDY HOOK-9:OOa a. M; $50 p. m.
HAWLEYVILLE-s:O a. M; 1850, 4:2s, p. m.
DANBURY-s:00 a. NJ; $50 p. m.
BREWSTERS-s a. M; $50, p. m.
ggg@B iughamton, Elmira. Jamestown, Cleve-
land, Akron and Chicago 500 a M; 150 p.
BROOKLYN-4:as p m. Solid Pullman Vestibule
Train.
I. D. BARTON, Gen sup't, Boston.
Sundays only.
A.C Kendall. q. PA, Boston.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
N. 4. 4 4. Railroad Time Table
June g. 1892.
NAUGATUCK DIVISION.
Trains leave Waterbury for


NEW YORK-6:0b. 7:S0, s:e6. 1880 q. m. 1:a6,
s:25, 5 So pm. Sunday 4:l5 p. m. Return-
Sunday 6:01 a. m. 100
NEW HAVEN via Naugatuck Junction-7So,
s:s6, g. m. 1923 1928, 40, 553 m Re
turn-SGO, zoo a. M, las p. m. Sunday 500
NEW LONDON and intermediate stations.
BR1bGEP6RT~6o5. 7:So, s:ss, 1910. a. M. 1:ss,
%7:os. $50 a. M; is:1o, s:aS, $40, TAI p.
ANSoNIAMsob, $50, $50. 1850, q. M. 1873, SEQ
40, $3.50, (mixed) p. m. Sunday 4:15 p. m.
eIO, $40 p. m. Sunday s.4s a. m.
WATERTOWN-6:44, s:S7, l1:2s a. M, Is. 6:12
7:0t p. m. Saturday >s:15 p. m. Return
D. m. Saturday 7:35 p. m.
THOMASTON-s:S2, 11:17. a. M, $3.50, 6:59, 9:0O
p,r Sunday 9:25 a. m. Return-7:0e. 1855.
1923, a. m, 2:56, 5:s6 p. m Sunday S:4'
rokRifNiaToN-s:ss. lI:17. a, M, $50, $50. 800
R Icac a. M. $50, sos p m sunday s;ss p; m.
WINSTED-s:S2, 11:17 q. M. 1888, os9. s:1O"
NJ Sunday 92S a. m. Return-6:3o. 7IO,
9:45, a. M, a.05, 44s .. m Sunday 8 Oop PM
LUCIUs TUTTLE. General Manager.
CT. HEMPSTEAD, General Pass Agent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06
NEERIDEN, WATERBURY 8 CONNECTICUT
M RIVER RAILROAD.

In EFFBcT JANUARY 8, 1892.
FROM WATERBURY TO CROMWELL.
Leave Waterbury Dublin street, ts6:o0. 1850
q. M; 500 p. m.
Leave Meriden, 10:40 am; 5:45 p. m.
FROM CROMWELL TO WATERBURY.
Leave Cromwell $50 o. M; 1913. p. M.
Leave Meriden. West Main street., 7A5 p. m
1851, $50 p N.
Arrive ct Dublin street, s:2S m, l:SS 7:s6 u M
sFor Meriden and way stations only; arrive -
tDaily except Monday.2
CHARLES n. CRAWFORD eun,s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-06

WatGrburyFirGAlarm
LOCATION OF BOXES.
4-Corner Willow and West Main street o
6-Exchange Place.
12-Rogers & Bro.
14-East Main street and Wolcott road.
15-Corner Cherry and East Main.
21-Horse car railroad stables (private.)
23-Iron bridge, West Main.
A-Waterhury Brass Co priv .Ce.)
25-Corner johnson and Watervilla.
26-Corner Prospect and Grove.
27-Junction North Main, Grove ano
North Elm.
29-Waterbury Manufacturing Co (private
32-Corner Washington and South Main
34-Waterbury Buckle Co Cprivate)
35-Benedict & Burnham Co private.>
36-Waterbury Watch Co (private.)
3S-Corner of Grand and South Main
42-Corner of Union and Franklin.
43-Scovill Manufacturing Co privste.)
45-Corner Clay and Mill.
46-No Hose house, Baldwin street;
47-Corner Dublin and Doolittle alley
312-Corner Meadow and Bank.
314-Corner Meadow and Cedar.
321-Plume & Atwood Co (private.)
329-Holmes, Booth & Haydens (private. !
324-No4 Hose house, Brooklyn.
313-Randolph & Cloves.
SIGNALS.
One stroke 10 M.
One stroke calls the superintendent Of
fire alarm telegraph to the City hall.
Two single strokes, fire out or fire under
control, used as a recall.
Ten strokes Quick will indicate a gen
eral alarm.
Fifteenstrokes (quick) and repeat CALI
out the militia.
INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLDERS.
Be particular and remain at the box anG
direct the iremen to the fire.
Do not pull the hook if the 6rebeI o.
small bell in the box is striking, as tina
indicates an alarm has already been given
Be particular to remain at the box unit
the arrival of an Officer of the fire depart
ment. who will release the key, or, if cir
cumstances will not permit remaining, thel
the proper officer will return the key t.
tn holder as soon as convenient.
Always give the alarm from the DO,
ne% rest the FIRE
Ee sure aud close the door before leav
{ = H. ~.
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SDring Hill.

Miss Minnie Thompson, one OF our
most beautiful young ladies, VINO mas
been in Nashville visiting friends, re-
turned to her home near this place TINS
week.
MIR. and Mrs. w. A. Bailey were
visiting the family of Mr.. Al Bailey Tor
several days of last week.
Rev. DIR. Provine, of Nashville, was
in this place recently.
Mrs. Eta McLemOre, Misses Bette
and Birdie, and Mr.. Price McLemore
were with relatives in this place on
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Steele attended
services at this place on Sunday last:
Miss Susie Hickey vlslted 1rlehds III
Franklin last week. -
Misses Sallie Hardiman and Misses
hearn, of Franklin, after pteasahe
visit 20 Mrs. AlOnZO McklSSlcK, nave
returned to their homes.
Rpv- C. e Sullivan and Mr.. VIM III +.
Brown returned from Lewisburg on
Monday, where they attended the
Columbia Presbytery. Mr.. Ihomas
Lochridge also attended the Presbytery.
Miss Estabrook was in Nashville one
'T Me tss W. T. McLemore,- A. E.
Greenlaw and Alexander Beckwith,
were in Columbia last week.
Rev. 7. J. Dixon was ia Columbia re-
Mr.: Jno. T. Wade visited Columbia
several days ago.
Rev. K. J. Craig expects to leave ths
last of the week for Nc Minnville, where
he will assist IN series OF meetings
ii will be absent about ten days 4 ne
usual services were held i'll the Method
list Episcopal and Presbyterian
Churches on Sunday.
An EpwOrth League was organized
on Sunday afternoon at the Methodist
Church by the pastor.
The RichIand Presbytery, which Is
the 22nd of April, will convene in TINS
place at the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Rev. Mr.. Hardison filled the pulpit OF
the Presbyterian Chul CHI Sunday morn
| ing. . ,
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Odil, is very low with heart disease.
]. A. Blackburn is suffering intensely
from rheumatism.
Mr. A. Forbes, who few weeks ago
had a wagon wheel to run over his foot
and iniurfng it so that he has been COM
PEELED to go upon crutches ever since,
is getting great deal better.
Rev. Tom Haggard was visiting MS
brother, Berry Haggard, of Neapolis,
few days last week. :,
Miss Sallie Haggard is in Marshall
county spending a few weeks with
friends and relatives.
Miss n ola Allen is visiting relatives
near Columbia.
Miss Bessie Gray, of Bigbyville, Is
spending few days with friends and
relatives at Neapolis and Spring Hill.
Mrs. Moore, of Nashville, Mrs. Mont
cal and Mrs. Tucker, OF Columbia, were
all out and spent few days last week
with their parents Mr.. and Mrs. Robt
Young.
Mrs. Raglan is visiting her daughters,
Mrs. Hartman and Martin, of Column bia
w. L. Talla, after spending week
or so with his mother, returned to his
home in Dallas Ga.
Vera. the gifted and talented scribe Of
the Democrat from Blanton's, with Miss
Dot Mccormick and the Misses Parks
of Kedron, attended church at Neapolis
Sunday evening.
Mr.. lee Foster it seems has very bad
luck with his colts, having lost Two
within the last few. weeks. He also LOST
two last spring, and two years ago he
lost FIVE in one spring.
failure in this section this year.
The late rains and warm weather
have made all vegetation put on &
spring like appearance. Wheat, clover
and oats are growing finely, AMI the
first planting of corn is coming up
though some of it was badly washed up
by the late heavy rains. ARGUS.
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unmnshire or West End.

Some snake thieves. took the advant-
aye of MIR. A. j. Pugh and family whlIe
ON a visit to their son Mr. Milton TuSn,
10 enter the family residence and steal
some confederate money. They theh
,Ayent to the mill-houSe and took :there-
from a lot of meal; then broNe 10
store-house and helped themselves to
sdFhere was another thief visited Mr..
u. j. PattOn's cora crib and borrowed
sack of corn. Corn stealing is getting
to be quite comnoui here. we nope
the thieves will be caught
y. o. Hill, an old land mark, mas
passed away. Mr.. Hill will be remem-
bered as the one the County OF Maury
!. empdoyd, to transcrloe the county
records some years ago. He was a
acted violin-player, and many young
neople can testify to that fact. he was
q kindhearted and,good citizen.
At this season of The. year the laru-
ers' wife is having busy tlhe cle II
ing up houses, gardens and yards. we
imagine they'd rather not have visitors
Mr. b. Pogue at this writing is
getting along very well-the typnoiu
fever has held him in close grip LOT sew
eraI weeks. DR.. Leftwloh Is master III
Hunter Brooks, who got his leg
broken, is getting better.
Wheat is still Improving, and oats
look fine. A great deal OF corn mas
been planted.
There are a great many squirrels in the
woods around II ampshire and the boys
and men are enjoying themselves Kill
| ing and eating them.
The Baptist members at Pheasant
| Grove, two miles south of hampshire
| have organized prayer-meeting to he
| held every Sabbath, at 10 o'clock a. M
| also a Sabbath-school with scholars ano
! teachers.
Mrs. r. A. Fitzgerald is improving IL
health.
| cover. She is afflicted with consump
| 80 j. NJ, A.