davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
WOMAN'S DlSCOURTESY.
Some Severe Criticisms on Her Manners
 Respecting Others of Her Sex.

Some Severe Criticisms Her Manners
 Respecting Others of Her Sex.
 Ut is surprising how discourteous women are to women," said Washing ton physician to writer for the Star. "In my office they are continually dis putting unreasonably over the question of precedence. Only recently some thing occurred which was merely re- petition of what has happened many times before. The door of my sanctum was opened for the next patient, and two ladies in the waiting-room engaged in a dispute as too who was first. They referred the question to me for arbitra- tion, but am too wise in my genera tion to get into scrape of that sort. So did what always do under such circumstances and said
 "'Well, ladies, shall have to leave you to settle the matter between your selvcS'
 "Then turned to the person who vate office, whereupon the two disput- ants both went away in a huff.
 "Usually this sort of trouble comes about through misunderstanding of one of the most ordinary rules relating to precedence. A lady will come in, dnd a number of patients waiting and go out again. Later she will return and expect, quite as matter of course, to resume the place in respect to turn which she would have had if she had re- mained. She says:
 "'Why, was here an hour ago.
 "Such claim inevitably gives rise to contention. I never interfere. My policy is always to let them fight it out.
 II will assert with confidence that women, although nominalfy of the gen tier sex, are not nearly so courteous in their treatment of one another as men are.
 Take notice when you ride on the street car and you will observe that the women, who expect so much courtesy from the men, show little or none to their own sex. They spread themselves over the seats so as to pre- vent others from sitting down, the ex- | cuse being that they are anxious not to have their dresses crushed by crowding, and if they have children permit them to wipe their feet all over the next ncighbor In the shops they notorious | ly lack considerat tenesS for the clerks, crowd one another outrageously and refuse to await their turns for atten- ton. On board the sleeping cars they are apt to exhibit the utmost indiffer- ence to each others comfort, two or three occupying the washing quarters by the hour, to the exclusion of the rest. It would not be bad idea, should inn aginc, to introduce in the training of little girls slightly more vigiorous dis uiplinc respecting the consideration which they ought to show for their fellow-bcings in petticoats'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
THE AAeIT oF MAsAlNe
Something About the Custom of Ablution
 of the Present Day.

Something About the Custom of Ablution
 of the Present Day.
 Whether the opponents of ablution fear the shock of cold immersion or whether they dread the cleansing stim- ulation thus applied to the excreting skin surface their objection must ap- pear to most persons possessed of ordi- nary health and vigor to threaten inn pairment of both by fostering uncleanli- ness, says the London Lancet. If, on the other hand, it is toofree application of heat by Turkish and other warm baths which appear objectionable we will not deny that there is here pos sible ground for complaint. Let it not De supposed that we ignore the cura- tive influence of the cleansing property of this method when used with judg- ment It has undoubtedly it's fitting time and place if rightly applied. It is no less true, however, that experience has often proved the mischievous eff fleets of it's misuse-in case, for exam pie, of cardiac weakness or general eX haustion. Cold bathing in like manner is not without its occasional risks. It is not suitable for persons enfeebled from any organic cause, though mere nervous languor is often braced and benefited by it. It has no proper place among the habits of those who are sub ject to chronic visceral compositions. As regards one advantage derived from bathing, i. e., its cleansing property, there is no reasonable ground for differ ence of opinion. Man, whether savage or civilized, appears, as a rule, to have no doubt on the subject. Wherever we find him with water accessible he is bath CT. Less practiced by one people than another though it may be, there still is commonly recognizable constant hab- it of ablution, and this fact in itself attests at least an almost universal be- lief in the necessity of insuring clean Illness by means of washing. Nor can we find reason to doubt the general soundness of this belief. In bathing temperature is of course chief consid- eration. For the robust cold immersion followed by rapid friction is valuable tonic of nerve, skin and heart func- tion. For less vigorous constitutions those, for example, which have been tried by disease and those of young children-the addition of heat up to the temperature point is only judicious. With some persons warm bath is a daily luxury. Notwithstanding it's eff cacy as a means of cleanliness, howev- CT, this custom is, or ought to be, dis credited by its inevitable action as a nervous depressant, which places it in an unfavorable position compared with the more bracing practice of cold effu. sion. The benefit derived from bath. ing, therefore, is likely to assert itself in spite of all adverse criticism and its mismanagement, which is only too com. mon, should not be suffered to condemn it in the eyes of any iudicious and clean | ly person.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Nassau, N. F., Legislature opened yes terday.
 MT. Sverdrup, ex-Prime Minister of Norway, is dead.
 The thermometer is 32 degrees below zero at Lyndonville, Vt.
 Scranton, Pa., has subscribed $4, 00( for the starving Russians.
 Typhus and Hack smallpox epidemics are spreading across the frontier O Austria-Hungary into Galicia.
 The Florida Democratic State Conven- tion will be held at Tampa, June 1.
 Snow storms have again set in il Wales and the Highlands of Scotland.
 Joe Lannon says he will shortly issue a challenge for finish fight with Jim Corbett.
 South Dakota Republicans will hold their convention at Chamberlain or March 23.
 Capt William O'Connor, formerly pro, prietor of the St. James Hotel, New York, is dead at St. Louis.
 The Chicago Blaine Club has decided to go to Minneapolis and make every honorable effort to secure the nomination of James G. Blaine for President.
 A. P. Fairbanks, of New York, com mitted suicide at the Hotel Bristol. Bris tol, N. H., by shooting. He was 50 year: old and reported to have been wealthy.
 Bolivia's Congress has appropriated $1O,000 cash to pay it's expenses at tht Worlds Fair and 30,000 Bolivianos fol it's representation. A Bolivian is wortl about 77 cents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
A MYsTIFIED MONKEY.
aow BotsIedeLump Of Sugar Anected
 q SIIninn.

Stmtans
 An officer in India gave his tame monkey a lump of sugar inside a corlzed bottle of such stout glass that it could not well be broken. The monkey was of an inquiring mind, and it nearly killed 1t. Sometimes, in an impulse of disgust, it would throw the bottle away out of it's own reach, and then be dis tracted till it was given back to it. At others it would sit with countenance of most intense dejection contemplating the bottled sugar, and then, as if pull ing itself together for another effort at solution, would take up the bottle afresh and gaze into it.
 It would tilt it up one way and try to get the sugar out of the neck, and then, suddenly reversing it, try to catch the sweet morsel as it fell out, under the impression that it would capture it by surprise. It kept rapping its teeth against the glass in futile bites, and, warming to the pursuit of the revolving lump, used to tie itself into regular knots round the bottle. Fits of the most ludicrous melancholy would alternate with these spasms of furious calcula- tion, and how the matter would have ended it is impossible to say.
 But the monkey one night got away, and took the bottle with it, and it has always been a delight to its former owner to think that whole forests full of monkeys have by this time puzzled themselves into fits over the great problem of bottled sugar. What pro fourd theories these long-taned philoso. phers must have evolvedl What polem' ical acrimony that bottle must have provoked! And what Confucius the original monkey must have become! A single morning with such Sanhedrir | discussing such a matter would surely have satisfied even Swift with satire.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18

CAPTAIN E. s. JAFFREY, an American well acquainted with affairs in Chilli, is reported as saying: Do you know how much the men who control the Chilian nitrate deposits could afford to pay for peace? can tell you that it is a very large sum. Colonel North, the so called nitrate king, has made a fortune variously estimated at from $35, 1000, ,0OO to $50, ,O0O, ,OO0 in the last ten or twelve years. His associates are said to have made all the way from $100,O0O, ,OO0 to $150, ,000, ,000 in the same time. There is no figure that can be put on the value of property which will yield such re- turns to represent its real value. have heard that it was the persuasiveness of the nitrate people which induced Chili to apologize to the United States, and that the persuasion used was cold cash for the strengtenhing of the present gov ernment. The amount has been stated variously at from $5,000, ,000 to S15, ,OO0,- 900. I know nothing as to the real facts, but am telling you the gossip of London clubs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
HIS FIeNOiSH PLOT.

An Engineer Makes Arrangements to
 Bsow Up Factory.
 NEWARK, N. J., Feb. IA harles Dex- heimer, who attempted to blow up the leather factory of s. & J. Veil, has been arrested.
 Dexheimer is the engineer of tho factory. Yesterday morning he drank very heavily and at 10 o'clock, when he should have started the engines, ke did not appear. Several employees went into the boiler room where they found he had formulated fiendish plot to wreck the factory and endanger the lives of the 15t employees.
 Dexheimer had removed or loosened The bolts from the steam chest, so fixed the steam gauge that it would fail t. register and put the entire machinery into such 8 condition that, when started up, an explosion would follow.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
People Who Wear cellulold.

There is a store downtown that has in it what is known as the celluloid counter. On the counter is a large showcase that contains nothing but eel luloid collars, cuffs and shirt fronts. "Is there much celluloid worn now?'' asked the writer of the proprietor. "A great deal," was the answer. "I have trade in it which keeps one man busy at this showcase. The people who mostly purchase celluloid are travelling men, railroad conductors, physicians and military men. In fact, it is worn nearly altogether in the army. l should say there is more celluloid worn now than ever before"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
BY PERSONS UNKNOWN.
Verdict of the COrOnOr's Jury in tn
 Senior Murder Case.

Verdict of the COrOnOr's Jury in the
 Senior Murder Case.
 NEWARK, N. J., Feb. IS. - Coronor Phalan and jury have concluded the in- vestigation of the circumstances sur rounding the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Senior, in Millburn, on January 30.
 John Guntzel, the 16-year- old boy who claimed to have seen Gus Lentz. the man in custody on suspicion of having com mitted the crime, in Millburn at o'clock on the night of the murder, would not swear to his former statement without qualifying it. To the best of his knowl. edge and belief the man was Lentz.
 After the examination of several other witnesses, the jury found that Mrs. Senior came to her death at the hands of some persons unknown.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
\. H. & H. Railroad Time Table
Trains leave Waterbury for

 NEW YORK-S05, 7:s9, s:25. 1O.45 a. m. 1:25. 3:25, 6:07 pm. Return-b:01. .s:O0, 10:O0 a. m., 100, 4:n9. 6.02 Q. m. BRIDeEPoRT~sO6, 5:sO, s:a5: lo,4S; g; m, 1:sS. S:15. ..6:07 D. m. Return-7:o5, 9:62, a. m., ANSONiA--605 T:3O, 9:25, 10:45, 8. m.. 1:2S 8:26, 6:O7, ,6az (mixed) p. m. Retun-7:40, 1099, a m. 12:34. snO, 6:09, S:s0 p. m. wATERTOwN-644, R:85, Il :Ss a. m., 4:05. 6:1b, 701, 9:16 p. m.. last train, Saturday only. Re turn-625, 7:b5, 10I5, 8. m, 950, 4 4s. 6:SS. 7:S5 D. n. last train, Saturday only. THoMASTON--s:So 11:17, 8. m., 4.o0, 6:56, p. IT. Return-7:55, 1o:19, q: m., e:56, $40 p: m. TORRINGToN-s:So. 1117, 3. ID: 400, 6:66. p.m Return-7:31. 9b6 a, m., 2:S0, 517 p. m. wINSTED-s:31, 1117 e. m., 4O0 6:S6, ?. m. Return-7:l0, 9:35, g. m. 2:05, 4:55 pm.
 SUNDAY TRAINS. Going north, 026 a. m.
 Going south, 4:15 p. m. For New Haven and points on the Shore Lin Division via Naugatuck Junction at4:1b D. m. LUCIUS FUTILE, General Manager.
 c T. HAMPSTEAD. General Pass. ARenk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
Boston Clothing Store, Old No 70, New No 118 East Main St. St PatriCk's B|OCk.l .
 Waterbury, Conn.
NEW YORK < NEW ENGLAND.
Trains leave Waterbury for

Trains leave Waterbury for BOSTON 39e 7:S0 .m.; 100, "s.45, 4:06 pm. Re
 turn-s:SO a. m.. 1900 m.. 800 11:OO D. m. fRQ2,y1DENCEooT:3o 2,5 8 m;; loO' 4:O6 p. m NEW YORK via Brewsters-9:00 a. m.; 2:10 p. ID r,
 Return SEQ a. m.; 400 p. m. NEW LoNDoN-7:sO a. m.: 100, 4:ob p. m
 Return-745, b:25, 1915 a. m.; 2:So, D. m. PuTMnM ,s;s s;sO 7;s9 3o,t g. m; 1oC 405 E. m Re WILLINANTIC-s:eO ,7:sO am. 200, "s45, ,4sO6 pm
 Return-"7:15, lis, 9:1O, 11:S5 m.; 2:17. 6:l6 T1S::G tuT1E7:40 @:; s:so S' P. ii m. EO' D. 0 NEW HAVEN via Plainville-7:SO, 1oAb 8, m. Re
 turG-7:22, 1:04 a. m.; 5:5b D. m. HARMTFoRDrs:aO. M 7:so 9:o6, 19:4s 10 g am; ;i9o. d:Ss
 io S m. P isse' F. es 4oo eas, so iT D. GSo' % ''O' NEW BRITAIEasso' 7SO s;S5, 1o45 q: m.; 59O
 sSs, s. sso s 1eSC S D. mn & Hg'G ss0 s4s h. 'S0 PLAINvILLE-7:so, 9:05, 1o:4s; 3; m; 1,oO, :3:4S.
 sGa a@ GaSp; iis 4:so s5s ?. m. ''4O ''"' 46S. esS sO' m lO4s Retnrn.s,s m a9 ;S
 s:so' 1f:i5a. HE n n.; i:so, 4so. 7:oe p. m: '' rERRYvILLE-7:so. 9:Os. 1o:4s g m; loo. .s4b
 n nG'i i:tc sS9 4Bo, B r 717 F01sFnE'' p. @- ' ''0 wATERv1LLE-7:sO. 1o:45 m.; "s:4b, ,4:O6. s2e
 ,Rketurn-7:bo, esO, "s4s,11;4S a. m.;b:Oe, 7:ss UNION c1TY-fs:o5 a m.; f51b p. m. Re.
 turn-fS4s a m f8:05 p. m.
 TOWANTIC-f8O0 a. m.; f5:15 p. m. Re
 turn-fs:39 a. m.; 1909 D. m.
 POMPERAUC VALLEY 500 a. m.; 2:10
 5:15 pm. Return-s:s5, a. m, 1920, ,7:42 D. m |. HAwLEYvILLE..s s:sO,s 800 a. m.; s:1O b:15 p. m.
 Return-2:20, s:0s a. m, 12:0S, 7:sS p. m. DANBURY---s:Oo a. m.; s:1o, 5:15, p. m. Return 7:47, HAS a. m.; 7:10 p. m.
 BREWSTERS-8:0O g. m.; 2:1O, 6:16 p. m. Return-725, 11:28 a. h.: 6:42 p. m. KILL-oN-HUDsoN-so 8. m.; s:1o, 6:15: p. m. Return 600, 10:00 a. m.. 5:10 p. m. BUFFALO, DETROIT, CLEVELAND, CINCIN MATT, ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO aud western points, 500 a. m.; 2:10, 5:15 p. m. l. D. BARTON, Gen Sup't, Boston. Sunday Mail. A. q. Kendall. G. P. A BostoX Nov. 15, 1891.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18

"BUTLER's Book" has been issued. In the preface the general gives as one reason for it's publication ito correct much wrong done to myself by the prejudiced misrepresentation of facts and circumstances as to my own acts in the service of my country" General Butler asserts that Salmon P. Chase sent friend to him at Fortress Monroe to solicit him to accept the vice-p -presi- dential nomination of the republican party in case that Chase secured the first place, and that Simon Cameron made similar proposition on behalf of Lincoln less than three weeks after. He gives the reason for his refusal of both offers. He maintains his position taken in the controversy over the con- duct of the late Admiral Porter at New Orleans, declaring that the latter acted untruthfully and villainously. He also charges Porter and the latter's subordi- mates with the failure of the powder boat plan at Fort Fisher. He brands as utterly false the charge of General w. F. Smith that Grant was drunk before Petersburg, and criticises Smith severely. He closes the work with a summary of the things done by him, and says that in all military movements he never met with disaster nor uselessly sacrificed the lives of men.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
wASHEE AND SAIL HOl

Chlnamen Said to Be Able to Land Here
 Sometimes by a Clever Trick.
 It is said that there are a number of Chinamen in New York who came from Hong Kong as sailors and who man aged to slip from the vessels and steer for Mott street, where they have started laundries in the hopes of mak- ing fortunes here and devoting the re- mainder of their days to spending them in China. The Chinese sailors, says the New York Journal, are very closely watched when vessel enters an American port. The captain of each ship has to sign heavy bond when he enters port making himself responsible for the safe keeping of the Chinaman. The Chinamen are threatened with fines also if they attempt going over the side of the ship, and as there is nothing a Chinaman likes more than money nothing frightens him like fine.
 With all these precautions, however, it Is said that coolie6 can land here under the very noses of the captains. Chinese in a crowd are so much alike that it is difficult to pick out particular men, eX- cept by their clothing. A wild weird story is now in circulation that Mott street men, formerly sailors who wanted to go home, have visited the ships, managed to exchange clothes with some of the sailors who wanted to stay here, and while the one was en- abled to pay his visit free, the other could come to Chinatown, make for tune and work the same trick when he wanted to go back.
 The captains say that they know Chinamen too we'll to be fooled in that way, but there are coolies in Chinatown who chucllle and say that is the way they came here
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18

Talks cheap, but when it's backed up by pledge of the hard cash of a finan- cially responsible firm or company, of world wide reputation for fair and hon orable dealing, 1t means business.
 Now, there are scores of sarsaparillas and other blood purifiers, all cracked up to be the best, purest, most peculiar and wonderful, but bear in mind, (for your own sake), there's only one guaranteed blood purifier and remedy for torpid liver and all diseases that come from bad blood.
 That one-standing solitary and alone -sold on trial is Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
 If it doesn't do good in skin, scalp and scrofulous diseases-and pulmonary consumption is lung scrofula-just let it's makers know and get your money back.
 Talks cheap, but to back poor medi- cine, or a common one, by selling it on trial, as Golden Medical Discovery" is sold, would bankrupt the largest for tune.
 Talks cheap, but only Discovery" is guaranteed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
Weatner Forecast.

WASHINGTON. Feb. lS---For New Englan l. Light variable winds slightly warmer by to- night; warmer and probably fair tomorrow.
 For Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylva- mia and New Jersey: Slightly warmer; southerly winds; fair weather; increasing clou illness to- night; warmer and cloudy tomorrow unl possibly some light rain or snow
 For Western New York and Western Penn, sylvania: Much warmer; southerly winds; fail weather; increasing cloudsness tonight, witt light rain or snow tomorrow.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
FIRE RAclMo.

New Orleans Visited By Giant Con
 lagratlon. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1S.-A great con fiagration broke out on the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets at 10:30 last night.
 It was many hours before the fire was gotten under control. The loss is estimated at from S, ,O00.- 900 to $4, ,00o, QUO.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18

EX-GOVERNOR WALLER, who has just returned from Chicago, denies the statement of Chicago reporter which appeared in the New York World and other papers last Saturday, that in an animated debate with General St Clair over worlds fair matters he used inn proper expressions or indulged in big D's. The ex-governor says: "The report is.untrue. In public speech never use swear words and seldom quote poetry"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18

A TELEGRAM from Dwight, III, says: The convention of bichloride of gold clubs has adopted resolutions declaring that 95 per cent of those treated by the method of Dr Keeley, for the cure of liquor, opium and tobacco habits, are permanently cured, and calling on all auxiliary clubs to enlist the interest of business men and religious and philan- thropic societies in the work.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18

THE divorce court record has been broken at Chattanooga, Tenn, by Judge Moon. The docket contained Al cases where separation was asked by husband or wife. The work began at Q o'clock and when court was adjourned at noon the docket was exhausted. In the three hours he was sitting, the judge granted thirty-two divorces, refused sixty-three applicants and continued the remainder for one week
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
Reported Removal.

NEwBURGH, N. Y., Feb. lS.-A report prevails here and at Poughkeepsie that William B. Brown is soon to be relieved of the position of Warden of the Sing Sing Prison. Itis said that few of his aubortinntes frum this city have already begun to look for other places
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
curran.s EIegibllity Questioned.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Feb. lS.-The eligi bility of Curran, the Democratic mayor acty candidate, is questioned, and thi: matter is likely to bother him not little It is claimed that under the Constitution he is debarred during his term as ar Assemblyman from appointment or cleo tion to a civil office.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
DRIVER ANTS.
They Proceed in Armies and Carry Every
 thing Before Them.

thing Before The am.
 There are certain ants that show wonderful intelligence, and the "drivcr ants" not only build boats, but launch them, too; only these boats are formed of their own bodies, They are called drivers" because of their ferocity, says St. Nicholas. Nothing can stand before the attacks of these little creatures. Large pythons have been killed by them in single night while chickens, lizards and other ami malls in western Africa flee from them in terror. To protect themselves from the heat, they erect arches, under which numerous armies of them pass in safety. Sometimes the arch is made of grass and earth gummed together by some secretion, and again it is formed by the bodies of the larg eants which hold them selves together by their strong nippers, while the workers pass under them. At certain times of the year freshets over flow the country inhabited by the ''driv- ers," and it is then that these ants go to sea. The rain comes suddenly and the walls of their houses are broken in by the flood, but instead of coming to the surface in scattered hundreds and being swept off to destruction, out of the ruins rises black ball that rides safely on the water and drifts away. At the first warning of danger, the little crea- lures run together and form solid ball of ants, the weaker in the center; often this ball is larger than a common base ball; and in this way they float away until they lodge against some tree, upon the branches of which they are soon safe and sound.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
FOR SALE,

. Ten or twelve good horses, well broke, sound and gentle. Will be sold cheap, separately or together if sold at once, Also, canopy top carriages, Conoords, double and single harnesses, whips, robes, blankets and everything pertaining to a sale in all parts of the city. Business and Commercial Meme Confidential Agency. Money loaned on first mortgages. All kinds of bills collected. For information concerning anything in the above notice, call or address
 J. s. FAY, Deputy Sheriff. Omce 10 South Main street (uF stairs. ]
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18

COLONEL VANCE of the New Britain Herald is announced to read paper on the successful cultivation of mushrooms, before the next meeting of the Horti- cultural society of hls native heath. From war to mushrooms is quite drop, Colonel Vance, quite a drop. Surely the red-headed rangers, who erstwhile hungered for gore, have not taken to toadstools,