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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20

lend Mr.. DA1y the necessary sum of money
81 a low rate Of interest. and be declined
with thanks. That Is exastly how near the
kheater was 20 being built. Mr.. DAly's
London theatet, which. according to the
accounts cabled TO this side, Is not doing as
well as might be hoped, together with his
New York house and q large stock com
pany, are likely to prove just about as
much as that gentleman will care to handle
for some time to come.
Richard Mansfield Is not, however, so
shrinking as Mr.. Daily. He says openly
that IL 81 the ambition Of his life to have a
New York theater Of his own, and he APP
pQals TO the public 20 aid him to accomplish
his desire / think that II there were any
assurance thns Mr.. Mansfield would per
NIT himself to be guided by the counsel OF
his directors, without flying of into tan
trum, there would be little or no trouble in
raising the required amount in this city,
where his wonderful ability as an actor and
auctions are well understood and fully ap-
preciated
What wonderfully fine season OF grand
opera we are TO have at the Metropolitan
IL will open on Nov. "a with Gounod,s
Romeo ct Juliette." Jean de Reszke will
of course sing his old part Of Romeo, and
If the reports which have reached this city
as to the present condition of his voice be
true he will sing it better than ever be
fore. A double bill, consisting of "Phile-
mon ct Baucis'' and "Cavalleria Rusti-
cam" will be the offering for the second
evening.
In the former Mime. Emma Calve. the
FrenchwoEnan with the phenomenally high
soprano voice, who Is 90 receive more dol
lars per month than she was getting francs
in Paris n couple OF years ago when she was
discovered by Sir Augustus Harris, will
make her American debut. Hamlet, -
Ambrose Thomas masterpiece, will be the
bill for the third performance, when the
great Australian soprano, Mime. Melba,
who Is said to receive 5000 n night, will
make her first bow to an audience on this
side of the water.
The female member of the company,
however, in whom Americans take the
greatest interest is Mrs. Julian Story, 9th
erwise Miss Emma Eames. Miss Eames is
already in this city and is busy rehearsing
the seven operas in which she will be heard
during the coming season. These are
Faust" Romeo ct Juliette," -'Lohen-
grin" 'Othello, :" Die Meistersinger, - lie
Marriage de Figaro" and Carmen
Miss Eames is not so thin as she was
when she was hast heard here two Year,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20

ICY against the freedom Of subject on
| British soil"
THAT did not occur to me at the mo
ment. What steps have you taken since
this attempt"
Made my will and"-
surely they will not attempt to assassi-
nate your Kavanagh said quickly, inter
rupting Taras. -
"Assassinate meP No! The rascals have
too much respect for ycrr hangman and
their own necks TO venture on that. But
they would not hesitate to kill me II they
could justify themselves by plea Of self
defense. That might have happened the
other night II they had not taken me so
completely By surprise that l could offer
no resistance. Every one of them had his
knife ready, and 1 should have been cut
down as sure as fate If their cords had not
held me. Taking place in n villainous wa
lerside beerhouse, my death would have
been attributed to drunken brawl, and all
evidence of my identity being removed It Is
doubtful if the papers would take any no
tice of the inquest. 1t was all calculated
to a nicety-the agent must have gone over
the ground and mapped 1t out clearly. l
would give anything to know who he is"
1T is horrible to fight in the dark. You
never know when the blow may fall"
mo, nor who may strike it-that's the
worst part of the business. 1t shakes ones
faith. The man you trust turns out to be
an enemy-your favorite haunt n nest of
spies-anything may happen at any mo-
| ment. l fancy they will give me "A respite
| now. l am all right for a time"
lis it not possible" said ERvanagh, sis
there not just chance that the attack was
intended rather as warning than anything
else, and that they would have suffered you
to escape if the girl had not forestalled
them? If they silenced you tonight, your
works would still exist. They cannot undo
them, and they know it. Sent to Siberia,
you become a martyr, and greater impor-
lance Is given to your work. 1t seems to
me that the agents-the minister, the car
himself-will be satisfied with this mani
Hesitation of power and drop the affair"
For awhile possibly probably, indeed.
But when they find that l do not profit by
their warning and will not accept their con-
ditions of neutrality-that l am neither a
! child nor an old woman to be frightened by
menaces of future punishment from the
course directed by my conscience"-
but, my dear fellow, it is not as if you
were still an active enemy
If you think / am nothing but passive
enemy, you are wrong" said Taras, with
more fire in his voice than had yet heard.
They have something to gain by my remov-
al. For months have been meditating a
new attack, and the car knows it, for he
has spies in our camp as we have friends in
his l have only been waiting for the idea
and the idea came to my mind the first time
l saw Aura. l owe her that as we'll, poor
girl. Come up with me, and will show
the shell am preparing to throw at the
cars feet"
As their chairs moved slipped from the
door and ran up to my room TO mediate on
what had heard and form a clearer con-
Ception of its meaning.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20
CHAPTER MI.
THE FIGHT FOR LIFE


Taras gave me his hand when we met the
next morning down stairs. l took it in
silence, being unprepared for this form of
greeting, which l had never before eN-
changed with any one, and which now kin
died an emotion in my breast that threw
all my ideas into confusion. But before
let his warm palm leave my clinging fin
gers the earnest purpose had come to in
the night reasserted itself, and said
Here, I'm a-goin TO begin today in rea.
earnest
That's right, said he, smiling, but with
serious feeling in his deep eyes.
i amt a-goin to talk dilecks to any living
soul again 'ceptin you. I'm -goin to talk
French like Mere Lucas does. Presently
I'll go in the kitchen and pint out things,
and I'll jist listen to her till can make out
what she's drivin at. And I'm n goin to take
stock of everything you do too, and say
things softer like and more pleasant, same
as what you do. And I'll set to and learn
readin and writin if you only show me how
-jist for astart. But amt a-goin to be no
'normous trouble. l won't be bit more
trouble an / can help. Whatever you tel!
me to do, I'll take and do it, whether 1
likes it or not-see:"
Yes"
"Here"-after swallowing my compunc-
toni heered all what You said last
nlknl.
so l perceive
When you re a-goin out, and don't want
to take me along of you, do you mind tell
in me where YOU are goin and bout what
time you'll be homer"
Il am not sure that should quite like
that
oh, don't fancy I'm a-goin to foller you
about and be nuisance. No fear!
shouldn't like that myself. But if you
didn't turn up, say two or three hours arter
the time, might jist take a skivvey round
and see if it was all right, doncher know!
1t shouldn't make no difference to YOU
cause I'd take care you didn't know it, but
it'd make a lot of difference to me- cause
l shouldn't have to do it undetermined like,
and should feel n lump easier
In that case, l will tell you when think
CT it
Then, seeing by my troubled look, posi-
bly,, and my silence that my mind was not
vet relieved OF its charge, he added:
Anything else, little friends"
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was that excited the anifnosity Of the po-
lice to such an extent -
ssThere 1t Is said Taras, lifting the last
fold OF the cloth and revealing q group OF
three figures, roughly modelled in clay.
Iwalked round the stand, touched the
soft clay, and then, looking at Taras in
perplexity, said:
rWhy, it's only images"
"That is ALL
"well, what harm will it do any one II
You throw that at his feetl 1t wouldn't
kill him il you threw it at his head"
'Ah, but this Is only a sketch of a much
larger one / shall Make said he, with a
twinkle Of merriment in his eye. 1.-THE fig
ures will be life size, and they will be burned
hard in a kiln, which, you see. would make
difference IL 1t came to throwing it at
anybody's head, but that was only man.
ner of speaking. Come, ! tvill make it
clear to you If / can. This female figure
represents my country in the last stage of
despair and humiliation. The man tearing
the dress from her shoulders is a brutal
executioner with an iron thonged whip in
his hand. The third figure is the car, who
has given the order for this helpless wom-
an to be flogged and is standing by to see
his order carried out, cG-lous to his victim
suffering"
"What has the woman doney''
''She has dared to tell the car that she
is not his slave"
What's this down alongside the wom-
anf" asked.
"The cars dog-licking her hand"
ITO show he's got moro feelin than the
man has!"
That's it. You begin to see what
mean"
sits a-comin to me-" said after a few
moments of profound thinking. I'm get
tin at it by little at a time. That woman,
your country, 3 got a look like mine was,
all mis'able and wrctched like, and you re
a-goin to give her new life like you're givin
me and alter her face so as people shall
hardly know her again.
would TO heaven / mightr' he ex-
claimed fervently. lone life is too short
for such a work-one hand too feeble
can but hope to awaken the sympathy of
humanity and start the cry of Indignation
which shall shame the car to mercy"
The group had a new interest for me.
The longer l looked at it the more it fas-
cinated me- The central figure ceased to
be an image 1t was a living woman suf-
fering as had suffered.
Il guess she feels like l felt" said L.
Like as If nothin could make her feel
wus, and it didn't matter what happened .
Taras assented.
DetteF Sne hduh l BoI no SOUL nor nOVii
in. Better she was dead if she hain't got
a friend to help her up and give her new
life"
That's it. But we must find friends to
help her, warm the hearts of other nations
toward her and kindle a spirit of hope and
courage into that poor fainting heart, and
we will if we can keep out of the hands of
the police"
If he could keep out of the hands Of the
police! My existence also depended upon
that. Recognizing so much, the instinct
of self preservation inspired me with a
fierce desire and determination to find out
and fight this secret emissary of the car
The enemy once discovered, l would meet
cunning with cunning, dare anything, hesi-
tate at nothing to save the man who made
the world dear to me. 1t would be fight
for life, and one of us must fall.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20
KINGS OF THE SADDLE
Fred Taral Describes the Dam
gers Of a Jockeys Life.
MANY tlGsklN KNIGHTS KILLED.

Green Boys the Dane of an Old Jockeys
Life-How Riders Are starved. Steamed,
Tempted and Placed In Deadly Peril.
Tragic End OF Six jockeys.
The public at Target accustomed TO look
at the bright side of a successful Jockeys
life-the adulation he receives at the hands
of sportsmen for whom hawins small for
tunes, the magnificent emoluments bestow-
ed upon him for the seasons work and the
receptions showered upon him after that
seasons work has ended.
These are all very well in their way, but the
public never gives athought to the darker
side of that same Jockeys life-the trials
and privations which he must suffer to at
tain success, the risks to life and limb which
he is compelled to undergo daily, and last,
but not least, the temptations and annoy
ances to which he is subjected by designing
men who wish to profit by his knowledge.
All of these matters are deserving Of con-
sideration to the end that the theory that a
Jockey lies perpetuRlly on a bed OF roses
may be dissipated. Let US take them up
seriatim. With the arduoas work of train
ing most people are familiar, and will dis
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20
MAKING A MAGAZINE.
How Editor Pagc Directs the Policy of Il
Publication.

How Editor Page Directs the Policy of His
Publication.
Walter II. Page and his magazine,
The Forum, occupy n unique position in
current literature. The popularity of
the magazine needs no better description
than Mr.. Pages definition of its mission:
ITO provoke discussions about questions
of contemporaneous interest, in which
the magazine is not a partisan, but mere
ly the instrument" The position of its
editor is that of a man of affairs rather
than that of man of letters, his efforts
not tending directly to foster literature
and art, and his object not being public
instruction in the usual meaning of the
term.
Mr.. Page is above all else worker,
and his life is identified with his maya
zine to a greater extent perhaps than
that of any other man in q similar posi-.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20

GENERAL r. ]. HEBRON. awarded only for
conspicuous bravery on the field of b;fS-
tie and just as likely to ornament the
coat of the private soldier as that Of his
commanding officer.
The medal was authorized by an act
Of congress approved March .. 1865. and
many OF them have been presented TO
those entitled to them in the years that
have interviewed since then, though it
has been done 80 unostentatiously that
little public notice has been taken Of it.
In the revision OF the records of the war
department. now going ON, it has been
discovered that many brave soldiers en-
titled 10 the medal have been overlooked,
and tardy justice Is done them when pos
sible by forwarding their medals when
the discovery is made.
Thus il comes about that General
Francis ]. Heron. whose medal was
earned by distinguished bravery ar the
battle of Pea Ridge. Ark. ON March I,
1862, only received it from Washington
under date of Sept. 26. 1895. Even SO
prominent a soldier as General o. o.
Howard only got his medal last March,
though he Won it at Fair Oaks. Va, June
/, 1862. Brave men cannot gracefully
Spply for the decoration. though they
wear it proudly when it is accorded
them.
General Heron was born iii P1ttsburs
in 1889 and was a citizen of Iowa when
the war broke ont. He Is on record al
Washington as having made the first Of
fer of volunteer troops to assist the gov
eminent at Washington. He offered the
Governors Grays of Dubuque. COM
pany of which he was in command. fully
armed and equipped, to President Blu
chanan's secretary of war i'll January
1861, but the offer was declined, and he
entered the army as captain in the First
Iowa volunteers in April of the same
year.
He was a colonel ut Pea Ridge and his
regiment lost Il officers and third of
the men engaged. For his services in
that battle he was made brigadier gen.
eral, but that was not by any means the
only field on which he distinguished
himself between the time of his enlist
ment and the day when General Kirby
Smith surrendered to him an army of
so, 900 men and all of the Confederate
sFthlery and war material west of the
Mississippi General Heron has been
engaged in business in New York city
for several years and recently went there
to reside permanently
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20

STOCKING
ago, but she is il possible more beautiful.
She is also in better health. and as she has
had long rest in Europe she hopes to give
her many admirers an agreeable surprise.
4 half dozen men were listening with APP
parent interest tn n seventh, who was tell
ing a story at the bar of the Hoffman House
the other day, when suddenly one of the
seemingly attentive six turned around, and
reckoning to an imaginary person said in
an imperative tone:
Cut this mans hairr'
Then the other five listeners gave a loud
guffaw, and the story teller stopped stock
still as if a cable car had run into him. He
was mad, but the others kept on laughing.
and finally he saw the joke, and himself
contributed a feeble, unhealthy smile TO
the general merriment.
Gut this mans hair!' is the latest gag
in town. IL is used just as the chestnut
bell was used years ago, and its application
goes even beyond tolling the knell of old
stories. 1t may be applied when a listener
wants TO express doubt concerning yarn
that is being poured into his ear, or when
a person is talking too much. In n variety
hall the other night il was shouted at a
performer whose remarks did not create
any wild manifestations of mirth.
"Cut this mans hair" knocks a man off
his intellectual perch in short order. and
the gag is likely to be pretty popular. II
is taken from the military comedy, The
Other Man." which was at the Garden
theater for several weeks. st. Fontaine,
played by Joseph Holland, is doing duty
under the name Of ChampiGnol, with whose
wife ST. Fontainc has had an adventure.
The real Champignol is in the SAME COM
pany too When ST. Fontaine displeases
his captain by saying something he
shouldn't say to his superior officer, the
captain calls sergeant and commands him
to Cut this mans hair!' The sergeant
delegates corporal to have ChampignOrs
hair cut. and the post barber cuts of the
real Champignols locks \ second and a
third time the captain orders the sergeant
to Cut this msu's hair and every time
the real Champil mol falls under the bar
ber's scissors. until finally the clipping ma
chine Is used on him, and he Il rendered
entirely hairless. The incident i very
funny, and that is why 1t has bten taken
up a. SlG- OCfANG> COHEN.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20

The jockeys mentioned who rode to their
death were Eddie West at Saratoga, six
years ago; Joe Bergin at Gloucester, a year
ago; Tommy Flynn at Brighton Beach,
this summer; Joe Huber at Gloucester, two
months ago; Andy Mccarthy at Morris
Park, n year ago, and Enoch Turner at Chi
cago, four years ago. mention Turner
last, because he was drunk when he
mounted his horse and was accountable
for his own death. He did not know what
he was doing and unconsciously ran right
ON top of another horse. He was thrown
down and his skull crushed.
Tug Decker, another promising jockey,
person who was able to give a connected
story of the alleged plot. i am inclined to
think that there is very little risk in cred
iting Mr.. Arthur with his first failure,
which cannot be lodged on the score of a
poor cast, for the leading parts were as
sumed by William Ingersoll, at one time
the leading man with Marie Wainwright,
and Miss Judith Berolde, particularly
competent actress, who was up to the time
of her marriage Alexander Salvini's lead
ing lady. There were also several other
good people in the cast.
The charming and thoroughly wholesome
comedy, Liberty Hall, " has run its course
at the Empire theater and will be succeed
ed next Tuesday evening by David Belas-
co . iates. pay, tne houhseA 6on.
Miller will play the title role, and the prin-
cipal female character will be enacted by
Miss Viola Allen. The production of The
Younger Son" will be a notable event, as
it will mark the return of the regular stock
company for its second season, and besides
the play will be the first one written ex-
clusively by Mr.. Belasco produced In sew
eral years. For some reason the impression
has gone abroad that Mr. Belasco cannot
write a successful play except in collabora-
tion, but as he did when he was much
younger and possessed not nearly his pres
emit experience 1t is difficult to understand
the cause Of this manifestly mistaken mo-
ton. However, we shall soon see.
The new Augustin DAILY theater viii not
be built. 1t was a bubble and very small
one, and IL has burst, as almost every body
expected 1t would do. Some one offered 20
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20
WaterburyFire Alarm
LOCATION OF BONES.

The following are the Fire Alarm Signals
under the new system:
Ia Rogers / Bro"
Is Cor East Main and Niagara streets.
- Cor East Main and Wolcott road.
Is Cor High and Walnut streets.
lie Cor East Main and Cherry streets
II Cor East Main and Cole streets
- Cor North Elm and KinEsbury streets.
- Cor North Elm. North Main and Grove
streets.
81 Waterbury Manufacturing company
- Cor North Main and North streets
"a Cor Buckingham and Cooke streets.
- Cor Grove and Prospect streets.
IS Cor Hillside avenue and Pine street
80 Cor johnson and Waterville streets.
ala The Plat Bros 4 CO.
IA Waterbury Clock company movement
ment factoryl~
5 Exchange place.
So Cor West Main and Willow streets.
81 Cor West Main and WATERFOWL roadi
IS Horse Car Railroad stable
SO Waterbury Brass company
81 Cor Cedar and Meadow streets.
SIS Cor Grand and Field streets
s-l-a Cor Bank and Meadow streets,
SIS Randolph Il Cloves
STA Plume & Atwood Manufacturing COM
pany."
s-2-a Holmes Booth Il Haydens-
s-a-4 Cor Charles and Porter streets.
3-a-5 Cor SimonS street and Washington ave
Cor South Main and Grand streets
A. Cor South Main and Clay streets.
"a Waterbury Watch company
- Benedict X Burnham Misunderstanding
company"
80 Waterbury Buckle company
~ Cor South Main and Washington sts.
S Scovill Manufacturing company
So Cor Franklin and Union streets.
SO Waterbury Clock Co. lease factory
81 Cor Clay and Mill streets
So Cor Liberty and River streets.
81 No. 5 Hose House
SIS Cor Baldwin and Stone.streets-
e Cor Bridge and Magill streets.
ca Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin street.
=" Private.
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Yes, 1 got sunthin else to say, but it
kinder sticks half way. Here don't YOU
bother about maxim Engagements with that
Teller to look arter me in case anything
you know, don't you: can't say it. It's
too dreffie to talk about. But don't want
to be held by any one. You wouldn't like
that. If You go away, shall just come
arter you, and it don't matter where nor
how-d'ye hears'
There was pain in his face as he nodded
assent, but to disguise the feeling he asked
! lightly:
as there nothing else."
'Nothin 'ticler," l replied with a sigh
Of relief. "I've got up the wust of it. But
| you might tell us what this thing is you're
a-goin to heave at somebody's feet, else 1
know I'll have to go pokin and pryin about
to find out"
We'll, as Mere Lucas has only Just taken
in the milk, we can go into the workshop
and satisfy your curiosity without keeping
breakfast waiting. This Is pretty frock
have not seen it before, think"
| Course you ain't," said /, stopping and
turning around slowly, with huge delight,
to be admired. "Tea gowns Is for after
Moons, walkin dresses is for outdoors, but
this here is for mornin's-"
/ at ought to have known that-it's 90
crisp and bright and fresh" said he.
| We passed through the back yard and
up few steps into long glazed work,
shop, which had been rented from thecabi.
net maker next door. looked around,
expecting to see some terrible instrument.
Innumerable plaster casts hung from the
rafters. The end wall was covered with
rough sketches in charcoal. A potter
wheel stood near the window, with a
trough of clay beside it Some odd looking
tools lay on bench, but they only looked
like misshapen spoons. In the middle OF
the workshop, however, there was some
thing on q stout stand, carefully developed
in a damp cloth, and little farther on
stood another stool bearing smaller mass
similarly covered. Taras went up to the
larger of the two things and began careful
| ly to remove the cloth, while stood by
waiting in eager curiosity to know what II