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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25

room and rushed OF to meet his COM
mittee.
Going Immediately in search of Col
Dayton, whom he fortunately found
without delay, North received not only
the information that there was file of
the Times in the reading-room, but also
the coloners. permission to have the
aforesaid file removed at once to his
room.
''Now," soliIoquized North, s,with the
newspaper spread out before him on the
table in his room, he sat down with
calm desperation in his manner, 81
shall have to cram local politics most
assiduously for the next two hours, or
woe betide this unlucky undertaking
of mine! I'm in q particularly difficult
position, and it will require all the
nerve and mother wit that possess to
extricate me creditably. Clippers
Times is just what need in this emer-
gency. shall find here my proper POI
iitical views all ready for immediate
use, and shall simply need to commit
them to memory and cir them tonight
as my own candid and original senti-
ments. In justice to Non, ! must do
my best! If I succeed in sufficiently
imbuing my mind with the spirit Of
The Times, catch the salient points Of
the canvass and watch the drift of
public sentiment this evening, may
possibly como off with flying colors!'
Once in the spirit Of it, North grew
quite enthusiastic over his novel under
taking, and the results of his two hours
close application were equally astonish-
ing and gratifying to him. BY the time
the dinner gong sounded he had quite
| copious collection of notes ready to re-
fer to during his address; and he was
certainly as familiar with the principal
points of municipal interest involved in
| the Forthcoming election as q careful
''cramming" of the political notes and
leaders in the Times from the begin
ming of the canvass down to the present
time could make him.
| Upon goi ng down to dinner he found
that the mass meeting was the allah
sorbing topic Of conversation among
the gentlemen, and his own speech was
the central point of comment and inter
est. He was soon drawn into a spirited
discussion of the political situation, in
which, thanks to his newly-acquired
data, he was able to take part with dis
| erection.
| Nevertheless, although he preserved
|
himself with as upconcerned on air as
if baranguing strange audiences on
subjects IN which he had 20 personal
interest whatever and with which he
had but limited acquaintance were an
everyday affair with him, North did
feel o degree Of nervous excitement in
view of the evenings events.
"They are evidently looking to me
for the chief sensation Of the evening, :"
he thought, uncomfortably, though
whether as oracle or clown, can't tell!
Apparently Noll has the reputation of
being very clever on the rostrum-or
else he hasn't-and one or the other of
these pleasing possibilities is the rock
on which I am in danger of being
wrecked. Well, there's no need Of Dor
rowing trouble; and, as 1t is an unde-
niable fact that not one-half of the
honorable gentlemen who hold forth SO
sloquently on the grand principles OF
municipal and state and national gov
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OF applause that made North look
around involuntarily, though he did
not think of appropriating the comph-
ment until Warner, who was just at his
elbow, whispered sharply:
"Why don't you acknowledge your
reception, North9 For goodness sake,
do keep your wits about you better
than thisl''
Thus admonished, North turned to
the audience with a profound bow,
which was greeted with fresh bursts Of
applause; then. as the chairman-a
pompous old gentleman whose lengthy
list of titles, all with the prefix 'Ex,"
testified to a long life Of active public
services, now gracefully laid aside
rose to call the meeting to order, North
took refuge in an arm chair in a retired
position on the stage, where, though an
inconspicuous figure himself, he could
command a comprehensive view of the
house, and settled himself with slight
shrug and with feelings that. can be
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
A Patriotic Tribute to the Nations
Greatest Hero.
His Name stands UnexcelIed and Majestic
Among the Great Men OF tho Earth
A Rare Blending OF Moral and
Intellectual Qualities.

The fame of George Washington, the
hero of the American revolution and
the founder of the American republic,
will never grow old or lose the fresh
ness of its immortal youth. On the con-
trary, wide and great as it now is, it is
likely to grow wider and greater still
as the fermenting and heaving political
forces of our modern times enter upon
the death struggle with the ancient sys-
TENS of kingcraft and tyranny which
yet bear rule in so large a part of the
civilized world. AS nation after nation
follows our example-as France has al
ready so conspicuously done-and cuts
loose from monarchy and hereditary
nobility, the splendid name of the great
hero and leader whose sword won the
independence of his country, and whose
wisdom founded and cemented, more
than hundred years ago, the first great
republic since the disastrous fall of
Greece and Rome, will shine with a
constantly increasing luster.
When great man is sent into the
world to accomplish a great work he
does not usually come with crown and
scepter, or any of the outward symbols
of power. Only very few really great
men of action in all the worlds history
have been born to hereditary thrones.
Alexander and Frederick and perhaps
Gustavus Adolphus and two or three
others of lesser note, would exhaust the
list. The Caesar, the Cromwells, the
Napoleons, the Washingtons were not
born to the purple. No thunders of ac-
clamation or of cannon proclaimed the
moment of their birth; no sounding
titles were showered upon their baby
heads; no happy, anxious peoples hung
over their royal cradles. But better
far than all these honors and trappings
which have been SO often wasted upon
the worthless scions of monarchy, each
one of these came into the world with q
scepter of power, a wand of authority
in his little right hand whic the great
God had given him, and which, though
invisible then, was to rule over mer
and nations with more than kingly
sway
There is no need to recount in detail
the story of Washington's life. Thu
American people and the lovers of lib
erty throughout the earth already
| know it by heart. The broad outline
from his birth in Westmoreland, Va.
on the ED of February, 1882, to hi
death at historic Mount Vernon on tn,
18th of December, t799, shows the sue
cassive stages of it's development; from
| the truthful and manly boy to TIN
youthful surveyor and gallant militi;
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officer who saved Braddock's army
from humiliation on the banks of the
bloody Monongahela; the young Vir
ginia planter and ardent patriot, mem
Der of the colonial house of burgesscs
and of the Continental congress; the
commander in chief of the American
army and the victorious leader of the
revolution; the wise and sagacious
statesman and first president of the
new republic-thc 1iberator, hero and
father of his country.
1t is happy circumstance, as it
seems to me, that this typical and
greatest American hero should come
from the best, unmixed, unpolluted
English and American stock. While
many of the leading generals of the
revolution were foreigners, like Lafay-
cite, De Kalb, Steuben and Kosiusco,
and others unacclimated Englishmen,
like Gates and Charles Lee, Washington
could trace his lineage back through
many centuries to the best Saxon and
Norman blood and through three gen.
erations of like inheritance on this side
of the Atlantic. No American has ever
had better representative stock and
ancestry; coming from that solid mid
die class of landed gentry and proprie-
tors-the classes that produced Hamp-
den and Cromwell, and which has been
the bulwark of English liberty for a
thousand years. With such an ances.
try behind him, and such interests cen
tered in the sod of his native land, he
was man fitted to step forward in de
Tense of. the liberties of the colonies
against the oppression of the mother
country.
With his appointment to the city
| command of the continental forces
June 5, 1775, at the age of 43, the great
public career of Washington COM
menced. So long had Providence been
holding him in reserve for this supreme
hour! The mighty seven years struggle
that followed was the fiery furnace in
which his character was tried and out
of which it came without tarnish OF
alloy-the whitest,- purest and brightest
in history. 1t is not claimed that
Washington was a great military
genius like Frederick or Napoleon
He won in the great struggle not by
mastery strategy in his campaigns, Oh
by brilliant tactics in his battles. But
if he did not win many great victories
like Leuthen or Austerlitz, he suffered
no great and crushing defeats like
Waterloo, and success at last approved
his generalship and crowned him with
never dying honor. He must be judget
here nv the reS11lk
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ernment know what they are talking
about, really do not see why I should
feel particularly concerned about the
result of my present undertaking. I've
brought many an obstinate jury around
by sheer force of slzillful rhetoric and
personal magnetism; and it is the same
thing now, on u more extensive scale"
This reflection acted like oil upon the
troubled sea of his thoughts; and when
he returned to his room after dinner it
was with much of his nervous appre-
hensiveness changed to q calm and con-
fident anticipation of success.
He was putting the finishing touches
to his toilet and surveying with pardon
able satisfaction the elegant figure re-
flected in his dressing mirror when he
was summoned to the door to admit
Warner, who had called with the inten-
ton of escorting the orator of the even
ing to the all important meeting.
North was in recklessly high spirits
now, and he greeted his caller with a
torrent of lively nonsense. Weighed
down by the responsibilities devolving
upon him as q member of the executive
committee, and disappearing of North's
levity on SO important an occasion,
Warner was in no mood to appreciate
this nonsense, and his answers were
short, business like and far between.
Consequently something like serious
acss had settled down over &,.rsh bc
lore they had walked two squares 90
gether. 1t was only the outward SEM
blance, however; his inward mood was
one of reckless mirth and daring-a
mood upon which he confidently de-
pended to carry him through the even
| ing.
The pretty little opera house was
crowded from pit to gallery when North
stepped out on the stage In the full
blaze of the foot lights. He was well
coined cordially by the gentlemen there
assembled, members of the executive
committee and distinguished citizens
who had been specially invited to
grace the stage with their presence.
As he was responding to this welcome
the audience discovered him, and In
stantly a murmur of enthusiasm swept
over the house. eliminating In storm
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
wAsu1NGroN's FIRST HEADQUARTERS.

against the logged and disciplined
valor of British regulars-the soldiers
that could return to the charge for the
third time through that murderous fire
from the blazing breastworks of
Bunker Hill? How was he to meet the
successive armies of Howe, of Clinton,
of Burgoyne, of CORVALLIS, which that
proud and ample navy landed upon our
devoted shores? 1t was herculean
task, and not another man but Wash
ington, in all America, could have per-
formed it. Greene could have come
nearest to it, but even his rare good
Judgment, caution and skill would have
fallen short somewhere in the long
trial 1t is no wonder that the great
leader himself should have been re-
peatedly defeated; that his little army,
though full of courage and patriotism,
should have qua!led and retreated so
many times before such foe. With all
our patriotic Fourth Of July boasts and
exultation over the defeat of the Brit
ish red coats" let us not forget what
soldiers those ''red coats" We're. Gates
would not have conquered at Saratoga
if Burgoyne had not been compelled to
rely upon Hessians and Indians.
Here and there in the conflict, as at
Trenton and Princeton, by his courage
and dash, Washington showed himself
the great soldier, ready to seize and i'm
prove opportunities; but it was not in
such deeds rs these, or in battle any
where, that his consummate leadership
was seen. Beyond his approved cour-
age, his ardent patriotism and rare good
Judgment, it was here, as everywhere,
by force of his moral greatness, his
greatness of character, that Washing
ton won. In the face of defeat and dis
aster, in the retreat through the Jer-
seys, in that rout on the banks of the
bloody Brandywine, in the terrible re-
pulse at Germantown and in the gloom
and despair of that dark winter at Val
ley Forge, it was the unconquerable
will, the long enduring patience, the
serene faith of the great leader that
saved the cause. And it was for the
reason that the people saw all this that
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
WILL HAVE A SPECIAL TRIM.

Vice. Pr esident- Elect Stevsnson's Prepa.
tions for the Trip to Washing ton.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Feb. 25.-AFrange
ments are now complete for Vice Pre-.
dent elect Stevenson's trip to the inaug
ration. He is to be the guest of tn,
Illinois Democratic club of this Cit!
which organization has complete charg
of all affairs connected with the trium
phal excursion.
This club has chartered train whict
will run over the Chicago s. Alton t.
Chicago, and from there to Washingto;
over the Baltimore g. Ohio. 1t will b
composed of four Pullman sleeping cars
a baggage car, a dining car and Vice
President-elect Steyenson's private car.
The train will leave Bloomington a:
8 o'clock next Monday morning the 9Th
and will arrive in Washington, Tuesd.,
afternoon at o'clock. The citizens D.
Bloomington will turn out enmasse tt
accompany their honored townsman t.
the depot.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gov. Russell has appointed Thursday,
April 6, as fast day.
F. H. Willenburg, of Cleveland, has
won the chess championship of Ohio.
st. Louis people are enjoying the bene-
fit of coal war between local dealers.
Hon. w. G. Whitney has sublet his
villa at Newport, R. l., and will not
spend the coming summer there.
While embarking at Calais for Dover
yesterday Marie Van Sandt, the singer,
fell on the gangway and broke her ankle.
A negro named Underwood, a desperate
villain, was executed yesterday in the
little town of Hahnville near New Orleans.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25

THE BED IN WHICH WASHINGTON DIED.
they still believed in and trusted him,
and enabled him to bear up against
criticism, faction and conspiracy, and
finally, by the crowning victory at
Yorktown, to bring the long struggle
to its glorious end.
The name of George Washington
stands unexcelled and majestic among
the heroes and rulers of the earth-the
unquestioned and peerless glory of
these later ages. Other heroes and
rulers have equa1ed, yea, excelled him
In genius and intellect; others have
been, perhaps, as patriotic and honest;
others have commanded in war and gov
erned in peace with equal skill and adj
ability. But we look in
vain to history-certainly to the history
of modern times-for another example
Of man with such q rare blending of
moral and intellectual qualities; such a
perfect balance of faculties; such
soundness of Judgment unclouded by
prejudice; such justice unswayed by
interest or partiality; such courage
without rashness; such dignity without
haughtiness; such wisdom without self
:onceit-a great assemblage, indeed, of
faculties and virtues which made him
truly worthy of that felicitous and i'm
mortal aphorism Of Henry Lee: First
in war; first in peace, ana first in the
hearts of his countrymen."
CHARLES s.. MAY.
At GAINESVILLE, S. c., last night, while
a colored woman was was at a frolic, her
five children at hcme were burned to
death.
Tho headquarters of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, /. o. o. F., have been
transferred from Columbus, O., to .lti-
more. Md.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
Violin Made of Aluminium.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 25.-An aluminium
violin has been constructed by a must
clan of this city and has been tried in
concert as we'll as in private. 1t cannot
be distinguished by it's tone from the
wooden instrument. 1t Is claimed that
it is superior to wood in durability, free
dom from accident and susceptibility to
moisture. 1t is too early in the history
of the new industry to tell its compare
tive COST
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
Would Not Take Reading Checks.

WAvERLY, N. Y, Feb. 25.-The Phila-
delphia & Reading pay-car arrived here
shortly before noon and paid the employees
with checks. The banks refused to cash
the checks on account of an attachment
served by Hugh J. Baldwin on the rail-
roads funds deposited here. Some of the
merchants took number of the checks
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25

JAMAICA, L. l., Feb. 25.-At meeting
of the Queens County Board of Super
visors yesterday the question Of annexa,
ton to New York came up. On resolu
ton it was referred to the Boards OF
Trustees of the several townships in the
county for their opinion. The trustees
were asked to make report at the next
meeting of the board to be held here Oh
Wednesday next.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25.-National Dem
ocratic Chairman William F. Harrity and
Dallas Sanders, representing local. syn
dictate, have bought the Schuylkill Trac-
ton company, an electric trolly road
running from Locustdale through Ash
land to Girardville and thence to Shen-
andoah and Mahanoy City, distance of
% miles. The road will be extended and
will connect about 40 collieries in the
Ma hanoy basin of the anthracite region
of Schuylkill county.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
smallpox Scare In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-James Mullahey, a
laborer living at So Sholto street, has
been taken to the pest house suffering
from smallpox in an advanced stage of
development. The district in which Null
lahey lived is badly crowded and 1t is
feared the disease may spread.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
Nsw England NAY Have n Receiver.

New York, Feb. ga special despatch
from Boston to the Foreign and Domestic
News Company says it Is reported that
the New England Railroad will go into
the hands of receivers.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
Won Der Ahe,s Son Fatally mi ured.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25.-Edwin Won Der
Abe, son of Chris Won Der Abe, the we'll
known baseball man of this city and
himself stakeholder and treasurer of the
St. Louis Club. was run over by grip car
Thursday night and probably fatally
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
Ex-Banker Rookafe1low Arrested.

W1LKEsBARRE, Feb. Eek Banker
Rockafellow has been arrested on war
rants sworn out by number Of creditors
of the defunct bank. He gave bail
through his attorney for his appearan ce
at court
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
m. BURNS

Licensed disinfecting officer for
cleaning and disinfecting vaults and
cesspools. Disinfectant soc per ct.
y B.-Rssidenoe ~ sarsneld Street.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
Urges Reduction of Cotton Acreage

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Feb. 25.-Com-
missioner Of Agriculture George M.
Chapman has, in circular urging the
reduction of cotton acreage, called q
State convention of farmers to meet at
Little Rock, March 10, to decide on the
amount of reduction.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
JOSEPH 4. JACKSON, ARCHITECT,

Lilley's Block.<-~- Waterbury, Conn,
And 2!7i.West I25th, st, New York.
Plans and Superintendent for all classes
nildlpgs.ss t-aa ----zs
Many years successful experience enables ine
to secure for clients the best results with the
least expenditure.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25
ASHTON e Garrity,

Plumbers, Steam and Gas Filters, Tin
Roofing, Hot Water Heating specially.
500. BANK STREET.
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A Little Comedy Of Errors
By s. s. MORTON.

CHAPTER XIV.
Cas.-Know you how much the people may be
moved,
BY that which he will utter1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-22
GATHERED ABOUT THE TOWN.

The annual meeting Of the Long Island Water
Supply Company was held yesterday afternoon I'm
the Office Of Thomas T.. Pearsall No. lS Montague
ST. and the following officers were elected: j. Nc
COY Gray James J. Moran. Robert II. Mitchell.
William H. Mckcon. John Darian. Edward j. frell
and Joseph NJ Pcarsall. directors; Isaac VI. kappor
and \. e. Trcmain inspectors of election.
Patrick Gillespie for twenty years policeman.
died yesterday morning from paralysis. He was
appointed a patrolman in 1S1, and was retired on
half-pay in 1891 He was born in Ireland in 1891.
Bernard Dolan. fifty years old, living at NO l6'
Rutler-st. arrested yesterday charged with as
sault In the second degree. Early Sunday morn
ing. while intoxicated, he began to beat his wife,
and 10 escape him she cndeavorcd to climb down
the nre-escapc but fell two stories into the back
yard and was seriously injured. She was taken to
ST. Peters Hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-22
CHARGED WITH BUPGLARTES IN NEWARK.

Henry Lee of No. $50 Tenthave, and hicnaru
sanders OF No. $40 East Twenty-third-st, were
brought by detectives the Tombs Police court yes
tcrday The prisoners were charged with oeihg con
ccrned in several burglaries In Newark ~ de- uu.,"s
t, last NINTH Goods chiefly Jewels aggregatins
IN value about 81, 500, have been stolen from the
houses OF p Bryce and DR.. Baldwin Valuable dies were
also reported missing from the building OF the Hodg
Machine Manufacturing Company. The Police iound
that three men and woman were concerned III
tbe robberes One man was arrested In Newark WHO
is said to have known and pointed out Tue Paoe'
to be robbed. A named Melinda sm'h Il
aneced 70 have received the stolen property from
tho New York men, Lee and Sanders Who are said 10
have done the actual work. Justice Martin heid the
prisoners to await the arrival Of requiSiton papers,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-22
NEW YORK CITY

Commissioner Iaffen of the Twcnty-thrd and
Twentv-fourth wards. filed his quarterly report
with the Mayor yesterday. II shows that there
WAS under contract in the Annexed District work
OF sewer building and street regulating and grading
estimated TO cost $2l75.5is %.
Twenty-Five claims. amounting to 5000 for dam
ages due to changes In street grades In the An
nexel District because of the depression Of the
Harlem Railroad tracks. were filed yesterday with
the Controller. so far the amount Of these claims
reaches about S2DVv.
Secretary Willis Holly Will return To duty at the
MAYORS Office tomorrow, when Confidential Clerk
William H. McDonough Will start a three
weeks vacation to Saratoga and Chicago.
DR.. CYRUS Edison. Health Commissioner. has been
appointed by Mayor Gilroy the delegate from this
city TO the Pan-American Medical Congress- to be
held in Washington. September to s. \ feature in
the proceedings will be conference on the man.
agement of cholera and yellow fever.
John G. Calhoun. a policeman attached To the
Oak-st station died from stomach troubles on Sat-
urday night at the home OF his fdther-in-law No
a. Rutgers-st He had been on the force several
years and was twenty-nine years Old, having heen
born I'm the Thirteenth Ward. The funeral will
take place to-day at No. 4 RutSers-st.