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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15

s snfaS 81 % nsts sG' ri finish up dog
but take no inieres. in the dog. What is the
way to Naugus Centrey
NO. What is the way to Naugus Centre?"
Don't want to hear bout the dos?'
Good story"
Cant help It,"
What is the way to Naugus Centre?'
Wa I'm GETTING S to as fast as mi, ean DON'T
viii you or won't you tell me the way TO Nau-
gus Drop the 5 Ss sandn right in front
Of the postofice in Naugus Centre for the last M
terest i in Rastus Banker dog can't expected
ye any more. Good day
WHEN WE WORKED OUR TAX OUT.
Oh. our life was tough and fearful. and Its toll was
And often we grew faint beneath the load.
But there came glad vacation and a sweet ahe'
When We used to work our tax out on the road;
When we used to work our tax out then we felt the
And we felt no more the prick OF labors goad:
Then we shared the golden treasure OF sweet rest
When we used to work our tax out the road.
There are sapient seers and sages who predict IN
LIES tragedy of labor will be DER
And glad full-fiedged millennium Will leap on the
And we'll play, but never labor any more.
But we look not in the future for that happy. hal.
When Wen throw of every burden, every load:
For our Eden burst in flower. and we dozed IN
leisure's bower.
When used to work our tax out on the road.
When we used to work tax out az let the
bottom facts out.
We had somnolent contentment and repose,
With no toll work to cumber us our rest was
sweet and sumberous
And in deep delicious dreaming did we dozc.
The drowsiness of languid rest Ger every man was
creeping
And in a calm. content we all threw down
load:
Careless of fe's wall and weeping, every besse0
man sleeping,
When we used to work tax out on the road
SAM WALTER FOSS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15

over bv his favorite beer-girl, lady whose
proportions like those of her royal master
show in an eminent degree the fatteninS proper
tics of the national beverage. In one corner
stand a number of rifles, presents 10 the King
from various hunters: in another sacks of corn
and baskets of tobacco. All state and other
business is transacted in cattle kraal out
side where the king now n sufferer from govt
and obesity, sits in wheeled chair' Inc
ground is Uttered with filth and bones OF every
description: a fire burns close at hand, where
with the royal chef prepares the choice pieces
Of meat intended for the king and any guests
he wishes TO distinguish. after which the beer
girl hands to her master his favorite drink.
first having tasted it herself. All reports from
every part of the kingdom are here maze the
messengers coming toward the royal presence on
hands and knees shouting the kingly titles all
the while. If necessary, a council Is held con-
sisting Of the regent, commander-n-chlei' ram
and witch doctors, the head lndunaS' e'V'
Never long in one place. the king travels III ii
wagon drawn by ten black oxen from kraal
to kraal. inspecting cattle. in which he takes
the greatest pride and transacting business.
Once a year takes place the great war dance
when all regiments available are gathered
round the royal kraal. Small parties from
every military station arrive some days In ad-
vance to build huts for their regiments ana an
enormous temporary town springs up and
covers the whole plain. Soon after the troops
march in very orderly under their indunas'
and take UP their quarters, the women Hollow
ing carving impedimcnta. The festivities be-
Gin with a corn" dance. Thanksgiving 10:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15
~ THE LAND OF OPHlR.
rcrNEOF THE NEW ZULU WAR.
THE TRAGIC STORY OF T'cHAKA THE
prooDY AND THE MATABELE KINGDOM.

o,.orrsT OF IASHCNALAND BY MoSELE'
,,rsr-sclNEs ~ THE ROYAL RRAAL OF
,onryeuLA-BRITIsu INTERESTS AT
STAKE EEsOLUTE MEN IN
COMMAND.
nav by day the outlook in Mashona'ahu DE-
,os more ominous. There is no doubt 'hd'
49, Natabele mps. or legions. are advancing
,.h deadly intent upon Fort victoria whose
,,,,o British garrison stands In hourly expec'a-
49,, Of attack by ten times their number. IL Is
socond Zulu war. with the Immediate resul'
..m IN doubt but with the final result assu'eu'
Co. II is a necessity of civilization tha' '"e
,bless mower Of the Zuus should De checheu
ord broken. In no other way can peace '
assured and safe opportunity be gained ioi u
eloning the vastly rich resources OF inc 'a""
y, ~ tho African tribes the Zuus have long
haen foremost in the arts OF war; anu VI '"o
illus the most formidable those now known
&C Matabeles Their history is written III o'oou
nd fire a record of murderous horrors COM
,orcble with the enormites OF Attia anu ii'''u'
Ieng. ,~r,r,vr
THE BLOOD-STAINED BATTLbAAE'
There was in olden time a chieftain whose
name was Zula living on the shore oil De'aso"
Ia, and being a man of mighty prowess he
M
oil others in the region southwark to the up
,ro,ars Of the Orange River. and welded them
into one nation, which he called after hih'seii,
zulu. These people were tall of stature ana
nowerful in battle and in chase ana easily
vanouished any of the neighboring tribes WHO
might cross their way, such as the Grlquas
ord the Bechuanas though. indeed, they all
Of first came from the same Bechuana STOCK.
Thus the Zulus became much renowned anu
feared throughout all Southern Africa from ti'e
Cape TO the Lmpopo River ana 'ieii Mis- h''
eanznconvarna. hundred years ago. had no
,, +, oil tho land This monarch, whose
,ome Il &c a burden to repeat set up his court
with his thirty wives on the shore OF the Bay
NJ Santa Lucia and there many children were
horn to him. among them one whose birth was
attended by such miraculous phenomena as
made him marked child in the royal kraai
To this son was given the name OF IChaKa'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15

q treaty with the British South Africa Company
nv which "A virtual protectoratc established
over the whole country. This greatly changed
the aspect OF affairs. British administrators
took charge of the country; British prospectors
eocked in and opened mines Of exceeding rich
ness King Solomon. 1t was found. had not got
all the gold out; he had only scratched the sur
face ~ the deposits. Forts were soon built and
police system organized and Villages OF sc
nhiar places thus founded are Fort Victoria
Fort Salisbury. Fort Charter. Fort Tuli and TAU
,ha Linp's CAPITAL. These places far apart
Fort Salisbury is at the north: Co miles south Oh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15

regiments meet together fcasting ON beef ana
Deer The very rites they perform at that fcsti-
val have no other object but To inspire them
with fearless courage. At this occasion human
flesh is cooked. together with various KINDS oi
medicines This human flesh IL taken from SIAN
pcope. Superstition plays great part IN the
performance Of those ceremonies. all OF which
have relation to their war expeditions The OLD
indunas fan the flames of bloOdthirst by sar-
ga sr, and irony. "YOu are but girls they say
To the young warriors. and 'bcardlcss boys.
How Is II that YOU never yet bathcd your
osscpais with human bloOd?' In general cow
ardcr is looked upon as the greatest disgrace
a Matabcle can bring on himself.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22
THE BOMB THRoweR.

The similarity of this latest explosion at Paris to that at Barcelona is so striking as to suggest a concerted plan.-Baltimore Sun.
 The dynamiter is likely to reduce the ranks of socialists, for all Europe is charg. ing the anarchists to modern socialism, New York World.
 The explosion shows that the boasted vigilance of the police authorities in France Is not yet equal to the shadowinE of every anarchist.-Detroit Free Press.
 This atrocious deed Is regarded of more moment because it is the first instance of the kind in which legislative chamber while the members were in session, has been invaded by bomb bthrower.-Milwau- kee Wisconsin.
 The man who threw the bomb in the French chamber of deputies, it will be ob- served, is rot half witted crank, but & member Of class which has determine tions that are strong, however indefinite they may sometimes seem.-Providence Journal.
 It seems to be a question whether the in vention of dynamite was a good thing or not. Since it has become the universal weapon of anarchists the very name of dynamite inspires fear. In the hands of these enemies of society it is a more de structive force than anything else which can be obtained.-Buffalo Enquirer.
 The explosion of that bomb in the cham Der of deputies at Paris shook the conti. nent of Europe. This is not figure of speech; it is n simple statement of fact. What has been done at Paris may be dupli- cated at Rome, at Madrid, at Lisbon, at Vienna, at Berlin. Nobody knows which capitals turn will come next. The only thing certain is the existence of q common peril, the oppressive sense of universal in security.-Hartford Courant
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22
THE STUNNING GIRL.

Gloves this winter follow the shades of the toilet or street costume.
 Berthas, collarettes, lace frills, jabots and fchus are peremptorily demanded by pres ent fashion.
 Tiny collarettes for the theater, opera and embroidered or braided cloth, fur and lace and brocade.
 Added basques and panniers, also panels and apron overskirts, continue to appeal for patronage, but notwithstanding this a cer- tain reserve is being steadily maintained.
 Wide bias pieces of velvet drawn through ''jeweled" or jet buckles and slightly puffed to give them broad effect trim the fronts of small princess bonnets and toques.
 Cream colored crepe de chiEe combined with fuchsia red velvet forms a very pretty theater waist, and another dainty creation is pink crepOn made up with black velvet and jetted bands.
 Black lace insertions arc in great use this season in inch and two inch widths laid flat ly on the dress fabric and not inserted as formerly, so that at present they appear with n tiny purled finish.
 Decided contrast in color and fabric is the order of the day among fashionable winter gowns. Light hues are combined with dark shades on out of door costumes, and dark dyes in velvet, fur, brocade and moire are introduced into pale tinted toi- lets for evening wear.-New York Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22

MODERN ROTARY SNowPLow.
 corning storm experiences, which was a draw when it canSs time, as they were grinding along in the teeth of the storm, to turn in and go to sleep. The next morning, when all who had stuck to the train found that fresh snowbound ex- perience was ahead of them. these trav- elers were the most philosophical of the lot, for they had learned by experience that nothing could be done but to wait, and that jack pots and smoking and songs and veracious recitations of per. sonal annals are excellent things to fall back on when snow blocks the way.
 Some of the passengers growled, but none took things so much to heart as the superintendent of the division of the road on which they were imprisoned, for a heavy snowstorm meant almost super human exertions on his part and the part of his subordinates. It meant ceaseless vigils till the rails were clear again; it meant broken engines and cars derailed, demoralized schedules and kicking, com plaining passengers, and expenses with out limit almost to be charged against the division in the main office of the great trunk line, where. it seemed to him, a lot of accountants were kept solely for the purpose of casting up just such unavoidable expenses.
 The engineman and the fireman of the train, who found themselves somewhere near daylight stuck in the snow in the deep cut, were not so worried as the super" was at the division terminus, and they took turns keeping the engine alive and tramping through the snow with the train hands to the nearby farm houses for supplies for the passengers. And between times they cheered up the young conductor with stories of what the wonderful modern rotary snowplows can do, and related "reminiscences of the other days before the invention of the rotaries, when they used to try to clear the tracks with pointed blows, behind which a procession of engines would sometimes push their way through.
 Do you remember, Jim," queried the engineer, "how in 1878 we put 10 locomo- tives in a row, and how, when we were stuck in this very same cut, the head en- gine's whistle to back was interpreted by the rear engineer to be go ahead, and what a smashup followed? How the two middle engines were shut up like jack knives, and poor Bill Johnson was killed and some of the other boys were pretty badly hurt:"
 The man of all men who looked upon the snow with most approval as it fell from the crystallized fog bank that day was Old Probabilities, and his smiles were shared by the signal officers in all the snow region. for it had been official ly predicted that snow would come.
 I. D. MARSHALL.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22
YAoCI HOUSE.

etrating the mountains were carried oil by the villagers. The first village had been passed about 9 o'clock in the morning, the last was reached at l in the afternoon, and then the ascent of the mountains began.
 The path ran through q wilderness of scrub oak, and none but a mountain climb ing horse could have trodden it in safety. At times the trail was cut from the solid rock and the horses scraped the rock wall on one side in their effort to keep from tum- bling thousand feet down precipice on the other. The travellers from time to time saw the naked Yaquis in little groups run ming nimbly ahead and presently found the trail blocked by mass of newly fallen rocks, evidently the work of the Naquis. By retracing their steps and making wide detour, the explorer passed the ob- struction and emerged again upon the trail But after that trees, rocks and loose earth again and again blocked the trail. The travellers laboriously removed the ob- structions or evaded them by almost equal ly laborious detours.
 Meanwhile the one tenderfoot of the par ty had noticed all the afternoon that man whom he took for a Naqui was stealthily logging their steps The teuderfoot hesi- tated to speak of the fact. and felt at ease, because it is notorious that the Saquis are harmless even in their own country. Late in the afternoon, however just after the three travellers had rounded a turn in the trail, one of the miners suddenly dismount- ed and said 10 the teuderfoot, Hold my horse" The other miner turned his horse and watched his fellow walk back on the trail. He stopped behind rock, took aim and fired. The tenderfoOt was terrified at what he thought the murder of Naqui.
 There's another alarmed Apache gons," said the man who had fired the fatal shot, and as the three rode back 10 the fallen victim the miners explained to their com panion the marks by which be might know their late pursuer for an Apache. They found him dead beside q bowlder with a bullet through his forehead. He wore the blanket and the beaded moccasins of his tribe. Every white man who knows the character of the Apache shoots him at sight as if he were wild beast explained the miners, and with this explanation the ten derfoot was fain to be content. The deGd Apache was borne to the side of the trail, covered with boughs and rocks and thus slept in the wilderness
 The explorers camped that night in fear of averaging Apaches rather than of Yaquis, but there was no sign of either. and ths up- ward journey was resumed the next morn ing. The experience was that of the day before. The Yaquis kept we'll ahead, but from time to time could be seen rolling
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22
SHE MAS NOT SORRY.

rosy cheek of the little schoolma'am who wielded the ruler and rang the bell in the little schoolhouse and was board ing round" that winter. And she was filled with dismay, for some of her pu- pills parents lived two miles away from the foot of the valley, and she thought, as the flake that had chastely saluted her was followed by countless thousands of others, that she would have to wade through snow the remainder of the win ter.
 But youag Jim Willis. the broad shouldered con of the trustee. twinkled his blue eyes aE ne toticad tho descend ing snow. and thought huw the next day he would hiEch Cp t1 his fathers big box sleigh. and on pretext of gathering the children up to take them to school would save the little schooliua'am who had been kissed by the flake from the strug- gles with the snow sine dreaded so much. When the spring came, and the little schoolma'am realized because of that first storm she need no longer be a teacher, she was not sorry the snow came so early.
 None of her pupils worried when the snow came, for it brought to them vi- sions of fcoasting-"riding down hill" they called it-and snowballing and snow fort building and other sports of the season, and the girls wondered if the boys would "wash their faces' and began to dare" them to.
 Still others of the flakes that fell that day whitened the buffalo robe that was wrapped about the legs of Andrew Stevens, the stage driver. And he knew that it meant that the period of his year ly fighting through the drifts was about to begin, and he drew his breath in through his tight shut teeth as he thought of the number of times his stage would probably be overturned, and the fact that not until the spring sunshine had melted the drifts could he again venture out Q shovel. He also remembered, as he watched the white shower, that frozen fingers, frozen faces, frozen eara
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22

THEY CHOPPED AND TRIMMED AND HAULED. after the other till the earth was covered as with blanket, while yet uncounted myriads were following in their wake, the loggers cheered and rocked not that as it showed the wind rose, for the snow was heavy, andits coming meant the be- ginning of their season of industry. And the next morning when the sun shone again out of the frosty blue winter sky, tipping hill tops and bare, gaunt tree branches with gold, the loggers began their three months toll with gleaming axes and ringing saws and iron pointed haudspikes.
 Day after day they chopped and trimmed and hauled the monster logs into which they transformed the man. moth forest trees, and night after night they sang songs and told stories in their rude woodland huts after their work was done and their supper of pork and beans was eaten. In the spring, when the breakup came and they hoated the logs they had got out during the winter ana counted the products of their toll, they smiled and said the season had been good. But if the north wind had not breathed on the cloud that day early in the win ter and it had rained instead of showed, their labors would have been much short CT and their season only ordinary.
 Some of the flakes from that same cloud were whirled by the north wind, after it had crystallized them, over the streets of city. and when they fell there joy and dismay were mingled. The children danced with glee-that is, those who lived near the parks and were pos sessors of sleds and skates and comforta- ble clothing and warm mittens. To them the snow meant frolics and fun unlim- ited, but to some others, who had poor shoes and thin, tattered clothing, it meant chattering teeth and stiffened fingers and blue noses and watery eyes. But the north wind cared not.
 It was dull that winter among those who labor for wages. and to men who were out of work the whirling, falling flakes gave grateful promise of employ ment upon the streets, of shoveling tons and tons of snow, and wages from the city's till. But in his office in the city hall the official who was responsible for the condition of the streets and had al- ready used up most of his appropriation the snow was hateful, and he walked up and down in despair as he thought how the newspapers would jump upon him" the next morning and ask sarcastically if the slush would ever be removed from the pavements, if the gutters would ever be free of muddy ice water and if street traffic would ever be free again. And in every city in the land where snow fell that day there was a distract ed official. But they all lived drought,
 Some of the flakes were sifted over the pleasant valley, at the foot of which stands the little old red schoolhouse some of you know and cherish blessed memories of, and one driven crystal planted a cold but gentle kiss on the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22
THE ELECTRICIAN.

4 conduit trolley system-the LoVe-has been in successful operation in Washington City since March last. It Is a double wire system, and the leakage in 1t is hardly rec ognizable
 Eugene Baldwin, an amateur electrician of Montreal, has devised a wind wheel which. in connection with a dynamo and storage batteries, furnishes all the lights he needs in his house.
 According to the Boston Commercial Bull letin, simple and inexpensive device has been invented whereby the broken section pf a trolley or other live electric wire is made harmless the instant the break oc- CUTS.
 Arthur V. Abbott estimates that the 5aO electric roads in the country now use ., 800 miles of track, with r 900 cars. requiring engines of 100 900 horsepower. The com panies are capitalized for 9ls5, ,OOo, ,uo0. In sddation to this Mir. Abbott figures that wa have over 4oo. .ooo miles of tslsphnns llneain service, with 100, 600 miles of nndsraEound cable.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22
A FOG CRYSTALlIZED
HIGH IN THE AIR IT SAILED, AND MEr
 CALLED IT A CLOUD.

When the North Wind BreAthed on IL. 10
 Resolved Itself Into snownaies, Which
 Descended Earthward to Affect Human
 ity In Divers Ways.
 One day the north wind breathed on . fog bank that was so high in the skies as to be called cloud by the human mites that battered far below on the surface of the earth, and straightway the fog shaped itself into dainty crystals, and these massed themselves into flakes and began to sail jauntily down to the earth.
 Some of these flakes were seen by 8 lot of flannel shirted, heavy booted lum- bermen who were waiting for the snow fall to go into logging camp, and when they saw the Aeecy things descend one
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22

 stretch. From the three-quarters pole to the wire there is gradual decline of feet, which will enable the trotters and pacers To make n strong finish.
 The grand >i;:' q will be GOO feet long and will .cat s,Gl people. The clubhouse will be a handsome structure, the grounds will be as beautiful aS the landscape gardener can make them, and the members will eu- joy one novelty seen upon few race courses. This will be a private speedway 6O feet wide and rhree-quarters of a mile long When the season of 1894 opens, the coming two minute trotter will be given every opPor- tunity to declare himself al Detroit.
 The master mind of the Detroit Driving club is its president, D. I. Campau, who was secretary of the clu1 when it was organized in lSs4 and who has been it's president eight years. Under his manage ment Detroit's Blue R bbon" meeting has become one of the notable harness racing events of the year in America In the future the club will hold two trotting meetings and one running meeting snnu- ally
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-22

rocks into the path, and after 6 toll some days journey the intruders camped. acknowledging themselves beaten. Next morning they turned their horses down the mountain and made all haste for the trail to Topic. Nobody harassed or delayed them this time, though as before the Yaqui villages were deserted at their approach The trail to Topic was rehched again to- ward evening, and the travellers next morn ing resumed their journey westward, baf- fled, like many another exploring party. by the passive resistance of the Yaquis.
 WALTER CONE