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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
GENERAL F. T. WARD,

empire. At the time of Wards death in
1868 from wound received in battle from
a silver bullet, for the Tai-Pings believed
that the American general was enchanted
and was lead and iron proof. he command
ed force Of 4 900 men and had just been ALL
thorized by the government to raise the
brigade to 5000 strong.
The pomp of Ward funeral was gorgeous
beyond precedent. A temple was erected
to him in Sung Kiang, and he was canon
lied as demigod. Before his death he had
been made mandarin of the highest but
ton, received the supreme honor of the Vel
low Jacket and been appointed practically
the generalissimo of the Chinese forces.
After his death Colonel Forester succeeded
to the subordinate command of the ever
victorious army" but soon resigned, and
subsequently Colonel Gordon found his
stepping stone to greatness by taking the
leadership and putting the capsheaf on
Wards nearly finished work.
Ward was believed in China to have &C
cumulated a great fortune. His accounts
were all in the hands of a we'll known Chi
nese banker. When the family of the
American. some of whom are living now.
applied for a settlement, the heather Chi
nee" blandly denied knowing anything
about 1t, and not a tael was ever recovered
from Celestial clutches. The story of the
Yankee sailor Ward, though but little
known to his countrymen, is one Of the TO
mances of the nineteenth century. Had it
not been for our own war, which was raging
at the time, absorbing public attention, his
wonderful career would have been far more
widely talked about. The English have
since claimed that had Ward lived to have
finally achieved his plans he would have
proved worse menace to China than the
Tai-Pings themselves. But this Is mere
international jealousy.
Colonel Forester was wont to speak OF
his old time chief of those romantic days
in terms of enthusiastic praise, and in the
company of his intimates he was full of the
most interesting anecdotes concerning his
adventures by field and food, when the
destinies of great empire were hanging in
the balance, and one heroic American was
the weight that tipped the scale.
E. w. DIMMERDALE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10

unconsciously to ourselves is fed and
sustained by kind of knowledge and
by forms of experience which never came
within the range of the imagining pei
son. Before concluding this tale /
shall relate something which seems to
provide some faint clew to my very re-
markable preternatural experiences in
Curry's cave.
After the specter second appearance
he continued to walk for five nights,
beginning and ending his mysterious
beat or promenade at exactly the same
time each night, and taking exactly the
same course on each occasion. By de-
grees / began to be so accustomed to his
presence that I sometimes even broiled
and ate my fish while the ghost went to
and fro, and once lessened by nearly
half the distance which separated us in
order to observe him and his habili-
ments more closely and accurately. On
this occasion his eyes seemed on near
er view to present so terrible an express
sion that the moment he passed I with
drew swiftly to the proximity of my
fire and my seals and did not again ven
ture one yard away from the opposite
wall of the cave.
The excitement caused by the appari-
ton had reused me to a considerable
degree from the lethargy into which I
had been before fast sinking and indeed
almost past recall. Indeed but for the
ghost think I should have died in that
cave, SO stupid, sleepy and Indifferent
to all things was I fast growing. The
ghost at least had the merit of keeping
me rather broad awake for some days
and all my faculties on the alert. 9th
erwise l might have succumbed before
the arrival of the relief which was now
about to make such difference both in
my condition of mind and body and in
my prospects. The excitement had this
almost immediate good effect - that
when the first intensity of it had passed
away I ate rather more broiled fish than
I had done for many days before the
coming of the apparition. So when the
relief did arrive I was in a condition
to utilize it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
CHAPTER XIV.
THE GHOST.


Once while 1 was in this lax and
spiritless condition, highly nervous, too,
as 1 have no doubt, 1 became suddenly
aware that something was passing me
by, not in front, but behind me and
very close. OF course l saw nothing.
The sensation was something like that
of a person who in a dark room becomes
aware, he does not know how, of the
presence and proximity of another per-
son. My fire was on a smooth, inclined
rock, or rather on the smooth, inclined
floor of the cavern, which, from where
lay, sloped rather sharply down to the
seals pool. My hearth, so to speak,
and the floor Immediately around it
were level. 1 pitched upon this spot as
my resting place because from it the
light of the fire not only illuminated
the pool and allowed me to see nay seals
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
injurious authorizations.
NaterburyFire Alarm
LOCATION OF BONES.
LOCATION OF BOXES.

The following are the Fire Alarm Signals
Injer the new system:
II Rogers K Bro
Is Cor East Main and Niagara streets.
IL Cor East Main and Wolcott rad.
Is Cor High and Walnut streets.
10 Cor East Main and Cherry streets.
II Cor East Main and Gle streets.
u Cor North Elm and Kiugstury streets.
3 Cor North Elm. Nnrth Main and Grove
streets
- Waterbury Misunderstanding company"
IS CIR nh Main and North streets
20 CIR Buckingham and Coke streets.
- cor Grove aud Prospect streets
- CIR Hillside avenue and Pine street.
% C,r johnson and Waterville streets.
81 The PlaIt Bru~ c.
Waterbury, Click company movement
mrut fact ~
Zach ru-r I.:,e,-.
g.. Cor WeS, Main AMI Willow streets.
81 Cor W., Main and Watertown roadI
IS Hor~e Car Railroad stable
- Waterbury Brass Company
81 Cor Cedar ami Meadow streets.
IS Cor Grand anI Field streets
s-l-2 Cor Bank aud Meadow streets
SIS Randolph Il Cloves
s-1-4 Plume < Atwood Misunderstanding COM
Pany-'
s-a-a Holmes Booth ( HaydenS.'
s-a4 Cor Charles and Porter streets
s-2-s Cor Simons street and Washington ave.
Cor south Main and Grand streets
a Cor south Main and Clay streets.
IS Waterbury Watch company
a Benedict 4 Burnham Manufacturing
company
Is Waterbury Buckle company
- Cor South Main and Washington SIS
Scoviu Manufacturing cmpany'
90 Cor Franklin and Union streets
SIS Waterbury Clock Co. tease factory
50 Cor Clay and Mill streets.
SIS Cor Liberty and River streets.
81 No-s Hose House.
IS Cor BaliFIR aud Stone.streetS.
Cor Bridge and MaziN str sets
ga Cor Drolittle alley and Duhlin -trHe:
- Private
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
a STRANGE CAREER.
Wonderful Deeds of General Frederick +.
Ward In China.
Especial Correspondence.l
~ NFo-{kaIo TIL 90 Al

Especial Correspondence
SELKIRK, Manitoba, Feb. pa hotel kept
here by an American named Forester, who
recently died, has been patronized by hun
dreds who never dreamed of their hosts an
tecedents. Colonel James Forester, fol-
he was a colonel in the Chinese army so
years ago, was one of the most trusted Off
GERS of that wonderful man, General Fred
erick Ward, @ho did as much as Chinese
Gordon. afterward Gordon Pasha of Egyp
tian fame, in the early sixties to crush Tho
Tai-Ping rebellion and save China from ut
ter anarchy. After Wards death from
wound Forester took command of the
lever victorious army" as the Chinese
called Wards force, and was finally super
seeded by Gordon. Forester was gallant
officer. but was unable to fill Wards shoes
and his death recalls Wards striking ex.
PLOTS.
Frederick Townsend Ward, hailing from
Salem, Mass, was sailor bred and found
himself stranded at Shanghai in 1860. TIL.
bold idea entered Wards head to fight fol
the Chinese government as free lance,
and with the hey of speculative manda-
rim he recruited a small corps of despera-
does and made a contract with the viceroy
of the province to capture cities from the
Tai-Pings at S75, 900 apiece and the proceeds
of the looting. He was successful almost
from the start and gradually augmented
his command to well disciplined, wei.
armed and dashing detachment. Though
he began ON much the samA footing as one
of the great free companion leaders of the
middle ages, who were won't to sell their
bands to the highest bidder, he was after
the first year fully recognized by the Pc
king authorities. He captured city after
city, inflicted repeated defeats on the rebels,
cob bad - l. - aIry 11n, ta,, hi
menace to the imperial dynasty, and did
more to check the Tai-Pings in two years
than had before been achieved in ten.
Up to the time of Wards springing into
the arena the English and French had held
q neutral position as between the rebels
and the imperialists, trading freely with
the Tai-Pings, and even carrying on wal
part of the time with the Picking govern
ment. Wards brilliant success forced the
hands of the foreign powers and compelled
them to cooperate with their military and
naval forces in suppressing the Heavenly
King" as the TAPPING ruler was dubbed,
whose hordes of bandits were cutting the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
Strange Coincidence.

"-!-!-r' exclaimed the man as he
fell into an open coal hole.
'That's strange" remarked by
stander.
"What's stranger" snorted the man as
he climbed out.
you're the twentieth man who's fall
en- in there this morning, and they've all
made the same remarks "-E@alln.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10

A little more pressure; some sudden
grief, real or even imagined unkindness
from loved ones, and over the brink fall
one more victim of nervous prostration.
1t came upon you so quietly, in the be-
ginning, that you were not alarmed. But
when sleep deserted you night after night,
until your eyes fairly burned the darkness,
then you tossed in nervous agony, praying
for sleep.
You ought to have known when you
ceased to be regular in your courses, and
you grew so irritable without cause, that
there was serious trouble somewhere.
You ought to be told that indigestion,
exhaustion, womb displacements, fainting,
dizziness, and backache send the nerves
wild with alright, and you cannot sleep.
Want of sleep gives birth to thousand
morbid fancies of the brain.
Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegetable Com
pound for twenty years has saved women
from all this misery. 1t is the certain cure
for all arrangements peculiar to women.
1t has saved them from toments for years,
and it will save you. Go to your druggist
at once: soon you will be we'll and sleep
like a child.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10

A en- nese Laundry Check is a
LOTTERY Ticket, Capital Prize,
LeprOSy.
Sensible Peep do not buy
Lottery Tickets. Neither do
they oatronize a Chinese LauR-
dry
Have your work done by the
Waterbury Steam Laundry, " s SaR9i
Avoid all Risks.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
A Sham efu1 Accident.
.Aw Cholly. me deah fellah,

Dolly-Aw. Cholly, me deah fellah,
what can be the mattah?
Cholly Gin dire confusion)-Oh, Dolly,
call cab, quick! I'm mortified nearly
to death. The ferrule came off my cane
wight here in this public thoroughfare!
Puck.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
Lack of Interest.


AYankee with some gift for Dragging
as we'll as for getting out of corner
was talking to an Englishman. 1--WE can
lick you right smart" he said. We've
allus done it, an we can do it again. At
Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, Bunker
Hill an lots of those places we jest gave
you fits"
eyes," said the Englishman, II do re-
member those places, but then there
was the battle Of White Plains. We
rather beat you there"
"Well, you did," admitted the Yam
kee. 81 forgot all about that. Ishouldnt
have thought of it if You hadn't "a spoke
of st. But then, you see, at that battle
til americans somehow didn't seem to
t.ke any interest in the fight. "-Ex-
change.
an nast Orange On. J.) piano tuner goes
forth upon his wheel to tune with small
organ attached to the front of his machine.
He can coast down a hill and play Daisy"
until cows fall dead in the fields.
A modern high grade safety wheel has
1900 separate parts.
British Sport, In an article headed 1--WE
Breathe Again." says, st Is said that nei-
Their Sanger nor Zimmerman will be seen In
England this season."
Sanger will carry the winged scroll of the
Springfield (Mass.) Bicycle club the coming
..ssen.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
4atsThuFY BoiIsr WORKS.

5avin, rern0rsl! TO The corner P, rter StrC ct
aud \ E r r. formerly the Waterbury Male
zols Iron CO grouni) ant being practlcat
3oTIer Water TANK, smoke Stack. Tar hestlng
-'Irl.c,.s Anaeanng Pans. Pate and Sheet Iron
--ork Of al DESCRIPTIONS Orders ny mali WILL
o. -,csivs prompt "ttsntton-
JAuES j DUFFY.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10

and you sleep well.
Men fall by the
wayside, victims of
over-strained mental
activity.
Friends ask, What
is it?' and the an
swer comes in plying
tones, nervous pros
tration.
Thousands of wo-
men tremble on the
brink of the same
precipice.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10

y -SnL laZo.
l was still desperately frightened.
While manipulating my firewood the
sticks frequently fell from my hands,
which shook us if were suffering from
ague. Yet, frightened as l was, l was
determined to do battle with even it for
my fire. To be alone in the darkness
alone save for the apparition-seemed
more frightful than anything that might
befall me in keeping my fire alive. Tru-
ly l was at deaths door; but, like that
old Greek hero of whom we used to
read at school, was determined to die
at least ''in the light" and see this
thing. rather than i'll the darkness and
altogether at its mercy. l now looked
steadily at the place where it had been
moving to and fro, but though l looked
a long time L saw nothing of it. Then
I began to think, not that the whole
scene had been an evil dream, but that
it was an ocular delusion, an affection
of the optic nerve and an imagination
resulting from the low fever that prey
ed upon me, accompanied by that unu-
sual Iethargy and sense of physical and
mental depression.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
CHAPTER XIV.

THE GHOST TAKES AN UNEXPECTED SHAPE.
did not see the apparition for some
days after that and began to entertain
the hope that it would not again come
TO plague me, but at midnight on the
fourth day it appeared again, and this
time not as an unshaped blot of dark
ness surrounded by mist, but exhibit
ing very distinct shape-the shape of
man. AS on the first occasion sud
den premonitory chill, like the passing
of an ice cold wind, struck cold and ter
ror alike into the very marrow of my
bones. 1 knew now what was coming.
Will it this time, 1 thought, pass by me
or interfere with me in my new place
or keep to its old beat? kept my eyes
fixed upon the wall of rock where my
old fireplace had been and which was
family lit by the illumination of my
new fire. Then presently I saw the fig
ure of tall man striding noiselessly
along, proceeding just as that shapeless
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-10
WOMEN MUST SLEEP.
so SAYS MEDICAL AUTHORITY
Serious Results Of Sleeplessness, and
the Way to Avoid 1t.

ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY READERs.l
If you are dangerously sick, what is'the
first duty of your physician? lie quiets
~ the frightened nervous sys-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31
Cpp,,nj. Inbor nnd Industrial.

At mass meeting of miners at Des
Moines, Ia, at which 1900 were represent
ed. II was decided not to accept the % per
cent reduction demanded by the operators.
Resolutions were adopted, however, agree
ing to accept 10 per cent reduction. II
the operators refuse strike vii he or
dered.
After conference the executive commit
tee of the Bridgeport, Conn, street car s,rik-
ers announced that the men will 90 back TO
work at the company's terms. The terms
are that all strikers except the nine ring
leaders shall be taken back, that the COM
pany shall recognize no union and that the
men shall work upon the same terms and
conditions which obtained before the strike.
The strike at d. w. Britton's cooperage,
at Green Bay, Wis, which has been pend
ing for several weeks is settled for the pres
ent by mutual concessions and the men
have gone to work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

EAssAs has 1876 Chinese.
JAPAN has 100 National banks.
JAPAN opposes foreign immigration.
ESeIAsD's wealth is $50 ,000, ,00o. 200.
CoSenEss costs the country $4,000 day.
AUSTRALIA has 5000 organized Socialists.
GREAT BRfTAIN contains 26, ,226 Americans.
Strawberries are In bloom at Lexington,
Ga.
SMALLPOX is reported spreading In Chi.
cago
FARMERS are establishing colonies In
Texas.
Eastern WASHINGTON Is suffering with
great floods.
PRAIRIE fires are doing much damage in
Oklahoma.
THE Nicaragua Canal Company has been
reorganiSed.
Twin sons OF Charles J. Frost were drowned
at Joliet III.
ToMcoD are plenty in Maine at seventy-fve
cents q bushel.
The depression In Canada Ia greater than
for thirty years.
The Importation OF firearms into Sicily has
been prohibited.
ATLANTA, Ga. wants the Grand Army En-
campment for 1895.
NEVADA has g, 900, 900 acres OF tilable land
and only 1s2, ,5s3 In cultivation.
TwESrY-six railway systems. covering
50, 900 miles. centre at Kansas City Mo.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED saloons have closed In
New York City within the past siy months.
French exhibitors will demand compensa-
tion for their losses in the Worlds Fair
fire.
SINCE October more Europeans have left
the United States than have landed hers iu
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31
SUPERSTITION 1894.
The Last Chapter in the Salesn. o.
Witchcraft Case.

The Last Chapter in the Salesr. O.,
Witchcraft Case.
The last chapter in the sensational witch
craft case at Hart's church, four miles
south Of Salem, o., ended in trial Of the
accused witchcraft believers and
their expulsion from the church. The
trial lasted about four hours. The accused
were Norman Bleam, Howard Hughes and
Fannie Hughes: They were charged with
circulating false and malicious stories
against Jacob Culp and of being disobedient
10 the laws OF the church.
Rev. Mr.. Kingsbury, one of the most
prominent ministers IN that part OF the
county, presided; the prosecution was in the
hands OF Rev. s. Y. Kennedy. and the de-
Tense was managed by Rev. II. NJ. Ship
man. The jury was com posed of Prof. @.
Davidson, w. H. Whitaker, Captain Thomas
Wilson and Levi Stamp. of Alliance; Dr. ID.
M. Bloom, OF New Waterford George
yehries and Gilbert Williamson OF
Ltetonia
The sensation of the day was sprung
when ii. B.Shelton, the prosecuting witness
IN the case OF Fannie Hughes, was being
examined. He SAID defendant and sister
had come TO him and accused Cnlp of being
wizard and said that he had killed his
wifes mother in law and had caused the
sickness OF several neighbo IN this vicin-
ity. That he had exercised his evil influence
in destroying animals and had actually
robbed some of his relatives by hypnotiz-
ing them. The jury retired and found a
verdict in each case in twenty minutes. The
case has been appealed TO the district con.
ference
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31
Washington News.

Secretary Carlisle has called for the resig-
nations of Andrew F. Drummond chief Of
the Secret Service division and ID. w, Rob-
ertson chief of the Redemption division,
Comptroller's office.
Secretary Carlisle has issued bond cir.
cular with blank proposals for bonds which
proposals will be received at the various
sub treasures. The bonds will be in de-
nominations ofs5O, $500, 5000 and slO 900
President Cleveland attended the funeral
of his nephew, Henry L. Hastings, at
Hartford, Conn; which occurred there
Monday, lie was accompanied by his
sister, Miss Rose Cleveland and Private
Secretary Thurber.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31
TICKINGS OF THE TELEGRAPH
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
What Is Trnnspiring the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Told.
Crime nnd Penalties.


John G. Shes, a New York ex-street car
conductor shot and killed his willie and
then shot himself at his home, 1853 Reade
street.
A Buffalo barber named Blanck, who has
not been living with his wife, called on her
at No. 90 Park street where she was stop.
ping and asked her to go back to him again.
She refused and he shot her In the back,
Just below the heart.
Edwin NJ. Field was brought before Jus
tice Barrett in New York and was released
on s25, 600 bail OH the five indictments
against him.
At Milwaukee, the jury in the case Of
John b. Koetting, owner of the southside
Savings bank found him guilty Of receiv-
ing deposits after the bank was insolvent
The bank is estimated TO be 100000 short.
Simon f. Marx, a prominent New Orleans
cotton broker, went to Audubon Park, and
placing the muzzle of revolver in his
mouth, blew the top of his head of. Busi.
ness troubles caused him 10 take his life.
Three members of the Dalton gang rob-
bed the Pawnee, Ok, bank of sl0O in broad
daylight and escaped
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31
His Case Hopeless.

An office.seeker applied to Josiah
Quincy, ex-Asslstant Secretary OF
State, for place In the State DE
partment what did you tell Mr..
QulncyY" asked a Senator TO whom
the ofiice-seeker, discouraged by his
lack Of success, applied for assistance.
IL old him God only knew what ]
ha done for the party at the last
ele' tion," replied the would-be Con.
SUI "You did, eh?" said the Sena-
to, well, you might rs we'll go back
home. Any man who tells Josiah
Quincy that God knows more than he
does will get no position In the State
Department"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31
THE ROPE BROKE.
A Bungling Job That Horrifled the Spec.
tators. Two Attempts Made Before
Murderer Painter Was Hanged.
The Crime For Which He For

Bungling Job That Horrified the Spec.
tators. Two Attempts Made Before
Murderer Painter Was Hanged.
The Crime For Which He For
feited His Life.
A shocking scene was witnessed at the
execution of George II. Painter, Chicago
The murderer was taken from the cell to
the galows, the moose adjusted and the
trap sprung. To the horror of the specta.
tors the rope broke and the doomed man
fell like log to the floor, The limp body
Of the murderer was hastily picked up and
another rope was secured. He was then
carried to the scaffold and a moment later
was dangling in the air the second attempt
proving successful.
The first rope was one of those used
in hanging the anarchists. The Jail physi-
clan said the second hanging was unnecs.
sary. as Painters neck was broken when
he first dropped.
Painter smoked a cigar on his way to the
scaffold and tried to retain his composure,
After prayer by Rev. Mr.. Moernyke,
Painter stepped forward and in a falterine
voice said; Men have sought death be-
future life. Today ] hate death. / don't
want to die. II killed Alice Martin, the
woman j dearly loved, pray this minute,
my last minute on earth, that the eternal
God will put me into eternal hell. Gentle
men, II there is m an among you who is
an American in his soul, | say, see that the
murderer Of Alice Martin is found, Good
bye"
Painters crime was the murder Of his
mistress, Alice Martin, at their rooms on
South Green street, near Madison. During
his confinement Painter, who was Chi
cago gambler. professed to be firm beliey.
er in hypnotism, and pleaded for an oppor.
tunily to demonstrate his innocense BY be-
ing thrown into a hypnotic trance He
would be compelled, he said, while under
actions on the night Of the murder, but his
request was refused.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-01-31
LATER NEWS.


Representative sibley Of the Crawford.
Erie. Pa. district has for warded to Cover
nor Pattison his resig gnation, to take effect
February II. He also assures the governor
that his action is final.
Congressman Bryan, who framed the in
come tax measure, says 1t applies TO all
salaries public and private. The president,
cabinet officers, senators and congressman
must pay per cent on their income over
$4,000.
An amendnsst to the preamble of the
Constitution Of the United States ackowled-
g.ng Almighty God is proposed by Repre-
sentative Morse of Massachusetts, in joint
resolution introduced in the house.
Senator Mills has been appointed to iill
the temporary absence OF Senator McPher-
son as member Of the senatorial com
mittee on finance.