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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
In Black Dress Goods

20 pieces 46-inch Black Cheyiot,
 already shrunk, a regular 5Oc
 quality, for this sale S6c 50-inch Examines, the new weave
 so much in demand at the
 present time. several designs in
 Crash, Basket and Grenadine
 Effects, strictly pure worsted,
 value $1.0O, for this sale 59c The finest line of Black Goods ever shown in this city is now represented in our stock and no woman with q purchase of black gown in view can with justice to herself neglect looking through our stock.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
c. A. R. ENcAMPME
Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting Begins
 In WashinEtOn.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.--The thirty. sixth annual enc npment of the Grand Army of the Republic began here to. day with the meeting of the various auxiliary organizations affiliated with the main body and will continue until next Saturday. Preparations for the gathering are complete, and Washing ton is ready to entertain the almost countless throngs which will make the city their headquarters during the week. The local committees have talk en every precaution for the protection of life and limb and the housing of those who will be unable to find hotel accommodations. For indigent veter- ans large tents have been erected on the White lot, and several floors of the new government printing office have been utilized. Great crowds of visitors have been pouring into the city during the past twenty-four hours. and at the railroad stations it is said that the num- Der of persons coming to the encamp- ment is perhaps greater than ever be- fore brought to the city on any occa- sion.
 The business houses and private resi- dences along Pennsylvania avenue and the other main thoroughfares of the city have been appropriately decorated for the encampment season. The dis play of flags and bunting is very gener- ouS.
 This afternoon there will be an auto- mobile parade, a regatta on the Poto- mac river, the dedication of Camp Roosevelt on the White lot, at which Secretary of State John Hay will make the chief address, and grand camp fire at Convention hall.
 Tuesday the naval parade will take up the morning, while the afternoon and evening are to be devoted to recep- tions and reunions.
 Wednesday will occur the big parade of the Grand Army of the Republic, while in the evening number of re- captions will be held.
 Thursday, Friday and Saturday will occur the meetings of the national en- campment and auxiliary organizations.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
Costly Blaze In Fargo.

FARGO, N. D., Oct. 6.-The building and stock of the Weeum Watt compa- ny, wholesale dealers in notions and stationery, have been destroyed by fire, entailing a loss estimated at $150,0O0; insurance about $14O,0OO. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
snowstor,n In Colorado.

DENVER, Oct. GA furious snow storm, with a high wind, is raging in the mountains, being particularly se- we're in the vicinity of Como and the Alpine tunnel It is feared that pros pectors living in tents will suffer se~ verelV
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
Heavy Snow In the Alpss

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 6.-There have been heavy falls of snow in the eastern Alps. There is three feet of snow at Ariolo, at the south end of the St. Gothard tunnel, where the temper ature is below zero.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
Heavy Failure In Russia.

ODESSA, Russia, Oct. 6.-The fau- ure of the great mctallurgical works at xertcn for $9.0o0, GOO has caused a fiut~ ter on the Russian stock markets and has resulted in making idle 5000 men
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
MISS RoosEvELT,s BALL DRESS.
51isss fsos,ss11 f.i. f - - It Is Being Made From Mrs Roose-
 velI's Wedding Gown.

velI's Wedding Gown.
 Washington, Oct 6.Miss Roose- velt's most attractive ball gown for the coming season is now being made in Washington from Mrs Roosevelts s wedding gown This long, white satin gown excited the admiration of Alice Roosevelt when as little child it was shown to her by her stepmoth- CT, and Mrs Roosevelt then promised that Alice should have the gown for her own when she grew up. When Mrs Roosevelt was here a few days ago the gown was sent to a Washing ton modiste, and later fitted upon the slender young girl When finished again with the rich lace given her by her mother it will be one of the hand somest gowns in Washington next winter.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06

Venetian Church spfre Crumbling.
 VENICE, Oct. 6.-The steeple of the Church of Santo Stefano shows signs of falling.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
New British EInbassador Arrives.

NeW BrItish EihDNssauOf ArFIVes.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 6. The Right Honorable Sir Michael Henry Herbert, the new British ambassador to the United States, arrived here on the steamer Campania to assume the du- ties of his post. He was accompanied by Lady Herbert and their soR MI chael. They will spend a short time il this city with Lady Herbert's father, MT. R. T. Wilson, before going tc yXya cIi,, c~4.ers
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
GUARANTEED

Fitzpatrick's Corn Cure is guaran- teed to remove every corn on any part of any foot; 10c per box. Fitzpat- rick's Pharmacy, East Main and wall streets. Telephone 63-4.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
A Most Unusual Occurrence Right on the Threshold
 of Fall Business. The Reason Is This

Simply to call attention to our immense stock and to share with the public the savings made by US on account of our large purchase in this line,
 Go where you will, you will not find such a variety of dress goods as you will find here, nor for the balance of this week can you match the offerings we herewith quote on entirely new goods.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
In Colored Dress
 Goods.

Owing to want of space in this col umn we can but mention q few of the many good lines which we have in stock.
Evening star., 1902-03-22
American Fun for Berlin.

From the London Telegraph.
Some members of the American colony in
Berlin gave an entertainment last week,
the program Of which was headed, First
Annual American Minstrels,'' and consisted
Of a number of humorous songs. One Of
those who listened to the performance de-
scribed is as "a great and glorious jolly
and humorous program" A gentleman got
up in a red dress coat. with gilded buttons
and dazzling plate glass diamonds, with an
American flag shirt front, was asked how
he satisfied his hunger at a Berlin boarding
house. Il go to my room said he, "and
think of home and mother; then 1 feel a
lump come into my throat and l swallow
the lump" A young lady sang Kentucky
Babe She was asked TO define the word
kiss 1T is a noun" she replied, in a
soft and pathetic voice, both common and
proper. | don't know whether II would be
declined. | never declined it!'' Inter-
spersed with jokes and repartee Of this kind
the evening passed off succe ssfully, and the
result was a take of about f125 net profits.
which was destined for some local charity.
The company will perform at Dresden, and
will give another evening In Berlin.
Evening star., 1902-03-22
Chief Auguste Weaving Basket.

deer breads a hunter. The unknown visitor
m! !ght travel for weeks through the reser-
walton without seeing a living soul At the
sound Of horses hoofs, presto. they slip
like shadows behind the dense screen of liv-
ing green. through which they peer with
frightened eyes. themselves entirely invisi-
BILE. If you are accompanied by one they
have learned to know and trust, they may
be coaXed to reappear shy1y, as rabbit is
tempted toward a bit of lettuce.
There are some two hundred half-breeds
living with them, whose negro blood rem
derS them less sensitive, but your pure
blooded Carib has learned, through genera
tions of cruel conquest, to know that new
word. fear. and in the present terror all
past memories are blOtted out.
Though it is but twenty miles from the
English town of Roseau to the Carib village
of Salibia. yet so rough and wild is the trail
that il is a good two days journey, well
worth the trouble however, so wonderful is
the wildriot of emerald vegetation. Tree
ferns, those last survivals of the old car
boniferous period forty feet in height, be-
gonias growing like weeds; hundreds of I'M
known brilliant flowers, with here and
there an orchid, scenting the air with
strange perfume: soft clouds, rolling down
from the mountains, covering everything
with a warm mist; gorgeous rainbows arch
ing the green valleys, seemingly close
enough to touch; cool streams gurgling un-
seen amid the foliage three hundred feet
below; the Carib town itself has but a col
lection of a few grass huts and queer lit
tie Shanty. whose cross at the apex of its
roof prOclaims it to be the Catholic mission.
They are all good Catholics, these Caribs,
the priests say. but it is to be feared
that is so mainly because 1t is easier to be
converted than not. What the real religion
of this strange people was no one really
knows. Spirits of wood and air a terrible
devil. Mabanya. requiring human offerings
for his appeasement ghosts of dead ances-
tors. all these were part, 1t is guessed, of
their belief. However deep their present
faith may be it does not sink deep enough
to duh the dogged persistence with which
they hold every inch of the little land now
left them. A fiourishng settlement was
started, called La Bote. but one day the
news came that the land where the chapel
stood had been presented to the priests.
That night all save five deserted their huts
forever silent protest against the
thing indescribably pathetic in this frag-
Evening star., 1902-03-22
Old and New Worlds.
From the Popular Science Monthly


We must look to the solar system for eX-
amples of stars in the last stage of devel-
opment. Each of the planets may in fact
be regarded as an object of this kind The
bare and rocky surface of the moon af-
fords a desoate picture of what may re-
suit from this long continued process of
condensation. The volcanic region which
is shown to excellent advantage in a pho
tograph recently taken with the Yerkes
telescope gives no evidence of the exist
ence of life; in fact, the spectroscope indi-
Gates that if there is any air on the moon
it is much too rare to support life as we
know it.
Fortunately the moon is not the only ex-
ample of worn-out star. The earth. which
probably has many counterparts in the uni
verse is another example of a less desolate
kind Here, though the process OF oonden-
sation, which is the chief cause of celestial
phenomena. has ceased. the problem of evo-
luton has not ended. In fact though the
cosmical problems which we have consid-
cred in their barest elements will not be
completely solved for centuries. 1t may be
truly said that the questions raised by the
countless living organisms in single drop
of ditch water are still more complex, and
will require still longer time for their
solution.
Evening star., 1902-03-22
BRUSHING THE TEETH.
Directions to Prevent Receding of the
Gums.

From Youths Companion.
1t seems a very simple matter to clean
the teeth, and one may think 1t hardly
worth while to read any directions for such
an ordinary procedure. But there is right
way and wrong way Of doing everything
and 1t is safe to say that more persons go
about cleaning the teeth in the wrong way
than in the right. Not only is the way in
which this Is usually done ineffectual but
it may even be injurious both to the teeth
and to the gums.
The gums play a most important part In
keeping the teeth firmly in place. and every
care should be taken to prevent them from
receding One Of the most common causes
Of this recession is the injury caused by
the improper use Of the tooth brush, vet
this injury can be wholly prevented by a
little care.
In the first place, the brush should not be
too hard and the bristles should not be too
close together The surface Of the brush
should be serrated, or uneven, with longer
and shorter bristles, so that the projecting
ridges may penetrate between the teeth It
| is better to have the brush slightly con-
cave, to fit the arch Of the teeth, but in
that case one must have second one for
brushing the backs of the teeth.
The teeth should never be scrubbed by
moving the brush from side to side across
them, as most persons do, for 1t Is that
that pushes the gums back and tears them
This motion, especially when the brush is
a stiff one and a gritty powder is used. NAV
also injure the enamel of the teeth The
teeth should be cleaned by rolling the
brush in a direction from the gums toward
the cutting edge, SO that the bristles will
not only scrape the surface but sweep
between them. This motion will also coax
the edge Of the gum over the neck Of the
teeth instead Of pushing it away, and as
the movements in this direction can be
neither rapid nor so forcible as when
they are from side to side. the gums are
less liable to be lacerated by the bristles.
The backs Of the teeth are to be brushed
in the same way, while the grinding sur
faces must be cleaned by to-and-fro as
well as lateral rubbing. Lukewarm wa
ter is best for the teeth. and some good
dentifrice should be used once a day
Evening star., 1902-03-22
The Sin of Gluttony.
Oh flo lnlnhia IpnnIr.r

From the PhlladelpEla inquirer.
Eminent physicians continue to send out
warnings against the sin of glGttony, but
with little effect on the community. The
growth of diseases directly attributable to
over-eatng increases, and the death rate
gives solemn warnings that seem to be
unheeded. The case is all the worse be-
cause most men who are heavy eaters take
no exercise and thus double'the danger. An
eminent physician has just given an argu-
ment against business men eating three
hearty meals a day without taking any eX-
ercise. He says that man who works in
the open air can eat as much as he feels
like. but that the man of Sedentary habits
who partakes Of meat three times "A day is
simply laying up trouble for himself and
making Il necessary for insurance compa-
nieS to change the rates.
Evening star., 1902-03-22
Land of Savage Beauty.

Surely this island, with its savage beauty
strange, nOn-featured CaribS who fitted
noiseless and mysterious as their own for
ests. from shadow to shadow, until they
burst with diabolic shouting wild hurri-
cane of death. upon the white-faced invad-
erS of their land.
Wrapped in fascinating mystery is this
Cdrib race. Unlike all other Indian tribes
in appearance and custom their origin is
speculative; their habits travellers fales too
often evidently untrue. Occupying the
chain OF islands known as the Lesser An
titles, they We're very different from the
peaceful ArawakS of Trinidad. only a few
miles distant from their southern islands,
or the easily conquered Indians of Porto
RHo. so near them to the north. Indeed,
they had a pleasant habit of assembling
great fleets of war canoes and sweeping
down upon the larger islands, killing or
carrying off for slaves their less warlike
gathering from their various islands, they
would travel in their frail boats over 300
miles of turbulent sea to the mainland of
South America, and with the regularity of
clCckworh sOundly trOunce the Indians
there apparently for sheer love of fighting
Held in wholesome respect by the Span
1ards. their isles were named THE Carib
bees, the surrounding sea The Carib
bean, and TO them is due the doubtful
honor of introducing the word "cannibal'
into the English language. Before their
discovery, eaters of human flesh were con-
Evening star., 1902-03-22
FOUR SCORE LEFT
Of Crusoe's Man-Eating
Savages.
DOMINICA ISLAM D
is THEIR HOME, BUT THE RACE
WILL SOON BE GONE.
Their Religion of Devil Worship Sup
planted by Quasi Chris
tianity.

Written for The Evening Star by L. NJ. Howe.
Who does not remember the thrill OF
childish fear with which, buried in his we'll
thunbed Robinson Crusoe he crept, after
Friday and his master, cautiously, trem-
blingly through the tropic underDrush,
to peer out at the horrible Carfbs dancing
around their cannihal banquet on the
beach.
In after years did not the dull pages of
the history lesson suddenly glow with hu-
man interest when that canoe full of fierce
savages very lion-like and terrible of
countcnance with red-paintcd cheek
bones" rushed out to battle with the sail
ors of Columbus, and we recognized our old
enemies of the story book? Most incredi-
bly, fierce and brave Columbus called
them, quite amphibous, fighting with
equal skill from the water, after their canoe
was overturned.
On the little Island Of Dominica, which,
oddly enough. was the first of their strong
holds to be discovered and the last to be
surrendered lived in almost inaccessible
mountain forests a pitiful remnant of the
Carib race. For the sake of the old child
hood memories. this brief sketch of their
latter end before they die out utterly,
seems worth the writing.
\ strange. wild, beautiful island, this
Dominica. Columbus, at loss for words to
describe II, crumpleu a Sneet OF paper anu
threw it down upon the table before Queen
isabella. One could easily gine that,
at first. its highest peak, we'll named Mount
Diablotin had stood alone. lashed by gi-
gantic seas. which. by miracle had been
turned into billows of red. damp earth and
gray volcanic ash. over which nature had
thrown a marvellous mantle of countless
shades of green, woven with fantastic pat
terms in briliant-colored tropic flowers.
Land of Savage Beauty.
A weird, uncanny land of dark, mystic
Iious forests. through which the noon sun
struggles feebly; of darker, more myste-
riOus gorges, into which the sun falls not
at all.
A land beneath which seethe wicked,
world-old volcanic fires, full of devil
haunted spots, where sulphurous waters
bubble up, steaming hot, spewing out hor-
rid masses of Shiny mud, tinted in unnatu-
Evening star., 1902-03-22
that power has held 1t undisturbed ever

that power has held it undisturbed ever
since.
Such, briefly. is the history of the Caribs
and their island. Slowly, but surely, the
little fringe of civilization along the coast
is eating its way into the wild, beautiful
forests. Less slowly. but quite as surely.
the eighty pure-blooded Caribs, who alone
remain of all the millions their tiny
reservation. are dying like the trees. A
few square miles of land so rough as to
be unfit for cultivation, is all that remains
of their once wide domain. OF their old
pride little is left: Of their old customs,
nothing. Like stout-hearted fighters, who
must be beaten into insensibilty not
beaten at all. every memory of their old
glory. their old ways, their old language
even. has been whipped out Of this frag-
ment of a once mighty people. who ter
rorzed a continent and swept the sea.
Most curious. by the way, was the Carib
language. There was one vocabulary for
the warriors and another for the women.
which the children were also required to
use. The boys, Of course, were taught the
war vocabulary also when they were able
to go out with the fighting parties. The
last Carib who could speak the language
died, an old, old woman, many years ago.
Skillful and Cunning.
A skillful knack of weaving curious bas-
kets. cunning skill in hewing out canoes
from solid tree trunks, these are all that
remain. Seldom. if ever, has a mighty
people been so utterly crushed. The Carib
of today breads a stranger as a wounded
Evening star., 1902-03-22

In Winter the scheme in these panels is a
gaunt yet poetic landscape, and the woman
(agafn a brunette is clad in a garment OF
green, with glowing crimson scarf falling
gracefully over her head and shoulders
those tints for which we are most grateful
just then, when natures coloring is most
somber. All three designs are done in oils,
handled after the manner of water colors,
on unmounted canvas, and are extremely
artistic and exquisitely drawn, as well as
very decorative.
Miss Solomons is at work upon still life
study-a quaint old copper coffee pot. a
blue and white vase and some beautiful
florists roses. scattered loosely upon a
dark covered table. 1t is a charming COM
position, and is delightful in color besides
being put together with that realism and
feeling which haracteriZes all of Miss Sol
omon.s paintings. 1t is seldom indeed that
one sees inanimate objects imbued with SO
much picturesqueness and interest.
Mrs Geoghegan has moved her studio
from the Corcoran building to that in
which the Art Students League finds a
home, and is at present making arrange
ments with Miss Craig to organize an out
door sketch class for the spring. Miss
Craig studied for five years in New York
under Charles Bell. and will take charge Of
the work in oils. whereas Mrs. Geoghegan,
VINO spent last summer sketching in Con-
necticut under Mr.. Messer's direction, will
superntend those who work in water col
orS.
The models sent in competition for the
Grant memorial statue are to be exhibited
in the basement of the Corcoran Gallery of
Art after the 1st Of April There will be
a nj iy1tr
ana the display promises to be an uncom-
monty interesting one.
* X
1t has been announced in Philadelphia
that Edwin A. Abbey has agreed to paint
the mural decorations of the new state
house at Harrisburg, and it is said that he
has taken back with him to England sew
eral histories of Pennsylvania, in order to
prepare for the work. The political, COM
mercial and social history Of the state are
to furnish his themes. The commission is
large and important one. and will likely
not be completed for several years.
The Garland collection of Chinese porce-
lains. which has been on exhibition in the
metropolitan Museum of Art, has lately
been purchased by Mr.. ]. Pferpont Morgan
from the heirs of the estate for 5000 600 1t
consists of about 1900 pieces among which
are the celebrated red hawthorne vase the
famous $ teapot, the pear-shaped rose
vase. the egg-shell lanterns and many other
equally well known and immensely valua-
Bile pOrcelainS.
X
The surprising statement is made by a
New York paper that an artist of Ports
mouth, n. H., named U. D. Tenny, has
received an order from the Navy Depart
ment to paint a set Of portraits of all the
Secretaries Of the Navy" If Mr.. Tenny
has won such a reputation as a portrait
painter as to entitle him to so comprehen-
Sive a commission this that fact is not
generally understood in art circles. How
ever, the statement is probably an exag-
geration, if not entirely without foundation
Evening star., 1902-03-22
Have Been Good Fighters.

Long after the other races had been con-
quered and enslaved the Caribbees remain
ed the Islands of the Caribs In fact as
well as in name. Slowly, however, fight
ing fiercely to the last, they were driven
southwark until here. In Dominica, they
made their las. stand. Spanish, French,
English tried in vain TO conquer them. AS
late 1I4S Earl Carlisle who held Do
minica by royal grant, gave 1t up as a bad
job. and by treaty between the English
and the French the island was declared to
be neutral land, belonging to the Char
abs In 1855, however the English
changed their minds and finally occupied
the island. only to be ousted by the French
In 177S. From then until 1904 the govern
ment was changed with the rapidity Of
South American republic, but In the gem
eral reace following the Napoleonic wars
the island was awarded to England, and
Evening star., 1902-03-22
An Ideal Church.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press
Mrs. Newcome-"Yes. our new house Is
delightful, and there's such a nice church
right near It,"
Mrs. Mooven-'Indeed? What denomina
tion?"
Mrs. Newcomer declare don't know.
but the pews are SO arranged that you can
see every one who comes in without the
slightest trouble"
Evening star., 1902-03-22

sidered largely mythical and Peter Mar
tyr. writing 70 romponius Laetus of Co
lumbus' adventures, says: 'The stories of
the Lestrigonians and OF Polyphemus who
fed on human flesh, are no longer doubt
ful. Attend, but beware lest thy hair bris-
tie with horror"
Evening star., 1902-03-22

raj hues Of vivid red and green. with weird
oily gucgling like some mCnstrous living
thing. In the crater of Mount Diablotin
itself boiling lake lies like a huge silver
spider. luring strangers through his net of
emerald green to Slay them with deadly in
visible vaporS: an English tourist and his
guide, the latest victims, only few weeks
ago