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r. WILLI Ail- GILLETTE. j?
Onepf the greatest" plays of the agjp
win be seen at PoH'S;thiB evening
when William Gillette -will make his
first appearance before a Waterburf
audience, presenting t his wonderful
New Y.ork success, 'Sherlock Holmes.?
The play enjoyed humeiyse popularity
for thirty-six weeks'last. season at the
Garrlck theater, New York, and now
after a short tour of the country is to
be -taken; to Sir Henry .Iryiffg's Lyceum
theater SLenUon, fw-'aMiinV It iftisi
ly Mr Gillette's masterpiese. He 13
said in the acting to completely absorb
the personality of the detective and
lend the additional charm of his own
Individuality.- The story -of the play
is -founded on a hUharto unpublished :
episode 'ill' flic life of the great detect
tlv, showing .Ins conuecpou. with .tne,
Strang -case dt 'Miss kaulkner. Inis-j
young 'woman -obtains -possession pnl
. the death of Her sister of certain pa- !
fers and photographs - which coui-promise-a
scion of a noble house, who,
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WILLIAM GILLETTE.
realizing .the dangC.rr--tlat threaten? ;
him through tiiotr esisteace. cbinmi.s
sions Sherloeli II rimes to get p.;s'is
sion .of then),. I:i the mcaatimc, MI
Faulkner lins fallen into the hands 'oY
and his wife MadW who. nnniin,
well the Value of the iiapei'S 'for black
mailing purposps, hold her '.prisoner
In their home in Loudon. Here JSher-
lock Holmes; finds.-her, and; the papers
as well, but he finds Cupid there also
and falls in love with Miss Faulkner
and returns the papers toiler.- Thelittlo
god almost -proves- his undoing, foVthe
Larrabeea coll la to assist them Prof
Morlarty. a high -caliph of crime.-who
outers into, the scheme -with an' en
tbVt8iasm..born of his hatr.ik nf SliPn-
lpcfc-Holnies.;. Tp-e. interest thtn -cea-2
ters. to the struggle, for supremacy b
tween .these two, past masters. of craft.
Xotfor a moment does the' Interest
aba'te. tintll , the deteciveSs triumph is.
complete. . Miss' Eaulkncr and HoliHes
weff and this, will "please those who.
like that ending to, a play. The pro
duction, here will be on the same lav-isli-Scale
as was seen in New York.
ItjWill undoubtedly . prove the-, finest
Performance ever given 1n" Wate'rbury.'
'; ';.,xew TOEK stars.
The famous New York Stars openeda
a inree clays' engagement at.trfjte
JSctiues t-1-.day. opening with a spea) J
mia aiiernoon,. it is:a..verv
strong and effective organization (;f its
kind, lieing made npbf many entertain
ers' of fame in the 'field of musical'
comedy-autl-estra-vnganza. The pro-'
gral dTftScFiiresents a varied' "bill,
made up of a little opera, vaudeville!
nnvsical comedy and extravaganza. -'and
is brimful of . fun, spice, rollicfcrjind
dish-. " Tliere- 4re a' number of very
handsome girls in.,tithei - 'chorus" who
mjjke a'.juuuber f pjcturesqatf and ef-'
.fcctlve gronnlngs. in,,the marches. anil
., ns.eijtl.Vs itett BH-ei scssuttaredi tlireqagU-4
tUo
yvi lUilutc, UUUlilg JllDCai- rjf .Tfl
lctivcness of . the entertainment, j
. attractiveness of . the enteptainmenj;
j. tie ensaiemsnt . snoiu.l . Drove verv
Popt't? C.a tld fill the, Jil cq.nes during thej
inree ancrnoens ana evenings of ita
continuance. ' ' - 5 - " ;-
"FEDORA." "
Davenport's produetipn'.' of
"Fedora" .'.Thursday ' evening.
.- . v .
Fanny
Sardou's
af Poli's.
" "TliE.THREE MtJSKETEERS."" '
.vAst" tba. JacHUd Thursday, ...JjFriday
anclv "gaturdayy .tiie. grand ' Xw': York
pj-oclaefloiv of The' ' Three ', 'Musket
eers, - :; - '- v ;-
i- v' -' ' '-- . - '
. -.1 . -. , v ; , . - , '- v.
a, DTer.tticlniins -Ttonsftt.' 7,',
iOnr. -sun is a""fhird-rate sun;' situ'-
- ated'in' thir'miilty ; way, "one'"bf' the
myriads cf sfar's, 'an3 the1 milky way
' is itself cne of myriads of sectional
. stcr ccnstj:llgtjpjisv. 0J: hes aeem
to e-K)jUiit!(s, and -to be spread over
infinity.- At -solae period of their;,'ex
istence each o.f. tlies'e suns tnd plan
' ets.. circling around it, wiich, " after
unipjcl .ages,", arei fit for some sort of
hljjruin beihgs to ' inhabit fhein' ior'a
' coannarativclv-. brief neriod. . after
- wliich they tiir csiitin'uo' for j-ea'rs'jto-i
circle around-' v.:thout ' atmosphere,
vegetation . or ; inhabitants, as the
rtioon' dos-arou2 cur planet. "Thxri
ia-nothing so calculated to tate- tlitj-
capccitNont .: of ant individual i. who.
tUlnks himscil an important .unit in
tlC- circvse as astroomj'. It teacher
111 it wt are 'I&SV "cJci'paretI- wiiS thr
wuvcrcc,' than a cploay of ants is to
tUkand that the difference between
IOss'.sc In Japan,
flBir'g is alacfi$$B'4$ii
mother
never kisses; her
mil
ICwtvrtobL ir,.ky r . TMwyaa jfMtv'.l '
shouldn't likte;the job 'of clearing '
Way the. gang- of Indiana .that might -
seize that ridge," said Dean, when later -.4
- , , , is . v . li il.'iit. I. S
of it, and Dean had twice by -that time
been called upon to, help "hustle" In
dians out of threatening positions,
and kneW'.wheceof he-sppke., . .
' "I shouldn't ' worry ' over' things
you're never likely to have to do," said
the quartermaster with sarcastic em
phasis, and he was a man who never
yet had had to 'face" a fdeman in the
Held, and Dean sa.id nothing more, but
felt right wefl he had no friend in.
Maj. Burleigh. . '
They left the infantry there to guard
the site and protect the gang of wood
cllonne-i tov
turd ' ;th;ir fac-es
turnea tneir laces
work at one, then
pes homeward. They
hud spent four dijys and nights at the .
Gap, . and the more the youngster saw
of the rotund quartermaster, the Jess
he cared to cultivate" him. A portly,.'
heavily built . man was he,: some' 40
years of age, a . wjdpwer, whose "c"hil- (
6ren were at : their mother's 'old Jnome '
iVl the; far east. ,i business, jnai? with. .
a keen eye for . opportunities 'ahd'.jn--.
vestmerits,a' fellow, who wjas'JrpRbteclJ
to have, stock in; ,a dpz,en "njlnes "and ,
thriving.-game;. of rjoker. and,.had no-
compunptions as to winning,. Officers,
nt Emory were fighting shy of him.,
lie. 'played tcp big a gamer for thejr
small pay- and pockets, and the men..
witii.-wb.pm he, took his pleasure were
big contractors or. well-known "sports"
and gamblers., who in . those . days
jthronged the frontier towns and most
jnen did them homage. But. on-..this
trip. Burleigh .htjd no big., gamblers
along, and missed bis evening game,
jnnd,. once arrived at camp along the
jEfyli. :ne had, "r,oped- in". some of the
fnfantry officers, but Brooks and the
tnglneer declined to play, and so had
)ean from the very start,
: ' "All true cavalrynlen ought to be
able to take a hand at poker," sneered
Burleigh, at the first night's camp, for
here was a pigeon really worth1 the
plucking,' thought he. -Dean's, life in
the field had been so simple and Inex
pensive that he had- saved much-of his
elender pay; but; What Burleigh did
liot know, he had sent much - of it'
JiOme' to mother and " Jess. ' ''
j - ''I ' know several men' who would -ihaVe
been the better 'for leavirig it'
one' ' responded Dean, very quietlj
They- rubbed eatfh other the wrong
way from the very start, ' and thfs was
bad for the boy, for in-those days,
when army morals were less looked
after than they are iioW;" men- of Bur
leigh's stamp, with the .means to en
tertain and the station to enable them
to-do it, had often- the ear of officers
from headquarters and .more things
were told af such'times to generals and
colonels about their young men than,
ithe victimsrever suspected. Burleigh
Iw'us' a man of position and -influence,
jarid knew it. DeaU .wasVa-yonngster
;ithbut either and-did not realize it.
lie 'had made an ienemy of the Quarter-',
master pn the trip and could not but
know it.'- - Yet,"-conscious that he had
said nbthing -that was wrong, he.felt
no disquiet; ' :" - .-
' And nowJ homeward bound, he was
jogging "contentedly along at - the
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head ;of
the tfbop.." Scouts' 'apd flank-
ers'sig;naled "all'rear." vot 'a hostile
Indian had thev. seen sihoe'feaving'the
Gap. ; The ambulance's with .'a "little
squad cf troopers liad hung On a few
moments, at the iiobn 'camj),'. hitching
slowly and 'leisiireiy that.their. passen
gers ; might' longer 'en joy' their post
pr&ndiplsies'ta in: the last ishade they
should see until ihey reached Canton
meni Reno, a long day's ride." Present-'
lyjthe lively, mule' teams would 'come
along the wjiiding trail at "a spanking"
trot. Therijthe 'troop would open out
to 'right and left;. 'and let thijni take the.
lead, giving the; dust in ek'chan'ge', and
pntf' more the. 'apid' inarclr' would be
gin;" It v.-a? four p.m. when the shnd
ows o'f the fcu'lejs' ears slnd heads came
jerking' into. v'ey beside "' them, and,
gifding, his"1 horse- to the right; Deaii
lotfsed rein and prepared to trdthy the
ered yagou. ThSJi Oung cn'injecr of
ficer,' sitting on . the front scat, noticed
ordiailj' to' 'tte; cayaiymanl';:'Ha had
knoyn and liked hiifl it the" Point.' ' He
ha,d; , syripathJiftdiTwith , him .-in -t the
vague" difTerence "with tSe' qiiarfef mas-..
4,er. bd tjlistenrtdi-fsncering.'-.thi's
.JiuSIeiga -wa's Icflinj the aid-.-
de-camp about young linesmen in gen
eral .and -Dean. in.- particular,, stoc kin ar
ie staff qCVecr" with "ppinicnsSvhiph he.
j' hdped ' and tattcded'slibuld rpdeh ! the-
- depart raenVrJCpiiiifeaade'x; ,ar.V' The'J
engineer JsbcWa ved. ,fcui- wcs.ia oip vo.
f "Oir.alia; "'far' froia . ilic scSl: o'avalryfj
I exploits in foCcr afield?-.-Uu'rieigliVof-v
iica'ir.d depot were , in this -nciv.ij
1.. civiIiza.tion and. Burletoh doubtless!
aid; lujejftj 54, to warrant his;
Xl&j
liinurea tenterprise9j fla Kjioiyung nana . ,iooKmg toopers. inpie seconps. me
vvhp.tjr?je fast horses tvndtpjjedi ojuit .yellow '-'-oMbuTatice.'" ' Brooks . was
a-stable, a oharp" liand. Vliq, played a, .'stretched . at lhghy taking it ' easy,
idling .ttgnur tpwnllleda 1" Biejspgetnjet.ieatwias oiii-Teaof ta
generalities.. fSuiixe knew no wrong of
7; . .'' ic--4T'- V
Jew'Hjdersjthat. called, frtjciprptnfpt re
titrb'o FetiertMn.-j. lAny.amn with. ah"
e e'fo' hnman nature oould -sse at a.
g-lafntejtaii iJeaQ. saw; that both the aid
Jrii hifcbijf f riena, theuarterniaster,
ad TJeilLexehaiialnff ettmme'nts at the
i 6dyi'' exflense: He';, had 'shouted a
'etcery,' salutation : to- the. engineer in. '
:fddl..9.'ii6.9Ve4.'.Buarl7 t tbe
!two on the fcacU seat and the,', con-'
'train in their manner, the almost suf--ilen,
look in. their faces, told the, story,
without words. , .. ; , . '
: i It nettled Dean frank, out spoken,-1
straightforward as:he-.had ;; always,"
!been.: -He hated any species f back-;
biting, and lie bad beard of Burleigh
as an adept in the art-, and a man to be
feare'd. Sigflallng,to' his sergeant to
.keep the column opened out, .as the
prairie was almost level now on every
.side,bo.,rode. sw4Uyuen-avQlwiBg
liis-mind-low to meet and checkmate
Burleigh's' insidious -moves, for in-:
stinctively he felt he was-already at
work."' The ' general in-command in:
those days was not a field soldier by
any means. ' His office" was far away
at the banks of the Missouri, and all
heknew of what was actually going
on in his department he derived from
official written reports; much', that
was neither official nor reliable he
learned ' from officers . of Burleigh's
stamp,' aftdTDean had never yet set'cj'es
on him, . In the engineer he felt be had
a friend on whom he could rely.and he
determined to. seek his counsel at the
campiir'e .that very night, meantime to
.hold hj peace., ,j . i , , , -,
, They .vere,;irotting through a shnl?
laMT'! dcpreGsioniiab tiie:moment;- the
jtwto spring.iJwagSns; -'guarded . and 'es-
corted by
30 dusty .'-'hk'rdy1
an- attendarit-"idteihK' alongside. ; Be
hind them: tfihie' ii third, a' "big quhr-'
termaster's-wagon', drawn by six mules
and loaded with t'fttage and rations.
Out s'driie 300" yards to the right and
left rode little squads as ' .flankers.
Out beyond them, further still, often'
cut ' off from view- by low waves of
prairie, were individual troopers, rid
ing as lookouts, while far to the front,
full COO yards, three or four .others,
spreading oyer the front on each, side
:of the twisting trail,, moved rapidly
from crest to crest, '.always carefully,
scanning the country -ahead before rid
ing up to the summit. ; And now, as
Dean's eyes turned from' his charges
to look along the sky line to the east,
he saw sudden sign of excitement and
commotion at the front. A sergeant,
riding with two troopers midway be
tween him and those foremost scouts,
was eagerly: signaling to him w,ith his
broad-brimmed hat. ' ' Thre, of the
black dots along the . gently rising
slope far ahead, had leaped from their
! mounts and were slowly crawling for
ward, "while one Of them,, his horse
turned adrift and contentedly. , nib
bling at the buffalo grass, was surely
signaling that there was ' mischief
ahead. - --.;'-'
In an instant ' the lieutenant was
galloping out. to the front, cautioning,
the driver to ,come pn slowjy. Pres-
en,tly he .overhauled the sergeant and
i bad him follow, and together, the
four men darted up on. the gradual in
cline, until .within ten yards of where
the leaders' horses were placidly graz
ing.5 iThere ' they threw ' themselves
from' saddle; one of the men took the
reins- of the four, .horses, .while Dean;
and the other two,- unslinging carbine
and crouching low, went, hurriedly on
up the slope until they tSame within a'
few yards of the nearest scout.'';-
"Indians!" he Cilled" to tlie.m. ' as
soon as they' were -within earshot..
"But, they don't seem to be on lookout
for us at all. They're fooling with
some buffalo over here." '--
Crawling to the ' crest, leaving his
hat behind, Dean peered . over into the
swale beyond, and this was what he
saw: ," ' '"..' .. c . .
Half , a tnile way ''to -the east the
low, concave sweep of the prairie was
cut by-the jagged banks and curves
of a watercourse which drained the
melting snows in earlier spring. Along
the further bank a1 dozen buffalo were
placidly grazing, unconscious p,f the
fact that in the shallow, dry ravine
itself half a dozen :oung Indians-rj-:
Siotix. : . apparently 7. wore V lurkingr
awaiting . the nearer , coming - of .' the .
herd;., whosev leaders, at least, - were
' gradually "'Approaching -' thb ' edge'. '
; A way- dowti- to theJ' ior thcast.;;to5ard
i 1 if
's
:ttt
crayled tp his. side,-Dean gazed ' and
saw a" contused -mass oi slcu ly moving
objects, be'trayed fbr- miles by! ' the'
light -cloud-of dust that hovcred over
them, ' covering-many -an acrp of the
prbiric', ' Stretching away , down the;
vale. Evenbefpre he .could, unsling
his fie.d.glass.and gaze, his plainscraft
told hint -"'what' was. slowly, steadily
approaching, as though to cross ' his
front an Irii?1" Jyl'llae;j a . bjig .one.,
on' thd; tnove; tb,,th.e" njountains. bound
perhaps for the f amoks' race-spurse of
the Sioux,rla grand;, amphitheater in
the southern hill..V , . '-,;,; t ,.,
.And even, as tljey - gazed, "two tiny
jets cf flame or.d srticke shot from the
ravine edge there beliiw tkeui.-and.beU
fore the .dull reports could reach their
ears the foremost bison dropped -.on Ms
knees and thn. rolled?oveE the sod;
' and llitfn eiirife. the order, at Sound of
f twlribhi tftScte'8ifl8fig he"2lW(l 'trobp-
ers,.every carbine lpapcd"; - from " ita
socket. ' i ; ' -' . .. :'':i'''"'-'-; - i"'
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;- -.' s't . ; CHAPTER HI. " f'- ' y?
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; .. Doyya.-along -tie . buildipg:2.winway-.ia
the, valleyipf tlie Platteithere had been
two years of frequefit -encoitnrHvitb
small bands of -Indians. ; Dpwn along
the Smoky tHill, in .Kansasf the Chey
'ennsa:AViewe -evei? girfhg' f rbubl';)'; Ev-Ca
arcacd-'Lardraeiinrnd; FrayneV'on the
" orh.fPlatte; iStt.Icri and Soldiers had
tofc 'Wf?ifa'$.f$&994 or two
perto,8?ectheJtsj,'iifcai..le.
P' - ttte;rme'cpmniitte!d.X buuply
" ivcuoj xiearney ana v.,
Smith-, kbe Big Horn posts pf the Boze-
ti'a"nv.e'd fr&nued; 'and. : f ollowine
ppintiBg.jlingep-, ofite.scaut who
A-
!jrh'itljy(3fcnersianlilic.' Uif Dan
, of Indians roamed the .lovely vgUeys of
the Piney, the Tongue and Kosebud,
near a,t hpndt ainf.rode into full vie.pf
the wary sentries at the stockades, yet
!cer and men .went far up the rocky
canyons pf the hills in search, of fish
or game, and came back unmolested.
Escorts reported that they some-times
marched all, day lor side by. side with
.bunting bands of Sioux, a mile away;
and often little " parties, squaws and
; boys and j-oung-i men, would ride con
i fidently over;and beg for sugar, coffee,
; haidtack anything, and ride off with
: their plundeT in the best of spirits- and
with all apparent good feeling. And
yet the- great war chief of the Brules
Siiitogaliska--Spotted Tail, the white
" man's f riendv 'gave solemn warning not
to '.trust JheOgaliallas. "Red Cloud's
heart is bad,",- h.e .sauL:. "He and his
people are moving from the resrw
tions to the mountains. - They mean
trouble." Old traders like Folsom
. heard and heeded, and Folsom himself
hastened to Foit'Friiyne the very week
that Burleigli, and. his escort left fo
Warrior Gap. Visiting at the ranch ot
his son in a beautiful nook behind the.
Medicine Bow : mountains, the veteran
toradei-. heard tidincs from an-Indian
brave that tilled him with apprehen
sion, and he hurried to the fort. ' J
"Is it true,'" he'asked, "that the gov
ernment means to establish a 'post at
Warrior Gap? 'J4 it true that Mai. Eur-
ieigll .has gone ihither?" And when'
told that it vas,,nd; that .only Capt.
BroaUs.' . troop -hod -gone -as an escort,
FplsQm's agitation was extreme. "Colo
IneL" said he to the post commandar,
I "solcfcnly IQiave tried to1 warn the gen
eViil bf'tie'daflg'it-a'f: that'lrlovc., I have'
told him that al) 'the northern tribes
are leag uing nqw that they have deter
' mined to' keep, to themselves the Big
; Horn, country ; end) the valleys to.' the
'. north. It will take 5,CCO nen to hold
those three posts against the Sioux,
and you've barely got SCO. I warn you
that any attempt to start another post
up there will; bring Red Cloud and all
his people to the spot. Their scouts are
watching like hawks even now. Iron
Spear, came to me at my son's ranch
last night and told me not ten warriors
were left at the reservation. They are
all gone, and' the war dances are on in
every valley from the Black "Hills to
the Powder. For heaven's sake, send
half your garrison up to Reno after
Brooks. You are safe here. They won't
molest you south of the Platte, at least
not now. Alt' they ask is that- you'
build no more forts In the Big Horn." -
But the colonel could not act with
out authority. "Telegraph there was
none then. What Folsom said was of
sufficient importance to warrant his
lurrying oiJE a "courier to Laramie,
fully ' iOO- mifes. southeast, and order
ing' a troop to" scout across the wild
wastes to the Jiaorth, while Folsom
himself, tinable jto "master his anxjety,
tleeided to accompany the command
sent out toward' Cantonment Reno.
He long, had jiad. influence with the
Ogallallas. Even now Red Cloud might
listen if he could but find him. The
matter was of uch urgency he could
not. refrain., , Apd so with the. gray.
troop of the avalry, setting forth
within an hour of his coming, rode the
old trader whom the Indians had so
long . sworn bj and he started none
too soon., . ..;.....-.
Reno was some SO. miles away, and
not until late the next evening did' the
ETays reach the' lonely post. Xot a
sign of hostile ' Indian had been seen
or heard, Said tlie officer in command.
Small-bands Of-hunters were Put to
ward Pumpkin1 'fautte two days before.
Yes, Ogallallais-and a scouting par
ty, working dotvn the valley of the
Powder, had met no band at all, though
trails were numerous. They were now
patrolling toward the Big Horn. Per
haps there'd be a .courier in to-morrow.
Better get a 'good night's rest irieanr
time, he said. ' "But all the same he
doubled , his guirds and ordered extra
vigilance, for all men knew John Fol
som, and when Folsom was anxious
on the Indian question it was time to
look alive. Daybreak came without a
sign, but Folsom could not rest. The
grays, had no authority to go beyond
Reno, but such was his anxiety-that it'
vyas decided to hold the troop at the
cantonment for a day or two. Mean
time, despite his years', Folscm decided
to push on for "the Cap.- All efforts to
dissuade him-wero in-vain. With him
rod Baptiste, a-' half-breed French1;
man, whose mother was ari Ogallalla
squaw, and "Bat" had served him many
a. yeaV. . ' Tliair-r canteens we're- filled,
their saddle-pouches, packed ;They led
along fan extra mule, with, camp equip-
age,- and shook hands gravely with the
officers ere they jode away. "All de
pends," said Folscm, "on whether Red
Cloud is hereabouts .in, person.: If ho'
is and P can get his" ear I can probably
stave off trouble long enough' "to get
those people at thc'Oup back to Kear
ney; or over here-' They're goners if
they. attempt..to stay' there and build
that ; post. If "you don't have word
(From-us in two days,; send for all the"
troops the government can raise. It
will take'" every 'mother's son .they've'
got to whip the . 'Sipux ' when once
they're leagued together." ' ' '' '- ;
- "But pur men have the. new, breech
loaders how, Mr, . Folsom,"- said the
oiTie.ers. , "The Indians have, only old
percussion-cap riile'Sj and not too many.
01. mem. -., ,. . , . ..
."Cut there are 20, warriors to every
soldier,'. ,was. the, answer, "and all are
lighting . men." r
They watched, the pair, until they
disappcare'd far to the west. All day1
long the lookouts searched the horizon.
AUvthat night the sentries listened for
hoof beats ,cn tbe. Bqzcman road, but
only the werd qliQrus pf. the coyotes
woke" the echoes- of, he dark prairie-.
Dayvh of the second day .came, and, un
able to .bear suspense,..the major sens
a iitt,le party,..mounted Qn; their1 flee tier.!;-horses,
to scour the prairie at least
halfway tP the foothills: cf : the Big
Horn, and just at nightfall they came
baclfci-three at least--iralloping Kk
pi ad, their monntSia mass cf foam.7
Folsom 's dread was well founded. Red
CtoYid,'4 'VritHk' heaveh only' knows how
W'iiKiri'a Fifk3'tVftWn1;the,ji'tt thTfee''
L da-ys i V6n-e'-ba'
nigh(t have'inct and f otight the troops
ten 1 out mice uays oeiorc, lie must
hiive met ' the' troops dispatched to
filled bifi&bfiersfatalilicsV W& oanao
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'. CORSET COVERS.
: Excellent . Muslin, Tucked and
Hemstitched Trimmed with neat em
broidery, both high and low neck, two
for 2"5c. Only two to each customer.
LADIES DRAWERS, made of
Fruit of the Loom- Cotton, prettily
tucked, r both ppen .and closed, eitra '
well made, a-bargain '236. " 11 '! -
THE BEST,':' CORSETa, .Vix'l TUB
1 ;. .. ' . ! WORLD AT B0c...,i . k
Our Dollar Corsets (Jmbiiace-all best
makes, X: B., K; Ic O., Thompson's
Glove Fitting and all leading makes.
Also the New Erect Form, so deserv
edly popular. .
FLANNELETTE NIGHT ROBES
for ladies and children, made of good
heavy material .neatly trimmed,' 5Uc,
Site, and $1.;' ' ' ' - ' ': '
" Best Talcum Powder. Oc frcni 10c.
Large 'Cakes. Tar. 'White Rose. Crab
Apple and other Toilet Soaps, Cc a
cake. . . '
Ladles' .Vests, dc,;'froni 10c.
Pocketbooks and Purses, 5c frpin 10c
and 15c, ,
Shell Side' Combs, 5c, from 10c and
15e. .
'Shell Back Combs. 5c, from 20c.
Ladies' Linen Collars and Cuffs, 3
for 5c. -.' ': v
Pateht Leather Belts, will not crack,
10c,: from 25c.
Sp
DON T
Throw' away your old Fur Garments. We make them over
with the latest designs and styles.
Fur Capes into Jackets or Fur Jackets into Capes or any
other garment you wish to remodel.
: . ... . WE
Carry a full line of imported and domestic, raw and finished
furs.
Custom garments made to order at the same price as ready
made. '
Come in and inspect our large line of furs before going
elsewherel
118 South Main Street,
WATERBURY CONN.
GOOD PENAL CODE IH CHINA.
Blades of Punishment in the Celes
tial Empire Are Made to Fit
the Crime.
"Though a man with a sharp sword
should cut one's body bit by bit, let w
angry thought aris-e, let the mouth
speak- no. ill word." Fo-Sho-Hing
Tsan-King.
So natural has it become to treat
everything connected with the celestial
empire as either comic or semibarbaric
that the denizens of Pump court will
start and rub his eyes when he hear
from jthe latest authority that in many
respects the Chinese penal code is su
perior to the English system, says the
Chicago Chronicle. Mr. Alabaster's
work ' comes as a most refreshing
change from the. too often dry and
dreary pages which the legal reviewer
is commended to scan from year's end
to year's end. A book which transports
one" from the musty cloisters of statute
and case' laws -into an atmosphere of
quaint customs and breezy anecdote,
shot through and through with the
golden threads of even justice, demands
a broader treatment than the heading
"Law -Library-" would warrant.
- Legal practitioners are few and far
between in China; in fact.it can hardly
be said that there aire either counsel or
solicitors, semiofficial class exists who
solve the more difficult forensic prop
lems; ". they-' ar :called- shih. ' The tai
shue must be a brave set of menr they
qualify for drawing up petitions, but
the work is fraught with danger. One
poor old felldw-of 70 got three years
transportation' for1 drawing pp five pe
titions. Advocacy' is equally risky;, a
seholarWas Sentenced to twq years'
imprisonment and SO blows from the
heavy bamboo for trying to reduce u
criminal's offense from murder to man
slaugTrter. ( Chinese apathy when some;
villainy is being done is largely due to
fear of the-, law, which says that "persons-
.-must , npt interfere unless , they
have a right to do'so by reason of rela
tionship. ','.,.' ,",." j..... ,, . . ,.
Tbe code is an effectual check on ju
dicial and forensic genius. The-duties
pf the' judge; are cenfintd- to determine
Ihflr the facts awd the artieleWf tliVntiw
'they-ajree tviWi: 'Thus the teBtt.n'ce'lis,;
,' fixed ' wjithqu varlationto' begip vjith,!
. uu4 . uj . vu 1: uuik Limce aiicauaieg are
, considered by the judicial board at Pe
king, -to whom -the great mcjority of
capital sentences are -referred for re-
. vision every autumn, .This list of these
wha should by right be executed is
.then submitted to the emperor, who de
crees .theiT fate in a curiotfs way. The
iianes are Avritten on a large sheet of
paper, .;. those being considered less
guilty .being placed near the corners
or the center,. The emperor then draws
a vermilion circle on the paper, and
hose whose names are traversed by. it
are doomed;, ;. The ,rct go'.'f orwad to
the- next listi. and , if . they iiOxe-' lucky
t nough to escape the red for three years
they are free. , .- .
' ,Wt t, fCijrtf '
! "SJdear cEiid, you reaHy shp'aldnot
atyouf ptSdd'so quickiy:'r' , .
' "VVhy1 tiiot,' biani'ma?" ' -! "'
' l?;i.t.si.,dajerpa; ', J( iplaegt
knew a little boy pbout j our "age who
lira: -ea tiDg . pudding so quickly that he
Sot4tH ZVloitt Street.
J ( v.
-ir f, ,
Ever Iteadys Dress Stays, 3c a doz,:of
from 15c,
Shirt Waist Sets, 5c, from 25c.
Alluminum Iiair Pins, 5c a doz.
Assorted boxes Hair Pins, 5c, from
15c.
"And lots of ether goods equally as
cheap. :.-
Another big assortment of those fa
mous Spmi: Glass and -Mercerized
Sateen.- . i " .
t ': PETTICOATS AT 08c
With wido accordion plaitiag and ruf
fle: looks like silk, wears better; cut
and made wide and full: most econom
ical skirt a lady can, purchase .
Twenty pieces handsome 'double
faced ClJtb3 for Rainy Day Skirts,
SI .25 to SI 08. .
New and beautiful designs in La
dies' French Flannel Shirt Waists,
many of them confined styles frot to
be duplicated .elsewhere.
Fine Cashmere Waists stitched with
silk, a small lot, 2.50 good at $1.
Fine Mercerized Sateen Pettiocats,
ruffled and corded, beautifully made
wide and lull in skirt, never equaled
at the money, OSc. . ' ,
Extra qxiallty mercerized Sateen
Petticoats with double ruffle cording
and plaiting. $1.59, $1.-79, $1.08, some
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DOLI'S THEAItR.
MONDAY EVENING. OCT 22.
Mr Charles Frohman Presents for the
First Time in Waterbury
William Gillette
In his New Drama, entitled
Sherlock Holmes
As was presented for thirty-six weeks
last season at the Garrlck theater. New
York. -."' "; "' !
:' Priees-25c',:; 5bc,' $1, $l:50,? $2. . Sale
of1 seats Saturday, Oct 20. . '
JACQUES OPERA HOUSE.
MONDAY,, TUESDAY, .WEDNES
DAY, OCT 22, 23, 24.
' (Matinees Every Day.)
., THE BIG CITY SHOW. .
iW:YORKr:STfil
In their great performance of comedy
and extravaganza.
Prices- 15, 25, So, 50 cents; matinees
10 and 20 'cents. ', Sale of seats Satur
diiy, OctolW.20. . ' . ' - .
Sti C6ciIia?s Fair
: T ; ;city h&h,
OCTOBER 20,27.
Stage Eutertalnnient- and Dancing
Each Evening.-' '. Dillane's Orchestra.
Irof .7. J. Siefen, prompter. Admis
sion, 15 cents. '; ' ' "
unvmnr
aiaUUimlg; urn uiuuiiifl
' ";
' GIVEN BY
WATERBURY ATHLETIC CLUB,
At AdQUES ; AUDITORIUM.
Friday Evening, ptobar 26, 1900
Some of the' best iouts ever1 given
In the city will ba jpulled off.., 4
OAKVILLE CO
"..',..;,.;,.' ,v. makers o. ;..,'., i
Wire and Metal Goods.
T.' O T'v,iUt."r: ."Kprr Wr-
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Week.
the best goods we have 'ever seen, ;
at about-half you usually pay.
A new1 feature Short Petticoats to
go with rainy day and walking skirts;
15 dozen of these sensible garments
now on sale, $1. OS. t. 4 . " Z.-, v
New Rainy Day and Walking Skirts r
$2.48 to S9.9S. , - ----
' Handstfiiie Melton Jackets, 'lined '
with sateen, velvet collar, large .pearl"
buttons, stylish, quick seller, in -navy
and tan, S3.9S. i it 1. ' .
Stylish' Kersey jackets, ; well lined, -handsomely
made and st'itcheij, tan, '
castor, navy, red and , black, j4y.98,
worth $9. .
50 extra Kersey Jackets, warranted
best lining, perfect in style and fit,
$5.50 to $9.0S; best value we have ever
seen. .
Fifty Handsome Golf Capes for La
dles and. Misses, all newest patterns
and swell effects, $4.48 to $19.
Twenty. . stylish Tailor Made. Suits, '
homespuns, chevlo.ts. Venetians $9.98.
Perfection of cut and tailored' work."7
25 cases Men's. Women's and Chil
dren's Underwear, every conceivable
variety, from 5c to $2.50 per garment.
Home Work
Is considered the best sort of laundry
work, but add to the care your laundry
work would get at home our improved
facilities that you can never, hope to
possess, and you will know how we
can turn out perfeqt work -at a merely
nominal oosl. - , - i
Davis' ' tearn Laundry 1
IT CANAL. STREET.1 '
Branch Office, 67 Grand St
BRIDGEPORT STEAMBOAT GO.
POPULAR LONG ISLAND SOUND
ROUTE BEWTEEN NEW YOItK.-i
BRIDGEPORT, WATERBURX
AND ALL . STATIONS ON
.NAUGATUCIi DIVISION
- OF N. ,Y., N., H. & H. R. R.
Steamer . Rosedale-Leaves Bridgeport
daily (Sunday excepted) at 7:45 a.
in. on arrival of train leaving Water
bury at G:45 a. ni., from all stations
on Nangatuck Division, arriving at
New York at 11 a. m.
Steamer Allan Joy (new) Leaves
Bridgeport daily (Saturday except
ed) at 12 o'clock midnight, arriving
at New York at!4:00 a. m.. giving
ample time to connect with all trains
for the West and South. Passen
gers can remain aboard boat until
:0O a. m.
RETURNING FROM NEW YORK.
Steamer Allan Joy Leaves from Pier
80, East River, at 11 a. m. daily (Snn-,
days excepted), arriving at Bridge
port nt 8:00 p.-ai., connecting with
afternoon trains for the East and all
stations on Naugatuck Division.
Steamer Rosedale Leaves New York'
from Pier 20, East River, at 3:00 p.
tn.. and from foot East 31st street
8:15 p. tn. daily (Sunday excepted)
arriving at' Bridgeport at 7:00 p.
connecting with-.7:40 p. m. train for
all stations on Naugntuck Division.
(Saturdays one hour earlier from
both landings). - Tickets sold and
bageage -checked to all points on the
N. Y.. N. H. and H. R. R. Bajrsrage
transferred to and from R. R. Depot
free of cliarpe.
r , .SUNDAY TRIPS.
Commpnclup Sunday, June 17. Steam
er Rosedale leaves Bridgeport at 9
n. m., for New Yorfc and Coney Is
land. Returning, leaves New York
nt 5:00 p. m.. arriving at Bridgeport
at 0:00 p. m.
J. H. CONNELLY. G. P. A. '
Short
Sea fT rips
of two to five days' duration,
z . are offered by the
Dominion Line
to ; , :
Norfolk, Vo.
Old Point Comfort, Vc f
iiiolimoiid, Yb,
rasliinsrton, p.C.
L-s sail idaily- except Sunday
from l'ier 2U, North River, foot - of
Beach street,. New York. -.
Tickets, including meals and state
room accommodations, $13.00 and up
wards. ' ! . , :, . . ,--: .
For full Information; apply, to -
OLD DOMINION S. S. COflANY
. : SI Beach Street) New York,- N. .Y.
H. p. Walker, Ti-af.' JIgr. " ' :
J. J. Brown. O. P. JLt
glial
aoytkinff jtn invortt' or improtve; tim get
i FKOTCTiaM. Hfcad modcL uketch. or oboto. 1
i for free ezuninuilon and adrioe. 4
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