WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT. .FRIDAY; OCTOBER" ;26.:190C
it.
f-St 1?rantlg?su?ch FaifeWas Largely';
" -. 1 Attended Las Night, , j .
v The fair was largely .attended last
x night and every one present enjoyed
themselves. The stage entertainment
.consisted of a solo .by .Frank Kiely,
which was -well rendered. Little
Theresa McXally, always a favorite in
.Naugatuck, was at her best last night
' and made a big hit with the audience.
She sang "I Can't, Tell Why I Love
You" and "The Sousa Girl" In an ele
gant voice, especially for a child. Be
sides singing tne little tot did some
very fine dancing. Theresa has h-en
here on several occasions at' fairs and1
entertainments. Should the little one
continue in her success as she has done
In the past there is no doubt but what
she will make a greaj success In the
future.
Glove Shop Girls Went on Strike.
In. the glova shop oi mie
" been a cut of prices in the sundry de
partment and this morning seven
went on strike. Those girls were the
bulb makers, who claim that Stahl, the
foreman, wanted them to place an ex
tra piece on the bulbs for the same
amount of money that they were re
ceiving (35 cents a gross), but they re
fused unless thev received 4a cents a
gross. He would not give it to the
girls, so they assembled in the center
nf flip room and shouted "We won't
make them." The girls then went to
the office to draw their time, but werr,
confronted by Superintendent Schaffer.
who sent them back to work and told
them that he would arrange matters
satisfactory to them. One of the girls
told a Democrat reporter last evening.
that when Mr Stahl took foremanship
. of the room., some time ago; the girls
received 10 cents for a water bottle,
and that twenty-four bottles were a
ticket. They have to. work . overtime
each nlrrht to finish their work. At
present the outcome of the matter
could not be learned, but if this is the
state of affairs as stated by the young
lady who informed the writer, there is
no doubt but what the girls were justi
fied in doing what they did in regard
to going on strike.
Rally To-night.
Don't forget to go to the opera house
to-night and hear the three eloquent
democratic speakers. They are John
A. Tomlinson of Alabama, Hon Dr
William Crofut of Washington. D. C,
and Oliver, Gildersleeve of Portland.
.Every voter Irrespective of party is in
vited to attend this rally, and ladies
will be welcome to seats in the gallery,
as it will be reserved for them. The
parade will be held from the Commer
cial house shortly after S o'clock. To
night is the last night to make voters.
Those who have not been made as yet
should do so before S o'clock to-night.
The democratic primaries were held
in the three wards last night from
S to 9 o'clock for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to a general convention !
to elect two representatives and five i
justices of the peace. In the first
' ward the following ticket was elected:
Delegates. H. H. Johnson, Peter J.
Condon. George Wigglesworth, J. H.
Dunn. Xewell A. Smith, Thomas P.
Walsh: alternates. H. A. Hard, John
.T. FYirfl- ImT tOTwtoi- TlmmflO 1 1 Tiar, '
ton: checker, John J. Gorman. . Second
- ward, delegates, WHllam Kennedy,
' Robert Cleary. Hooker -Hotchkiss,
Michael J. Clancy, Amos Culver,
Pierce Freeman, James Maher; alter
nates. M. R. Hart, Richard Burke;
checker. William Stevenson; box tend
er, William Clancy. Third ward, dele-
5F1 tea Will Inm T Cm I 1, T "k I - r
Linskey, Maurice Scanlon, Michael
Scanlon, Joseph Mara. Timothy Daly,
George Wilson: alternates, Charles
Farrell.-John Bird; checker, James
Davy;, box. tender, Frank Bird. There
was no opposition to those tickets,: so
- they were all elected.
Borough Court. v
Last night, about ,7:30, as Officer
Malone was standing near the nost-
office talking to John Burke, Fred Fox
. of Prospect walked near the olEcer and
called him some vile names which he
did not take notice of until he followed
the oGicer across the bridge and be
came more abusive. Fox was crazy
drunk and looking for trouble. He had
been before the court before and ar
rested by Officer Malone. John Burke,
the monumental man, was a witness
' this morning and corroborated the
, story of Officer Malone in his evidence.
Fcx also took the -stand and made a
. very bad mix up of things. Judge
Hungerford thought that he was ;too
abusive when drunk and fined him $5
with costs, the amount being $14.2G.
He 'settled.
-' - " Notes. V - .. .
Dr Enland, who was -formerly hd
cateflvin this jrto fs; the?; guest I df
friends here? for a few days: '
The; Haraganri .society will hold a
dance and sociable in their hall to
night. NA good time is guaranteed to
all who attend. "
a. large delegation or -augatueK
people will go to New Haven to-morrow
to hear William J. Bryan's ad
dress, He speaks at 11:30 on the
green. -'." -. ' ;
Court Unity, F. of A., will give an
entertainment and dance In the Gem
opera house on November 23. -""
Court Naugatuck, I. O. F.. will hold
a meeting in Foreters' hall to-night.
The Merfden and '.Naugatuck high
school football teams will play on' the
Athletic field to-morrow afternoon.
The -gainewill start at, 3:30 .sharp.
lost a valuable horse last night. The
animal died of colic and was one of
- - -
- - the horses he.used on the hearse.
The republicans hold a regular meet-
ing to-night and afterwards a smoker.
' -"To-morrow night Judge Cow ell and
"Charles Turner of Waterbury will ad
dress the republicans in their club
rooms on Water street. ,,
James Allman, in interest of the so
cial democratic -party, will address a
... mass meeting on the green to-night at
7 o'clock. . .-. .
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Me,yes AgafS -fcj&tfilg OJir
Chicken thieves are again beginnj
to appear In' town; 1 VAttlKrtigu
thieve have nqj -begun... thtrfrj wc
very. much, as, yet, a, very .sucpessl
raid was made at Lucius war
poultry yards aJftw" evenings gt.
"thieves camei toitMr-e Hai-tJs short
after' lnidnightapd). caHl off j)u the
neignuornooa or twenty-seven iouim.
The next time these thieves visit Mr
Hart they will probably receive some
thing besides chickens. Other places
have been raided also to some extent,
but none very seriously as yet. A
watch will be kept for these fellows,
and if any of them are caught they
will be made an example of.
T "Bryano" Rehearsal.
The first dress rehearsal of
"Bryano" was held in the town hall
last evening. The play in itself is a
very good one, and ought to prove
very attractive. The principal singers
in this entertainment are Gerald, Ray
mond and Harold . Cunningham and
James Trewren. These rehearsals 4at
the hall will go on nightly from now
untu the play is put ueiore tne puu
lic. Seats for the production are .on
sale at both of our drug stores.
' V. Grange Meeting.
; The ;Watertown Grange held Their
regular meeting at the court room of
the town ball last evening. The meet
ing was an interesting one and also
a largely attended one. The subjects
for discussion, which we mentioned in
this paper a few evenings ago, were
ably discussed. The next meeting will
be "held on Thursday evening, Novem
ber 2. ... -t.
J -Lines Changed.
Engineers 5ia"ve: been engaged during
the past few days surveying' between
Watertown center ' school and Nova
Scotia hill. The object of this is" to
change the district line so that, the
house of John Magee will be inside
this line. Mr Magee was voted into
this line last year.
The water from the last rains which
we have had is about gone, and the
wells are beginning to go dry again.
The drought which is now in progress
is also having a decided effect on the
Water company's reservoir.
; i iNptes. . . . "r
Mrs II. J. Mattoon. who hns been
Quiet sick .for the past few weeks, is
able to be . chit again.
' Devotions - were- held in St John's
church last night and were well at
tended. Devotions will also be -held
this evening.
Before the trolley ever reaches .Wa
tertown there promises to be a great
kick, as many of the citizens do not
want their drive spoiled.
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS
Mrs Edward Stoddard is very ill.
She had several doctors yesterday at
tending her. Dr Variel performed an
operation and she is doing as well as
can be expected. She has suffered with
a tumor for a number of years.
William Jerman, who has been sick
with typhoid fever, is sitting up again
Thev are rushing the work on the
trollev and it will soon run to this
village.
Miss Clara Morey Js reported as be
ing much better yesterday."
Mrs Isra Lawrence is entertaining
out of town guests.
Miss Grace Jerman returned from
Norwalk yesterday.
The St Mary Magdalene society will
give a fair some time in February.
Frederick Main is very sick with an
attack of malaria.
Mrs Frederick Baird is very sick. Dr
Variel is attending her.
A GORGEOUSLY BOUND
Work of art has just been issued at an
outlay of over $100,000, for which the
publishers desire a .manager in. this
county, also a'good solicitor; good pay
to the right party. Nearly 100 tull
page engravings, sumptuous paper, u
luminated covers and bindings; over
200 golden lillies in the-Morocco bind
ings; nearly 00 golden roses in tne
cloth bindings. Sell at sight; presses
running day and night so great is the
sale. Chirstian men-' ana women mat
ing fortunes taking orders. Rapid
promotions. One .Christian ' woman
made clear 'o0O in lour weeks taking
orders among her - church acquaint
ances and friends. Write us. It may
lead to a permanent position to man
age our business and look after our
large correspondence which you can
attend to right at your home. Address
J. A.' Knight, secretary, Corcoran
building opposite United States treas
ury, Washington, D. U.
"TifWCATEjS IGNORAMUSES.
Defects
in n Good Sj-Jtcm-Inductive
Method of Teacblnar Discounts
. JJrudcery of Blemorislnc
Take the old system in its most mon
strous ' form--take learning- Latin
grammar by heart before translating
any Latin author, says Dean Briggs, of
Harvard university,, in. the Atlantic
Nobodynow detenus a practice so
stupid: yet that wonderful feat of
memory strengthened many a memory
for; other wonderful feats. The boy
who mastered Andrews and Stoddard
knew" the power of patient effort, the
strength .'. of " drudgery Well " done. '
Through.a natural reaction, memory
is undeifrated','iiow'J! ';Education at. the
time; when memory is : trained easiest -and
best-must-be saved from'.the bar
renness of memory ,wgrk and must be
"enriched.",. Even the multiplication'
table is threatened with' banishment.
We'leave the straight and narrow way,
and Wobble all over the flowery mead-"
sws. ,We are held, down to accuracy so
little that it is next to impossible to'
find a youth! who can copy a 1UU. of
printed names without misspelling.
We. have boys who cannot spell, men
who cannot spell, teachers who cannot
spell, teachers of English who cannot
pell, college prof essors who ' cannot
spell and have -a mean opinion of snelM
trim
l o
defictous and wholesome
mm eo.New vomc
Chicken Ti
PARXfiERS.UJ TROUBLE. ' ;
- 4 ft a?u-? . 1
And the As -Mitri" Had Only His
TAkM for His -..'.. ' .' - '
ertlon.
T ie
SetehjSrylocddnir mail -hesitated at
t,5ecfbi Iffladinsi-intd the F streefreal
Ptsft( office? says the - Washington
Star. ' --.
X 'this'' (Jr'bunarent & Co.'s ,v of
fice?" " he inquired nappily at . the
cajlooking man who wap - leaning
back In the revolving chair before the
big 'desk in the middle of the room.
Yes," replied the calm-looking man.
Well, say, look here," said the an
gry-looking- man, in a tone of Ome
violence, "my name's Digup, and ' my
wife rented one of "the houses in, that
row of yours up on J street last week.
She rented it with the express stipu
lation that you'd put it in first-class
repair. It s the one numbered 1SC0
J street, as I s'pose you'll remember.
Welli) we moved? into"" the house yester
day, as we ajteid to do, and wa found
that nary a lick had been done' to
ward fi-sttmir the House m proper re-1
pair. .. Now, . I want, to ; know what
kind of a Way that is to treat people,
and I want to tell you that "
"Well," interrupted the calm-looking
Kan, with a far-away smile "if your.
wife icade any such agreement as you
state with this firm, why ", , , -
"Lock a-here," exelaiwe J the angry-
looking xaas. heginnjxr te sbOut, . "L
want ycu to 4itinely -understand' that
I'm not 1b the habit of letting people
doubt ibt vrerd, and when I tell you
tit tay wife had an explicit under-
ataadiag with you that you were to
ii that house up properly, 1 aon t pro
pose to permit you to doubt what -I
say, and there's no occasion for you
to try to crawfish out of that stipu
lation, and "
'What's the trouble with ' the
hoase?" cut in the calm-looking man
seated in the revolving chair. Be-
causa if it's in the same condition as
the one I'
What's the matter with" the
house?" growled the angry -looking
man, looming over the calm-looking
man in the revolving chair. "There's
evsry blamed thicg the matter with
it. The paper's pe?linj off the parlci
walls, in the first place, r.s you very
well know, and thainsido woodwork
doesa't lock as if it's been painted
sisce the deiuge. There's a big hunk
broken oC the balustrade, and "
That s quier, eaid the oalm-lcok-
ing wan, reflectively; "there's a piece
broken t the Valvstrade ia say"
"Quser ' I stculd think . it wai
queer. snertea tbe wratniui-iooking
man. "And it's a confounded sight
queerer taat you - people iaitniulty
promised to attend to all of these re
pairs, and that absolutely nothing bag
been done to put the house in a habi
table condition. We moved into the
miserable shack under the natural
presumption that the repairs had been
attended to, and say, what did ypu
mean by telling my wife thut 'you
were going to put i.. exposed plumb
ing, with a porcelain bath tub, when
the b&throom hasn't been so much as
touched? Hey?"
"If there was any promise made to
your wife that there'd be exposed
plumbing, why, that's a whole heap
more than "
"Any promise made to my wife,
you say. Look here, my friend, what
the dickens do you mean by sitting
there and trying to sneak out of what
you said in that way? You knovf
blamed well that all of these promise
were made, and that you told my wife
that the house would be put in tip
top shape from cellar to garret. The
whole outat needs repainting and re
papering, and half the windows in
the house won't go either up or down,
and the doors either decline to open
or refuse to be closed, and the celiat
needs to be cleaned out, and there are
three broken panes in the kitchen win
dows, and the kitohen range won't
burn, and the furnace is in. such a
batterea condition that nothing short
of a new one'll Co, and the back stair
are rickety and need bracing, and V
-''Well," one egaia interrupted the
calm-looking man sitting in the re
volving chair, "if you managed to get
this firm to promise t make all oi
those repairs you mention now, be
good enough not to interrupt me for
a minute, won't you if your wife wai
clever enough to induce this real es
tate firm to promise to make aH oi
these repairs, then it's a darned sight
more than my wife's been able to do
for two years," and that's no, piece ot
sheet music, - either. ." I'm the tenant
of 1911 ' J street, right next door to
you, you know, and my wife' and.
'have been hammering away at this
firm of agents for. more'n two years
to get em to make repairs, but with
out any saccess, and I came down this
morning to make another effort. I
guess Mr. Groundrent'll be in shortly,'
and if you 'nail him -and succeed in
getting him to fix your house up, why,
I'll just follow 'up your trail and he'll
have to fix my house,- too, or I'll "
But the angry tenant of 1B0S Jay
Street, when he found out how., dis
mally he had been wasting his breath,
walked out of the officei grinding a
lot of the top ; dressing off his teeth.
as he went. - . -.
' A - ' ' . -
BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY.
If Is
Celebrated ' in Slncnlar Pail
' -vion bTBIothers and v'" -.
. ' ' Children. J '''"'
'- A correspondent of -the Indianapolis
Press writes from Yokohama, Japan:,
"April 8, Buddha's birthday; is cele
brated in all the temples by bringing
out the images of the infant Buddha,
placing them in a large bowl, and pour
ing "over them licorice tea with a ladle.
On this day,' 19CQ, a great multitude
of women and children flocked to what
corresponds to the parish house of the
Episcopal church,-. "which can be en
ter dt without removing- the' shoes.
kSach !chilfi)had) a.bamboO; cup, and
tifltbenxthis wai filled. with the precious
feifiuid ftTwalked -away-isipping it with
qgreat:rSBtisfaoti4n, 'for-it is believed tq
be jremedy. 4ot: worms and other in
teraal diiriirs.. The mothers had bot
ties of ;tba same,." which they, wrapped
up to take?-itamv. do-.place; near i i the
piUaT,.-)-fthehousai tov-keep away ants
;!and other iaseet pesta The crowd was
most .-good, outuredv :pushing and. iost-
.Jing toget-oieaT.ho boy-priests that
ifiUed- thein caps and, look their money.
The temples, 'like American churches,
are most fregunted by..'womel.,' '
SPUTH AMERICA LEAST KNOWN
t
Alore Exploration . Remains to
" Suae In That Continent Than
P. : ";.: Any'-Otner. r.';-
Be
'.;Wh.en we recall that the Spaniards
crossed South-America from sea to
sea more than three centuries ago
and that "nearly; every city on '.". its.
coasts Was founded in the agfe of the
Columbian explorers, it seems strange
that' to-day our southern neighbor is
the least known of all the continents.;
There are not' so many big white
-spaces on the map of -Africa as on that;
ef South America! If we study the,
history-, of Soutii American explora
tion wc find some surprising- facts.
.One is that up to 1S75 not a single
government in that continent had
sent out any expeditions or spent any
money to explore the unknown parts 1
ef their territories. - Until within tho
past few yoare nearly all the explora
tion of this century in that continent,
excepting ill Argentina- and Chill, has
been the result of private enterprise.
A few explorers from North America
and many more from Europe have
made most ci this century's addition
to. our geographical knowledge of
South America, except in the south
era part of the continent, says the
New York Sub.
Tkms it happens that none of the
Cerdilleraa states from Venezuela to
Jul! a aa yet emerged- from ' the
eoge of tae reugh, pioneer explora-
tMi. A considerable part of their
territory, as la the southeastern part
s Colombia, is still almost wholly un
it uottb. Some of them, like Bolivia,
hare made no attempt whatever, es
cpt in small districts ' around their
chief towns, to carry out official sur
veys. They have to thank foreig-n ex
plorers for most that they themselves
know of their own countries. It is
Cvnway, who' recently passed through
Jiiiw York to renew his. work in the
Eslivian- Andes,, that is supplying the
Es'liviana. wii-h very good maps of
their own part of the Cordilleras. He
is doing for Bolivia what other ex-
pkircrs, chiefly German, have done for
Ecuadorian ranges.
The same condition, of ufiairs is to
bo observed among the Atlantic states
as far south as Uruguay. Tile Gui-
anas, except for a narrow strip along
the coasts, are still on the thre&hpld
of the besrinin2 of exploratian.
Brsfczil, with a territory nearly as
lari'e aa eux ewn, haa not a single es
tahHishnssjit like our geological or
ooaAt and geodetie surveys to make
a careful geographioal study of any
part' of its vast domain. All the OjB
cial explorations that have been, made
in Ctny part of .Brazil are the work of
wmj of the individual states. Scarce
ly a traveler "h'aa crossed any of the
northeastern states from Mavanbao to
Peruarabico, and much cf the in
terior, excopt. a Vang the river cur?42,
is slill quite unknown. The wide vii
datAOsee beUveau ths large tritu
tarie. of the Amazon axe completely
a t;;ra incognita. .
la Argentina, however, very satU
fact&ry progress has been made in cx
ploition in the past quarter of a cen
tury. It waa.in 1S53 that the first
c'ellv;ted xesulte of the governmen'j'a
activity in this direetion were seen in
toe. large atlae of the country pre
pared uadar ike direction ;t the
geographer Seelstrang.- Argentina
has the advantage of geological atid
metorologiea) - establiahmenta and
foreign scientific men in the service
of the; state- and the universities,
whose labors have largely enhanced
the value of all official geographical
work. The systematic ' study which
both Argentina cud Chili have for
tome yeare given to the ranges along
their common frontier have made this
the best knewa part of the South
American Cordilleras. .
Just as sportsmen travel thousands
of miles to reaeb the big game . of
central Africa, India and Manchuria,
so explorers wip turn, in the next
century, te the large, untraveled areas
of South America as the best fields the
world has now to offer for original,
pioneer research in the way of geo
graphical discovery. .
"SQUEEZING' IN CHINA. .
A System mt Scsuilsc Self Profit Is
Vcy , Lai.tl)'. in Oj-
, .. erstlon.. . . . ,. .
A ctiriOus Instance of the exploits
of the Chinese secret societies is given
in an interjiewwith M. Nagelmack-ers;-
who"pent-tlic yvinter jn"- Felcing.
.He statetat'Cfi ina is honeycombed
with secretso'eietTes, says a Paris cor
respondea'i ,of the' Fall Mall Gazette.
It is practically the exception for a
Chinitman not to belong to one ' of
these associations, not all of which,
-however, are intended to serve such
mischievous ends as those aimed at
by the Boxers. " Maay of. the societies
are comparatively harmless, "and much
resemble the guilds of medieval Eu
rope.' ' Almost every trade and calling
has its secret society. The . occult
power wielded by these bodies ia ex
perienced by residents in China in con
nection with their domestic servants.
The bepigtailcd cooks and butlers are
depts in . the art. of. "liclng ; their
pockets at their master's ' expense,
thtir' favorite practice being to over
eharge their employers in connivance
with the tradesmen. The trouble . is
that there is nothing for it but to pay
this tax with resignation.' It is use
less to discharge a servant who hablt
ualiy makes you pay more than the
market price for your meat,' vegeta
blcs .and other supplies.- His secret
society knoVs tot a cent the amount
of 'the "squee2e"'in which you havtf
.been mulcted "squeeae" ' being the
suggestive pigeon English expressiou-for--the
illegitimate profits in 4ues".
tion'.-1 The new ..servant is . informed
by the society of Hhe ."squeeze" ex
acted byhi' predecessor, and with
imperturbable impudence he will con-
. tinue .to levy precisely the .same toll.
In-the unlikely event oi nis-naving
leanings towards honesty, the ,serv-
. ant's secret society "would wreak dire
vengeance on him for -his "-treachery
'to' his "order.- The amount ,?fc the
''Squeeze' varies with each Employer,
It is regulated in the main b the ex
tortidn submitted to'by the resident
On his arrival iii the count!''. M: Ka-
gelmackers says that "tne "squeese"
the. ' French -. legation 'in -Peking
amounts 'to 17 per cent. The other
legations escape a little more lightly.
- TRICKS D0E- BY DENTISTS.
... ;- , --;... ..ri J. ,; - i -
fioaeltoi galled ypon to Do Uocet
t ... TlilDt m toy People VVV lat- ' ,
- -w . i '.onia Tliein'i " t'-i '
' r ',;.' v' - M to-;' t ii 1
Medical oen- are- not- the only proi
fessioaal. pseggns, to, leatjn yur.io.us se
crets vrearding thosewho;" patrpnie4
llem. .A dentist. with a larger dowji-:
town 'practiciS In VtAikktive mddd
the other day," says the Chicago Chron
icle. '. ."People' m ;my line of life," said
he, "occasionally run across odd things.
For instance", -about a y-ear.ago a good-looking-
young .man came into our pf
fice one day and asked that. we make
an artificial set of teeth to incase the
splendid' lot' of , natural ivories -with
which nature, had endowed him. We
filled the order, which-was an exceed
imgly expensive one - The extra set of
teeth.fitting over his own gave the man
an ugly; prominent mouth and. totally
spoiled his good looks, but he offered
no explanation, and we asked no ques
tions. ' I have the best reason for sup- j
posing 'now that the purchaser was a
burglar and that he got the teeth for
the express purpose cf altering his ap
pearance and thus making identifica
tion more difficult.
''."You are aware that many are very
particular concerning the plate in
whieh artificial teeth, are set. Some
want gold, others silver, vulcanite and
vhat not. But did you ever hear of
patients wearing-their own initials in
side the mouth? - .
"We recently prepared an upper set
for a gentleman well known in theatri
cal circles, and in the platinum roof wae
ste in wires of gold the wearer's ini
tials. Another roof plate, which we '
were privileged to see, was a perfect
masterpiece of artistic work. There
.were three horsemen depicted in. gold
wire, fine as a hair, a. foreground of
catstone and a crescent moon of gleam
ing silver all set in the composition
of the roof. The teeth were of good
quality, but not remarkable, and the
price was exactly $300. A person un
conscious of the value of the inner roof
would have set the price at $23, " .
"Very richly enameled was the danc
ing girl which decorated the false roof
of a one-time millionaire. The pictured
lady wore slippers set with 'tiny 'dia
monds and the' owner, being a great
smoker, spcrted an ordinary set when
desirous of "indulging in a fragrant
whiff, thereby nerer disooLoring the
dainty enamel of the choice artiele.
We were once asksd. to fashion a plate
from the tusk of an elephant, but as 1
this would have been a difficult, and
unsatisfactory proceeding we were j
obliged td reject the offer.
"The most -absurd thiag we were !
ever requested to insert in a false roof j
was a tiger's claw a trophy of an In- I
dian jungle hunt.. We managed it, and .
to prevent the claw from wounding the i
tongue of our patient we tipped it
bluntly wiih gold. After awhile the
tip fell off and the wearer's tongue was
torn.' To us-he came in a rage, and
finally decided to wear the claw as a
chain pendant." ,
F0JJNDED JJY A FOUNDLING.
Mrs .Business Enterprise of Loa
.. , .. dan Wbloh Uad a Very Ko-
" ., - f.' nantlo Orleln.
' Very 'curious and romantie are the
circumstances under" which certain
flourishing city enterprises have been
founded. For instance, says the Lon
don M. A. P., there stands in the heart
of Cheapsida a noble pile of buildings,
household word throughout the king--dom.
The founder of that business was
mysteriously dropped on the doorstep
of a city church" and sent by the au
thorities to the Foundling hospital,
where he was named after the church
in question. He was af terward intrust
.ed to a respectable woman, who un
dertook to bring him up with her own
family. .,
Soon after this inquiries were made
at the Foundling hospital about the boy
by a young and beautiful lady, whose
natneand rank she was evidently of
aristocratic origin remained shrovd
ed in mystery. - A solicitor was ulti
mately instructed to pay the boy's foster-mother
a cartain tiim . mnn Mv.
'tv.;,, .,:.. j i . . . . . ,
. uia i.vu fciu u yuiu ll nrriveu ui sue
age of about li, when he was taken
away,, pa; to a good school and finally
started in life. Plucky and pushing,
he developed his business until it be
came one of the finest of its class in
the city. He died a wealthy man. wiih
oiit having penetrated the mystery of
his birth. ..;-.'
INLAND'S St' JS VANISHV
Amnils; Method te AVhlch'the Stab
born' FIbui Have Resorted to
Keep Then Carrcst.
Finland Is no longer a member of the
international postal -union, as by an
imperial Russian ukase the 'Finnish
postage stamp is withdrawn from use,
and the Eussian postage stamp substi
tuted. While ' the 9 Finnish postage
stamp, until a-few ,week ago had no
value in the eyes of stamp collectors,
it has now at cue jump reached"" to
the head of the iist,,and will probably
oc the most valuable m the stamp col
lector's albums. Te Finns ' are of
course- furious against llussia for this
additional demonstration of the, Hear
,tQ blot . ithei-r, country , oil the map, of
the world. V . ,. ' . . . !
But the Finns are by nature a stub
bora people, - and'the method . they
adopted to still Compel the EVissian au
thorities toforWard letters with the
Fin'nish, postije stamp is amusing.
Their corresi?ondsnce,-tEey inclosed in
an ordinary .envelope, on which they
placed 'the. "Finnish Hostage stamp in
the' usual -corner.- This envelope was
then, inclosed in a thin transparent
envelope," plainly showing the Finnish
stamp. -.The outside envelope was then
properly addressed an4 provided with
a Russian postage stamp placed by the
side.iOf ..he FinnUh,."4!,So, far-pO, notice,
has been taken y.ithe.Jiussaa goycrnj
ment of this' aJcusinjf method.. j
-( Aj.ennes.t.,jaiscoy)rrt
A Frea'cinian. iaa .discovered a' rinb
edy . ibslftajanepuji' in:its e'ffeqU ,f or th
horrjble.jbjiRrfScausedi byuthc-i.nsej o
oil oljilrtiAiakvvit-.i a -soft paste of cal
cined magaetiai'jBBd waters with-which
the 'parts' burned are covered- to the
'tiekness of' aa- rntfh. It alleviates the
pain-'almost-imniediafely and when the
paste is -remot ed hi scar remains.
'it
OQIjLEGE CLJBarS WEIRD WAY.
rhe Candidate Mast Iteslsn Himself
to the Will of .Another -
for m Wetk.
I
- i!There Is a club in a northern col
lege," says Frederick Gittings, of Phila-dciphhi,-according't6"'the.
New York
Tribune, "a prerequisite to becoming
a Biemher of which compels the candV
date to ' resign hixiself absolutely to
the will of another for a week.' During,
that period of time he may not speak
to other people without permission of
his guardian, and curing "his Week's
probation be must do any and. all things
that his temporary keeper may order,'
Amusing" incidents by " the score hate
been the result of this method of pror
cedure. A yourig chap from a western
city landed at the college with a couple
of servants in. livery, for he was very
richr His fellow-students regarded him
with open suspicion, for they looked!
upon the presence of those servants as
'side' of the worst description.
"The westerner, however, in spite of
his horses and 'men,' was a very good
ehap, and, this fact being discovered;
in due course ef time he was elected
a member ef the club. He knew coth
iag ef the election uatU he received
the actios, aa vpen its heels followed
the inevitable week'e roaa.Uen. His
sister aa a amaser ei her girl friends
kad arraagea te sat in a week ia the
college tevra, aa he had prepared to"
entertain then lavishly,, an . elegant
lawn party at a. wayside inn being
among the entertainments laid out.
The visit and his period ef probation
fell at the same time, and as with
out permission he co'ld communicate'
vita, no cue, he was unable te write
and ask his sister to delay her coming;
Then his mentor discovered how the
land lay and made his plans according
ly!. The visiting party, was met at the
train and dinners and theater parties,
teas at college, rooms and til that sort
of thing followed each other. The
miserable probationer was supposed to
be away ob business at least the
Utter he had beea forced to write to
his siiter gave that as aa excuse for
his absenee, and alto advised her of the
lawn party.
"That fate earns eC in due time, and
was a great success. About the middle
of the al fresco luncheon, one of the
prettiest of the sister's friends sud
denly looked keenly at cue ef the liv
eried servants. 'Hew nswca that man
leaks like Jaek, daeaa't he?' she said,
tar&ing te Jack's frit as and pro tern,
master. 'Yes,'- replies ' the man ad
dreeeei, 'he tloas rather, exCept he's
rather bettsr looking, and, by the way,
speaking ef Jaek,' and then he launched
into a new, fallacious and wholly undig
nified explanation ef Jack's continued
absence, the explanation being deliv
ered in an unnecessarily audible voice.
The man in the livery grew steadily, a
deeper purple as the explanation -unrolled
itself. ilrdr looked from his
surcharged eyes.. But, , to bis honor
be it said, he controlled himtelf. Of
eourse, he was 'Jaek, and a few days
later, his week being up, he was able to
give a satisfactory explanation of his
abaesee.
, "At another time a representative of
the meat arlstscratie family in the col
lege town was forced, eled in overalls,
to carry a trunk down the main street
just as his friends aud relatives were
returning from ehareh. Men posted
at intervals aleng the street kindly
called their attention te the blushing
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prize fight. The pranks that have been,
played by this society have been at
times amusing and have seldom been
harmful. Of course, now- and again a
'bounder' will creep in, and when he
takes his turn at initiation he is like
ly to make his victim suffer unneces
sarily. There ia such a case on record
where finally the mentor went too far,
and the candidate rebelled, and, care
fully removing his eoat, Eaid: 'Of
course, I want to belong, and know
what it means if I don't; but, all the
same, I want to keep my self-respect,
end to that end I'm going to give you
the tallest licking you ever got in your
life.' And then he sailed in and did.
When, however, the facts were laid be
fore the other member it did not stand
in the way of his election."
- A Rejection.
Mrs. Johnson AYhat I said to Mrs.
Simpkins was dat I didn't, b'leeb yo?
husband ebbah robbed a henroos' in
his life. . '
Mrs. Black Yo' done mean to insin
niwate he ain't got de nerve.? Puck. -
- '-bbceLji Conceit;
Every :man who chows symptoms of
becoming conceited : should be told
what his poor kin 'think of.'-hi'm.
Atchison Globe.
The Greater New York Fur Co:
Season 1900-01
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S&al Skins ' Rbairpd and' Altered to the latest' stvles a
3!:K,b R.-'.
Tl Greater ieiforfe Fur Coi;
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WATERBUItY, cofcx
Test
; ; of V.
Good
Flour
To test
good flouf, press
some together in your
hands. Jf it- holds- to;..
gether, making a moist mass
which shows the
impress
of
your fingers, it signifies the
presence of glutenous ma
terials that impart a nu
tritive value to good
flour.: 4..
WASHBURN-CROSBY'S
FLOUR
I stands this and every other test of 1
eooa nour. xne most carerui cneto
1 leal annWsls has proved it to be j
uie-nuaesbt nuresi, oestuouruiab a
i modern mmors ever milled.
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Minneapolis.
Minn.
HELEN. KELLER IS A MARVEL.'
Deaf, Dumb and Blind, Yet She Gains
a Thoronsh Kdacatlon Her
Student Life. '
Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb and
blind girl, has overcome tremendous
obstacles and-is now progressing well '
as a student at Ra4cliffe, says an ex-
chaage.- - ..-- .n,
The bulk of hep preparation . for
college was accomplished under Ar
thur Gilman's insti-uction, - aided ' by
Miss Sullivan, for several years her-
- "'J -- ciVjiUCUb AJX SCV- J
ernl ingenious instruments she mas
tered geometry and algebra, while "
with raised letter books she has se
cured a grasp on English, Latin- and
Greek. Her examination papers were
in the Braille raised point system and
the , answers she wrote on 'a type -wi-iter,
in the use cf which she is- an
1 - iucB: y.iAfcmjj J ii . nil ids
required subjects, Miss Keller "has
entered Radcliffe wjth freshman Eng
lish and advanced Frencu. to the good."'
At the lectures Kelen is invariably
accompanied by Miss Sullivan, who
sits close beside her and gives her, in '
the manual language, whatever the
instructor may be saying." 'The fine
cess of her soul and the exquisite-nature
of her thoughts are evidenced
by the essays written during her
preparation. a
For all Helen Kelle's remarkable
Intellectuality she is, in the main, just
6 pleasant,' normal girl. She rides- a
tandem, sews, crochets, embroiders,
and, most marvelous of all, plays a
capital game of chess. She is with
out doubt the most wonderful- college
girl the world has yet seen. . ,
3 uk. 0 r o a. x a v
tie Klntl You Haw Nvays Bdqgl
Bignatoie
iVIi-s iVi. A, Ogdcn,
The Weil-Known 1
PSYCHIC AXD PALMIST
For the past five years located at .
Bridgeport is .pernianeiitly located at
327 North Main "street, Waterbury,,
second floor.
DR R. C. JONES,
V. S. '
Eesidenee, 25 Johnson Street, Water
bury Conn. Otflce. City Luinbec
& Coal Co. 03 Bank St. Telephone
OAKVILLE CO
, MAKERS O-, J
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P. O. Freight ai a Express. " Address
Oakvillc, Conn. Telegraph Address
Waterbury, Conn. New York Office.
48 Howard Street. ' "
If you consider - yourself
as one in need of an Electric
Seal Jacket and you haven't
ordered one yet Ave would
say to you, "order t one at
xr.- . . -J
The supply, of ' our -skins
! Inay be exhausted be fore you-
will come to ;see ; usr or we
,; may be so busy that, we will
; not be' able : to . take'- your
order for delivery for' severaF
w,eeks. . . . ,
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At present our.; offer holds
good for $3 an . Electric"; Seal
Jacketrbest; fit guayanteedC-
Proprietor, ATKATZ, & CO.'