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WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT. MONDAY; FEBRUARY: 22, 1904.
'0
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KATURE'S REMEDIES.
Ttnow far Cnfki ant Hers IUmZ
lali Lmtm for HeMald lm
tfc Allroaiaelcs.
OFSIXDAYSONYOUNG MEN'S
,glS OO B U I T S S15QO
For $7.98.
mo 00 SUITS 10.00
For
1 -
All sizes, to 35 breast' measure ' and under. The last
opportunity to get GOOD GOODS CHEAP. ,
THE PLACE
R. R. HARDER & CO.
105 BANK STREET.
'-An Old
BY THE ALMA RIVER
By Dinah Mulock CraJk
IIXIE, fold your little hands;
Let It drop, that "soldier"
toy:
Look where father's picture
stands,
. Father, that here kissed his boy
Not a month slnce,Tfather kind.
Who this night may (never mind
Mother's sob, ray Willie dear)
Cry out loud that He may hear
Who Is God of battles, say
"God keep father safe this day
By the Alma River!",
Ask no more, child! Never heed
Either Rubs, or Frank, or Turk:
2 ."Right of nations, trampled creed,
T Chance-poised victory's bloody work;
T Any flag i the wind may roll
X On thy heights, Sevastopol! :
Willie, all to you and me i -.
rim that spot, whate'er it be,'
Where ha stands no other word '
Stand God sure the child's prayers
1 - heard!
Near the Alma River. . ,
Willie, listen to the bells
Ringing in the town to-day; I.
That's for victory. No knell swells
For the many swept away,
'! !
Thev CoHege; as a Molder of Character
By Dr.'C. H. LIVCRiyrORE, President Adelphl College, Brooklyn : H"":
OLLEGEiis the place
Ml
scholarship and FOE. NO OTHERS. The evils and
perils of college life arise principally from the presence
' in college of students who should ne vet have been sent
there. Some people have a notion that the colleges will
mid the character of young men
HOME TRAINING,' but the colleges get them after the time when
Holding is possible. 4 The" colleges, are not to blame because; "they
git the material when .it is no longer plastic, but they are to blame
iJ they do not promptly v WEED OUT thpse. who are most unfit.
- J have no sympathy with the mediaeval idea that, the offenses of
itndents against the law are privileged and that they should not be
dealt with by the common law. ,
MAN CREATED CONDITIONS
f RESPONSIBLE FOR DISEASE
, By J. C.PHELPS STOKES of New York. University Settlement Worker -
ft'ffifV HE GVil conditions which HAVE PRODUCED
riwVl irk ! and which men can change are responsible for the
large majority 01 numan sunenng and wrongdomg.
Disease, for instance, is now known to be usually
due. either to defective and insanitary surroundings
pr,to defective, physical constitution, both of which are often beyond
the individual sufferer's control. 4
FOR THE. MAJORITY . OF MEN HEALTH DEPENDS VERY LARGE
LY UPON CONDITIONS NOT OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S MAKING, ON
T.HE SURROUNDINGS AMID WHICH HE LIVES AND IN HIS IN
HERITANCE, CONDITIONS WHICH USUALLY THE INDIVIDUAL HAS
NEITHER THE KNOWLEDGE NOR THE MEANS TO AVOID.
Each year sees an increase in the proportion of diseases which
we can trace to REMEDIABLE DEFECTS in human surround-
nvct an1 nrntra 1 1 -Cn T-C V. J. J
iiv najo vi a Lie xx uiocnso
it follows that so much of POVERTY ; as is due
to disease can be prevented too. It
as much as half of the real
novertv
atleast of 'icivilized" comm
munities,
-Ventablft Kirlrnfisq or 111 heal t.ri anA
vfuxi.. oxp-MiJvi oi inausinai organization.
i3 Where bad habits underlie poverty they are generally caused by
bad associations, and thd evil influences which lead a child astray
are needless. They can be replaced whenever society is ready by
OTHER, influences- educational, social, recreational more help
ful to ;the development of character.
Bad habits are but the results of MISDIRECTED DESIRE
FOR PLEASURE. Now the desires that men have are largely
determined by suggestive influences in their surroundings.
Where the influences are bad the development of bad habits is
a natural consequence. If, therefore, we would prevent the develop
ment of idleness, vice and crime, we must change the conditions
which .produce them. '; . : ' :
; . FIRST ."aNDV FOREM08T WE MUST UNITE TO SO IMPROVE EX
STING INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL SHALL
IAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL THAT
B BEST IN BODY. AND CgAAjBTERi AMDSQUL
rTTT - firrnrn inr i. . t i
IFa Oori1e
'f" "J1 "j" 'J i" 5hJ a? & j
Hundreds, thousands. Let us weep,
We wha need not, just to keep
Reason clear in thought and brain
Till the morning 'comes again;
Till the third dread morning tell
Who they were that fought ande!I
By the' Alma River.
Come, we'll lay us down, my child;
Poor the bed Is, poor and hard;
But thy father, far exiled.
Sleeps upon the open sward,
Dreaming of us two at home;
Or, beneath the starry dome,
Digs out trenches in the dark.
Where he buries Willie, mark!
Where he buries those who died
Fighting fighting at his side
By the Alma River.
Willie. Willie go to sleep; - V V?
1 God will help us, O my boy! : ;
He will make the dull hours creep
Faster, and send newsxjf Joy;
When I need not shrink w meet"
(Those great placards in the street.
That for weeks will ghastly stare
In some eyes child, say that srayer
Once again, a different one,
Say, "O God. thy will.be done
By the Alma River."
! t t 3 MtM
for those who seek seriously for
who have had no CAREFUL
imi - i lks preveiiLeu twf
is nrobable that ? "
of the world. or nC?.! L
is due to pre- T5pV7
that minnt. nf tht I - 'V t V
. ,
lie Thought He .Could Regulate
Bills and i Save Thousands
His Tinkering With It
Copyright, 1904, by C. B. Lewis.
THAT Mr. Bowser had a little
scheme on hand-was plain to
Mrs. Bowser .before he had
hung up his hat and overcoat
the other evening as he came from the
office, but she asked no questions and
waited for developments. He was
somewhat preoccupied during the din
ner hour, and two .or three times he
took an old gas bill out of his pocket
and looked at the amount of gas con
sumed for the month. When dinner
had been finished and he lighted a ci
gar his secret could remain a secret no
longer.
"Mrs. Bowser, do you know how
much' gas we consumed in this house
for the month of November?" he in
quired. "I believe the bill was $3.80," she re
plied. "So it was. Our gas bill for the year
will average almost $3 per month. We
MAKING i THE ATTACHMENT FOB JHKflA?
. ' ! METER. .
have been in this house fourteen years,
or 168 months. At $3 per month that
would be over $500."
"Well, we have had the gas, havea't
we?" she asked. ; V, . !
;t "That's .the point, madam that's the
po!nt,Irwas coming to. We have been
cheated, robbed, swindled, taken, by
the throat and held up for about $300
in cash. The robbing is going to cease.
The inventive genius of man has come
to the rescue against the grasping av
arice of the gas companies. Hereafter
we shall have-a dollar or two for 'the
grocer and butcher."
Mrs. Bowser looked at him in an
inquiring way; and he wenYdown the
hall to his overcoat .and fished from
one of the pockets an affair somewhat
resembling a; bicycle cyclometer- and
returned j with it in his hand. ; v
"Here is what will do the-business,"
he explained. "You have simply to
drill a hole in the meter and screw
this in, and there can be no more steal
ing. The flow of gas is regulated, and
the meter becomes honest. It only
cost me $3, and it will save us thou
sands and tens of thousands of dollars.
It certainly will be a profitable investment."-.
- ' : -a i-'r - ' .-. .V." . '.
, Mrs. Bowser looked at the cat, and
the cat winlied both eyes and grinned."
'WE ARE WRECKED,
"I will now get a brace and drill and
do the little attaching act. t We will
save 50 cents' worth, of gas before we
go to bed." , .
"I shouldn't tinker with that meter if
I were you," said Mrs. Bowser. "Plen
ty of people have been blown up for
tinkering with gas meters. If we are
burning so much gas, let's turn it off
altogether and go back to kerosene.",
"Tinker! Tinker!" he repeated.
"Mrs. Bowser, please understand that
I am a man who does no tinkering.
When I have a -nail to drive I don't
try to drive it with a turnip. The gas
adjuster will be adjusted in about ten
minutes, and if you are afraid of being
blown up you can take a walk." . -
No more was said, and Mr. Bowser
hunted up the tool box and got what
he wanted out of it and went down
cellar to make the attachment on the
gas meter. He was half an hour at the
work, and during his absence the cook
came upstairs to Mrs. Bowser and
hoarsely whispered:
"It's me life's danger, mum. I'll take
me wages and get right out."
"What's the matter, Julia?"
"Mr. Bowser is down cellar f oolin'
wid the machine that makes the gai.
This house is goin to be blown tip
widin ten minutes. I'd stay and have
my head blown off wid yours, mum,
but I'm the sole support of me old
mother and can't afford to."
Mrs. Bowser quieted the woman's
fears and sent her to her room, and a
few . minutes later Mr. " Bowser reap
peared to smile and rub his hands and
say: .
Goodby to highway robbery. The
It So as to Reduce His Gas
of Dollars Thereby, but
Made Natters Worse
ing to Teat the band. We are now sav
ing at least 5 cents a minute on gas.
Has that cat been swallowing a darn
ing needle and got convulsions?"
"She's probably trying to digest yoot
figures on saving." ...... ' , ,
"Eh? Eh? What's that? Mrs. Bow
ser, there are times when you forget
who is head of this family. How you
came to be born with such an unfortu
nate disposition I can't conceive. ,1
never make a move in the direction of
economy that you don't combat and be
little it. . If you persist in your course
it will certainly lead to serious results.
My figures are all right, and as for that
blamed old cat"
But the cat was too quick for him
and got downstairs, and he sat down
and read the newspapers for a quarter
of an hour without saying another
word. Then he recovered his good na
ture and said: . :
"I will just step down and have a
peep at that adjuster. We ought both
to bless our stars that I ran across such
a thing. I presume the gas companies
will send out men to buy or steal them.
Their profits will be reduced at least
one-half."
He' was down cellar ten minutes,' and
when he returned he was fairly beam
ing. . ' -
"She is working away!" he whis
pered. ' .
"Well, I hope you won't be disap
pointed," replied Mrs. Bowser.
"Disappointed? How can I be disap
pointed? I "pay $3 for a 'little machine
that will save us tens of thousands in
the future, and our gaslight will be
even better than before. You have a
strange "way of expressing yourself."
Half an hour later Mr. Bowser took
another look at the adjuster, and he
came upstairs smiling more blandly
than before. He walked about, chuc
kling to himself for a few minutes, and,
then, something like a doleful groan
from a' sick calf was heard down cel
lar.",:; .frt-V:?- -
"What in mercy's ; name is that?"
asked Mrs. Bowser. ; ; ,
The noise came again, only it was a
wild weird, long drawn wail this
time.
"Have you got a dog down cellar?"
she asked.
, "Of course not," replied Mr. Bowser.
"What- would I be doing with a dog
down cellar? It's the cold air box;
leading, to the furnace."
This time there were a' whir and a
clatter like a clock running down, and
the finish was a sort of shriek to make
the hair stand on end. ,
"I told you not to tinker with that
gas meter," said Mrs. Bowser as she
backed toward a rear window..
"And I Ididn't tinker, I I"
"Go , ri&ht down, .and see to it . 'or
there'll , be- an explosion here! Don't
you hear those groans, those gurgles,
those shrieks?" . . . ; .. .
Mr. Bowser hesitated for a moment
and then took the plunge downstairs.
It wasn't thirty seconds before he was
yelling for the screwdriver, the gim
let, the corkscrew and the monkey
wrench, but it wara quarter of. an
hour before he reappeared in person.
Then his eye3 were bulging out and
his teeth clicking together. )
"Well, has the adjuster been adjust-
RUINED, SMASHED I'
ed?" asked BIrs. Bowser.
"Yes."- -"What
was the matter?"
"We are wrecked, ruined, smash
ed!" "How?" , , . '
"When I adjusted the adjuster the
state of the meter was 24,700 cubic
feet. It is now 34,000,000, and it will
take $10,000 more than we have? 'got to
pay .it! Woman, your scheme to"'
"There there, Mr. Bowser," she in
terrupted, as she patted him on the
shoulder, and, taking him by the arm,
she led him upstairs and saw. him into
bed and well tucked up.
M. QUAD.
Lived There.
"Pop."
"Yes, my son."
"How is the frigid zone bounded?"
"By-the four walls of our flat, my
son." Yonkers Statesman.
Reversed Their Positions.
' 41 hear Miss Footlights married her
manager." j ' '
"Is that so?" . ' '
"Yes: I suppose she got tired of be
ing managed." Mail and EXBresu.
When the Adirondack native becomes
afflicted -with and of the numerous
trifling ills which make mankind
wretched, said the returned visitor, ac
cording to the New York Herald, he
does not waste much time on doctors,
but goes straight to the woods or the
attic for nature's own-remedies.
There Is one old man whom I hare
met with packbasket on his shoulder and
shears and a rough hoard stool in his
xnittened hands going after , yarrow,
which, dried, is a standby for coughs
when It has been made Into a wicked
Hooking brew.
Fir balsam, coaxed, drop by drop,
from the blisters which swell on the
balsam fir at full moon, is a sovereign
remedy for chest and lung complaints
Gravel weed, by which name they in
sult trailing arbutus, is excellent for
the complaint which gives it its name.
and bladder root has a desirable effect
on the kidneys. Sage tea, containing a
little summer savory. Is efficacious for !
Is also used. Sunflower seeds, steeped,
strained and sweetened with molasses,
will cure whooping cough.
Horseradish leaves, wilted and bound
on the face and back of the neck, will
drive away neuralgia, and a nutmeg,
bored and tied around the neck, will
keep, it away. The nutmeg must be re
newed' about once every six weeks.
Onions sliced, pounded and placed in
a cloth and laid over the affected part,
will draw out inflammation. A red
onion, halved and with one part slight
ly scooped out and the cup placed over
a carbuncle or a boil, will speedily re
move the pus.
RANK POISON IN THE BODY.
Reusn for Troubles That Generally
Result from Over-Ea,tlnsr Body
Is Poison Factory.
; The body is a factory of poisons. If
these poisons, which are constantly be
ing produced in large quantities in the
body, are imperfectly removed or are
produced in too great quantity as the
result of overfeeding, the fluids which
surround the brain cells and all the
living tissues are contaminated ' with
poisonous substances which asphyxiate
and paralyze the cells and sointerfere
with their activity.- This fact explains,
in part at least, says the London Fam
ily Doctor, the stupidity which is a
common after-dinner experience with
many persons. '. ' ."
When food Is' retained in the stom
ach beyond the normal time, , either
because of its indigestibility', the tak
ing of too large a 'quantity of it or a
crippled state of the stomach, , these
changes are certain to take place. This
fact explains a very large share of the
myriad symptoms which afflict : the
chronic dyspeptic. The giddiness, the
tingling ; sensations, the confusion of
thought and even partial insensibility,
which are not infrequently observed a
few hours after meals In "chronic dys
peptics, .are due to this cause. Here is
the explanation of the irascibility, the
despondency? the pessimism, the ; in
decision and various other forms m of
mental perversity and even moral de
pravity which are not infrequently as
sociated with certain forms of gastro
intestinal disturbances. .. :
CAUSE OF WRECKS.'
Engineer Says Public Demands Too
-- Hlgh a Rate of Speed to Dli- '
tlnarulsh Slsrnals.
"Yes," said the engineer of a famous
"fast train, in talking over a recent big
railroad wreck the other day, "there have
been a good many bad wrecks lately, but
there's nothing surprising about them.
When a smash-up happens people get all
sorts of reasons for it, but they rarely
hear the right one. The real cause lies
with the public, that wants to travel at
a rate of speed that can't be kept up with
safety.
"I have been in the business a good
many years, and I am firmly convinced
that 40 miles an hour Is about as fast
as a train ought to go. When you have
to run at 50, 60, or 70 miles an hour, ths
engineer is simply taking chances. The
other night I was running into a small
city up the state. It seemed- to me that
more than a thousand green,, red and
white' lights were dancing before my
eyes, and I couldn't'tell one from the
other. How much wose it. is coming
into Chicago you can imagine. We will
never have anything like safety in rail
road , travel as long as the public de
mands such high speed." , ;
The Maori Executioner.
In a collection of weapons gathered
by the prince of Wales among the Mao
ris, of New Zealand, and recently pre
sented to the British museum, are many
specimens of the "mere pomaniu," a short
sword, made of a broad .blade of jade
stone, with sharp edges.. This was used
mainly for the execution of prisoners,
this office being considered an honor
able privilege of the chiefs. One blood
Tjttirsty of Maoris is known to have killed
159 men by his own hand after a vic
tory with one of these old weapons.
The spearlike point of the blade was
used to pierce the victim's brain just
above the right cheek, and with a dex
terous turn of the wrist the top of the
skull was lifted completely off.
Students Sell Thenaselve.
A new custom has arisen among needy
icollege students on the Russian Caucas
us. According to a Baku newspaper,
they sell themselves in the matrimonial
market. . Local tradesmen, proud of re
ceiving a scholar into the family, com
pete for the honor of having a student
son-in-law. The bids . average ; 100j
'With this money the prospective bride-
groom is able to complete his studies and!
obtain a government appointment i
Detroit Tribune.
Treatment of Consumptives. .
Tuberculosis may be fought by wise
methods and by foolish ones. To the
latter class belongs the plan which
the Australian colony of Victoria Is said
to have adopted. It is proposed to iso
late consumptives, whether they like it
or not, and send them to a quarantine
station. Educating them in regard to
the proper precautions of avoiding the
spread of irtion would be far more
sensible. H. tt Tribune.
THIS ORDER S
For
Saturday and "Monday.
Free, $5.00 worth, 50, Green Trading Stamps with
' This Order at 67c '
1 lb Butter,
3 lbs Milk Crackers,
2 lbs Ginger Snaps,
THE UH
118 SOUTH MAIN ST.
ENGLAND'S WORST COLONY.
British Hondaraa, in Central Amer
ica, Is Awar Behind the Times "
" Ancient Htatory; Is New There. ,
England's worst polony Is tmdoubt
edly British Honduras, situated at Amer
ica's very doors, says the Boston Ad
vertiser. It Is a slice of Central Amer
ica, with a fine seaboard, fringing a
large and wealthy country. - It Is not
utilized by Great Britain, and has no
regular communication with the moth
er country t 'tits only connection with
the outside world is by an occasional
banana steamer from New Orleans, or
a leaky logwood schooner infested with
cockroaches. The colonists are a com
munity of hermits, so far as the great
world Is concerned. They have no ca
ble communication; with any part of
the globe, and they generally hear of a
greajt event: abqut six months after it
has happened. . i'
They celebrated King Edward's cor
onation on the day originally appointed
for It, and did not hear of his illness
until weeks later. ' When at last the
king was crowned, his royal subjects in
British Honduras were , holding fnter
cession services ,to pray for his recov
ery. y-ibabjy;' they, are. now rejoic
ing over the "close of .'the' Boer war, and
in a month or'wo they will be exciting
themselves" over the Venezuelan block
ade. .
WHY THE PIANO WAS THERE.
Presence of the Instrument In a Des
ert Scene Puzzled a London
. ...,...... -. . "
;.' . . Audience."--''.' ... vv .-
stage heroine who happened at the
same time to be an able executant on
the piano had to play night after night
the same part . at a ' popular , . theater.
She anxiously longed to give the audi
ence a specimen of her musical abil
ities, but her part in the performance
afforded no opportunity for such a dis
play of her' powers. But her inventive
genius came nobly to the rescue, says
London Tit-Bits and she discovered a
place :in- the action"; where pianist and
heroln mig-ht go hand in hand.
When the curtain rose revealing the
desert of the ; Black j mountains . the
spectators beheld, to their amazement,
a splendid piano placed at the foot
of the Tocks. The heroine, with the
haste of one pursued, climbed down
the rocky path, stopped enraptured at
the sight of the piano and exclaimed:
"The "savages have burned down our
cottagei . murdered my father and
mother and driven away , our cattle;
but, heaven be praised they have left
.me my piano. Music shall comfort me
in my distress and, if the ladies and
gentlemen permit, I will play them a
short selection.
The Kind You Have Always
in use for over 30 years,
. a - and
-41- " snnal
a
All Counterfeits,' Imitations and Just-as-g-ood are hufc
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience Against Experiment.
Wfisit is GASTCMli
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Fare
goric, Drops, and Soothing Syrups, It is Pleasant. It
contains neither. Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. ; It assimilates the Food, regulates , the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE C ASTO R I A L VJA Y8
Bears the
In Use For
THC eCNTMUM OOMMNV.
S7
28c
25c
14c
SUPPLY
Telephone 711-4.
MIGRATE LIKE THE BIRDS.
Ednontlonnl Inst It at Ion in he North
Allows Its Student to Stwd
In the Snnny Somth,
Competition : is so keen and dues,
tional opportunities so numerous that
all sorts of inducements are held out
by the various institutions to win stu
dents to their respective ranks, but it
IM.U.J - - M Mm M . t
, ucva icuiiuucu lur vue VI UiO IurvmOSl
I universities of the north to formula a -j
plan .whereby students ,may work un-
aer continually sunny conditions, says
the New York Herald. .
.' Under this system students may re
celve credit for work accomplished ia
a small institution. n the far south,,
the same as , If done In the large north- j
em university. So that a student,
matriculating in the fall quarter in the
north may, spend the winter quarter la
the sunny south and then return for 1
the spring" quarter to the north, mi I
grating with the birds, as it were.
The same method holds with soms
of the instructors., Even the . cata-j
logne of the southern university ad
vises 'students to furnish themselves;
with fishing tackle and guns, as out-'
dooor sports are most heartily encour
aged. Is not this -making education
comeeasy? j- - . - -. , ,
HUGE SEA PIE.
Formed a Tempting Dinner tor Sixtf
. Men at Yarmouth and Welshed
J X68 Founds.
The fishing town of Yarmouth, whlcli
'originated the sprat banquet, 'and - the
bloater feast reestablished Its title to
gastronqmic renown,, recently by a sea
'pie " dinner. Sixty, men dined sump
tuously off a giant, pie weighing .16$
.JJUUUU8. :'-. , , '..
It was a four-decker, the keel ot
which was laid with beef Dones, 'the
triple bulk-headings were of short
crust, the bunkers were filled with '
beefsteak and ox kidneys, and " the
; holds stowed with meat and vege
1 tables. The,hulLrof hort crust, took
a ' stone tknd: taf-.ha3f6f flour, and 'the
vegetables, comprised, onions, . carrots,
turnips and potatoes.
. Three expert carvers were engaged
In dividing the immense confection.
which; took nine hours to boil, and
which was served steaming hot. '
After It was served to the 60 men
who sat down to it the remains wera
distributed among the poor.
' Illiterate Soldiers. '.
Half the soldiers of the czar are iilitsr
Eleetrle Power. ' (
Less tnan seven per cent, ef that
power used in manufacturing plants la.
the United States is electric -
A
Lr
Bought, and which had been,
has borne the signature ' of
has been made nnder nen
snnArirision sino.ft its infonirw -
Allow no one to deceive yon in this.
Signature of
Over 30 Yrs";;n
tV MUIIMV STIIEKT. NCW YORK Omk ,