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WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1904.
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Wi turn
One Dollar
Specials for Wednesday and Saturday,
MARCH 9th and 12th.
ALL NEW STOCK) we have no OLD, and do not
intend to have if prices will move it. A few good school
Suits, all sizes from 8 to 16 years for $1.00. which will
will not buy the trimmings. We 'will put in a few lines
of our snappy Suits, ages 3 to 16 years; our price on
these are $1.95, new spring goods and good values at
two dollars for '
One Dollar Fifty.
Come in and let us show you just what we advertise at
105 Bank Street.
ABOVE TWO PRICES FOR THE TWO DAYS.
R. R HARDER dc CO.
OREGON'S CRATER LAKE
Remarkable Feature of New
National Park Region.
"ABOTTCTDS IS XATUML WONDEBS.
Territory Comprised by the Farlc
': Theaglit ly Some to Rival ttae Yel
Uwitrae'i Grandeur Lke Itself,
- Wnlcn Filla Bowl of Extinct Volon
mo, Has Long- Been RcffMdl With
' Awe br Iiidlaai.
" Congress last year created Grater
Lake National park in Oregon. Within
the 249 square miles embraced by this
j park there are as many natural won
i ders of mountains, snow clad peaks,
forests, plains and streams as are to
be ' found in any similar area of the
,' west Though comparatively unknown,
, the new 'park possesses many natural
distinctions that may make it a rival of
the Yellowstone, says a dispatch from
' Grant's Pass, Ore.
' The lake and its surrounding won
ders, comprising the new park, are lo
; rated on the range of the Cascade moun-
tains, northwest Klamath county and
eighty miles from the. railroad. A spur
'line is being built from the Southern
Pacific Into that part of Oregon and
Will ultimately reach the park. .
.. The present method of reaching Cra-'
ter lake is by team. . Traveling up the.
Rogue from the railroad, one finds the
valley narrowing and the farmhouses
lessening, while the river grows swifter,
the forests grow denser and the moun
tains more rugged. At a ( distance of
fifty miles from the valley the Rogue
narrows to a width of seventy-five feet
and flows with great rapidity through
, a deep gorge. Here the river has an
I average fall of 200 feet to the mile.
Great columns or pyramids of cement
rise from the bottom of the gorge. .
i These columns are forty to fifty feet
through at the base and attain a height
Icf a hundred and more feet. These
strange formations were composed of
' a harder substance than that which
surrounded them and did not yield so
readily to the action of the water as
Ut cuts Its way deeper and deeper into
the gorge. : v
When within twelve miles of the lake
evidences of volcanic action are seen
along the Rogue. These are a silent re-
minder of the time when Mount Maza
j ma, then the greatest mountain of the
Cascades, threw forth volumes of fire,
t smoke and lava. Then the day came
when the great volcano had spent its
energy, and its fires died out The
'crater cooled and filled with water,
'forming a lake .of . match es.s Jbsauty.
The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been,
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has
37-; sonal
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment
What is CASTOR I A
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
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 CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the
The KM You Me Always Bought
In Us For Over 30 Years.
" we enmtwn eoMMMV, tr (huhmv mcrr. ncw vmr emc
2E525
This body" of water is elliptical, hav
Ing a length of six miles and a width
of four. In the early days the Indians
viewed Crater lake and its surround
ings as holy ground and approached it
with reverence. To them it is one of
the spots made sacred by the presence
of the Great - Spirit. None but medi
cine men visited it and when one of a
tribe felt called upon to become a
teacher and healer he spent several
weeks on the shore of the lake fasting
with the dead and in prayer to the
Shahullah Tyee,
The shores of Crater lake are precip
itous and rugged, towering at many
points to a height of 2,000 feet above
the water. The water's edge can only
be reached by a few narrow, winding
trails. The expanse of the lake is un
broken save by Wizard island, a cone
shaped mountain that rises 800 feet
above the surface near the western
shore. Wizard island was the last
smoking chimney of the volcano.
The water of the lake Is cold, clear
and pure as the melted snowdrops of
the surrounding , peaks can make it.
There are no fish save some placed
there in recent years, and the scarcity
of vegetation will make it hard for
these to survive. Over the deep blue
expanse and its surrounding solitudes
reigns a silence that borders on the
sublime. It is but little wonder that
the savage red man believed the Great
Spirit slept in the bosom of Crater lake.
STRAUSS' POINTED REMARK.
Incident on Steamer That Depleted
,, Composer 'a Sense of Homer.
An ; incident which occurred in the
smoking room of the Hamburg-American
liner Moltke on the first night out
from Cherbourg and which created no
Inconsiderable amusement among the
passengers served to prove that Rich
ard Strauss, the composer and con
ductor, who arrived in the United
States recently, has a keen sense of
humor. The musician was seated at a
table with Poultney BJgelow, listening
to a discourse on continental versus
American architecture delivered with
no little warmth by a young architect
of New York city, when Henry Wil
liams, head lion tamer for Carl Hagen
beck, entered the room.
"I have come," Mr. Williams began,
"to beard the lions in their den."
"He means you," the architect said,
laughing at the evident discomfiture of
bis companions. '
For a minute there was stillness in
the smoking room. Then Herr Strauss,
addressing the lion tamer, remarked
pointedly:
"You would better begin on this cub
here," pointing to the young architect.
"You'll find' him much easier to han-'
die" New York limes.
been made tinder his pcr-
supervision since its infancy.
Signature of
BOLL WEEVIL PROBLEM.
Department of Asrlcalture's Direc
tion to Destroy the Pet.
The department of agriculture has
Issued a bulletin giving directions -for
the eradication of the boll weevil, says
a Washington special to the St. Louis
Republic. The bulletin says:
"The earlier investigations oi the di
vision of entomology and its work the
past season warrant the recommenda
tion of the following methods of less
ening the boll weevil injury:
"Plant; an early maturing variety of
cotton as early as possible in the
spring and give the plants good culti
vation. By good cultivation is meant
five of six plowings, with three or four
choppings. By plwwing and cultivating
in this way a good ci.p may usually
be insured before the bollworms be
come destructive in August. In the
territory infested with the cotton boll
weevil this course becomes doubly
necessary, as it is only by such meth
ods that ordinarily a crop of cotton
may be made.
"The possibility of the plants devel
oping a crop after the boll worms may
leave is removed on account of the
presence of the weevil. Early planting
of early mrtturing varieties will also
allow of the crop being gathered much
earlier in the fall than is possible with
the plantings of ordinary gin seed at
the usual time.
"It will thus become possible to a
considerable extent to clear the land
of the plants and plow in the fall,
which, aside from being good farm
practice, will exert a very beneficial
influence in controlling the bbllworms
by breaking open their hibernation
cells and exposing the pupae to the in
fluences of cold and rain during the
winter.
"Experiments with poisons the past
year indicate that these may be profit
ably used in lessening bollworm in
Jury to cotton. The poisons should be
applied to the plants in time to insure
the destruction of the maximum num
ber of young larvae of the August gen
eration. In general- this will be about
Aug. 1.
"When it Is noticed that the moths
are becoming abundant in the cotton
fields the first application should be
made, and a second application should
follow the first week or ten days later.
The occurrence of even a moderate
rain shortly after the poison has been
applied will necessitate another appli
cation if best results are to tie se
cured," SIMPLICITY OF THE POPE.
How He Once Prepared Coffee For m.
Onet With His Own Hands,
William J. D. Croke in his "Anec
dotes of the New Pepe,""pubtished in
the Century Magazine for March, tells
the following ariecdote about Pius X.
before he was elected to his high of
fice: One morning early a friend of mine,
a Venetian nobleman, called on him.
Mgr. Sort had . said mass and settled
down to work. His sisters had gone
out to mass or for the household mar
keting, which they were doing at the
Rialto on Aug. 4, 1903, the day of
wonders in their simple life.
"Has the count taken coffee?" asked
the bishop.
"Well, to tell the truth, no, because
the business was urgent, and I have
come straight from the railway sta
tion," the guest replied.
No excuse availed, and Mgr. Sarto
rose and went into the kitchen. So
the bishop of ducal Mantua and his
guest might have been seen there talk
ing and laughing, while monsignore
coaxed the charcoal with a black
kitchen fan, the coffee llzzed In a tin
pot on the range, and the i count got
cups and saucers in order to save his
distinguished host what menial service
he could. Then they had coffee to
gether at the kitchen table.
A Care For llloconffh.
Frank Green, a .student in the life
class of drawing at the Trenton School
of Industrial Art, suffered with hic
cough for three days, says a Trenton
(N. J.) dispatch. A physician tried ev
ery known remedy without relief. Fi
nally a friend suggested the use of elec
tricity, and a light current was applied
to Green's body. An improvement was
noted, and the strength of the current
was increased. Finally his hiccoughing
ceased, and the cure was complete.
Roll Call In Korea..
Slowly died the last red sunbeam, slowly
came the hush of night
Where the moon illumined stronghold of
the bearded Muscovite
Broke'the landscape's rolling contour in a
fair Korean vale;
Many a warrior's heart was heavy, many
a warrior's cheek was pale.
For the bloody flsht was o'er,
Silenced was the cannon's roar;
All was quiet as a form without a soul.
And before the call of taps
Several uncommissioned chaps
Volunteered half heartedly to call the
roll.
Majpr Hitthedopsky, present;
Major Fourflushoffsky, here;
Brave old Spikethegrunsky, absent!
Bugler Blowsky, standing near.
Punkeroff is here and Sniffsky,
Up spake Quartermaster Biffsky,
"Can't lose me, boys, never fear!"
Present, too, were Bobtailstraigrbtsky,
Acesupsky, Blufferoff,
Cushloncaromsky, Pinerpongsky,
Vladimir Onelungeroft,
Butterinsky, Malteeecatsky,
LagerofC and Antifatsky,
Ivan Caseyatthebatsky
And the selfish Feetintroff
Not to mention many more with appella
tions much the same
Who retorted "Here!" and "Present!"
when the time to answer came.
Slowly spread the crimson sunrise, and
the birdies in the trees
Sang a song that sounded bully to the
Muskovlte main squeeze.
"By my beardeky," muttered he,
" 'Twas a glorious victoreel
Valiant Spikethegunsky had to go, poor
soul!
But the only other chap
Was the uncommissioned yap
Who succumbed to lockjaw when h
called the roll!"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
WreatllnfiT In the Drawln Room. !
Even bridge has been supplanted by
the wrestling craze, says the Tatler.
Hackenschmidt and the Terrible Turk
may congratulate themselves that theyi
have set a new fashion. At evening ;
entertainments where formerly ping-i
pong and bridge were the craze we;
have now amateur wrestling matches.'
One enterprising stationer is already !
printing at home car is with the mys-!
tic ward ".Wreallinr": in the corner-
THE ISSUE OVER KOREA
Hermit Kingdom's Value
Japan and Russia.
to
WHY BOTH 00UNTKIES WANT IT.
Robert E. Speer Says Japan Need
Korea a a Commercial Outlet and
SIiottb How It Has Become a Necei
alty to Rasala Korea's Relations
With ' China and Japan Reasons
For the War.
Robert E. Speer, lately a resident of
Seoul, Korea, describes in the World's
Work for March the relations of fKo
rea with China, Japan and Russia,
also the reasons for the present war,
as. follows:
In contending against Russia for what
she regards as her Just interests in Ko
rea, Japan is opening no new issue and
advancing no fresh claim. Centuries
before the Russian nation .came into ex
istence Japan and Korea were in inti
mate relationship, and the island em
pire regarded the neighboring peninsu
la as her proper field of Influence. Kar
ly in the third century the queen of
Japan invaded the southern kingdoms
of Korea, subdued them and wrote on
the king's gate, 'The king of Shinra is
the dog of Japan." Until the tenth cen
tury southern Korea paid tribute to Ja
pan and not only paid tribute, but also
poured into Japan the tide of Chinese
civilization Chinese philosophy, Confu
cian morals and Chinese literature.
In the middle of the fourteenth cen
tury Korea came under Chinese vassal
age, and "the present ; dynasty was es
tablished on the throne. This ended
the old relations between southern Ko
rea and Japan, and thenceforth Korea
became the middle ground between Ja
pan and China, their common place of
meeting and conflict
In the six centuries which have'
elapsed since China became the suzer
ain of Keorea there have been repeated
attempts by Japan to subjugate the
peninsula, and she has probably never
in all these years abandoned the de
sign of detaching the kingdom from
China and attaching it to herself. The
war with China was no accident or
avoidable struggle, but a step prepared
for and contemplated for centuries and
never lost sight of in all the changes
through which Japan has passed to
ward a continental enlargement of her
empire. '
When Japan had passed through her
political transformation the Korean
government was summoned to resume
ancient friendship and vassalage. , An
insolent reply was sent to Japan. The
nation was not yet ready for action,
and the insult was pocketed, though
the restoration of superior relations to
Korea was thenceforth more distinctly
than ever the goal of Japanese foreign
policy. In 1876 an unwarranted attack
on some Japanese soldiers led to the in
vasion of the peninsula. There was no
war, however; Chma advised the king
to accept the first of the alternatives
Japan offered a treaty of commerce or
war. Korea chose as China advised.
Three ports were opened, and both by
China and by Japan Korea was de
clared free and independent.
In 1884 there came another clash be
tween the liberal and conservative fac
tions, which ended in the triumph of
stagnancy, but a recognition on the
part of both China and Japan of equal
Interests and right to intervene.
When the Tong Hak Insurrection
threw Korea into disorder In 1894
both countries sent troops, China noti
fying Japan as she did so that Korea
was her tributary state and Japan in
her reply challenging China's claim.
This was the real ' issue at stake in
the Chino-Japanese war which en
sued. Japan had never abandoned the
idea of controlling Korea, either as a
vassal state or as a stato independent
of China find under the, tutelage of
Japan. The war issued in the final
demolition of all China's claim to the
peninsula, and Korea slipped out for
ever from her old moorings in the
wake and undertow of Japan.
Japan kept Korea for Just one year,
and it cannot be denied that she, set a
pace of progress and reform that took
the breath out of her ward. All that
Japan had learned from civilization
she was eager to teach Korea, but the
temptations of the situation were too
great, and the impatience of the teach
er could -not be restrained. She forgot
that great changes need time and that
civilization is a growth from within
and not a garment thrown on from
without, and forgetting this and intox
icated with the Joy of reform she be
gan to vaccinate the people and to cut
their hair, to prescribe the width of
their sleeves and the cut of their
trousers, and yet . while pleased as a
child with the chance of teaching the
mint and anise and cummin of prog
ress she by no means lost sight of the
weightier matters of the law. Natural
ly a people schooled for centuries in
Confucian notions, comatose with Chi
Hese conservation, even though star
tled by the overthrow of their old
patron and the meteoric demonstra
tion of the superiority of western
ways, did not like to be hustled along
in this fashion. The Japanese, on the
other hand, became convinced that
they could get Korea civilized yet more
rapidly if the queen, who was not a
reactionary woman, but only a careful,
shrewd, patriotic stateswoman, could
be disposed of. The idea was mon
strous, but the Japanese minister de
liberately arranged for the murder of
the queen.
The deed was done early in the
morning of Oct. 8, 1895. On the pre
ceding evening Japanese influence was
absolutely supreme in Korea, but no
one loved it. The reforms had pro
voked even the people most benefited
by them. Japan had executed them in
the most obtuse and unconciliatery
way. No party had been built up fa
vorable to Japanese influence. The dis
missed officials loathed their rulers,
and the common people were incensed
at their diqaatorialness. The murder
of the queen was the match. The ex
plosion followed. One wonders at the
stupidity of the Japanese in commit
ftSJPK . a., blunder, v. Anyone oul
seer tne temper or tne people. .Every
one knew that the queen, even though
she might be slow, and cautious, was
the most reliable and Intelligent ele
ment in the state and the best guaran
tee of such progress as was made.
But the blunder was committed, and
in twenty-four hours Japan's Influence
in Korea was dead. ,The king fled to
the Russian legation, and the country
passed without an effort on his part or
the expenditure of ne dollar or one
life into the hands of the czar. And so
the eastern question, the most disturb
ing and harassing question of the cen
tury, rose up grimly in the Land of
the Morning Calm. For a time the
wise and tolerant and honest course of
the Russian .minister in Seoul gave
good promise that the question would
not be freighted there with Jealousies
and conflicts and threats of strife. He
gav,e the king a temporary home, aid
ed him in his course, discouraged him
from injustice, advised the employ
ment of an Englishman ' as , financial
adviser of the treasury, with more
power than he possessed for himself,
dealt with firmness, moderation and
self restraint toward all. Mr. Weber
was soon transferred to Mexico, how
ever, and the policy of Russia In Ko
rea underwent a change.
Japan had fought Ohxna to deliver
Korea and recover her control of Ko
rea's future. The issue qf It all had
been simply the substitution of Russia
for China On June 9, 1896, a conven
tion was signed in Moscow which
formally recognized thia.
Two years later, on April 25, 18D8,
Russia having other business on hand
and wishing to tie up Japan, the two
governments made a further agree
ment, by which they agreed net to in
terfere with Korea's independence,
and' in case Korea asked one of them
for advice it was te call in the other.
Japan also was given the right to pro
ceed with its commercial enterprises. '
It may be well to add a brief sum
mary of the agreements between each
power and Korea which have since en
tered into the situation.
First. Between Russia and Korea:
A special" settlement at Masampo, April
20. 1900. A whale fishing arrangement
which allows the Russians to try out the
whales on the Korean coast at stations
where a force of men and some buildings
may be maintained and which might be
construed to cover actual settlements.
April 8, 1901, a renewed and enlarged tim
ber concession, covering the watershed of
the Yalu- and Tumen rivers and practical"
ly giving to Russia the control of the
northern frontier of Korea. A nonallena
tion clause covering the Island of Koehei
do, near Masampo. A promise that no
more mines will be granted to foreigners
and that if any one is lntrfVed with the
operation of the Korean household mines
(which include all the good mines of the
country) such operator shall be a Rus
sian. An agreement that if capital is to
be secured for the completion of the
Northwestern railway, from Seoul to Wel
chu, such capital shall be secured from
Russia and the work be intrusted to Rus
sian engineers.
Second. Between Japan and Korea:
It may be noted that on Sept. 8, 1898, a
concession was granted to a Japanese syn
dicate for a railway to connect Seoul and
Pusan. Work was formally begun on this
road Aug. 4, 1901. -On Aug. 23, 1900, the
Chlcksan mining concession was granted
to a Japanese firm. On Oct. 3, 1900, an ad
ditional fisheries - convention was agreed
to between Korea and Japan. On Dec. 8,
1900, permission was granted to a Japanese
company to reclaim a portion of the fore
shore at Pusan. On May 30, 1301, a spe
cial Japanese settlement at Masampo was
announced. With reference to the Seoul
Chemulpo railway, it might be added that
this line was begun by Americans In 1897,
was on Dec 1, 1697, mortgaged to the Ja
pan Specie bank and on Dec. 81, 1898,
formally taken over by a Japanese syndi
cate headed by Baron Shlbusawa. The
road was opened for tragic to the river
near Seoul on Sept. 8, 1899, and to Seoul
on the completion of the bridge, July 8,
1900. .' i ,:
The Japanese have seen that the sit
uation is impossible, and the mass of
the people have chafed continually at
the conditions which eliminated China
from her Korean problem only to re
place her by a vastly ; more terrible
competitor. It has been the Manchu
rinn question which has brought mat
ters to a head. And It is to the credit
of the Japanese that they have been
able to view that question with sober
ness and self restraint. The treaty of
$himohoseki, which termiiAted the
Chino-Japanese war, not only settled
the destiny of Korea, but also trans
ferred to Japan the Liaotung penin
sula, embracing a great portion of
Manchuria and Including the ports of
i Port Arthur and Talienwan. It also
opened four Manchurian ports to all
foreign trade and assigned to the Japa
nese exclusive commercial advantages
in the interior. These fruits of the
war were all torn from Japan by Rus
sia, Germany and France by a treaty
which they coerced Japan Into signing
( and in which she relinquished the
rights she had acquired in Manchuria.
The cnf ederates who . had intervened
to save China from Japan at once re
warded themselves by an Immensely
greater raid upon the helpless empire.
Germany got a foothold at Tientsin
and Hankow and a little later took
Shangtung. France obtained addition
al territory and privileges in the south,
and Russia by several moves slipped
into Manchuria and absorbed the very
rights of which she had induced Ger
many and France to aid her in depriv
ing Japan. Meanwhile she has pushed
steadily forward in an aggressive pol
icy in Korea. The . wonderful ; thing
has been not that Japan has looked
upon all this with amazement and an
ger, but that she has dealt with it with
patience and self control.
She has proposed to.Russla that they
agree In recognizing the Integrity of
both China and Korea, eacb power to
be acknowledged to have peculiar In
terests, Russia In Manchuria and Ja
pan in Korea. From the point of view
of Japan and iu the light of history
this is a fair and honorable proposi
tion. It is a proposition on which Ja
pan is entitled to the moral sympathy
and support of the world. Russia in
deed cannot take Korean territory
without a breach of faith. In 1887, to
secure the evacuation of Port Hamil
ton, on the Korean coast, by Great
Britain, the tsung 11 yamen rave Eng
land assurance that the Russian gov
ernment had given a "most explicit
guarantee, distinctly declaring that in
the future Russia would not take Ko
rean territory." But Korea new sepa
rates the Russian holdings on the Liau
tong peninsula and at Vladivostok.
Between, these ports .the Korea strait
is the channel - of inffrcourse. Korea
accordingly commands both the land
and the w?er connections, and Its ta
lan.d..bqujifx.Qn..tbe.yj4UiaM EWttfiji
Green Trading Stamps
With the Following Order at 58c. ' '
1 Dozen Nice Oranges . 25c
1 Package Buckwheat Flour 15c
1 Jar Jelly 8c
1 Package Cornstarch 10c
THE
118 SOUTH MAIN ST.
Watervllle Delivery Monday.
nvers "barctoTupon' Manchuria and" the
Siberian railway interests. Korea has
become a necessity to Russia.
But Japan cannot afford to surrender
Korea. . It is historically and of neces
sity the main artery of her vital con
nection with Asia. It is only 125 miles
across the Korean strait And Fusan
is but ten hours away from Simono
sekl, the gate of the Inland sea. To
yield Korea to a hostile power is to
expose herself to peril along the whole
western 'Side of, her territory. She
needs Korea as a commercial outlet.
She had both- Korea and Manchuria as
a result of the war with China and has
now surrendered one and by far the
larger and more profitable of these.
She has struggled to lead China and
Korea out into civilization. She now
sees, the Russian glacier slowly mov
ing across both of them, walling her
out from her natural destiny and bar
ring before her any entrance to the
continent of whlchysiie has dreamed
that she was to be the savior.
TROPIC SPOT IN THE ARCTIC
Verdant Basin Where Miners
Can
Always Take a Hot Bath.
Latest Nome, advices received at
Dawson give details of wonderful hot
springs which make j a verdant spot
just below the latitude of the Arctic
ocean . In the midst of winter, says a
Tacoma (Wash.) special dispatch.
These springs are located on Reed
river, KX) miles northwest of Riley
camp, in the Kobuk river county.
The thermal zone covers a large
basin, where it is possible for travel
ers to disrobe at any time of the year
and bathe in warm water. Snow nev
er falls there, and tbegrass is always
green. Vegetation Is luxuriant, with
Labundance of ferns six feet high. Min
ers go mere ana Dame aunng me win
ter months when the thermometer only
a few miles away registers 60 to 70
below zero. Fish may be caught In
the river the year, round and cooked in
the springs.
Two days' travel from the springs,
on the Hoatak side of the ridge, the
Lucky Six Mining company has taken
out considerable gold and also some
rich silver quartz,
TOO BUSY TO FIND A WIFE.
Xeoraalca Farmer AUa Minister to
Get a Helpmeet For Him.
A few days ago an Omaha paper
printed an item to the effect that the
Rev. Charles W. Savldge, pastor of the
People's church, had performed 1,000
marriage ceremonies in his lifetime.
James Snell, a farmer In western Ne
braska who is reputed to be worth
$500,000, read the item, and the other
day he called at the parsonage and
asked Mr. Savldge If he could not look
him up a wife, says an Omaha dis
patch. "I have 1,000 acres of land, 3,000
head of cattle, hundreds of horses and
a good home," be said, "but I have no
wife and am too busy to look for one.
If you will find me one I will agree to
pay you handsomely for her and, will,
if you desire, furnish you' ample capi
tal to establish a matrimonial agency.
I believe, sir, you would make a good
matrimonial agent, and I'd like to help
you get a start." , J
; Mr. Savidge did not accept his offer.
V Raya From Plant.
Botanists have recently been investi
gating the N rays, and we are told that
they are emitted from plants, as well as
from nerves and muscles, and that the
fluorescent screen will glow when
brought near to the plant, especially
the leaves and the roots, where the ef
fect is more pronounced than in the
case of the flower, says Harper's Week
ly. N rays are emitted from such plants
as onions and mushrooms, so that they
do not. seem to depend upon the pres
ence of chlorophyll, or green coloring
matter, their intensity being apparently
due to the activity and condition of the
vegetable protoplasm. This was shown
by the fact that the N rays were pro
duced from germinated seedlings and
not from , those which had not germi
nated, while their emission was stop
ped entirely on using chloroform to sus
pend the vital activity of the plant.
loot' Burlnsi AcIa In Faahloa. -
The old fashioned long earring has
come into favor again, says a London
dispatch to the New York American
and Journal. One style consists of a
stud and pendant, usually made of the
same stone, only of the far rarer pear
shaped variety. Lady Leucha Warner
has turquoise earrings of this sort -a
round turquoise set In diamonds as a
stud and a long, egg shaped turquoise
as the peadant Another style Is te
have long earrings made of dellcats
filigree gold work studded , with dia
monds and ! colored stones. Americans
seem especially fond , of single pearl
earrings of price.
worth
UPPLY C
Telephone 711-4.
Naugatuck Delivery Tuesday and
Friday. .
FEEDING COLLEGE MEN.
';- " -. . .; S
Aeanlta of a -New Sytom om Trial a.
Harvard. : .' 'r ' ?
Vegetarians' who are Interested in tha
spread of their convictions about the !
proper nourishment of the human body j
will doubtless approve the new method
of feeding college undergraduates 1
which is on trial this year by the Har-j
vara juuuog association, .which usea
Memorial hall, in Cambridge, says Har
per's Weekly. The association does nod
furnish the cheapest board ; the Har
vard undergraduates can get. There are
two eating clubs that 8$e' less expen-
Blve. But it tries to keep the price ofj
food as low as It can., - Until, this year.
It supplied meals on the .VAmetf can
(plan" for a price per week that was'
determined y Its expenses. But find-!
Ing that there was expensive waste.
chiefly In meat, fish and eggs, it devised
a new plan. It split the price of board!
into two parts. Eactf boarder now or-j
ders the meat, sh and eggs that he,
wants and pays for what he has. But.
the cost of all other provisions tea, I
coffee, milk, butter, vegetables, bread.)
cereals and fruits and the cost of
service and running expenses are shar4
ed by all alike. Last year board ati
Memorial nail cost fi.vo a week. This
year vegetarian board costs $2.60 a
week. Boarders who are content with'
it need pay no more. Those who want
meat pay 11 or 12 cents a plate for)
neer ana get two eggs for 7 cents, i -
The new system Is said to be very,
popular. It seems exceptionally fa-
vorable for exneriments with, vorotnhin '
diet and is likely, one, would think,, to
yield statistics of considerable interest.-
The member of this ; association who
simply eats what is set before him be
comes a vegetarian for the time being
without special thought or care. He Is
not tempted to eat meat because it is
broua'ht to him or becatise he han tn
pay for it whether he wants It or not. j.
No doubt many boarders who don't"'
eschew meat altogether materially . re
duce their consumption of it. ;
QUIET FOURTH OF JULY.
Chloagro Women Would SabsUtnt
Pocmi and Oratory For Fireworks. 1
If future Fourth of July celebrations ,
are to be held in accordance with the'i,
formula setldown by the. Ravenswood
Women's club of Chicago the other j
day there will be a howl from all!
Young America, siiys the Chicago In- j
ter Ocean. ... f,.-', -. , ; . :
a ua.ci iuc law uicviauDi uu 11(3
death dealing giant powder !" was the
keynote of the "conversation" In which
the club members discussed "The Bet
ter Way to Celebrate the Fourth . of
July." ,
Here is the sweeping substitution ia.
celebration proposed at the meeting:
Present celebration: Future celebrationis
Cannon firecracker. National anthem.
Skyrocket. fled llsrM.
"Nlrger chaser." , , Patriotic poem.
Anvil dynamite. School exercises. .
Hilarious celebration. Settlement plcnla. .
Fancy fireworks. Teachers' oration.
Individual fun. Publio UbimlnatloaV,
Roman candles. . Chewing (urn, ,
Braas bands. Mumed drums.
There will not be much use in being
a small: boy if tbe. club women have
their way and oust the firecracker. i
"Fireworks contain bacteria of lock-,
jaw," said Dr. Wladislaw A. Kuflcwwi
ski of the., board of education, who "
was Ana n-P ttin snflnlrva . "ItAnth sndf
injury result from them. . Let the chil
dren have a good time on the Fourth
of July in a quiet way. Picnics, pub
lic illuminations, public , concerts in
the park and orations and recitations
by the children and poems and nation
al songs in the schools on the Fourth
would teach them a glorious opinion of
the significance of the day without the
terrible loss of life and property we
have each year from the terrible flre
works." ;
Mrs. T. P. Stanwood and Judge Hoi-
dom were the other speakers, and they, i
supported the opinion that the fire-1
cracker was a dangerous thing and
should be done away with, Fourth of
July or not.
Bonatht CofBna For All Hta Family
A man who has already supplied cof
fins for his entire family of seven is J.
K. Helton of Decatur. Alsw save the
Louisville (Ky.) Herald. "Supersti-j
tlous? Oh, no!" said Mr. Helton re-J
cently. "My family Is grown, and!
none of them is apt to get any larger
or any smaller before he dies. My
brother was an undertaker up to six
months ago . and through reverses In
business was compelled to dispose of
his wares at a sacrifice. I saw an op-jj
ponuruty to ruj comns cneap. I am
always looking for a bargain, and I
did not let the opportunity sUp. I
den't see any harm In preparing for a
thing which is certain to happen. I
have reason to believe that every,
paember of my family will die some
and it is a wise man that prepares
SsT a rainv d&x" .