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The age-herald., 1900-03-06
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
The Penalty of Greatness

Apropos of the Jack of attention to the presidents message, here is a story told by Hon. John D. Long, the secretary of the navy. One of the important questions of hls department is the price of armor for warshdps, relates writer in Ainslee's Magazine. Under an act authorized by congress March 3, 1899. he is prohibited from paying more than ssOO a ton. and at that extremely low figure he has found it impossible to secure bids from the manu- facturers To combat this act of congress and to secure its repeal the secretary went to considerable length in the matter of ex- pert advice and testimony. Proof positive that armor could not be made for $S00 ton was incorporated in his report, and he also showed that the new ships authorized would be materially delayed, 10 the great detriment Of the service, as they could not be lauched or put into commission without armor.
 Several days after the presidents mes sage had been given to the press Secretary Long chanced to overhear conversation on one of the Pennsylvania avenue cars. The men were standing on the platform a few feet from where the secretary sat. Said one:-
 Have you read McKinley's message, Henry?'
 Only a word or two,' was the indiffer- ent reply Did you?'
 "'Yes. Say, what kind of chap is that secretary of the navy, anyway?
 Whats the matter with him?
 He's way off It comes of putting some lawyer who don't know a scow from a Black Maria in such an office. What do you think? He's raising Cain about our armored ships-says we don't need any armor. Humphl'
 And that said the secretary. in re- lating the story, was the result on citi- zen of average intelligence of the depart ment's efforts to awaken interest in the armor question, which Is of the most vital importance.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
TOPEKA TATTIES

From the St. Paul Globe.
 When Mir Sheldon edits the Topeka Daily
 Capital:
 During the temporary absence of the cir culation liar, we desire to state that the cir
 culation of this paper is twenty-five hun
 dred by actual count" 'Ten-dollar suits at Wagstaff's for s4 99.
 this week only. CN B. We have personally examined these suits and find they are not worth 30 cents.-Editor)" "A very bad man was arrested last even ing for doing something wrong. We publish no crimes in this paper, therefore will 1 merely state that he promised to be good and go back to work Last week he was foreman on this paper." "WaTted-A woman for general house. work. Nothing served undressed, and time | allowed for Bible reading and prayer meet ing"
 "Personal-If the gentleman who noticed lady at prayer meeting Wednesday desires to save his soul. address D. Object, ali mony." ''One of the reporters of this journal was assaulted by a stranger yesterday after noon. He turned the other cheek. Later on the stranger was taken to the city hos pital where they took him in.' 'Mr. Howe editor of the Topeka Globe, who is temporarily filling MT Sheldon's put put while he is engaged with this journal,
 will preach on Sunday upon "The Printers Devil"
 "Use Smiths pills. They will reduce your | head to its normal size. cThe editor has had occasion to use these pills, and found them all that is claimed.)" "Wanted-A Christian young man to saw wood. One who goes to Sunday school pre- ferred. No pay, but good society,"
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
Senator Jones Will Fight Ii.

At the instigation Of the president the house has passed bill to appropriate
 something over g, ,OOO,OOO to Porto Rico, the
 amount to be expended as the president
 of the island As the sum named was taken from the people of Porto Rico unconsti- tutionally since the transfer of the island to the United States. there is some justice in returning it in even a general and pub lie way 1t is at least confession on the part of President Mckinley and the house republicans that the money which was ex- acted under tine Dingley tariff from Pouuo
 Rican goods was not honestly and legally
 taken. and it is to be returned as con
 science fund.
 But this very proposition serves to make the pending Porto REcan bfll still more ridiculous and unoaEed-for The sum manned wiE carry the Porto Rican government to the end of the two-year terua manned in the bill, or at least until a civil govern ment can be established In the place of the present military government. There is therefore no urgency in the passage of the 15-per-cent. bill. It Is not needed at all. It has no excuse for existence at all,
 If the new house bill, which the president cried aloud for, becomes law. as it prob
 ably will. The house bill is a plain appro-
 priauon bill, and tt is therefore less ob-
 jectionalble than the patchwork scheme
 in which everything was compromised, in- cluding the constitution itself.
 Senator Jones of Arkansas takes the correct position when he says 1.-The dem- | ocrats accept the issue rendered oy che re- l puolicans. Porto Rico has been annexed l to the United States It is an integral part | of the country. The flag proclaims our l sovereignty there, and the constitution fol- | lows the flag. The republican proposition that we can enact discriminating 1eglsla- l tion against the Porto Ricans and Porto
 .Rican products is monstrous. We wGll fight l it in the senate to the limit of our strength And we will fight 1t before the people from | now until the ballots are cast in Novem- l ber."
 l Every democrat wild stand by the dis 1 tingu.shed and intrepid chairman of the | democratic national committee. The ex l pansionists and non-eXpanslonists are on, | when the question of maintaining the con
 stitutfon against the tariffites is at stake | great contention than Senator Jones ol
 Arkansas. He has a solid party behind
 him, and he should make the coming fhgni l cause he champions.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
Her Use for War Maps

A resident in the suburbs noticed that his cook had stuck up in her kitchen a map of South Africa, with the British possessions colored red, the Transvaal brown, the Or ange Free State yellow and Portuguese territory green, relates the London Chron- icle.
 Do you take an interest in the war, Ma ry?' he asked.
 No, sir,' replied the cook, but mean to ave skirt like that brown bit, and blouses like them other colors; and I'm just keeping the map to match the pat terms with when I get evenin off, sir!''
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
The Prince Had No False Pride

The Prince of Wales has not that con- tempt for trade which many lesser social parsonage possesses, says a correspondent in the Chicago Tmes-Herald. At the Marl- borough club one evening an intimate of the Prince asked him how he liked the idea of having relations in business-an allusGon to the two brothers of the Marquis of Lorne, one of whom is a stock broker, while the other is in the tea trade.
 "1f - would have me- answered His Royal Highness, mentioning a shop keeper on a huge scale, 'T would go iu1.o partnership with him tomorrow"
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her health Is well improved. Editor Greer has made a notable success of the Stand ard. It Is said that the name of every white male inhabitant of Marion is on the Standards subscription book. and the same is true of most Of the white men of Perry county.
 Colonel Jefferson M. Falkner and State Auditor Walter s. White of Montgomery are in town.
 Hon. J. Craig Smith of Dallas and Colo nel Thomas D. Radcliffe of Colbert are in Birmingham
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
IMPERIALIsM COMES HIGH
rom the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 Eight millions year isn't enough for Em- peror William. He wants ten millions In his twenty-four palaces he keeps 150o lackeys and more than 2.o00 maid servants. and there are his royal stables and playhouses. etc.. not to mention his family. His ex- penses would pay for three or four new battleships per annuni. He comes high, does this swelling king of Prussia, but he feels that Germany must have him. His pathetic little plea for more money to joan on London and New York real estate will move the socialist leaders to tears!
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
THE AMENITIES
T Page. in Century.

Curtis Hidden Page. in Century.
 Time and Space and Number flow Ever onward: none shall know Whence they come, or where they go. None shall know; they will not bend Their majestic course; nor blend. Infinite. with things that end.
 None shall know; the mind may sound Dreaming voids, and find no bound To the wallAess prison round.
 Winding sheet of woven shade, None shall e'er thy word evade; None shall know! 'Iis thou hast said. None: unless man, too, may climb Clear of bounds, till Thought sublime ConnnAr Number. Space and Time.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
THE SOUTHERN DAVENPORT

From the Birmingham Times.
 In our last issue we presented two car toons, the handfwork of Walter W. Black man. He is a young man with a brillian. future in his Mne, and, while his cartoons are always to the point and cutting, they never become offensively personal in their character. MT. Blackman Is destined to wield a powerful influence in his field, and is to the south what Davenport Is to the New York Journal and the east.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
NEGROES IN ADVANCED POSITIONS

From the Philadelphia Record.
 The condition of the negro at Washing ton has been made the subject of inveSti- gation by John w. Ross, who for twenty one years has been one of the district cofm- missioners. In the district government as officials, clerks and messengers are fifty negroes, receiving annual salaries aggre- gating $2S,000. There are forty negroes on the police force in various capacities draw ing $31, 400 year, while there are 300 negro men and women in the school system as teachers, whose yearly pay is $2900O0.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
MAINsTAY OF CIVILIZATION

From the Century.
 It is quite possible, though of course not demonstrable, that the humble chuckle barn fowl has been a larger benefactor of our race than any mechanical invention in our possession, for there is no inhabited coun- try on earth today where the barn fowl is not mainstay of>health. There are vast regions of South America and Europe where it is the mainstay, and nowhere is there known anything that can take its place, which is probably more than can be said of anything in tine world of mechanics.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
SENATOR DEBoE's spEUrACLEs

From the Indianapolis Press.
 Senator Deboe of Kentucky wears the heaviest and biggest gold spectacles of any United States senator. They are really ponderous as speetadles go. The hooked bars that run from the crystal discs to the ears appear to spectators in the galleries as about a quarter of an inch wide, and the bridge and frame seem to be unusually broad and shick
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 You can never judge a mans character by the way he judges yours.
 When one girl wants to make another girl mad she asks her what on earth makes her nose look so red.
 The average woman would rather bring up an orphan child than take care of an- other woman's palm for two weeks while she is away visiting.
 A woman can afford to be jealous of her husband only as long as he is jealous of her.
 There is no place like home, and it's mighty lucky for the old bachelors.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
SOL SMITH RUssELL's DOUBLE

From the Indianapolis Press.
 Sol Smith Russell has double in the senate. His name Is Hurley, and he is a. senator fron Tennessee. If MT. Turley should ever wear the Hon. John GrNgsby' s clothes and stovepipe hat he could go on the stage anywhere.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

From the St. Louis Grobe-Democrat. . Church collections last year in eleven de- nominations increased .295S per cent over the offerings of 1898. Anong the prosperity items this deserves a prominent place.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

Count de Castellane is the peacefullest man in France when Editor de Rodays is in his neighborhood. He would not hurl a. bootjack at a cat under such circumstances
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

Variety is the spice of life in MT Car negie's case. Lawsuits have taken the place formerly held by libraries.
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The trouble is, the Emperor Wilhelm is in a position to force his alleged plays upon both managers and the public.
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The real trouble is, the Boers are not standing firmly up to pr. Leyds. The es- teemed doctor Is really unsupported.
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A state that has not a running mate h very backward. indeed; but no state car rival New York in waistcoats
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Porto Rico will have to pay the discount on her constitutional rights, because might makes right in these Hannatic capitalistic days.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

Operator Jim Keene must bear his Wall street losses as Captain O. M. Carter does his. The public declines to sympathize.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

The announcement that Ambassador Pauncefote will retire April is adapted to the season.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

General Butler will now proceed to cross the Klep or some other river.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

The Sultan of Sulu is in the peculiar line himself, and he stands ready no doubt to endorse the Porto Rican contortion.
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The Porto Rican tariff will not be actually and fully passed upon until the first Tues day after the first Monday of next Novem- her
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

Congressman Lfttlefield has inherited or acquired all of Maines political greatness, except the modest corner held by Senator Frye.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

Dom Paul is not at present staggering humanity. He is staggering little on his own account
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The American mule does not fancy his new vocation in besieged South African towns.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

Delegates upon arrival in Kansas City will be warmly welcomed by the weather.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

Toledo Sam Jones is another man who takes himself too seriously.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

Secretary Hays war fleet on the great lakes Is the biggest mlsfit of the period.
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It is difficult to say which felt the most relieved, London or Ladysmith.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

Kansas City should bottle some of it's present weather for use on July l.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

''saphO" is the best advertised drama of the day. and the only cost was lawyers fee
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The Porto Rleans have thus far escaped Senator Mason's sympathies and bushes.
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"our plain duty" Is national issue that has come to stay until November at least.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
ANOTHER PROSPERITY ITEM

Agoncillo is still in Paris taverns swear ing at the court.
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Marcus Daly Is doing the country a ser vice by camping on Rival Clark's trail.
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Cotton is now trying to outdo the days before tho panic of 1893.
The Newtown bee., 1900-12-21
Fairfield County.
 MONROE.
MONROE.
EAST VILLAGE.

EAST VILLAGE.
 Sunday evening tho pastor will preach "a illustrated sermon.
 Chistmas eve 1s ltereopticon enteE. tainment will be given fer the pleasing of the members of the Sunday school and any1friends who would cars to come.
 William Douglas is now employed in the graphophone factory st Bridgeport.
 Prof Vail and company have kindly Tered to give m evenings on 'e4tain. men. at the Town hall In the Center about January 8, for the purpose of as- sisting in the purchasing plano for tho Town hall. It is intended also that some of the Monroe ps,pls- will help ss min. strels. The want of piano has been . @: .,ous drawback to all entertainments, and the people intend to work hard for the money to buy one. Further partio- ulars, next week.
 A small dance was held 1t HillWood hall on Friday evening. The shoEt no. tice and bitter cold kept many away. It is purposed by F. w.: Wheeler, who now owns the building, to 1t 1t up moro conveniently and rent It for dances. If any one has the key to the front door he will be obliged if they will return 1t to him.
 Mrs Edward E. Curtiss and daughter have spend . fsw days with friends in Dsnbury.
 Miss Agnes Bea: dsley has spent . week with her sister in StratfoTd.
 The people on the No. IA route that goes through Kim street to tho Center 10. ceived their flrst delivery, Saturday, De. cember 15.
 Harmony Grange elected their omcs1s1 for the coming year at their fast meeting. They are to hold | special meeting,
The Newtown bee., 1900-12-21
NIDDLEBURY.
CHURCH INTERH13.

OHUROH MTkRE413s The Y. P. 8. c. E., arc having interest ing meetings every Friday night. Afoef the consecfation service Waa ovoR, lass Friday night, there was . Ve1y ploasant sociable held.
 Mss L1cy Fam had charge of the lit- erary exsrCises At tho meeting of eAo Nethodist Ladies' Aid society on Wednes. day evening, December 1S.
 Royal Tyler is boarding in Waterbury now and is only homo over Sunday. Ar Tyler is taking course of otUdy h eDGf. nearing. ThiS will 6t him for . good pc sition in few years. Arthar Jadd b taking the architectural C0uree o1 study. Both of these young men are taking their study with tho International Cosresp0n. dence school at Scranton, Pa.
 Qaite number of patrons attended the regular meeting of Wateft0Wn Grunge, last week.
 A cold Wave came to town on S00day.
 The teachers In town arc drilling their children, getting ready for tho Chriss- mas exercises, and most of tho eeac6ers expect Co have CAristmss tree tor theiI Scholars.
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this plaoe on Saturday.
 Clifford Hiotox was in Waterbury, Tuesday.
 The skating l. floe now everywhere.
 Mr and Mrs Wilbur vlsited Waterbury, Tuesday.
 There Is to be Christmas exercises for the children In all the churches.
 Representatsve-Elect Hitchcock has been making extensive repairs at his farm occupied by Joseph 9orham, se- pairing and building on to the barn. Martin Bradley is doing the painting.
 DEATH OF MISS KATE TERRELL.
 Ms, Kate Terrill died st her home in Flanders. Sunday, December 1e. She has been an invalid for three years, hay Ing had stroke of paralysis which she had never recovered from. She leavea . mother, three sisters and two brothers to mourn her loss and largo circle of friends.
 HoT0HUssvILLE AND VICINITY.
 Nr Beardsley and family are to move this week to North Woodbury.
 Mrs Thomas France and daughter, Miss Florence, are visiting in New York.
 Hiram Cam was painfully cut and bruised about 3the head recently. A wheel to his wagon came on p1ecipita- ting him to the ground with great force. Or Reynolds attended to his injuries.
 The family of Frank Ward are recov- ering from the grip.
 Mrs Horatio Smith Is entertaining her brother, Levi Way, from the west.
 Jake 5chindler is on the sick list.
 F. R. Ford of North Woodbury has hired tho boy who has been working for Alfred Johnson.
 Frank Thomas has co far recovered from his sickness thst he Ia able to walk around the house.
 Dr K l.. smith drives nne pair o1 fro gay hot:es. There will >b6 Christmss music st Sun- lay school, nexs Sunday.
 J,e Warner moved, Monday. to Tor. !g:un.
 Gorge Warner of Watertown moved, 3a:urday, mo Ar COwles' h0use on the back road.
 Mise Fanny Fro wbsidxe has been quite Il Dat ts ulO i Improving.
The Newtown bee., 1900-12-21
Whips.

Whips.
 Our G. fit. waterproof, metallic lined whip, l5c Black selected stock lined whip, 6 ft., 25c Peoples Favorite> linen-lined, 6 it., 29c Rawhide full stock whip, 6 ft.,
 soc Leather Tie Lines. 34 inch leather tie line, with buckle, 29c 1z inch leather tie line, with buckle, 25C inch leather tie line, with snap,
 35c Mane Brushes.
 Good strong mane brushes,
 19c, 35c Mane brushes, with leather pro- tector on the side, d6C
 HalterS.
 Heavy web halter, well sewed, with leather throat strap and tie line attached, different colors,
 were l9c, now 1Oc Extra heavy B strands wide web halter, strongly sewed and we'll made, with leather throat strap and tie line attached, large assortment of colors, were 25c, Now 10C Strong heavy tubular web halter, in red, blue and yellow colors, will not break, tie line attached,
 Russett leather halter, strongly sewed and we'll made, 6Oc 5-ring black leather halter, hand sewed and we'll made, 75C
 Surcingles.
 Surcinsles made of strong web- bing, full size, l0c Good strong surcingle, with sad dle pad, strongly sewed strap and buckle, 200 Heavy surcingle, 3 inches wide, with saddle pad, strap and buckle, sewed on to stay,
 25c and soc Extra heavy 16 strand surcingle, made of stout heavy webbing, with securely sewed saddle pad attached, and heavy leather strap and buckle, we'll sewed, 35C
The Newtown bee., 1900-12-21
A Christmas Suggestion In
 Every Line.
Christmas Furniture

long, ornamen.ed with brass v=ses. let down on either side, $5.98 White Enamelled Beds, in all degrees of elaborateness, From .S2 48 to $l2 50 Pillow Tops. stamped and ready to use, all pretty artistic designs, 7c Each. A lot of Silk Ruf1ed Pillows, worth $2 75. to close out $1 76. Head Rests in silk with deep ruf1e,
 b9c 76c and 8l. Lambrequins in great variety, full length, hand tied fringe,
 81 48 89.60, 84 59 and 85 50 Table Cove in si k. beautiful designs
 Sl 85, &4 and S4 50.
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business few days Hast week.
 Mr Baker, who has been III, is improv- ing at this writing.
 Tho Sunday school is making prepara. tions for tho Christmas concert to be held in tho chapel, Christmas night.
 The young people are fully enjoying the skating on tho Housatonic.
 Miss Julia Cochrane returned, last Tuesday, from her three weeks' visit In New Rochelle, N. Y much improved In health.
 Mrs Listman spent Sunday with her son 10 Winsted.
The Newtown bee., 1900-12-21
SHELTON.

THE BOROUGH AND vIoINITY.
 The alumni and pupils of the High school have commenced the publication of . paper, winch is very oreditsble to them.
 The heavy snow storm.of Tassday If. ternoon resulted in about one-sixteenth inch of snoW.
 Nzs William ". King has nearly rs. covered from . broken arm received about eight weeks ago by fall. SMrs Arthur E. Edwards Is quite III and not much hopes arc entertained for her recovery.
 Richard Flames has purchased the house and lot of L. H. Monroe on Bridge port avenue and expect to take up their residence thers, January l.
 Thsre aze only two oazs running b.
The Newtown bee., 1900-12-21
Street Blankets.

Extra heavy blue square street blanket suitable for truckmen, gro- cerymen and butchers; weight 7 lbs., size 84 K 90 S3.2o
 Heavy wool fancy plaids street blankets of very neat design; strap and buckle, size 84 90; weight 7 lbs. $500
 Extra heavy all wool lawn square street blanket with strap and buckle; weight 7 lbs. $@.75 Extra heavy fine wool plaid square street blanket suitable for Carriage use; in a large assortment of fancy plaids, size 84 K 90; weight 7 lbs. $3.50 and $4.00
 Heavy stable blanket made of strong blanket material with two surcingles strap and buckle, Were 79c now @9C Extra heavy stable blanket cover- ed on both sides with burlap and in- terlined with cotton with two sur cingles. strap and buckle
 Were $1.17 now 99c Extra heavy brown duck stable blanket lined with burlap and inter- lined with cotton. Strong heavy web binding and two heavy wide surcingles strap and buckle, Were $1.4o now 6 .29 Heavy all wool lawn stable blan- kets we'll bound and strongly sewed strap and buckle and two surcingles S2.69, 2.89, 3.90
 Extra heavy strong stable blanket made of heavy blanket material, we'll sewed and bound. Strap and buckle and two surcingles
 Sl.9o Foot Remedy. Campbell horse foot remedy, at. S9c; 1-2 gal. $l.39; I gal. $2.39.
 Curry Combs.
 6 bar all steel curry combs, SC 8 bar all steel curry combs, 15c 7 bar all steel curry combs, with hair shredder attached 35c
The Newtown bee., 1900-12-21
WEST CORNWALL.

THE VILLAGE AND VICINITY.
 Dr Pratt is visiting his father at Deep River. Miss Ellen Cochzane, who has bean spending several weeks past with his slster in Limo Rock, has Ietsrned homo. George R. Smith Was In New York on