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SANITARY PLUMBING
And House Drainage Specially.

And House Drainage a Speciality.
THOMAS +. MEAGHER,
Successor to The Robert Morgan Plumbing
dealer in Gas Fixtures, Burners, Globes,
etc.. Gas Fitting Steam and Hot Water
Heating. Estimates given. Special care In
testing by pressure apparatus the SAM.
tary condition of the traps and drainage
system of buildings by smoke or peppermint
under pressure: at nominal cost. Tele.
phone call 267-12. dy1 "
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MRS. $. A. GLADwIN,s

Employment Agency, sA SSss$@
l02 ORANGE STREET, Bowditch Building.
tons; 10 years experience. Coachmen, FARM
hands, porters, girls for general housework,a
mattresses. etc. Germans, Swedes, and
Others needing situations should apply, and.
nished at the above office. German and En-
glish spoken. IVA
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Regulation Of the Board of Health

OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN.
That splitting upon the floors of public
conveyances or upon the premises of pub
lie buildings, theaters, opera houses, halls
and the ike, except in proper receptacles
provided for such purpose, is hereby pro-
hibted. Every person wilfully or care
lessly violating this regulation shall for
felt and pay penalty of not less than
five nor more than fifty dollars for each
violation. III
Adopted by Board of Health January
9th, 1900. Attest:
ja13 st WARD BAILEY, Clerk.
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Canned Goods.

We buy direct of the packers in car lots
for our IA stores. 1t will pay you to get
our prices.
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WANTED, +IN
for four frst.class cooks.
american, Swedish and German, and also
for several Swedish, German and Irirh
second girls, and good nurse girl. we
supply most all Of the best help. The
best for any kind of work can always s.
secured here. Established IL years, NJ
best agency in New England, excepting
only Boston. n. SHERMAN, Employment
Agency, IT'S CHAPEL STREET. oQ0 ri
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c,nre WANTED,
ately MRS SE Mot 2, ~ inlneoi-
ja15 1tp 5o To,,rt D..
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or, WANTED,
oM NE or two furnished rooms for sinela
gentleman, with or without hoard nea,
Boafuman school; terms must no r.o 800 $50
aDle Jal3 2tp p. 0. DRAWER 81
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BEST help for any kind Of work can Al.
ways be secured here, with our long ~
taDiished and largest business In the Stats.
we can guarantee satisfaction. we hays
elsewhere. We know, and have discards si
most an the useless class everybOdx
knows that this is the most reliable placS
u me State. y. SLEEMAN, Employment
Agency, 775 CHAPEL ST. Rs iv11 M "a
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r,t,,rr WANTED,
im airls Ia ELY, competent houseworh
ja0 1t 1oe 1p,
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'hAPERlENCED boners, steel stitchers.
and machine operators to learn CORSET
stitching. STROUSE, ADLER e. ~
d50 u No. go Court street y
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WANTED
A COMPETENT girl for general honse.
W!efk; good wages; two In the family.
yao VI Call at 1O4 SHERMAN Mn a.4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-02-02
OFFICIAL BATHTUBS.
From This Account We Learn How
the Legislators Indulge in
Their Additions.

Away down in the basement of the
capitol, in the midst of the winding
and mysterious passages of this SUBJ
terranean section, are located the con-
gressional bathrooms, where the states
men cleanse their cuticles a, the ex-
pense of Uncle Sam. There are about
Is tubs on the house side, and when
congress is in session they are patron
lied at all hours of the day. The rep
resentatives who take their periodic
tubbings in the capitol bathrooms are
not bound by any particular hour or
rule of bathing. They start in at any
hour of the day Tor night, if the house
sits late), and are scrubbed and rubbed
down by strong-armed attendants at
government expense. The fact that
the tubs are almost constantly OCCUPIED
indicates the extent to which the priv
ilege of free bath is appreciated. In
many of the hotels of the city patron
lied by congressman charge is made
for the use of the bath, and the thrifty
representative can get around this ex-
pense by making his additions at the
capitol, says the Washington Star.
In both the senate and house WINGS
of the capitol there are ba1ber shops.
where statesmen are shaved, and hair
tones, perfumes and soaps furnished
by the government, so that i one has .
mind to, the usual expenses OF the bar
Der shop can be avoided. .,~
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had invested all his savings, went tc
pieces, and when he finally arrived al
Dawson he had but 5000 left-a mere
drop in the bucket in country where
gold nuggets are used as circulating
medium.
Instead of bemoaning his fate and
sitting idly by to see i'll fortune rob him
of hope and enterprise, the gallant cap.
tain, who for so many years had catered
to the intellect of large audiences, con.
cluded to cater to the stomachs OF
hungry miners and established an eat:
ing house and general trading place
which are as unique and characteristic
as their owner.
He bought Dawson town lot on
time, erected upon it an edifice of won
derful architecture, and at once pro-
ceeded to advertise his ''wigwam'' in
the following manner: :"When in town
stop at Capt. Jacks Wigwam. Warm
est stable in Dawson. Grain and hay
always en- hand. Cigars and tobaccos.
Good comfortable beds. Drinks of all
kinds (soft). Warm and cold storage.
Groceries and general merchandise.
Special attention given to orders from
the creeks. Goods shipped promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed. Agency for
compressed air washers. One tubful of
clothes costs more to launder than the
price of the machine. Clothes can be
washed in Is minutes. Good canvasser
wanted, lady or gentleman"
The Wigwam is located just above the
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The officers Of the police force and
the ladies Of the missionary society
shook their heads and admitted that
in all of their experience with fallen
and suffering humanity they had never
known nor heard of such a case. The
old negro woman said that the child
was given to her to keep, that she knew
its parents, but she would not give
their names nor say anything which
would enlighten the authorities. She
said that she knew she was dying, and
she would die contented, if she could
only be assured that some kind person
would care for her boy" She said
that when Leroy Masof was only six
weeks old he was given to her, and
that she had promised to never tell any
one anything about his origin.
II was slave" she said, land / lived
with the family until after THE war.
Then I came to Washington because the
family was scattered, and L was fre>.
But always loved the family, for all
of them were kind to me. I will never
tell anything about them, for they were
Soou PeOPie Always, anu 4OVeQ my
little mistress 49,
That was all, save that she said she
belonged to the Mason family, took her
name from that family, and that Ma
son was the correct name of the boy.
She also said that she had lived in Vir-
ginia. Inasmuch as the Mason family
of Virginia is a large family, it, was,
of course, well-nigh impossible to ascer-
tain to which branch of that family
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-02-02
Finding Thackeray Out.

In Mr.. Lewis Melville's recent life
of Thackeray there is diverting de-.
scription of the first meeting of the
great novelist and Charlotte Bronte.
She had formed an ideal and expected
him to live up to it, and, austere little
genius that she was, was inclined to
be angry with her favorites if their
conversation or conduct fell below her
ideal. 'Behold, a lion cometh out of
the north" she whispered, as he EN-
tered the room. 20 Lord!" SAID
Thaekeray, when this was repeated to
him, land I'm nothing but a poor
devil of an Englishman, ravenous for
my dinner!" She sat opposite to him
at table. II had" he says, "the mis-
cradle humiliation of seeing her ideal
of me disappearing down my own
throat, as everything went into my
mouth and nothing came out of IT..
At last, as took my fifth potato, she
leaned acrsss, with clasped hands and
tears in her eyes, and breathed inn
ploringly: % Mr.. Thackeray! Don't!'"
Youths Companion.
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SING A SONG.

II you'll sing song az you 60 along,
In the face Of the real or the fancied
wrong;
In spite of the doubt If you'll fight it out,
And show heart that Is brave and stout:
II you laugh at the jeers and refuse the
tears,
You'll force the ever reluctant cheers
That the world denies when a coward
10 give to the man who bravely tries;
And you'll win success with little song
II you'll sing the song as you go along!
If you'll sing song as you plod along,
You'll find that the busy rushing throng
VIII catch the strain Of the glad refrain;
That the sun will follow the binding rain:
That the clouds will fly from the blackened
sky:
That the stars will come out by and by;
And you'll make new friends, till hope de.
sends
From where the placid rainbow bends:
And all because Of a little song
II you'll sing song as you plod along!
II you'll sing song as you trudge along,
You'll see that the singing will make you
And the heavy load and the rugged road,
And the sting and the stripe of the tor.
tuOus goad
VIII soar with the note that you set afloat:
That the beam will change to trifine
mote;
That the world IS bad when you are sad
And bright and beautiful when glad;
That all you need is q little song
II you'll sing the song as you trudge along!
Sunshine.
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little Leroy belonged. The mystery
was not solved by these slight admis-
sions.
But the boy was in the hands of a
good kind woman, who soon gained his
confidence. She told him that, his
mother" would not live, and that his
parents must be found, in order that
some one might be required to care
for him. Finally he said that his
mother used to receive letters, which
were read to her by colored girls and
sometimes by white gentlemen who
were called in to her attic rooms for
that purpose His ''mother" had urged
him to study hard at school, in order
that some day he might read letters
for her, and write letters for her.
Within the last two years he has been
able to read her letters for her, and
write letters in reply. But he would
not tell anything unless his mother
gave him permission to do SO. He was
taken to the hospital several times to
see her, but the old woman adjured him
never to tell. He persisted in his ST.
lence, saying tibet he would never dis
obey her.
He had not only been sent to school,
but he was one of the. beloved little
attendants of Calvary Baptist Sunday
school, and his teachers were all inter-
ested in him; particularly when they
ascertained, through the daily papers,
that there was a mystery concerning
his birth and parentage. He was we'll
bred, we'll hammered and manifested
the refinement of gentle breeding. His
old guardian had been reared as house
servant in Virginia family, and those
house servants in the old Virginia fami-
lies we'll knew how to bring up chill
dren.
At last old Lucy Mason died in the
hospital, carrying with her to the grave
the mystery of Leroy Mason's par
entage. But fortunately she had lived
long enough to have the little fellow
read her letters and answer them for
her, and he knew his mothers name
and address. The lady who had taken
him into her home then convinced him
that, inasmuch as his "mother' was
gone, and what he might say could do
her no harm, but would benefit him
self, he gave the desired information,
and himself wrote letter to his real
mother, telling her that he was alone,
helpless and in charge of strangers.
The letter was addressed to Buffalo,
N. Y.
An answer came quickly. His mother
is married; happily married. She has
family, and will take Leroy as her
adopted SON. with the consent of her
husband. How this matter will be
cleared up in the domestic atmosphere
is not known. But the little fellow is
to have a home at last, with his real
mother.
But what of his future? Poor little
fellow! He is to be the "adopted SON"
of his own mother. Truly truth il
stranger than fiction.
SMITH D. FRY.
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EXHIBIT BY THE NEGRO.
1T VIII Have u Place in the United
States Sociological Depart
ment at Paris.

Under the auspices of the United
States government, the American negro
is to have a distinctive exhibit at the
Paris exposition. Thomas J. Galloway,
of Washington, prominent colored
man, has been appointed to prepare
this exhibit.
A limited space has been set aside
in the United States exhibit in sociol-
ogy for this feature. It is aimed to
show that "the people of African
descent in America are civilized, Chris
tianized, possessors of vast education-
al privileges. They are owners of per-
haps half billion dollars worth of
property. They are engaged in every
industry and pursuit common to white
Americans, and universally accredited
with rapid progress. America can
therefore furnish Europe with much
evidence of the negro's value as a la
borer, producer and a citizen, that
the statecraft of the old world will be
wiser in the shaping of it's African pol
icies."
The leading colored intercolonial
institutions of the United States are
arranging for creditable exhibits.
There are more than a dozen other
features of the negro exhibit under
way.
Every New England state will be
called upon to contribute toward the
exhibit.
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In the Melon Patch.

Attorney General Patterson tells this
story, which he says he got from a
drummer:
The pastor of colored congregation.
he relates, was warming up to the eli
max of his sermon, and his auditors
were waxing more and more excited.
II wahns yer, O my congregashun!"
exclaimed the exhorter, II wahns yer
aginst de sin Nv crap shootin'! Iwahns
yer against de sin Nv whisky drinkin'
an de sin Nv chicken raisin', an I wahns
yer, my breddern, against de sin NV
melon stealin'!"
A devout worshiper in the rear of the
church jumped to his feet and snapped
his fingers excitedly.
'Whuffo does yer, my brudder, r'ar
up an snap yo' fingers when I speaks
Nv melon stealin'?" asked the preacher.
''Kaze yo' jes' minds me whar lef'
NAH overcoat," replied the devout wor-
shipper, as he subsidized into his seat
Memphis Scimitar.
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something like deserted village be-
fore the mosquitoes bite again.
Claims for which vast sums have been
paid and which have yielded favorable
returns, will be disposed of for song
by their owners, who expect to become
millionaires as soon as their feet touch
the golden sands of Nome. Old-timers
say that the men who will stay at Daw-
son will have unlimited opportunities
to pick up fortunes, and that good
claims can even now be bought for a
song; statement which reminds me of
the old fellow who said that way back
in the fifties he could have bought
what are now choice corner lots in the
heart of Chicago for a song. "Why
didn't you buy them?" asked one of his
cronies. Because I couldn't sing," re-
piled the venerable philosopher. And
that will be the condition of affairs up
at Dawson. There will be many fine
properties offered for sale for a song,
but the singers are few. Most of them
spent all they had to reach the Klon-
dixie and have ever since had hard
time to keep soul and body together.
Among the most picturesque charac-
tiers of Dawson is Capt. Jack Crawford,
famed as one of the ablest scouts who
ever served in the nations army, dis
tinguished as writer of verse and we'll
known as popular entertainer. Capt.
Jack went to the Klondike at the head
of an expedition sent out by one of the
numerous TRADING and mining corpo-
rations," organized in New York and
elsewhere. Before he reached the
promised land the concern, in which he
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the while extending helping hand to
the sick and unfortunate.
Another cause of his well-being may
be found in his ability to adapt him.
self to conditions and circumstances,
Instead of waiting for something to
turn up, he boldly engaged in a bust
ness of which he knew nothing, but for
which, his judgment told him, there
was a demand.
No man is so entirely lost in primi-
tive community as he who seeks to
force things to come his way or clings
to one idea. He will not only lose all
he has, but degenerate into a slave.
Many young men who went to the gold
country persisted in delving for the
yellow metal until despair possessed
them who, had they made use of their
natural abilities in other directions,
might at least have earned enough
money to return to their homes and
friends.
The scenes which made the early
days of Dawson notorious will, no
doubt, be repeated directly in the min
ing camps of Nome, the new Eldo1 ado;
and the failures which make the very
name of Klondike a hideous sound to
hundreds of once ambitious young men
will be duplicated.
Human nature is mystery. No les
son OF the past, however potent or
cruel, will prevent men from making
the mistakes "their fathers have made. !"
No warning will be needed until experi-
ence has impressed it upon minds
otherwise rational. But perhaps it is
we'll that it should be so, for if we were
all to profit from the misfortunes of
others life might become a burden by
reason of its monotony, and the spirit
of romance and adventure supple
mented by selfishness more repulsive
than that which now mars our social
coho1t1ons. G. w. WEIPPIERT.
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His Pa Was Right.

All the seats in the car were taken.
He stood up near the middle and read a
paper, paying no heed to what was 60
ing on around him. He was the only pas
senger for whom there was no place to
sit. He started to turn the pages of his
paper. Suddenly the motorman saw
an obstruction on the track ahead and
reversed the current.
After the passenger who had been
standing succeeded in getting upon his
feet again an old man who seemed to
know him said:
''Well, John, your pa was right"
John looked dazed, and the old man
continued:
HE always said you was a-goin' to
the front in a hurry some day if you
only kept your health" - Chicago.
Times-Hera1d.
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KLONDIKE PICTURES.
Some Pecsl'ar Phases Of Everyday
Life at Dawson City.
Capt. Jack Crawford, the Poet-scout,
Now Sells Ice Cream and Puts
Up Lunches The Cape
Nome Fever.
Especial Correspondence


Stories of the real life and con-
dition of things in the Klondike
mining district drift through with
about the same reliability and d.
rectness as news from the seat of war
in South Africa. The Klondike fever is
radically exterminated, it is true, and
no galvanic battery on earth is strong
enough to resuscitate its germs. Like
other fevers, it has run its course. It
claimed thousands of victims. Bat
talions of ventursome and plucky fell
Lows braved the dangers of arctic seas
and northern cold to hew riches out of
the bowels of the frozen earth or dredge
yellow nuggets from the depths of
ugly rivers and creeks. And other bat
talions staked all they had on mining
stocks f1oated by INSCRIPTIONS man.
ayers of fraudulent stock companies.
Out OF the huge army of prospectors
and investors a few struck it rich; the
rest fell, metaphorically speaking, by
the wayside of greed-impoverish in
money, but enriched in experience.
They all learned the lesson, old as man
kind itself, that by the law of average
the multitude acquires wealth only by
industry, not by speculation or adven.
lures.
But, however true this axiom may be,
mankind is ever too young to heed it;
and even now the goldseekers of Daw.
son are preparing to emigrate en- masse
to the Cape Nome district. on the
Alaskan gold coast, where number OF
prospectors have within the past six
months succeeded in digging remuner-
alive quantities of yellow dust out OF
the sand on the sea beach. By the mid
die of May the exodus from Dawson is
expected to begin, and if common re.
port tells the truth that city will be
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TAKEN WHEN SIX WEEKS OLD.
like unto itself ushered into the mys-
terry of life; and of one of them this
story is told to show the effects of
the abandonment of children.
Leroy Mason is white boy nine
years OF age, who attends one of our
public schools. He is handsome lit
tie fellow, always standing well in his
classes, and always punctual in at
tendance upon the school sessions.
He never invited any of the children
to his home, and the teacher never
saw his father or mother. A few
Gays ago he was found begging on
the streets, begging food for his
mother, who, he said, was very sick
and probably dying.
The case was reported to the police
department, and was investigated by
the board of children's guardians. The
boy led an inspector to an attic with
two rooms in the heart of the city, op-
posite the patent Office building.
There, upon a little straw pallet, lay
the suffering 'mother'' of this little
boy. She was a negro woman, up
wards of 80 years old, and was mani
testify in a. dying condition. She was
taken to hospital, and the boy was
given to one of the ladies in charge of
home missionary work. This lady gave
him a comfortable room and attended
to his wants with maternal care. She
learned from the boy that he had writ
ten letters to certain parties for his
mother" but he would not give any
further information.
The old negro woman when taken
to the hospital declined to tell any
thing of his parentage. Her name is
Lucy Mason, and the little white boy
took her name. This faithful old negro
"mammy" had worked and toiled for
the boy, until she broke down in
health. Then the little fellow neglect
ed his school, stayed away. from his
Sunday school, and took care of her,
until he was obliged to go upon the
streets and beg for aid. Woman and
child were apparently devotedly at
tached to each other, and both of them
cried when they were separated.