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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-05
ANOTHER TROLLEY LINE.
Naugatuck and Seymour to Be
 Connected By One.

Application To Be Made To The Gen eral Assembly-Connectic Light ing and Power Company Behind The Project-The Line Will Pass Through Beacon Falls and Will Be About Seven Miles Long.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-05
snow Tn Ccntral New yorl

SYRACUSE, Dec. 5.-A heavy fall of snow occurred here yesterday, causing some delay to street car traffic.
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SOLDIERS OF THE FAR EAST.


They Are Fearless Fighters, bat
Lack Discipline.
Tho Saracens charged on and repeated
~ defeated the mail.cIad iegions of Eu-
rope, and this when the latter were Of
the two the more animated by religious
fervor. Hyder AIS horsemen were as
good troops as any In the world. Even
In our own time the French feared the
and the best Italian troops were defeated
by Meneiek. 1t Is probable. too. that II
Europe knew the details OF the sporadic
war which RACES In Arabia between Turks
and Arabs we should revise our ideas OF
Asiatic capacity both for soldership and
for heroism; but still 1t Is substantially
true that the Asiatic soldier wants as a
fghting man something which we call APP
titude for discipline. and which the Eu-
ropenn officer can and does communicate
TO him. What that something Is has been
a matter OF dispute from the day Of
xerxes' invasion. and will probably never
be settled till the Asiatic becomes self
conscious and penman.
The writer once asked the first Sir Hem
ry Havelock what ne with his great ex-
perience and knowledge OF military his
tory believed to be the reason, and his
answer, that 1T was due in the long run
to some secret want OF confidence on the
part OF the men in their officers' capacity
for honesty" though not completely sat
isfactory, IL probably as near as we shall
ret to the truth. The explanation, how
ever does not 30 much matter. The grand
fact II that any competent European ON
Ger can do the needed work. that such
officers are In the market, and that. con-
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George whitneId's London church


A very interesting history is attached to
the site OF the Whitfield Memorial church.
which is to be formally opened today. 1t
was an open field In 1856, when George
Whitfield selected it as the spot where
his new church was to stand. Tottenham
Court road was then country lane lead
ing from St Giles church to the Adam and
Eve tavern. When the new church was
opened 1t became one Of the most popular
in London. From the members Of the royal
family downward people of all ranks and
stations In life, and Of all shades of opin-
ion, resorted there, attracted by Whit
fields e1oquence. Lords Chesterfield, Hall
fax and Bolingbroke, David Hume, Horace
Walpole and David Garrick were all oc-
casional worshipers. On Whitfeld's
death, which occurred while he was on a
visit to America. John Wesley preached
his funeral sermon here. The London
Missionary Society owes its origin to the
action Of some of the members of the con-
gregation of this church Toplady, the
author of the well-known hymn Rock of
Ages" was buried in the churchyard. He
was staying with some friends In the
neighborhood at the time of his death,
and it was decided to inter his remains
here rather than remove them to any
place at a distance. BY the terms of his
will the coffin was deposited at depth of
thirteen feet below the surface. The exact
spot is now covered by the new buildings,
but, owing to the great depth at which
they lie. 1t was not found necessary to
disturb the remains. One of the new halls
Is to be called Toplady hall, in memory
of him--London Chronicle,
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Charles Lamb.

Lamb like his own child-angel, was ito
Anow weakness and reliance and the shad-
" OF human imbecility." He went with
Ame gait He used to get drunk some
nat 700 frequently. Let the fact be stat
y y. N ali Its deformity-he was too fond of
s'a'and-water. He once gave a lady the
ss,come assurance that he never got drunk
sslee IN the same house. Failing all EVIL
Ssnce 70 the contrary, we are bound to be-
sue tnA to be true. 1t is a mitigating cir
instance. Wordsworths boundless self
sslceis Coieridge's maddening infirmity of
s ssaapose, Hazlitt's petulance. De Quincey's
s csn"s,siuiness, knew no such self-denying
X Lamb was also a too inveter-
~. punster. and sometimes, 1t may be-
rm saeo = Jest or baited a bore beyond the
~, as o. becoming mirth. When we have
~ ~ .nese things against Lamb we have
~. AL Pale malice, speckled jealousy,
- ~ now be invited to search the records
n, ss NE, to probe his motives, to read
mWate letters, to pry into his desk, to
Msss 49, nis character. Baffied, beaten, and
m,apponted, they fall back An occasional
~ Arauon which hurt no one but him.
ia when blinded him to no duty, which
vav ~ INTO no extravaganza, which in no
49, n.erfered with the soundness of his
nsment, the charity of his heart. or the
IA snuence OF his life. and a shower of
y,r,,. ppuns-behold the faults of Ella! His
a.. -nople, manly, gentle--are strewn
M very page OF his life, and may be
an ~ every letter he ever wrote.-Birrell
'ns Essays OF Ella,
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TRUE PRrMEvAL TONGUE.
Original speech Of Man was = Vow
e1 Language.

e1 Language.
The original speech. the true primeval
tongue Of man, was quite unlike any Ian
guage we have ever hoare; yet we have
all talked II, and all its elements are pres
emit in the tongues Of today. The prtmeval
language was vowel language altogeth-
err; It had no consonants, or contacts. as
we ought to call them, at all. It's words
consisted of vowel sounds following each
other, repeated or varied--of words like
aeaea, aoao, ala, auau, aeoia, iaua. oioi,
ouou, uaua, ueue, all Of which. may say
in passing. are taken from language in
use today. The sentences were intermit-
tent streams Of vowels. each stream held
on so long as the speakers breath allowed
or within dictated. When all literature
was recited. the same consideration, the
capacity Of the lungs, determined the
length OF the bardfc lire; SO we have our
shlokas, our hexameters, our Alexan-
drines and so forth. each lungful of
verse: in the primeval tongue It was like
wise, but the sentences were vowels only.
There are about ten or a dozen pure
vowels to go upon and vowel words may
run up to five syllables, 80 we have a
very considerable fund to draw on for our
vowel streams. And these streams of
vowel speech corresponded to and ex-
pressed streams OF emotion or feeling
rather than descriptions OF concrete OBJ
jects. For we hardly realize how terri
bly, overladen with material tribes our
life is today, and therefore what great
demands we make on language for con-
crete words. But our exclamatfons, each
of which indicates a single emotion, tend
to remain pure vowel sounds even at the
present day.-Contemporary
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"ArticIe.y by Statement.

Mr.. Labouchere INDUCED in some rather
disrespectful remarks about leader writ
ers in Truth a couple of years ago. "Arti-
Gle writing is. to great extent, trick
writing" he wrote, ITO catch on they
mus. uogmatize in pointed commonplace.
Some persons possess this trick, which
is rather an acquired than natural gift.
/ have seen articles written by eminent
statesmen. / never saw one which would
not have been more effectively written
by a professional journalist" The last
sentence, at all events, would be con-
firmed by many editors. Articles by emil
nent statesmen are excellent when tho
eminent statesmen put their names at the
bottom. Otherwise they are no better,
but perhaps a little worse, than other
peoples illusions. Mr. John Bright once
wrote leader for the old Morning
Star, of which he was part proprietor and
the policy of which he controlled. 1t was
very poor thing In the opinion of the
editc~. but. Of course, it had to be pub
Ilahed. Next day, Conservative news
paper had reply to the article. which be-
gan: 1.-THE great Tribune has laid aside
his pen, and some miserable hireling of
the Morning Star has taken it up" Mr..
Bright called at the office Of the Morn
ing Star that afternoon. and said good
humoredly: II don't think Underwriting
can be my forte."-Cornhill.
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YAsHIsGToN IS NOT TYPICAL.
= 0fher American City Hears Re-
sGenhlance to the Capital.

ssenhlance to the Capital.
Warrington city is not the United States.
y d not . representative American city
rs population is not typical. There ia no
commerce in Washington. There Is no
nanufactunng in Washington. There are
% large mercantile houses in Washington.
y u q city largely made up of drones-
rom the Idle attaches of. legations to the
yeung army officers with soft things"
nom the yawning government clerks, who
nl MES with rulers, to the lazy negroes
Nno loef and sleep and snOre In the gal
cries Of congress-. 1t Is a city of people
Who seek there social standing which
ney could not attain In more settled COM
nunities. Il is a city of boarding houses,
Inhabited by men and women who live in
en1ect fear Of losing their government jobs.
Inere arc other kinds of houses than
boarding houses there.
There Is probably more lewd living in
washington than in any city of it's size in
We country. When the Edmunds law
ssa'nst Illegal cohabitation was passed for
NE benefit Of the Utah Mormons the first
ase under 1t was q surprise. 1t came up
Warrington, which, being Federal ter
nlory also came under this Federal law.
\ young army officer who had installed
!oung woman as his mistress was indicted
ner father. and threatened with fell
ens cell But Washington public opinion
vas scandalized-not at the offense, but at
ne prosecution. So the young officer was
pulled through, and the matter hushed UP.
severe moral laws intended for the un-
soun Aormons In Utah would never do
,or dapper army Officers In Washington.
~ opinions on politics are as lofty as it's
Hinons on morals. Washington has no
pontlcs' It Is always "for the administra-
u0n'-San Francisco Argonaut.
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grees of quality nowadays. But originally

grees Of quality nowadays But originally
they were put on by those ancient monks
as a sort of trade mark. They were crosses
in those days, and meant sort of oath
on the cross, sworn by the manufacturer
that his barrel contained good liquor.
Why are bells tolled for the dead? This
has become so familiar practice that a
funeral without 1t would appear un-Chris-
tan. Yet the reason Is quite barbarous.
Bells were tolled long ago, when people
were being buried, in order to frighten
away the evil spirits who lived In the air.
Why do fair ladies break bottle Of wine
on the ship they are christening? Merely
another survival Of barbaric custom In
the days Of sacrifice to the gods 1t was GUS
tomary to get some poor victim when a
boat was being launched and to cut his
throat over the prov, so that his blood
baptized 1t.
Why are dignitaries deafened by sa-
lutte when they visit foreign port? 1t
seem curious sort of welcome this firing
In a very reasonable way Originally. a
town or a warship fired OF It's guns on
the approach of important and friendly
strangers to show that 1t had such faith
in the visitors peaceful intentions It
didn't think 1t necessary to keep Its guns
loaded.
Why do we sometimes throw shoe after
bride? The reason Is not very COM
plimentary. From of old 1t has been the
habit OF mothers to chastise their children
with shoe. Hence the custom arose Of
the father Of a bride making present to
the bridegroom Of a shoe, as q sign that
1t was to be his right to keep her In or
der,-Cincinnat Enquirer.
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THE GENEROUS DUc D'AuMALE.
Traits That Distinguished Him From
Louis Phflfppe's Other sons.

Traits That Distinguished Him From
Louis Philfppe's Other Sons.
Alone Of all the members of the family
of King Louis Philippe. the Due d'Aumaie
was distinguished for his open-handed gen.
erosity and magnifcence In which respect
he differed from all the other children ana
grandchildren of the bourgeois king. I'M
like all the other princes, he distinguished
himself as general on the field of bat
tie, the France of today owing the greater
part of its immense Algerian dependency
to his skillful generalship, and to his bold
policy He was the only one of all the
Orleans princes to bequeath immense
riches to his country instead of extorting
gold from 1t at a moment when 1t was
still staggering under the burden of the
colossal war indemnity demanded by Ger
many In 1871.
The Due d'Aumaie left the greater part
of his immense fortune away from the Or
leans family. The superb palace and park
of Chantilly and all Its priceless coilec-
lions were bequeathed to the French acad-
envy and national institute. Nearly S10,0O0,.
900 was left to a mysterious legatee, whose
identity has not been disclosed until this
day, but who is believed to have been
natural son, while only a small remaining
part was divided between the Duke Of Or
leans, the Duke of Charities and the lat
ters son, John. Prince Henry of Orleans
being disinherited. Geromes fine statue
of the duke is the tribute Of gratitude on
the part OF the French academy for the
gift OF Chantilly-New York Tribune.
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The blood of birds offers some data for
thought not found in the blood of any
other class of animals. The blood corpus
cles are shaped differently, being oval,
instead of round, but this Is not the differ
ence to which I refer. Birds blood is sew
eral degrees warmer than that of other
animals. To man such a temperature of
the blood as birds possess would be n
fever. This high temperature causes
molecular changes In the tissues and
brain to take place more rapidly. which
would cause the consumption of more
food, and brain activity would be more
intense, so that for the same amount of
work a smaller brain would meet all the
requirements. which at a lower tempera-
ture would require one of greater size.-
chronological Journal.
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Gagged KING OF THE FOREST.

He sees them pass with yelled. disdainft,l eyes
The shutting crowds who stare with feeble cries.
What counts this jackal Of men to him?
Reyond the tawiry tent. the torches dim,
Lies to his gaze the tawny Lsbian plain
Where his 1.-THE lioncss waits her lord in vain-
Where tirelcss stars march down the Orient night,
And beckon him TO conquest and delight!
Now. as hot memory through each vein doth surge
And sweeps the simeon DER the desert verge,
He springs! magnificent in kingly nge-
And beats the fretted barrier OF his cage,
Hurting his heart out In the cry Of wrath.
That once through covering deserts claye his path
And now sufYices only to beguile
A gaping rustic to vacant smile.
Then conscious Of his impotence. his shame.
His strength "a farce. his majesty name.
Shudderina he sinks and silent. lays once more
His kingiy head against his prison Moor
Too pfoud 10 moan too weak 70 conquer fate.
stares at the staring crowd in brooding hate
Yet desert born lin that dun throng may he
tThat iackai throng whom thou dost hate as free)
One king as thou! who sees, through prison bars,
His Lybian plain, his unattained stsrsI
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HUMAN BoDY's PECULIAR oDoR.
xt Enables AniBnnls to Trace Men
Through the Deuseut JumRlea.


It Enables Anisaals to Trace Men
Through the Dersest Jungles.
The fact that certain animals, ana es-
peciaily the dog. will recognize the pros
pinquity OF their masters or friends, al
though It may have been impossible for
them to have seen them or heard their
voices, has long since suggested to physi-
oiogtsts and others the idea that every
human being has distinctive odor Pc
cullar to himself and which remains more
or less constant. Otherwise, how would
1t be possible for the bloodhound, for In
stance. to take the tran OF an Individual
ana follow It for miles through crowded
thoroughfares. as well as through open
country, and unerringly pick but the in
dividual from among hundreds Of others?
This idea has recently received q signal
verifcation, az we are told by DR.. Bett
In the Archiv der Gesammten Physiologie.
Tho doctor states that q friend Of his,
with bandaged eyes and every precaution
against collision. was enabled by the sense
OF smell alone to recognize persons with
yhom h0 was acquainted, and to call their
names the moment that they came into
the room and at the distance Of several
PAGES The experiments were verified in
number OF ways, but with the unerring
faculty of the bloodhound this man de-
tected the Identity Of every Individual pre-
scented. Other instances OF q similar keen
ness are cited by DR.. Bett. According to
the man who gave the exhibition, every
family has characteristic odor common
to all the members thereof, but the In
tensity Of which varies sufficiently among
the various members to enable him to dis
tingulsh each Individual Indian Lancet.
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BOLIvIAs QUININE GROVES.



The quinine plantations, or quinales. as
they are called, which have been started
in this country by the Germans, are usu-
ally found on rough and broken mountain
sides and at attitudes of 5000 or 1900 feet
above the sea. The trees will grow at
an elevation Of 5000 feet, but they flourish
best at about 1000. for t;ey require a
great deal of sun, rain and wind to reach
perfection.
Most of the groves have been raised
from the seed, which IS gathered in the
early summer months and planted in hot
houses. When the plants are about six
inches high they are ;ransplanted upon
the hillsides, which have been cleared
Of underbrush and plowed up beforehand,
so that the young roots can secure the
benefit of all the moisture and plant food
in the soil and the hea, or the sun. For
shelter they are partially covered with
twigs, straw or other ight stun. which
also serves to keep the moisture and
heat in the ground. After about two
years this shelter Is raked or. the plants
are carefully inspected and those which
are not promising are replaced by new
ones. The ground around them Is kept
clear of weeds and the young trees are
carefully trimmed twice a year. In five
or six years the tree will have reached
height of twelve or fourteen rect, and its
trunk will be straight and slender. with
a diameter of about six inches. 1t re-
sembles the orange tree In size and shape
and the peculiar gloss Of its leaves.
Two or three times year three or four
strips Of bark about two inches wide and
from two to eight feet long are cut from
the trunk and thrown upon paved yard
to dry, where. as the moisture evaporates.
they curl UP like cinnamon. Within a
year OF so nature replaces the bark that
has thus been stripped of ana the tree
is stripped again in other places. As 1t
grows older smaller strips can - taken
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CURIOUS ORIGIN OF
FAMILIAR CUSTOMS.
surp rising Number of Obsefvsnces
That spring From Practices
Orixinating In the Ear
Distant Past.

TIT is not surprising what number Of
little things We DO without KNOWING
why. for instance. do widows wear caps?
Perhaps you may say because they make
them look pretty and interesting. But the
real reason is that when the Romans were
in England they shaved their heads as
sIrn Of mourning. OF course, . woman
couldn't let herself be seen with bald
head. 10 she made herself pretty cap.
And now, though the necessity OF wearing
Il has passed away the cap remains.
why do we have bows on the left side OF
our hats? In olden times, when men were
much In the open air and hats COULDN'T De
bought for hair dollar, II was the habit
TO tie a cord around the crown and let the
ends fall on the left side to be grasped on
the arising OF a squail. They fell on the
left side 50 they might be grasped by the
left hand. the right usually being more
usefully engaged Later on, the ends got
to be tied in bow. and later still, they
became useless yet the bow has remained.
ana will probably remain till the next del
uge or something OF that sort.
What is the meaning Of the crosses or
ks on a barrel Of beer? They signify de-
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Ru.si. want. Typewriters.

The latest Russian Information received
indicates that a considerable modification
of the imperial Russian law affecting the
use Of typewriters In that country Is about
to take place. Hitherto the use Of this MAJ
chine has been restricted to such individ-
uals as could obtain special permission, as
II was feared that the general use of this
apparatus would greatly facilitate the
Vaccinations OF the Nihilissic element.
Foreign business houses were almost the
only ones making liberal use of the type
writer OF late years. however. Russian
industry and commerce have extended at
such a rapid rate and the educated ele-
meDt available for the purpose of corre-
spondence is relatively SO small that the
Russian government has at last admitted
the necessity OF acceding to the wishes OF
Russian merchants. OF course this means
a considerable extension Of American trade.
Detroit Free Press.
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THE PASSING OF THE SWORD.


No Longer . Useful weapon for Ac-
tive Service.
fhe officer IL, as we all know, armed
with sword. The public naturally al
ways looks upon the sword as INSOFAR
able from the oficer. 1t has always from
time immemorial been alike the weapon
OF offense as well as of defense. 1t IL be.
sides the badge Of rank of the officer. In
days gone by the sword was doubtless a
very useful weapon OF offense as also of
defense, but now 1t is universally recog-
nized that an Officer would rely more on
his revolver than on, his sword. !.
IL we are to carry out the assimilation
of the officer and the private, see moth
ing for 1t but to discard the sword when
proceeding on field service. This is a
suggestion which will probably stagger
not only public opinion, but possibly also
a large percentage of officers themselves.
But I know for a fact that there are
many officers in India who are of this
way of thinking-men who have done
much campaigning.
Yes. the sword belonging to the infantry
officer should. be left behind when he pros
ceeds on active service. The time has
come to be thoroughly practical in ouf
equipment for field service, and all So
called smartness should give way to what
is really sensible and practicRf The ques-
tion naturally arises. What will you arm
the officer with? To carry out the general
scheme of assimilation, would reply:
Arm him with carbine. The Martini
Metford for preference, with magazine
Observation-Disclosures.
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when sending the letter, expressed his be-
lief that the application would not be sue
cessfuA because, though not religious him
self, he came OF fanatically Roman Cath
Ollie family. and at that time Roman Cath
olics were not welcome on British war
ships. AS we all know. Bohaparte proved
Z true prophet Singularfy enough. It was
only chance which, at later date, pre-
vented him from entering the British army
some influence In British military circles,
and would have procured Napoleon a cor1-
mission. The latter considered the offer
seriously. and then only declined It on the
ground that the French revolution Of
fered brilliant opportunities for young
officer. just starting his career. So ne
placed, his sword at the disposal OF his
adopted country."--I.ondon Globe.