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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
AN OLD AsIATIC OCEAN.

A curious diScoverey made by Dr Sven Hedin, the intrepid Swedish eN- plorer, is recorded in q telegram from St Petersburg which we publish this morning. During his adventurous journeys in eastern Turkestan, Thibet and Mongolia, ended some two years ago, he visited the great sheet Of wa ter called Lob Nor This he found to differ materially from the maps and the descriptions of previous observers, and he has now examined it a second time. Situated rather more than two thousand feet above the sea level, it's waters are fed by the River Tarim, but emptied only by evaporation, for no stream issues from it. Thus they should be salt, but pr Sven Hedin found them to be fresh. From this he concluded that the lake could not have been long in existence.
 The impossibility of reconciling the observations of his predecessors with what he had himself seen also sug- gested that Lob Nor was not per manent sheet of water, like the Dead sea or Lake Balkhash, but was con stantly shifting it's position, the lake bed at one time being filled up by des- ert sand, and forming again in new places. The correctness of his Origi- nal inference has now been placed | beyond doubt
 | The lake known to earlier observers has now disappeared and its dry bed | is strewn with shells and other or | ganisms which had lived in it's waters. | But system of new lakes has been 1 formed around the old basin, which Dr Sven Hedin has explored and mapped. The Tarim basin is bar ren and dry land-a region of travel | ing waves of desert sand. All this tract has been drying up, probably con- tinuously, even In historic times. The same thing is true of western as well as of eastern TurkeStan. Lake Balk- hash is disappearing with compara- tive rapidity. According to the Rus sian geographers. it's area has been greatly reduced during the present century, and those who dwell by its shores assert that it's level is lowered at the rate of a foot in every five years. But the same thing is true of the Sy1 i Itaria and the Anu Daria and the Aral I sea- into which their waters are emptied.
 1 In fact the whole drainage basin of this sea and of the Caspian is under going desiccation, slow but sure. These two seas. with many minor salt | lakes, are but pools left in the deeper hollows of a great ocean by which the 1 Mediterranean was extended into the I heart of Asia. There are banks of dead sea shells where once the waves were breaking: there are dry steppes where once the herbage was green and forests tourished. Ishe fact is cer-
 tain but the cause not easy to dis cover. The climate must be chang
 ing, not in this or that locality. but over q broad and extensive zone. which runs with little Interruption from | northern Africa to the eastern end of
 the desert of Gobi. A similar change
 has occurred in the new world. The
 Great Salt Lake of Utah is but a rem
 nant of a vastly greater sheet of fresh
 water, which once sent river to the
 Iacitic.-London Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
HEARD IN PASSING

The one principle of the democratic party which no man must dare to tinker with is constitutional govern ment.
 The democratic party has only to be patient. Four years more of trust rule and prices will convince the peo- pie which way relief lies.
 Billy Mason is again tickling the ears of MT Mckinley with his best jokes and stories, and hoping to be able to land more plums under the next than he did under the present administration.
 Don Carlos has increased the num- Der of those who consider him one of the big humbuSs of the age by pub licly blackguarding the men who made an unsuccessful effort to start revo- 1utiQn in Spain in his name.
 If the coming session of congress ap- propriates money for all the jobs that are being fixed up there will be q de- ticit instead of a surplus in the treas ury. Democrats may not be able to prevent those appropriations, but they can show them up.
 The republican answer to the charge of withholding Mayor Van Wyck' $ statement upon the ice trust scandal D of the man said to have given out the facts. This is rather more than avoidance of the issue: it is con fession of judgment. t."-Bridgeport | Farmer
 The administration plans an in crease in the navy equal to that pro- posed for the army. Admiral Crown inShield'S annual report says the navy has only about one-fourth of the mum Der of officers and men it would re- Quire to fight firSt-claSS European power. That report is expected to fur nish the text for numerous sermons l advocating increase.
 A free silver man one year before his first nomination for the presidency | Mckinley is now said by Senator Chandler to have said two months af ter his election in 1896 that he was anxious to bring about bimetallism by 1 international agreement. But never 2 l lisp did he make in public to that ef 1 feet. The gold syndicate soon had too l tight grip on him.-New Have1 | Union.
 l EX-President Kruger will land ar
 MarseilleS by Saturday of this week 1 and make q progress through France | which, if not exactly triumphal, vii
 glorify him and his cause and not i'm | prove the relations between Franco
 and Great Britain. That is the objec of the astute old Bo9r-to breed trouble for England wherever he can He i,
 the hero of the hour in France anC
 though the government and the bes l newspapers deplOre such AngloDhobS 1 demonstrations as most unWiSe they
 can hardly be SuppreSsed.-New Ha
 ven Register.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
ROBBED THE GRAVE.

A Gtartnng incident, of which Mir John Oliver of Philadelphia was the subject, is narrated by him as follows: Il was in most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk en. tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetite-gradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up.s Fortu- nately a friend advised trying Electric Bitters'; and to my great joy and sur prise, the first bottle made decided improvement. l continued their use for three weeks, aud am now a well man. know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another victim ? No one should fail to try them Only 50 cts, guaranteed, at G. L. Dexter <& Co.'S Drug Store.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
Bog BeEs for Morphine.

An Irish setter owned by Dr. J. ". Snowball, of Atlantic City, was recent ly ruh over and had his back severely injured. Feeling sure the deg would die, the doctor began to experiment with morphine. One morning he for got to give the dog it's injection. It crept into the office and lay at the doctors feet. He was unable to un- derstand it's queer altics. Finally it crawled to the medicine chest from which he had taken the morphine, and, looking up a. the chest, it began to whine. Dr. Snowbau wondered if the dog was really trying to make him understand that it wanted its in- jection. He took the injector and morphine from the chest. When the dog saw the implement it parked glad Y and lay on it's back, whining for the doctor to inject the drug,
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15

The orders sent to General Mac Arthur, from Washington, to take the field in person in the new campaign that is to be waged against the Philip pine insurgents as soon as the rainy season ends over there, show that the administration takes no serious stock in the statement constantly made dur ing the campaign that the reelection of Mr Mckinley would be followed by the collapse of the revolution. That was good enough talk for campaign purposes. but now the orders are to fight it to finish In ordering Gen eral Macarthur to take the field in person, General Otis, who was so generally criticized for not doing so, is indirectly given side swipe.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1900.

The democrats seem to be having quarrel among themselves regard ing the wisdom of reorganizati1ngg the Bridgeport Post.
 Not at all, dear Post. The real democrats are not troubling them selves one whit about such thing. It is the alleged democrats who strayed away from the fold, and who seem to be lost in the wilderness, that are talking reorganization. As usual they are esged on by the republican press, which is endeavoring to make the country believe that there is a feel ing of discontent in the democratic party.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.

The after-election talk of prosper rity and good times occupies a prominent place in the newspapers. Every re- publican in the land thinks we are now living in clover and honey, and that prosperity is rampant in the land, as witness the following from the Hartford Post.
 Business is promptly responsive to the reelection of President Mckinley The aggregate number of employed men and women is greater now by many thousands than it was during the uncertain days of the campaign Enterprises involving the investment of many million dollars of capital are
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
SYMPATHY FOR THE DUKE.

The tender heart goes out in sympa- yearns to marry the fair and wealthy Miss Zimmerman of Cincinnati, and who is restrained by awful and almost are that he shall repair to the family estates in Ireland and live on $f .00O q month until he has been freed by the bankruptcy court. and his affairs have been put in shape. No foreign gentle man is considered worthy to be taken into account by the Zimmerman family until he shows an ability to worry along on S1 GOO. a month. with board clothing, lodging and horses. Ordinari- ly we should say that this would be re- garded impossible but the duke is sin eerely in love, and perhaps for loves sweet sake he will wrestle with the | hard conditions and make an earnest effort to establish himself fully in the good graces of our esteemed citizens from Cincinnati. Really S1 GOO month 1 with board and keep. will not be so | bad if Miss Zimmerman writes regu- larlY and buoys up the dropping sDir- ! its with cheering words of affection
 We presume that there are not q few gallant knights in America who would take up temporary residence in Ireland on the same terms with q bright star of hope to lead them on. We Ameri- cans must certainly get tho duke mar ried off this coming year: he has been on our hands too long. He began at Newport and has progressed as far as Cincinnati. If Cincinnati does not take him he must move on to Terre Haute | and St Louis, eventually striking the
 old Santa F'e trail. Fortunately this is big country. almost ineXhanstible
 in it's feminine resources.-New Haven ReGiSter. ,..,..
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
Electricity and Modern Navies.

One of the Improvements in the new battleship Kentucky is the increased use of electricity instead of steam, says a writer in Munsey's Magazine. The Kentucky is planned on the principle of @ trolley line SO far as her subsidiary engines are concerned. There is a motor which performs each particular work, and instead of broiling steam pipe running to it an electric wire con meets it with the central engines. The steam is kept where it be1ongs-in the boiler room. This is great economy of space, and the discomfort it saves the officers and crew is not easily meas hx2d.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
THAT THROBBING HEADACHE

Would quickly leave you if you used pr Kings New Life Pins. Thousands of sufferers have. proved their match less merit for Sick and Nervous Head, aches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cts. Money back if not cured. Sold by c. l.. Dexter &c Co. druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
TT SAVED HIS LEG.

P. A. Danforth, Of LaGrange, Ga, suffered Intensely for six months with a frigbtful rCnning sore on lis leg, but writes that Eacklen's Arnica Salye wholly cured it in 10 days For Ul- cers. Wounds, Burns, Boils, Pain or Piles it's the best salve in the world Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. Sold by e. L. Dexter & Go, Druggist.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
Boston Shoe Store, I55-I57 SOUTH MAIN ST,
 WATERBURY,
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM.
WATERBURY,

4-Cor South Main and Grand sts.
 5-Scovill Manufacturing Co. Qo.
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill Sts.
 T-EXchange Place.
 12-Rogers X Bro. (P).
 13 Cor East Main and Niagara StS. 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott I'd. 15-Cor High. and Walnut sts. 16-Cor East Main and Cherry sts. 17-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm and Kingsbury sts 23-Burton Street engine house. 24-Waterbury Manufacturing Co. 0D 25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2S-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine st. 29-N. Willow bet. RidgeWOOd and
 Hillside avenue.
 31-Cor Bank and Grand StS. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor West Main and Watertown I'd 35-Conn. Light'g & Pow. Co, car
 house, P).
 36-Waterbury Brass Co. Pl. 37-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 3S-Cor Grand and Field sts.
 42-Cor South Main and Clay sts. 43-New England Watch Co. P). 45-Benedict $ Burnham Mfg Go. CP) 46-Waterbury Buckle Co. pl. 47-Cor s. Main and Washinton sts. 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. 52-Cor Franklin and Union sts. 53-Watb'y Clock Co, case facty (P). 54-Cor Clay and Mill stS.
 56-Cor Liberty and River sts.
 57-No 5 Hose House.
 5S-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. G2-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin st. 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 74-Cor Johnson and Waterville sts. 212-The Platt Bros 6, Go. (P). 213-Hammond Buckle Co. (P). 214-Wat'b'y Clock Co, mvt fact'y (P). 216-Cor North Main and Grove sts. 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward sts. 261-Junction Cooke and N. Main sts. 311-S. N. E. Telephone Co bldg. (P). 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. 314-Plume and Atwood P). 315-American Ring Co P). 316-Electric Light Station (P). 31S-Holmes, Booth & Haydens (P). 321-No 4 Hose House. ,r 323-Cor Wash'g'n ave and Porter sts. 324-Cor Charles and Porter. sts. 325-Cor Simons st and Wash'g'n ave. 371-City Lumber and Coal Go (P). 412-Tracy Bros (P). 451-Steele & Johnson Mfg Go P). 5S2-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
Lucky Man.

He--That's Mir. Naggum. His wife died quite recently.
 She-Yes, and they say he is very we'll off
 ''Ah! you knew Mrs. Naggum, then n?"--Philadelphia Press.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
: Register Now
FOR SECOND TERM, BEGINNING
 MONDAY. NOV. 19, AT THE kIMBALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC

All branches of Music taught sys- tematically and thoroughly Care fully graded courses of study. Spec
 ial attention is called to the classes for children. In the Musical Kindergar-
 ten they are interested and advanced each lesson in wonderful way. and
 in the Department and Dancing Class es they are taught to carry themselves with an ease and grace which makes life a pleasure to them. Parents are requested to visit these classes. All who are interested in the study of the Violin. Mandolin. Banjo and Guitar should remember that the teachers in these departments are thoroughly eX- perienced musicians and fine teachers.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
Ebb and Flow of Arte.is. wells.

It has been observed that artesian wells have daily period of ebb and flow, as vel as the ocean tides, only the process is reversed. The time of greatest flow of an artesian we'll is the period of low tide in the ocean.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15
THE COLONIAL TRUST CO.,,
 WATERBURY, CONN.
Capital and Surplus, $6OO,O00.
Leg al Depository for Court ana Trust Funds.

Transacts q General TRUST BUSI- NESS, Acts as Executors, Admins traitors, Guardians, Committee, Trus- tee, Receiver, Assignee, Registrar, Transfer and Fiscal Agent.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15

Transacts a General BANKING BUSI- NESS. Deposits received, subject to check at sight.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15

OFFICERS: D. s. PLUME. President. J. H. WHIITEMORE. 1St N1ce-Pres. G. NJ. WOODRUFF. 2d Nice-Pres. LOUIS VAN kEUREN. Sec-Treas.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15

DIRECTORS: D. s. Plume. c. F. Brootler, J. Ii. Whittemore. A. NJ. Young, G. M. Woodruff c. r. Goss, Carlos French, F. l.. Frisbie. Jr, Frank . lin Farrell, George E. Terry, E. M Burrall.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-15

ACTS AS TRUSTEE FOR RAIL ROADS AND OTHER MORTGAGES
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-17

nlshed the example when ms iead 10
the overthrow OF monarchlal rule in
many nations. Let ii not ralter now.
Ii is probable that the 100000 900 paid
10 Spain can be secured from the FL
ipinos. but even if II cannot. ii is bet
ter TO consider that sum rs y contrlhu-
ton to he spread on the doctrine of
self government than TO regard 1t -
part payment upon the purchase price
of people or their lands. Citizens,
countrymen. You stand by the side OF
the cage: you cannot avoid RESPONSE
bility: will you open the door or
shut it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-17
An Editor,a AwfnI Plight.

F. NJ. Higgins, editor Seneca Oils
News, was afflicted for years with
piles that no doctor or remedy helped
until he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
the best in the world. He writes two
boxes wholly cured him. Infallible
for piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 90
cents. Sold by Hartz II Ullemeyer,
druUCists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-17

AS to the cause of their ill-health. II
they would start to treat their kid
neys with Foley'S Kidney Cure, the
WEAKNESS of body and mind, back
ache. headache and rheumatic pains
would disappear. For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-17
Assignee's Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that the underslgn ed
has been appointed assignee OF TIE Twin City
Purified Mnk Company, a corporation, and all
persons holding any claim or clsins against
said the Twin-City Purified MIX Company, are
hereby notified 70 present the same 20 me,
n der oath Affirmation. within three months
from this date, whether 8 I'd claims are due or
not All persons ind bted 20 said assignor are
requested 70 MAKE prompt payment of the
same.
Dated August 2. 1900.
GEORGE r. ROTH Assignee
JACKSON HURST and W. J. EsTRIRIE,
Attorneys for Assignee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-17

there was no wafer n the STOCK, and
that it had not attempted, and was not
attempting 10 monopolize any branch
of industry, its power 10 do harm
would at once be destroyed. An hon
est corporation engaged i'll legitimate
business. ought TO join in the enact
ment of laws. which will protect them
and the public from the industrial
highwaymen who commit larceny upon
a grand scale. Those who desire the
humiliation of the trusts are not hos
tile 10 property rights, but they pro-
test against allowing the fictitious per-
SON. created by law and called a cor
poration. to trample upon the rights
Of the natural man of flesh and blood.
If the man-made corporation supports
the Republican party. we ought to be
able 10 appeal for support TO the God
made man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-17

"A conservative estimate of the adj
vantaCe> derived from consolidation is
believed 10 be 81 500. 900 over the pres
ent earnings. which would make a to-
tai OF future net earnings, with the
estimated earnings based on ten
months Of the years business Of s.
100000. of - per cent. on the preferred
stock. and over II per cent. on the
common stock OF the new company"
II will thus be seen from the pros
pcCtus that the advantages secured by
the cutting down OF expenses. Will
double the Income. and not a word is
said about giving the advantages of
this reduction 10 the consumer. The
money taken from the travelling men.
from the hotelkeeperS. from the rail
roads from the liverymen, from the
newspapers. and from others who suf-
rer by the discharge OF travelling sales
men. clerks. etc. viii all be added 70
the profits OF the monopoly. The stock
was TO he watered. aud prices main
tanned to pay dividends upon Fictitious
capital.
To give a further guarantee to
the monopoly, the prospectus says that
the principal men connected with the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-12
Discovered by a Woman.

Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by a lady in this
country. "Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she cough
ed incessantly, and could not seep. She
finally discovered way to recovery, by
purchasing of us bottle Of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, and was
so much relieved on taking first dose,
that she slept all night; and with two bot
ties has been absolutely cured. Her name
is rs. Ll:l,r L IT," Tll' writes w.
c. Hamnick & Co., Of Shelby, N. c.
Trial bottles free at T. r. Shaw's drug
store. Regular size 5O> and 81. Every
bottle guaranteed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-12
Jones inquest bills were as follows.

Jones inquest bills were as follows.
TsA Thompson s42O, A M O'Connor
M.20. c Ganssle s4.2o, G Mccaffery s4.2o
" F Reyden S., G Erskine s22.4O, DIR
Stewart $40. The following witnesses
each received 81. 10: Thomas Kelly, A P|
Buchanan, B Lewis, J Hamilton, ] Le-
Page, E Capp, A E Grant, A P Davis.
w McMurchie, R Stratton, DR. Stewart,
l. Pierce, c Richardson, S E Peterson,
o oson. A NJ Andrews, Cyrus Heard,
r Moore, R Strong, Sam Richie, Geo
Richardson, ] Richardson, Mrs ] Jones,
"A Capp, S Capp, Mrs S Capp, ] Gal
braith.
The Hjalmarsson inquest bills were as
follows: ] E Truemner, d Schweitzer and
w Herm IN, jurors, each $50, S Erick-
son, w Erickson, J Erickson. J Christ
ianson, G Barnson, Mary Houle, Gud-
run Rjarnson, c Christianson, S Christ.
ianson, F Rosseau, witnesses, each 81, F
Rekja.in s3.70, B Halldorsson s2.4O, O
oturlogson sl.S0 DR. Farrow s1.SO, DIR
James $3.50, Fred Farrow. sheriff, $3.50,
G F Erskine, coroner, s23.sO, DR. Far
low, post mortem, $40, DR. James, post
mortem, $40. w J Burke, stenographer SIS
Mrs Rafferty, bd co poor ........S q 90
Neche Chronotype stationery. 800
] w Denneson bd and nursing co
poor T Moe, bill s63, allowed. As 90
Argus Print Co 3. 600 tax sale cert SO 90
NJ J SWitzer supplies ............ 21 80
A d Gibson voting booth, Avon. 8 25
Geo Healy constable fees ....... 8 80
John Halcrowjustice. ............ 225
J Holmes witness. l 25
T A Thompson justice. 5 Is
] McCaffery sheriff. riff.............. 10 90
R Aylen justice. ce................. 200
B F Walters sheriff ............ 5 55
w Burke expense & incidental. 118 90
Geo Taylor commissioner. ..... 81 80
H P Ottem do ....... "a 90
Chas Full sup CO poor .......... 30 90
do Jail ........ 20 35
Mrs Webb rent co poor. ..... 400
F c Myrick do ........ IL 90
H P Hicks commissioner. ...... 16 80
F c Myrick do ....... 18 70
S Sigiusson do ........ 33 SO
r NJ Carson justice ........... 3 %
Geo Laney constable .......... 6 80
C. ,Lutes justice. IS
L 81,