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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
OUR VAST MINERAL RICHES.
Nearly Thousand Millions in Value Taken from the Earth
 Yearly.

A chart published by the geological survey gives a summary of the min eral products of the United States for the past ten years. The aggregate values have increased by more than one-haIf in that period and the fig ures for 1899 are greater than in any previous year. footing up the enor- nous total of S97G, ,OO0 GOO.
 The value of the metallic products of the year is given at $521,2IS SOS4 and of the nonmetallic at $441,19O S62. The latter class includes. of course. the coals-$16S, coo, 600 in bituminous and $SS,C0000o in Pennsylvania anthracite -$64 GOO in petroleum. $20,OOO, 600 worth of natural gas and large value in stone. brick clay and cement, with various other minerals
 Of the metals our pig iron is worth almost as much as all others together, the'valne of last years product being given at $245 CC0, 900. Copper comes next, worth $104, ,OO0, ,OC0, and the S71.- 100000 in gold is third. The market value of the silver produced in 1899 was about $33, 100000 and the lead and zinc together were worth about as much. Quicksilver, aluminium, anti mony, nickel and plantinum are the other metals that figure in the table.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
STORY OF 4 SLAN4-

To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst torn of slavery. George D. Williams, of Manchester, Mich, tells how slci, 2 slave was made free. He says: My wife has been so helpless for five gears that she could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters she is wonderfully i'm proved and able to do her work" This supreme remedy for female dis eases quickly cures nervousness. sleep lessness, melancholy, headache, back ache. fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working medicine is q godsend to weak, Sickly, run down people Every bottle guaranteed Only 90 cents. Sold by G. L. Dexter & Co, Druggist.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
RODE ON CAR ROOF,
A. YounS Woman's Experience in Beating Her Way Home from
 New York City.

The crew of fast freight train on the Lehigh Valley railroad found a young woman on top of a box car a short distance west of Pattenburg. \. J., the other night. The woman was unable to see, having been blind- ed by cirders that flew from the stacl, of the locomotive drawing the train Crouched close to the top of the car, she was clinging to the footbcard She was taken to the locomotive and brought to Easton. When she reached that city Detective Miller, an officer in the employ of the railroad company, placed the woman under arrest, on the charge of illegal car riding.
 Excited from her terrible experi- ence on the fast moving train, the prisoner was thought to be delnented. It was mainly on that account that she. was taken to the lookup. At the station house, after she had been per .nitted to rest and wash the dirt from
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20

but the Alton or Milwaukee are easier than the 'Q.'''
 The Alton's gone, and the other doesn't leave until II o'clock, and f don't want to wait so long"
 All right; come in and sit down. The O. man will be in to register in few minutes" and then the little gate in the counter was opened and, seated be- side an operating table near her new friend, her voice often drowned by the incessant clicks of the '.sounders,'' she told the story of her travels.
 ''-As l told you" she said, T lost out in March last, and l knew when I got my time, that there was no job in Den yer for me until business picked up, so ] got a pass over the Fort Worth 6, Denver to Fort Worth, and started out to hunt up a place. I didn't find any job in Fort Worth or Dallas. so I went east. I have been in IS states and travelled a whole week about the At lantic coast, and I've seen a whole lot of things western girls seldom get a chance to see, but I've found no work, and now I'm going back home and wait for something to turn up. I've plenty of money; but 1 don't like to pay rail- road fare. l guess I'm getting to be too much of hobo for that I haven't paid out q dollar for fare since I start ed, and I've rode nearly 10000 miles already"
 Just then Chicago, Burlington Ss Quincy conductor came into the office and started to the counter.
 ''There's @ man. Try him. said the operator.
 The old fellow iD blue and gold had hardly completed the registry of his train before he heard at his elbow the ole familiar query: Do you show any favors to railroad people? ?''
 This old passenger man had turned down" lots of "brakers'' and conduct DTS, and l,e whirled around. prepared to crush this tourist with a sharp mega tive. but when he saw the pretty face and looked into the spark.ing eyes of the fair hobo he hesitatsd
 There is old, adag that says: ssThe man who hesitates is lost.' and in this case the truth of the axiom was amply verified. He shoved his fingers through his hristling gray hair. looked around d momsnt. and finally said: "Not often. They watch Us pretty close now.''
 But Eve got q trayeiiug card and good clearances, and I'm in hurry to get 0 Denver"
 Let me see them," said the ticket puncher.
 He read the letters. asked the oper. ator If the card was all right. and. get. ting an affirmative answer. said:
 'We.l, guess it's all right. Trains On the second track.''
 The operator put on his coat md es- eor.ed the girl out to tbe train, and in a few minutes she was on her way to Denver.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS

The polo game between the Pequots and Hanky Pankys Tuesday night at the West End rink was q lively one. The score was $ to in favor of the Hanky Panlys.
 A meting was held in All Saints church yesterday afternoon and all ar engagements were made for the Christ mas festivities which will take place at the church.
 A number of our people went to Wa terbury last evening to do Christmas shopping.
 Friday afternoon there will be an entertainment in the school house on Newton Heights. There is to be a Christmas tree, and singing and recital tations by the children. Miss Susie Chambers of Cherry street, Water bury. is the teacher
 There are many of the Rev F. M. Skagens friends here who regret his departure and wish him to know that he has still friends left in this village. Friends sprang up where he least ex- pected them and those whom he thought were his friends betrayed him. He did many good things in this viii lage which should be remembered and We trust he will succeed in his new field of labor. The following lines may explain his case:
 There are things in this world
 That to me look appalling,
 Some knock q man over.
 Then kick him for failing;
 Drag his once noble name
 Down deep in the mire,
 Till he loses all courage
 And heart to aspire.
 RAY SMITH.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20

ROOSTER TRANSFORMED.
Once It CrOvyed and Was Gr>,, Fighter, Now It Lays Egcs
 Regularly.

There IS l2 EdseWater. the property of one John Marshall a former city policeman. rooster that is not roos- ter-or, better. rooster that was once a rooster, but is nov: a hen. a rccular common everyday egg-laying hen, re- ports a Chicago cxchanre. In i+s younger days this bird WAS a prize Winning game cock, on exhibition nj the Springfield state fair. where it car- tured the prize. Marshall was very much struck with the qualities of the bird and purchased it. He brought if % Chicago and was soon the object of all his neighborS' wrath because the fighting rooster killed all the cocks in the neighborhood
 It became necessary for him to lock the bird up and after it had been cap tive for several months Marshall mo- tlced that the tail Of his pet had dis appeared. In few weeks the rooster lost his spurs and his comb. and later his feathers began to change color. Experts were called in and pronounced the case q mystery.
 Marshall thought he had wonder and locked the rooster in his basement for safe keeping. One morning he was astonished 10 find an egg in the cellar. lie could not believe that the rooster had laid the egg, but thought some Of his friends had put it there for joke. Determined to solve the case. he se- creted himself in the cellar one night and watched the rooster lay an egg. Now he declares that he owns one of the wonders of the world
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
GIRL PLAYS TRAMP.
Female Photographer Who Pays No Railroad Fares.
Travelled Nearly 10000 Miles in Three Months-knows How to Win over Stubborn Conductors
 and Brake7nea.

In the argot of the office she was "a bird" She wasn't a hobo in the gen. eral meaning of the term. but she was very near in kin-a railroad telegraph operator, out of a job, and on a hunt for another place. She had good let,ers and a travelling card from the o. R. T. (Order of Railway Telegraphers) and, in this instance, was 'panhandling' her fellow railroaders for transporta- ton. She was young and bright, and more than ordinarily pretty, wore $ neat tailor made suit and carried little grip.
 When she was first seen by one of the operators in the big telegraph office at the Union depot, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, she was standing at the counter where lay the register books and sheets. and was looking over one of the C. B. &s c. registers. Thinking she had made mistake in invading the end where the regular query is 'How's Pan-Han6le A" or ''Is Alton on time?' one of the operators at the dispatcher's table started fer the coun- ter to see what she wanted.
 He had hardly strengthened up from his chair when little mystic sign came from the woman, and the big operator, with a grin of surprise and pleasure on his face, hurried forward with out stretched hand.
 Where you from?" he asked.
 'Denver," replied the girl Il lost my office there last spring, and I've been east trying to get another, but the casts no good, and I'm going back to see my old chief again and make try to get back on the Rio Grande Do you know any Of these Q men who go out to-night?"
 Yes, all of them, but they are hard game to try to beat"
 Well, I've ridden with some in the east that the boys said were tough, but I had no trouole''
 Iii you wish, i'll try and help you,
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
INVENTED BY 4 WOMAN.
The Spindle and Loom We're 0riEf- Hc1iy Designed by Chinese
 Worker.

All woacen arc not GcgraGed in China. Witness the GclyGcer empress. who rose. by the force of her own will, fren, the position ot a slave to that of ru1er over the most YoPUious nation on tae Slobe. Notwithstanding the prejudice against the se:- among the MopEo!s woEtea occasionally break through the barriers and achieve distinction.
 In Shanghai, the metropolis of the most coveted section of that vast e1n- pire, is temple erected in honor of Huang, q woman deifed for her great service to her people, and Chinese men do not disdain to worship before her image.
 Centuries ago an elderly lady of good family and condition. who had hitherto lived in the region of kwan-Tung. re- moved to Wu-Ni-Ching, near Shang- nal. where she spent the remainder of her life. Since the lacy happened to be Huang. this simple event revolution lzed the province in which she made her home. It was great revolution, yet the most conservative will not ac- cuse her of having left "woman's sphere,' since her instruments were those associated with countless won- en. from Penelope. the terrible Fates. and the 'virtuous woman" of Solomon's praise. down to our own grandmothers the spindle and the loom.
 Cotton fabrics have been used to some extent in China for 4,OOO years, but the cotton interest, now so inn pcrtant, received its first real impetus about 500 years ago.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
READY FOR A VOTE
Discussion of Hay-Pauncefote
 Treaty Falls Flat.
TREATY WITH SPAIN TAKEN UP
BoutelIe Resolution Passed by the senate-House Votes to Compel the Pennsylvania Railroad to Build
 New Depot at yVashington.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 20. Yester days executive session of the senate dem. onStrated that the discussion of the Hay. Pauncefote treaty by that body is prac. ucally exhausted and that the senate is ready for the vote, which has been fixed for today. When upon Senator Lodges motion the doors were closed yesterday and he called up the treaty, no senator evinced desire to speak upon it.
 Without making any special request fo1 speakers Alr. Lodge asked the senate to take up the treaty with Spain providing for the cession to the United States of the Philippine Islands of Sibutu and Cagay- an Zulu and their dependencies ill con slderation of the payment to Spain of $1OO,UuO. Objection to this request was made by several senators, including Messrs. Hoar. Wellington and Bacon, and Senator Lodge, with the hope of re- moving the objections made. went into a brief explanation Of the terms of the ne- gotiations.
 Senator Hoar said he should like to have more time to consider the question, and Senator Bacon said that notwith- standing he Is member of the commit tee on foreign relations he had not been present when report upon the treaty was authorized. He therefore would ap- preciate further opportunity to go over the docufnent. Senator Wellington made unqualified objection
 Accordingly the treaty was laid aside for the time being.
 Congress has authorized the preaident to appoint Representative Charles A Boutelle of Maine to be a captain of the United States navy on the retired list Without q word of opposition, even of comment, the senate passed the house resolution authorizing MT. Boutelle's re- tirement.
 Aside from the transaction of some routine business and the passage of T private pension bills the senate did noth- ing Of importance in open session.
 The house at the end of a spirited con- test extending over two days passed bills to compel the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads to abolish grade crossings, to alter their routes into the city and to change their terminal facilities. An amendment was placed upon the Pennsylvania bill to require the read to build new station to cost not less than $1,500,OOO.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
After Twenty-Nine Years and Seven
 Months Two .Murderers Are Captured and Punished.

Nemesis seldom has tracked the evil doer longer or more consistently to the final reckoning than in the case of Mi .hael Rigosa and his wife Adele, re- gently on trial in Rome for the murder of the husbands parsnts almost 30 years ago.
 Adele Retrosi then was the wife Of a rich Italian landowner. He was older than she. their tastes were not in com mon, and he scarcely commanded her respect. Soon after marriage they be- gan to drift apart, so that one day when Michael Rigosa came to the old chateau the pretty Adele was open to ais f1atteries. l was not long until al. but the husband saw the mutual at tachment that had sprung up between
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
/ Strike Declared Off.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Dec 20-The strike at the collieries of the Kingston Coal company has been declared off. and the 1000 employees returned to work this morning. The officials of the com pany and the committee of strikers were in conference all day yesterday. The company agreed TO pay all its employees semimonthly in the future and also allow the miners a check weighrnan of their own. The toppage and company store questions will be arbitrated ill the near future. The strikers dema nded the dis charge of Foreman Thomas E. Morgan, but it was mutually agreed to refer the matter to the executive branch of the United Mine Workers. It is understood the men are satisfied with the conces- sions made by the company and will not insist on Morgan severing his connection with the company
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
NAUGATUcK NEWS
Commissioners Awarded Benefits and
 Damages Last Night.

Commissioners Awarded Benefits and
 Damages Last Night.
 The commissioners on benefits and damages to property owners on Maln' Maple and Oak streets met yesterda! and examined two witnesses, MT W ard and Engineer Ham. Engineer Ham was first and he thought that NIT Kiley would be damaged about a'ou. He thought that MT Culver would De benefited by the change about Sooo on Main street. $2OO on Maple street and S4OO on Oak street. He conslu- cred him damaged about S2oO on Main street S300 on Oak street and Sl,ooo on Maple street. He did not consluer the buildings, with the exception or Mir Culvers well. which he considered worth about S150. A. C. Iuttle was requested to examine the property ana bring in an estimate, after which the hearing adjourned until Saturday morning. During the hearing MT Kennedy said this business was all a farce and that the commissioners should examine the buildings them selves and then place valuation on them and have that regarded as thelr decision. and not be running up q Dill on the borough which increases every tune the COnlnlSSlOneIS lllcpl.
 Notes.
 The state treasurer has paid over to Town Treasurer Wigmore the sum of S3 .OO0. due the borough on tie state road which was built by Pagan Bros on Main street the past summer
 The Social Blizzard company played to very small audience last night.
 Tonight at the opera house the Wa terbury Vaudeville company will give a show, followed by q dance
 A fair sized crowd attended the hash and pancake supper at the Meth odist church last night.
 The !. M. C. l. will meet tonight. All members are requested to be pre- ent. as business of importance is to be transacted.
 All the factories in town. with the exception of the glove department of the ~. l. R. Shoe cOmpany'S plant. are to shut down Saturday night for ten days. The first ticket will be made on January ?, 1901.
 There were eight knights of the road in Chief Smiths hotel last night.
 Some of the tramps that strike this town are very abusive to the house wives and sometimes go as far as to force themselves into the house. House wives should be careful not to allow these fellows much freedom.
 Eugene Sullivan. who attends Yale college, is home for the Christmas hol- idays.
 Twins were born yesterday to MT ard Mrs Victor Werner of Hotchkiss street.
 The Eintracht lodge. No 524. is to run masquerade ball on Friday, Jan uary p, 1901.
 The schools will close tomorrow for the Christmas vacatIon
 Court Unity, No 9 F. of A.. at their annual meeting. held last evening. elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: c. R.. George Lambert; S. C. R.. George Patchett; treasurer W. J. Moore: F. &. W. B. Gates: R. l s.. Aaron French; s. w. William Hughes: J. w., William Smith: s. B.. 1 John Stockton; J., B. Thomas Taft: ! captain of guards, T. F. Kelley: physi- ] elan. Dr Johnson.
 The Good Will Social club has been | closed up by Sheriff Sweeney. who 1 acted for J. D. Shea. to whom. it is re- ported, they owe q sum of money.
 There was no session of the bor- ough court this morning.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
PennSYINani RaiINRya.

HARRISBURG, Dec. 20. - Major Isaac B. Brown. superintendent of the bureau of railways of Pennsylvania, has submitted to Governor Stone his annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30. The report shows capitalization. in cluding stock, bonds and current Iiabili- ties, of $2,96o. or .932, with assets of $3,- O67, ,955, ,ool, of the 443 steam railways operating in whole or in part in PenDsyl- vania. These companies have 2S,SS5 miles of road, own II, ,141 locomotives, 1070 passenger cars and J12,0 ,04S freight cars. On these roads there were employed during the year 307,737 per sons, to whom there was paid during that period S1I6. 162 45S as compensation for services. The trains of these corpo- rations traversed 251, TIT .050 miles and carried 205, ,939,SS4 passengers and 59S,- '995, ,33S tons of freight.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
M.IScles and Hrnin.

In one of his recent lectures at Clark University, Prof. Angelo Mosso, of Turin, averred that Physical edu- cation and gymnastics serve not only for tEe development of the muscles. but for that of the brain as weu.'' It is becoming evident, he said, that as much time should be devoted to muscular exercise as to intellectual exercise, and children should begin reading and writing only after they are nine years old. Muscular fatigue exhibits phenomena identical with intellectual fatigue. Nerve cells show on the average every ten seconds tend- ency to rest. It is probable that only part of the brain is active at time: the various parts relieve each other. The more mobile any animals extrem- ities are the more intelligent, other things being equal, he says.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20

the two. He went on, blinded, to his death.
 Not so the parents of Rigosa. They objected to the elopement that had been planned. and which the ardent son had imparted to them. There was a stormy scene. Finally the parents threatened exposure. The sons mer- curial temperament broke all bounds. and he plunged a sti.etto into the hearts of both his father and his mother.
 Blood I'm ddened, he fled to the chateau where he told the story to the beautj Il Adele. They had gone so far; Dhey must go further. The rich hu' oand was in the house, but before D.e two guilty ones stole away from Lfs shadow he lay dead, with the same stiletto in his heart.
 The two were captured, and sen- fenced to death. They escaped to Con- stantinople, and from there to New York, where they lived for years. Finally, feeling that the Italian police had forgotten the crime. they returned to Naples boldly, and for 20 years they had lived there in sumptuous style when an accident betrayed them. Aft CT 30 years the Italian penal code al lows immunity for a crime. but a the time of the arrest only 29 years and seven months had elapsed.
 So, imprisonment for life has come to them at last. the death penalty hay Ing been abrogated in Italy several years ago.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20

her face and eyes. the young woman gave an account of her trip.
 She said her home was near Allen. town and that her name was Name Steel. She had been to New York and had tired of the big city. Long, ing to get back home and not having money to pay her fare. she decided to steal q ride on a freight train. as she had often read of men and boys doing. Walking to Newark, she climbed on a freight car. She barely had time to tie her hat fast to the short sacque she wore when the train began to move. In moment or two it was travelling at a high rate of speed. The. wind chilled her and nearly swept her from her perch, but she clung to the footboard.
 After having learned the story the railroad officials withdrew the charge against her, and she received ticket to her home.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
David City. Neb. Apri1 ! 1ooo'

Genese Pure Food Co. Le Roy, \. Y.:.
 Gentlemen: l must say in regard to GRAIN.O that there is nothing better or healthier. We have used it for years. My brother was great coffee drinker. He was taken sick and the doctor said coffee was the cause of it, and told us to use GRAIN-O.4 We got a package but did not like it at first. but now would not be without it. My brother has been we'll ever since we ntarted to use 1t. Yours truly.
 LITTLE SOCHOR.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
yerloas ErGiCbt Wreck.

UTICA, N. Y, Dec. 20.-An NJ. and M. freight train of 33 cars was wrecked near Trenton, 1G miles from here, last night. Nine cars were derailed, and their contents blocked the tracks for several hours. Brakeman Walter D. Jordan of Utica was injured
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
Government Cen.us Sustained

RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 20.-The police census of the city of Raleigh, taken on account of dissatisfaction with the result of the government census, has been con- pleted sIt skoy,s 13,GT4 people in the city limits, or only 31 more than the gov ernment enumeration.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
Two Hundred Christians Killed

LONDON, Dec. 20.-A dispatch to The Daily Express from Vienna. reports re- cent Moslem excesses against the Chris tian population in the central provinces of Turkey. where POO Christians have been killed
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
Dcnd ot 1ns

HARWICH, Mass, Dec. .2O.-James \. Nichols. 10S years of age, died yes terday of old age. He was a Welshman and had resided here for many years He leayessthree sons and two daughters.