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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1901-01-01
Didn't Know it Was Loaded.
fKinston Free press.)

Mr.. Cepkas Hay, son OF Mr.. Jno. c..
Hay, was shot and dangerously wounded
last night by Mr.. Rhem Taylor, son of
Mr. j. w. Taylor. The shooting was ac-
cidental. 1t was another case of fddn't
know it was loaded The ball entered
near the mouth and ploughed its way to
point just below the left eye. The young
man fell forward as soon as the pistol
fired, and it was thought he had been in
stantly kihed He was taken to his home
and Dir. W. t. PARROT was summoned,
who did all he could to relieve the suf-
fering of the young man. This morning
he was resting as easy as could be ex-
pected but it is thought that he cannot
live 1t is very unfortunate affair.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1901-01-01

The thermometer is a fair example of
q sliding scale.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1901-01-01

purposes. There il no sense in all TINS
fuss about appropriations as long as
there is nothing to appropriate. We nave
got to make the idea of brain and muscle
development fashionable, and there Will
be no mere trouble
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1901-01-01

Carlos Martinez Silvela Colombian
Minister fer Foreign Affairs, has been APP
pointed Minister to the United States
Government.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
HEARD IN, PASSING

We recall several times before when South Carolina affairs have focused national interest
 Politicians are not the only persons who find it easier to make promises than to make good.
 Sir Thomas Lipton may never lift the cup, but he has cinched his right to be known as "a dead game sport"
 In view of the amount of indemnity demanded of China, the previous loot ing looks like game of penny craps
 It rests entirely with the dismissed West Point cadets to determine wheth- CT they shall be permanently or only temporarily disgraced.
 The Chicago Tribune thinks no min ister should preach longer than fifteen minutes. Now, it is up to some preach CT to say that the limits of the mann. moth newspapers should be curtailed.
 Scientists have ceased to regard any thing as impossible. Some of them are now seriously discussing schemes to utilize the electrical forces in the aurora borealis of the Arctic regions to furnish man with power and light.
 Judging from the press comments, the Philadelphia conference of the Af- rican NJ. E. church did not make Solomon-like hit when it declared by a vote of 101 to that Booker F. Washington Is not lone of the greatest negroes in the world
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
BUILDING NOTES.

J. J. Macauley is building an addi- tion and making alterations to the Wa tertown chapel.
 Contractors have figured plans for the new three-family house to be built on Cherry stret by Mrs Edward Dough erty.
 Plans have been drawn by Archi- teets Griggs & Hunt for large new factory building to be erected in New Britain by the North 6 Judd NTanufac- turing company.
 William H. Clay, who has for several years conducted q plumbing and heat ing business in this city, died last week at his residence on Dover street.
 Bids wifi Joe received at once on plans drawn by Engineer Ernest Glatzberg of Springfield for the sani- tary and ventilating plant to be placed in the Bank street school.
 Through the agency of W. J. Schle- gel, property at the corner of Park ave nue and Sparks stret has been sold to J. B. Kefford for +. J. Kingsbury.
 Frank P. Brett has purchased prop erty on Adams stret, through the agen- cy of w. J. Schlegel and is considering the erection of new three-family house.
 J. B. Kefford is considering the erec- ton of double house on Cooke street, where he has recently purchased prop erty of w. J. Schlegef
 s. V. Hole has about completed his contract for plumbing the new block of Victor Bernier on Baldwin street. Among other contracts are those for F. B; Cramwell and N, st Stowe, both on Chapel street,
 The Barlow Bros company have se- cured the contract for the plumbing and heating of the two new houses which E. c. Smith is building on Bucks Hill for H. D. and H, R, Hotchkiss. Bryan Bros are the masons Plans by Architects Griggs & Hunt.
 Plans have been completed by Archi- tect E. E. Benedict for a modern office and factory building to be erected by the New England Pin company. It will be five-story brick structure, 43x- 115 feet, with gravel roof. There will be two-story fireproof vault in con- nection with the offices, and an eleYa- tor will be installed.
 Contractors have figured plans pre- pared by Architect T. B. Peck, for the fiYe-story apartment block to be erected on Prospect street by James s. Galley It will.be of brick, 40x76 feet, with tin roof. The building will contain ten apartments, heated by steam and pro- vided with electric lights, mantels, etc. Skylights will be required. The cost will be in the neighborhood of $20,OOO Commercial Record.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
BANKS ARE SAFEST.

q guess the banks are safer than stoves after all, remarked Fred Wero- bke, a grocery clerk of Melrose park, as he put a big roll of new crisp certi- ficates fresh from the treasury de- partment in his pockets. Until few weeks ago Werobke was of the opinion that it was not we'll to place any de pendence in the banks, because oc- casionally they fail, land then you lose all your money" Accordingly he used the oven of the old kitchen stove as his depository. One day, short while ago, Werobke came home from the store and discovered that his wife had built a fire in the stove because the old range baked better shortcakes than the gas stove and she wanted te give him an unusual treat. But suddenly he remembered his $4S1 in bills and he turned pale. He rushed to the stove and pulled out the roll of bills. It was very badly scorched and his heart sank. He gathered up the pieces and sent them to the treasury department at Washington, hoping that a part of the original amount might be recovered. Yesterday Werobke received $461 from the department and a few words of ad- vice against the use of cooking stoves as money vaults The first thing he did was to put his. money safely away in a bank. Last night more than hun dred of his neighbors enjoyed an even ing's entertainment at his expense and helped him to rejoice.r Chicago Record Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04

Representative Livingston of Geor- gia said of the action of the governor of South Carolina. in declining to ac- cept the resignations of Senator Till man and McLaurin: Governor Me Sweeney did exactly right. Tillman and McLaurin did wrong in resigning: A campaign would tear the state all to pieces and no good would come to any body. Such a campaign would have been full of bitterness. The people of the state have been torn by politics for eleven years and Q hot campaign this year would undoubtedly have been detrimental" The same sentiment has been expressed in Washington by many other democrats.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
LITTLE MATTER OF s62.5o.

< K 5 VI t i < Once upon q time an eminent citi- zen entered the office of gas com pany and threw down the months bill he had received that day, and shouted: Now, by the beard of my father, but am wroth and want gore p
 Anything wrong, ?' kindly and sympathetically queried the young man at the window
 Wrong! Wrong! Can you not read? Can't you see that sum total through your young and innocent
 "of surety I can, sir. see by this bill you are charged with 5OOo0 feet of gas at SIPS per thousand for the last month-total $62.5O Prithee. sir, but why this feryidness of speech?''
 never burned that gasr'
 But the meter, sir-the meter makes no mistakes. It runneth night and day, like brook to the sea. It hath business to do, and it doeth it. The meter records that you burned 5O,00O feet of gas during the last month. What the meter records is re- corded. However, will summon here the secretary, who is man of more fiuency of speech than myself.''
 Why this kick. my dear sirg' kind- NJ ttoNSSh ehC SSGAClAIy uS lie appeared.
 Because of the size of this bill.'s "But you must remember that last month was long one. You have but to glance at the calendar to see that the days and nights numbered thirty and one. 'Tis the calender you should blame. You will easily recall that the days were dark and dreary and the night long and full of lonely shadow.''
 But was away on visit and my house was deserted, I did not even burn one foot of your internal gasp
 lis passing strange quoth the secretary. T will summon hence our president, as he looked upon the kick CT. Hath news of war or the ey citement of politics turned thy head? Hath thou escaped from some insane asylum and come here with wheels in thy head?'
 Not by a jugfuli How could burn your gas in my house when it was shut up? I was away with my family on q visit, and I will make a thousand affidavits that no burner was left lighted as went Iris robbery. sir; tis bold-faced, cold blooded rob bery!'
 1is a song that is ever being sung, exclaimed the president as a look of sorrow crossed his face AAAtuSS, iCiloW-uldu, UuC no one says you burned the gas, and no one denies that your house was shut up. This bill is simply for the leakage which always takes place in a house when the family is absent. Iris about trifie, and if thou art inclined to raise great row now and"
 70, no, no, no! simply did not un- derstand. It looked like highway robbery. Your explanation is not only satisfactory, but here is the cash. and beg your pardon for my unseem- ly conduct"
 And he counted down sixty-two and a half big dollars, shook hands all around and wished them peace and prosperity, and his shadow had hardly turned the corner when a woman came in and said they might take the shoes off her feet before she'd pay the outrageous bill of $1.75 they had sent by the same mail-Washington Post.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
COLDS COST MONEY

A leading insurance journal says somewhat pathetically that colds costs the life insurance companies a million dollars month. What they cost those who catch cold is, of course, quite be- yond cavil or reclaim, but the paper goes on to warn the. careless who hap pen to own policies how to be able to keep on paying premiums q while lon ger. The gist of the advice is to avoid exposure, keep out of draughts and fight a cold from start to finish "The grave is still very hungry" it adds. Beside, the life insurance companies would like to save million q month"
 The highest medical authority in journalism gives the following: "The philosophy of prevention is to preserve the natural and healthy action of the organism as a whole and of the sur face in particular, while habituating the skin to bear severe exposure, and natural stimulation by pure air and clean water, and orderly habits of hy- giene and health." All this is import ant at this particular season. People are changing clothes, rushing out upon golf fields, taking long rides on wheels, speeding in automobiles, swinging along in country lramb1es and eourting the open, air and it's abreeZes. Tn its way it is we'll. but overriding leads to undoing.- Evening Post
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
THE NEW WARsHIPs.
Tn Order to rncrease Battery Power and steaming Raiif Will Not Re
 Given Excessive Speed Powers.

Tn orderuto increase their battery power and steaming radii, the project ed battleships and armored cruisers will not be given excessive speed pow CTS, says the Washington correspon- dent of the New York Herald.
 This has been determined by the board of construction. The battle ships will be about the size of the Pennsylvania class--that is 15,OO0 tons --and the armored cruisers will be about 14,0o0 tons, the displacement of the California class. The battleships will have speed of 19 knots, while the armored cruiser will not have more than 22 knots and perhaps only 21. A suggestion was made that they be de- signed for g knots, but the conclusion was reached that the space for the ma chinery to produce this speed could better be utilized in storing coal and adding to the battery strength.
 The board has not yet determined upon the battery arrangement of the ships. Plans have been prepared by each member, some of which embody the superposed turret principle. Some of the members believe enough battler ships equipped with superposed tur- rets have been constructed, and they will urge return to the quadrilateral arrangement.
 The Union iron works has asked for an extension of time on the torpedo boat Perry, which on her recent trial trip made only 28s5 knots, three-quar- ters of a knot below her designed speed. The additional time desired by this company is for the purpose of re- modelling the stern.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04

The differences between this coun- thus written about in the last number of the New England Engineering Mag azine: 'There are some costs, in the present state of the laws and customs existing in Britain, with which the British manufacturer will be perma- nently handicapped, but from which Americans are exempt. Such are the landlords royalties and wayleaves of from Sd to Is per ton on all minerals, a lesser amount for limestone used for Aux and for stone and clay for build ing purposes; payment for. land sur face on which to build works; and payment for surface land with per mission to sink pits and to expend large sums of money to dig down into the bowels of the earth for minerals The landlord makes it a condition that he shall not be called upon to pay any local rates on the amount of royalties and wayleayes paid to him, or on the ground rents he imposes for houses built in colliery and works districts, or in towns and shipping ports, ,ginhabl tied by those engaged in the manufac ture of iron and steel, it's transport on railways, or it's disposal at points of shipment. All this means that work men have to be paid more wages, and employers must add in proportion to their selling prices in order to pay these landlord imposts. Further, the landlord makes provision that his leases of houses, built to form village communities and towns to carry on trade, are granted for a limited num- Der of years only. The lessee agrees that the houses shall be kept in repair and insured against fire, and at the expiration of the lease the landlord 'annexes' the house, place of business, or works premises, with its increased commercial value created by the lessee during the period of the lease, without any payment to this lessee"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
A TRIBUTE TO OUR BRAVES
 (By Member.)

You may talk about your shut outs And all about your put lem outs But all the games are as rlpples To river, when Kelley triples
 Into the box,
 As A. B. A. C%, His old arm is sure and steady, And with his speed he's always ready, Sos our Pratte so unassuming, But he's like cannon booming,
 Standing in the box,
 A B. A. c. And behind the bat guard so strong, Is dear old "Mac," who's never wrong, When 1t comes to catching every thing He's there, and waiting for anything
 To help along the
 B. A. C.. Then if you look around you'll see Three large smiles, on bases one, two, three, And brighter one could never be Than Hannan's, who with bat so free
 Always loved the B. 4. c. Dan sprained his ankle, that's too bad, But as trouble we must not borrow, We must ask good Jack Barnes, now sad, To fix him up in shape tomorrow
 For the sake of the
 B. A. c. Then there is Freddy Lallier, too, Who's to the blue and white so true He is a peach, he is dandy, We must buy him box of candy
 For he fights for the
 B, A. c. There in the gardens, right and left, Also the center garden, too, # Stand our Billy, Tom and Tommy, Wishing that a fly might come to
 The wearers of the
 B. A. c. They are batters, they are sluggers,> Yes They surely lead the city. They are far ahead of others, And this little story, though not witty,
 Shows the make up of the
 B. A. c.
 Rah ! Rah Rah
 WILSON ALLEN PIERCE.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04

Has the president deserted high pro- lection and become a disciple of Blanc reciprocity and Babeock tariff reform? That interesting question has been more or less discussed in Wash ington for some time, and the number of those who take the affirmative side is steadily increasing. It will be re- membered that Mir Mckinley was un- usually persistent in his efforts to get the senate to ratify the reciprocity treaties negotiated by his direction, and he made. no effort to hide his cha grin at the failure of those efforts. In terest in this matter was increased by the telegraphed report of speech made at Montreal by NJ. Siegfried, French statesman who was a recent caller at the white house, in which he quoted MT Mckinley as having said to him that he was no longer an ex- treme protectionist; that the time had come when 1t was necessary to obtain new and wider foreign markets and that tariff concessions would have to be made to get them. That statement is believed to be substantially correct, although white house officials decline to either deny or affirm it. Another witness along the same line Is Charles A. Moore, president of the American protective tariff league, who was with MT Mckinley on his trip to the Pacific coast, and who has publicly stated that Mir Mckinley was no longer an extreme protectionist and that he was intent upon trying to extend our market through commercial reciproci- ty. Mir Moore went further and said that unless we could get more foreign markets, over productions would soon make serious trouble for us. Compare this sort of talk with the speeches made when the Mckinley tariff bill was before congress, and you get an idea of the radical change of mind these high protectionists have under gone. The original Mckinley tariff bill did not provide for reciprocity at all, and it was only by reading the riot act that the late James c. Blanc, then sec retary of state, succeeded in having a
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
SHE CHANGED HER MIND.

"I will" she exclaimed: q will not live with you another day!'
 ..You'll leave me, will you?' he calm ly asked.
 "Yes, will"
 tsWhenY'
 ''Now-right off-this minute"
 ''You'll go away?''
 s'Yes, sir"
 ssI wouldn't if were you.@
 "But I will. I defy you to prevent me. I have suffered at your hands as long as can put up with you"
 sOh, shan't try to stop you," he quietly replied. "I'll simply report to the police that my wife has mysterious ly disappeared They'll want your description and I win give it. You wear No shoes, you have an extra large mouth, you walk stiff in your knees, your nose turns up at the end, eyes rather on the squint, voice like a-o
 Wretch! You wouldn't dare do that!' she screamed.
 "I certainly will and the description will go in all the newspapers 7
 They glared at each other moment in silence. Then 1t was plain to be seen that she had changed her mind. Wash ington Star.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
WIRE-WoUND GUN.
Dcpnrtinent Takes Ont Patents on Improved Cannon.

Army officers are interested greatly in the fact that a patent has been is- sued to Capt. William Crozier,s of the ordnance department, for improve ments in wire-wopnd guns. Capt. Gro this government at The Hague peace conference and recently refused the commission of professor at the mil itary academy, as the successor of the late Prof. Nfichie.
 The wire-wound principle has never met with much favor by the army ordinance office, and it is something of surprise, therefore, that Capt Crozier should have taken up the sub iect. The system is used extensively in Great Britain, and 1t is evidently to be tested seriously at home.
 The fact that Capt. Crozier has in- vented improvements in the principle is accepted in the army as an indica- ton that there is some chance of the principle being considered favorably. The invention relates to the class of guns in which central tube is rein forced by layers of wire.
 It is fact we'll known to con structors of ordnance that in guns of the class. mentioned, difficulty is en- countered in securing proper longi- tudinal strength of the cannon, the wire wrapping having no resistance in the direction of the axis of the bore. A feature of the invention con sists of the manner of so blocking to- gether the parts of the gun that they cannot separate in longitudinal di- rection under the action of the forces to which the gun is subjected, at the same time interrupting in scarce ly perceptible degree the continuity of the wire envelope.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
SHARES HER FORTUNE.
Estate of Fernnpdo Yznaea to Be Di- vided by Duchess with
 Relatives.

The dowager duchess of Manches- ter will share with her mother and her two sisters the $3,oo0,o0e estate bequeathed solely to her by her broth er,s the late Fernando Yznaga. Her grace has volunteered to divide her wealth with those disinherited. The will of Fernando was proved with the assent of every member of the fam fly.
 There was no limit or condition placed on the bequest. Fernando Yznaga, with one stroke of the pen, left all of his property, both real and personal, to his sister, Consuelo, duchess of Manchester. His real property in New York state was es- timated at about $2, 2,o0o,O00. The to- tai value of the estate was believed to exceed $3, 100000.
 General surprise was occasioned in New York by the will, not only be- cause of it's breyity, but also because of the omission of the names of his mother, Mrs. Antonio Yznaga, and his sisters, Lady Lister-Kaye and Miss Emma Yznaga. Some of those who knew MT. Yznaga we'll said that his will was not altogether a matter of surprise, as his devotion to his sis. ter Consue1o was we'll known.
 What the duchess will do for her son, the present duke, remains to be seen. As he is the only surviving child, there seems to be no doubt that his present financial condition is likely to be bettered. It is well known that the Manchester estates are en- cumbered, and the jointure of Con suelo, dowager duchess, is not sutfi- cient to keep up her rank in England. Through the generosity of devoted brother she will now be able to live more in accord with her high rank
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1901.

Bryan has resumed his old speciality of cudgeling the supreme court of the United States Hartford Post.
 He is not alone in yielding the club, as you may have noticed. There are many others.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
The Magic of Education.

Let that man gloat, whose ill-considered
 plea
 Calls life hollow mockery--a bead Within the whirlpool of a grasping
 greed A worn bark drifting on a luckless sea- A rose without roses liberty A blind mans journey, with no guide to
 lead--
 A weary, passing show for none to heed Let that man gloat! Then, let him come
 to mel I'll tell him that. beyond his narrow ken, There blooms field whose glories are SD
 rare That all the prizes won by living men Are infinitely vague--beneath compare. I'll tell him. but to touch Minerva's $ train, To feel the flaming of her subtle breath, Would fire life whose limItlegs domain Connot be bordered by the realms of
 death. Robert Mackay, in Success.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

St Vincent de Paul.
 Court Falcon, F. of A. First division, A. O. H. Naomi chapter, o. E. S. St Jean Baptiste society. Anchor lodge, N. b. O. P. Patriotic Sons of America. Fraternity lodge, I. O. G. T. Nosahogan lodge, I. O. o. F. Good Cheer council, O. 0. K. Old Glory assembly, N. K. l.. Carpenters and Joiners' union. Progressive council. o. U. A. NJ. Bricklayers' and Masons' union. Sanctuary Onward, A. O. S. of A. Barcelona council, K. of c. Friendly league, shirt waist, mando in
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04

The price of the Democrat remains at S5 per year. with 10 per cent re- duction if paid in advance. thus mak ing the price $4.50. The paper Is de- livered to any part of the city. If you want paper that gives the news buy the Democrat
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04
A ponuIar rrnst

If the soap trust is being formed for the purpose of limiting the output, says the Chicago Record Herald, it can count on the solid tramp vote without any electioneering.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04

reciprocity amendment added thereto. There is food for the brains of thought full democrats i'll this subject.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-04

When you want team or hack, go 10 Austin's. Phone.