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The times., 1901-05-19
WHISKY AGED BY SPIDERS.
Bogus Operations Performed by
Owners of Warehouses.
(FrOm the Chicago Chroniele.)

Spiders In a wine cellar or a warehouse
in which whisky is stored are very useful
insects to the owners of the liquors, and
they are utilized to the fullest extent. BY
their aid whisky just brought from the
still is made 10 appear as II II had been
lying in store for many years and it's
market value is thereby trebled or quad
rupled The trick was discovered by the
United States Agricultural Department
when 1t went to assemble the exhibit OF
American liquors for the Paris EXPOSE
tion. When one stops to consider how
simply the aging process can be accom-
plished and how largely it adds to the
selling price of what would otherwise be
a very cheap liquor it is not at all sur
prising that the device is resorted to and
that its devotees flourish.
The small black spider which haunts
the tenement rafters and delights in TAX
ing possession of the windows in aban-
doned stores is the chief medium in the
aging process. The working spiders ere
not picked uD by chance. but are saved
from day to day and week TO week and
fed with care and system. The cObWeb-
makers have discovered that. lacking a
sufficient supply of freshly killed flies the
spiders will thrive equally well on d
gelatinouS mixture of meat Jelly, thick
ened with little sugar.
The first step in the operation Of aging
a bottle of fresh wine is to secure an ap-
propriate antique label. They are print
ed on a tiny handpress kept especially for
this purpose and the aging establishment
has q collection of blocks TO stimulate
dozen different labels. some of them for
geries of older brands
The labels are printed in cheap ink that
will not stand too well anyhow. but the
artists do not trust TO this alone, Tor
basket of 1856 port may have To come TO
the table in fOrty-eight hours after II has
received its cobweb drapfrieS. Conse-
auently. the labels are all dipped in small
bowl of weak tobacco water and dried on
a line over the stove mellow suggeS-
tion of age given by this eXpedient Is sur
prisingly deceptive when one considers the
of the operation
The labels are pasted and the bottle Is
ready for the finishing touches This con
sists in dipping them in a bucket OF water
and allowing them 10 drain without wip-
busted very lightly with mixture of
wood ashes and very fine sawdust The
result is that the damp bottle catches and
holds a light film. such is it would ac-
0uire only by years Of cellar life.
The final act is performed by the spid-
ers The bottles are placed in narrow
basket and two or three energetic Spid-
ers put in with them. The dusty surface
of the bottle offers an excellent induce
ment for them to work and 1t usually
takes only a few hours for the bottle 10
get the most artistic suggestion of cob
webbed age.
The Agricultural Department officials
declare that nearly nine-teuths of the
whisky sold over the bars throughout the
is aged" by the spiders rather
than by old Father Time, and to its infe-
rior quality is attributed the great in
crease of delirium tremens and other dis
eases to which liquor drinkers are prone.
The times., 1901-05-19
PROFITS FROM WASTE.
A Big City's Gain From the Gath
ings of T'riffes
(From The PhiladeIphia Recor


Very few people know what becomes
Of the waste which they scatter over the
floors of the City Hall or throw heed
lessly into the baskets of that mighty
pile. Yet the city makes from $500 to
$500 and 500 on this waste every year
The cleaning of the building has been en-
trusted to the public buildings commits
sion and to the chief of the bureau of city
property. the former having charge of the
corridors, the latter dominating over the
go odd rooms in the edifice. Each in
turn employs a large force of sweepers
On each floor are four receptacles, with
great bronze doorways, situated in the
supporting walls and opening into a shaft
that runs from the roof to the basement,
where IL enters a large room, called the
waste basket" These rooms are clean
ed out twice week, and their contents
carted away-all except the paper. which
is always separated from the other waste
matter and sold.
In amount of rubbish the City Commits
sioners hold first place. the Survey Bu-
reau, second; the Council chambers third
and the Buildings Commission fourth
From them come specifications ballots
old correspondence, drawings. and iron
copper, and tin waste, which all sell AT
good prices All the profits from this
source are turned over by the various
heads to the city treasurer.
The times., 1901-05-19
\ MiIlionaire's Predicnment.
From the New York Press.)


Many of our weIl-known millionaires
have a habit Of going about New York
with only a few cents of change in their
pockets, and perhaps none carries less Of
the coin of the realm than Henry Clews
Not long ago he and Mrs. Clews dined at
a place where the banker r-broker-author
was unknown. and where the rule was
strictly cash down. knowing that his
good wife generally had sufficient money
in her purse to defray any ordinary ex-
pense he whispered when the finger bowls
were brought: My dear, will you lend
me enough TO pay for the dinner2 | for
got to bring any money" But Mrs Clews.
too. had forgotten TO bring any money
and there sat this deiectable couple with
millions at home. but not a cent for hotel
tribute. The bankers explanation to the
waiter was not regarded as satisfactory
neither did the house understand. The
proprietor. a fellow without discernment
or tact. was so inclined to be incredulOus
that Mr.. Clews. disdaining a controversy.
quietly deposited his gold watch as a
pledge that the bill should be paid as soon
as he could send a messenger from his
home.
The times., 1901-05-19

more plentiful, and new supplies can be
obtained at dozen points where there
was only one or none at all a year or
TWO ago 1t is easy now, therefore for
a miner to travel between distant points
with a light sled and something less than
200 pounds of food and equipment FOR him
self and his animals
There is small demand in the Klon-
dlRe IN these days for any but the ma
tive dog, whose number has largely in
creased and whose breed has been i'm
proved. They are a hardy race pro-
dCced by mating Scotch collies with
made fortunes out Of them.
Now, under the competition of the cars,
dogs that would fetch $500 apiece former
Iy are disposed of gladly for $50 or 800.
The times., 1901-05-19
A STARTLING INTERRUPTION.
Interference of an Undertaken mt "A
Dinner
(From the Chicago Record Herald.)
From Tie Chicago Chronicle.)

Business propositions OF a startling nat
ure were thrust upon two friends who
We're seated in a downtown cafe last
week
The two friends had just completed a
meal and were commencing the conyersa-
tion that follows the coffee and accompa-
MES the cigars. in the course of their
conversation one Of the men happened to
make enquiries regarding the health of
a mutual friend
What is the matter with Jones?" he
asked Il have seen him lately and he is
looking pretty bad"
Il had not noticed IT," was the reply
We'll, do not see how you can have
failed to do SO" was the next remark
His face is white as a corpse"
At this point there was an interrIiption
a man who had been sitting at a nearby
table and who had evidently heard the
discussion of Jones health leaned over
and presented a card 10 the man who was
SO anxious after his friends health. Then
In strong German accent he declared:
Vat is dot. A Corpse. / fix him"
A glance at the card discovered the
name Of j. NJ Schmidt. undertaken. Its
owner was evidently determined not to
allow any business opportunity to escape
him.
The times., 1901-05-19
FAULTY BUT EFFECTIVE.
Times When Profanity Acts as n
ForcfbIe Stimuiant.
{ From tbe Cleveland Plain Dealer.)

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
II is admitted that for forcible profan-
ity there is no tongue TO compare with
the English Many years ago a canal
packetboat captain experienced religion
and forthwith discharged the boy who
drove his team of brisk mules along the
towpath, because he was so profane.
Three days later he was glad to send for
the boy and reinstate him. 1t was the
boys unfaiIing stock of profanity. warm
and vigorous. that put ginger into the
mules and sent them ambling down tte
towpath.
a few weeks ago an underkeeper in a
New York reformatory was discharged
because ne ruled the convicts by com
mands that were pIentifully backed by
profanity In a few days thereafter three
underkeepers were trying to do the work
that this one prOfane man had done. and
not doing il as well. So the man was re-
instated. and the convicts stepped out as
lively as before.
There isn't much Of a moral to this re-
suit, but it shows that certain natures
need powerful stimulating influences to
keep them on the go.
The times., 1901-05-19
Two Great New Bridges for venice
(From the Scotsman


1t is proposed to erect two great bridges
in Venice. One to connect the island OF
San Michele which is the sole cemetery
of Venice with the city on the north, and
one to connect the island of the Guidec-
ca with the city on the south The former
is an easy affair, the water, though
quarter of a mile broad, is shallow. The
other Is a serious and difficult matter as
the Guidecca Canal is really an arm OF
the sea- and the distance at its mar
rowest part is over an eighth of a mile.
The Guidecca Canal is also the highway
for all the ships of any size. as II is by
II alone they can reach the docks, which
are at the railway station. But the
Guidecca island is becoming of impor
tauce as the manufacturing quarter of
the city. One of the largest tour mills
in Europe is there. 1t belongs to Signor
Stucchi and he has promised TO sub
scribe toward the expense of the bridge
100. 900 francs, equal to about RlH.eO0 9th
er manufacturers on the island will prob
ably also offer liberal donations should
the work be determined upon.
The times., 1901-05-19
MEASURING MOTHER EARTH
Methods Employed in Ascertaining
the Size of the Globe.

An Important work Begun Twenty
six Years Ago-Improvements by
the Massachusetts archaeological
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. observations.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
Theatrical
 Fraternal
aTHE CHAPERoNs."

The lyric comedy company known as Frank l.. Perley's Comedians and pro ducing "The Chaperons," will be at Polls this evening, and the strength Of the company, together with the un- usual cast of principals, ought to draw out every lover of comic opera in the city. There are almost enough prom inent names in the cast for two mod ern operatic companies. Of the thirty four speaking and singing comedians in the cast, sixteen are known as prln- cipaI roles and are taken by Digby Bell, Walter Jones, Joseph c. Miron. Eddy Redway, Solly Solomon, Donald Brine, B. Loyat-Fraser, Marie Cahil, Louise Cunning, Eva Tanguay, Fran ces Wheeler, May Blossom Boley, Mar garet Mckinney, Ethel Tillson, Sadie Peters and Blanche Forbes. Mir Per ley has provided chorus of sixty peo- pie, making a company of nearly 100 that will be seen on the stage. A mag nificent setting has also been provided, and MT Perley, who first brought the Bostonians and Alice Nielsen to sue cess, looks upon this as his biggest ven ture in the comic opera line. It ought surely, therefore, to be splendid en- tertainment, and as no other comic opera is on the books for time it ought to draw a large audience. Prices are 25, 50, 75 cents, S1 and $1.50
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
BROUGHT UP HIS PIPE.

the means of ransportation. On the way to the boat Michael dropped in every little while, to light his pipe. That was his explanation, at least, and the more he fired his duhdeen the less disposition it showed to burn, except between beer signs. M
 The family were all comfortable on the upper deck and watching for the liege lord and payma ster when the ma chinery began to work and the boat to move. It was five feet away when the belated passenger appeared, his face red and his pipe working like a smoke stack. He stood on the edge of the deck steadying himself and swinging his arms to give impetus to jump, when the good wife issued an order:
 ''Git back, Moike, git back, and make good run for the jump. Yez can never make it standin'."
 Mike obeyed. By the time he made his run the boat was 20 feet off, but he made gallant effort, went out of sight in his best store clothes for a bathing suit and came up spitting out water and things profane, for which a later explanation would be required. He scorned life preservers showered upon him, dove down and brought up his pipe, swan to the side of the boat, and when safely aboard demanded 8 reduction in fare
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
ONE oFg iwoMAN's WAYS.
She Is Greatly Annoyed at Having to Pay Out Bills That Are
 Clean and Crisp.

eMost women hate to spend new money" says an observant sales man, according to the Philadelphia Record. q haven't the faintest idea why this should be so, but I've noticed it often right here in the store. A woman will make a pur- chase and pull out her purse to pay the bill, but if she happens to have to part with a clean, crisp note in making up the amount she looks greatly annoyed. I've seen women with wads of bright brand-new bills fiustered when. they came to pay for purchases, because they hadn't sufficient old money to meet the charges. They would dig out the contents of their purses and stow the crisp notes to one side, and, if they couldn't scrape mp the sum in few cases I've known them to go without buying. Others will give utterance to little feminine exclamations of dismay, and will hasten to pay for the articles selected in the new money. Then they will march off with quite show of in- dignation, just as if they had been in- veigled into spending the money. know one man who always takes his salary home in beautiful, clean certifi- cates. He has caught on to this pe- culiarity of the sex, and he says it saves him all kinds of money.H
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
PLAN POLAR ANIMAL PARK.
Norway Is Preparing for an Immense Preserve Under the Arctic
 Circle.

People in Norway are now planning to construct in the northerly district of their country an immense national park in which animals from the polar regions are to be placed. Herr Mohn, a scientist of Christiania, is the originator of this plan, reports Lon don paper.
 He points out that there are some polar animals which cannot live in the ordinary geological gardens of Europe, as the climatic conditions do not suit them, and he claims that the north of Norway is the only part of Europe in which suitable home can be arranged for such animals. He admits that some animals from the polar regions, such as bears, foxes, hares, seals, reindeers, Eskimo dogs and various species of birds, seem to thrive we'll enough in the geological gardens in the north of Europe, but he claims that they would be much happier if allowed to rove over large domain in the north of Norway, and, furthermore, he points out that all attempts which have vet been made to acclimate the musk OK in geological gardens have failed, and that only by placing sew eral specimens of this interesting animal in a national park in Norway can all danger of it's possible. exter- mination be guarded against.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
RUSH TO WEIGHING MACHINES
Everybody Immediately After vaca- ton Is Anxious About Gain OF
 Loss in Weight.

Our company makes more money off the penny-in-the-slot- weighing machines in September and October than in all the other months put to- gether," said the collector to New York Sun reporter. Everybody wants to get weighed at this time of the year. The desire to keep posted on the number of pounds they have to carry around with them takes hold of them just like an epidemic of measles or scarlet fever.
 "The reason for the early fall be- ing the favorite weighing season seems to be that it is the ambition of the majority of the mountain or seaside visiting folks to come home with more flesh than they took away with them. Or, if they don't want more, they want less. No sooner do they come home and resume their daily trips about town than they become anxious to see how their plus or minus condition is holding out. Hence the patronage of the weighing machines.
 "I know people who get weighed regularly every morning for. the first four weeks after their return, and not until they fall back to their nor nal weight do they give up the job of coaxing their adipose tissue to stay on or off. All this anxiety as to avoirdupois rebounds to our benefit, and from now on to the middle of October we will gather in bushel of pennies every day"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
"A WISE GUY"

Edmund Hayes in "A Wise Guy" opens this evening for the remainder of the week at the Jacques, and the en- gagement promises to be the most popular of the season up to date in this house. It is a vaudeville farce. like "A Hot Old Time,' which depends on the specialties introduced for its sue cess. MT Hayes himself has role IS Spike HennesSy in which he has made a memorable creation, one which has won even the approval of such knock ers' az Alan Dale and Chicot of the New York Telegraph. A number of clever speciality people assist Mir Hayes in making "A Wise Guy'' one of the liveliest of all vaudeville farces. Prices are popular, and there will be matinees tomorrow and Saturday.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03

nounced. Cohen was almost helpless without the horse. Then Mrs. Cohen became ill. There was grief in the house. No work for the man and the wife sick. To cap all Cohen became paralyzed in one side''
 This Chicago witch has acquired the city's commercial spirit The curse did not last forever. Mrs. Cohen finally be- came. well. Then, according to Kelly, she offered the witch S1O to remove the curse But the witch demanded $50.
 Kelly's blood boiled. He deter mined to punish the. witch for her witchcraft. He made himself martyr for the ills of the Cohens. He could not throw the witch into pond. bound to sink or swim. He could not burn her at the stake, according to the most approved custom. So he decided to stone her. This was course almost as well sanctioned by precedent as burning.
 The woman of uncanny powers was in the house when Kelly went to stone her, so he threw the stones through the windows. She had him arrested, and he was taken before Justice Sab ath, where the story came out.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
MILDRED HOLLAND.

Another very popular attraction is slated for tomorrow evening at Polls. when Mildred Holland appears in her remarkable play. ''The Power Behind the Throne" Miss Hollands success since she began playing this piece has been little short of phenomenal, aud in this city she has become a genuine favorite. The production of "The Power Behind the Thorne" is costly and elaborate, and it is certainly not surpassed by any romantic play now before the public. An excellent cast appears in support of Miss Holland, who is now ranked by the critics as a really great actress. She has the physique. training, and above all the temperament essential to success. and she has won her way to the top. Seats arc. now on sale at 25, 35, 50, 75 cents and $1.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03

S91R. pounds of finest Note and Cap Paper, worth 20c to 35c a pound, at 10c pound. One bale of extra Crash Toweling, 412c a yard, from Sc % dozen Ladies' winter weight Jer- sey Vests and Drawers, usual price 25c, our price 19c. D pairs fine Ruf1ed Curtains, 29c the pair, worth 5Oc.
 Departments. 5O dozen Children's 30 per cent wool Jersey Vests. with silk crochet trimming, 10c, from 25c. 70 dozen Ladies' Jersey Knit Corset Covers, long and short sleeves, silk crochet trimming, 19c, from 39c. lO,OOO Ladies' beautiful embroidered and hemstitched HandkerchiefS, 121ac, from 25c. lOO pieces of Dimities, Lawns and Ginghams at 5 51-2c. from 10 to 19 cents.
 10 dozen 30 cent Summer Corsets, 19 cents, from 50 cents. 100 dozen Boys Heavy Wool Under wear, 29 cents, from 75 cents. 25 dozen Children's Splendid Heavy Cotton Hose, 12 1-2 cents, from 25 cents.
 p Handsome 2-piece Gingham Suits, were $6.9S, but they go at $2.OO.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03

10 gross Fine Violet Toilet Soap at 10 cents box, 3 cakes, sold by best houses in the country at p cents a box
 10000 Fine Envelopes at cents a package of 25, or 19 cents box of 25O.
 10000 Fine Envelopes at cents a package of %. or 23 cents box of 25O.
 10000 Fine Envelopes at 4 cents a package of 25, or % cents a pack age of 250. Not quarter what you pay elsewhere. LOGO handsome boxes of fine linen Note Paper and Envelopes, per ; feet goods, at 9 cents box, worth p cents 50 dozen handsome Morine finish Pet ticoats, 49 cents each, from S125. 25 dozen Children's Knit Underwear, cents each, from 10 cents. 1000 pairs, of splendid Single and Double Blankets, 39. 49, 59 cents, up to the very finest. The great est value opportunity ever pre- sented
 3 cases Mems Camel Hair Double Breasted Shirts and Double Seat ed Drawers, 39 cents, from 75 cents.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
AN oscULAToRY MISTAKE.
UtteE Stranger Enjoys . Very Pleas. 1Ng Reception Intended for
 .EUpcle Fred"

The Lindsborg News, which, by the way, is edited by charming wom- an, prints a story .'on" the pretty 16-year-old daughter of McPherson county farmer, says the Kansas City Journal. The story opens with the rather astonishing statement that, though Kansas born, the girl ''is very sedate and had never been kissed" !" However, the 2 editress probably knows what she is talking about, and without comment we give her story as follows: tf g
 .'Now it happened that the farmer expected visit from his brother, whom he had not seen for ten years, and the two girls of the family were jubilant. One morning, while the old gentleman was out in the field, a carriage stopped at the farmhouse door and fne-loohng young gem tleman alighted. The little girl saw him, and, running out to meet him, cried: Uncle Fred, how glad I am to have you comel' The young man picked her up and kissed her. She led the way into the parlor, where she introduced Uncle Fred to her big sister, who promptly puckered up her lips and gave her uncle hearty kiss of welcome. Half an hour later the old gentleman arrived on the scene, and as he entered the parlor Uncle Fred arose, handed him his card, and introduced himself as Mir. So and So, of St. Paul, representing the Milwaukee Harvesting Machine company. The girls made their es- cape from the room, and when their uncle arrived next day they waited trodnction."
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03
Queer Names.

You can talk all you want to about queer names, but I've got one that caps them all," Duluth (Minn.) paper quotes railroad man as say ing. This mans name is Thing, and he's preacher, too. He is called Every Thing, Any Thing, and sometimes any old thing, but he bears it all with a patient shrug The way he got his. name Is rather amusing. He lives near Zumbrota, in Goodhue county. When he was a youth and his name. was handed to him itwas Hog yes, spelled the same way, and also pronounced that way. After he engaged upon his minis terial duties he did not care to be called hog, so he asked that his name be changed. He appealed to the district court, and the fudge asked him what name he preferred. He replied, saying anything would do. Therefore, they gave him the name of Thing, and it is his for keeps. He is the pastor of pretty little white church, with green blinds, and everyone that knows him says he is a good Thing
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-03

3 cases Mems Heavy Scotch Wool
 Camefs Hair and Fleece Lined
 Underwear at B cents the gar
 ment. Considered cheap anywhere
 else at 50 cents. Our entire stock at closing out prices,
 nothing reserved. 100 pieces best Lancaster and Amos
 keag Apron Ginghams, 3 1-2 cents.
 everywhere else cents.
 800 yards of handsome Hamburg founcings, 11a yards wide, worth $1.50, at 59c yard.
 1000 yards beautiful fine torchon lace edging and insertion, 5c yaro, from 10c
 100 dozen fine colored bordered handkerchiefs, 8 for 25c. from 5c. 100 dozen corded bordered handker- chiefs, hemmed, 25c dozen. from 5c each.
 50 dozen ladies' fine muslin corset covers, lace trimmed and hemstitched, 25c, from 5Oc
 Items on this list are for quantity
 mentioned, so come early in the
 day and don't be disappointed ii
 others have been here before you. Wanted - Experienced salesmen in
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