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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
How the Supreme Court Vote.

Some future Saturday the nine black robed judges will descend by private elevator to their consultation room, observing with scrupulous care the seniority of members, even to the or der of the entrance into the room, and begin balloting on the Porto Rican cases. In the consultation-room much of the dignity observed elsewhere is eliminated. The stately black robes are removed and 1he justices sit about a long table, the chief justice Mir Mel vile Fuller. at the head and the junior justice, Mir. McKenna, at the foot.
 Justice Mckenna will cast the first ballot to settle those eventfni cases. It is one of the traditions of the court that the balloting must be in inverse order Of seniority. the chief justice balloting last. Justice Harlan is the senior member of the high tribunal, from the point of 'y',-+. but the chiet justice rates hini. &SehelI Chap- pie, in the NatioI;.- .re.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09

kitchen there is generally a windoNv.- a foot and a half by two feet in di- mensions. If the tenement is strict- ly modern there will be a. similar window in one of the bedrooms: oth- erwise both bedrooms will be Win dowleSS.
 Generally, but not always, water may be obtained from faucet in the kitchen. There are no bathtubS nor closets. Gas light may be obtained by dropping a quarter in a slot in q meter. The only furniture besides the beds consists of q small cracked stove, riclety table and two or three wooden-bottomed chairs. In these rooms 10 or l2 persons fre- quently live. Where they all sleep and how they all eat is one of the unraveled riddles of the Ghetto.
 FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09

l themselves to vaccination immediate | ly. Refusal to comply with this rule ] means immediate teeviction.
 1 The killing of bearing animals is l strictly prohibited. and to enforce this rule another IS made that prevents the retention of frearlns by the employees and tenants.
 The importation or export of proyi- sions, liquors, plants, seeds, cattle or | animals in general, or any objects or other things otherwise than through the commercial board of the island, and by vessels owned by Menier, is strictly prohibited unless permission is obtained from the governor of the 1 island. Except in the case of a ship wreck or damage to vessel, no craft shall load or unload cargo except by permission of the administration. It is forbidden to take fish in the riv- CTS, lakes and ponds of the island. The right of sea fishing and the hunting of | seals by the inha bitants is reserved and regulated.
 All discoveries of minerals must be immediately reported, not only by those who have made the discovery, but by those who have any knowledge of | the fact
 The use of alcohol spirits and fer mented drinks is prohibited
 Any infringement of the rules is | cause for the revocation of the lease CT contract which exists, or of permis- sion to remain on the island.
 Since NJ. Menier secured possession of the island he has expended more than $2, ,000 upon it's improvement. The heavy natural forests have been invaded and clearings made for farms, which, under the direction of the chief of agriculture, are supplying the em- ployes and tenants Of the island with much of their provisions. A number of settlements. have been established at different parts of the island, and on the shores of English bay has been | builded q well-laid-out. well-construct- l ed town which serves as the island cap- 1 ital. In this town. though but d mini | ature in size. are paved streets. we'll | kept plaza, a miniature system of wa | terworks suited to the size of the town, free schools. a free hospital. clubhouse. gymnasium and music hall and one store from which the needs of the is- land settlers are provided. Landing quays and wharfs have been provided, and a general air of prosperity and hap piness pervades the entire village. 1 Plans for the further improvement l of the island include the building of a port for deep-sea vessels at Ellis bay, the construction of lobster canneries at Fox bay, the erection of pulp fac tory for the conversion of the spruce Iforests of the island into marketable | commodity the buildinu of oood waoon
 roads and railroad that will connect
 all the different settlements and man. | ufacturing blshments with the
 port at Ellis bay and the capital at
 English bay.
 If Canada does not force the present owner to surrender his property to the
 government 1t is probable that several millions of dollars will be expended in the once desolate island within the lnext few years. MAX OWEN.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
Natures Parks in Africa.

In central Africa are found districts which impress the beholder with the belief that the hand of man has shaped their features, although there is now no population capable of producing such effects. These districts, near Lake Tanganyilla. are called park lands," and their origin was recently explained before the Linnean society in London, by Mr. Moore. as being due to the. spread of vegetation over light surface soil gradually deposited above the salt steppes left by former lakes. In some places these districts are covered with natural plantations that have a''quite homelike look.'
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09

in New Aorl--it is a name without meaning. That vast district reaching from Houston street on the north to Catharine street and the river on the south and east and as far west as the Bowery is, to many. an un- explored region. ZangwiH has brought the name q little nearer to us and made the scenes a little more picturesque by the interpretation of his play. In this Ghetto of the play wright we have seen a few dramatic characters that attract and repel us.
 But the Ghetto over there on the East side is not the Ghetto in the Zangwill play. It is not the Ghetto of London. It is not the fancful creation of the novelist. It is the Ghetto of stern rcality-a place of pitiful sights and pathetic incidents. Some of us have seen 8 glimpse of it as we have passed through Hester street or along Ridge street or per hapS have gone as far east as Lewis. We have crowded our way through the busy push-cart peddlers and the vendors on the street corners who throng the streets like an army. We have brushed against the dirty, ragged, hungry children with the curse of poverty marked upon their faces and their bodies dwarfed and crippled by want.
 But this is cnly the proem of that terrible, that seemingly God-forsallen jungle of brick and mortar and hu- man beings that we call the Ghetto. We may travel to the east 13 streets and to the north 15 and we shall pass block after block of reeking court yards, block after block of filthy tenement houses. The rooms are small, unsanitary and most of them windowless; and into them are crowded men, women and children in violation of all laws of health and all codes of morality.
 Two thousand three hundred hu- man beings inhabit a single block on Canal street, and in that same dis
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09

Cregan'' is one of these books, and in it the writer describes the barren island as d gigantic monster, upon which there is not q trace of foliage or verdi ure. and OCT which reigns as king q black sailor of tremendous strength.
 In historical legend it has even a worse name than in fiction, one writer saying of it:
 Tt (AnticostD was at all periods of the year place avoided by navigators, owing to it's exposed position and the peril incurred through approaching its rock-bound coast. It's history of ship wrecks is long and forbidding. For more than two centuries it's inhospita- ble shores have been a cemet tery for the bones of many noble craft. In 1736 the French frigate La Renommee was wrecked upon it's rock coast, with large loss of life. On Egg island. not far dis tant on the god of August. I'll. eight heavily-laden British transports con. veying troops to capture Quebec from the French were wrecked and more than 2,00o soldiers were dashed tc death upon the rocky shores o1 drowned in the turmoil of waters.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09

lionaire was but the agent of the French government, who was under his agency building a French colony in Anticosti that might some day dispute with Canada the control of the mouth of the St. Lawrence river.
 All this is probably untrue, but the present agitation serves to bring Anti costi to public notice again, and some little description and history of it should prove interesting at this time.
 The island of Anticosti lies directly in the mouth of the St. Lawrence river. It is 135 miles in length and 40 miles broad, and contains some 3,O0o.O .OOO acres of ground. For neighbors it has Quebec, province of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfound- and. It's soil is fertile and well adapted to the raising of cereals and other products that are grown in the sur rounding British colonies. But its greatest wealth lies in it's vast forests of spruce and it's fishing.
 It has figured both in history and fic- tion, and several fairly good descrip- tions of it are to be found in stories of seafaring life. Charles Levers Con
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
UNIQUE TITLES OF RAILROADS

A Texas road, the Kansas City, Beaumont & Gulf, is merely called kaysee, cutting off the last part of it. Sap is short and sweet. It has been contracted from $. A. F., mean ing San Antonio S. Arkansas Pass, one of the principal lines in Texas.
 Because a little road up in Nova Scotia with the ponderous title of the Dominion &5 Atlantic reached the land made famous ill Longfellow's s poem tourists have given it the title of the Evangelne road, and pei .s this is more appropriate than the other. It is certainly more pictur- esque.
 Down in Texas and the neighbor- ing states they have q habit of handling the railroads without gloves when it comes to giving names. A favorite plan is to take the princi- pal initials of a road and spell thel m out. Only a native of the southwest ern ranches would know that Pee Gee stands for the Kansas City, Pitts burg &, Gulf road.
 A little road in Mississippi. the Chester, Perryville, Sainte Genevieve & FarmlnSton, mas the longest tue of any in America. This contains no fewer than 43 letters, but two other lines are close to it, the Richmond. Nicholasville, Irvine &5 Beattyville and the Southwestern, Arkansas & Indian Territory. The Chester line is only o7 miles long.
 Only one man has had the honor of having his name used in connec- tion with one of the largest systems The late Henry NJ. Plant has mon ument in the Plant Railway and Steamship company. He started the system which has expanded from a few miles until it extends through Georgia, Florida and Alabama, repre- senting in all 2,OO0 miles, not includ iug several steamship lines.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09

the names of which are unDronounce- able to the majority of people, The business done outdoors is greater than that in the shops.
 One place in particular I noticed on Essex street. Nothing but bread was sold there. But it was not the bread that one sees on the tables at the hotels and the high-priced restaurants. It was made into the shape of q cheese over two feet in diameter and was black and uninvit- ing. It sold at three cents a pound. LoaVeS of other breads were cut in f two and sold for three cents each, Ihls stand is conducted by man and a woman in the open air without SO
 much protection as an awning. They pay rental of 50 cents a day, and Ii they make a net profit of six or seven dollars a week they consider they are doing well.
 On Hester street, near Ludlow a Russian Jew has just started in busi- ness for himself. He told me he was a carpenter by trade and had a fam fly of seven or eight to provide for, 1 but having been out of employment for some weeks and saved S7O he determined to start in on his own account. With this end in view he had bought five barrels of herring and placed them about him on the | sidewalk like q fortress-thus begin- i ming his career as an outdoor. store- keeper.
 How are you getting along?" I asked.
 1 He rubbed his hands and smiled very faintly.
 'l have been in business here three weeks," said he, ''and l have lost s3O.'
 What rent do you pay for this sidewalk space?' 1 Fifteen dollars a month" | That is too much''
 The man shrugged his shoulders.
 My friend, this is Hester street," said he.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
;. Ganada Govety D1enier's l. Island of Anticosti

The Millionaire Frenchman Is Building a Miniature Elm pire at Our Northern Neghbors Door

S'In the ten years between 1870 and 1900 1O6 craft, consisting of seven steamships, CT full-rigged ships and barques, 14 brigs and brigantines and IS schooners, met disaster or ruin upon
 the rock-ribbed coast of Anticosti.''
 Anticosti has passed from one owner
 to another time after time. In 1889 it was purchased by a company organized for the purpose of exploiting it. but the company found it unprofitable and sold it to the present owner, M. Menier, for the insignificant sum of .O0O. What the wealthy Frenchman got for his money was nothing but 3,oOo,O0 acres of unbroken wilderness, through much of which no white man had ever
 penetrated, but he had investigated
 the island before he purchased it, and knew full well the possibilities.
 He at once took steps for it's coloniza- ton and government. He has given to Anticosti the benefit of the eyperi- ence gained in building his manufac- turing town. Noisiel. in France.
 The laws governing Anticosti are made by NJ. Menier. Among other things they provide that no one can take mp his residence on the island or even land there without having se-
 cured permission of the island admin istration. Permission must likewise be secured nefore anyone is at liberty to practice his chosen trade or profes- sion on the island. Residents are not permitted to employ or give shelter to | anyone who has landed upon the island
 without securing permission from u he island authorities. Such persons as are permitted to land must subject
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
The Peanut as a ClNilizcr.

The peanut seems to be playing the part of ''civilizer' in some of the for eign possessions in tropical Africa. Traders give a negro ,bushel of nuts for seed on condition that he returns four bushels from his crop. and since the yield in good years is twentyfold the black man generally has a sur plus which he can sell at the rate of a shilling a bushel. From single station in Senega mbia there were shipped in 1898. 1000 tons. Small boys and scientists have long been in agree ment touching he value of the peanut: now statesmen also will have to do it honor. since it seems likely to lead the native African into the paths of
 agriculture.-You Companion.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
.ANADA is becoming alarmed a

@ANADA is becoming alarmed at > the growing importance of M.
 Meniers island of Anticosti, in the St. Lawrence river, and now pro- poses to dispute possession of this new empire tke wealthy Frenchman is building practically within her doors with him.
 Some time ago influential Canadians took the subject in hand, and, so press dispatch ches inform us addressed a com munication to the colonial secretary at London urging that the island be eN- propriated and fortified by the impe- rial authorities. While the communi- cation did not have all the desired ef- feet. being referred back to the gov ernor general of Canada for action, the subject has not been dropped, and the men who first brought it to attention propose now that the colonial office say Canada has the power to deal with the situation to make the question an issue in Canadian politics and bring about the desired results in that way if possible.
 This. however. is not the first time that NJ. Menier and his island empire have been the subject of discussion in Canadian political circles. Soon after he acquired possession, little over five years ago, he found trouble in regulat- ing the habits of the few squatter set tiers he had found upon the shores of the island when he purchased it, and finally evicted them. This action brought down shower of wrath upon his head, and it was intimated then, and has since continued to agitate Ca nadian officials, that the French mil
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trict there are 400 rooms without windows, and but one house boasts of one small bathtub. This is but typical of other blocks in this vast region of poverty and misery.
 l have spent some time in the New York Ghetto. as l think it presents one of. the hardest problems in city life There is no other district in the world that can compare to it. It is much worse than=-, in. London Ghetto from the point of inhabitants and sanitary condition. And yet. de- spite the poverty that is apparent there on every hand, there is fas- cination in the life on the street that attracts one.
 From the Bowery the streets branch out in all directions like the threads to q spiders web and meet in a confusing tumble on the ex- treme east side. The sidewalks and even the center of the roadway bear the appearance of a great outdoor bazar rather than the thoroughfare of metropolis. Hester street is the busiest of them all. It is the Broad- way of the Ghetto. and is swarming from curb to curb with push-earts laden with fruit, vegetables, meats and foods of all kinds. Among the hundreds of carts may now and then be seen some bearing all manner of household 8utensils-crockery pans, E.earthen dishes, cutlery and every con- ceiyable thing that can be of use i'll the kitchen In front of the dingy stores, on both sides of the walks, blocking up the paths of pedestrians, are stallss and booths covered ! with eatables, which the fastidious would ! Gsestion as to their compositions aud
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
WATERFOWL JoTTINGs
Nova Scotia School Has Finished the
 Wnter Term.

Nova Scotia School Has Finished the
 Wnter Term. Nova Scotia school has closed the winter term and will now enjoy a two weeks vacation. Mrs M. W. Sutton will take twelve of her scholars to New York in the month of April for a brief tour of that city.
 A town meeting is called for Mon day, March II, to vote on the High school question, also on road boun- daries.
 w. G. IcGowan is confined to his home with severe illness.
 Will the party that picked up the roll of carpet which fell from the load of furniture belonging to John Has kins please notify Henry Ineson of it's whereabouts? Miss Moss, one of our school teach CTS. who went south a few months ago. has returned much improved, and will resume her duties on Monday, March il. yesterday from d short pleasure tour
  David Cushman has accepted pc sition in the Greenville factory. A surprise party was given Wednes- day evening at the residence of Mi chael J. Dunn, in honor of their son, Joseph. Many of his young friends were present. The singing school was held in the court room of the town hall last even ing.
 Several weary friends of Mir Miller, the janitor of the town hotel were given taste of MT Millers hospitality last night. Neal Ginther is attending the Kim ball School of Music. A large number from here will at tend the play, At Piney Ridge" at Jacques Opera house this evening. George Barton and Conductor Scott have purchased incubatorS and are going to raise all the chicks that Wa tertoWn needs.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
NAuGArucK NEWS
Dr Delaney Thrown Out of His Team t But Is Not Injured.

t But Is Not Injured. While driving home from Union City last night about o'clock the carriage fin which Dr Delaney was riding was struck by q lumber wagon and the spirited horse which the doctor was driving shied out, breaking the whihetree and thereby getting away from the carriage, he went down Water street to Scott street and from there to Rubber avenue, where he was stopped without further damage. Dr Delaney was thrown out put fortunately was not injured.
 Irish Drama "Shaun Aroon.' T , The following is the cast of char ActerS of the three-act Irish drama "Shaun Aroon," to be presented at Columbus hall Monday, March 18th: shaun Aroon Ietef J. ofu Lord Fermoy .. Peter H. Baxter Fergus Riordan .... Frank l.. Nolan Dan OGrady John |. Hogan Tom O'Grady .. ..Austin r. Murphy Old Jennings ... Frank P. Kiely Ripper . ...... Joseph r. Clinch Patrick ............ James F. Maner Mrs O'Grady Miss Mamle luinian Molly ........... Miss Mary F.. Shea Maggie .... Miss Minnie $. Sullivan s Notes.
 Thomas Hackett of Bridgeport is Spending q few days with friends in Iown-
 It was rumored around town last night that the work at the old shop would be resumed next week and that stock for the same would be run at the Phoenix shop until such time aS the machinery at the old shop was put in repair and ready Iu start.
 Basketball at 1hc opera house to- night, \. H. & vs \. A. C.. and the T. c. W. C. vs |. M. c. A- Both games will be fast and exciting and 1t is thought that Il large crowd will qurn out 10 see them.
 Germania Maennechor will hold :l Special meeting ill Germania hall to- night at o'clock. All members are requested to be present
 The cases of Tony Rose and Mrs Mary Sabil. which were set down for trial yesterday afternoon were again continued until this afternoon at , o'clock.
 Thomas Packard of Boston was in town yesterday on business.
 Matthew Grove and George Patchett were in Ansonia yesterday represent. formation of the lnterScholastic league. The towns represented were Naugatuck. Seymour, AnSOnia. Derby and Shelton and it was voted To in Tite Boardnan Training school to en- Ter the league. thereby forming d six club circuit. It is expected that Nau- Satuck will have strong team in the field this spring. and as soon as the weather will permit they will start practice.
 There were eight lodgers at the room reserved for them at the police sta ton last night.
 Miss Lizzie Flaherty of Walnut street is confined to the house with an attack of pneumonia.
 W. K. Birdsall, the Maple street newsdealer, who has been confined to the house for the past two weeks with throat trouble, is improving steadily.
 There was no session of the borough court this morning.
 James Burns of Torrington was in town this morning on business.
 T. F. Shea of New York city was in town yesterday calling on friends.
 Jamese Fallen of Derby was in town this morning on business.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
If we could
 only see a little ways into the future, what a
lot of distress

ing accidents we couldprevent. But our sight ends with the present instant. There may be broken limbs and bruised bodies in store for us in an hour-we can't tell.--But we can be prepared.
 A bottle of Dr. Thomas Ec- lectric Oil in the house at the right time has saved many an hour of suffering, many a pre- cious life.
 Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is monarch over pain. Cuts, burns, bites yield to it's soothing influence sore throat, croup, collie, catarrh, asthma and frost bite are promptly cured, and
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09

the -1egisfatur by q narrow margin. In the spring of 1892 he was made temporary chairman of the republic an state eonyention and in 1894 was a candidate for the United States sen atQrship,, but was defeated by Sena- tor Gear. At St. Louis in 1896 he was given position on the national com mittee,s and his popularity has been noticeable in all his work in that con inection. He is a speaker of much ability and is well informed on the tpolitical situation. especially on all isubjects dealing with prohibition.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09

J.p.nese and Chinese Sailors. sssas ssss The Japanese make fine xailorNS and seamcn. In that line stkS nese do not enjoy so good .. repat
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
NEW YORK'S GHETTO
Wild Jungle of B<ick and Mortar
 and of Human Beings.
No Other District In the World Is Sc Overcrowded-Dexc of Model Tenement and It's
 FurnishinEs.
Especial New York Letter.1

Especial New York Letter1
 HN the East side of New York, NJ stretching across blocks long
 enough and houses crowded with enough people to make a big city by itself, is the Ghetto-the home of the poor Hebrews. To most of us-even to those of us who live