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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
A MATHEMATICAL QUIZ.
Will of Milwaukee Man Divides His Small Estate in Most PuzzIing
 Manner.

Heirs of Peter J. Gergen, whose will was filed for probate at Milwaukee, Wis, the other day, probably will be forced to resort to higher mathemat- ics to ascertain the amounts tG which they are respectively entitled
 In it's directions regarding the dis tribution of the estate, which is val used at S3,500, the will is a curiosity. The property is to be divided among the widow and eight children, and the allotment to the children is made in the following language:
 Mary to receive for her share $2oo more than the other children, Nicho- las to receive $50 less than the other children, John to receive $70 less than the other children, Anna to receive S30 less than the other children, Jos eph, Peter, Gabriel. and Frank to re ceiye an equal share, which shall be S2o0 less than Mary, $50 more. than Nicholas, S7o more than John and $50 more than Annap Peter Gergen, one of the sons. was named as executor in the will,
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
BRITISH WAR NOTES.

The cost of firing single shot froN a 16-inch gun would pay a private sol. dier for five years.
 A series of block-houses are being built to defend the railroad lines in South Africa. When the order to build these b.ock-houses was given by Gen Kitchener chain of them 1s0 miles in length was completed in fortnight
 A good deal of fun has been made of war office red tape, owing to the dis appearance of the Ninety y-eighth com pany of yeomanry. The company was raised, 300 men strong, in Yorkshire a year ago and properly enrolled, after which the war office lost track of it. It was found after long search that the men had been divided up into other commands and that most of them had been sent to South Africa, but the war office had no record of how,or when this was done. Officially the Ninety eighth infantry remains lost.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
HEARD III PASSING


 Because no naval hero has ever been president of the United States is no reason why one will not be.
 It is not often that ones enemies are as instrumental in adding to ones popularity as those of Admiral Sehley have been.
 The postoffice department again recommends an appropriation for pneu- matic tube service in the large cities. although congress refused it at the last session.
 Although this is an "off year. in politics, there are some useful point CTS in the election returns of more than one state, to those wise enough 70 take advantage of them.
 Lord Pauncefote is back in Wash ington. and he carried the new treaty with England on the 1sthmian canal. Whether that treaty deserves con demnation of eommendation IS yet to be ascertained.
 The United States industrial commits sion will expire by law December 1J, much to- the regret of a number of gentlemen whom it has provided wffh comfortable salaries for several years It's accomplishments consist of a lot
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07

President Roosevelt has found inc combined pressure of Senator Platt and Governor .OdeIl more than lie could resist and as result it has been given out at the treasury that George N. Whitehead, now collector of GUS toms for Porto Rico, will be appointed to the appraisership of New York ill the place of Wilbur r. Wakeman. the present incumbent. As indicated some time ago, Senator Platt went to Wash ngton for the express purpose of get ting Mir Wakeman's official scalp On investigation Colonel Roosevelt founc that Mir Wakeman had sinned only by failure in tsuhseryiency to the New York boss and he advised the senator that he found no cause for removing him. About this time Secretary Gage endorsed MT Whitehead for the place and Senator Platt joined issues with the secretary of the treasury and wrote to the president endorsing him also. Still the president stuck to Lis colors, but Plaft came to Washington again, and so did OdelI, and both rep resented that the discipline of .he New York machihe.was at stake, and that it was essential to. the best interests of the organization that Wakeman be made an example of. The matter ter minated by the president giving n, as above stated.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07


 The scene in the Schley naval court room yesterday WIS one that will not be forgotten in a long time by those who witnessed it. The senior counsel for Admiral Schley, AIr Rayner, un- mercifulIy scored the clique of witness es that have been trying to smirch the reputation of Schley At the conclus- ion of his speech several women were in tears, and there was q burst of ap- plause that had to be, stopped by the court. Attorney Rayner was immedi- ately surrounded and congratulations showered upon him, the members of the court and Judge Advocate Lemly shaking his hand. The hero of San- tiago harbor moved uneasily in his seat several times and once two great tears were noticed on his cheeks. It was dramatic ending to the days work. for Captain Lemly said he would not be able to go on with his argument just then.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07

Christian teaching and example. For this they are most largely indebted to the American people, many of whom had awakened in their hearts the pur- pose to give to the Hawaiian islands that strong foundation of Christian . morality which can alone make either community or u nation enduringly great"
 What was the influence of the Chris tian missionaries upon the manners, habits, beliefs and ideals of the peo- pie to whom they came? sAt the base of the state, it forever needs to be re- membered, there is the family; and the first thing that Christian households, largely drawn from New England an cestries, spoke to was, so far as it ex- isted at all, the Hawaiian conception of the family" Out of such influences "a race of savages gradually organ- ized itself into a state; and, in the but just to say that our own progress and development under them exer- cised paramount influence"
 First, in attempting 3 solution of the problem of assimilation presented by the Hawaiians, it is important that the materials out of which this new state had inevitably to be made must be clearly recognized. There were, to begin with, the native populations with their background of unredeemed heathenism. These to-day flor no reasons which can be directly, trace able to us,' represent a decaying race. Nearly two-thirds of the people of these islands to-day are other than Ha- waiian. 'sThat this proportion is like ly to be increased along the same lines seems probable, and the time seems likely to come when. the native Ha- waiian, like the native North American Indian, will have disappeared.' Bish- op Potter concludes:
 ''So the problem is set; the mixture of races, energies, industries and of the higher moral qualities which these various strains,- ancestries and activ- ities stand for. There are other the aters in which the same drama is be- ing played out under much broader and, it may be, more complex condi- tions. but not in which a more inter esting or indeed dramatic experiment. is being made. It will be for the gov ernment and the people of the Amer 1iean republic to demonstrate that they are equal to task in itself so deli- cate, and in it's cons equences so grave and important.''
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
TIMELY TOPICS.

Jones. Morgan S Go have every style overcoat for man or boy that can 1 be found in the market. Boys coats S3.50 to $15.
 Castle corner is a busy place. The 1 low price and the high quality of his meats is the reason.
 The style that counts is the style that you find in the clothing at J. E. Mullings's. Just the right oort.
 Look at that sofa pillow inS Zig latzki-AIarks window. They sell pieces of sillSdown for soc.
 The Dr Munson Dental Go will make you good set of teeth for S7.4a or higher if you wish to pay more.
 The Guarantee Credit Clothing Co say you can save from 10 to 2o per cent by purchasing your suits or hats there.
 Fultons fish market can furnish you any kind of sea food. The best there is at reasonable prices.
 Sale of silk velvets at Miller X Peck's. It goes at 39e yard, no more than ten yards to one person.
 Conlon Bros have q fine line of in fants' and children's garments, made up IdSlHA duu uuhIAed at 1VW pliSNo'
 T. w. AIcGarry has taken the agency for the Elite corset and they come in two qualities, soc and $1 pair.
 November millinery will be different from the earlier styles. l. Chase in yites you to see his stock.
 Are your boys and girls cutting cut Upson. Singleton x Co.'S clothing ads! They're worth it.
 If YOU want to see clirysanthemum show. A. Dallas's North Willow or Union street greenhouse is the place.
 Everything in the line of first-class meats, turkeys ducks. roasting chick ems, etc at s. Bohl's.
 Tn addition to their meats the Nam moth market people have fine teas and coffees, eggs, etc.
 D. c. Sullivan, Watertown, will sell you a sure cure for cold, or refund the money.
 Full line of winter underwear for men at Reid & Hughes. The Norfolk and New Brunswick make, included.
 Handsome designs in corset covers at K. .Dougherty's, and they are going at bargain prices.
 Charles Rogers, Watertown, is sell ing autumn stock of shoes and rubbers at low prices to make room for winter goods.
 T. T. Phelan has a two-family house on Baldwin avenue at S2,20o. Only S200 down.
 Isham S Wilson's stock of gloves is complete. All styles and colors at all sorts of prices.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07

The greatest protection that the public treasury will have turing the coming session of congress lies in the number of republican schemes for spending the surplus and all the money drought in by present methods of tax ation, and the probability that senators and representatives will not agree to other footing schemes unless their own are included; and the greatest danger will be in the possibility of a combina- ton of schemes that will control a Iua- jority in both branches, of congress. The latter seems almost an impossibii- ity at this time.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
-------------------------- THE WORLD OF ART.

G. F. Watts, the painter, has, like Sergeant, been lately trying his hand at sculpture and has almost completed large statue of Tennyson.
 A bust of Dr. c. Armauer Hanson, the discoverer of leprosy bacillus, was nn- yelled recently by Prof. Visdal in the garden of'the museum at Bergen in the presence of many Norwegians and for eign medical men.
 The Paris Chronique des Arts an- nounces that the art school maintained at Athens by France will hereafter be open to foreigners recommended by their respective governments and ap- proved by the director of the school. Berlin is to erect in the Thiergarten- strasse monument to Richard Wag- ner for which 62 sculptors and archi- tects have sentin-designs Ten of these have been selected as worthyeof eIab- oration- The final award will be made iR May next,
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
A COMPLAA r r1.vDLEM
Duties the Nation Owes to the Ma
 tives of Hawaii.
Dishap Potter Discusses the Momen- tOus Questiog of Assimiiafion-if Presents laany Delicate and
 Grave Sides.

The process of assimilation to whick the American people have given, ia the last few years, the force of a prac ticai policy quite naturally eoncerre: itself in special way with the Ha- waiian islands, first of the insuids groups to come under the protecting folds of the stars and stripes. h tls Century Bishop Henry C. Potter. con- cluding his impressions of these is lands, discusses the problem which they present and which this nation has undertaken to solve.
 From the rendering of some sHs. waiian songs, accompanied by run. ming commentary both descriptive as,d historical, Bishop Peter draws esr- tain analogies, acknowledgi that the music suggested the outlines of his instructive paper. The singer att tempted to give a brief history of the evolution of Hawaiian music. As heard to-day it impresses the traveller with it's plaintiveness and tunefulness, and it was rude shock, says Bishop Potter, to learn that, in it's primitive and unad ulterated form, it ha9 neither characteristic; "and that for the ob- vious reason that it consisted in humping the bottom of wooden bowl and twanging a single string"
 No one who has seen the Hawaiians will. find himself tempted to compare them with any other people or race. Wherever they derived their traits of formant feature that distinguish them --and their racial origin is hidden in considerable obscurity they do not resemble the races or people from whom they are supposed to be sprung. They are It heart pagan, though many of them have made open profession of Christianity. But they have been in fuenced and largely reclaimed from pagan practices, at. least openly, by
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07

Those people down in Mississippi will forget presently how to vote, if they don't practice a little more: Total registration in the state this year, 7O,OoO; ballots cast day before yester- day. 17.000. ''In many precincts no election was held. Hartford Courant.
 Isn't that q bigger percentage of the total vote than Hartford got out last Friday, when Editor Clark was half of the attraction? The capital city has nothing to brag about in the matter of getting out the vote this year.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
Just Like Postacripts.

The great lawyer had drawn up the woman's will and was reading it over to her, When he had finished she ex- pressed her satisfaction.
 ..That's right" she said. "There are some queer words in it, but it has the right meaning"
 The lawyer took five sheets of blank legal-cap paper and fastened them to the will.
 .What are you doing with all that paper?" she asked.
 Madam he replied. politely, "you are yet comparatively young and pre- sumably have many years to live. Knowing little about your sex, ara merely making proper provisions for the codicils. Chicago Post. <
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Of men who marry, ten are bachelors to one widower. New Workers will have to pay $12,-
 New Orleans now boasts of being the greatest fruit market in the world.
 Quebec is hoping to become the greatest wheat exporting point in America.
 Some southern cotton mill owners are supplying lunch and coffee to their night workers.
 Last years fire losses in the United States were $161 ooo, 900. The greatest loss was in 1893, s167. .544,317.
 Tea imports last year were S11,7s3,- 900 in value; coffee, $59, ,500,000. Per capita consumption of coffee, 9s pounds.
 It.is stated that 3Y,s72 persons per- ished at the hands of homicides in the United States during the five years ending with 1900.
 Of the $5o,000,0oO worth of cotton goods used in the West Indies and South America, it is said only $3,000,0 ,000 are furnished from the United States.
 The steamship Thyra sailed from Portland with the largest cargo of lum- Der ever loaded- $50, ,00o feet all rail road ties to relay tracks torn up by the Boxers.
 This years United States consump- ton of sugar will be 2,3oo,ooo tons. Louisiana furnishes 3500o0 tons. A duty of $36 per ton is paid on 1,30o,o00 pounds of it.
 Cocoanut butter is now produced in Mannheim atthe rate of ten tons a day. It contains go per cent. of fat, while or dinary butter has only S5 per cent. It will keep for three months.
 The government has gathered 15o varieties of hard wheat found in for eign countries to sow them in the arid regions of the west, by which it is be- lieved s0,000,0 900 bushels can be grown on now yalueless lands.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
RAIL AND TIE.

It is said that the cheapest rail- way fares in the world are to be found in Hungary.
 An average passenger locomotive needs 12O gallons of oil yearly to keep it in running order.
 The difficulty of railway construc- tion in some. parts of Africa is illus trated by the fact that on the Free town-M -Mattru line in Sierra Leone II steel bridges had to be built in . dis tance of only 30 kilometers.
 England holds the record for the longest railway run without a stop. This is Paddington to Exeter-1o4 miles. France comes next, with Paris to Calais 1s51A miles. America s longest is New York to Troy-14s tsnifeS
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
JUMPED ON A TEN PENNY NAIL.

The little daughter of T. N. Pow ell jumped on an inverted rake made of ten penny nails, and thrust one nail entirely through her foot and a sec ond one half way through. Chamber lain's Pain Balm was promptly ap- piled and five minutes later the pain had disappeared and no more suffering was experienced. In three days the child was wearing her shoe as usual and with absolutely no discomfort. Mir Powell is a well known merchant of Forkland, Va. Pain Balm is an an tiseptic and heals such injuries with out maturation and ill one-third the time required by the usual treatment. For sale by all druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
r,oxe wise Children Aeain

George is five years old. and his father read him the impressive story of George Washington and the cherry tree and the subsequent frank admis- sion Noticing the look Of astonish- ment on the child's face, his father asked: Don't you think he was a very good boy?" Good, -papa9' said George, incredulously. Why, of course he knew his father had got wise, anyhow"
 This reminds us of the story of the mother who, after reading Casa blanca" to her little daughter, re- marked: Now, wasn't he a good iit- tie boy?"
 s'Yes,'' sighed the child. ''He was awfully good. but he wasn't one bit smart."--N. Y. Sun.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER :, 1901,
It is understood that in his long con

It is understood that in his long con ference with the president Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island and chairman of the committee on finance, told the president that the sen ate was not prepared to confirm any of the reciprocity treaties and that the senators did not think that Comnis- sioner Kasson had exercised good 1uds- ment in their preparation. He inti- mated that the commissioners had ''been outcaassed in fence with Eu- ropean diplomats of superior skill
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07

of printed opinions, most of which are not worh what it cost to put them in type.
 Ex-Senator Pettigrew thinks gov ernment ownership of railroads would be a winning national issue So 1t might. but if the government was to be of the trusts, and by the trusts, as at present, where would the advantage of the people come in? This country needs a government that Nil1 control the trusts, and not be controlled by them, worse than anything else.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
TO THE PUBLIC.

Allow me to say few words i'll praise of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy. I had very severe cough and cold and feared l would get pneumo- mia, but after taking the second dose of this medicine I felt better. three bottles of it cured my cold and the pains in my chest disappeared entire ly. am most respectfully yours for health, RALPH s. MEYERS. G4 Thfr- ty-sexenth street Wheeling, ". Va. For sale by ill druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
MOST WONDERS uL EXPLOSIVE.
Inventor Of NIaximite Tells What 1t WiII Do-Has stood Every
 Government Test.

Hudson Maxim, the inventor of ! 'Maxlmite,'' which has recently been adopted by the United States gov ernIuent, gives clear account of his renari1a ble invention in LesIie;s Pos,- ular Monthly.
 .Maximite, he says, which has recently. been adopted by the gov- ernment, has satisfactorily stood every test to which it has been sub :ected, and there is none of the fore going requirements which it does not fulfill perfectly. It is very ineN- Icnsiyc of manufacture; has fHsicn point below the temperature of boil ing water; cannot be exploded from ignition, and. indeed, cannot be heat ed hot enough to explode, for it will boil away like water without explod ing. Ii is, therefore, perfectly safe 10 melt over an open fire for filing Projectiles, in the same manner that asphale is melted in street cal dron. Should the material by any chance catch fire. it would simply burn away like asphalt, without e&- ploding. When cast into shells, it not only solidifies into a dense, hard, incompressible mass on cooling, but it expands and sets hard on the walls of the projecti1e, like sulphur. That is to says it expands in the same way as water does in freezing.
 s'When a shell filed with it strikes ar1nor plate, the Maximite does not shift a particle, and it is so insensi- tive that it not only stands the shock of penetration of the thickest armor plate which the shell itself can go through, but it will not ex- plode even if the projectile breaks up on the plate"
 In Zante, one of the lonian islands, there ss petroleum spring which
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07
FOR SALE.

No 20 Washington street, tie rent Of which is S645.5O per year; $.J,0O0 will take 1t. Look at the beautiful place on Pleasant street, also High street. A place with all. Improvements; one real nice up-to-date place on Ward: Ridge wood; that place on Waterville street is one of the finest in the city; nnke me an offer. The place on BellevieW avenue will be closed out for less than cost. Lots of houses and lots every where. Call at
 D. H. TTERNEX., Real Estate. Insurance and Bond Office
 1e7 BANK STREET.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07

In Zante, one of the lonian islands, there ss petroleum spring which has been known for nearly 3,ooc years. It is mentioned by Herod- otus.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-07

Charles Rogers, Watertown, is sell ing autumn stock of shoes and rubbers at low prices to make room for Wlnter
The Butte inter mountain., 1901-11-27
MCCLELLAN FRAUDULENT REP
RESERVATION CASE GOES TO
JURY.
JURY DELIBERATES FOR HOURS
No. Verdict at Late Hour This After.
noon-Arguments BY Prosecuting
Attorney and Lawyer for
DEFENSE.

The case of H. A. Mcclellan, young
man who was tried yesterday in Judge
McClernans court on a charge of OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenses,
went to the jury at II o'clock this morn
ing, and at late hour this afternoon
there was no prospect of verdict being
rendered very soon.
Mcclellan was accused of representing
that he was commission firm, and by
reason of the representation, alleged to
be false, induced Harris & Co. of Rex
burg, Idaho, to send him a carload of
potatoes, which he sold and did not pay
for.
The names of the IL men who tried the
case are as follows: John Kelsey. Henry
Northey, Pat Walsh, A. Linquist, w. T.
Allen, John Hosking, Morris Neer, l. j.
Marks, NJ. Boran, P. j. Sullivan, j. w.
Wilson and B. Se,fridge.
The penalty for the crime alleged
against Mcclellan is from one to IA years
in state prison.
The Butte inter mountain., 1901-11-27

GERS of the United States gunboat Mari-
eta when the Pinzon returned to Colon.
The report that the government troops
had been driven back over the Barbacoa
bridge turns out to be incorrect.
In skrmish at Buena Vista last night
the government troops lost ground some-
what and retreated to Tabernilla, losing
5000 cartridges. The government forces
now occupy Tabernilla, which is on the
Colon side of Barbacoa.
Decoy Liberal General.
General Solamayor, with $50 men, COM
manded the liberal forces at Barbacoa
bridge. Good authorities hold that ~
men should have been able 10 prevent the
government. troops from crossing the
bridge. SOlamayor's conduct is every
where decried.
He seems to have sheltered himself and
to have supervised nothing personally
hence the reckless waste of ammunition
whic hcaused the eventual retreat OF the
liberals who lost less than dozen men
yesterday.
General Domingo Diaz and General
Lugo have not yet arrived here with
their troops.