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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
osrRICHEs IN 1NCUBAToRs.

The Ostrich lays her eggs in a hole in the sand. The first two are sterile egg. and are laid outside the nest, for inc ostrich is naturally desert bird, and nature has provided these two eggs filled with liquid, as food and drink to the newly matched ostriches until they become strong enough to go with their parents Ill search of food and water. The ostrich does not lay an egg every day, but on alternate days, and the same number, fourteen. is always laid. The eggs weigh about four pounds each and are very rich. They are excellent to eat, but are very expensive for omelets, as the market price is S20 each. In the native state the ostriches raise but one brood a year, but in captivity they raise four broods q year.
 In Florida the ostrich farmers are hatching the ostriches by incubator and this is found to be even more sue cessful than by the birds sitting on the eggs. The eggs hatch in the incuba- tors in about forty-two days. An os- trich egg is. very pretty in shape. being almost round and Of rich cream col or. The shell is an eighth of an inch thick. and the eggs are about fifteen inches in length.
 The plucking season is the most in teresting on the ostrich farm. The birds are driven separately into q small inclosure with very high, stout fences and the bird is blinded by q hood drawn over it's head. The long, val uable feathers. or plumes, are plucked from the tail or wings, or rather they are cut with sharp shears, the stubs falling out of themselves later at the melting time. The shorter, more ill ferior feathers are pulled out and placed in bags by themselves.
 Each plucking averages from $35 t6 $50 to each bird The feathers of the nrale are of more value than those o1 the female. The feathers of young birds are white and yellow, and al the age of year and half the feath CTS turn to drab color on the female and to black and white on the male.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
5 gross pIaited satin Belts with Gilt and oxidized buckles, latest styles, soc goods at IS Bach
Underwear Hosiery
 and Cloves,

5 cases mems heavy Scotch wool camel's hair and fleece lined under wear at 35c the garment. Considered cheap anywhere else at 50c.
 A case of boys and misses knit un- derwear, 25c goods. at 12lac each.
 Ladies' jersey winter underwear, common and extra sizes, 19c the gar. ment, mfgs price 33c.
 cases boys colored knit under. wear, sizes 24 to 34 inclusive, 25e a garment, from 30c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
Theatrical Chafter
*s**.r&
 
BY BRANDON.

for the real toreador and is feted and feasted by the whole city. The Lon don production of ''The Toreador" is one of the greatest musical comedy hits the English metropolis has known in years and is described by the Lon- don Telegraph as gay, frivolous, wit ty. restless, tuneful, exhilarating, laughable, merry, picturesque ants charming The music and lyrics are especially highly commended.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
.,rcARTHY,s MIsHAPs."

Ferguson and Mack will close their engagement in .'IcCarthy's Mishaps at Polls this evening. The play is one of those merry mix-ups of dashlhg comedy that keep an audience ill q fer ment of gayety and laughter during it's entire presentation. It is well pre- sented and deserves good audience at the closing performance. Prices are 25, 35 and 90 cents.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
Bret Harte HI In London.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Bret Harte, a noted writer of fiction, is seriously ill from pneumonia in London, according to letter from there. His wife, from whom he had been separated for sever al years, and the members of the fami- ly, with the exception of one daughter, who is i'll ill Morristown, N. J., are in tho British metroDoIis
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
BESNETT-MoULToN COMPANY.

BENNETT-MOULTO COMPAN1.
 Repertoire at the hands of the well known Bennett-Moulton company will be next weeks offering at Polls. the weeks engagement opening with "The Captains Mate,' on Monday evening. Beginning Tuesday matinees will be given daily, with change of bill at every performance. In addition to the plays a number of specialties will be offered between the acts at every per formance Principal among those to appear in this line is the noted colored singer Madame Flower, who has been designated ''the bronze Melba. She is q thoroughly accomplished vocalist, and her singing ought to be great attraction during the week. Popular prices will prevail, and the sale of seats is now open.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
A N INQUISITIyE MAN.

An inquisitive man said to Dumas You are quadroon ?'' q believe l am. sir said Dumas. And you1 grandfather !'' Negro hastily ans. wered the dramatist And may I in qulre what your great grandfather wasp ''An1ape, sir, thundered Du. mas yes, sir, an ape my pedigree commences where yours terminates The Book World.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
PennsyIvania Wants AlI or None

Pennsylvania Wants All or None.
 HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 14.-Goy ernor Stone has returned to the wal department the warrant for $102,O0C received by him i'll part payment o1 Spanish-American war claims of the state of Pennsylvania against the gen eral government. The reason for the return is stated to be that the gov ernment refusedoto pay portions of the claims, and the state insists that every claim is just. It is contended that ii the $102.000 is accepted now it will be regarded as a tacit consent of the state that the refusal to recognize some of the claims was warranted.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
Handk'f's and Fancy
 Goods.

100 dozen colored bordered handker- chiefs, hemmed, 25c dozen, from 5c each.
 100 dozen fine colored bordered handkerchiefs, $ for 25c, from 5c.
 ID dozen extra fine linen and em- broldered handkerchiefs, mfgs price 5Oc, our price 25c.
 10000 ladies beautiful embroidered ana hemstitched handkerchiefs, 1272c, from 25c.
 5O handsome oxidized hand gilt bag tops, 59c each, mfgs price $1.5O.
 smell side combs, pompadour and pack combs, 10c each. mfgs price 25c.
 70 dozen ladies' silk ties, mfgs price Toe to $1.5O, our price 10c each.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
coMING EYEN,rS.

City hall, December 29-"Titania, CT the Butterfly Carnival" Second divls- ion. A. o. H.
 At City hall. January 15, 16, II, lS' 19O2-Grand fair of United French
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Nosahogan lodge school meeting. Friendly league, hand sewing.
 MEETINGS TOMORROW Socialist labor party. Waterbury Turn Verein. Barcelona council, k. of 0. French Canadian institute. St Francis Xavier Holy Name soci ety.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
Earthquakes In Itaiv,

ROME, Dee. Earthquakes were felt last night in the province of .Cata- mia, Sicily, and in the southern Italian provinces of Calabria and Lecce.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
TRADE CONDITIONS.
Manufacturing Plants Never More
 Busy-TextiIe Prices Firm.

Manufacturing Plants Never More
 Busy-TextiIe Prices Firm.
 NEW YORK, Dec 14.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
 1t is most fortunate that the vagaries of speculation are not always deleteri- ous to legitimate business. Railway stocks fell sharply. yet full returns for November show that earnings were 11.5 per cent greater than in the same month last year and 1S.1 per cent over those of 1899. Industrial and traction shares were even more violently dis turbed, yet the Manufacturing plants of the nation were never more fully oc- cupied. Numerous labor controversies have been settled, and the rate of wages is at the highest point ever at tained. Retail distribution is of mas sive proportions, with dealings in holi- day goods the conspicuous feature.
 Conditions in the leading industry are still more strikingly promising. De- spite the full engagement of most steel mills well into next year, the week has brought a large amount of new busi- ness, particularly in railway equip ment. Stability of prices continues the best feature, imitation being wisely pre- vented by controlling interests.
 Raw material in the textile industries has developed distinct firmness. Cot ton not only retained the spasmodic gain that followed the government re port. but made q further advance, and indications of continued strength at tracted liberal purchases by spinners.
 Western grain producers and dealers have expressed great faith in the flu ture of prices, many announcing their intention to hold supplies until spring, when the scarcity would be marked and quotations reach a more profitable point.
 Failures for the week numbered 273 in the United States against 240 last year and IT in Canada against 26 last year.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
Ribbons.

800 pieces No ? satin ribbon, 1C yards to the piece, 10c. at Sc.
 1000 yards fancy ribbon, Sc and 4c yard, mfgs price 10c.
 1000 yards wide satin and taffeta ribbon, 9c a yard, mfgs price 19c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
The Iurnbull Co.

self n p 0 our for his t year TOUT nnH Hygig a
  he Il nO INn ~ article S kDurIa for our H al b FAIRS
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
Stationery,

800 boxes finest note paper and en-. velopes, both ruled and plain, usually sold at 15c to 25c box-at Sc box, l3 boxes for one dollar. 1000 elegant fancy boxes of note pa- per, tied with silk ribbons, 12 to 23c price one-half you usually pay.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
Best Brush Braid 4c a yard
 From 8.
Books

1500 handsomely bound volumes. good paper, clear print. usual price p and 5oc--15c each or for one dollar.
 1900 still more beautifulbooks, gilt edge, usually sold at T5c and $1.25- at 25c each or for one dollar.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13
WAR CLAIM PAID.
ARIZONA.
THE MAYOR HELPED HIM.

Robert Stevens. a mining man of
Phoenix, wrote to Mayor w. J. Diehl
of Pittsburg Penn, and asked the may
or to help him find a wife. The mayor
made the announcement in the Pitts
burg papers that he had received the
request and letters commenced pour
ing into his Office from all over west
ern Pennsylvania and some from West
Virginia. The mayors first intention
was to forward all the letters to Stew
ems but finally decided that he would
select one from the number and send
the letter and picture (most of the
letters were accompanied by photo
graphs) to the Phoenix man with the
advice to look no farther for a wife
With the assistance of two of his clerks
the mayor made the selection and mail
ed the letter and picture to Mr.. Stew
ems The photograph of the young lady
selected was not the most handsome
of the pictures that accompanied the
applications but the original Is evident
" comely and a good woman. 1t was
the wording of her letter which won
the cake. She said that she did not
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13
LAwMAKING AS AN ART.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The supreme court of Iowa has de-
clared invalid the so-called amendment
to the state constitution. This was an
effort to make all Iowa state elections
biennial. 1t was desired to extend the
terms of few state officers so as to
make all expire at the same time.
The people approved the plan and the
amendment received a substantial ma
jority of votes. But the law was so
carelessly drawn that it threatened
enormously greater inconvenience
than Iuose which it was framed to
cure.
BY a mistake in the number of the
year in which the extended terms
were to expire the amendment as
adopted by the 1egisture and the peo-
pie extended the terms of some 1000
county and town officials whose ten
ure it was not meant to affect. This
left two sets of claimants for those
offices. the men chosen last fall and
the incumbents. The state was threat
ened with an endless series of con-
tests. and county and township gov
ernm ents were thrown into confusion
Appeal for relief was made to the
courts and it was unfortunately discov-
cred that the amendment was never
entered" upon the legislative jour-
nails. Upon this technicality the law
was set aside This latter fact may
well give pause to those who chafe at
legal technicalitleS. The general
principle of the law was thoroughly
understood and approved. but it's
words did not express it's trainers
meaning 1t threatened the people of
Iowa with great inconvenience and ex-
pense, from which they have been
saved by one of those despised lie
gal technicalities.
This Iowa case should also call at
tention to the growing evil of care
less lawmaking. Much of the time of
our supreme courts is now occupied
with efforts to find out what our legis-
lators meant. Even congress is not
free from this vicious habit of pass
ing laws whose meaning is uncertain.
AS a result our statute books are in
numbered with laws which the courts
must set aside for lack of precision in
saying what their authors intended.
All this leads to unnecessary litiga-
ton. wasteful alike of the means of
private citizens and of the public rev.
enues.
In our early days We did this sort
OF work much better. Our early stat
utes are concise, comprehensive and
clear. Then the drafting of laws was
left to recognized experts. Even our
national constitutional convention,
despite the high average ability of its
members. did not put forth its work
until every word had been scrutiniZ-
ed by special committee on style.
The fact is that lawmaking is an art
which. like every other. requires prac-
tice and training. The sooner this
fact is recognized the better for the
country.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13
NeighbOrhOOd Notes.

want to get married for the purpose of
leading life of idleness, but that she
wanted to be a helpmeet to some good
man. Mayor Diehl would not tell the
name of the lucky maiden, but will
send the letters of all unsuccessful ap-
plicants back to them. so that they
may know that they were not selected.
1t is believed that a wedding will be
the result of the mayors selection.
MRS. NATION HONORED.
That the saloon men of Phoenix feel
kindly towards Mrs. Carrie Nation is
attested by their having named three
fine drinks in her honor. They are
newly invented drinks and were in
vented on purpose that they ought to
be chriStened in her honor. Mrs. Ma
ton is a misunderstood woman" said
a Phoenix man. land anyone who has
seen a Kansas saloon will not blame
her for wanting to smash Kansas sa-
looms. A drink of the stuff they sell
there would make anybody want to
smash something. When she comes to
Phoenix and sees what a difference
there is between Kansas and Arizona
drinks she will be perfectly satisfied
The three drinks were named, Carrie
Nation cocktail" Kansas cyclone
and The High-stepper."
JUST HAPPENED so.
Phoenix merchant went into a
Phoenix bank on Thursday to make his
usual daily deposit. The bank clerk
counted the money and checked it off
the deposit slip. then looked up at the
merchant and said, lone twenty-dOllar
gold piece short" The merchant re-
piled that he was certain he had
counted the money correctly and come
right straight to the bank. The clerk
counted again and the result was the
same The merchant was worried, but
still insisted that he brought the full
amount of money into the bank. The
clerk then grew indignant and asked
the merchant if he thought he had
stolen it. You can search me- he
said as a clincher for his own inno-
cence. AS he made that remark he
stepped back and shook his coat sleeve
when the missing twenty-dollar piece
fell out on the counter.-Phoenix Re-
publican
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13
MICE AS PETS FOR LADIES

From the New York Mail and Ex-
press.
A mouse club has been formed in
Chicago. as a rival to the cat club.
for the promotion of mice as pets for
ladies'. Here is an Invention or per-
version of all ancient and respect
able tradition. How the hereditary
enmity of cats and mice is to be
reconciled. SO as to prevent the enc
peace with one inside of the other.
we will not pause to enquire. But
what is to be done with that draed-
full and instructive horror OF the fem
mime nature for mice? Perhaps the
real purpose of the club is to overcome
this, rather than to cultivate the small
rodents and widen the range of femi-
nine fondness for pets. In that case
it is a philanthropic movement in
which men may sympathiZe.
1t looks like a matter of some diff
Guilty, in view of the diminutive size.
lively movements and climbing pro-
penSities of the mouse, mad the at
tachment of women to skirts-to re-
strain the impulse to shrek and
jump upon chairs or tables on the sud-
den appearance even of a well-trained
pet of that species.
1t would undoubtedly be an ex-
cellent discipline, but would it not be
too severe for the average woman
Happy thought, Perhaps this is val
liable part of the scheme of higher
education which is to raise or modify
hiatt average in a way to make wOm-
en- more manly and independent, even
of what has been regarded as such a
fearful wildfowl"
If the object is merely to make more
pets for women and to multiply the
number mad variety of beasts and
birds about the house, the male mind
is likely to look upon the mouse club
with some of the suspicion that the fe-
male mind has Tor the PLAIN ordina-
ry club" Even though the mice
most affected are exotic creatures of
various colors from the Himalayas,
there will be no strong desire to have
their number increased as mere OBJ
jects of feminine affection but If
they are to inculcate composure and
self-restraint, and diminish the ten
dency to Mysteries, it may be worth
while to tolerate them as a fad until
the purpose has been served.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13
DOES 1T PAY TO BUY CHEAP?
A cheap remedy for coughs and colds

a CuooP IcAACuy AOA SouSAS ohu eoiuS
il all right, but you want something
that will relieve and cure the more Sc
we're and dangerous results of throat
and lung troubles. What shall you
do? Go to a warmer and more regular
climate? Yes, If possible; If not pos
sible for you, then in either case take
the ONLY remedy that has been in
PRODUCED in all civilized countries with
success in severe throat and lung
troubles. "Boschee's G rman Syrup"
1t not only heals and stimulates the
tissues to destroy the germ disease.
but allays Inflammation, causes easy
expectoration, gives a good nights
rest, and cures the patient. Try ONE
bottle Recommended many years by
all druggists in the world. Get Green's
Prize Almanac.
Sold by dealers in all civilized coun-
tries.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13

Try the Herald's popular wants.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13

A powerful engine cannot be run
with a weak boiler, and we can't keep
up the strain of an active life with a
weak stomach; neither can we stop
the human machine to make repairs.
# the stomach cannot digest enough
food to keep the body strong, such a
preparation as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
should be used. 1t digests what you
eat and it simply can't help but do
you good. Fred Schaefer, druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13
A Fruitful Source of Friction.

Alteration about trifies is fruitful
source of friction, and stock subjects of
disputation beget a chronic "touchiness"
One seldom convinces by excited and vol
uble argument, and when n suspicion of
temper appears-goodby to success! Po-
likeness compels conciliatory manner,
an open minded hospitality to the views
of others, which will be most effective if
the object be to influence rather than to
vent our irritation.-Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13

For the weakness and prostration
following grippe there is nothing sc
prompt and effective as One Minute
Cough Cure. This preparation is high
ly endorsed as an unfailing remedy for
all throat and lung troubles ind its
early use prevents consumption. 1t
was made to cure quickly. Fred
Schaefer, druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13
NEW MEXICO.
METHODIST CHURCH DESTROYED

METHODIST CHURCH DESTROY Ed.
The Methodist church building in
Alamogordo was destroyed by fire Fri
day night. The fire was fierce one
and had it not just been raining other
buildings would have been ignited from
it. All of the church property that was
saved was the pulpit and organ. The
cause of the fire is said to have been a
defective fiue. Though the fire was
extinguished before the walls fell they
are so burned as to be worthless and
the edifice will have to be rebuilt from
the ground up. There was 500 insur-
ance on the church and with this to
commence on the members of the
church will commence the erection of
a new place of worship at once.
WAR CLAIM PAID.
4 dispatch from Santa Fe says that
Adjutant General Whitman received
notice Saturday from the United
States treasury department of an ad-
ditiona1 allowance of $4,000 upon the
claim of the territory against the Uni
ted States government for expenses in
Cured in the Spanish-American war,
which with the previous allowance,
makes $5017 paid to the territory on
such account.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13

Like bad dollars, all counterfeits Of
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve are worth
less. The original quickly cures piles.
sores. and all skin diseases. Fred
Schaefer, druggist.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
CAN'T AVOID sLANG

Young 4fatrons Choice of Words
Creates General AmaEement.
The young matron whose husband To
a confirmed and inveterate spieler of
slang, and who, from association. has
involuntarily fallen into his methods Of
speech, made another break the other.
afternoon. She was attending a some,
what formal luncheon given by a wo-
man friend, at which were present g
number of visiting women from Boston
and other Massachusetts cities. The
hostess mentioned a legacy which had
lately been left to a pretentious, social.
ly ambitious but ~impecunious woman
friend, who was not present at the
luncheon. but who was well known to
all Of the Washington women present.
1T was quite a windfall," said the
hostess. II understand that the sum
bequeathed to her by her uncle was
something like $50, 1000"
"What, in milk tickets or rain
checks?" incredulously inquired the
young matron whose husband 10 q
slangist, and then her c~ountenance
suddenly went red enough to match her
ceerise silk waist, ard the visiting wo-
men from Massachusetts, stared at her
as perhaps Emerson would have stared
at "Chuck'' Connors, had they ever
met, while the hostess, with q reassur-
ing smile Of sympathy for the unfor-
tunate wife Of the hurler Of the pave
patois. hastened to change the subject.