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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
HANG UP BRIGHT PICTURES.

Every physician knows that we may increase bodily suffering, and even en- gender the very diseases we dread, by contingually dwelling upon our bodily condition. On the other hand We may augment our health power by expel- ling discordant thought, or any other enemy of health and happiness from the mind, as one would eject q thief firm his house.
 The mental conditions that govern success are precisely the same as those that govern health and happiness. Success is largely a creation of the mind, and, if We would succeed, we must think success thoughts. X stream cannot rise higher than it's source, and even a Raphael could not paint the face of Christ with Satan in his mind for a model
 One should never admit. for an in- stant even the suggestion that he may fail, for this lessens his confidence Just so much, and without confidence he can do nothing. Persistently assert that the Creator framed you for sue cess, that it is your birthright, and that 1t would be positive sin for you not to succeed.
 If you are Respondent, downcast, suffering from melancholy, you have had your mind fixed on gloomy thoughts, and have felt sure that mis- fortunes were coming to you. You have anticipated failure and disaster so long that your brain is absolutely incapable of giving off anything but morbid thoughts. You have dwelt upon the dark side and lived so long in the shawdows that your brain is incapable of producing a bright, help full mental picture. How can you ex- pect to find success and happiness when you are going in the opposite di rection, constantly feeding your mind with visions of disaster and failure?
 About face! Pull down those sable. morbid pictures which have hung for years in the gallery of your mind, and hang up bright, cheerful colors again. Fling open the shutters of your mental chamber, and the shadows and ghosts which have been so real, which have haunted and chilled your soul with fear will flee as fog and mists flee before the sunlight. The pestilence and mi asma which now hang around and keep you Respondent will vanish. You will get a new outlook upon life, and will see things as they really are, not through the distorted medium of dark colored glasses.
 You increase discord by admitting it's reality, just as you increase happi- ness by dwelling upon the things which make you happy. So, by dwell ing upon and anticipating failure, you invite it, and cause success to fly from you. Persistently shut out every thought that discourages or depresses you, and keep the mind in q bright, healthy | condition. Then the brain cells will be clear to think and plan, the body strong, active. and able to carry out the dictates of the brain; and the mind, unclouded by the cobwebs of fear and anticipated failure, quick to seize upon every passing opportunity 1 or advantage, will open the door to l success.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28

'The organization of tlsa steel trade of this country into one big corpora tion, offers an opportunity for enforc ing this principle, protection says writer in a New York paper, which the western members of congress show themselves ready to embrace. They propose to repeal all the duties on the import of steel, and thus to furnish the steel trust with foreign rivals, if it will tolerate none at home. 1 see no objection to this policy. It will not result in any large importations of steel into this country. for our steel makers are too well equipped to fear competition in prices or quality with Europe. But it will furnish a check in the regulation of prices, and thus protect the American consumer against exactions. The consumers in this case are in less need of such q guarantee than in most, for they are generally men or corporations of large capital and close familiarity with af- fairs. But the precedent thus set would be valuable as q check to the trust building tendency and as q declara ton of national policy. It might not suit A1r Hanna, who ran his party deep into debt of obliga tions to the big corporations in the last campaign, but it would suit the coun- try"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
GATEWAY OF STOCK EXCHANGE

Richard Higeinson knew exactly what was expected of him when Hen " Lawson took him before the august sixteen who compose the committee on admission of the exchange. Ihey were solemn looking gentlemen, seat ed on leather covered mahogany chairs ranged in q half circle. From the gray-headed gray-bearded point of view. they were an imposing looking lot, and there was not look of vel come or q smile in tho collection They looked over Higginson and through him q Lawson. ST. sais'' "Sa"t'emen. this is my boy. Richard Higginson. l think as much of him-a1most-as do of John, my son. Dick came doWn here without friend. Now l am his friend When he is one of us, he Is going to execute as many of my orders on the floor as one man can handle. TOT you know that John's health keeps him away from the Street. and l need a young pair of shoulders to take his place. Dick is not going to speculate. He has brains. and can be trusted. As our cashier he pow ''~ t''rnn"h one pan- ic and many exciting weeks without bit of friction on the books. l think he will make a good broker"
 
 Doared when MT Lawson withdrew and the members of the committee-tho ableSt men of one thousand able men asked him several hundred questions designed to discover inst how little he knew And finally: Did Mir Higgin- son buy his membership with his own money? No? Who supplies the mon ey? Mir Lawson. Won1d Mir Lawson sign a paper releasing the membership from all claims that might be made against it? He would. And would Mir Lawson and another member ac- cept Mr Higginson's uncertitied check for S25 ,OOO? They would.
 The candidates retirad from the room and his sponsors were admitted They told what they knew of Higgin- son. He signed the constitution and bylaws. and paid his fees. Those were proud days for the young man. He then made his first appearance on the Exchange and was hazed. He lost a hat. a collar. necktie. and his coat was ripped mp the back-an of which he took good naturedly. especial ly as he was clever enough to wear old clothes for the occasion.-S. X. Nel' son in Frank Leslie's Popular Month ly for March.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
WOMEN'S CONSERVATISM.

Many changes for the better have been made during the last half century in the laws, written and unwritten. re- lating to women. Everybody approves of them now. because they have be- come accomplished facts. But not one of them would have been made to this day if it had been necessary to wait till the majority of women asked for them. In the light of history. the in- difference of most women and the op- position of few must be taken as a matter of course.
 When a man in Saco. Me, first em- ployed a Saleswoman the men boycott ted his store. and the women demon strated with him earnestly on the sin of which he was guilty in placing q young woman in a position of such publicity" When Luck Stone tried to secure for married women the right to their own property, women asked with scorn: Do you think 1 would give myself where l would not give my property?" When Elizabeth Black we'll began to study medicine. the wo- mon at her boarding house refused to speak to her. and women passing her on the street held their skirts aside @ as not to touch her. Mary Lyon's first eff0rfs for the higher education lWere sfeeeIved with innnite ridicple by | 464 ma6s pf men md women alike. II 1efxeB III A1ices Stone 8lAck-
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
UNDER AIR PRESSURE.

It is the strain within the bowels of the working chamber, unnoticed gen. erally while there; the change on con- ing into the outer air that the sand hog (the workman) dreadS. Under an air pressure, the blood is forced away from. the extremities; it is driven from the exterior into the central organs, especially toward the brain and the spinal cord. The man. exhausted by toll under these conditions. climbs long ladder; he is in the air-lock again, with the upper door alone closed. The lock tender jerks up the bottom door; with twist of the valve he hustles the compressed air out. The ordinary air rushes in. The upper door is thrown up and Gods sun a11 air come to the prisoner. The reaction is too severe. The blood, released by the sudden van- ishing of thirty, forty, fifty pounds Of air pressure on each square inch of the body, refuses to act normally. Heart and lungs weaken, vitality ebbs. A sand hog is never sure that the next trip may not be his last.
 The practical limit below ground is fifty pounds of air pressure. The men that can work in that atmosphere are masters of their trade. Yet now and then q man is met with who has the strength to go further. One of the keenest compressed air superintend- ents in this country has stood sixty pound pressure. He is prematurely aged. A workman is occasionally pointed out as man who has record of sixty, and he is looked up to as n wonder. And there is the story, said to be scientifically accurate. of a Frenchman who, for purposes of ex- periment, managed to stand q pressure of eighty-three pounds.-Leslie's Popu- lar Monthly
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
~ HEARD IN PASSING

Washington actually has q judge who will not grant a divorce until proof of ample cause has been submit ted to him. The divorce shySterS do not consider him q young century man.
 It is hinted that owing to the clev- erness of some of the retiring senators and representatives ill getting through jobs in the rush of the closing days of congress they can stand d long period of idlenesS.
 The country owes a vote of thanks to Senator Morgan for having public ly exposed the subserviency Of repub- lican senators to the British govern ment in dealing with Nicaragua canal legislation.
 Minister Conger is coming home. it is stated at his own request, but there Is mere than q suspicion that it is be- cause he did too much kicking because the administration paid more heed to the advice of the Chinese minister to the United States than to his, about matters in China.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM.

4-~Cor South Main ana Grand sta
 5--Scoyill Manufacturing Co. P).
 G--Cor Bridge and AIagill sts.
 7.-Exchange Place.
 12--Rogers x Bro. (P).
 13 Cor East Main and Niagara StS. 14--Cor East Main and Wolco1r I'd. 15--Cor High and Walnut sts. l6--Cor East Main and Cherry sts 17--Cor East Main and Cole sts. 2l-.Cor North Elm and Kingsbury sts 23-Burton Street engine house. el.Waterbury Manufacturing Co. (P) 25--Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts. o7--Cor Grove & Prospect Sts. 2S--Cor Hillside avenue and Pine st. o9--S. Willow bet. Ridgewood and
 Hillside avenue.
 31--Cor Bank and Grand sts. 32--Cor Riverside and Bank sts. S4-.Cor West Main and Watertown I'd 25--Conn. Lights < Pow. Co. car
 house, P).
 s6.-Waterbury Brass Co. (P). 3S-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 38-Cor Grand and Field sts.
 4o-Cor South Main and Clay sts. 43-New England Watch Go. (P). 45-Benedict & Rurnham Mfg Co. (P) 46-Waterbury Buckle Co. (P. 47-Cor s. Main and Washinton sts. 61-COr Bal0Wln ana HlVer StS. 62-Cor Franklin and Union sts. 53-Wat'b'y Clock Co, case fact'y (P). 54-Cor Clay and Mill sts.
 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-No Hose House.
 bS-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin st 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 74-Cor Johnson and Waterville sts. e12-The Platt Bros &s Co. (P). o13-Hammond Buckle Co. P). o14-Watb'y Clock Go. mvt fact'y P). o16-Cor North sfain and Grove sts. o51-Cor Round Hill and Ward sts. of1-Junction Cooke and N. Main sts. 212-Grove. bet. Central & Holmes avs. 911-S. N. E. Telephone Co bldg. P). 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. 313-Randolph & Cloves. fpl 914-Plume and Atwood P). 3l5-American Ring Go (P). 316-Electric Light Station (P). 31S-Holmes Booth & Haydens PL 3o1-No 4 Hose House. 3o3-Cor Wash'g'n ave and Porter sta 3o4-Cor Charles and Porter sts. 3o5-Cor Simons st and Wash'g'n ave. 3I1-City Lumber and Coal Co (P). 412-Tracy Bros (P).
 451-Steele & Johnson Mfg Co P). kS2-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts-
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
THE GREAT NEED OF POWER.

Power is the goal of every worthy ambition The object of a watch is to keep good time. Any defect in q watch, no matter whether in the tin jest screw, in a cog, or wherever 1t may be. will interefer with the sue cess of the watch in keeping perfect time.
 The great object of education, and of special training. is power. To make a man capable of producing power should be the object of the home, the school. and the college. Power-producing men are what we are after. The slightest defect in life's machinery, anything which causes friction, any weak point. whether In cog. screw, or bearing, will defeat the great end of life,--the production of power. Guard well, then, your weak points.
 Many an otherwise strong man has been wrecked by some little weakness which he considered trifiing; but it intereferred with the perfect time of the timeDiece.
 Not the strong link in the chin. but the weak One measures its strength. Our greatest enemies are often our smallest weaknesses or vices. They are success-killers, -success-wreckers Wherever we go. whichever way we turn in life, these weak points, these little deficiencies. stare us in the face stand in our way, and defeat our progress.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28

A congressional delegation, repre- senting both branches and both par ties. called on Mir Mckinley this week and requested that Representative John Allen, of Mississippi who will re- session. be appointed one of the con- missioners provided for in the bill ap- propriating S5.OOO.OOO for the eXposi- ton to be held at St Louis to com memorate the Louisiana purchase. It was an unusual compliment. and Mr Aliens appointment is regarded as cer- tain. A petition in his favor signed by all the senators except three was filed with AIr Mckinley.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
3--- -.-' T -A .-H 2 .sMR. JAMES. ''

'sThat Autograph of Louis James on the wall, over there, reminds me of 8 peculiar incident" remarked drum mer at one of the hotels yesterday. ''The last time I saw Mir James was some years ago. when he was fellow passenger on the Missouri Pacific, go- ing from St Louis to Kansas City. He was sitting in the smoker, reading newspaper and I was sharing q seat, little to the rear, with q tall, raw bored native. who got on board at Salida. The actor is a man of strik- ing appearance. and I observed that my comDanion was looking at him with evident curiosity. Presently a well dressed gentleman. wh"n I aftar- ward learned was the business mana ger of the company. came sauntering into the car. and. as he passed James, they exchanged mods Hn 6idn't stop however. but kept on down the aisle and took a seat behind ns. As he- was lighting his cigar my raw-boned friend turned around. Excuse me. caDt'n.' he said but do YOU know that man over yondorc' 'Yes.' es'1 +h, other. be- tween nuffS: that's Mir James.' To my surprise the native got excited at once. " don't say SO. he exclaimed. in ho"-ro whisnar: airy s'!rn 't's hi"''' of course' said the well dressed man: I'm associated with him in husiness.' The NTiSsonrian settled himself in his seat, and for a while he devnured the tragadiau with his eyes. Then he wrieeIad around again. Say. mister.' he whispered I'd like to ask you question: Blaze away said tho other. DO vou know how many men he's killed rhe incurred aweSomelv. 'What! exclaimed the business manager m tones of unbOunded "-'o-~'''""+ 'nh. no offanca' said 1'>o rn+fvn hastily: Il list had kind of curiosity about it. We'll said the man in the rear. ana I could see that ha evidently thought he was dealing with a lunatic, as far as vet. At least they didn't die in the house. he added. with dry chuck lr. A moment later he got 1lD and walked out whisDerin" something to James as he passed. I don't know. but I suppose he told him there was a dangerous crank in the car. and. at any rate, the actor followed him al- most immediately. Nv cOmDanlon sigbed deenlv as they disappeared. I'm sorry that fellows ennn' he remarked: q wanted to aS1> L:~, s~-oethin' else abont MT James. s"'''"+ -T''s it?' said I. thinking I might he able to supply the inform alton. oh. nothin' much he replied: q only wanted to ask whether it was Jesse or Frank "- New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
THE DECAY OF MANNERS.

ssI have in this ungrateful task, talk en most of my instances from the east believe the manners of men in the west and in the south are very much better. But the east sets the fashion and makes the pace. What is the vogue in New York reaches San Fran cisco and New Orleans in time. and the nearer place sooner. So, if It be the thing to be rude i'll the east. we may expect that it will be the fashion also on the Pacific and Gulf before long. But there Is one class of people in America, which. l fancy, is not like ly ever to become infected with the bacillf of rudeness. ailude to the plain people, the common people. They are too good and too substantial at bot tom ever to become very vulgar. They have never been adopts in the graceful. social arts On the contrary, they have never been acquainted with th-m. and care nothing about them. But they are honest and kind. md they hate meanness and nastiness for the deadly sins that they are. And they know them, too; at sight. They are simple and unaffected. but they are as far as possible from being foolish. A lady of experience told me the other day that she believed the plain. every day. common American man was the most dependable creature alive. They never fail you. There Is no kindness they will not undertake. no service they will not render. And l recent ly learned of young girl who knew this fact by instinct. She had to journey to Chicago alone. From the start she was molested by the atten- ton of this man and tha+. She became almost frantic in her nervousness. In desperation she gave up her sent, and to quote her own words. II went over to where there was plain, common, kind-lookin9 middle-aged man sitting and asked if I might sit with him. He said, "certainly," and made room for me. That was the end of 1t. He seemed. to understand. and the other ma, also.' "JoAn Qilmer Speed in 41Arch Ainslee'S.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
\ SONG FOR nARcH.

Sing ho! sing ho, for the sleet and
 snow! For the stormy March and the wines
 that blow From north and south, now high, now
 low,
 Or chill or warm! Oh, March is the month of months for
 me; It's south winds set old winter free, And tell of the springtime coon to be, With all Its charm. Sing ho, for March on the 'sea's bleak
 shore, Where the bracing breezes evermore Blow up from the ocean bearing be-
 fore,
 The salty spray! Sing ho, for March among the hills! Melting snows filling the' ice-rimmed Streams rushing madly past meadows
 and mills Day after day. Sing ho, for the toughest month of all, When shri1l OCT the tempest sounds
 the call Of the crow from woodland tree-top
 tall,
 Telling of spring. And ho, for the waning winter days, When the lingering north winds cold
 delays Aprils coming, and chills the suns red
 rays!
 Oh, March is king. Frank Harrington in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for March.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
EXHAUSTION OF MoNoToNY.

A man kept continually at the same kind of work during the day would show Q smaller average of vitality at its end than man whose tasks had been varied, and whose interest there fore. had been kept up instead of being allowed to lnnguiah because of the eameness of the work at which he had been employed. This certainly points | moral for school wotk.--E1wnrd lfarshall. In rraAk Lealis's Popular Nonthly for 1fafet.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2s, 1901.

Some very vigorous protests have western republicans in congress against the proposed appointment of P. c. Knox, of Pittsburg. the attorney for the Carnegie steel trust. to succeed Attorney General Griggs, although it is difficult to see why they should ob- ject to one trust lawyer succeeding an- other in the cabinet.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28

It is not surprising that Mir McKfn- ley should be afraid to net upon the Cuban question alone; he knows that 1t is full, of political dynamite
 The fffty-sixth congress put through many disreputable tnhe. hut thAnke to the aleftnsse of the democr4ts the most dlnreputAbie tNl,Eho nhip Utif,- HIT sFa1 atea u hEss
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-02-27
POTTER AND HIS IDEAS

Rev. Victor T. Southworth, of Den
yer, Colo, preached sermon recently
upon Bishop Potter and the Love Of
Money" He stated that Bishop Potter
has arrived at one clear idea, that the
church as an institution belittled and
degraded the gospel Of Christ.
"If Bishop Potter has the manly
courage" he said, ito carry out the
line of thought he has so eloquently
begun-if, instead of talking in this
straightforward way on weekdays be-
fore a club--he talks 1t on Sunday in
his own pulpit. he will have to lay aside
his vestments and start new church
of his own, after the fashion of Myron
Read.
"The church as an institution Is as
much a factor in the economic degree
dation OF the masses as the counting
house or the board of trade.
why do not the very poor go to
church? Because the church does not
go to the poor except to humiliate
them with their charities. There Is
an impossible gulf between the intelli-
gent poor and the respectable church.
The intelligent poor do not want char
ity, and that is all that the respectable
church has to offer.
"The poor mans labor and the rich
mans capital cannot be reconcileG by
the church. Rich men will not furnish
to support the clear thinking and plain
speaking of such men as Myron Read.
Bishop POTTER and his comrades in the
ministry are between Scylla and Cha
rlbdes. and sooner or later they must
run aground. The church OF the fu-
ture must be one of two things -
fashionable rich mans club, an eXclu-
sively aristocratic affair, or else 1t must
become a practical schol and workshop
ror the study and application 4 the
gospel of Christ.
"The plain teachings Of Jesus, de-
hvered without varnish from every
pulpit in the land, would in a very
short time create public opinion that
would over throw the unjust power OF
money, would make any kind of private
monopoly impossible and establish So
cial justice throughout the earth"