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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-07
ABERDEEN BRANCH.
BRIDGEPORT STEAMBOAT co.

Popular Long Islana Sound Route. Between New York, Bridgeport and ak Stations on Naugatuck Division
 of N. Y., N. H. and H. R. k.
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H1 MAJESTY THE SolrAN OF SOLO,

expensive, for they are an decorated by
band by the artistic printers Of the king
dom.
TIE woman's dress Is sonswlsat as fol-
lows; First there IS n strip Of calico or
namented with original decorations about
three yards long and n foot wide, which
is wrapped round and round the body, Just
under the arm pits, binding the brrs stS so
tightly that II Is often Injurious 70 health
The upper part If the shoulders and arms
have no covering and there Is q strlp Of
bare yellow skin from three n six Inches
wide between the bresEthand aud the sa-
rong-like skirt, which forms the rest Of
the costume. The skirt Is also bound very
lightly about the body. and the waists are
considerably compressed The JaTancse eirt
Il quite as proud OF her small waist as her
American sister. and she IS very particular
as to fhH ratt0rn ~ no" aarOnr
Black Teeth Are Fashionable.
She spends much time alsn upon her
teeth not in making them white. hut in
giving them the Jet black hue which Is
fashionable among the natives OF this part
ri the world. Both here and IN the Philip
pines both sexes black their teeth. and al
most every tribe has different method Of
hling them. In Mindanao / saw hundreds
81 men and women who had their teeth
hollow gtouhd, Just as though they had
taken a. rattail hle. and scocped out the
front OF their teeth. In lava the men
sometlmes file their teeth to a point "a
that the upper and lower law each contain
ragged saw. the teeth OF which III into
pne another like a steel rat trap The
women file their teeth OF Straight, and
sometimes cut them down at the sides 50
that they are almost square. They laugh
Al the white teeth Of the foreigners and
iay that we have teeth like dogs for dogs
awe white teeth. They sometimes ale
pn or pull ont the canine teeth becalise
these teeth resemble dog teeth. We'll.
hlled set OF teeth Is a girls badge of
womanhood. II is her contingent dress.
hled she Il supposed to be ready for mar
Elage and the boys begin 70 make sheep
eyes AZ her. The hllng Is a painful ordeal,
ana u Is not oil done al once When II n
nrst begun II Is IN the presence Of q fam.
~ party, and feast follows. After this
the teeth are blackencd with a mixture Of
pnt and iron hlings. which makes them
nine Ike polished Jet
Among the SarcDq Makers.
IN going through the palace grounds
found many women at work in their homes
printing the saro1gS or skirts which form
ne chief dress Of the people. Each sarons
Is about two yards in ,ength aud sbout 4
yard wide. II u merely strip Of aue
whlie cotton, upon which the designs are
aketched opt Tor tue printers. The designs
are made with melted wax novsine from \
little pencil with bowl III llauJd w,aS n
me end After the design "A siefrbed Z ~
aye Will only take 10 the nnwared ns,ts ~
Ipe pnftfru, 80 that II must Re carefnlir
fnt on some ef the designs require weeis
49, ,tht4t ~ complete, and the skirts
nen rnitnfd are almost a. costly a An
Nrsf'''H gown. The atriD of cation Ia the
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An Expensive Guest.

These planters live in great state and
when the sultan vlsIts them they spend
large sums in his entertainment. recently
Visited sugar factory, the lands about
which were leased OF his majesty. The fac.
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TIT CDTD Queer Features Of Native State
lIN OO/LO 10 Java and Of Its Imperial Ruler.

beginning IL perhaps worth 30 cents but
Ia the bauds 81 tine artist il may be 80
printed thai 4 5eeoEes worth 40 o. more
The eufBinener designs sell for s. OF 81 but
t1ere ais manf WHICH are very expensive.
The work n very hard on the eyes. SID
noticed Tat mang q the women had on
printed by machinery, but the handmade
ones are mere beautiful ana are 10 great
demand .4iefe nle streets ID The bazarH
which sell nothing else Those worn by
fhe women. and there are millions Of guch
skirts sold every year.
In Jsysnese Court.
The sultan Of Solo controls al ezscutioss
and. 10 large sxtent, su the punisbgBeuts
Of his people His control. however. is
more nominal than real There is a Dutch
resident governor here who tells bis msies-
~ how be shouid act. and the Dutch really
run al the courts ana Impose the 6Bes. !
saw ntiy DeE and women Win ropes
around their necks an tied together await
ing trial the other day he fr0ut ~ cDe Of
the government orlreE- They were IL
charge q native policemen sDd Nere suf-
rounded by natives, bnt the judge insi1e
the court was . Dutchmau and 81 was be
who Imposed the tDes.
u was curious sight The fifty were
roped 1cEe1her IN such O say tbat one
could nor turn without dragging the whole
crowd afft" hzm. On me vefun1a ~ lfouI
q them We native scriheS in Turhans and
ssrpngs WITH kriE-fEe swords In tneir belts
at the back These we're the clerks ~ The
court Each bad great pie Of coppers
beside him the collections n unes and me
funds for making the change. The veraDda
was hlle3 with uatires - various ranks
] made my way through the crowd and WIS
admitted IN thF cart room The judge WAS
q good booking Hoaspder dressed n white
duck, with handsome Young native in
turhaa and saroug s9ugtiiuC on the do"r
near DIS feet The natiTe was The prose
cutter aud interpreted As J waited 3 GRIN
iusl was summoned He was made IN
crawl iu ou his heels and h. Eat 90 bis
bees while Dc was cross-examined. she
witnesses coming IN and sitting ou their
heels apoui hIm
As fsf SIS could see the Dutch Judge
did biz best i0 tef az ihe truth. He WAS
looked ur g. more as q father than judge,
and ftis ls tue relation that the govern
ment tries 20 nRntsiu with the people.
The cases were petty ones. No me 81 more
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MALE SPIDERS RULERS.
Female Makes 81 Him a Badly Hen
Picked Husband.

Female Makes 81 Him a Badly Hen
Picked Husband.
Harvey Sutherland In Ainsiee's
As general thing in the world below
Us 1t Is the male that has on the line
clothes bat. with some exceptions. IL Is
the female spider that bosses the ranch.
This besludfu mUk-whitc spider with
the crimson trimmings mas little runt
% a husband that goes about In plain
brown, with dark markings and ne is
lucky 10 be alive. As o rule in spider
land thj males aFc uudgrsiZed. They
don't last long. il Is a kind OF a hard
world Tor the spiders Imagine how IL
would og II mans wife We're l,3D tlm
~ big as ne was, BE would have to take
all her impudcuee and back talk without
q whimper m glad I'm NOT a spider--at
least not he spider. Hueu he goes
couning his girl treats him meauer than
But even the spiders with the highest
principles VIII finally slccumb 10 the
charms Of some young whifeJ or other;
10 understand distinctly that DE must
keep ont OF the way. she's got a lot NJ
things on her mind and she can't be both
cred with him. He knows what She means.
So he hops around, hangs to her when
he can, drops when he can. lodges when
he can, but You know what the upshot
Of il always is. One day there is a with
cred spider skin hanging la the web. and
the widow stops and looks at II before le
throws II out She Smacks her mouth.
Well says She and draws long breath,
he certainly WAS good to me-"
The jumping and running spiders are
really most Interesting 10 watch in love &
brief delirlum. Then they put on their
incest clothes and do all sorts OF cake-
walks and dances for each other. The
icius has regular assembly balls, the meu
dancing in front OF the women and show
ing on their fancy steps. Every once in
a while there Is q scrimmage az the lower
end u the hall, and ali the fellows skate
down there and you'd think by the fuss
that there was nothing less than murder
going on. The women wiring their hands
and moan; "Ain't IL awful It's Just dis
GRACEFUL n ia a. knowed II was goLg
TO he like this Oo-oh, Did you see Riley
paste him them The young things cry
and carry on, but the old matrons fan
themselves and cape and talk about their
rheumatism. They know that IL Is all
got up TO Impress them, and that nobody
gets hurt
Phidippus morsitans Is considered about
the hest dancing species. and when the
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Copyright 1901, hF Frank 6. carPenter9
Solo. state o. Sperkaria4 Java Hare you
ever heard Of the sultan 81 Solot con
near the snitan Of Sulu. The latter Is
ii;tle SIX b. nine nahob Ia the lower part
OF The Philippine Islands. me Sultan q
gslo is the greatest native ruler Of Java
Ise has millions Of subjects IN his own
province AZ soerksrts and The most Of the
=. oooyooo n Jaranese people look up 20
hstn AZ the successor Of Msbomet- AID tbe
Intermediary between them AID their goa-
have written something q Tie sultan Of
Dioksstarfa. This suiisn Is . much great
er man. His capital city Is the largest
native eity IN lava and IL has IN TIE heart
Of II vast palace isIfoEare containing
4haussnds Of pcbles. servants and slaves
sm told that there are 2a,epo people Nv
inx inside the palace walls. These ineluae
me princes ara ar 7Ap Utber relatives q
me imperial family and tbelr retinuea.
The sulizn's Wives.
They zlse lnclose a vast female popula-
zion. Al Mohammedsns have the night 10
more than oBe wife ana ihe sultan can
hsre sy many as Be WISHES BE has one
brad wife sua numerous opnrpbines as
well a. many female slaves and servants.
TIE lsdies ot the bareIn proper seldom come
outside M palace ard they are not seen
bv the men who cal upon bis r1a tesiy.
The sultana. or head wife. often take
party WITH Der when she goes out afifluE
bat al other times the looser fnrms ~
nfohzu uaedan seelnsion are preserved. The
most II the women in the paiace are noTit
women They are the G lighters - ihe
native rhlefs and they esteem b q p honor
10 be closer o. wives n his majesty.
How the Ladies Dress
have described the dress = TIE ls6'es
of The r5okja court. il is much the same
IN Solo According m lau. the thousands
II women inside the palnce wear decoleue
dresses All, except tDe sultans and the
princesFes. are perfectly hare 50 % their
tb0ulderS sud arms They have q special
psttsrn ~ dress which g. rot permitted m
r. woru oui iae The palace snd their
Earoncs, although Elgle 81 calico. are very
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male rigs out and goes sparkling il is a
sight TO see, His first pair ol legs j.
long. and he waves faem about and
stretches them up in front Of the lady
as much As 10 say: HAIL. great queen!
Sovereign q my heart" They are white
plumy things. and ought to captlvate her
nrst thing. But she sulss ind sometimes
she makes a dive for him. and be has TO
drop the Hail, great queen" business
and take 70 the woods. But IL be once
can get her 10 watch his dancing her
aHart is his. He stHnas up as high a. he
can on his four right legs and crourhes
down as long as be can on his four left
legs and circles about, getting closer and
closer 10 her She rushes at him. He
retreats-he IS coy. Then he changes legs
lie stands as high as be can on his left
legs aud crouches on his right set II Is
when he Is going away from her that
the poor girl catches her breath in ecstasy
and literally stands on her head. After
he has circled about 100 times. she ex-
claims; Take me, I am yours"
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STATISTICS OF FARM LABOR.
instructive Facts Cleaned From Census
Bulletins.

instructive Facts Cleaned From Census
Chicago Post.
According IN statistics prepared by the
department Of agriculture there IS a great
or number Of persons engaged IN some form
Of farm work than In any other branch Of
labor. In 1880, out Of -. 735. 661 persons.
10 years Of age or over, having gainfuI oc-
equations In the United States. s.3a5. 634.
or S6.9 per cent, were engaged in a.rfcuI.
ture' and Of these 3,O04 O6l were aCrl-
cultural lahoTerS.
The main object Of the statistics is A
consideration OF the wages paid this class
or labor II Is shown that those who work
Ter nire on the farm are decreasing Gle.
Inent' as compared with the entire farm la
Dor OF the United States. Doubtless this
Is due largely to improved agricultural ma
cnlnery and its wider Introduction.
arm wages month, by the year or sea-
son, without board and with board were
higher In 1899 than In 1895. The smallest
changes In the rate Of wages from 1895 TO
1893 were In Georgia. Texas and New Mex
ico' each less than ! per cent. The high
est gain was In Minnesota, 40 per cent; fol-
lowed by Wisconsin, 10 per cent; Washing
ton and Michigan, each Q per cent: North
Dakota. SO per cent. South Dakota, rs
PEI cent. and Wyoming, I per cent.
There has been gradual increase in the
rate OF farm wages in the United States
since 1873 when il reached the minimum
AS the demand for such labor, especially
in the harvest season, Is stll good. and
the supply has decreased fully one-third.
the tendency Of wages would naturally,
be upward
The uncertain character Of farm work.
largely dependent as II Is on the promise
Of crops, and varying from a pressing de-
mand for help in summer to practically
DO demand at all IN winter makes II diff.
ncnlt to determine just how many labor
ers gain a livelihood entirely from agri-
culture. The figures given represent the
number employed during the year. but IL
Is well known that a great many more
work on the farms In summer than In win
ter. These statistics do not follow the sum-
mer surplus in the period between harvests
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than $40 was Imposed during my stay In
the court room, and some Of the fines were
bur a few cents. One man had been out
without a lantern. A jealoHs woman was
arrested for an assault upon her lover and
very pretty girl was sent to prison for
petty larceny. / watched the clerks pay
for each mile they had travelled 10 coming
10 the court, and were paid Ia coppers.
A Rich Nsbob.
The sultan Of Solo has a large revenue.
Everything in the country Domlnauy be-
longs 10 him. He owns all the lands and
rents out lsygc part Of them 10 foreign
planters. He receives $4,000 guldens
month from the Dutch government and
great deal from his own people. He can
levy taxes with the approval Of the Dutch
resident and be keeps up little army OF
his own, He has a troop Of thirty cavalry
OF Dutch soldiers, which always forms his
escort, and which would IN case OF trouble
VIA Sko Dutch promptly capture him and
take MIN prisoner. for they are really tine
servants Of the Dutch.
The sultan has vast treasures In gold
ana jewels HIS women are gorgeous in
princesses wear diamonds galore lie has
his own geological garden and his stables
contain the finest OF horses.
The Lands OF the Native States.
The states OF DioLja and Solo are In the
richest part Of Java and they practically
belong to their sultans The sultan Of
Diokia gets 10000 gulden month In
money rents. He leases his lands out to
foreigners Oh twenty-yekr leases. The same
Is done with the sultan Of Solo. In these
leases tbe sultans engav thar the natives
OF the vicinity shall work for the planters
one day a week without paw This Is on
] cenditlOn that the rice lands consisting
Of halt the rented estates snail belong 10
them. According 20 custom half rae iand
snail be planted In sugar aud half 81 rice
and native food crops. These crops are
alternated every year, 70 that there Is a
planter aud native. The contractor knows
that ne Is Ia get but half the land al one
tme and the rent is arranged accordingly
Zoe people work the lands as Villages and
communities, dividing the crops While
cultly9tng the rice they have their own
nead men, hut on the sugar plantations
they are governed by the planters over
seer and he uses them practically al I'D
pleases. Each planter has his own watch.
man furnished fiee by the sultan n case
OF iauit ne can only punish through the
sultan. or rather the resident. A large
part 81 the labor Is free at least one al '
10 seven, This Is due to the sultan as 4
tax. ana be transfers Il TO the planters
me hours Of work are from TO 6, with
two hours OF az noon.
An Expensive Guest.
These planters live IN great state and
when the sultan viElts them they spend
large sums In his entertainment. I recently
visited sugar factory. the lands about
which were leased of his majesty. The tue.
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psya. much Ike a muFkmelon. which you
eaf with q spoon. II is great digestant
and viii help you with any other stuff yon
have eaten Then there is the Jack fruit
a single pear ~ which would I'D a peck
measure, and weigh from thirty 10 forty
pounds There are mauEosteens which
Jock like rich. red apples hDt which are
as white as snow on the Inside and taste
like strawberries and Ice cream There are
great pomeloS. oranges ~ all varieties. wa
termelous and muskmelons, as UeIl as every
fruit NJ Tho tropics There rs no land IN
the world which has better frnit than Java
and the hest of an kinds comes N Solo
Frank q. Carpenter
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tor expected 70 hare fhe sultan ro over his
plantation and he was snNi0us 70 make
good impression upon him ne had put
3 pavilion a the railroad station as SORT
% 9 rest house for the sultan. and had
erected tf11mThHl arches along the line o.
runrch. ] was told that his majesty eater.
fin0eut would cost al least a thcusand
dollars ara that there would be parties.
receptions and other saF daiurs MAilt
WIS ~ the estate one q the sultnns oil
eiAls came out TO look into the arrange
ments fur the imperial entertainment As
the odiclui stepped from the railroad car
one nf lbs servants heju great puhrella
orer him 20 shield him from the sun. An
other followed carrying his sword, smother
with his spear. while the fourth came along
bearing rs cane. The uflrlal was 80 his
bare feet and the contrast between bis COR
geous retlnue and ms own slnreoiT appear
snce was striking
The People Are Poor.
II il striking commentary o. the e1-
ceilehce Of the Dutch rnle il Jaws that the
natives q the two states ruled by sultans
are much poorer than those 81 the ststes
governed almost entirely by the Dutch.
The most q the people here dress 10 blue
cotton. Tlev are 50 poor they can not
weaT the nea1ttul Frinted goods they
mHEp. although their manufaclurng are
sod iu the other states
Indeed the women Il The lower rlssses
are very De2sfs ~ burden ] see them
everywhere walking along under heavy
ltads They carry fruits and reget8b les
q marker On their backs and on poles over
ihtir shoulders. They work in the delds
aDd they ARE the pprterf OF TIE markets.
The wunen DE- the most of the selling in
the markets. They peddle about all kinds
of wares and bare meat shops DRY goods
stores. BASKET stores and regeta bic booths.
Ihp druggists are females. fae Jewellers are
leWaies aud II fact The most ~ the bus
ness seetgs 10 i'e done Dr. women jest
outside toe palacr city To Djokiaksrta there
are a score ~ more booths here women
IRE selling ieNeirv and powder and psiut
20 me women aud others who 20 IL and
ont ~ the palace. They snil also costly
sSr0ugs and other articles. tried 10 buy
q rev specimens sc curos, but found that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-15
A DO-NOthing Policy.

Workmen continue to enlarge the
water-works lake, and, when finished, ii
will contain a greal deal more water
than formerly. A new brick filter will
be built.
This is all right so tar as it goes, but
it is not securing water for present needs.
The water supply is getting lower every
day, and if rain does not fall soon-and
lots OF 1.-THE City will soon be out of
water and will be at the mercy OF fire.
A good deal of talk is INDUCED in
but nothing is done. At recent meeting
of the city council, committee was APP
pointed to arrange for sinking a well
near the lake. A meeting OF the coun-
Gil was called for last Monday night, to
hear the report of the committee, but
only the mayor and three members OF
council were present, so nothing was
done, as quorum was not there. One
of the members of the commit
tee said that the members OF
the committee had not met since their
appoi ntment, so nothing was done.
The meeting was adjourned subject to
call.
Is it the puspose OF the council to daily
along indefinitely and allow the town
to go dry? Suppose we should have a
fre-where would we get water to fight
it? There is absolutely no excuse for
this negligence-this careless, do-nothing
policy. 1t seems to us the council should
resign and give somebody achance to do
something.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-15
HOW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F J..
Cheney for the last 10 years, and be-
lievc him perfectly honorable in all bust
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm.
WEST & TRAUx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cureis taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testi-
monials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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"Scatter Sunshine"

OS0ttSh
We are in receipt of the following letter
from the chairman of the mercantile
club of Kansas City, Kas., which ex'
plains ITSELF:
KANSAS CITY KANSAS, Nov. 10, 1901.
DEAR SIR The city at the mouth OF the
Kaw, through the members of the Mer-
camille Club, intend to make purely so
cial visit in your city, and, incidentally
expect to Scatter sunshine and gencr'
al good fellowship by making short
stay with you. There will be over one
hundred jolly and happy "scatterers' in
our party, representing almost every IN
dustry in our city, including a devil
from every newspaper Office at the
mouth of the Kaw. The old devils
will be unclaimed, but the young gener,
alton will be under proper guard. with
strict instructions to see that every
member of our party becomes acquaint-
ed with every man, woman ana child IN
your community. The member OF our
party who talks politics will be sent
home and given bath in the muddy
Kaw. The press committee will be
properly tagged with blue ribbon,
and will be easily recognized by their
hungry and languid look. We inclose
you the itinerary, which will show when
our party expects to reach your city,
and the "scattcrers" OF Sunshine"
through this committee, expect to S v
the press of your city jolly good time.
Respectfully yours,
A. l.. BERGER, Chairman.
Will arrive at 1920 a. M Nov. 18th,
and depart at Il a. H., same date.
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Probate Court.

On the II inst, Judge Higgins issued
marriage license to II. B. Woodruff, OF
Lone Elm, and Miss Lulu B. Robertson
of Kincaid. Rev. Church performed the
ceremony.
On the 18th. Arthur J. Whitney made
annual settlement, as administrator, OF
the estate of mo. r and Lena Whitney.
deceased. On the 10Th, he made annual
settlement as guardian of Chas Gleed
Whitney.
On the 10Th, Geo. Y. Smith was ap.
pointed administrator of the estate OF
Lucy Smith, deceased.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-15

John Warbritton, wife and baby moved
down to their farm near Bayard, Allen
county, yesterday. We are sorry they
left Anderson county, for, besides being
most excellent people. they are true-blue
Populists, and we want to keep that
kind of people with u.s. However, they
have good farm down there, and we
wish them all sorts of prosperity. BY
the way, there is a gas we'll mile west
of the farm, and the first thing we know,
John will have one on his farm,
and then he'll lay off his farm in town
lots, and become plutecrat