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Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

THE repeal OF the law providing for
the stamp tax on checks, drafts, bills Of
lading etc, takes effect next Monday.
There will be great rejoicing among all
the business men. Not so much perhaps
on account of the amount to be paid TO
the government in this tax as because of
the inconvenience and trouble oecasoned
although the amount paid on a large
business is no small consideration We
have now been paying the tax about
three years for a two months war and all
the other forms Of the tax remain. This
of course would not have been the case
had It not been for the Philippine larceny
We started out to conquer them with
about twenty-five thousand toops. The
levy was raised till part of the time
there were nearly seventy thousand
American soldiers in the islands. The
war Is now ended so we are told and on
the new arrangement Of the war depart
ment we are to keep forty thousand OF
the standing army there to keep it ended,
Perhads the people will yet come to un-
derstand that this imperialism is a
poorly paying business aside from all
questions OF right,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27
Bad Water.

There has been a taste in the city
water for more than a week, Perhaps
it has had a taste for a longer time than
that, but now It has taken on a smell
also. Some one has described the taste
as being "dark brown" but that doesn't
half express it. Whether 1t Is grizzled,
or brindled or dun colored we won't at
tempt to decide, but 1t has been noticed
to frequently produce streaks Of azure
tinted profanity in abundance. The
smell also contributes its share to the
confusion Of appetites and sensations
that have not been explained, The water
company has been trying to explain
That is, it has been trying to explain the
whyness of the wherefore of the thing
but the thing itself is its own and only
explanation needed, 1t is plain that the
water is impregnated with gas from
somewhere. Probably some of the en-.
emies of the water company will say
that hell is trying to get on earth
through the medium of the city water
works. But the water company declares
that the source of the birthstone infec-
ton is not that far off. They say that
only one we'll is impregnated, which
seems to lend color to their theory. If
it were the former agent it would have
been likely to have taken possession Of
them all. The company gave out
statement last week saying that in the
large use Of water through the dry sea-
son 1t had been necessary to use water
from the we'll that had recently been
infected. The source Of the infection
they had not determined, whether from
the city gas works by some leaky main,
or some subterranean flow Of gas. That
of course was very satisfactory to those
who had to use the water. However,
the statement closed with the declara-
tion that the trouble is only temporary
and that they trust it will soon disap-
pear. OF course, we all trust.
The water people say they are putting
down new points to locate new well.
They also say that Chemist Bailey Of
the State University was here Friday to
test the water and that though it is bad
to the taste it will not injure the health,
That again is reassuring, for we are not
ready too be killed, especially to drink
ourselves to death so soon after dry
election.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

A PROMISE Of belated relief for the
farmers wife is seen in the proposition
of Representative Frost Of Wisconsin
to establish a steam laundry at every
crossroads in the State, to which the
farmers washing and ironing may be
brought very week. AS the State is
dotted all over with creameries and
cheese factories, it would be an easy
matter to operate laundries in connec
tion with them. There Is nothing i'm
possible or visionary about Mr.. Frost's
plan. 1t embodies the principle of CO.
operation which has always been sue
cessfully applied to nearly every form
of agricultural activity from the old
grist and saw mills to the
modern creamery. Divest the farmers
household of this form OF drudgery and
then introduce in the kitchen some Of
the modern labor-saving devices that are
lsed in hotels and the life Of the farm
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

AGooD joke is told on some employer
of labor who seems to have a contract
for laying a new track for the Santa Fe
out near KinSley. One day last week
he shipped 1870 hands out there to work
for him, Next day he had two and the
farmers who are harvesting their muni6-
cent crop had the other 1873 at work in
their fields. Now that Is one time that
labor got the better Of capital. If the
octopus did not get eaten he at least
was eaten off Of
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

ONE week from this blessed day and
the glorious Fourth Of July comes
swinging around the curves of time to
the strong music of big fire crackers
and little boys. And letter come, Let
her come fast. 1t will come anyway.
1t will come to Hutchinson. So will
the people, The big celebration in
the park with the excursion rates will
bring the young man out Of the harvest
field with his calico and blue ribbon at
tachmept to take a day of recreation
and glory. May the Fourth of July
never grow less, and may the principles
and deeds we on that day celebrate
grow more than they have been doing.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

The financial capital is no longer in
London---it is in New York. No ma
,. tion ever had in its
treasury so much
"'p""' gold as the United
States has now in It's vaults. Our eX-
ports have recently broken all records
and they are marvellous in their totals
and variety, For a time it was only
food that we sent to other parts of the
carth--now American machinery and
manufactures are carrying consterna-
tion into the strongholds of Europe's
industries. There is something more,
says the Saturday Evening Post. 1t Is
not mere luck that has won. 1t is
American excellence, Take an indi-
rect illustration. Germany pays about
$3.50 q year for each of her soldiers.
Great Britain pays about twice as
much. No other nation approaches
those fgures-eXcept one. The Unit
ed States pays an average OF $1,000 a
year. This means that the man is
better paid, better fed, better kept.
The results show. In the practical
comparisons in China, where the
troops OF the nations came together
in actual work, great honors came to
the United States. There was time
when the other nations were prone to
laugh at our ways and to scott at our
but that time has passed.
We now possess the greatest country
on earth; we have more railroads than
The rest Of the world; and we have the
money. A8 90 pouTics--WelI, what
other executive except the ear could
take O0OO-mile journey without get
ting outside Of bis baillwici?
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

"WnY, hello, comrade," said one old
soldier to an older one in the parade
Decoration day; "Still alive and able 10
march another Decoration day. What
a bully constitution you must have"
"Yes, siree," was the reply. "l've got
no kick to make against my constitution.
1t still follows the Aag." And right then
was when the riot call was turned in
Neodesha Register.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

There has OF late been some ngta.
tlon among certain transient resi-.
Frnudu,cn, nj dents In two OF
three states which
''' are notorious for
easy divorces, when It became known
that the supreme court of the United
states has pronounced invalid two
divorce dccrees procured by the
migratory method, The cases before
the court involved several points, and
the laws OF more than one state were
under Interpretation; but the court
clearly affirmed the principle that to
make n divorce decree valid, there
must be actual residence OF the per-
son to whom II Is granted within the
state where II Is issued; also, that
what Is called constructive service"
OF the proceedings upon the absent
party, by publication in the local pa
pers, Is not sufficient. These deci-
slons do not establish new principles,
says Youths Companion, but they
give the sanction Of the highest trib-
unnl TO interpretations of the law
already made by state courts. In sew
ernl instances, persons who have ac-
quried brief and fictitious residence
In another state for the purpose Of
getting divorce have afterward
been convicted of bigNmy in the state
of their real residence, in spite Of
such decrces. The national constitu-
tion declares that each state shall
give "full faith and credit" to the
judicial proceedings Of every other
state, but the courts of Massachu-
settS, New York and some other
states draw the line at divorce de-
crees procured elsewhere by stealth
and by fraudulent practices. This
action Is well, so far ms IL goes, and
the supreme court decisions fully sus-
tain It; but there can be no real and
lasting reform of such abuses short
Of uniform divorce laws throughout
the country, and rigorous enforce
ment of them in the interest of so-
ciety and public morality.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

The souvenir fcnd in petticoats Is
not generally overscrupulous as to
,,,, the methods EN-
in p,,ont ployed in adding
to her collection.
Sometimes these methods are q trflc
rangy in style and disastrous in out
come. This was the case few even
ings ago, when the X-llay society OF
New York city gave reception
among those present was u society
woman who has pronounced craze
for souvenirs. In the course Of the
evening the members and visitors
amused themselves by turning the
X-ray lights on each other. While
the society woman sat smiling and
serene a physician turned the light
on her and exclaimed with n laugh:
"Why, Mrs. Blank, you have spoon
in your corsage." The smile gave
way to blazing flush, which was in
turn succeeded by trembling pale
ness, but there was nothing for it but
confession. The woman stammered
that she had taken the spoon as a
souvenir of n most pleasant evening,
said she would send it back in the
morning and hurried to her carriage.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

Sheriff Pearson, of Portland, Me-,
has given the name of "sandpeeps" to
the tiny TASKS holding two ounces Of
whisky that are SO common in Maine,
because they are like the little birds
IN being all stomach and head. A
"sandpeep," when ready for the mar
ket, contains what is rated as one
drink of whisky, usually of very poor
quality, and it retails, bottle and all, at
Is cents. 1t is easily handled in the
public streets without detection. In
some saloons the whisky traffic is car
ried on almost entirely by the aid of
these little pocket TASKS, thus doing
away with the use of glasses, and in
curing less risk Of seizure, the source
of supply being at a safe distance from
the saloon
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27
A LETTER,

"Dear Gran'ma and Gran'pai
don't like this place,
Cause no ono amt wearIn'
No smile on their face
Like you always do, an
they spanked mo instead
o. klssln' me after
Fell from the fhcd,
This mornln' they say I'm
Not goin' TO be
No angel hereafter
Fer takln' Icst three
Small piece, o. sugar
An ohOSln' the out,
An goln' In ewlmmin
An losin my hati
An soarln' the peacock
An olimbin' the trees
An glttIn oil bit up
ny bumble'oe bees
An rAcIn' the turkey
hu uhHklN thu ho"ii
An muddyln' over
The clean kitchen floor
Thoy amt got no smllo or
No klsBog for mo.
They think I'm Jest wicked
"A wicked can be-
An call me worrlt
An tormentln' pest,
An sayln' ] deprive EN-
o. quiet an rest,
Dear Granpa, omorrow
lwant to so baoki
Please get here rs early
As anything. Jack
IF. w. Stern In Puck
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

A farmer near Homer, ILL.,, reports a
singular disease that has broken out
-,o 49,, near that section.
A Mr.. Funk de-
anon. ""SH' clares that all the
hogs in his nelghborhood have sudden
ly begun to bite each Others tails, re-
ports the Decatur Review, The hogs
do not seem to do each other any dam
age. lie will hear hog squeallng,
and, going out, will see one running
around with just n stump Of tail
where there was a good curly tail.
Sometimes the stump will bleed
awhile, then II heals up, and that Is
all there is to it. Mr., Funk hns seen
one or two hogs bite off the tails Of
others, He thinks that all the hogs
in the bunch are addicted to the habit.
Mr., Funk Is sure that IL cannot be be-
cause they want something they do
not have, because he has fed them
bountifully, and has given them ashes,
lime, soaked and ground feed, coal and
oil cake, and they ate up two-year-
old steer that died. He had given a
ton and half Of soft coal to the
bunch of about 81 that he has kept
all winter, They have done well, too,
because August pigs weighed 22O
pounds and were in excellent shape,
Now of about 60 hogs about half of
them are tailless.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

er's wife will begin to approach that
standard of ease and comfort long since
attained by the farmer imself,-Chicago
Record Herald.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

All the luck IN the world will not
save man from failure, If he has no
~ talent for business.
If you ask how he
"''e'' is to find out
whether he has this talent or not, the
only possible answer is that he must
learn by stern experience, and, if he
fails, must take the consequences,
says Thomas Wentworth Iligginson,
in Success. II used TO be said, in the
days of Stewards great New York
store, that his hoorwalkers and even
salesmen were men who had failed
in business themselves and had gone
back to him for permanent places.
A great silk manufacturer once told
me that it was much the same with
him. "What ] want" said one en-
ployer to me, when he was trying to
select a candidate for Il certain place,
sis II brol<en-hcnrtcd man." Hard as
these facts may be, they serve to es-
tablish the first principle that great
success rarely comes by accident
Here lies the drawback upon all
schemes of socialism or community
that they can never equal
ize human conditions or make the
inefficient successful.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

A yoJng man and II young woman
who were visiting town in Michigan
passed an engine house which had n
tower, making it look little like n
81 wonder what church that
is" she inquired. TO which he replied,
after reading the sign, "Deluge, No. o."
81 guess it must be the Third Baptist
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

The people of Siberia, when re-
duced to hard straits, make q tea of
cabbage leaves.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

Our line Of summer hats is complete,
We have still a good variety of them,
THE Huh.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

The souvenir fcnd in petticoats is
not generally overscrupulous as to
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

Our patrons, irrespective Of the size of their ac.
accounts, will receive careful and courteous attention
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-27

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"All governments derive
their just powers from
the consent of the
governed"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-16
DANGEROUS ID BE 1T LARGE
Man Arrested for Attempted
 Train Wrecking.

Three Railroad Ties Tied on the
 Tracks-Passenger Train Had Mar
 row Escape-The Cu1prit Chose the
 End of Curve for His Dastardly
 Work.
 Willimantic, Aug 16.-When Fred erick F. Abbott was arraigned in court to-day on the charge of placing ob- structions on the track of the Central Vermont railroad at South Windham, August 3, his counsel asked for con- tinuance and the hearing was accord ingly adjourned to next Monday. Ab- bolt was remanded to jail i'll default of bonds of $2,000. Officers who have been looking for the man located him at q tobacco farm at Windsor Locks and arrested him last evening. The offense with which he is charged nar- rowly missed causing q serious acci- dent to the passenger train leaving here at GAO on the evening of August 3. Three railroad ties, which had been piled across the track at the end of a curve were struck by the locomotive. and while two of them were knocked from the track the third was carried along on the pilot of the locomotive 300 feet before the engineer could bring the train to q standstill.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-16
A BIG FISH.
Four Pound Bass Caught at Lake
 Quassapoug To-Day.

Charles Barnes, John J. Splain, J..
 D. Madigan, Dr OHara and Sam
 Munch went on a fishing expedition to
 Quassapaug today and were reward
 ed by the largest catch made at the
 lake in several years, Mir Barnes hook ing bass that weighed four pounds
 and two and half ounces. The mon-
 ster is now on exhibition i'll Thomas
 H. Hayes's show window on East
 Main street. 1t was caught near the bank opposite the Dews cottage, and fought with all the ferOciousness Of T sword fish, and had it not been Tor the fact that the party was made up of expert anglers the chances are that II would have regained it's liberty. After it had been hauled to place of safe ty all claimed the honor of having cap tured it, but a Democrat reporter who
 got some inside information on the
 matter, learned that the fish bit at
 Charley Barnes's bait and that the liyeryman landed it in a manner which showed that he is no novice at the business. John J. Splain, one of the party, told the reporter that this was the best catch made there in three years. About that time Dr Mover
 pulled in bass that tipped the scales at four pounds and ten ounces. When
 F. J. Walsh, the newspaper man, heard this he executed war dance in front of the window where the fish
 was resting on a platter, surrounded by a few chunks of ice to keep it cool,
 and declared that MT Splain had not spoken the truth. sI hooked bass there myself" said Jack, his face white with rage, that weighed four pounds and thirteen ounces. If you doubt my word ask Tom Kelly. I weighed it on his scales"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-16
NOW FOR WATERTOWN.
Hearing on Laying Tracks to
 Be Held Next Week.

Selectmen Have Called Meeting of
 All Interested Text of Communi-
 cation Received From Attorney Paige on Behalf of The Trolley
 Company.
 The selectmen are in receipt of the following communication which will explain itself:
 To the Board of Selectmen of the City
 of Waterbury, Conn.
 The Connecticut Railway & Lighting company, corporation duly chartered and organized under the laws of the state of Connecticut, having obtained the necessary charter rights from the general assembly, and having obtained from judge Of the superior court q finding of public convenience and necessity, and desiring to proceed as soon as practicable with the construc- ton of it's proposed railway, respect fully petitions your Honorable board to approve it's pans herewith submit ted for an electric railway showing the location of tracks with reference to to the center line of the highway and the grade thereof, also the location of the tIrnouts, switches and poles from the dividing lines between the towns of Waterbury and Watertown from the terminus of the present tracks of the company in Oakville to said di- viding line.
 The tracks to be located upon the side and along the highway, as shown on the accompanying map; and the grade to be as shown on the accom- panying profile
 All portions of highway disturbed in the construction of the highway to be left in as good condition as found.
 Respectfully submitted in behalf of the company.
 By A. W. PAIGE, Counsel. Bridgeport, Conn, August 15, 1901. The property owners along the pro posed route will be heard on the ques ton next Thursday at 10 o'clock il the forenoon
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-16
NOW FOR | BUTTON TRUST
Waterbury Button Co Said to Be
 in Combination.

Plans Are Under Way To Bring In All
 The Large Button Manufacturers
 Five of the Principal Concerns, h.
 cluding The Local Company, Turn
 Out Total of 100000 Buttons
 Daily.
 New York, Aug 16.-Plans for com bination of the button manufacturers of the United States taking i'll all the important concerns in the country are being perfected, it is said Among the big manufacturers expected to enter the combination are the Newell Bros Manufacturing company, of Spring field Mass; the Williston & Mcknight Go, East Hampton. Mass; and the Wa terbury Button company, Waterbury, Conn. Five of the largest concerns turn out daily a total of 100000 but tons, and the daily output of these companies which are likely to enter the trust is about 275,00o buttons. Each year these concerns market upward of 85,000000 ivory buttons.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-16
CHICAGO MERCHANTS
filed Claims With Appraisers For Very
 Heavy Rebates.

Chicago, ILL, Aug. 16.-As a result of the recent exposure of alleged frauds in the New York custom ser vice several of the big wholesale dry goods firms of Chicago have filed claims with the board of appraisers asking sums aggregating hundreds of thousands of dollars as rebate.
 It was through the watchfuness Of Chicago companies that the govern ment discovered a conspiracy in the New York ustom house, says the Chronicle. Last May buyers for Chi cago importers found that goods bought in Tokio and shipped to the United States cost more than the same articles could be bought for from cer- tain firms in New York. So the Chica- go men got together and instituted q quiet investigation. They collected their evidence and filed protests with the treasury department at Washing ton.
 The protests contained disclosures that called for immediate at tention and government detec- ives were sent to work at once. The claims the Chicago mer- chants have filed with the board of appraisers are being considered now but official action probably will not be taken until the investigation finished.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-16
WANTED THE STRIKE.
Mill Owners at Fall River Had a
 Surplus of Goods.

New York, Aug. 16-Matthew c. D. Borden, who is largely interested ID print cloth mills in Fall River, Mass, and who has an office ill this cl.. speaking of the prospective strike among the operatives ill New England is quoted by the Tribune as saying that the mill owners of Fall Ryer had announced the proposed reduction ln wages for the purpose of precipating a strike, which would afford them an opportunity to dispense of surplus of goods which are at present hold ing up the mills. Mir Borden said:
 Personally. do not approve of this way of doing business. It would be far better. more business-like and man. Iy. to meet the issue squarely. lay the case before the men and explain the necessity for temporary lay otf The men are honest and have, be- lieve. the best interests of their em- ployers at heart, and would be willing to accept such condition philosphi- cally and in manner beftting sen sible men,"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-16
CATCH FISH BY BL1NDING FEM.
w s. Mead Aids Yale Men to Experi-
 ment With Submarine Light.

New Haven, Aug 16AW. s. Mead, the New York millionaire. purposes to catch fish by temporarily binding them. He has fitted out four boats, each seventy-fve feet in length, and will send them-to the Pacific slope. He has consulted leading Yale geological professors and other leading scientists, and has had confirmed his theory that the Yale submarine electric light, flashed in the eyes of the fish, will blind them, cause them to come to the surface and then land them in the nets which will be hanging from the boats side.
 Yale scientists have told him deep sea fishing will be revolutionized by this method of hauling out of the deep it's denizens.
 The idea of catching fish by blinding them with a powerful light was sug- gested to Mir Mead by Francis G. Hall Jr, and Irving E. Burdick, the Yale men who three years ago invented the only submarine electric light in exist ence They are the. engineers who have are now in New York waiting to be dispatched for the Pacific.
 Each boat is to have a separate electric plant of its own. The dynamo, directly connected with a new type of petroleum engine is to be placed with it's switches near the engine, permit ting one engineer to attend to all con- yeniently. Wires are to be run from this point to different parts of the boat to supply current for a new portable naval searchlight protector, to be used in finding buoys etc. for general illumi- nation and for four huge Yale submar- inc arc lamps of several thousand can~ dle power each, which are to do the actual fishing.