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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-09

consists of ssE'' for Edward and "R'' for Rex, which means king, you know, the two letters mysteriously, but plainly woven together. Tn the lower loop of the ''E'' the numerals '.VII'' are inclosed and the whole reads: 'tKing Edward VII" Above the mono gram is crown, made very plain ac- cording to the wish of the king. The monogram is chosen for the whole of King Edwards reign, and not even the slightest change must be made by the workers who place it upon the royal service. No device or orna- ment may be placed above or upon it.
 Special instructions have been given through the secretary of war as to the crown to be used, also. There are now in use some half dozen crowns of diff ferent patterns, some of them of shapes and patterns foreign to the British. The one which has been chosen and which is to become the sealed pattern for the army is the Tudor Henry VII" crown, which, it is stated, was the favorite of Queen Victoria. and was always used by the late sovereign. All other patterns are to be destroyed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-09
WATERVILLE DAILY TALK

Several residents about the East Side have missed numerous poultry from time to time and laid the cause to some chicken thief. A night or two ago an experiment was tried with rat traps and the next morning six rats of extraordinary size were found cap- tured. Hundreds of dollars worth of poultry have been killed by rate dur ing the past six months.
 Tue Evening Democrat offers an ex- cellent opportunity for Waterville boys to make pocket money while on their summer vacation. Two or three relia- ble boys are desired to work up routes for the Evening Democrat about the village. Applications may be made at Carney's drug store.
 Prayer meeting in the Methodist church tonight.
 The funeral services of the late Mrs Elizabeth Fisher of Maple street will be held tomorrow morning from St Patricl's church with interment in Calvary cemetery.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-09

i crowd of boisterous boys around him. A few days before he was arrested as insane, but was discharged. To the officer who last arrested him Schlat- ter admitted that he had been drunk since July 3, and said he believed that about two days confinement would do him good. He will have 30 days. Tn his own defense Schlatter testified that he came to Washington to find his wife, who had deserted him, and get her permission to sell some prop erty in England. Becoming discour- aged in his efforts he got drunk.
 s'What is your occupation?" asked the judge.
 q am divine healer" was the an swer.
 "Then,'' said the court, "you should obey the Scriptural injunction: sPhysi- elan, heal thyself.'"
 Sch1atter begged to be released from custody, but the court fined him ten dollars, with the alternative of 30 days in the workhouse.
 After he was taken back to his cell, the "hea1erv became alarmed lest the prison authorities should cut off his long blonde curls.
 If am shorn of my locks,'' said he, ssI will be ruined"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-09
SCHLATTER IN JAIL.
s'Divine HenIer'' Committed at Wash ington, ID. C., as Vagrant After
 Long Drunk.

Francis Schlatter, who still claims
 to be divine healer, has bsen com mitted to the workhcuse in Washing ton as vagrant, charged with drunk enness. Schlatter once had many fol- lowers in the west, who believed in his divine power as a healer, but in the police court he sat among hard ened criminals, and the police officers testified to finding him drunk with a
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-09

Allopath and Homeopath Together.
 About a dozen hospitals in Massachu- setts have both allopathic and hamec- pathic physicians on the staff.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-09
rne uganda Railway.

The Uganda railway is laid as far as mile 4s9. The line will be laid to the Victoria Nyanza by November next
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-09
The Horne Light

The light of homes wondrous light, So tender Is it's shining, So soft it follows through the night, Our weary road outlining Through lonely and for years we roam, Far from the ones who love us, Yet ever shines the light of home, Like Gods grace spread above us. The light of homes a wondrous light, Through life it follows, seeming, Yet when with age the hair is white, Clear in the front 'tis gleaming. It shines from where our loved ones are, Oh, this is loves divining! And through the gates of heaven ajar At last we see it shining! Ripley p. Saunders, in St. Louis Re
 publican.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-09
A KINGS MONOGRAM.
King Edward Has Adopted New De. sign for Use Throughout the
 British Empire.

King Edward has chosen a new cipher for monogram to be worn on all badges, buttons and other devices used throughout the royal service and wherever the royal monogram is borne at present.
 The new monogram is really very pretty and is given below. The cipher
The broad ax., 1901-08-03

The custom Of boys wearing earrings
In China is thus popularity explained by
the Chinese: The boy is the greatest
blessing that heaven can send. The
spirits like boy babies. Il e. natural
that they should, everybody likes them.
Very often, II the boy babies are not
watched closely, the spirits who are
constantly around grab up the un-
watched boy babe and carry him OF to
their home. Girl babies are not such
blessings and the spirits care nothing
for them The earring is q feminen
ornament, and the spirits know that;
90 the Chinese mothers have the ears
Of their boy babes pierced and put in
huge earrings. When the sprites are
around looking for boys they win see
the earrings and be fooled into think
ing the boys are girls and viii pass on
and not trouble them
The broad ax., 1901-08-03
WONDERFUL cow-HoRsE.
New Jerssy Again In Lias WIth BOns-
thIaE AbnormaL

HSU Jorssy Again In LIas WIth BOn..
thiaE AbnormaL
Veterinarians are interested deeply
In a freak coW-horse, which is in the
possession Of Mr.. William s. Hugo of
Elizabethport, N. ]. At first glance
the animal looks like a mare Of nat
ural size, but on approaching her hind
quarters the formation Of a COW Is dis
covered in the hip bones, which are
level with the backbone. She measures
2SA inches from one hip bone to the
other. The mare has natural shoulders
and head, but when travelling has the
peculiar stride Of the COW.
The animal has attracted much At
tsndon, and several circus men have
sndeaVored to buy her. The mare can
get over the ground In lively fashion,
while not appearing to be going fast.
In the stall the animal cheWs her cud.
- does q COW or bull, and II watched
closely many Of the attributes Of the
bovine can Be observed. When swish
Ing hiss her motion is the same as
that Of q COW. She can gallop, but IN a
elunEy fashion only.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03
TREASURES OF OLD.
BEING UNEARTHED IN THE
FAR EAST.
ola Hosais EIOor RsosatIy Dag Up In
Jerusalem - PeOuIiar Drawing that
Tel os HstorioaI EvsatS ASos Age,
Whsn Christianity Wa Touag.
Jerusalem Letter.)


Former discoveries Of fragments Of
mosaic pavements In Jerusalem, Pales-
tine, and its neighborhood have been
eclipsed by a recent find which Is most
elaborate and exquisite in design and
execution. and which is also in q state
Of almost perfect preservation, the col
ors Of the mosaics in their artistic
combinations being as bright and effec-
tive as the day the work was finished.
A few weeks since the owner Of a
little property in a small Jewish col
ony just outside the Damascus gate, in
digging ditch in his yard, came upon
some mosaic work At about four feet
below the surface which, when uncoV-
cred as far as permitted by the streets
bounding the excavation on two sides
and the wall Of a house on the third,
disclosed the ancient mosaic pavement
which the illustration shows Further
excavations await the order Of the
Turkish government, whose officials
have taken the site in hand, and which
may SOW the pavement to extend some
what further in length on one side.
The patter would indicate that the
complete width at one end has been
uncovered. This mosaic floor Is about
220 PAGES west-northwest Of the Da-
mascus gate. The part already un-
covered Is about Is feet In length By
IL in breadth. The upper and larger
part Of the pavement Is composed Of
an exquisite design, including q central
panel surrounded by an elaborate
frame. The panel has its chief figure,
q representation Of Orphsus, In q sit
ting posture, and playing upon an IL
stringed harp. Grouped within the
panel are animals and birds, including
q serpent and a salamander, which lat
ter two are in an attitude Of conflict. In
the lower riEht-hand corner Is the
horned and Goat-footsd figure Of the
God Pan, with his pan pipes under his
left arm and his right hand out
stretched, and beneath It . hare. In
the other lower corner Is q centaur,
With his hand over his mouth. The
posture Of these animals and figures
suggests that they are entraneed with
the music Of the harp Of orpheus.
Green branches on the white back
ground, interpreted here and there,
given an added brightness and beauty
to this central design. In the elaborate
work q the vide frame surrounding
The broad ax., 1901-08-03
IcNoRANoE 10 ExcUsE.


= oEssk gusto@SA
II in the course 6 your WandsriRgA
gentle reader, you should ever hnd
yourself IN the GFecian village Of Mar
copoulo, IS miles out Of Athens, don't
as you value your eelibaey-h you are
possessed Of that pleasing attribute
pick up any handkerehiefs which you
may see lying on the ground A suit
Of breach Of promise, which e now be-
ing tried in the Grecian capital, should
be a warning to all bachelors who In
tend visiting Hellas without q ehapsr-
on. The plaintiff in this suit g. . re-
markably gOod-loohng young woman,
who demands that a young man, q to-
tai stranger to her until recently, and
who never asked her hand IN marriage
In his life, should become her husband
or pay her heavy damages. In the VII
lage Of Marcopoulo there n . curious
custom which has the force Of law. On
certain holidays the villagers assemble
on the village green, and on these oc-
casions any unmarried woman who
thinks It Is about time she took 70
herself q husband drops her handker-
chief has all the binding force Of an
engagement Now, the fair plaintiff
In this suit made up her mind a while
ago that the boys in Marcopoulo were
rather backward about coming for
ward and her chances Of matrimony
were gradually slippingaway in spite Of
her good looks. So she went to the VII
lage green on the next holiday and
dropped her handkerchief. There hap
pened to be a strange youth In the VII
lage that day who was not familiar
Withthe local customs. The village boys
fought shy Of the handkerchief, but
the unsuspecting stranger picked # ND.
Then the villagers set up a great shout
and brought to him a blushing beauty,
whom he had never seen before. an
nouncing to him that she was his fu-
ture wife. Naturally he was astonished.
and could only murmur: This Is 50
sudden" Partially recovering his COM
posure, he inquired II he might ask
Just Why the young lady was to be his
future wife. He said he was over young
70 marry yet and, in fact, declined
with thanks. But the villagers ex-
planned their ancient custom to him
and the young lady declared that he
would marry her or she would know
the reason why. The young man swors
oy Pallas Athena that he would see
her further" frst, and made his escape
from the village. But the girl was bent
on marrying, and the personal inclina-
lions Of the man in the case could not
be considered. So she brought suit for
breach Of promise and It Is thought she
VII win her case, and the young man
be forced to either marry her or pay
through the nose. Anew York Press.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03
HuaHy Rish Ehaa Rsason.

"Hero q q curious thing that fishes
do and one that seems clearly to show
great intelligence" said an old fisher
man 1T might be that two hshss
some feet apart saw the same object
of prey, may be q smaller hsh, Gt the
same instant. and they might both
dart FOR It at once and come violently
into eolliGion while their prey escaped.
Now that would be when they had
each the same chance Of capturing
what they wanted: they would both
mako q dash fOr f.
HBut often have I seen something
VeEy different happen. OF two large
6shes following along side By gids and
pretty wen closed mp together. pursu-
ing Q minnOW, I have seen the rear
most sheer on and let the other feI-
low have T. apparently. either BE-
cause he knew be couldn't reach e
and thsre was no use Of bis trying any
more. or because be knew that II he
kept On ana mixed IN be would make
the hSh ahead lose the game. e. wen
as himself. This last would seem 70
indicate. besides intelligence, unsel-
6shness on the part Of hsh No. 2; but
the action Of sheering on when he
saw he couldn't get It showed intel
Hgsnca. anyhow. Albany ArguA
The broad ax., 1901-08-03
Our Growing seaPorts.

. The general development OF our ex-
port trade has had the interesting ef-
feet OF increasing the relative activity
Of several Of our seaports. and thus
reducing somewhat the too heavy pro-
portion Of the foreign business cleared
through the port Of New York. We
were doing a large export business In
the spring and early summer Of last
year; but the gains Of this year over
last, as indicated IN the statistics Of
the last few weeks, are nothing short
OF startling. The greatest gains have
been In cotton and cattle, with q good
gain also In breadstufs. As the result
especially Of the great export business
IN cotton. aided BY the increased
movement Of cereals through South
EN- ports, New Orleans has for the
first time taken a place next to New
Y0zk as respects the value Of fits ex-
port trade, thus displacing Boston. In
the year 1900, New York was credited
with only forU-seven per cent Of the
total foreign commerce Of the country,
as against an average of mors than
fifty per cent for several pSsYious
years. New York stin continues to
receive considerably more than sixty
per cent GL Value) Of the eountry's
imports. but last year II handled only
about thirI-seTen per cent OF the
exports. Boston and Philadelphia
have been comparatively stable In the
volume Of their foreign trade, while
Baltimore, Newport News, New Or
leanA and Galveston have made great
gains as alsO have the Pacific Coast
ports, owing to the progress Of our
Oriental tTade.-Ths Review of Re-
views.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03

n Frank Leslie's Monthly there q
q captivating article on the story OF
the grestegt fam In the history OF log
ginE Il was In the Grand River "a
Michigan n 1883.
So tremendous was the pressure Ct
this time that here and there over the
surface Of the Jam single logs could
te zen popping suddenly into the air.
propelled as en- apple seed g projected
fron between a boys thumb ana fore
hneeE. so'ne of the hfteen-ineh man
"a ropes stretched 70 the shore part.
ed O1e. which passed once aroUnd
en- oak tree before reachi1g its shore
anchorage. actually buried itsslf ont
of sight "a the hard W0odl BUnehes
az piles bent twisted OF were cut sheer
oE e. thoagh they had been nothing
but ahoclzB of Indian corn. he cur
rent was 60 swift that the thgs could
not hold the drivers against &: and,
e. q e0cseQUenee. before eommeneing
operations especial mooring piles had
e b driven.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03
THOMAS TRUXTON.

In the West Indies. He passed success
fully through several brilliant engage
ments, for one Of which, the Worsting
Of q French Through the Vaccinations
OF pro-British secret order the Unit
ed States had lately been drawn into a
war with France, which, when the
truth became known, was ended by
consent Of both countries) frigate Of
so guns after a desperate fight, Con-
gress voted him a gold medal and its
thanks. In 1902 he was appointed to
command the squadron fitting out for
the Tripolitan war, but through a mis-
understanding was retired from the
service. Subsequently he resided on a
farm In New Jersey and later he re-
moved to Philadelphia where he was
sheriff Of the county In 1881. HIs
death occurred In Philadelphia May S,
Is22.
The record made BY Commodore
Truxton stands out prominently In the
early history Of the country and his
memory has been handed down in the
navy as one Of its most brilliant on
GERS
The broad ax., 1901-08-03
TWO BOY HERoEs
AElaoaA YUunEstsrs Winning Dstiaos-
- Outlaw Hunters.

AELl0nn LuulE4G9H4 winning D1tlnnf1u,
- Outlaw Hunters.
Two young heroes have been deysi.
oped IN Arizona They are Dick ana
Alfred Bocha, IL and Is years old r.
sDectiVely, and already they have laIs
q foundation for fame as Indian tran.
err and sleuths. These lads have a..
companied their father, Pete Boscba
deputy sheriff at Congress, Ariz., On
the most perilous expeditions and Grim
inal hunts, never hinching, even under
the hottest IRE. They are expert
marksmen, having been trained to fire.
arms from their infancy. Alfred first
distinguished himself two years ago b-
the capture Of Sinovia Garcia, a notori.
Gus Mexican desperado, who had shot
the husband Of . woman Of whom be
was enamored. Sheriff John Munds
Deputy Sheriff Pete Boscha, and his
two sons started in pursuit Of the
bandit, and, after following the trail
for some distance, separated. Several
days after Alfred encountered the des-
perado in a lonely canyon, and sue
eeeded IN getting the drop" on him.
Garcia surveyed the dwarfed and
youthful figure before him with
considerable amusement, and laugh
Cd at the boys assertion that 10
was under arrest. He reached for
his gun, when young Boscha open
ed IRE, clipping on one Of Garcia'B
ears and sending two bullets
through his hat This was eonYine-
ing proof Of Alfred's aim, and the
bandit surrendered himself uncondI-
tonally. A few months later Dick
Boscha was the hero Of a capture that
was equally as remarkable. Vincents
ortego and two others cut the throat
Of an italian and robbed him Of con-
siderable gold dust The lad traIled
the murderer over precipitous noun
tains, and after several days returned
with him triumphantly. Ortego is now
serving q life sentence in prison at
Yuma for his misdeeds. The Weaver
district, where the Boschas live, is the
heart Of what once constituted the bad
lands Of Arizona Famous old Geron-
imo, at the head Of the most san
culinary band Of Indians then in ex-
istence. infested the Rich Hill noun
tains and the Weaver and Blue Tank
districts, firing settlers cabins, mur-
dering, plundering. robbing stages and
bullion trains, and creating a reign
OF terror that will live In history.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03
TNE nAN FRoM YEsreRpAY.
Hs PrasHssd Ghs coed old Vlrtass. Bul
ths Sooner Get Ahead % Him.

Hs PrasfIssd Ghs Coed ola Vlrtaoa, Bul
ths Sooner Get Ahead % Him.
Ths Man from Yesterday had
learned the old-fash-ion-ed virtues
So he worked in-dust-ri-ous-ly. But
the Sooner. having pre-empted the
land on which the Man from Yes-ter-
day must work. charged him rent
every time he was industrious.
Eventually, when the Man from
Yesterday had raised an the pO-ta-
toes the Sooner could eat. the Sooner
gave him notice to quit.
The Man from Yesterday took up
education IN order 20 Increase his
opportunities; where-up-on the Soon
er bought I'D al the land around him
and held It for q rise, which be IN
tended to take out Of the Man from
Yesterday.
The Man from Yes-ter-day, seeing
that the Sooner was getting more
possessions than be could manage,
reasoned with himself that II he
could show his devotion to his en-
ploy-er's interest, he would be m0rs
val-u-able; 50 he became VeTy hon
est. This decreased the Soon-ers ex-
pense Of managing his property, 90
It increased In value. and he took up
more land.
Seeing that his share Of his own
product would barely keep him, the
Man from Yesterday studied econ
omy. where-up-on, seeing that he
could live cheaper than before, the
Sooner cut down his wages; and
when the Man from Yesterday OBJ
ject-ed. the Sooner told him that II
he was not satisfied he could quit
Work-and quit living.
The Sooner endowed q college 70
teach the Man from Yesterday that
It was al right and when the Pro
fess-ors said that Honesty, Industry
and Perseverance were the ways TO
raise the rents, they were dismissed
for Decentralization,
Then the Sooner. seeing that the
Man from Yesterday was becoming
restless, engaged a clergyman to
point him to the sky for the sat-is-fae-
ton OF his hisWants.-Bolton Hall. In Life.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03

Butterflies change their colors ae-
eording 70 the heat Of the atmosphere.
This interesting fact has been diseoy-
cred BY n. Sandfuss Of Zurich, Swift
Serland, who subjected 10000 butter
nies to experiments under different de-
greees Of the suns heat. On one ocea-
sion, II being unusually cold in Swift
Eerland, butterfly common there took
on the appearance Of 4 butterfly from
Lapland. On the other hand, BUTTERFLIES
which were subjected to a higher de-
gree OF solar heat than the normallook-
Cd a. 4 they had been born and raised
In Corsica or Syria. One result Of these
novel experiments is the production
Of BUTTERFLIES Of an entirely new type,
some Of them being of bsWildsring
beauty.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03

There is the Eeu-knoWn medical
story Of the old lady who imagined
that she had a frog In her stomach.
Her doctor. after vainly trying 20 per-
Suade her that It was only imagina-
tion considered q little deception justi-
fable to prevent this idea becoming
fixed In her mind. Having administer
ed an emetie. he managed to adroltly
introduce q frog into the basin, e e
Il had Just arrived from the old lady's
stomach. The patients Joy was great
as there was proof positive that she
had been right all along as 70 the
cause Of her illness. Her Joy was &c
soon overloaded, as the idea struck
her that, although there was the old
frog. there might be little troE5 left be-
hind. The doctor, however, vas equal
70 this sudden emergency, for on q
rapid examination Of the frog he Inn
mediately assured the patient that her
fears were groundless, - her late
guest was q gentleman froE-Notss
and Queries.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03

Professor Riggs Of the Field Colum-
hiaR Museum, Of Chicago, who has
bean dslVing In the earth ten miles
below this city on the other side Of the
Grand River, has discovered the re-
mains Of another immense gpeclaS9
of the dinosaur, the prehistoric mon
Stsr that used to drink out Of the vast
lake that once covered the territory
nov known as Grand valley. The fos-
Eillzed remains OF the dinosaur are
nearly perfect and as complete e any
Jet discovered in any part Of the con-
tinent The one under discussion must
have been over seventy feet IN length
and nine feet In helght-Grand June
ton (Col) Sun.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03

BoEemsE, and. in fact, the whole Of
GaIlattn county, Montana, Is afiicted
with q scourge Of dandelions. They
are 70 be seen in every garden and in
nearly every field in the county. In
the summer the little globes Of huhy
eotton-like substance, containing the
seeds Of the dandelion, float through
the air and slight in every nook and
corner. No matter how poor the soil
the dandelion hourishes.
The broad ax., 1901-08-03
q. ru--t-r aaa ~ Hs-.--hs-.

Tho notion that tbs horseshoe ha
protsCtioa against sEn is &c old a.
the hIllA There ls & legend that tie
doYn ons day asked st. Dunstan, who
was noted for his skin IN shosing
horses, 20 shoe his single hoof" Dun
stan, knowing who his customer vas.
tisd him tightly 20 the van, and pro
essded With the sob, but purpossly put
TIE dsVn % 60 much pain that be roar-
"a Cor mercy. The saint at last con
sontsd % release him on condition that
Ne noger would enter q place where he
nv . horseshos displayed