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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
WATERFOWL JoTTINGs
Fire District Meeting Last Night
 Foresters' Coming Anniversary

Foresters' Coming Anniversary.
 The adjourned meeting of the voters Of Fire district was held last evening at the court room of Town hall, with Henry Bartlett chairman and Frank Nobles clerk. Immediately after the business of the meeting was called, the business portion proceeded. After tarrying for few moments, q motion was made by John w. McGowan to make contract with the Water com pany, at the rate of $17.50 per hydrant for a period of five years The motion was seconded by Ravens Hemingway.
 The vote which was taken resulted in favor of the motion by five votes, % to 25. There being no other busi- ness on hand, the meeting then ad- journed.
 Foresters' Anniversary.
 The eleventh anniversary of the court of local Foresters will be held at the Town hall tomorrow evening. An excellent program has been ar- ranged to which the following numbers have been selected: A soprano solo by Miss Pamela Dcmars: D. F. Lawlor will be present in recitations;a reading by Baby MarshalI; Paul Marshall. piano solo. Miss Demars will act as accompanist. The admission is entire Iy by invitation. The entertainment will commence promptly at S:15 D. m. Music will be furnished by a superb or chestra.
 The rain continued yesterday in pc riodical dashes, which helped to do moro damage.
 4 letter has been received from Will liam Maxwell, who left last week for East Hampton, N. Y. Mir. Maxwell states that good help in that vicinity is scarce.
 Henry Davis, "a former resident in Watertown. is here from Duluth. Minn.
 Charles Baldwin, engineer at the Greenyille factory, will soon move his family into the Connor place on Chest nut park.
 John Fitzpatrick has purchased the house occupied by Randall Pierce, and will occupy the same in the near fu- ture.
 Carl Barlow has accepted posi- ton with the Holmes, Booth 6 Hayden Co. in Waterbury.
 Harry Blakeslee was in Danbury to- day.
 Regular grange meeting on Thurs day evening.
 MT. Decker of Waterbury is occupy ing his new house on the Waterbury road.
 The Center school and others in the district opened yesterday morning, after a two weeks vacation.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23

Spain and served in large numbers in
 the native corps of the Spanish army. That may be one reason why they are
 so hated by all the other Filipinos.
 They have always been the tdries of the island They are said to differ
 considerably from the other Filipino
 tribes in the matter of blood. There is legend that a couple of hundred
 of years or so ago several Chinese pl- rate ships were wrecked on the coast
 of Lepanto and that the pirates had to forego their honorable vocation of pl- rating and engage in trade. Since then there have been large bar scim- tiers on many of the escutcheons or the noble families in Macabebeland and peculiar slanting of the eyes and disposition to engage in laundry ing have been characteristic of the tribe ever since. Anyhow all the other tribes in the Philippines hate the Mac abebeas much as certain horned and hoofed gentleman hates holy water, and the first thing that the Tagalogs would have done had they secured pos would have been the inauguration of several thousand lynching bees in Macabebeland. The Macabebes fought in the trenches around Manila shoul- der to shoulder against the Americans and Tagalogs who were besieging them. But when the city was surren- dered and sovereignty passed to the Americans the Macabebes passed to and swore eternal fealty to the stars and stripes. They were anxious to at once enter the military service of the United States. They were anxious for the insurrection to be put down, for they knew what they had to expect if Aguina1do's army triumphed. But for long time the government refused to enlist them. The army officers did not understand the Macabebes and were suspicious of their motives and doubt ed their bravery and loyalty. Lieut.. Matthew A. Batson, of the Fourth United States cavalry, became inter- ested in them and repeatedly peti- toned Gen. Otis to permit him to re- cruit 8 company of Macabebe scouts. He was finally given permission, and four companies of 100 men each were enrolled The Macabebes were de- lighted and the full number was se- cured in a day or two, and 2,o0o might have been enlisted in the same time, so anxious were they to get into the
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
GOSSIP OF ROYALTY.

Corpulency and indolence are two conspicuous characteristics of Car los l., king of Portugal. He is 3s years old.
 The English say number two is an unlucky number. They say no mon arch tied to 1.-two" in any way has been g success.
 Queen Christina of Spain has always exercised the greatest care over the diet of Alfonso XIII, and dreads his coming days of state banquets.
 Prince Adelbert of Prussia, third son of the kaiser, who is to be the 'sailor prince" for his generation, is about to begin his naval career on the training ship Charlotte.
 King Oscar of Sweden is afraid to meet a funeral procession and wears always gold ring, supposed to have power as a charm, which has come down from his ancestor Bernadotte.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23

Macabebes had most picturesque time. Blount had but just landed in the island when he was assigned to the command of hundred Macabebes. Blount tried earnestly to acquire the Spanish language in the two days it took him to journey up to his com mand. He found after he took hold of his scouts and tried to direct them that his knowledge of the language was not as comprehensive as he had hoped. He was in despair for awhile, but one day he was observed to be smiling bright ly, and his Macabebes seemed to un- derstand his slightest wish. A broth CT officer asked Blount how he had managed to acquire the Spanish and Macabebe language in one night.
 Greatest thing in the world" said the gentleman from Georgia. "I have got possession of two words that gire me a complete working vocabulary of the Spanish language. All I've got to say is 'sacar estar!' Now, 'sacar,' as understand it, means to put, to place, to bring, to, take away, to fetch, to pick up, to put down, to stand, tosleep, to wake up, to go, to come and large number of other things. sEstar' is the verb that must always be used, and which means to be or something like that; anyhow, you always have to use it with 'sacar.' Of course I have to wave my hand, too. For instance ''9 went on the accomplished linguist, .I point to the water bucket and say 'sacar estar,' and the Macabebes run foot races to see who will bring me the water. point to my saddle and in low, quiet tone say ssacar estar,' and the Macabebes have that saddle on my horse before you could say John
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
FACTS AND FIGURES.

-
 The London mint produced 1o7, ,ss9, . SIS coins last year.
 The United Kingdom has 727 light houses, France 422, the United States 1901.
 In an ironclad of 10000 tons, ma chinery weighs 1,4oo tons and hull 3,400 tons.
 The Suez canal is ss miles long, and reduces the distance from England to India nearly 4,Ooo miles for ships. There are over 40 steamships af1oat whose sole work is the laying and maintaining of the worlds vast cable system.
 Marconi has sent wireless mes sages 200 miles from St. Catherine's to the Lizard. Perfect communication has been established between these points.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23

occasion requires. During the warm months the birds feed chiefly on in- sects, but at other times on small snimals-a rabbit, a snake, or some times young prairie dog. On the other hand, the dogs sometimes enter the burrows that are occupied by the owls in nesting season and help themselves to the eggs while the owl is away. but woe to the dog that goes in when Mother Owl is on the nest! She is abundantly able to protect herself from the attacks of the dog, though sometimes an owl is killed by a polecat or weasel.
 Mathematics sometimes occupy a few of the burrows, but not upon friendly terms. The popular stories regarding the partnership and coop
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
A GirI,. Essay on Boys.

At recent public school examina- tion for girls in an English town this composition was handed in by girl of 12: "The boy is not an animal, yet they can be heard to consid- erable distance. When boy hollers he opens his big mouth like frogs, but girls hold their toung til they are spoken to, and they answer re- spectable, and tell just how it was. A boy thinks himself clever because he can wade where the water is deep. When the boy grows up he is called husband, and he stops wad- ing and stays out at nights, but the grown-up girl is widow and keeps house,
 Bears His Name WorthiIy.
 Jack (during their quarreD-Now, let me explain.
 May--I want to say something first.
 "All right. I'm all ears"
 'I know it. No doubt that's why your parents called you Jack '"- Philadelphia Press.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
oAKv1LLE HAPPENINGS

The fair in St Mary Magdalene hall was well patronized last evening, the supper was good as lr always is at the fairs given by the ladies of that church. The stage attractions were all good Philo Newell was well re ceived. Tonight there will be good stage entertainment and good music and prompting. The door prize was won last night by the ticket bearing the number 535. It was not called for.
 H. B. Smith has bought a house on Morningside.
 A. Fl. Wells & Co are building a large addition on their factory.
 The rain has done considerable dam age to the roads in these parts.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23

the khaki trousers with the bottoms' rolled up to the knees. They would
 have their shoes swinging from around their necks and their socks stuffed with rice dangling from their belts. Their little carbines would be carried by strap from their left shoulder. Then with their bare feet pattering in the dust, they would goi
 romping down the road like lot of schoolboys before going out to play I remember a little boyish Maca- bebe who belonged to Lieut.. Con-i ways command, who lay dying in al corner of a gloomy old church one
 night up on the west coast. He wasl shot twice, in the breast, and the sure
 geons said lie would die before mid!
 night. He had asked for priest, and
 the soldiers had hunted all over the;
 town for one, and finally secured thel
 native padre of the town. Now, down
 in Macabebe land the people never
 quarreled with either church or state, but native padres are at a dis
 count, especially native Taga1ogt
 padres. The native padre with hist accolytes and in all the robes that the
 regular Spanish priest had left at the
 church when the Tagalogs had driven
 him away, appeared by the bedside
 of the dying Macabebe and began to
 perform the last service of the church
 for the dying. The wounded Maca-
 bebe's face lit up with smile of quiet satisfaction. He weakly made the sign of the cross over his heart 5 and muttered prayer. Then he opened his eyes ana saw for the first time the face of the priest bending over him. The look of seraphic peace and joy fled from his face and his features knitted up in scowl He calmly reached down by his side and produced a cigarette. Then he lit4 up one of the holy candles and lit his cigarette by it's flame. He puffed a. cloud of smoke into the face of the startled Tagalog padre and said: No querer el padre negro" don't know that this is good Spanish, but at least can plead that the Macabebes did not speak anything like good Spanish. But, anyway, what the wounded Macabebe meant was that he did not care for the services of a piaSh PiiCSt. f1 l was HIS @lIlt4O4El Aa~ tired of the Tagalog that was still strong in death. He picked up the, crucifix that the Tagalog priest had placed by his side and pitched it straight at the priests head. He took another pull at the cigarette and in shriil tones cried out 'Padre.1 negro, no esperar aqui. vamos, vamos, vamos!" He pulled himself, up in sitting posture and the eff fort tore the bandage from his wounds, and the blood began to flow afresh.
 ''Vamos, padre negro!'' he shcut- ed. "Vive, vive Macabebe." His voice died away. He sank back on his couch, and with his cigarette still clenched between his teeth and his sins still upon him, the soul of the little Macabebe soldier passed away.
 He's clean grit right up to the f1n- sh, all right" said an American so1- aier who stood by That Tagal padre didn't forgive him his sins, but when fellow fights the way he didl to-day and dies as plucky as he did, guess there's somebody up there that'H forgive him, all right.''
 I thought so, too.
 RICHARD HENRY LITTLE.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
WHAT THE NAVY LADS TELL.

The naval 12-pounder is five feet longer than the army 12-pounder.
 Nelson required one man to every four tons of ships burden. In our present warships we can do with one to IT tons.
 The thickest armor on new British battleships, such as the London, is 12 inches. The Nile, built in 1888, has 20 inches.
 In 17os the Spanish navy, manned by 17,oo0 seamen, was the greatest in Eu- rope. Now it is the smallest of any sea power.
 French ironclads built in govern snent dockyards have cost on an av- craze 30 per cent. more than those built by contractors.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
THE BURRoWING OWL.
A Bird That Lives in the Ground, in the Deserted Burrows of Little
 Prairie Dogs.

In many parts of our western prai- ries there are large colonies of the burrowing owls, that usually occupy the deserted burrows of the little marmots called prairie dogs; but the owls have been known in some eases ts nest in the burrows occupied by the dogs. Great numbers of birds come to these deserted towns, and live for years. They also often inhabit rab- bit burrows or badger holes far from
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
ITEMS CONCERNING IMPORTS

Large quantities of mineral water is imported annually from Europe in- to this country.
 Sausage castings are imported into this country in large quantities from New Zealand.
 In 1860 Great Britain bought indigo to the value of s2,530.00o. This has fallen to a million and a quarter.
 Human skeletons valued at s1,202.21 were imported into this country from Australia in single quarter last year.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23

Robinson. Oh, ssacar eStar' is about 3,0oo,ooo Spanish words rolled up into two. It's a great scheme" !"
 Not long after this Blount and his Macabebes were suddenly fired upon
 from ambush by large body of insur- gent troops. Blount says that he al- most threw himself into convulsions trying to think of the Spanish word for fire .'I had to give it up. Then l decided that as I couldn't give the
 command to fire had better have my men charge, as I was sure could say charge in Spanish, for lad prac-
 ticed it for half hour the day before. But to save my life couldn't think of the Spanish for charge. didn't know what I was going to do. My Macabebes were all crouched down, cycling me, and the Fiipinos were pumping it into us as hard as they could work their guns. Finally l had an inspiration. grabbed off my hat, started on run for the insurgents, yelling 'sacar estar' as loud as could holler. We'll, sir, those Macabebes un- derstood that right off. They rose up with yell, fired volley and then came after me in the grandest charge ever recorded in history. They 'sacar- estied' right into the niggers and run them for mile. l couldn't think of the Spanish for halt. and was afraid that myself and the Macabebes would keep on MntiI we ran. off the island, but all of sudden thought of my vocabulary again, and just shouted scn cfo ors hal stopped as though they had run up against brick wall, and, quietly form ing. marched back in order. My ad vice is to any officer commanding Mac- abebes when in doubt say 'sacar estar.'"
 The fame of MT. Blount's magic phrase spread, and their officers used to lead them into battle with the thrill ing war cry of "Sacar estar."
 The Macabebes are 1.-the and ac- tive as eats. When they start out on march they dance along like bal let girls, and no matter how far they march they can be found soon after town is entered skipping about down every street, and the terrified squawks of numerous chickens tell MOSG oA Wiid lAiCy 1A v about The Maca bebe is a most ac- complished chicken thief, if he sets his mind on it. The American soldier is clumsy and awkward compared to the little skipping Macabebes, who trail an unsuspecting chicken like a shadow and bounce down upon it be- fore it has time to find out that there is a Macabebe within ten miles. I remember at Namigpacah, when three troops of the Third cavalry, batta- lion of the Thirty-third infantry and 1 one company of Macabebes were pursuing Aguinaleo up. the coast road, of seeing. one bright Sunday morn ing, the entire outfit of Macabebes | drawn up in line in front of the | church. -4eN@
 Inquiring the cause Of the parade, | found that an old native woman had charged two of the Maca abebes | with walking into her house and pot of rice and two chickens that were cooking on a stove Gen. Young, in command of | the expedition, waxed exceeding wroth and ordered the Macabebes to | be paraded that the old woman might | % down the line and pick out the natives. Everyone of the Macabebes
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
PRArRIE poGs AT PLAY.

eration of the dogs, owls and snakes in these colonies are not founded on fact so far as relations of perfect friendship are concerned.
 The little prairie marmot is called dog because of it's short, s'yappy' bark. It digs deep burrow. the en- france to which is surmounted by 3 mound of earth and sometimes there are as many as several thou sand of these occupied burrows in 8 prairie dog ''village .''-St. Nicholas.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
Not an Expert.

Mirianf-Didn't I see MT. Brassie kiss you on the links to-day?
 Millicent--No; he tried to. but he enly foozled.~-Puck.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23

A sixty page covered blank book for : cents at the Democrat office. Handy for store or counting room.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
Papa,s Job.

T haven't seen your father for a sSng time. What is he doing now?"
 Eighteen months. Scraps. N>f
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04
Ode to . One-DOllar Bill.

o ragged. faded Thing.
Thy odor Is not reminiscent of the rose:
How limp thou art. Unto thy edges cling
Ten billion deadly microbes. / suppose
And yet there's Independence in thee. too.
And couragNyea. and strength, There's
that in thee
Which makes me long TO do
The best that lea in me-
There's that I'm thee which makes me dare
To pass a thousand dangers every day
There's JOY In thee. Where thou art there
Hope builds her nest and frishtens Doubt
away!
All. thou art clammy to the touch
But yesterday. mayhap. thou didst release
From come white throat. a lemons angr,
clutch
With thee. perhaps. went Peace
To some dark haunt. where Hate or Sor-
row sat-who knows
What aches have fed because of thee,
What little children thou hast caused to
laugh. how many a rose
Has bloomed because Of thee?-Ah. me,
Here on thy smeared and faded face
1 read the history OF man. Thou art the
boon
For which he goes through danger and dis
grace
And 1. alas, must part with thee SO soon.
Anon.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04
THE SODA FOUNTAIN CLERK.
nur Own Solomon Considers This Individual and Decides That He Is
Entitled to Considerable sympathy.

Chnsider now the meek and humble soda
fountain clerk
Who draweth OF the moisteued air with
niinble turn and jerk;
His gsrb IL always spotiess white when
frst he-puts II on,
But. 10. before an hour hath passed its
spotlessness hath gone.
For then he hath vanilla on the bosom OF
his vest. and streaks OF red raspberry make
his trousers seem a Jest.
While chocolate and ginger give a tiger
like effect to the balance of the garments
In which he 10 proudly decked.
His hair 10 limp and languid. and is part
cd square and true
Above the very center Of his nose. which
turneth blue.
Because he hath TO linEer In the acid and
me Toe. TO fix up funny mixtures for the
one that hath the price.
He maksth strange connections In the line
o. fancy drinks. and all the while he watch
eth for persuasive sorts OF winks.
Prom early morn he twisteth at the soda
water spout. and turneth tho fce-crusher
tfrl tho Ice hath given out.
He disgeth In the Ice cream and he rush
eth with the glass. while his deadly hated
rival buys the soda for the Lass.
Yea verfly. the soda clerk. he hath a
sofry time. for he must know the way 70
gse . osnts out OF each dime.
And he must be . hustler. that there will
not Be . loss Of ice or gas or watef. or he'll
tremhle at the boss.
How often. oh. how oftsn hath the soda
3erker grinned at the one who payeth nick
els for 4 penny's worth OF wind:
How often. oh, how often doth . calm and
peaceful smile so Hitting DER his visage
when a drink goes out Of style.
But ah. alas. my son. sometimes he feel
eth very bad, and then 10 when the ladies
opme with garmsnts rich and g1ad.
The ladies MI The rockers and the floor
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04

ways and the stools. and insist upon a liquid
that both ~eIevates and cools.
And one declareth that she'd like some
chocolate with cream, and, when he draw
eth II. straightway Oh, MOI" the maid
doth scream.
And then she voweth that she hath al
ready changed her mind. and wanteth iuSc
a phosphate with a piece of lemon rind-
And yet. again the other maids declare
they do not know just what hey wish-end
on and on their mild objections flow.
The weary soda fountain clerk suggested
this and that. from plain old lemon phos-
phate to a dose Of anti-fat.
And finally the ladies fair with one con-
sent conclude that chocolate and cream
shall be their soda fountain food.
Now. when he draweth all the drinks. his
troubles are not done
Nay. verify. my trusting child. they are
but half begun
For each and every maiden there doth
straightway rise and say:
Now. girls. I'll think it's awful IL you
do not let me pay"
And all protest and all object. and all
their plans defend.
And not a one takes out her purse her
lovely cash to spend.
Now. finally. the soda clerk sugGesteth
that each maid shall pay for what she
drank-and then besinneth the TRADE.
For all the ladies' VOW in wrath-yea. yea.
they almost sob-that they will see his EN-
pioyer. and take from him his job.
And then they take their parasols. and
sternly go away, and not a cent OF all that
bill do they take steps to pay.
The gentle soda fountain clerk. he faIleth
In a daze. and leaneth on the vichy tube.
and wicked things he says.
Is this not true. just as we have composed
It, with much work?
1t surely sand II You doubt. go ask the
soda clerk
Baltimore American
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04

being documents found on the person Oh
the late Mr.. John Smith.)
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04

Mr.. JOIN Smith-Desr Sir: / cannot al
ford to feed that bull pup on Plymouth
Rock chickens. You will confer a favor on
me by sending me your check for S.e.
HENRY JOHNSON.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04
Ono Hundred . Good Many.

The manufacturer and the doctor were
having a quiet little smoke. A middle-aged
maj sauntered in. spoke genially to both
gentlemen and passed on.
DOC. who was THAR
Why that was James Brown Of"
DO you know" the manufactures said
by way Of reply. Il meet men. scores of
them. Just like that every day whose names
1 can't recallT'
With Just q shade Of superior ability the
doctor replied. We'll. now. among all the
men and women 1 know. I call most all by
name a. I greet them 1 tell you It's a
trick Of the profession"
That may be. doc-but I doubt II you
oan write down IN fifteen minutes loo names
Of people you know personally"
The doctor jumped to his feet and said.
Scornfully. "Jingoes. / can"
IAN right. Til bet a box OF cigars on
It."
The doctor. pencil in hand, was soon hard
at work. Time" The manufacturers
watch snapped shut. and as he looked over
the doctors shoulder he counted sixty
three.
They finished their cigars in silence-but
the next morning the manufacturer
friends chuckled audibly over the doctors
professional knowledge OF applied p-ychol-
og~y.-Nilwaukee Sentinel.