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The sun., 1902-01-26

a mile from MoorinRsport. A stop is made
at the inst bit Of deep water that mas enough
of trees or knees In Il. Absolute quiet Is
essential. because the perch iseasily alarmed
Only the live minnow II used as bait.
The artificial minnow, the phosphorus
ninnow and such things have not found
their way here Live frogs are barred
not that they would not make an excellent
lure, but II Is too much trouble 10 catch
them.
The minnovs are sometimes taken with
n seine, when the boatman can be hired 20
do II. but most frequently they are caught
with earthworms This manner OF fishing
is peculiar 10 the locality.
A worm is led tightly around the middle
by thread six feet long. so that its two
tered on the surface Of the water, and the
sinners come mp from their shallow depth
and attack u.
One Of the ends Is seized and the sinner
is unable to let go in time to save itself from
n swift, steady pull toward the bank or
boat. BY the time il is ready TO release
its hold and drop OF it is in hand and the
next second Is in the minnow bucket
The advantage Of getting ininnows In
this way lies in the fact that man may
catch a half dozen or dozen. use them
and get more in five minutes time Thus
he has his bait always fresh.
The professional fisherman, who has
tent on the bank Of the lake aud n huge
fish box In which his captures may be kept
alive for an indefinite period, does not use
a rowboat. He has instead II pirogue
made Of pire OF cypress.
This boat l. sharp at both ends, Is not
more than eighteen inches beam, Ia twelve
feet long, draws some ten inches OF water
and under the strokes Of q paddle goes
like the wind II may be wormed through
almost any growth OF cypress trees. no
matter how thick. and Il Is noiseless.
These men always fish singly. Leav-
ing camp at daylight, each in his crank
craft. they shoot out over the surface OF
the lake like shadows in the dawn and they
will stay until they get as many perch as
will 90 into the tank they have built In the
centre Of their craft.
They steal up to a group Of cypress stumps
with scarcely ripple. lay the paddle gently
a splash. They regard three dozen as
good days catch and this would mean
in weight some forty pounds OF fish, which
they retail at 10 cents pound.
These people believe in making bait last
as long as possible and they have brought
the business of hooking the minnow TO
science. They do not insert the hook
through the back, nor through the tail,
though tho white perch takes the bait head
on, nor through both lips.
Instead, they pass the barb lightly but
securely through the upper lip. In this
way the breathing Of the little swimmer
Is not interfered with and II will sometimes
live for an hour or two If the sinker be light
and the perch are not biting
Economical. however, as the market
fishers are merely because getting more
ininnows means work--they Immediately
discard one that has been struck. They
know that n manufactured bait Is never
so good as flesh bait and that a dead min
now is never 30 good as live one.
The sun., 1902-01-26
y IL win three by cards game and rubber.


Trick 2. 1t is quite right for z to win
the second round OF hearts because there
il an excellent chance TO make a little
slam on the hand il he can drop the dia-
monds and make five tricks in that suit
and five in clubs, with his two outside aces
Ii is more than probable that A led from
five In suit. and even IL he has both kings
for reentry. one will be killed and the other
will never be heard Of
Trick 3. With the command OF three
suits and the great probability that can
never get In to make the fourth. as his
partner has none TO give him. the proper
way TO play the hand il 10 take the club
finesse Immediately and leave the diamonds
alone. as they may he valuable for n entry
putting Il in 20 come through clubs twice
II necessary.
Is must refuse 10 win the first round Of
clubs, because he sees that dummy has no
reantry, and the only way 10 shut out the
clubs II 90 take the chance that 4 has only
two Of the suit. IL il useless 20 win the
first round and start the spades, because
that is risking everything on As holding
the ace. which IL very unlikely. Judging
from the make
y would never risk a no-trumper on
diamonds and hearts alone with nothing
IN clubs and no stoppsr in spades That
he holds the spade aos. l. almost a certainty
Trick Q. A cannot keep everything He
would like 10 keep a spade 10 lead 10 lii
partner, but u h even more important
90 keep the heart Jack Co shut out the nine.
~ long a. dummy IL In the lead. and also
60 keep a guard on the diamonds which
must he ~ strongest ruit
By PLAYING IA. hand Ia the way II should
h. played y and y win ihe game and rubler,
instead 81 losing II No matter how skil-
fully n holds "a the club suit n must mako
ora rhohlEns
Here n little uo-tTump ending which
may Interest tho b.ginuef
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TRICK.


A--b WIN INC odd irltb.
Trick ? Having passed once on the
chance that A has five and that B will be
exhausted, Il might win the second round
Nothing is lost by passing twice In this
case. because II A does not make two hearts,
b will make another spade.
Trick L. IL 2 can drop the diamonds in
three rounds and the flnesse In clubs comes
OF, he wins the game. even II he makes
only two tricks In clubs.
This Is the part Of the hand that Is wrongly
played, as will be seen presently.
A begins 70 false card in diamonds, so
as TO lead 10 think he can drop the jack In
three rounds AS object is TO establish
the jack as reentry for his hearts.
Triok7. As II happens, it would be cheaper
for 2 To go right along with his diamonds,
tricks now. which would still leave the
odd trick for certainty and SO save the
game. without any fneSse in clubs.
Although b has only one guard to the king
he Is sure that Y will not lead the ace, but
will put himself In again on the diamonds
so "a 10 come through A again and take the
second finesse In clubs, because after failing
10 drop the diamonds cannot win the
game unless he makes all the clubs This
spade lead will establish all BIS spades and
VIII give him the odd trick and the game
1t Is a very risky play. but II Is worth trying
when il stands to win the game and rubber,
instea of losing 1t.
Trick s. 1t IL hardly worth while to cover
the jack. as n dare not finesse against A,
with his established hearts, but II IL Just
as well TO be sure,
Clever holding up in this case snatches
a game which il seemed impossible to win,
but IL was all rs fault for the way in which
he planned the hand Here Is how il should
have been managed
The sun., 1902-01-26
R4REFIED AIR.
Queer Effects on BrltIsh OifceFs of
High Altitude Of the Neldt.


II was in one Of Jules verne's stories that
two men set out to climb a mountain A
they went higher and higher up the air
grew more rarefed and provoked such
iTitability in both that they fell into an
angry quarrel.
They challenged each other 10 immediate
duel and turned to go down the mountain
side for their weapons. But az they des.
cended into the lower strata of air their
normal condition was restored and when
they got TO the foot of tho mountain they
were fast friends again.
A man who went from England 10 the
Boor war thinks that British Generals and
others in going from the moist air Of the
Thames into the rarefied air OF the South
African vedt 5000 or 5000 feet above the
sea and thousand miles away from 1t may
have passed through some such mental
transformation as the mountain cimlers
An instance of what is meant was fur
nished by two Colonels of infantry who rode
out of Bloemfonten one day with a couple
of junior officers and an orderly, 10 shoot
buck. They rode a dozen miles north and
then to and fro among the kopJe, but
found poor sport
IL was at a time when the Bocr~ were
watching for the next British advance and
patrols Of the burgher commanders were
active and watchful. These two Colonies
were old hands in the 81 rvice and 10 some
Of their friends il seemed tia, nothing
but liGhthcadedness could explain what
they did when the buck failed them
They rode on for a good str'tch utside
of their own outposts suddenly one of
them caught sight Of mounted moving
figures, a score Of them, among the folds
of the vcldt mile away.
Come on. they're Beers Let's round
them up shouted the elder and senior
Colonel. and OF he ga'lope1 with the 'hres
officers close on his heels and the orderly
chasing behind
What the men Of the Boer patrol thought
il not recorded, but at once they spread
out and pushed their horses on a. hard AZ
they could toward the dark boulder- along
the base Of the nearest foothills, the buck
shooters tearing after them. Once among
the bOulders the Zarps for they pr we'd
io De men Of the Trausvaal police. jumped
of, got cover and turned To take the meas
ure oi their amazing pursuers
The result came soon. They shot one
Of the junior officers dead through the brain,
he arm of another. wounded
one of the 'ololels ia the thigh and pierced
the wrist Of the other, besides disabling
the orderly They Laid oui their men N
the nearest farmhouse. dressed their
" wuund- aud sent a messenger 'p BlOem' N
tcin for further aid
Roth Colonel- got severe rcprimand
But pus-biy a Dr tharcot, or BRAIN
pccial-l could have understood their
alteration b"ttrT thaI q Field Marshal 20
a DO "A Il D. =
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WHISKEY NAY BE CHEAPER.
A Method Pointed Out OF Avoiding the
Costly Process OF Maturing u.

| LONDON, Jan il.-Prof Hewitt has good
news for drinkers of Scotch whisky. 1t
! is we'll known that new whisky is a nox-
! ious drink A long process of maturing,
! in sherry casks for choice. is required to
make it "A wholesome beverage.
In addition 10 the expense involved
! by keeping whisky for the necessary
time there is the difficulty that the makers
can now hardly keep level with the de-
mand for Scotch whisky. The result
is that nearly every palatable whiskey
sold at a moderate price is n careful blend
n little really old whisky being used and
the disagreeable flavor of the new raw
spirit disguised by skilful blending
Prof, Hewitt, in a paper read this week
before the Society of Chemical Industry
pointed out that the badness OF new whis-
ky j. due TO the presence Of certain poison
ous substances, known chemically as aide
hydes which, in ordinary language. were
generally grouped together, with some
other substance, a. fusel oil
A. far back a. 1851 Sir Thomas Lauder
Bnnton had told the Spirit Commission that
the most dangerous of these substances was
that called furfurol. II wac not, Prof Hewitt
eNpla med, difficult to detect the presence
of furfurol in whisky, the process being
the simple one Of adding "a little aniline
and ac"tIc acid 20 the spirit. II furfurul
were Present. the mixture turned "a a bright
pink. and the pink bccan" deeper In color
according 30 the amount of furfurol which
the spirit contained
There Us. oi ,our-i'. uus way 81 climinat-
Ing these poisonous ald .hyde-. and that Was
the long and costly prYDrt.s of storing whis-
kv bon ou-k- for several Ntarf preferably
The sun., 1902-01-26

but the moment no disoards the heart Y
must let 90 the ace
value Of holding off a suit. The score is
% 20 o against the dealer, who makes Il no
trump on three aces, although he holds
five diamonds TO three honors, because
lle has not 20 good a chance TO win the game
IN diamonds as at no trump. Here is the
play:
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
BROOKLYN BRIEFS


 Miss Isabella ScanIon did substi- tute work at the Bank street school to-day.
 Inspector of Sewers, Joseph Begnal had a force of men at work to-day putting the catch basins. which were filed by the recent storm, in suit able condition.
 Janitor Herman of the Bank street school says that soft coal heats the building very well, that all the rooms are kept very warm, warmer than by anthracite Of course it makes much more work for the janitors as they have to keep constant watch of the fires.
 The foundation of the new en- zine house will be soon completed. The residents of this section were much interested in the article in last evenings Democrat which stated that the present engine house will prob ably be kept in the possession of the city after the rev engine house has been completed and will be ultimately turned into a sub police station. A well known resident said to-day that he would be pleased to see the pres ent engine house turned into such a station as it is just the thing needed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
THE BIRD WARBLER
Charles Dennison Kellogg at Leaven,
 worth Hall To-Morrow.

Charles Dennison Kellogg, who is to give lecture recital in Leaven- worth hall Thursday afternoon and evening, December IS, is best describ- ed by the word warbler.
 Those who have never heard him can form no idea of the charm and beauty of his wonderful gift. His reproduction of the delicate tones of the birds is something which must be heard to be appreciated. MT Kellogg first discovered his gift by making a sound like bird through his nose. He said he later discovered that if he would reproduce the bird notes ac- curately he must use his lips.
 MT Kellogg has studied the birds from the West Indies to Nova Scotia following them in their migration northWard
 The lecture is illustrated by many colored stereopticon pictures of the birds which seem to fit across the canvas as MT Kellogg warbles their songs and calls. Among his most in teresting illustrations and descrip- tions are those of the grand tetons, off the coast of Nova Scotia and the bird life there.
 The evening entertainment will be- gin at 8 o'clock. There will be q matinee at 4 p. m. for the school chil- dren.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
INSTALLATION OF PASTOR.
Will Take Place at the First Baptist
 Church To-Nignt.

t NAhLNAl ANAS AnLs
 The installation of the Rev Oscar Haywood as pastor of the First Bap- tist church will take place at 7:3O o'clock tonight. Rev Joseph Ander- son, DID,, of the First Congregational church, will preside The Rev 0. c. Smith of the Second Baptist church will offer prayer, and the Rev G. H. Ferris of New Haven will deliver an address on ''The Pastoral Relation" Rev J. G. Davenport of the Second Congregational church will take as his subject, New England's Greeting to the South" Rev F. D. Buckley of Trinity, Rev J. N. Lewis of St Johns, and F. B. Stockdale of the First Meth odist Episcopal church will deliver ap- propriate addresses. After the re- sponse by the Rev MT Haywood there will be reception in the chapel in charge of the following -committee: Deacon and Mrs A. J Shipley. Deacon and Mrs William O'Neil. Deacon and Mrs Edward Ashley. MT and Mrs A. T.. Mulloy. Mrs R. A Lowe, Mrs F. W. Smith, Mrs F F. Stanley Mrs K. D. Cross and Miss Adelaide Frost
 The following musical program will he rendered.:
 Organ Drslude-C -Canocei ......... Anthem Cantate Domino ....
 ................. Dudley Buck Quartet How Lovely Are the Mes
 sengers .............. Mendelssohn Solo-I Will Lay Me Down in Peace
 .................:. Dudley Buck
 CThe Triumph of David
 Miss Turnbull.
 Postluda-Fantasia T. $. Bach
 Miss Clara A Elton. organist; first soprano Miss Conrgiana Turnbul1; {; second soprano. Miss Ethel Sweet; contraIto. Miss Edith Whitney; tenor, Leo Race: basso, Elwin J. Steer.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
Resolutions Passed by Meeting of Min
 isters at New Haven.

Y ! sE q ' 4 8 5 . . Resolutions Passed by Meeting of Min
 isters at New Haven.
 An informal conference of number of prominent Connecticut ministers was held in New Haven last Wednes- day, at the request of the officers of the national councils committee of minis terial relief. There were present Rev Messrs Anderson of Waterbury. Cooper of New Britain, Hagen of Middletown, Smythe Phillips, McLane and Leete of New Haven, Hawes, Ives and Forbes of Hartford. Selden of Greenwich and Stimson of New York. After full dis cussion the following resolutions were unanimously adopted as the expression of their personal Judgment:
 l. We recommend that every church in the state that has not been addressed by the secretary of the national coun- cil's committee of ministerial relief and given a special contribution to that fund. be asked to do so.
 2. We deem it desirable that larger amount be contributed to the fund for ministers in order that beyond the re- lief of local necessities we may have a surplus to send to the national fund
 3. We would further call the atten- ton of all our churches to the desira- ability of hastening the day when throughout our land aged and disabled Congregational ministers and their families may he substantially provided for. and when the fund proposed by the national council shall be made ade- quate to the nationaLneeds
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
NINTH REGIMENT VETERANS
Making Arrangements for Monument
 to Be Erected in New Haven.


 to Be Erected in New Haven.
 Colonel John c. Healy of New fla ven and Michael F. Coen of Nauga- tuck, president and secretary respec- lively of the Ninth Regiment Veteran association, are in town to-day and ex- pect to do considerable business with reference to arrangements for the ded- .cation of the monument to the mem- ory of deceased members of the regi- ment, which will be erected on the old camp grounds in New Haven, August 5, 1903. Referring to the matter Col onel Healy said to Democrat report CT:
 We don't anticipate any difficulty in interesting Waterbury citizens in this movement, seeing that we had one full company in the Ninth commanded by Captain John Foley, a Waterbury man. Two other residents of this town were also officers in the regiment, Lieutenant Patrick Claffey and Lieu tenant William Carroll. Tn addition to these sixty-nine other Waterbury men belonged to the regiment, the re- mains of forty-five or fifty of whom now sleep in the cemeteries of this city and the ashes of some twenty or twen- ty-fve others rest beneath southern skies
 We feel fortunate in having the Rev W. !. Slocum as our worthy chap laiu. who will look after the interests uf the project in this vicinity
 "Colonel Richard Fitzgibbon of Bridgeport. a comrade of Captain Ioi,n Ciattlcld. one of your own townsinen. who commanded the old Fi4s-, is c'.airTan of the memorial committ0e."
 CnrTany E was made lp of Water bury men, with a few from Nauga- tuck and other neighboring towns At the present time all but five of fTIe members have been called away. The survivors are M. F. Coen and Michael Cronan of Naugatuck, Patrick Delan- ey, Daniel Lahey and Henry Menold of Wat
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17

Weather Probabilities. Fair ana cosder; brisk northeast winds'. .
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
Hirher FreisIit rntes r.s.r !,

CHICAGO, Dec. 17.--When the Cen> tral Traffic association roads at their session in Chicago two weeks ago con sidered an advance in freight rates, it was deemed inadvisable to make q greater raise in commodity rates than 10 per cent. Since then, however, a majority of the roads have come to the conclusion that a mistake has been made and that most of the commodi- ties can stand a larger advance.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
Railroad Men rSIIIea.

KINGSTON, N. Y, Dec. 17.-Corne- Illus O'Mara, section foreman, and John Murphy, fagman, were ground to pieces here by two freight trains at the Foxhall avenue crossing. They were talking and stepped from one track in front of another train. Their bodies were tossed back and forth by the two trains
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
pfxastrous Floods Threatened.

MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Dec. IT, Great damage is feared as the result of the heavy rainstorm which has prevailed here Many business places and private residences are flooded, and the country roads have been rendered impossible through water and snow. Serious damage to the railroads is threatened.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
A MYstert'ous Death.

ITHACA, N. Y, Dec. 17.-Burt Cowles, the Lehigh Valley assistant station agent at Levania, near Ithaca, was found dead with bullet through his heart Cowles was sitting in his usual chair, and near him lay gun without a stock. Coroner Laird exam ined the body, but came to no conclu- sion as to whether death resulted from accident or not
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
X. DOugherty
 HandkerChiefS for Christmas PrnSpnfS.

At 25c each-Ladies' all linen initial Handkerchiefs, F dog in a box,
 .~ # $1.25 a box At 25c-Ladies' embroidered Hand
 kerchiefs, value 39c, 25c At 19c-Ladies' embroidered Hand kerchiefs, value 25c, 19c At 121ac-Ladies' embroidered %= Handkerchiefs, value 19c, 121se At Sc-Ladies' embroidered Hand
 kerchiefs, value 121ac. < Ladies' linen finished hemstitched
 Handkerchiefs, 5c Ladies' embroidered corner Hand
 kerchiefs. Y: +,~ DC Ladies' very fine lawn and lace
 trimmed Handkerchiefs. 5c
 145 South Main st.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
HOLIDAY PERFUMES

We are showing very fine line of the Lazelrs Perfumes in fancy pack ages and in bulk. Packages 25c up. Bulk goods 50 and 75 cents an ounce. pharmacy, corner East Main and Wall streets.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
virginia Postomce Robbed.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec 17.-At Big Stone Gap burglars blew open the safe in the postoff1ce, taking about $500 in stamps and $400 in money. They en- tered the room by boring out panel in the door. The postmaster had re- ceived large supply of stamps from the department which had not been invoiced.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
Mrs. Clark very III.

BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 17.-Mrs. w. A. Clark, Jr., daughter-in-law of Senator Clark, who gave birth to a boy here two weeks ago, is very i'll, and spe- cialist has been summoned from Den yer. Great anxiety is felt. The boy, if he lives, will be heir to the Clark mill lions. ,l-l-AA MM
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
Another Million From RocisefcIIer

CHICAGO, Dec. IT, President Harp CT of the University of Chicago at the eonvocation exercises announced tho gift by John D. Rockefeller of another million dollars to that institution. Ad~ ditional gifts were announced, the whole amount aggregating $1.525, 900.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-22
Good Pies.

Here is one of the many good sto-
ries Governor Gambler tells when he is
with congenial company:
Away back in the sixties, and just
before the heavy fighting about Vioks-
burg, the Confederate troops in that
vicinity uwere hard pushed for food.
The winter had been severe one, and
provisions had run so low that the
soldiers were glad to get anything that
looked as if it could be digested.
So hungry were the men getting,
and go desperate, that many of them
were learning to eat horse flesh with
some degree Of relish. Of course,
there vas large number Of soldiers
whose tastes were such as to prevent
them from going in for delicacies of
that kind, but the times were such
that it appeared only a question Of
a very short while before all would
be living high on the flesh of their
steeds.
One day boy came into camp with
a number of meat pies, and his advent
was hailed with salvos Of delight. The
pies came high, but the men we're
willing to pay almost fabulous prices,
30 eager we're they for change Of
diet. Al result, the young fellow
disposed of his wares in few min
utes, and his customers enjoyed them
selves hugely. The pies were pro-
nouaced the best that had been eaton