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The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-13

so until death.
The power of phrase has often
been the theme of social and political
essayists, says the London Globe The
Emperor Napoleon III was a notable
phrase-maker. 1t will be long before
people who were familiar with events
in France and Europe from 1850 to 1870
forget his--L' Etat c'est moi" LEM
pire c'est la paix," and his For order.
gentlemen, I will answer" The EN-
peror Nicholas l, as is well remem-
bered. was the author of the designa-
ton "The Sick Man" applied to the
Sultan of Turkey. The present Ger
man Emperor has coined a few phrases
which will live In the political vocabu-
lary some OF them are quoted by Mr..
Wolf Won Schierbrand in an article on
The Personal Influence of the Kaiser
on German Public Life" in the North
American Review. One of the earli-
est was his dehunciation of the Agra
rian agitation In the remark. "You
cannot expect me 10 sanction bread
usury.' tlis majesty has seen reason
10 alter his view Of Abe Agrarians ana
has since declared that "agriculture ts
the backbone Of the country and must
be protected" We doubt whether M
Wolf Won Schierbrand is right In
claiming for the Emperor the author,
shlp 81 the term Great Germany" Uia
phrases with regard to naval matters
are however, unQuestionably MS own
our future Hes upon The water" EN-
bodies q policy ~ half a dozen vorSe
The kaiser may doubtless claim me
e9pyfishf also - the mailed nst" ana
- the yellow peril" as descriptive ~
ne eehEsfh ~ 20 apprehended by Ru-
rope from the prep0nderancs ~ ~
eastern Aeiafic raefs. Tho Aurs.rf-
ahce of the imperial phrases e m ~
Pc dsnled q ihf writer before b. ii
correct tH tis assertion fhat ~ f,es-
fNf hHlaffF public uffefanees are Md
eii9n ~. Nke hls Fganefsthsrs. .. ~
Heite4 hf hs shancelloF
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22
A WIDOW WHO MERITS PITY.

When Heniy Hiemenz. IT, of St Louis died the other day. he left S1.- 100000 and a will which provided that his widow. who inherited the entire fortune was to strew the grave of his first wife with flowers every Sunday and on the anniversaries of her birth and death. This probably is the acme of cruelty. If the testator had pro vided that the widow, in order to keep the money. must climb greased pole every Sunday morning. or give I'D cor, sets, or do her own washing, other wo- men might have gone to her and en- coHraged her with the assurance that the money was worth the sacrifice; but to be comnelled to strew flowers on the grave of the woman who now, let us hone, is happv with the man in pare 7ise. will undoubtedly be regarded hv all soher-1ninded women as too mnch The courts should interfere in this case and wipe ont the obligation as being unnecessarily cruel and oppres- siye. Chicago Record Herald
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22
For Representatives-JOHN J. BRO-
 PLY and LEONARD ASHEIM.

There is something refreshingly guileless about Senator Spooner's re- cent assertion that the democrats were responsible for tie defeat of the presi- dents Cuban reciprocity policy. Ap- parently the senator imagines that the people do not read papers and never heard that the republicans had ma, jority of two to one in the senate or very nearly that, and that they con, trolled large majority in the house. Hemust have supposed that they never heard of the republican insurgents led by Senator Burton in the upper cham, Der snd by Representative Tawney in the house. It is certainly new doc Urine that the minority party in con gress must help the majority to make up it's mind, but that seems to be the view of the senator from Wisconsin.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22
MAxIMILIAN AND CARLOTTA.

There are few more tragic or path etic events in history than the story of Maximilian and poor Carlotta." Tn the case of most of the leaders of empire they voluntarily chose the thorny paths that lead to glory or to death-the Archduke's fate was thrust upon him! He was the victim of a woman's ambition and a Bona parte's treachery. His unhappy wife has bitterly paid for her short and troubled reign over an unwilling na- ton; for 34 years she has been ban- ished to an oblivion worse than death. Daughter of Leopold the First of Bel. gium, related by ties of blood and marriage to half the crowned heads of Europe, her name is an unspolzen one in her eirlhond's home and in n palace on the outskirts of Brussels she has passed all those weary years as one already dead. waiting her sonl's release. It is generally believed that hers was the spirit born to rule and that her husband was but a duDe of unwise advisers and a pawn in the hands of the willy, selfish Napoleon III. To my mind there is nothing sadder than the picture of this youth full imperial wife-she was only 26-- pleading with tho European powers for money and soldiers to save her husbands empire when that brief dream was already a thing of the past and Maximilian had been tried and condemned to death by the martial laws of the party he had vainlv en- deavored to suppress. For Mexico wanted freedom not the reign of for. efgn imperialism. and when a nation wakes to the knowledge and the de- sire of liberty there is no earthly pow | CT strong enough to defeat it's aim!- By Edith Martin Smith in September l Donahoe's.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22

In his latest speech, Senator Spooner
 of Wisconsin said, in speaking of the
 trusts: s'The Standard Oil Go was the strongest and greatest. or may fairly
 be said to have been the leader. Did
 the tariff cause that my democratic friends? You cannot say it did, be- cause petroleum was not on the dutia- ple list and never has been, except that we provided a duty upon petroleum into this country from a country which imposed a duty on ours" Here the re publicans confess the whole proposi- ton about Standard Oil. we pro vided a duty upon petroleum from a country which imposed a duty on ours" That country was Russia, and when it is remembered that Russia produces all the remainder of the oil produced in the world other than that produced in America. except a beg. early little 6 per cent of the entire product Of the world. it win be clear to the dullest man alive that w9 do have tariff on al1 the oil fhat qoula be brought here, and that waen rt@pab'
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22
HEARD IN PASSING

General Fitzhugh Lee, former con- sul general to Cuba. and Thomas $. Martin, United States senator, have become reconciled after ten years of arrangement on account of the suc- cess of Martin in obtaining the Unit ed States senatorship They met en- tirely by accident during the horse show at Richmond. Martin, after 8 momentary pause, extended his hand and General Lee took it. Scarcely q word was said by either man, but the simple action showed that much of the bitterness of the past has been forgotten.
 General De Wet spoke in his night shirt at 2 a. m. Sunday, at the Han over railroad station, to thousand persons, who almost stormed the train. The general leaned out of a window as he addressed the assemblage re- counting the warmth of the Boers' re- ception in Berlin and the libera1ity of the Germans. The generals collected l total of $S7.50O at Berlin. They un- dertook to give autographic receipts to every contributor of $1.25, and had to spend several hours daily signing receipts. De Wet said that if the thing kept up his right arm would be 1 in sling as the result of writer's par ] alysis. Envelopes containing money 1 were thrown into the Boers' carria ges when they were out driving .-Ex- change.
 l The custom in New York has been to protract important criminal trials I 1nterminably Justice Lambert. the Buffalo judge who is presiding in the Molineux case. is pursuing different course. He has already given notice of his intention to suppress sschin mu- sic" on the part of counsel. also wrangling. While Assistant District Attorney Osborne was opening his case on Monday he was s'tripped up'' by the judge several times. He had said to the jury: "Of course, you will think, perhaps that it was fool ish for Cornish to give that promo seltzer to Mrs Adams ssThat is drawing on the imagination" Justice Lambert interposed. MT Osborne let the imagination alone for few min- utes, but presently he was drawing a picture of the secret acts of the as- sassin. You may tell the jury now what you will prove" ruled Justice l Lambert, "but not the deductions you
 want them to draw" "But I expect to prove these acts,'' MT Osborne pleaded. Prove them" replied the
 court, s'and then let the jury draw their own deductionss There is a
 fair prospect that the trial will end within three weeks. Hartford Times.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22

Secretary Shaw has finally been compelled to resort to the purchase of bonds. He has long resisted the press ure in this direction for the reason that he did not wish to follow in the foot, steps of Secretary Gage, but once he began to cater to the demands of the Wall street interests they forced him to it. It is estimated that the present purchase will amount to $25,O00,00O, as the treasury is paying 137A for bonds of 1925 This purchase when con- pleted will bring the total amount of money released from the treasury, in cluding the increased bank circulation which MT Shaw has made possible, up to S62 GOO, GOO. It is claimed that this will end the secretary's efforts in this direction and will reIee the money stringency, although it is hard to tell how long it will remain relieved, as long as the government, by means of a tariff out of all proportion to it's needs, continues to collect duties far in ex- cess of the possible disbursements. As as a stump speaker MT Shaw will doubtless prove diversion, if not an amusement It is reported that at a recent pow-wow in Baltimore the sec retary stopped abruptly in the midst of his harangue and said, 'The band will now play that republican campaign song, the Star Spangled Banner : The band did so and the audience was | treated to the spectacle of the secre- tary of the treasury singing in sadly cracked tenor, and in a key several tones above the band, as became one of his exalted station, the entire '.re- publican campaign song" When it be came a republican song was not stated. After attempting to charm his audience with music @ the represen- tative of the cabinet launched once more into the subject of reforming the financial system of the country, but the general impression of his audience was that he was more of a troubadour than a financier.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22

If Candidate Melbert B. Cary had never written a book, and if he stopped
 in Connecticut 365 days in every year,
 the republicans would be hard up for
 campaign matter. These two incl
 dents seem to be the stock in trade of
 the calamity howlers of the g. Q. p. It
 is we'll to know that in Mr Cary the
 democrats have candidate who is ca
 pablo of writing a book, and also at
 home'' in New York when business or
 pleasure calls him there. If Candidate Chamberlain lives over his bank vault that he may more sacredly guard it's
 contents, that is no reason why other people cannot have a breathing spell l if they desire one. We imagine MT Chamberlain could have such place, and would have it if his tastes ran that way. It seems like a forlorn hope with the republicans this year, and for that reason the editors of the organ are getting very personal, instead of con-
 fning themselves to the issues which are of more importance to the people of Connecticut and the country at large. In regard to Candidate Cary's
 residence. the Hartford Times of last evening said: Perhaps the fashion columns of the New York Herald are better authority as to the residence of MT Cary than MT Cary himself. Per sonally, we still believe shat MT Cary
 knows where he lives, and, although 1 we can sympathize with the desire of
 New York to claim every man who 1 finds himself ill the public eye, we can l not understand the anxiety of repub- licans who supported Phineas C. Lounsbury for governor to show that
 Mir Cary is not resident of Connecti-
 son in New York. MT Lounsbury had i his business in New York MT Cary has l long had his home in this state, and visits New York in the winter like 9 1 good many others who are able to do 1 so. Apart from any technicality, how
 ever, MT Cary has proved his identifica-
 tion with Connecticut by many years
 not of mere residence-but of active interest in the affairs of the state. He
 was enough of Connecticut man to
 be chairman of the democratic state
 committee few years ago. He knows
 more of Connecticut and has done
 more for it than number of governors ever thought of doing"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22
China Closet and Buffet Combined.

Two useful dining room pieces are combined in one piece of fur niture-a sideboard or buffet and china closet. An admirable piece for the dining room where economy of space is desired. A word piiIture of one we have would read like this: Stands 6S inches high, A inches wide, made of oak, finished beautiful rich golden color. The china closet portion has a glass door and glass sides. The huffet sec tion has large French plate mir, TOT; two drawers for silver and linen, and large cabinet below. Price of this one is $32.OO.
 J. Fl. BurralI & Co,
 C BANK STREET.
 UNDERTAKING Night calls an swered by c. B. Seymour, 1S4 Maple street. phone: D. NJ. Stew art. l01 Franklin street, phone.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22
IN PRAISE OF PROSPERITY

They raised his salary two years ago last May, The said increase amounting to thirty cents day, Since then they've raised the prices Of carrots and of beets, Of flour and of meats, Of corn and coal and fruits, Of babies little boots, Of potatoes, milk and cheese, Of the product of the bees, Of hats and socks and coats, Of all that sinks or floats. He's paying out the money that he saved before the raise, But prosperity's upon us, and his heart is full of praise.
 Chicago Post.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For Governor-MELBERT B. CARY of Ridgefeld.
 For Lieutenant- nt-Governor-E. hEN1 HUBBARD of Middletown. For Secretary of State-ARTHUR B. CALKINS of East Lyme. For Comptroller EDWARD G. KIL- DUFF of Waterbury. For Treasurer PHILIP HUGO of New Haven.
 For Attorney General-NOBLE F. PIERCE of Bristol. For County Sheriff f-CHARLES A. TOMLINSoN of Milford. For Representative-at-L Large HOMER s. CUMMINGS of Stamford. Congressman, First District-WlL- LIAM F. O'NEIL, Hartford. For Congressman. Second District GEORGE N. MORSE of Meriden. Congressman, Third District-JAMES H. POTTER, Killingly. Congressman, Fourth District-WlL- LIAM D. BISHOP, Jr, Bridgeport. Senator Fifth District -- WILLIAM KENNEDY, Naugatucks For Judge of Probate-ROBERT A. LOWE, Waterbury. For Representatives-JO OHN J. BRO- PLY and LEONARD ASHEIM.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22

Senator Fifth District - WILLIAM KENNEDY, Naugatuck.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22

For Judge of Probate-ROBERT A. LOWE, Waterbury.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22

licans resort to such cheap, unwarra1at- ed and unworthy arguments, when they try to dress up falsehood into the semblance of truth, in order to fool the people of this country, they have forfeited the last claim for reelection they ever had When they assert that oil is on the free list they assert that which is in actual practice absolutely untrue For, to repeat the statement, Russia is the only other country in the world that produces oil in sufficient quantities to make it worth mention ing. We have tariff against Russian oil Is it not clear therefore that we have a tariff against all the oil that could ever come into the United States? And is it not clear, too, that the man who asserts that oil is on the free list is either inexcusably ignorant of the things he tries to talk about, or else he is political juggler?
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22
ThourfntfuI.

"Have you had any more duns P in- quired the sultan of Turkey.
 "A few.' answered the court off. cial
 Well, let me have them.''
 ssIThope your majesty is not going fo allow yourself to be personally or ried by the impor rtuna te-
 Not at all The pearl Of the harem wants them. She Is ma4ing an auto graph collection. & Was shiagton Stax
Woodville Republican., 1902-12-20

cL :. ,:L
frequently IN lree LOT an ilsh' ~ wnioa
hsts only were used ana ai'er Whle4 no
arrests were MADE. In those ne" hI1 eai
Gays tne rumshops' as they ,,S,'.'i werS c"iieu'
diu lanu once business hisAy Was
pientlui ana eneap' ana 'he pleJuuioe
against urulNenness was py Ho means 81
general theh as now; ~
Inc local point OF INTEREST however
was the h"ipg out Oh negroes 05g loI 'ne s en,
HOtns NJ, "Au ~ ~ -
onereu LOT pupnc sale' puV thaI placi!oe iioe
was not SO common 'Aen aS IN 'he carrier
part Oh tue century
FanIers neither hlFeG ou' ehelI saves
nor oi1 'ney employ tnose oi olner peD-
pie' buS tn9se belonging 70 MINOR Gnu
ulen anu NIno"s, as wen as many VINO
were Gna'Nels oi I les.uenIs o. tne towns =,
Woodville Republican., 1902-12-20

dlnner-party had bsen arranged for, st
Mrs. Goldwaite's, for three solid reasons.
Frat, to air their new toilettes; second,
to soothe one another in their common
grievance, and third, the Goldwaite cot
lily see the coarse tide of the "seconds"-
and possibly the "thirds"-fow to the
farms.
Punctualy at the appointed time the
outraged upper current gathered at the
appointed place to see the outrageous un-
der current set toward the philanthropic
president.
By three o'clock all the INDECENT but re-
spectacle people of the neighborhood had
gone by in their Sunday best.
Onions and sauerkraut!" drawled Mr..
Wilton, as a German family passed on
foot
"Our white necktie brigade" comment.
ed another FIRST" as the pastor Of poor
church, mile away, and the superinten-
dent of its Sunday school, together with
dozen scholars, went by in a double
sleigh. And the "frsts" rustled theiI
silks and smiled in aristocratic contempt
Before the Goldwaite party broke up
however, messenger from the Farms
bowed himself into their midst and out
again, leaving the hostess looking sus-
piciously at a message in her hand, with
''the army coat blazed onto the corner, {"
as Mrs. Meigs would have said. She
glanced timidly around the expectant
circle and finally drew forth a daintily
perfumed note and read:
ga very happy New Year to all! 1t
has occurred to us, dear people, that you
may not have comprehended our motive
in bidding our guests for the day. As
we all are interested in philanthropie
work, We will be understood when we
say, the new leaf we turned is very time
ly and beautiful, and has made many
hearts happy Husband and l turned the
leaf suggested by Luke, the beloved physi-
clan. We knew you were all well able to
return the compliment, and so we bade
those who could not recompense us.
':We extend greetings and desire that
you all rejoice with us Mr.. and Mrs.
John Berrie, Shelly Farms"
The "6rsts" looked soberly at each
other; the spirit of the note touched the
good in them and the new dinner dresses
were, for the time, forgotten.
eyes," they said, "the whole neighbor-
hood has enjoyed Happy New Year to.
day. Surely it is a pleasant new leaf!"
But the philanthropic society has never
been organized, although the prospective
president is ready and waiting.
Woodville Republican., 1902-12-20

der. This, also was commonly the prae-
tice as to "cornfeld niggers" and un-
skilled laborers generally, of both sexes.
There were pathetic scenes now and
then when negroes were sold at public auc-
tion on New Years day. Very rarely it
CHANGED that at such times members Of
the same family were sold to masters
widely separated.
1t should appeal to the common sense
of any man that slaves being valuable
holdings, their owners would neither treat
them cruelty nor permit them to be abused
by others. Owners of valuable horses uni
formly are kind to them, and horses are
not human.
In this Southern New Years day, too,
men met to settle long due debts, to pay
notes and to rent farm lands. Taken al
together, it was a busy, busy day, full
of its comedies as well as its dramas, and,
sometimes, tragedies.
At such times the slaves of the planta-
tions enjoyed their annual two weeks
vacation and these crowded the villages
to buy all manner of gimcracks-ch
jewelry, ribbons and laces, and, having
sweet tooth, cheap candies as well. Any
Well-ordered slave could make overtime
money, and it was very sorry one, in
deed, who had not a few dollars at the
New Year. to throw away in folly upon a
wife or a sweetheart.
The "white trash" gathered then solely
with a view to looking on and to picking
up what they could. As they were de-
spised by both the well-to-do whites and
the zezoes of all degrees, they usually
KEEP: to themselves. They neither hired
nor were hired but in some manner con-
triyed 10 cure !heir full share of
whisky
Like be- old general muster" day of
the 1eilam days the 'afo' de wah'
N Year has passed away with all its
and srftngs, yet the memory of
rem i.s vat. she older residents as re-
ninder at ore Jay at least, and that the
initial one, oi the Southland, was one of
potential energy aud signally Characters
tie in It's in lts ol the age and times.
Woodville Republican., 1902-12-20

at the adroitness of their "feint" and its
success.
The expectant "frsts" were all agog
for few days, looking for invitations;
but, strange to say, not one of them re-
ceived the familiar square envelope with
the Berrie coat-of-arms in the corner,
and things were once more fast assum-
ing the mysterious.
But everything was made exceedingly
plain, finally, by the buxom Mrs. Meigs,
washer-woman for trio of the immacu-
late set.
"And it's me and mine who are goin'
to have fine dinner on New Years day!"
Woodville Republican., 1902-12-20

/ shall enjoy the new leaf turning with
my neighbors exceedingly"
This information was what Mrs. Gold
waite had talked philanthropy 1or two full
hours for, and she took her leave, feeling
that she was heroine of the first water.
But Mrs. Berrie accompanied her caller
to the front gate in her eagerness to talk
more about the movement" ''It is to
elevate the toilers,. l understand" she
said, "and to get in touch with our poorer
neighbors?"
"Y-e-s," answered Mrs. GOldwaite, hesi-
tating to break up her luxurious New
Years dream by humping against the in
trusive fact that washwomen and ditch
diggers occupied the same planet together
with the "frsts."
"Yes," she repeated, "and when We or
ganize you will accept the presidency"
and she got up an interested look, almost
as good as the genuine
Certainly" was the reply. 81 thank
YOU for the honor" and Mrs. John Berrie
pressed the callers hand fervently.
The delegate was not very favorably in
Huenced with the young wife's enthusiasm
owe, the question, and the pressure of her
hand chilled, rather than thrilled, her
FESTIVE heart.
But one consoling thought ran through
It all: they never would "organize." 1t
was only subterfuge to nose out some
thing more substantial
Mrs. Goldwaite tripped along to the
turning, where she met Mrs. Wilton, who
reined in her ponies to ask breathlessly:
"Did vou find out ?"
80 be sure; it takes me to find out,
and she tossed her head in triumph.
'They will have the dinner as usual But
Mrs. Berrie, not being acquainted, could
not write the invitations alone; and Mr..
Berrie could not help her until to-day"
20. yes!" cried Mrs. Wilton, that ac-
counts for it all. Well, we are ready and
will be delighted to help turn the new
leaf this year, because of the sweet
hostess"
"She was wonderfully elateC, though
over the philanthropic work, and Mrs.
Goldwaite rolled up her eyes in mock
seriousness. Both ladies giggled and
slapped their hands, immensely amused