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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-07


 time it is the more beauti- full Washington, the plans outlined by the special commission appointed by the senate committee of the Dis trict of Columbia, if carried out, will place it in the superlative degree in comparison with the capitals of other nations of the world. The plans are so complete and extensive and elab- crate that no one has yet been able to estimate the cost of fully working them out, and years will be required before the still more beautiful Wash ington can be reared after the plans, models and maps now on exhibition in the Corcoran art gallery. The com mission, which has just made its pre- Iminary report to congress is com posed of Daniel H. Burnham, of Chi cago; Charles F. McKim and Augustus St. Gaudens, of New York, and Fred erick Law Olmsted, of Brooklyn, with Charles Moore as secretary.
 A threefold purpose has controlled thiA commission in it's work, namely, to combine convenience and comfort with that of beauty, not sacrificing an essential need in one direction that another might be unduly elab- orated upon. The true harmony of reciprocal unity has. been the end sought after. For instance, when the city of Washington was planned un- der the direct and minute supervision | of both Washington and Jefferson, | the relations which should subsist between the capitol and the execa- tive mansion and also the other pub lie buildings was carefully studied and worked out. The commission has no desire to depart from this idea, but seeks as far as possible to fol
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-07
TWIN SULLIVAN DRAWS.

Chicaeo,z Feb Irwin Sullivan Of
 Boston and Mike Schreck of Reading,
 D.: went six clever rounds to draw before fhe Acme A. c. in Brands hall
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-07

F WASHINGTON as first
 planned was a capital worthy of great nation,
 and it has grown in splen- E dor until at the present
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
CORRECTING THE CLOCK.
The Scientific Method of Ascertain.
ing Changes in Time AT the
Official Observatory.

w. S. Harwood tells in St. Nicholas
what pains are taken to keep observ-
atory clocks in time with the stars.
The clock was set the night before.
by a star when it crossed the meridian;
but, for one reason or another, it may
have lost or gained the fraction of a
second. The observer at the eye-piece
of the telescope watches the oncoming
star with the very closest attention.
The instant it comes into his fed OF
vision, just as it begins crawling across
the wires, he gives a squeeze to the
Geographic key. At the moment OF
this squeeze the fountain-pen, at.
tached to the key by the wire, gives a
tiny jump and makes a slight bending
in the line. AS the star crosses each
wire the observer presses the key, SO
that there are II indentations made as
the star crosses the field and passes out
of sight on its celestial way. 1t has
not been stopped a fraction of an
inch in it's journey through space, but
the observer has timed it in, transit,
and no matter how fast it may have
been fleeing through the heavens, it has
yet been closely watched by the man
at the telescope until he could record
it's movements. AS the star passed
the sixth wire the pressure for that
line, its meridian line, registered the
precise fraction of a second at which
the star crosses the line. Then, as the
clock has been marking its W time
off on the cylinder second by second,
the observer compares the time the
clock has been making with the indent.
alton the instrument recorded as the
star crossed the meridian. Thus he
can tell to the fractional part of 8
second the gain or loss in the time oil
the clock, and it is readjusted, oil "set,'
as we say, to the unvarying time ofth'
/ star, q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
CHESTNUT CULTURE.
Methods Employed by n Pennsyl-
vania Gentleman who Has
a Grove Of 0 Acres.

Coleman X. Sober, of Union county,
Pa, owns the largest chestnut grove
in the United States, says the Phila-
delphia Press. 1t comprises 2O5
acres, with over 100000 trees. Mr..
Sober is a wealthy lumberman of
Lewisburg, whose object is to render
profitable the millions of acres of
wild mountain land in the
wealth. When a boy of IL he asked
his father, while grating fruits, to
graft some young chestnut trees, but
was only laughed at. Five years ago
he carried out his boyish idea, on
land too rough ever for sheep pas
ture, the waste of numbering opera
tions, on the sides of Irish valley,
eight miles from Shamokin. Pine and
oak were cut down a generation ago,
leaving chestnut standing. Cutting
these down, young shoots sprung up
which were grated with scions of
Paragon, a crisp, sweet nut, five
times as large as the native chestnut.
This fall Mr.. Sober harvested his first
crop, 30 bushels, worth 81 a bushel,
and in a few years his returns will
be by the thousands. In fact, the
estimate for next year is about 5000
bushels, which, at Sc, would be $751;
600, from land not worth SO an acre
for farming purposes. Mr.. Sober did
the first grating himself, with a lit
tie assistance. The last two seasons
he employed eight grafters for five
weeks, each nan averaging 300 trees
a day. Ninety per cent. of the CRAFTS
were successful. The groves are pro-
tected or two sides by fire roads"
and all brush is carefully burned.
Game chickens are kept to prey on
the chestnut weevel, and sheep to
keep the grass down. Mr.. Sober ia
o r transplanting seedlings rather
than planting nuts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
mANNSUp ...NA
IN EUROPE.
France Probably HIS the Best Laws
for Building and Repairing
Public Roads

Two hundred years ago England
had the worst roads in the world, be-
cause the peasantry living on the
roads alone were required to work
them. In speaking of them Macauley
says shat a route connecting two
great towns which have a large and
fourishing trade with each other
should be maintained at the cost OF
the rural population scattered be-
tween them is manifestly unjust. 1t
was not until many toll bars had
been violently pulled down, until the
troops had in many instances been
forced to act against the people, and
until much blood had been shed that
Every class now contributes to the
maintenance of the road system i'll
England. The French have probably
the most efficient laws and regula-
tions in the world for the building
and repairing of highways. The min
lister of public works has the general
superintendent of all roads and
ways by land and by water. There
are four classes of road recognized
by law, namely: ~ national, (2) de-
partmental, (3) military, az cross
roads. National roads are built and
kept up by the national treasury.
Departmental roads are a charge
upon the departments through which
they pass, and part of the military
roads are kept up by the government
and a part by the departments
through which the roads pass.
The cross roads are kept up by the
communes, though sometimes in
thinly populated regions these com.
munes receive assistance from the
government, especially when these
roads become of Importance.
The national roads are paved like
a street, having an average width OF
52H feet. The departmental roads
are 80 feet wide, and the military anG
cross roads are of variable width
Piles of broken stone are placed a
convenient distances and a man /.
constantly employed in repairing eaci
standardization Asphalt Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
Our Manufactures
in Foreign Fields
BY o. p. AUSTIN,
Chief Of Bureau Of Statistics, Treasury Dept.

venture. OF Great Britain, looked upon as the greatest manufacturing
nation Of Europe, were we especially afraid, and yet to-day THE
HEAVIEST INCREASE IN EXPORT TRADE IN MANU-
FACTURED PRODUCTS is COMING FROM BRITISH TER
RITORY.
BY this I do not necessarily mean England itself, but from Eng
lHh colonies. Localities in which the English manufacturer not only
has sentiment and transportation facilities in his favor, but in the
majority Of cases has the import duties as well.
A few figures by way Of illustration: Our exports to British
North America principally Canada) in 1901 was $Io8yoooooo; to
British Africa, $22oooyooo; to Australia, $3Iooo,ooo. Comparing
these figures with the exports to these countries at a period ten years
past and we find that our exports to Canada have increased $50 per
cent, while those of England to Canada show a slight decrease in
that time. TO British Africa our exports have increased over 400
Der cent. in the ten years, while those Of England to the same ter
ritories have increased but 40 per cent, and to Australia our exports
have increased 1as per cent, while England has shown a decrease.
From these few figures it i; evident that American manufacturers
are meeting European competition, and meeting It at that in countries
where every natural advantage lies with the European manufacturer
THE DAY HAS OME WHEN THE AMERICAN MANUFAC-
TIJRER CAN PICK HIS PURCHASERS WHERE HE PLEASES
WITHOUT FEAR or RUINOUS COMPETITION FROM Ell.
ROFE
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
THIEVES AT THE PIERS.
Detectives Are Kept Very Busy in
Trying to Protect Passenger
About to Sail.

In addition to plain-clothes men fur
nished by police headquarters every
transatlantic steamship company has
one or more private detective on it's
piers when a ship comes in Or goes
AWAY. Their chief duty is to prevent
the work of sneak thieves.
The companies and their patrons, de-
spite precautions, lose thousands each
year by these thieves. They ply their
trade to best advantage about the
time that a big ship is ready to leave
and her docks are thronged with visit
ors to see friends off, states the New
York Sun.
1t is then that they most frequent
ly escape the eye of bedroom stewards
and enter the roo of a tourist while
he is on deck saying farewell. In
the twinkling of an eye they slit a va
Use or hand bag with a sharp knife
and abstract from it cash, jewelry or
other valuables.
One day Detective Moody was de-
tailed at a pier and was busy at an
other part of the wharf when a dap
per colored man stationed himself at
the bulkhead. A woman, the wife of
a merchant of Charleston, came down
the pier with a bag in one hand and
an expensive coat thrown over her
other arm.
She asked the dapper youth a ques-
ton about the hour of sailing, and
after telling her he said that he was
one of the stewards of the ship and
that he would carry her coat and bag
down the wharf. He had both in his
clutches before the intended passen-
ger could make any reply and he ac-
~conipanied the oma down the pier
and up the gangplank.
"Let me see your ticket" he said to
the woman when they reached the
ships deck.
She gave it up without any question.
and hastily looking at it he remarked:
"This is not a very good location
Wait here and I'll go up to the office
and have it changed. He carried bag
coat and ticket away as he spoke, ant
quickly started down the gangplank.
Detective Moody, without knowing
anything of the fellows presence or
the pier, had taken a position at the
foot Of the gangplank. He happened
to look up and saw the man coming
ashore with the coat and hand grip
He recognized the man Immediately
because he was instrumental in send
ing him to prison a few years ago.
The fellow saw the detective thu
same instant that the detective spice
him. He was halfway down the planl
at the time, and Moody said to him:
swell, you've got a nerve to com
around here"
"a friend of mine is going away, ant
I'm going to fix her ticket" said tn,
fellow.
"Indeed! Well, a friend of mine. il
going away and 1 will have the pleas
ure of fixing his ticket" remarked tn
effective significantly, adding: "Per
init me-" And he snapped handcuff
on the mans wrists.
One steamship sneak thief had fiv'
pocketbooks with money in hi
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

trousers pockets and three %overcoats
on his back when he was arrested at a
Hoboken pier two weeks ago. He said
that if passengers insisted upon throw
ing yaluables into their rooms, leav.
ing their doors open and running on
deck to say their good-byes, they
couldn't blame even an honest man
from helping himself.
Several years ago a thief procured
a stewards uniform and rifed the bags
of passengers of outgoing ships for
some time before he was finally
caught. 1t is not so easy for the
thieves to steal the personal effects OF
incoming passengers because of the
scrutiny gate which the customs Of
ficials establish at every pier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

cutting your ties so that when put to-
gether they will be in the shape of a
letter X. Fix both pairs alike, placing
a frame on each side of the creek, then
sink them down in the bank or rock
bar about a foot which makes them
solid, then lay your pole between the
forks of the ties and you are ready to
hang your gate. This is a much cheap
er gap than the old way of putting a
pen on each side of the creek and fill
ing it with rock.-Charles S. Keen, in
Enifnmist r
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

ISAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLen-
nan county, Texas, has lived for
ia years. For many years he re-
sided at Bosque Falls, eighteen miles
west of Waco, but now lives with his
son-in-law at Valley Mills, Texas:
A short time ago, by request, Uncle
Isaac came to Waco and sat for his pic
ture. In his hand he held a stick cut
from the grave of General Andrew
Jackson, which has been carried by
him ever since. Mr.. Brock is a digni-
fed old gentleman, showing few signs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
,gpyJ MeM.

For a free book on catarrh, address
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, 0.
If you do not derive prompt and sat.
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma. write at once to DR.. Hartman, Civ
ing a full statement of your case, and
he will be pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis. =.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus
Ohio.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
L 0 GATE.
Much Cheaper Than the Old Way OF
Putting n Rock-FIDed Pen on
Each Side of the Creek.

l wish to explain the following to
the people that live along small
streams, who have trouble in keeping
their water gaps up. Take four ties,
mortice them half through near the
middle in a slanting direction. Put
two of the ties together SO that they
will fit tightly, then nail a strip of
plank on each side of your frame SO
they cannot come past. Be careful in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
THE OLDEST man In AMERICA
Tells How He Escaped the Terrors OF
Many Winters by Using Pe-ru-na.

are due directly 10 the effects OF
the climate. For IA years 4 have
wifhsfood the changeable climate
of the United States.
81 have always been a very healthy
man, but of course subject to the lit
tie affections which are due to sudden
changes in the climate and tempera-
ture. During my long life have known
a great many remedies for coughs,
colds and diarrhoea.
Il had always supposed these affec-
tions to be different diseases. For the
last ten or fifteen years / have been
reading DR.. Hartman's writings. lhave
learned much from his books, one thing
in particular: that these affections
are the same and that they are proper
ly called catarrh.
GAS for DIR. Harfman'S remedy,
Pe-ru-na, / have found 1t to be the
best, if not the only, reliable REM
edy for these affections. 1t has
been my standby for many years,
and I attribute my good health and
extreme old age to this remedy.
st exactly meets all my require
ments. 1t protects me from the evil
effects of sudden changes; it keeps me
in good appetite; it gives mt strength;
it keeps my blood in good circulation.
/ have come to rely upon it almost en-
tirely for the many little things for
which l need medicine.
81 believe it to be valuable to old
people, although l have no doubt it is
Just as good for the young. lshould be
glad if my sincere testimony should
become the means of others using this
remedy, because / believe it to be the
greatest remedy of this age for ca
t"arrnal diseases.
when epidemics of la grippe first
began to make their appearance in this
country I was a sufferer from this dis
ease.
81 had several long sieges with
the grip. At first 1 did not know
that Pe-ru-na was a remedy for
this disease. When l heard that
la grippe was epidemic catarrh, !
tried Pe-ru-na for la grippe and
4 found 1t to be Just the thing.
> st has saved me several times from
a siege of the grip. l feel perfectly
, safe from this terrible malady SO long
: as l have Peruna at hand. l hope that
= DR.. Hartman may live to be as old as
) am, to continue the good work OF
! teaching people the value of his great
= remedy, Peruna.
: Very truly yours,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

Citizen-How is it that you are charg.
ing such tremendous prices for ice? !
understand that there is plenty of ii
after all.
Dealer-Yes; but see how we had to
worry about it all last winter, when We
thought there would be none. You
don't suppose we can worry like that
and not charge for it, do you?-Up To
Date.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
what Good Roads Will DO.

Before all things the United States
Is an agricultural country. 1t is the
possibility of large returns for labor
in this direction which keeps up the
price of labor in our manufactures
and in all II industries, and thus
brings comfort and ease within the
reach Of all. Good roads, by lessen
ing the cost Of agricultural products
form the most effectual means Of
maintaining the condition of comfort
and aver luxury Of which America is
SO proud.-H. W. Conn, department Of
biology, Wesleyan university, Middle
town, Conn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
At n Fashionable Dinner Party.

Gentleman ION the right) - The
weather, mademoiselle-
LADY, have already discussed that
subject with my n~eighbor on my eft.
THE mean scoundrel! We had ar
ranged between us that he should talk
about the dinner and | myself about
the Observation-Disclosures Blaetter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

Little Elmer-Pa, what is a coinci-
dence?
Prof. Broadhead-The fact that the
green cucumber is ready to begin it's
work just about the time that the green
medical student graduates is a good ex-
ample of coincidence, my son.-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
Miles of Potatoes.

Everybody knows that the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, are the largest
seed potato growers in the world, so when
their President, Henry A. Salzer, recently
purchased 1000 acres more Of ideal potato
land, all wondered what for. Well, it is for
potatoes-miles and miles of potatoes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
ProtecNng Their interests.

It was at the summer resort where
there was only n young man. +.
''That young woman is wonderfully
popular said the middle-aged man.
what makes you think 500" inquired
his wife.
"All the other girls are crowding to
the station to bid her good-by."
ooh. they aren't really going for the
sake of bidding her good-by. They
want to make sure that she doesn't car
ry away the engagement ring."-Wash-
inpton Star,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
Desirable.

Its perfectly disgraceful!" she ex
claimed.
whats the mtter?" inquired her
husband.
Here's a description of a woman who
gets up in public and declares herself
an anarchist"
WELL" was the rejoinder, maybe it's
all for the best. believe I'd like to
see women crowd the males out of the
anarchist business. When they threw
bombs they wouldn't be so likely to hit
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
An OId-Tfmer.

Hittinger-Here's a nice little joke
of mine. I suppose, however, you'll
swear it is old enough to wear whisk.
ers.
Smalley-My dear boy, it is old
enough to be used by a vaudeville mon
ologist.-Boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

"Some men seem born to command
and yet do not fulfill u expectations"
said the wise guy.
maybe they get married" suggested
the simple mug.-Philadelphia Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
He Didn't Have to Kneel.

Fora-What a lovely ring; and it's a
lady's ring, too.
Horace--Yes, | thought you would like
it.
why, is it for me-"
"You are a lady, aren't you?"
80, dear! This is SO sudden!"-Chelsea
(Mass.) Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

Johnston-Miss Giddy really doesn't
look a day older than she did six years
ago.
misunderstanding to her statistics
she isn't a day older.-Up-to-Date.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

A man pointed an unloaded gun at a
friend and pulled the trigger.
"See," he said, gleefully, 81 have ex-
ploded a superstition; there is no dan
ger in an unloaded gun"
And straightway the friend struck him
on the head with all his might.
sit seems to be a dangerous weapon
for a fool to play with after ALL" was
the consolation he offered. as the man
bound up his wound.-Chicago Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
Was 1t a. Broad ms 1t Was Longf

An old doctor was very pungent and
frank in his way of giving his opinion.
A young preacher occupied his pulpit
one day, and at dinner angled very
much for a compliment, which was not
forthcoming. At last the young mai
said:
81 hope I did not weary you by the
length Of my sermon. doctor?"
mo, nor by its depth, either" was the
laconic reply.-Boston Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

1t is urged that the sparrow is a
benefactor to the farmer. because it
feeds on the seeds of waste plants and
weeds during the winter. Chicago
Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

To Cur a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money fit failst to cure. Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
Born before United States was

Born before United States was
formed.
Saw ~ Presidents elected.
Pe-ru-na has protected him
from all sudden changes.
Veteran of four wars.
Shod q horse when SO years
old.
Always conquered the grip
with Pe-ru-na.
Witness In q land suit at age
of ITO years.
Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest
remedy of the age for catarrhal
diseases.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
AS a cough cure; W, O'Brien, 322 Third
Ave-, N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

In so years the imports of the United
Kingdom increased from $76o. 900 900
to $2.0s5, 00o.Oo0 and the exports from
sass. O0O. 900 to $l.430. 0O0. 900,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

Reputation is a bubble hard to blow out
but easily burst.-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

In the human race the butcher holds the
steaks.--Los Angeles Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

Grafton many things before decid-
ing upon a place where he will
make a particular effort to secure
foreign trade. There was a time
when the possibility of European
competition would have figured
as a strong factor against the ulti-
mate success of a foreign trade
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30
THE MARKETS..

There is no education like adversely
Disraeli.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-30

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color silk
wool or cotton perfectly at one boiling