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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-11
MONTHLY MEETING, X. NJ. q. A.
The Financial Statement for October
Was Received.

The monthly meeting Of the board
of directors OF the X. NJ. G. A. was
held last night. Various reports were
read, the treasurer's report showing
receipts for the month of $956.15, in
Guiding rents from dormitories $171.50,
rent of lockers $29.S0, other rentals
$4,000, senior membership fees $416.-
80, junior membership fees $23.5O, adj
vertisements in Waterbury Men $751;
3S, ping pong $8.75, and donations
$4,000.
The financial statement of October
81 was as follows:
Resources.
Building, furnishings and
land (estimated) ..<... $SS,000. 90
Subscriptions and cash items 1888. %
Iotal ......... ......... .S9o, $685. 20
Liabilities.
Mortgage ........ ........ $23,000.0O
Notes and open accounts -. 4,905.37
surplus .......... %, .S6
Total ....... .......... $93,333 20
Increased surplus over previous
month, S133.57.
The membership committee reported
that so membership fees had been re-
ceived during the past month. The
list of members Is as follows: 373
senior 81 members; II junior So and
115 $40 sustaining members; total of
559, an increase of SO over the pre-
yious month. The general secretary
reported that the income of the asso-
citation for the past month from rent
ais and membership fees was almost
sufficient to pay all expenses. Count.
ing the donations received the receipts
Were 1913 over expense.
A friend of the association has made
the following offer: The young man
who secures the most members during
the next four months will receive q
prize of $40, the next 50 and so on
down to 81 for the tenth man, making
500 in all.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-11
Splendid Couch Medicine.

We prepare cough medicine that
we are not afraid TO put side by side
with any on the market We call it
Fitzpatrick's Syrup of White Pine
and tar. % cents bottle. Fitzpat-
rick's pharmacy, East Main, corner
Wall Telephone 63-4
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-11
PoRTRAIT PAINTER DEAD.

New York, Nov 11.--George Ger
hard. one OF the Oldest portrait paint
ers in this city is dead from diabetes.
at the age of y years. He painted
the portraits Of many prominent men
of this country and had exhibited his
works both here and abroad.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-11
The MAIN REASON.

The man who has his money on the
pug that fails 10 win
Puts up wondrous strong protest
ing roar;
He has dozen theories to show just
why his man
Somehow or other always failed to
score.
They fouled him. There was dope.
The other fellow wouldn't break.
He roughed it when he oughtn't to,
you know,
The referee and seconds had their
money up, / hear,
On Chuggem-and my fighter had
no show
It's very melancholy, and it fills us all
with pain
To think how this poor fellow has
been tricked;
But, after all, it seems to me, he over
looked, almost,
The main thing-that his champion
was licked.
San Francisco Bulletin.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-11

brought TO jail. Brooding over the
death Of his favorite daughter unbal-
anced his mind
Death came instantly to Miss Ollie
Oaks of Oshkosh, aged II, while turn
ing on the electric light current in her
home, the wires having become cross
ed in the blizzard. Miss Oaks stood
on an iron register as she turned on
the switch for the incandescent sys-
tenn in the house. Instantly there was
a binding fash and she fell to the
floor without a moan The full cuI-
rent of the electric light wires passed
through her body. The only evidence
of the deadly agent on the body of the
young woman is a slight blush discol-
Grafton of the lips.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-11

President Stickney of the Chicago &
Great Western has issued circulars to
the stockholders, requesting them to
send him their proxies for special
meeting Feb. Is, for the purpose of
voting on a proposition to increase the
common stock from $30,0O0,00O to
$50, 100000 for extending lines.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-11

Helen Huntington, Gaugnter-in-law
of the late c. P. Huntington, the rail
road king, has just written a book of
dainty verse, which is selling well.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
Glass Made by Liqhtninq.

Tubes of glass made by lightning
are often found in sand. The cleo
tricity passes into the ground and
melts the silicious material, forming
little pipes, the inside diameter of
which represents the "bore" of the
S'thunderbolt.0 Such tubes measur-
ing as much as twentv-seven feet in
length have been discovered. No
doubt exists as to the method Of
their manufacture, inasmuch as peo-
pie have sought for them and dug
them up still hot from places fresh
~ struck by lightning Attempts
have been made to reproduce them
artiGcially by passing powerful
current of electricity through finely
powdered glass. In this way pipes
nearly an inch long and as big as a
darning needle have been obtained.
From the comparative size one gets
a notion of the enormous energy of
lightning.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
The Earliest Yacht Race.

What is said TO be the earliest Of
recorded yacht races took place on
Oct. l, 1861. John Evelyn in his
diary Of that date mentions that he
sailed with his majesty Charles IL.
in one of his pleasure boats or
yachts, vessels not known among
us until the Dutch East India COM
pany presented that curious piece
to the king, being very excellent
sailing vessels. 1t was on match
between this and his other new
boat" continued Evelyn, ssbuilt
frigatelike, and one Of the Duke Of
York's, the wager Of f100, and the
race from Greenwich to Gravesend
and back, the king lost it going
down, the wind being contrary, but
saved stakes in returning"
The word ssyacht" is itself Dutch,
but the vessels which the merry
monarch sailed were little similar to
the racers of the present day. Men
ton is made Of other yachts and
races, but the details are verv mea-
syny
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
Brain Food Nonsense.

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most competent
authorities. They have dispelled
the silly notion that one kind Of
food is needed for brain, another for
muscles, and still another for bones.
A correct diet will not only nuris b
particular part of the body, but it
will sustain every other part. Yet,
however good your food may be. its
nutriment is destroyed by indiges-
ticn or dyspepsia. You must pre-
pare for their appearance or pre-
vent their coming by fixing regular
doses Of Greene's AUGUST Flower. the
favorite medicine Of the healthy
millions. A few doses aids diges-
ton, stimulates the livr to healthy
action, purifes the blood, and makes
YOU feel houyant and vigorous. You
can get DR.. G G.. Greene S reliable
emedies at Fox Bros. Get Greene's
necial Almanac.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
The freshman on the Stand.

Lawyers with an appreciative
sense of humor enjoy nothing SO
much as to get quick witted,
ready tongued son of the Emerald
Isle on the stand to relieve the mo-
notony of the legal technicalities of
a case. A gentleman who has been
collecting samples of Irish wit and
repartee for some time relates the
following anecdotes. Some Of them
are doubtless mellow with age, but
in any case they will bear repeti-
ton:
A henpecked husband had his bet
Ter half arrested for assaulting him.
The plaintiff was on the stand.
"And now, Mr.. O'Toole," said his
counsel, twill you kindly tell the
jury whether your wife was in the
habit of striking you with impu-
nifty 2"
ovid what, sor?'
"With impunity."
"She wuz, sor, now an then, but
she generally used tn potaty mash
err"
A witness testifying in a murder
case was asked to describe to the
jury the exact location of fight OF
stairs.
Explain to the jury" said the
prosecuting attorney, Exactly how
the steps run
sShure, sor, if ye shtand at tn
bottom they run up, an if we shtand
at tn top they run down"
In suit brought by an install
ment house to obtain payment for a
suit Of furniture a witness was ask
ed if he knew what "quartered oak
meant. Here is his definition:
at names thot it's thra-quarters
poine. Baltimore Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
The KIND Of Peo-ie One r'-cts Is.
Third Class Raiiway c :.

The KIND Of Peo-ie One r--cts r.
Third Class Railway c ;.
All the third class cars
berian railway are grimy; i ere ii
sections reserved for women an
children. The woodwork is pa ii.
ed drab inside, but there is no. !
vestige of cushion. | spent hoAr
among these emigrants. | ena
them interesting. They are horri-
bly, dirty, and as they like to have
the window closed, DIES ute the tenn
perature, the cars reek with odor.
They carry all their worldly pos
sessions with them, some foul sleep
ing rugs ard some bundles Of more
foul clothing. These are spread 0 /
on the hard seats to make them i
little less hard.
Bread, tea and melons seem their
chief fare. There are great chunks
of sour bread, and at every halt
kettles are seized and scramble is
made to the platform, where til
local peasant women have steaming
samovars and sell kettle of boiling
water for halfpenny and water
melon as big as your head for a
penny.
Besides bread eating and scatter
mo half Of If on thn floor oni
munching melons and making a
mess with the rind and splashins
the water about when teamaking
there Il the constant smoking Of
cigarettes. They are tiny, unsatis-
flying thinos, half cardboard tube.
provide three modest puffs and are
then to be thrown away. You
could smoke hundred a day and
deserve no lecture on being slave
to tobacco.-Cor. London News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
EiuIatinu Owls.

Owls have habit Of dealing with
game they have killed that leads
some observers TO think that, like
dogs, they prefer fowls that have
not been too recently slain. One
of the birds will often leave a
chicken or rabbit for day or two
before eating it. An old trapper
says he has often had muskrat traps
robbed by owls, only a part of the
rat being eaten.
When he finds trap so disturbed,
the trapper leaves the rat where it
lies and sets another trap beside it.
In all probability the bird will re-
turn he second night, in which case
it viii be more than likely to be in
the trap when the owner comes next
morning. An owl in trap will Of
fer to fight, and, if it gets chance,
will peck at its captor or his dog un-
mercifully.
A farmer who caught one of the
birds by setting q trap alongside of
a chicken that had been killed in
judiciously reached out TO catch it
by the feet. !. he free foot executed
q movement that was entirely be-
yond the farmers comprehension,
and the next minute the latter
found his wrist gripped in set of
claws to which the trap was as moth.
ing. He was obliged to kill the
bird, and then found that the claws
had penetr ted to the bone.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
Liahtninu and Willows.

TN all my forty years expert
ence with trees end plants said a
well known gardener, II have vet to
hear of willow tree being struck
by lightning. Spruce trees, white
wood and pine trees almost seem to
attract the electricity. Oak and 9TH
er large trees and even many small
trees are often MANNED and killed.
But willow trees seem, for some rea-
son, to be immune to death or in.
jury in this shape, and | have never
seen or even heard Of a tree Of this
family which LIGHTNING has ever
struck. Cleveland Leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
THE DANNEM0RA MINES.
They Yi.'d the Purest Iron Ore Pro
duced In the World.

duced In the World.
For centuries the Dannemora
iron ore mines in Sweden have been
to the ironmaker what Mecca is to
the Mohammedan. It is there that
the purest iron ore commercially
known to man exists. The oper-
atlng company is a close corpora
ton and the ore is sold to no one
outside of it-that is, the owners all
possess iron or steel producing
pants and obtain from these mines
Fart of their supplies. They limit
The production to $4,000 tons per
a. -lum and place it at a price which
might seem prohibitory, but from
its quality they can afford to so
charge themselves.
The ore, which now comes from
entirely underground operation, is
magnetic, with an average of so
per cent of metallic iron and from
OOPS to .0O5 per cent. phosphorus.
1t requires very little fux in the
blast furnace, as the gauges is prin-
cipally limestone, and the phos-
phorus is of that minute quantity
which generally leads one to doubt
the chemists reputed results.
The mine has been operated for
at least 400 years. Al first it was
owned by private parties, but later
reverted to the government. In
1863 it was again taken by individ-
uals, and has been successfully
worked ever since. Up to 1929 the
ore was disrupted by fire setting.
In that year the use of gunpowder
was introduced. AS the present
working depth is 846 feet, visiting
the works seems like penetrating the
bowels OF the earth, and when we
reflect on the great age of the mine
and the primitive character Of its
first exploiting we could not help
feeling that from some dark corner
might come the spirit of the ancient
Norseman to ask why we were in
truding upon its original home
Robert w. Hunt in Casters Maya
zine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
Respect OF Elders.

Respect of elders is the paralysis
of the young. The young have a
chance of clear vision, but in this
blessed country they only see what
their elders expect them to see, only
think what their elders expect them
to think So they grow into elders
who learn nothing with years bnt
tic save themselves the trouble of
thinkinr Listen to the grave tall
Of Your elders, and you will hear
hashed newspaper.Julian Sturgis
in Stephen Calinari.' 2
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-01-09
FOR Pneumonia.

DR.. G J Bishop. Agnew, Mich
avs: Il have used Foley S Haaey
md Tar IN three very severe cases Of
pneumonia with good resalts IN every
case" Beware Of substitutes. For
sale by Frost q Spies.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
LIGHT. HOUSE FOB DIAMOND SHOALS.

Washington Cor. Post: After
years of waiting another effort is to
be made TO locate u light house off
the graveyard OF the AtlantiO"-the
dreaded and treaoherOus Cape Hat
teras. Senator HOAr of Massachusetts
has discovered a man who is willing
to undertake the hazardous task OF
erecting a lighthouse and fog signal
at Diamond Shoals and he has intro
duced Il bill in the Senate appropriate
ing 5, so, 1000 for the purpose. The
governments spent thousands and
thousands in an effort TO secure Il
location for a light, house at Diamond
Shoals, and after numerous expert
ments the task was given up as hope
Iers. Albert F. Fells of Boston, is
of the opinion that he has solved the
question Of obtaining a foundation
for u light, house at Hatteras, and
Senator HOar's bill contracts on the
part of the government that the
c~onstruotiln of the proposed light
house shall be substantially com
menced within twelve months. The
bill provides that Fells is to be paid
$3.50, 600 when the lighthouse Is
placed in position in accordance with
Conditions specified and ready 80 be
equipped and lighted. He Is TO be
paid an additional $3.50, 900 when
both fog signals and lighthouse are
completed. At the expiration of
one \ ear after the completion of the
lighthouse he is to receive $3.50, QUO,
provided the same shall have re-
NAMED in a substantial and gOOd
condition.
THE LIGHT AS 1T NOW Is.
The new lght-ship for Diamond
Shoal IF Hatteras is furnished with
electric apparatus designed to send
a perpendicular pillar of light high
into the sky directly ovsrt the vessel.
1t is hoped that this light may be
visible from the decks of ships 80 or
40 miles away at sea, whereas the
masthead lights can be seen only 13
miles away. If this form of beacon
proves successful, it will be adopted
for other OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Youths Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
A GREAT COAL NINE COMBINE.

Plans For a Merger Of Companies Whose
Combined Capital is $3.50, 00O, 900.
PITTsBURG, Feb. 2O.-The Post of
this city says:
"Plans for one of the greatest coal
mining company merging in the his
tory of the country, which includes
the consolidation of the Pittsburg
Coal Company, the Monongahela
River Consolidated Coal and Coke
Company and practically all of the
competing interests of these com
panies in the Ohio, West Virginia
and Illinois fields, are again attract
ing attention in financial circles.
"Recent rumors of the conslida.
ton of the river coal combine with
the United States Steel Corporation
have been officially denied. That
there are other plans, however, has
been admitted and conferences have
been held in the East during the past
week by officials of the two Pittsburg
coal combines, and at these confer.
ences repre- entatives of leading New
York financial houses were present,
From some of the Pittsburg stock
holders of the river combine, it is
learned that the plan for one gigan-
tic combine of all of the larger btu
>minous coal companies had been re
vived. The preliminary steps to
this end r said to be in the recent
incorporation of the combines of the
Central Pennsylvania and West Vir.
ginia Companies, such as the Fair
mont Coal Company and the pro,
posed consultations in Ohio and Hi
nOis.
Zone of the next steps, according
to the coal men, will be the merging
Of the two big Pittsburg coal com.
panies into a single headed corpora
ton, the river combination of $780,
900, 900 and the rail combine with
$64, OOO, 900 or a total of $94, coo, 900.
The other corporations that are
slated for this final merger will, in
the rough estimate, make a COM
bined CAPITAL of over $3.50, 900, OOO."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
SECRETARY LONG WILL RETIRE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-Now that
the Schley matter has been settled
officially, it is we'll known that SEQ
rotary Long feels that he is at lib
erty to carry out the projeot cherished
by him in the last year of President
McKInley's administration, and re,
tire to private life. However, this
is not expected to ensue at once, for
there is no certain knowledge of
what will folio W in Congress notwith
standing a strong belle by the ad-
ministratiOn that the Ease is settled
beyond revival. Therefore it is IN
derstood that the change in the
thu cabinet circle will not take place
before the adjournment of the pres
ent session of Congress and perhaps
not until next fall.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
General News.
TAFT's PLAN OF RULE FOB THE PHIL.
IPPINEs.
Qualified Suffrage, Local Legislature, Par
tial Representation at Washi gton.

Qualified Suffrage, Local Legislature, Par
tial Representation at Washi gtOn.
WASHINGTON, Feb. % -Governor
Taft, in his testimony before the
Senate Committee on the Philippines
this week, stated more succinctly
than he has heretofore done his
theory-whioh is, he said, also the
theory of the Philippines Commission
as to what Congress should do in
the way of supplying the Philippine
people with a form of government.
His plan is first to give the people a
qualified suffrage with gradual
growth in popular government,
which should be enlarged through
education in the English language
and in American institutions. Sec-
ond, to institute within a reasonably
short time a local Legislature, to con
sist of two bodies, one to be chosen
by vote and the other to be appoint
i've third, to permit the island to
send two or three representatives to
Washington.
He thought there should be a dec
laration on the part of the United
States of it's intention to hold the
islands indefinitely with the under
standing that when they are Suitable
for such a condition they may be
given a quasi independence. Such a
pronOUncement by this country
would be welcomed by many and
would do much good.
Governor TAFT advanced the idea
that as the FIlipinos have for over
300 years been under the influence of
the Christian religion, in time, under
the influence Of American education,
the people might become capable OF
seIf-government. He anticipated
some trouble on account of the IN
due or illegal exploitation of the
islands and corruption in case of
continued American occupation, but
he would not on account of this dan.
ger turn the islands back to the fate
of an ~oligarchy so long as there is in
this case.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
THE sCHLEY CONTROVERSY sHELvKD
FOR GOOD.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The posi-
ton taken by President Roosevelt
in the Sohley Sampson controversy
will be supported by the Republican
leaders in Congress. 1t is stated that
no action will be permitted by either
House at variance with the Presi
dents attitude. The review of the
case made by the President will be
accepted Is party policy in the
House and Senate SO far as the ques
ton of political party may be raised
in the controversy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Big Delegations swOOp Down on Congress
sional Committees.

Big Delegations swOOp Down on Congress
sional Committees.
WASHINGTON, February Is. - The
National Woman ~Suffragists had
5heir innings before Congress to-day,
and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, Pres
ident of the organization, and six of
her followers swooped down upon
the House Judiciary Committee and
presented a strong argument in ia
vor of suffrage for women, pre-
senting an amendment to the oonsti.
tuition giving women the right to
vote.
Mrs. Gait urged upon the com
nittee to report ~favorably on the
resolution to appoint a c mmission
30 investigate the operation of wo-
nan suffrage in this country.
The hearing before the Senate
Committee was held in the Marble
room. off the Senate lobby. Miss
susan b. Anthony acted as spokes
man,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
COL. ERNST ON THE CANAL.

he Thinks the Panama the Best Route Since
the Company's Offer to Sell for S4O,OOO,-
600.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-Col. O.. 81
q. Ernst, of the Isthmian Canal
Commission, was before the Commits
tee on Inter Oceanic Canals of the
Senate yesterday. In a preliminary
statement he said the cuts on the
Darien route before the tunnel was
reached made that route impracti
cable. While it had not been exam
1ned carefully, he thought it would
take 20 years to construct such a
canal and at a cost of $3.50, 900, 900.
As a member of the commission he
was assigned to the Panama route
particularly, but went over the Mica
ragua route. In answer to question
by Senator Hanna he said he would
have recommended the Panama
route in the first report of the JON
mission had the offer of the Pan
anna Canal Company to sell for $40,
900, 900 been made at that time and
gave the following reasons for So
doing: The Panama route il
shorter, straighter, lower, having
four looks as against eight for Mica
ragua and would cost 81, $50, 900 less
per year to maintain and operate.