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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-24
The Annual Harvest for Thrifty Sewers.

At this season of the year we always hold q SPECIAL SALE OF DRESSMAKERS NEEDS, at which time we quote prices in many in stances less than the cost to manufacture.
 We do not say that this is the rule hn every item here, but there are many such in this list which, if you are q judge, you can easily recognize at about half the price usually charged for such goods. For instance: Light weight Dress Shields, No
 5, per pair, DC Ever Ready Dress Stays at 121ac Hooks and Eyes, per dozen cards, Toe Better Hooks and Eyes, Sc card.
 per dozen cards, sue Brush Braid, black only, per yd, 5c Dress Betting. cotton, piece of
 ten yards, l5c Large rolls of Tape, 24 yards, at 6c Brooks's Blasting Cotton, per dog, 20c 50o-yard spool of Blasting Cot
 :. ton. per dozen, 50c B-inch Tape Measure, for 5c Good quality Scissors, per pair, 19c Agate Buttons, F dozen for Sc Agate Buttons, large size, dozen
 for SC Pearl Buttons, large size, dog
 for Sc Pearl Buttons, extra quality, per
 dozen, Sc Smoked Pearl Buttons, dozen
 for 10c Shaped Dress Binding, per yard, Sc Black or White Tape, per dozen
 rolls, 10c Extra quality black or white
 Seam Binding, per piece, 15c Eelveteen Binding, eolors only,
 per piece, DC SMALL WARES AND NOTIONS. Flat Elastic, bleach or white, all
 widths, per yard, SC Fancy ruff1ed Elastic, 5s inch
 per yard, 12Ac Fancy ruffied Elastic, per yard, 1Oc Flat Silk Elastic, s-inch, per yd, ,1215c Flat Silk Elastic, 7s-inch, per yd, 15c Common Pins. Sc paper, per doz
 papers, soc Mourning Pins. box of so for % Crochet Cotton, per dozen spools, 1Oc Bone Hair Pins, per dozen, 5c Invisible Hair Pins, ? dozen for 1c Hair Curriers'. each 4c Shoe Buttons, 12 dozen for 5c Elastic Corset Laces. each % Darning Cotton, per box of 12. 21c Pleated Satin Belts, steel buckle, ..2c Nail Brushes, each SC Kid Curriers', per package, 4c Stocking Darners, each Sc Feather Stitch Braid, yards for Sc Pocketbooks, sterling silver trim
 mings, 19c Side Combs, from 19e per pair. 10c Fancy triplicate Mirrors, each 7c Fancy Belt Buckles, value 25c, 1oc Ladies' Silk Garters, one In
 box, per pair, 19c Small Picture Frames, from 25c
 each, 1Oc Fancy elastic Hose Supporters,
 per pair, 15e Linen Corset Laces, each Pc tsYankee Doodle black linen
 Thread, per spool, Sc sComfort'' Waist and Hose Sup
 porters for children, 35c LADIES FINE CUSTOM TAILOR
 ING.
 We are ready to serve you promptly now in our tailoring department and Me would advise all who would like their gowns to wear for Easter to place their orders without delay.
 Work turned out promptly and satis- factorily.
 NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS AR IRVING DAILY.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03
ONE VALUE or SNOW.
Teats In Chicago Prove 1T Purifie v
4 of Atmosphere.

TeAts I'm Chicago Prove Tt Purified
of Atmosphere.
1.-THE beautiful snow has a grander
mission nowadays than to stir the poet
to jocund jingles. It is an evangel of
good health because it "holds down"
millions of microbes and retards the
growth of new ones. In Chicago it does
more than this. 1t spreads moist
blanket over dirt and dust, preventing
the wind from blowing the disease la
den particles into the air, where they
are breathed into our lungs, says the
Chicago Record Herald.
That snow is the great purifier of the
atmosphere in Chicago is demonstrated
by the tests made by the department
Of public health. Before a recent snow
fall shallow glass dishes containing the
usual preparation favorable to the
growth Of atmospheric germs were ex-
posed to the air for three minutes in
ten different localities in the city. Aft
er seventy-tWo hours incubation the
dishes showed an average Of $50 colo
MES Of growing germs, as high as 1,O5O
being found in one receptacle.
After the snowfall the experiment
was repeated, with the result that the
average colonies from the same expo
sures numbered sixty-six, one recepta-
Gle containing as low as nineteen.
AS the snowfall was only equivalent
to % of an inch of rain it is reasonable
to assume that under continuous old
fashioned New England snowfall Chi
cagO air would be almost entirely free
Of atmospheric germs. The health au-
thorities estimate that Chicago atmos-
phere was 90 per cent purer the day
after this light snowfall than it was
NefOre.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03

President Mckinley was always fond
of children and during the latter years
of his life was accustomed to have
young people about him in his home in
Canton whenever he was there. His
return trip from the Pacific coast was
marked by an incident which touched
him deeply.
Early one morning the train stopped
for water at little place in Nevada
There was nothing there but the sta
tion, water tank and a few shanties.
The president, as was his custom, had
arisen before the other members of his
party. Stepping out on the rear plat
form of his car, he found a group Of
small children, flags in hand, waiting to
cheer him.
A boy approached him and said, "Are
you the presidentT
Eyes, I'm the president. Good morn
ing. How do you doY' was the answer
rs Mrs President with you? came
the query
Yes, but l regret that she is ILL"
"0h, that's too bady' replied the
spokesman. "Then we mustn't boiler,
must WEI"
The president said, Mrs. Mckinley
is there where those shades are drawn"
The little group walked silently to the
windows and stood there waving their
little flags as the train resumed it's
Journey eastward, but not one of them
gave single cheer, not one uttered a
sound.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03
TREE BLAzEs AS EVIDENCE


Courts Accept Them In Preference
to Testimony of Title Deeds.
There is in the rooms Of the engi-
neering department at the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology one of
the most curious collections in the
country. 1t consists of dozen ''blazes"
cut from tree trunks and serves the
young surveyors who are trained at
tie institute as an object lesson in the
importance of a peculiar kind Of evil
dcnce that is accepted as final by the
law courts of the northern states i'll
land disputes when carefully drawn
plans and properly attested title deeds
have been set aside as Enthusiastically.
Blazes, the sharp, glancing cuts in
tree which expose the fresh wood be-
meath the bark, are not only used to
indicate the course of trail through
the woods, but are employed by the
surveyor to mark the direction taken
by the imaginary line which divides
forest tracts Of different ownership, so
a knowledge Of how this is done and
OF how to distinguish blazes made
generation or more ago is very neces-
sary part Of the equipment Of the
modern civil engineer.
In marking trees the surveyor fol-
lows as closely as may be the exact
boundary, cutting into the fresh blaze
first an arrow which points the direc-
ton in which his line passes then
private device which stands for his sig
nature In states where townships are
laid out with regularity and set off at
their corners by stone monuments
the surveyor also registers the distance
and direction Of this fixed landmark at
each even mile. So, no matter how
careless he may be in his written de-
script1Ons or how far in error in his
calculations, he leaves "on the spot
evidence Of his measurements which
is ineffaceable so long as the trees re-
main standing.
The permanency Of the records kept
in this way on tree trunks is remark
able, nature having provided that
while tree adds new layer of bark
each year a blaze can never heal over
entirely, the wound simply drawing
together and forming an outer cover
ing which never attaches itself to the
Inner core. At first this scar appears
as an indentation, but in time it's thick
ened edges turn outward and form an
eXcrescence, so it is always to be de-
.tected by the experienced woodsman
and can be cut out in the presence of
witnesses and brought into court.
These curious bits Of evidence gain
their Importance largely from the fact
that they cannot be made to lie in any
particular for nature has arranged
that they shall fix dates as accurately
as they preserve inscriptions. The
outer shell which has grown over the
blaze is sawed away and the rings in
the wood beneath the bark are count
ed, and in the northern states, where
the difference of seasons is so sharp
that a tree has never been known to
take on more than one layer in a year,
their count fixes the year when the
record was made with absolute exact
ness. In most of the southern states,
of course, this rule of date does not
hold since a tree may take on more
than single ring each year in a mild
or climate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03
Algebra Made Easy.

Leonardo Towes Of Madrid has had
built a little machine composed of
wheels and disks that will solve alge-
braic problems. The machine consists
Of three series Of disks mounted on the
same axis. dnd numbered logarithmical-
~. Between them are trains Of cog
wheels, called by the inventor expo
MENTAL trains" each multiplying the
movement of the adjoining disk twice,
thrice, four times, etc BIZ setting the
disks at numbers corresponding to the
coef1cients Of the equation which It is
desired to solve and connecting the
trains representing the opponents Of
the unknown quantity turn Of the
handle enables one to read off, one by
one, the roots Of the equation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03
From Helen Keller,s Autobiography

AEOm deIen AeAAers autobiography.
Our homestead was called Ivy Green
because the house and the surrounding
trees and fences were covered with
beautiful English ivy. Close by were
trailing clematis, dropping jessamine
and some rare sweet flowers called but
tertiy lilies because their fragile petals
resembled the butterhy's wings. But
the roses-they were loveliest Of all.
Never have found in the greenhouses
of the north such heart satisfying roses
as the climbing roses of my southern
home. They used TO hang in long fes-
toons from our porch, filling the whole
air with their fragrance untainted by
any earthly smell, and in the early
morning, washed in the dew, they felt
so soft and seemed so pure could not
help wondering if they did not resem-
BILE the asphodels of Gods garden
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03
ITEMS or INTEREST.

A hackneyed expression is now spo-
ken Of as ''rube" in Kansas.
The Yellowstone National park CON-
prises an area Of 2,288,O0O acres.
Oklahoma has 10000 children in
schools according to the latest esti-
mate.
Five hundred and four different kinds
Of flowers grow wild in the Yellow
stone National park.
Nobody knows why a horse arises
from the earth on its fore legs first,
and cow on its hind legs
B. Perez Galdos, the greatest figure
in modern Spanish literature, is the
author Of sixty novels and plays.
There are 1000 hot springs In the
Yellowstone National park. Hun
dreds Of them are beautifully colored
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03
MusicaI Locomotive whistles.

The Belgian railway authorities are
DESTROYS of minimizing the effect which
the ear splitting screech Of the locomo-
tive produces upon the nervous sys-
TENS of passengers. The engines are
to be furnished with whistles produc-
ing two tones and softer in effect than
the ordinary signal, the former to be
used in railway stations or when the
train is passing platforms crowded
with passengers Independence Beige.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03
Novelty In Fire Helme t..

A final test Of new breathing he'll
met to be used by the Partisan fire
fighter was successfully held the other
day In Paris. The helmet was invented
by Professor Bouchard and generates
oxygen, making an air tube unneces-
sary. Some Of the firemen remained an
hour in dense smoke without the
slightest discomfort.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03
DumbbeII Fruit.

The newest product of scientific gar
dening is the dumbbell fruit. 1t re-
sembles Siamese twin peach and
tastes ike a peach favored with pine
apple. 1t is said to be delicious, far
surprising any known fruit In the del
icscy Of It's flavor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03


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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03

A can from which oil can be either
poured In the usual manner or driven
out has been devised for the use of en-
gineers, says The Scientific American.
Time is saved, and splitting and wasting
of the oil are prevented.
The can Is provided with pump, the
piston rod of which is pivotally con-
nected with an operating lever full
crumed on the handle of the can A
stout spring serves to return the pump
piston automatically to it's normal posi-
ton after operation. The pump cylin-
der is connected with valve casting
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03
THE WEEKLY INTER-ocEAN

IF you want the Weekly Inter-Ocean
you can have 1t for so cents a year, if
you are subscriber to the News or
tie TELEGRAPH. If
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-03

COMBINED OIL CAN AND PUMP.
comprising valve chambers arranged to
De closed by spring pressed valves A
pipe leads into the oil from the one
valve chamber, and second pipe leads
to the spout
BY actuating the operating lever the
pump piston on the up stroke will draw
Oil into the chamber, press back the
first valve and permit the oil to flow
into the pump cylinder. The next down
stroke of the piston will force che oil
past the second valve and down
through the spout A spout pipe Of the
usual pattern is also provided to per-
NIT the oil to be poured out of the can.
New Valve Gear.
At meeting in London of the share
holders of the Great Northern railway
a newly invented valve gear for loco
motives was spoken of which, it is
said, would effect q saving of at least
$50,000,000 year if it should be adopt
ed by all the railway companies In the
United Kingdom. The chief virtues
claimed for this new valve gear by the
inventor, j. T. Marshall, an engineer
Of Leeds, are that it very greatly in
creases the propelling power Of the pis-
ton per pound of steam pressure en-
ployed and that with a comparatively
slight modification Of the locomotives
now in use the railway companies will
save enormously in coal, locomotion
and many other working expenses.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-04-02

There is no question whatever but
what the city council has finally adopt
ed the best plan and system for the
city waterworks practicable with the
money voted for that purpose. Every
scheme and every system has been
thoroughly investigated and weighed
and skilled engineers have been con-
suited in order that no mistake should
be made. II would seem that the
council has also made a most advan-
tageous and inexpensive arrangement
for power in ~elevating the water.
Surely it is a great saving over other
offers and means suggested. If 1t
proves adequate, and there are assur
ances that it will, the people Of Lew
istown as well as the city fathers are
to be congratulated. The most diff.
cult problem connected with this work
having been settled active operations
should soon begin.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-04-02

The people of Lewistown should
feel very grateful to Rev. Father YER
maat for the ARE treat afforded them
in the two lectures delivered by Faith.
err Joseph F. Nugent. The Rev. Faith.
err is one of the foremost orators and
lecturers in America and for one hour
and a half on Monday evening held
his audience spellbound as he traced
in eloquent words and charming man
ner the progress of the world since
the dawn of time. His second lee
ture was fully as instructive and en-
%tertaining. There is only n cause
for regret and that is that the hall
was not filled until standing room de-
manded a premium. Some of our peo-
pie missed an opportunity that may
not come again, though W. trust Faith
err Nugent will repeat his visit to
Lewistown in the coming years.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-04-02

Down in Kansas some years ago a
Republican legislature passed a law
extending the franchise to women in
municipal elections. Now the Demo-
Gratis of Topeka have decided to bring
a suit to test the validity of the law.
The Democrats hope to have n Of
their candidates for the council Sc
cure a majority of the male votes In
one of the wards at this springs cleo
ton. They do not expect to have
him elected, as the women of Topeka
always vote against the Democrats.
But II one does have a majority Of the
male vote then a suit will be insti.
tuted to compel the authorities to
| give him the certificate OF election.
In this way the constitutionality OF
the female suffrage law can be test.
J ed. Those familiar with the opera
tions of the law will watch the result
with interest. There Is n peculiar
feature about this concession to WON
en- as regards the franchise II allow
ed to vote in municipal and schooI
elections, why not at the general cleo
tons?
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-04-02

In the death of Cecil Rhodes of
South Africa a remarkable man has
passed away. He was daring in I'M
dertaking and brilliant in execution.
Perhaps his ambition was not guided
by the highest ideals, but he achieved
fame and great wealth at an early
age and died a comparatively young
man. No doubt he was a prime fac
tor in bringing on the Boer war, but
no impartial historian will say that
ne or his government did not have
grievances through the unjust exac.
tons in the way Of taxes and fran
chises by the so-called Boer republic.
He dies at an unfortunate time to re.
ceive an impartial and calm-temperei
review Of his career. Those who
strongly sympathise with the Beers
will find little in his latter days to
commend and much to condemn.
yet, as a mere example of what am
bilIon under favoring circumstances
and opportunity will accomplish the
biography Of this adventurous Eng
lishman will be found of romantic
interest.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-04-02

On March 22nd the Butte Inter-
Mountain celebrated its 2lst birthday.
This great Republican daily has kept
pace With the prosperous city in
which it is published and now ranks
with the best metropolitan papers.
Its anniversary number a a finely
illustrated edition, one of the pages
containing several half-tone portraits
of Montana editors, among them that
of the late George Anderson. The
Inter Mountain has well earned the
prosperity and success it now enjoys.
May it live long to advocate Republi.
can principles and ably represent the
greatest mining camp on earth"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-04-02

Some months ago there were 4
good many Democratic papers whU
were dead certain nothing would ever
come of the cases brought against
Nicely, Rathbone and Reeves, the men
who betrayed important trusts in Gu
ia. Now that all three have been
sentenced to ten years In the peniten.
tiary and to pay heavy fines in add.
ton these papers are as dumb as
clans. No one has shielded these
thieves and they will get what they
deserve.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-04-02

There must be joy in the ranks of
the w. C.. T. U. down at Cheyenne,
Wyoming. The order of the Union
Pacific railroad company forbidding
employees to frequent drinking places
whether on or off duty has had the
effect of nearly placing that city on
a prohibition basis. A special to the
Chicago Record Herald says that
twenty-five saloons have been COM
PEELED to close during the last month
owing to the operations of this order.
1t is said that some of the remaining
saloons that depended on a higher
class of trade will also have to sus-
pend. There are several lines of rail.
roads which will not employ or re.
tain men given 20 the drink habit ow-
ing to the hazardous nature of their
duties and the railroads obligations
to the travelling public. II all com.
panies or employers should issue such
orders II would do more to check in.
temperance than a hundred years OF
agitation. without d%iscrediting this
method. II might not work in all in
stances, but almost everyone will con
cede that the managers of railroads
are doing a highly commendable thing
In issuing such orders to their EN-
ployes. Cool heads and steady nerves
are required in nearly all of the rami
fications of a great railroad system
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-04-02
FALSE FRIEND OF LABOR.

Our contemporary will have bard
work to make intelligent working
men believe that the Democratic party
Is their especial champion and friend.
The Democratic party is purely a neg
alive party: IL is not constructive.
II exists by opposing Republican
measures and by making a portion of
the people believe that Republican
legislation is harmful in its opera
tion. 1t is prolific in promises as to
what it would do II given power, and
II by chance It is successful, endeav-
ors to hedge upon its campaign prom
ises, and yer without going to the
limit brings disaster upon the coun.
try. The laboring mans memory is
not SO short that he will soon forget
the condition OF labor under Cleve-
lands administration. He knows
what he suffered then and how diff.
cult 1t was to find employment at
any price. So far as the policies of
protection and free trade are concern.
el, the workingmen of America have
emphatically settled that question as
they have other questions that have
sprung up since. The laboring man
knows that he cannot prosper when
every branch of business is paralyz.
ed; he knows that the greatest ex
pense in many lines OF business is
for labor and when retrenchment and
the ~curtailing of expenses becomes
necessary, he will suffer. 1t is then
to his interest to sustain by his vote
such policies as will bring about the
greatest business activity and the
most general prosperity to the coun.
try. He has become suspicious of the
demagogues who give halcyon prom.
ises to secure his vote, who endeavor
to make him believe that there Is
some magic way of making him sud-
denly rich. All hat any party can
do is to furnish opportunity by advo-
eating and putting into operation wise
measures or policies. The prosperity
the country now enjoys is proof that
the Republican party is pursuing sucn
a course. 1t is easy enough to crit
icise and find fault; most anyone
do that, but it requires craftsmanship
to formulate wise laws and policies.
The fact that a majority of Demo
Gratis are anxious to abandon the plat.
form upon which Mr.. Bryan made his
races for the presidency is proof that
the Republicans were right and their
opponents wrong. And they will as
certainly be wrong upon any new is
sues. as they will be trumped up as
a last resort and be largely of a neg
alive quality. Anything for opposi-
ton will suit their purpose. And
such is the friend of the laboring man.