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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15
WATERT0NN J0TTINGS.
How Would This Town Fare in the
 Face of Fire?

While the recent fire horror in Wa terbury is still fresh in our minds, 1t might be well for us to look closely at the conditions which surround some of our public buildings. As an instance, take the Center district school. The average attendance of children is prob ably over 300. Half of this number will probably be on the second floor. In case fire. started in the cellar it might be well under way before if was discovered. If flames got through the first floor the fire would follow the draught, which would naturally carry II up the stairways. Just imagine. if you can, a teacher coming to the head of the stair, with her pupils marching single file, and Joking down on raging fire. Would discipline triumph. or would there be panic? Even though teachers and pupils kept perfectly cool, still 1t would be almost an impossibil-. ity to get those children off the second floor before the fire would reach them. There was bill introduced in the last session of the legislature calling for ire escapes on all school buildings of two stories and over. Whether that Dill passed or not the writer is unable to state, but without any law on the subject 1t would seem as if the parents of children who attend the school would demand that at least there should be good wide fire escapes placed on the building.
 John Mclaughlin, who was brought before Justice Dayton Wednesday for drunkenness and non-support, got sixty days in LitchfeId jail for non-support and fifteen days for drunkenness.
 The registrars of voters completed their lists last evening. Tn all 126 voters registered, ninety-six republ- cans and thirty democrats. This is rather light list considering that there are altogether $50 voters in town. IF looks as though the rank and file of voters either do not know of the new law or else they do not care enough about their privileges as voters to com ply with the law, so that they can at- fend the primaries held previous to the fall elections.
 The selectmen have completed the enrolment of those liable for military duty. The total enrolment is 337. Of this twelve are exempt. The number exempt from military tax is 1O1
 Daniel Davis and family have moved iHto Thomas Shields's tenement in the rear e Fythian hall
 The Gilchrist family expect to move 10 OakYille in the near future.
 MT Barnes, first selectman of New Milford, was in town yesterday.
 Ths selectfnen held a meatino af their rooms last evening.
 Taft and Hopkins grammar school teams played hockey at the school ring this afternoon
 The Taft school boys are at work on Their 1902 and 1903 annual.
 John King, otherwise known as Key has shaken the dust of Wafer town from his feet and taken up his residence in New Milford.
 At hearing before the probata court yesterday, Hickox judge. if was decided 10 appoint conservator over Henry E. Judd. The hearing was ad- Journed for two weeks to allow the Judge to fix on suitable person to act
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15
SUBURBAN DEPARTMENT
NAUGATUCk NUGGETS.
Some of the Sidewalks Are In a Dan-
 gerous Condition

gerous Condition
 We don't know who is responsible for the slippery condition of the piece of walk near Judd's drug store and which leads to the bridge, but it does seem strange that it should be left in that condition so long. In the past few days some of the ice has melted away, but not enough to les sen the danger of someone falling there. Now that attention has been called to it, someone get out and put some sand there or clear the ice away altogether.
 A basketball team from the '. M. c. A. will play the Y. M. CA team of Waterbury tonight.
 Seats for 'Thelma," Alden Bene- diets new attraction, will go on sale next Wednesday morning at Me Carthy's news store. The company will present '.Thelma'' here on Fri day, February q
 Yesterday was St Valentines day. All the incoming and outgoing mails brought large numbers of valentines. The postoffice clerks worked like bea, yers all day, and one of them stated that the number of valentines receive l at the office this year was by far greater than last year. Several of the school rooms had valentine boxes and the children exchanged their to- kens of respect with one another. Judging from the large number Of valentines sold. both of the beautf- ful and comic kinds. it appears thst St Valentines day is as popular in 1902 as it was in bygone years.
 The illustrated lecture given at the auditorium of the Salem school build- ing Thursday evening seems to have created demand for more of them. The lecture, which was given by Night School Principal John A Strfnger, was so we'll attended and gave so much satisfaction that Mr Stringer intends to give another one in the near future. And why is it that we cannot have more of these stereopticon lectures?. Last year many of them were given and that the public desired them was manifest ed by the large numbers tha attend ed. And further. these lectures ware Instructive because the subjects cho- sen were geographical ones, and they luS1 eAOIG gave those W0O attended 9 splendid chance to learn the most in- portant points in geography which could not be learned as we'll in any other way.
 The first game Of basketball to be played by the local High school team will be played this evening in the op- era house when the locals will meet the Ansonia High school team. The rivalry between the teams is friendly but very strong. and an exciting con- test is expected Admission is 10 cents
 Despite the cold weather the Dem- ocrat reporter saw two of Nauga- tuck's popular gentlemen piking for the clam grounds on Walnut beach to-day. They were equipped with all the necessary machinery, that is. digging fork and market basket.
 The Y NJ. c. A, junior basketball team defeated team from Water bury at the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium last night by a score of 63 to '.
 The funeral of Miss Flora Murphy will take place this afternoon at ? o'clock from the home of her sister. Mrs 4. A. Slosser. g Bradley street. The Rev A. P Chapman will officiate. Interlnent in Riverside cemetery
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15

MI A NHILE the isthmian canal WS 7AFM project is agitating the WAENW nation New York state is sEAEEzg having a little canal pro
 VI " ject of it's own that is of
 no little importance to the entire nation, and especially to the central and northwestern states.
 The question the people of the Elm pire state are debating at the present time is: s'What shall we do with the Erie canal.''
 It is by no means a new question, but onSthat has been before the peo- pie of New York for many years, and one for which there are but two an- swers to choose from; it must either be enlarged so that it may again be come a competitor with the railroads or must be abandoned in the near future as the business done by the canal must soon reach the vanishing point unless something is done to re- vive it.
 New York state is in DO mood to abandon the project upon which she has already spent so many millions, not alone because of these millions, but because of the sentiment that fingers about the old canal as well. No other element contributed so much to the rapid settlement and de- velopnent, not only of New York, but of all the great northwest. as did the Erie canal. To it's first construction there was much opposition and Gov. Dewitt C. Clinton was ridiculed for his efforts in behalf of what was called "Clinton's Big Ditch" But the original canal was pushed to com pletion, and in 1925 was opened to commerce with elaborate ceremonies. It quickly attained success far be- yond that which even such ardent friends as Gov. Clinton had looked for. The wilderness of central and western New York were soon trans formed into thriving villages and towns built along the canal banks, and these were surrounded by culti- vated farms whose produce the canal offered means of marketing.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15
TT WAS ONLY A FAN.

Lying against one of the pillars that support the subway roof. q station man at Scollay Square last evening round 8 cylindrical box about six inches long. A string straggled out rom one end, looking for all the world ike the fuse of a fire-cracker. He picked 1t up and showed it to the station master. The latter official examined IL for a moment. and then grew pale. The whistle dropped from between his teeth. He pushed inc man from him 'Take it away and lay It down on something soft: and. say, lay 1t down easy" he exclaimed: and, IS the man looked surprised. he lowered his voice. Its a bomb-a regular dynamite bomb''
 The man had been holding the thing tight i'll his fist before. Now lie clasn- ed it gingerly with his finger t;l,s. b,1t he lost DO time in making his way 10 the ticket-seller's office. Then began series of frights as the mysterio1,s object was tenderly passed along until at about 6:3U o'clock it was brought into station [. The carriers hand WIS almost nerveless when he laid the thing before the policeman in charge. He leaned over the rail.
 ''lse careful" he said, tits dyna- uIite.'
 Then he backed toward the door. lis hand was on the knob when the lieutenant shouted for him to come back and explain himself. But ne didn't come back. With his hand still on the door he told his story, and meanwhile the lieutenant was eyeIng the bomb. The inspector finished. and and the lieutenant picked up the cyl indcr. He took hold of the string and gave t pull. Everybody jumped in terror, and the lieutenant leaned back in his chair and laughed He held in ais hand a lady's fan. That was the dynamite bomb.-Boston Transcript.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15
MIR WHEELER GOT RID OF u1s
 RHEUMATISM.

During the winter of 1898 T wos so iame Tn my Joints, in fact all over my oouy, that could hardly hobble around, If, When l bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. From .bo first application I began to get wei ana ana was cured and have worked stea- ollI all the year.-R. Wheeler, North Wood, N' !. For sale by all druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15

should prove advisable. The same plan involves a slight change in the present canal route. The new route would utilize the bed of the Mohawk river for a considerable distance and would strike the Hudson river at Wa terford above Troy. This change is considered advisable as it will do away with 12 locks in this portion of the waterway alone, and the complete change in route will save 2S loclzages, making the total number A instead of 72 as at present.
 The present canal accommodates barges carrying 24o sons of cargo, equal to 5000 bushels of wheat, while the improved canal, if the improve ments approved by Gov. Odeu are car ried out, will accommodate barges carrying 500 tons or 3o,Oo0 bushels of wheat. The proposed improvements will also lessen the time required for trip from Buffalo to New York and return. The time now required is 43C hours, while it is estimated the new time would not be over 400 hours, a. saving of day and quarter. These two things would increase the capac- ity of the canal from three and one third tons per hour to nine tons per hour.
 New York has already spent more than s65.0oo,0oo upon it's system of canals, and the proposed enlargement of the Erie waterway will call for an expenditure of some $28,O00, ,Ooo more, but when 1t is completed the canal will once more be an effectual com petition for the railroads in the mat ter of freight rates between Buffalo and New York, and will be of great value to all that territory that mar kets it's products, or secures it's i'm ports by way Of the great lakes.
 Statistics Of Blindness.
 Norway, Ireland Spain have more blind people in proportion to popuia- 3ion than any other European coun- try. Spain has 216 per 100000; Nor way. POS, and Ireland, III.
 Survival in the Coronation.
 It is so long since we elected our nominal rulers that many of us forget that a king was ever on the footing of Roman consul or an American presi- dent Yet a survival of that early practice is still to be heard in the coro- nation service. .Sirs," said the arch bishop of Canterbury after Queen Vic- toria had entered the abbey and shown herself in the prescribed ritual to her people on all sides, q here present to you Queen Victoria, the undoubted queen of this realm: Wherefore all you who come this day to do your hom- age, are you willing to do the same" In this rite, now purely formal, we SC, the remaining shadow of the old Teu- tonic custom of choosing the most capable or popular man in the nation to be its leader or ruler.-London Spec 5ator.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15

All druggists will refund you your money if you are not satisfied after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cure disorders of the stomach. biliousness. constipation and headache. Price, o5c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15
NOTICE.

DIR Fl. L. SCHUELKE has removed his office from 167 Bank street to 355 West Main street in Nuhn's block.
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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15
Up TO Date.

Having bought out the entire stock and tools of the old firm of White ,& Peters, we have removed to larger and more connections quarters. We are now situated between Brown and North Elm streets in what was known as the old Robbins shop. Tn connec- ton with this we have plenty of shed room, where carriages may be stored during stormy weather. We are thor oughly equipped to do good work and do it quickly. All telephone calls at- tended to promptly.
 JAMES L. WHITE,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15
JOHN PURDY.

The WatertoWn Cash Tea Store Full line of teas, coffecs, spices. baking powders, extra cts. confectionery, cigars.
 MAIN STREET
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15
staffsfics Of Blindness.

Norway, Ireland Spain have more blind people in proportion to zpopula- 3ion than any other European coun- try. Spain has 216 per 100000; Nor way. POS. and Ireland, III
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-26
Last Florida Tour.

The last Pennsylvania Railroad tour
OF the season to Jacksonville, allowing
almost three months in Florida, will
leave New York, Philadelphia, and
Washington March 4.
Excursion tickets, including railway
transportation, Pullman accommoda-
tionslone berth and meals en- route while
going on the special train, will be sold
at the following rates: New York,
$1,000; Buffalo, $54.25; Rochester,
s54.00; Elmira, S5l.45; Erie, S54.S5
Williamsport, 5000; Wilkesbarre,
S50.35; and at proportionate rates from
other points. Returning, passengers
will use regular trains until May 81,
1902. Tickets admit OF a stop of at
Charleston Exposition on return trip.
For tickets, Itineraries, and full in
formation apply to ticket agents. or ad-
dress Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-26
ARRANGEMENTS MADE,
A Deal Closed that will Benefit
Everyone In this Town.
Hereafter We viii be Sole Repre-.
SentativeS Of vinoI.

vinol is attracting attention in every
large city in the country.
The best druggists in every place rep.
resents VINOL.
They do this because they have inves
tigated and become convinced of its mer.
its. IL Is this that has led us to get the
agency for this town.
We are happy to announce that we
have succeeded In our endeavors,
We were told that no proprietary med
icine has ever been so popular as VI
MOL. We have learned that the reason
for this is because VINOL is really an
old remedy, produced In new form,
and is now altogether delicious and
doubly potent.
Vinol is a scientific tonic reconstructor
comprised of the curative principles of
cod liver oil and little organic iron dis
solved in a delicious table wine. That Is
all no oil no grease - no disagreeable
features, but all the medicinal virtues of
cod liver oil and more.
There is no one living who will dis
pute the merits Of cod liver oil as a re-
builder of the human system.
The trouble before has been that but
few people could take cod liver oil on
account of its obnoxious taste and ter
rible odor.
With Vinol, however, everything Is
changed. You will get every bit of the
good that was ever found In cod liver
oil and, best of all, you will get this good
without particle of grease to help re-
tard its action.
The way VINOL accomplishes its mis-
sion is better than 1t was ever possible
for cod liver oil to bring about the same
results. This is because the elements
needed are now in more highly concen-
trated form.
We are sure that all our customers
will like VINOL very much and we an
ticipate large and permanent sale for
It.
We also ascertained and wish every
one else to realize the fact, that VINOL
Is not patent medicine. II is simply a
new way of administering the curative
elements of cod liver oil.
We want all who are sick to call and
let us tell them about VINOL, we want
to convince our patrons that we have
been working in their behalf as we'll as
in our own, and we hope that everyone
of our fellow townspeople will appre-
ciate our enterprise in procuring the
agency for this popular medicine and of
being the means of bringing VINOL
here. We are glad we are going to rep
resent VINOL; to do this has caused
much rivalry in the large cities between
the best druggists, for only to the best
druggists in each place has this agency
been awarded.
If anyone buying vinol Of us is not
satisfied that it does all we claim, we
will refund the money that they have
paid us. VINOL is always sold under
this guarantee.
H. ALEX. STOK E
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-26
Hluh School Bulletin.
EDITORIAL STAFF.
Editor-in- chief Ira Bowssr;
Assistant Editor, Kate Kerr;
Iocal Editor Thos Nolan

Assistant Editor, Kate Kerr:
Local Editcr, Thos. Nolan.
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Mr.. s b. Elliott honored the chapel
exercises by giving "a fine talk on snow, in
which he showed the different processes
of evaporation and condensation, thus
causing snow, hail or rain according to
the condition OF the atmosphere. He
concluded in giving some very interest
ing facts concerning the great northern
glacier, which cut out the valley In
which our beautiful town is situated.
A prescription for brain trouble dur
ing examinations:-Take ten ounces OF
don't care. one pound Of resolution, four
ounces of common sense, one grain OF
experience, and three quarts Of cousid-
Grafton Mix well and take all at one
dose before each examination.
The book reception was grand sue
cess The people coming in the school,
just sought the shining lights, whowith
many thanks and charming smiles re-
lieved them NJ their bundles. The
name OF each person was placed IN thelr
book, which was carefully stored away
in our fine library. Then those wish
ing sat down to the decorated tables
where they were soon waited on by the
charming "high school" girls. Take
1t all in all everybody had a gen
eral good time listening to the mel
odious strains OF the orchestra, or the
program which was rendered, or slipping
coco.
At the last meeting of the Shake
spearean Literary Society the following
officers were elected: Pres, Katie King;
Vice-Pres., Althea Sutter; Sec, Eth
elyn Winslow; Program committee,
Fred Smith, Grace Meek, Lena Black;
Critic, Mr.. Mcclure; Editor-in-chief,
Ira Bowser; Asst editor, Kate Kerr:
Local editor, Tom Nolan.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-26

siOa II siSso os 8 800 20 s 4s SO : IS Sc 5 1915
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-26

in pursuance OF the 4th section Of an Act entitld
IAN Act relating 10 counties, townships, etc,
passed the 18th day OF April, A. d.. 1884" we met
In the Commissioners office. 10 the borough OF
Brookylle, Pa, on the first Monday OF January.
A. d. 1902 10 being the 9th day OF said month, and
did audit, adjust and settle the several accounts
required OF us by law, aRreeably TO the several
Acts OF Assembly and supplements thereto, ac-
cording 10 the best OF our Judgment and ability,
and ind them as set forth IN the above report
H. witness VIII, rrof we have tereunto set our
hands and seals at the olce aforesaid, this 2Sth
day OF January, A. d. 1902.
w. A. MCGEE, (sEALl
:. @. EWING, tsEAD
Attest. tsRAD
NJ. y. WooDs. Clerk.
February 9th, 1906;
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-26
AUDITORS REPORT
FINANCES OF JEFFERSON COUNTY,
FOR THE YEAR 1901.


GIL O. REliZ. Treasurer, In account with JEFF
fersOn county. f0r the year 1901
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-12
THE BLOOD.

The blood is life. We derive from
the blood life, power. beauty and rea-
son. as the doctors have been saying
from time immemorial. A healthy
body, fresh appearance. and gener-
ally all the abilities we possess de-
pend on that source of life. 1t is
therefore the duty of every sensible
man to keep the blood as pure and
normal as possible. Nature, in its
infinite wisdom, has given us a ther-
mometer indicating the state of the
blood, which appeals to our reason by
giving notice of its impurity. Small
eruptions of the skin, to which we
scarcely pay any attention, headache,
ringing noises in the ears, lassitude,
sleeplessness, are generally sign
that the blood is not in its normal
state, but is filed with noxious sub
stances. These symptoms deserve
our full attention. If more attention
were paid to those symptoms, and
steps taken to remove them, then
many illnesses from which we suffer
would become unknown and the hui
man body would become stronger and
healthier. Attention therefore should
be paid to those warning signs, and
the blood can be purified and poison
GUS substances removed from it by the
use of DR.. August Koenig's Hamburg
Drops, discovered more than 60 years
ago.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-12
ExTERMlNATED BY THE soERs.
The ouaega Hunted Out of Existence
in South Africa.

The quagga, a South African ami
mai of the horse family, resembling
the zebra, which was hunted out of
existence by the Beers for its hide,ap-
pears to have become extinct in Cape
Colony about the year 1865, while the
last survivor of its kind, as far as is
known, died in the London Geological
Garden in 1872. R. Lydekker, in an
article on the subject in knowledge
Uondon), says;
Even in the days of its abundance
the quagga (which, by the way, takes
its name from its cry) had compare
lively limited distribution, ranging
from the Cape Colony up the eastern
side of Africa, as far as the Vaal
river, beyond which it appears to
have been unknown. In this respect
1t closely resembled the white-tailed
gnu, which, however, is known to
have crossed that river in one dis
trict. Curiously enough, the two spe-
cies lived in close comradeship. and
in the old days their vast herds form
ed striking feature in the landscape
of the open plains of the Orange Riv-
er Colony. Owing to its rank flavor,
ard especially its yellow fat, the
flesh of the quagga was almost uneat-
able by Europeans, although it was
keenly relished by the Hottentots,
who, in the early days of Cape Col
ony, were largely fed upon it by their
Dutch masters.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-12
Mind and Sea.

The sea is a jovial comrade;
He laughs wherever he goes;
His merriment shines in the dimpling
lines
That wrinkle his hale repose:
He lays himself down at the feet OF the
sun,
And shakes all over with glee.
and the broad backed pillows fall faint
on the shore
In the mirth of the mighty sea!
But the wind is sad and restless
And cursed with an inward pain;
fou may bark at will, by valley or hill,
But you hear him still complain.
He walls on the barren mountains
And shrieks on the wintry sea;
lie sobs in the cedar and means in the
pine,
And shudders all over the aspen tree.
Welcome are both their voices,
And I know not which is best
The laughter which slips from the oceans
lips
Or the comfortless winds unrest.
There's pang in all rejoicing
A joy in the heart of pain,
And the wind that saddens. the sea that
gladdens,
Are singing the self-same strain.
-Bayard Taylor.