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Mexican r~lustang Liniment

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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
HEARD IN PASSING

In connection with the exhibition at the vatican of the more valuable of the pope'S jubilee presents it is announced that the total number of gifts was 3D. GOO. The ya4ae of the gifts presented to him on the occasion of his three jubilees is estimated at $2,500,000. The pope has bequeathed the presents to the holy see.
 When we see a fellow hanging around 8 grogshop while his wife takes in washing in order to prevent the children from going hungry we sometimes feel like sending a special delivery invitation to Judge Simeon E. Baldwin to come up with one Of his largest-sized whipping posts.-Hart- ford Post.
 The award of a contract for rapid lire siX-inch type gun was made yes terday to the trustees of the Brown gegmental wire tube gun by the chief Of ordnance of the army, under an all lotment of $41, GOO provided by the board of ordnance and fertilization. The gun must give a muzzle velocity of 5000 foot seconds, which is an ad. vance of 300 foot seconds over the ve- locity given by any gun in the army.
 The price of beef on the hoof in the west has dropped 40 per cent since Sep tember, and is now close to normal: but the price of beef on the butchers block in the east still fingers on the mountain tops. The only effect of the drop has been to increase the profits of the beef combine about 100 per cent. Perhaps by summer they will pass the drop along to the consumer, but even that is doubtful.-New Britain Herald.
 In connection with the labor disputes of the year attention is called to the more liberal interpretation of the law of conspiracy, the right of persuasion and the so-caIled boycott made by the supreme court of New York in the ap- |plication of a Syracuse merchant for an injunction restraining the members of Retail Clerks union from driving trade from his store. The court en- joined the defendants from obstruct- ing access to the store or travel in it's |neighborhood, but refused to restrain the peaceful persuasion which is the essence of the boycott.-New Haven Union.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
RICH REPUBLIC OF MONKS.
Settlement of 5000 Friars on Mount AthOs, Turkey, Is an Independ-
 ent commonwealth.

On the east point of the sacred Mount Athos, on the Turkish benin sula Chalkidike, is settlement of 5000 monks, scattered among 20 mon asteries. the whole forming a mon astic apublic in the dominions of the sultan, to whom they are tribu- tary. The yearly tribute they pay to Abdul Hamid is by no means a small one, but the sum is easily met by the republic, which is very rich and counts many millionaires among it's members.
 As an independent commonwealth the republic maintains it's own ship, sailing vessel, called Polkroy Press wiatyja Bogorotizy. A short time since this vessel lay in the harbor of the south Russian town of Tag anrog. She is in reality floating monastery. Painted black, she car ries at. her bow the large cross of the Pantelei monastery on Mount Athos.
 The captain, Father Gerassim, and the whole crew are monks from Mount Athos and wear the monastic dress, says the New York Times. The ships cargo consists of holy Oil from Mount Athos for the PanteleImon in Moscow. There is a church on board and all of the crew live under the rules of their order.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31


 Referring to the Panama canal, 8 writer in the Engineering Magazine says that "far from being stream sui generis, practically beyond control by ordinary methods, the Chagres river is really less formidable than a class of streams engineers are entirely aecus- toned to improve. It is, indeed, ex- traordinarily similar in it's flood be- havior to the Roanoke river, above Neal, N. c. It has never approached such extremes of oscillation or rapidity of rise as are shown by the Warrior and Black Warrior rivers of Alabama. The highest food ever known did not reach forty feet; the most rapid rise was twenty-five feet in seventeen hours. Such oscillations would not at tract more than passing notice in the river cities of the western United States. The entire feasibility of regu- lating the Chagres is wel understood by most engineers. B. the best method of securing both regulation and conservation of the water supply to feed the canal during the dry season is in more danger of misapprehensi The Isthmian canal commission, being under great pressure for an early re- port, had no time to investigate de- tails; their function was to determine route, not working plans. They adopt ed,. merely as a peg upon which to hang a comparative cost estimate, the single lake plan'-that is, one by which the Chagres is to be confined in one great summit lake by single dam at Bohio, twenty-seven miles from the sea. The objections to this are, briefly: That to store in the one lake sufficient reserves for operation and wastage would involve a dam and summit level higher than desirable for conven- tent lockage; further, the increased larger loss by infiltration through the underlying strata, partly defeating it's own purpose; and again, even at the utmost height which could be contem- plated, the single lake would still re- ceive the Chagres with food force near Gamboa, and objectionable currents and possible sitting up would interfere with navigation. The alternative is the two lake project, determined by the exhaustive studies of the Comite Tech nique. By building second dam at Alhajulea, twenty-nine miles above the first, they would make two storage reservoirs, and gain the following ad- vantages: The lower reservoir, consti- tuting the summit level of the canal, might have much less elevation above sea, as it would be required to store only about tWo-hfths of the reserves. The lowering of the Bohio dam, thus permitted, would reduce the head to seventy feet, greatly diminishing both the leakage through the bottom strata, and the stream entering this lower lake could be so controlled at the second dam, confining the upper lake, as never to cause the slightest inconvenience or delay to navigation" E
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31

The talk of retiring General Hawley on pension prompts the Hartford Times to remark that eff Senator Flaw ley's friends in congress are disposed to give him a pension in the form pro- posed. there will be no objection on the part of his constituents. But it ought to be said that there is a more desira- ble method of dealing with the sena-1 tors case, if the admission be frankly made, as it now seems to be, that he must have the income which he now receives made up to him in some way should he resign his office. When President Mckinley was governor of Ohio he suddenly found himself a poor man through the fianncial dereliction of man whom he had aided. With out any delay or any widespread appeal his friends in Ohio subscribed the amount needed to restore his moderate fortune, and he willingly accepted it. What MT McKinley'st friends in Ohio did for him in that emergency, Senator Hawley's wealthy friends might do for him in Connecticut. Whatever he might receive in the form of pay as an officer on the retired list of the army would cease in the event of his death, and his family, in that case would be left unprovided for, whereas, if a fund of generous size were to be raised for him it would go to his family and be a great blessing to them. Connecticut is rich state and can afford to take care of its public. men in decent and proper way. To the wealthy friends of the senator in his own party, it seems to us, an appeal to provide such fund as we have suggested must be most convincing. The subscriptions should be made without publicity, and if the business were undertaken by the right men and in the right way, it should be possible to secure $50,000 in single week.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
wax In Tree surgery.

A new and important use for refined paraffine wax seems to have been dis covered by man living near Lan- caster, o. He had two trees which were badly damaged by a storm, one being a maple and the other an apple tree. In each case a large limb was broken down from the trunk, but still attached toi it. The limbs were propped up and fastened securely with straps, very much as a broken leg might be fastened with splints, and then melted refined wax was poured into and over all the cracks. The Surgical opera tion" was entirely successful. The parafine prevented the escape of the sap, kept out the moisture which would have rotted the trees, and pre- vented the depredations. of insects.- Success.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
WILL RAISE MONEY.
Recognition of Russell's Worth-Fund . to Educate Children.

Recognition of Russell's Worth-Fund # to Educate Children.
 Immediately after the sad death of Congressman Charles A. Russell If the third district, his many personal friends who were aware of his finan- claI condition and knew that. he left no property, quistly and informally gathered together in Norwich for the purpose of raising funds to support and educate his son and daughter both or whom were attending school. Com mlttees were selected to solicit contri- buttons to the fund and about s, ,OOO was raised among the gentlemen pres ent at the meeting Edward MiIner of Windham county immediately con- tributed $1,00O and Eugene S. Boss of Willimantic subscribed $500. Con- gressman Brandegee, Mr RusseIls sue cessor, placed his name on the list for S250 and number of those present contributed a like amount Mir Rus sells many friends in the district in cluding prominent men in New Lon don and Norwich, have taken the mat te. ill hand and hope to raise about S25.000 for this laudable purpose All of this was done quietly and without ostentation, but recently the plan has been made public and it is said that success is assured. Senator Platt has become interested in the movement, and among the contributors are John Hopson and Postmaster Mckinley.
 MT Russell was intimately concern Ted with legislation deeply affecting the fortune of others, and he died poor, notwithstanding the opportuni- ties that such position as his gave for money making. We believe the same is true of many legislators, prob ably of the majority, perhaps of most Rut there are always exceptions known or. suspected, which serve. to emphasize the virtue of the men of real honor. It is easy to silence con- science in cases like this. if one has q conscience that can be silenced at all. Probably Charley Russell never thought that there was any merit in it, and never had to resist tempta- .tion to make money out of his public position. Serving as long a term as he did, being connected with so i'm portant a committee as that of ways and means through many years he had acquired an influence in legislation af- fecting the income of the government and the income of individuals, in an important degree. Another man in his place, if the right kind of man, could no doubt have improved oppor- tunities afforded by the knowledge ac- quired in serving on this committee 10 enrich himself without doing wrong. The reputation MT Russell leaves ought to be dearer to his family than wealth, not only by old fashioned standards, but by current ones.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31

In an address before the National Economic league at Philadelphia this week. J. ". Jenks spoke on the effect of depreciating money standard on the laboring classes. He said that the stoppage of the free coinage of sill yer in India in 1893 was the result not so much of a general business depres- sion coming from the depreciation in the value of silver as compared with gold, as of injury to tn government in distinction from the people and to certain classes in the community. To- gether with this injury t some classes
 went doubtless benefit to others. The total benefit or injury to a country from change in it's currency system must be found by noting it's effect up on the different classes and by esti- mating the relative importance of
 these different classes in the commun- ity. In India. for example, during the
 period of the fall of silver, the classes who were producing goods for export,
 speaking generally, felt a stimulus in their industry and made uncommonly large profits. In certain cases, doubt less, this increase in profits led to in- creased investments of capital brought over from Europe. This increase in profits. however, was at the expense, to a considerable extent, of other class es in the community. While produc- CTS for export gained, the consumers of imported goods iost.sa Wage earn CTS received their pay in the depreci- ated currency, but in many cases, ow- ing to the fact that their purchases
 were mainly of goods which were val ued on the silver standard. they often did not feel any loss. The loss was really felt when the silver rupees, passed on from hand to hand, finally came into the possession of those who needed tosbuy goods valued on the gold
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER a1, 1902

The immigration bill is one of the important measures that is now trou- bling some of our law makers It is the general opinion that number Of the senators who have not yet openis shown their hands are working vi
 might and main to defeat the measure, on account of the educational clause attached thereto. The other impor- tant change, says one writer, that is being proposed in the house bill is that submitted by Senator Burton or Kansas to permit the importation of Chinese coolies into Hawaii under con- tract to work for the planters g cer- tain term of years and then return to China. Similar proposals are belng made outside of the committee for Lhe exportation of coolies to the Phlllp- pines. Here we have in a bold form a proposition to establish serVlle lapor upon the plea that it is necessary for the development of material resources. The American people generation ago rejected a far stronger plea for the preservation of servile labor among the blacks, and after forty years ex- perience no one, south or north, .den1es the superiority of free labor, even for material ends. In the islands of the Pacific it is more essential that labor shall be free than that it shall be cheap, and in our own country the inn migrants wanted are not those who will make good drudges, but those who will make good citizens.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
He Knesr.

Teacher (to class in geography)-- And who knows what the people who live in Turkey are called?
 Class Unanimously Turks!
 Teacher-Right. Now who can tell me what those living in Austria are called2
 Little Boy-Please, mum, know. Qstriches! Troy Budget.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
Boys Great Sano Kketrs .

In g German periodical teacher named Boer reports that he has found fully one-halfof the boys in the schools examined by him addicte@ to habitual smoking. none Of them Jbeing over 13 years old. Ind Annapolis News, M
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
Honeymoon Coaches.

For the sole use of honeymoon cou- pies one of the Russian railway com panies has built special Pullman car, containing luxuriously fitted dining, smoking, sitting and sleeping com partments.- Mail.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
HnaaIAah

Mr. smith-You are looking for work, are you? We'll, I think I can find something for you to do.
 Uncle Eph-'Scuse me, boss; but it ain't fo' mahself I'm,lookin' fo'.wuhk-- it's fo' Inah wife.-Judge.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinlne Tablets. All druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure E. w Grove Signature is on each box. 25c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
Our IIriterate Population.

Eight per cent. of the population of this country is still illiterate.T In Ger many only one per cent. of illiterates exists, and in Bavaria, Baden, Wurtem- berg and Scandinavia there are no to- tally uneducated peoPle.rSuccess. 7
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
NOW IS YOUR CHANGE

Why be troubled with Q leaking roof when you can get q new one req sonably by seeing Charles r. Miller. carpenter and builder; shop, 46 Bene- dict street; house and phone, 1T9 Wal nut street; call, 14S.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31

standard. As matter of fact, in h. dia, the government officials were in all probability the chief sufferers. The native peoples in many cases did not suffer appreciably.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
PENMANSHIPl PROF HoLLEY

Teaches every pupil to write a me rapid. business hand. in course of 1a private lessons and no failures An kinds of pen work executed in the highest degree of art sl
 167 BANK STREET.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
Everybody Can't Do Everything

syNS"y ~SH " -pSA uhH5
 We can't paint a picture. or carve statue, or make coat, but we can wash clothes to perfection. We can do it because we do nothing else--have done nothing else for good while--b s- cause we have studied it, and thought painter ever did. 1t requires as much hard work, and practice, and talent, to make good laundry as to make a good picture. Everybody can't paint a pic- can't wash clothes per- fectly. We want you to give LIS fair trial, and allow us to prove our word.
 Davis Steam Laundry
 Iz CANAL STREET
 Branch office. C. Grand street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31

SCOTCH GROUSE,
 CELERY, CRANBERRIES, Boston Head Lettuce, White Onions, Turnips, Deerfoot Farm and Newport Sausage Canton Butter, Fresh Eggs. Market open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
 Close. all day Christmas. Telephone, 470.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25-CoTTON-The
market opened firm, with prices Sq6 points
higher in sympathy with strong Liverpool
heavy rains over the central portions OF
the eastern belt. Shorts and the local bull
crowd bought on the opening, but the COM
mission houses seemed to be abundantly
supplied with selling orders, Following the
call the whole list eased on quite Sharply
under pressure of public long cotton and q
withdrawal. of clique support The later
cables from Liverpool proved TO be very
disappointing and Europe became a seller
here. New Orleans and the west offered
the winter months quite freely ana the
commission houses continued to sell scat
tering amounts Of December, January and
up bearishly, but were offset by heavy re-
ceipts and easier spot cotton arkets Inc
Investment element was disturbed by the
weakness in the stock market, and fear
of light money again. All through the
late session the market displayed unoer-
tie slowly, January working down TO 6;oSc
and March to S.i3c. Rumors that the Wall
not help matters in the opinion of nervous
longs, even though these stories were natly
denied by those In a position to know. The
prices net SOLO points lower. Total sales
estimated at $4,000 bales, well distributed
through the list. January and March kept
switches made on that basis.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. &,-COTToN-
t E9sqre s.1 sesS SGc; SS6yem6er, Ss.SSsSS.SSc De-
cember, S.2SqS. &c; January, s;32qs sc; Feb
sTa8'sgc; May s.s7as ssc; Spot quiet; sales
1896; low middling, sic; middling, 5 7-l6c;
good middling, $50; middling fair, Sl5-l6c;
receipts. 7,345 bales: stock. 107, S37 bales.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 25.-CoTToNISpot,
moderate business done; prices l-S2d higher
American middling fair, 5 5-l6d; good mid
ding, SGD; middling' "a l S. m ar6, q
1 2i-S2d. The sales Of the day were 1000
bales, OF which 500 were for speculation and
| export and included $500 American. Re-
cefpts, 1900 bales, including II, 700 Amerl-
can. Futures opened firm and closed easy
American middling, g. o. c., September
4 8-64q4 5S-64d, sellers; September and Oc-
tober. 1 45-64d, sellers; October and Novem;
Der, 4 40-64d4 41-64d, sellers; November and
December, 4 S9-64d, sellers; December and
January. 4 3S-64d, sellers January and Feb
ruary, 4 37-64d4 3S-64d. sellers; February and
March, 4S7-64d, sellers; March and April,
4 36-64d4 37-64d, buyers; April and May
4 S6-64q4 S7-64d, sellers; May and June, 4 1864
al 37-64d, sellers.
ST. LOUIS. Sept 25.-COTTON-Quiet
and unchanged; middling. shc; sales, q
bales; receipts, ISL bales; shipments, 5S
bales; stock, S,697 bales.
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 25.-CoTTON-
Market quiet at S 9-l6c.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
New York Mining Quotations.
Foreign

LONDON, Sept. 25.-Money was easy and
fairly abundant IN the market today. Dis
the stringency in New York and the pros
peCt of the withdrawal Of gold. Business
on the Stock exchange opened quiet wing
to the uncertainty as to the bank rate ana
the announcement that there waH no
change caused relief, although operators
are preparing for a rise rise as +. s soon as sS GS9sGys
Americans opened irregular, though the de-
preston was less acute than during the
mostly for New York and continental ac-
count, the English public being little con-
cerned. Prices closed Irregular spanish
DeBeers, Kafirs and Chartered shares
hardened. On the street Chicago, Milwsu-
s syfy a ia at paG ss% was IIII ssoGr AZ & ~ TEXAS saa pre-
ferred was nominal. Americans further ad-
vanced on the street and were firm, st;
Union Pacific at 10. Gold premiums are
quoted at Lisbon at 1850. Rome, 0.25. The
amount of bullion withdrawn from the
Bank of England on balance today was
$500 0 The weekly statement of the Bank
of England shows the following changes:
ton. decreased e141.0Oo; bullion, decreased
G271,O44; other securities, increased ES95,Voi
other deposits. lncrease1 ]oSS,Ooo' pUDnc
decreased GS2,OO0; government securities
unchanged: The proportion of the Bank
cent Last week 1t was $40 per cent. Rate
of discount unchanged at 3 per cent.
ARI Sept. 8.-Business was more
favorable on the bourse today confidence
being somewhat restored by the fact that
the Bank of England's rate of discount was
not changed. Spanish As were In good de-
mand and influenced the whole list. Rentes
were firmer. Turks were easier on realiza-
lions. Metropolitans were strong. Thorn
son-Houston advanced. Russians were
easier. Rio tintos were strong. DeBeers
were maintained. Kaffirs opened weak, re-
covered sharply and finished firm. The
private rate of discount was 2 5-32 per cent:
The weekly statement of the Bank of
France shows the following changes:
Notes In circulation, decreased 7,200yOO0f;
treasury accounts current, increased n ,750,-
OOOf; gold in hand, decreased I,175,OO0f; bills
discounted, decreased 6,960,000f; silver In
hand, decreased 375,0O0f. At 4 p. m: Three
per cent rentes, 1907 17hc for the account;
Spanish As, S7.42.
BERLIN, Sept. Robustness was quiet
and prices were steady on the bourse today
owing to the comparatively satisfactory
state of AFFAIRS in New York Mines were
rather firm. Spanish As were buoyant on
Paris advices. Canadian Pacihcs were
firm. Exchange on London, 2Om 46k pigs.
for checks,