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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-04
SERVING THE PUBLIC.

We do it well ia our line. We have the swellest livery turnouts ill town; rubber tired runabouts, phaetons, sul- reys and closed carriages; me, well groomed horses and careful drivers. Prices the same as others. Phone 665-2. Louck's stable, 46 Spring street
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-04
IF MAKES NO DIFFERENCE

What the prescription or what doe tor writes it, bring. it here and 1t Will be put together right Drugs right, medicines right. prices right. Ebbs, the druggist corner Broadway and Cherry streets.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-04
FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER

A full supply cf native turkeys, roasting chickens, broilers, fowl, ducks, squabs and geese, grouse and Guinea hens, celery, cranberries, let tuce, parsley, sweet potatoes, turnips, spinach. s. Bohl.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-04
 GREAT COATS GALORE.

We want to show you the neWesi things in oyercoats. We have all tht- popular styles-the long, boxey coat in different materials at S1O, SIP an S15, Are you wearing our dollal gloves? E, G. Kilduff < Go, 54 Bank street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-04
GO UP THE HILL.

You will find brand new, well equipped drug store, with q bright, fresh stock. where you can get cour- teous treatment and your money s worth. Try us. 'lslaone 121-4 T.. H. French & Co, 29S North Main street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-04
MOVES THE TIME

To enjoy sleigh riding. We have the finest line of sleighs, both single or double, ever shown in town. Our spa- cial is a $25 Portland cutter, all right; bargain for the money. Benham's, 3OS North Main street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-04
ONE or THE MOST IMPORTANT

Articles in furnishing your house is the range. Some ranges are construct ed different from others. We carry the Crawford. See it. Benson Furni- ture Go, 1SS-190 South Main street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
SPANISH LITERATURE.
Archer M. Huntington Buys 81 900
More Rare Volumes.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
To library of Spanish literature already
without peer in the private collections of
the world, Archer NJ. Huntington, on his
recent return from Europe, added q 600
volumes. Not merely is there wealth of
tradition connected with the volumes them
selves, some Of which date back to the fif-
tenth century, but the method by which
they have been collected is one which will
arouse the admiration and envy of every
book collector in the country. Year after
year Mr.. Huntington has made a trip to
Spain in search of rare books. Leaving the
beaten tracks of the railroads and the mod
ern supplies Of the Madrid libraries, he has
taken mule train and ridden for months
into the little mountain villages Here,
treasured by the monks stored away in
remote old castles, he has unearthed VOL
umes Of priceless value.
In the wealth Of the collection it is al
most impossible to select striking exam.
pies. Manuscripts dating back as far as
the tenth century are included in the col
lection. There are scores and hundreds Of
the rich. old parchments, with beautiful
ly illuminated texts in Latin script. on the
margins Of which are strange drawings
added by the monkish scribes. The period
OF Spanish literature before the invention
of printing is thoroughly covered by the
most complete set of manuscripts in this
country. In fact, Mr.. Huntington's collec-
TOR OF manuscripts is rivaled only by one
or two libraries. 1t contains $50 NAM
scripts
In first editions MI Huntington has also
an unequaled store. On his last trip he
brought back a half dozen copies of Ger
A few from the long list of first editions
include the following: "Cancionero Gener-
al, Romancero General" Chronicle of
the Cid, Boscan." "Camoens," ''Lope de
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
Longevity and Habits,
From the Century.


The Ghetto in Rome was the health;est
quarter of the city, and at the present dav
the Jewish quarter Of New York. the most
crowded and, until recently, the dirtiest
part of the town, has the lowest death rate
Persons with such constitutions, being. in
a large measure, proof against morbific in
fuences, are generally injured only by
their own excuses, and it will be found
as rule. that centenarians have been per.
sons of this class, who have seldom been
Ill In their lives, who have had the con-
tagious diseases of childhood lightly. If at
all. who have always been temperate in
all things, light eaters and drinkers. slow
to wrath. able to control their passions
and emotions and usually leading a placid
uneventful life. Such conditions can he
brought about by sanitary laws only as a
result Of long-continued teaching and pres
sure extending over many generations,
and may not be perceptible in the race for
q hundred years to come. Our first mar
ents were driven from the Garden of Eden
for fear they would become immortal. and
their descendants have lost SO much ground
that only one out Of millions is able to
reach the physiological limit of life. which
certainly should be one hundred years. and
possibly one hundred and twenty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
TWO GREAT CITIES.
Sydney to outstrip Melbourne and
Become Australia's Metropolis.

FROM the New York Sun.
Melbourne has always been the largest
city of Australia. In it's phenomenal
growth 1t can be compared only with Chi
cago and San Francisco In 1885 1t had a
name and fourteen inhabitants; in 1896 it
contained $4,000 persons. Gold made Mel
bourne. For ten consecutive years the gold
mines from sixty to one hundred miles to
the north and northwest produced over
SoO.OOOOOO of gold every year. The MANY
thousands of men required to mine this
treasure bought their supplies In Mel
bourne and spent their money there. The
city faced to the north where the mines
were: its back door was on the sea.
But the gold mines of Victoria have lost
their old Importance. They are still pro-
ductive. but their yield is far inferior to
that of the desert mines of western Aus
largest resource that made her great. and
the wool and wheat trade is not likely to
fully compensate her for the declining
mining interests. The city was said in 1901
to have 40O,Ss6 population, including the
suburbs. Five years later only 451 600 per-
sons were counted in the city and its en-
virons.
The decline in population is probably
only temporary, for Victoria is a very rich
little state. Many miners have been 1ra MN
away by more fattering prospects else
where, but they will gradually be repla ced
by permanent settlers.
The great city, however seems destined
soon to lose its pre-eminence Sydney is
last census 1t was only AZ, GOO under Mel.
bourne's figures. Sydney is growing. while
Melbourne is scarcely holding her own
Ihere are number of reasons why sgd
ney VIII PROBABLY forge ahead and perma-
nentiy maintain its lead among Australian
cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
STORIES OF RUSKIN.
His Interest in Pugilism and His Love
for the Alps.
From the Westminster Gazette.

From the Westminster Gazette.
An interview with Mr.. George Allen. Rus.
kin's friend and publisher, in Great
Thoughts, throws some interesting light on
the circulation Of Ruskin's books Asked
as to whether he considered that the pub
lie appreciation of Ruskin's works was as
great as ever, Mr.. Allen replied:
1t Is even more so. The modern clergy
man buys him frequently, whilst his prede-
cessor in the eos looked upon him with a
doubtful eye. To this day. Unto This
Last, which is by no means a book for the
man In the street. sells to the extent of
several thousand copies year. OF Sesame
and Lilies have sold 100000 copies"
Mr. Allen once said to Ruskin. Are you
not pleased that your books are selling so
well?" "Ah.' he sadly replied ''people
think great deal more of my books than
/ do myself"
Mr.. Allen told an incident which he thinks
Will "horrify stanch Ruskinians. but which
will throw a new light on the man.,
When Ruskin was giving lessons Mt
Great Ormond street he received a letter
from friend saying, L am going to bring
Tom Sayers to see you tonight'-it was
just after Sayers had beaten Heenan In
their celebrated fight. Ruskin sa to me.
Allen, bring some port to the college to-
night, Savers is coming there and we
must drink his health L did So Instead.
however, of Sayers coming, his photo cane
Ruskin was awfully disappointed"
little or the wine was drunk, and the
remainder Mr. Allen took by Mr. Ruskir,'s
orders, to Mrs. Booth, Turner's old house,
keeper, who was then lying i'll at Chelsea
In the early eos Mr.. Allen and Mr.. Rus
kin lived in Switzerland for a couple of
years:
Among other incidents Of our Swiss
life," says Mr.. Allen, II remember well
seeing him on Easter Sunday, 1863 when
We were high up in the mount aims knecI
down and pray with a peasant girl at a
wayside cross. He had wonderful eye
for the beauties of nature. / recollect MIN
once breaking out into a rhapsody Of de-
light on coming Unexpectedly across a
sloping field of star gentians He wanted
to purchase the top of the Brezon mountain
a favorite of Turner, and he said ne would
build a chalet on 1t, and have Rossetti out
to decorate IL. / was one day talking to
him about the lin those days inacccsslble)
peaks like the Aiguille Dru. the Aisuille
Verte, and the Aiguille du Geant, and he
added. Thank God, they will never get up
those"
Ruskin loved to feel that a peak had not
been sullied by human footsteps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
Books Received.

I"EHi i CENTURY TEXT BOOKSA lar
01hAIoRf MANUAL. OF BOTANY: Outlines and
directions ntsn for laboratory and Field Work in
6Go,ah' IN Secondary Schools. BY Otis w
Caldwell. Ph.D., professor Of botsnv in ~ w
Eastern Illinois State Normal school, New
York: ID. Appleton & Co.
STANDARD READER sERIEs-TEACHERs MAN.
~ FOR FIRST READER; Containing an
isaac X. Funk. LID, editor n-chief of the
ntanuar1 Dictionary, and Montrose J. Moses
b. D. New York: Funk & Wagnas Company
STANDARD READER SERIES-sTANDARD FIRST
nianf III Edited by 1saak X. Funk, LID.
Montrose J. Moses, b. s. IlInstrafions "i hu
Shar.es NJ Relyea, etc. New York: Funk &
Wagnalls Company.
HEART SHOTS; Essays. By F. l.. c. Ward author
Teppy nns S SGfaP B"ob etc New York: F.
ward & Lothrop. 'N
MARTINS CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF THE TINTED
STATES; Revised Edition. BY George H. Mar
I'm, An supervisor of schools Boston New
York: American Book Company,
A SOLDIER IN THE PHILIPPINES. Rv n \
freeman .private. L. S. A.. New York: +.
ward 4 Lothrop. e "
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE BOOK TO NATURAL
HlGIENIC AND HUMANE DIET. Rv sidney
ID. Beard. New York Thomas Y Crowell & Co
LOVER NEVER FAILETH; an Emotion Toucbad
by Moralities By Carnegie Simpson. New
York. Fleming II. Revell Company.
LAY THESIS ON BIBLE WINES By Edward
X. Emerson. author of STORY of the Vine"
New York: Merrill & Baker.
THE FULFTL.MENT or. Church at Work. Rr
Rev John GAYLORD Davenport, DID. New York:
E. F. button & Co.
MARGARET BowLBY; Love Story. Ry Edgar
H. Vincent Boston: Lothrop Publishing Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17

while a hot fatiron was run over the
crease. Covers that seemed to be coming
off We treated with glue
When we went to select the new book
case / induced Agatha to try a sectional
one. 1t was necessary at that time to
BUY onl Y two shelves. but whenever more
space Is needed other sections may be
bought and added to the structure shelf by
shelf
When / left Agatha thanked me effusive-
~; but, alas, for the gratitude of woman
hear that a week ago Agatha took much
credit to herself for her lecture at the COL
lege settlement. 1t was entitled How
to Take Care of Books"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
Look Up!

Death is delightfth Death Is dawn,
The waking from a weary night
OF feyers into truth and light;
Fame is not much. love Is not much.
Yet what else is there worth the touch l
OF lifted hands with dagger DRAWN
So surely life is little worth:
Therefore say, Look up; therefore ~,
] say. One little star has more
Bright gold than all the earth Of earth
JOAQUIN MILLER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
Poor Route.

From the Chicago News
Eyer are wastin' away, Sandy. Reen
sick?"
NO, jest lack of nourishment Yer see.
| got on a back-gate route where dey didn't
hand out anything but health food
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
Infallible.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Doctor. friend Of mine has assured
me that sucking lemons will prevent sea-
sickness. Is that true?'
''Oh. yes provided you sit in the shade
Of a tall tree while you do it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
us he a real notleman ?"

"Oh, beyond question. II you will notice
how stupid he is you will see that there is
no possibility of q mistake."-Chfcago
Post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
His Untidy Habits.

I pointed an accusing finger at the tones
heaped on the floor about his desk and at
the church history turned face downward
and accommodating dust The book case doors
were either wide open or ajar. Altogether
it was as untidy a room as 1 have ever
seen.
What can we do? Brother must have his
books conveniently at hand
There are such things as movable book
Shelves" l limited. He might neatly ar
range on a revolving book case the books
he is using. These on the floor are certain
to get soiled. Bindings will be damaged so
that dozen such ordeals will make the
volumes altogether unpresentable. If were
in your place, Agatha, should make covers
Of linen for every book that is in common
use"
but what lot of troubler Agatha pro-
tested.
Trouble to be neat? And is not cleanli-
ness next to godliness?" inquired tartly.
A Regular Cleaning Up.
Well, Agatha did give the library an
overhauling under my direction. The books
looked splendidly in their new covers, for
some of them were already frayed and
shabby. I convinced her that it was bet
ter to order a new book case than to lay
extra books crosswise on the tops of those
already on the shelves, because the weight
springs the backs, besides damaging the
edges of the bindings.
Some Of the more soiled specimens we
cleaned. A basin of warm water in which
about a teaspoonful of spirits OF ammonia
was dissolved was used for the purpose.
The fluid We applied with a small. soft
sponge wrung out in the water
When a cover was very dirty, we put a
dash Of soap on the sponge. Ink stains we
removed from costly pages with oxalic
acid applied with a camefs hair brush and
wiped away with a soft white rag Grease
cvnntc rodf pot o1 nit
pages we cleansed with a piece of artists
sponge rubber or bit of soft bread.
Turned down corners were smoothed out
by holding the page on the. ironing board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17

Ject is viewed in this work. The reader Is
carried eXpeditiously and easily through all
the years of German history from A D. to
the attainment of German unity in 1871
There are interesting chapters on the va
rlous phases of the reforma ton, the wars
OF the Protestant princes, the thirty years
war, the exploits of the Great Frederick
ana the struggle for constitutional govern
ment. The chief interest of this new his
tory lies, however, in the treatment, which
Is colloquial and informal.
THE HOUSE OF CAESAR AND THE IMPERIAL
DISEASE BY Seymour Van Santvoord. Troy
\: y: Pafraets Book Company. Washington:
Woodward d Lothrop
Out of a long residence in Italy, long
continued study in an extensive private
library, and the thought n many years.
has come this work of Mr.. Van Santwood to
exploit strange and unpleasant theory
The authors position, reinforced by all the
considerations enumerated, is, briefly. that
the violent death which awaited so many
VI tne roman emperors was due not alone
10 the license of the times. but in no small
deSree to the existence of a veritable dis
ease having Its origin in the house of Gaze
Sar itself"
ms Is not an inviting proposition. It's
iull appreciation rests on an intimate study
OF a life behind the scenes where even the
p!cture exposed to general view is horrible
ana revolving. Yet the facts which support
1t and which present themselves to every
one 1amlllar with Gibbons Decline and
Fan Fan of the Roman Empire will no doubt in
zine many readers to pore intently over
Mr.. Van Santvoord's work. The real value
OIL Ihe House of Caesar" lies, it may be
Sald, rather in the revived knowledge of
! roman history which awaits the reader
IMAM IN the establishment of this new
theory as to the many murders. fratricides
ana ln1antlcdes which disgraced the occu-
pants OF the imperial chair. And this point
pl view is emphasized by the form of the
DOCK itself, which in numerous illustrations
tens the story Of imperial Rome without
the help of the text
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17

Consider now the Policeman.
Is the Policeman Alsrmedf
Bless you, No!
Why, then, SO Pompadour an
Aspecti
That shows Absorbed Interest.
And the Two Persons Operating
upon a Third7
Oh, that's Mere Detail.
What Manner of Men are Theyf
They are Thugs.
Will not the Cop Butt int
Not he.
Why mott
He is Engaged on . More 1ms
portant Case.
Which isl
The Mystery of The Houns Of
the Baskervilles.
How does the Cop fsure7
He is Assisting Sherlock
Holmes.
To do WHAT
To Catch the Hound.
And will the 0bliging Police,
man Catch the Houndi
Probably not. But You can.
Row so7
By Following fis Trail to q
Book-Shop and Surrounding Him
with SIPS in Coin of the Realm.
Further Information Next Week or From
NC CLURE. PHILLIPS 4 CO..
New York City.
@9ENEsE
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The Bishops Way.

Then there was the bishops library. His
sister was my roommate at boarding school,
and she is now his housekeeper l see very
little of her nowadays, so 1 was surprised
when asked to spend a week with her while
the bishop attended a distant conference
She said that she did not like to remain
alone and felt that as worker / should
not expect the formal attentions required
by an idle woman. Thus if | came she
would be able to go with her church
duties undisturbed. 1 did not like the tone
OF the invitation, but We were in the throes
of housekeeping at home, so 1 accepted.
Besides, the bishop has splendid library
I wrote Agatha that 1 should expect to
spend most of my time among the books
and when l arrived, with her distressngly
conscientious canGor, she said she hoped
that L would not disturb the bishops refer
enceS in the library. 1t seems that he ac-
cumulates great piles of volumes about his
desk and lets them remain to gather dust
until the spirit moves him to weave their
data into sermon, lecture treatise
MY brother is very particular about his
books, Agatha murmured as she turned
the knob Of the library door to introduce
me to the sanctum.
Must be-" observed, with the same cool
scorn with which / used to crush her as
sumptions of superiority when We were
doomed to share each Others society in that
little eight by ten dormitory room at school.
my dear, he really is" she insisted.
They cost him a small fortune. 1t is
simply marvellous the way he wears out
his books
1 hemmed a trifie dryly and Agatha went
on:
Il assure you we love books too well to
abuse Them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
CARE OF ONES BOOKS
FAULTS FOUND IN SEVERAL
MUCH-USED LIBRARIES.
Misused by a Statesman's Friends and
Abused by a Learned
Bishop.

Written for The Evening Star.
Women seldom know how to use books.
This does not mean that they cannot wade
through page, chapter and volume to the
benefit of their minds; it refers to their
care of books as a feature of household
furnishing.
AS 1 have limited acquaintance with
the aristocracy of brains, l know what l
am talking about. My pilgrimages through
the libraries of bluest ockings have been
sources OF sorrow to me. Often when L am
supposed to be lost in admiration of a vel
lum-bound treasure I'm wondering how
any sane book owner can be so stupid as
to bake a case full of costly books in the
nook next to the chimney corner. The mis-
takes of dilettanti-yea. and even the illu-
minati-are so many that il would be i'm
possible to call attention to all of them.
For instance, there is the library of Sem
ator KS family. When | visit them / am
always referred to the library as a COM
Portable place in which to write. Why any
one should call that library comfortable is
mystery to me. 1t seems to eXhale the
combined rigidity of all of Senator KS an
cestors. The walls of the room are lined
with open bookcases. In these in ordered
rows are ranged the law tones of the
statesman. likewise the neatly bound gov
eminent documents which are part of a
public mans perquiSites There are so
and books are thrust so tightly together
that a break may often be detected in a
bullying back. When / take out a volume
L disturb colony of prosperous cock
reaches, housed and happy near the wall.
During my stay L have opportunity to
make the acquaintance of plump literary
mice who live luXuriously on the calf bind
ingS of the government reports. The COW
ers of all the books have a soft, greasy
coating quite appreciate to the fingers.
The senator's wife came in one day as |
was delicately wiping off reference book
with my pocket handkerchief and said:
A Senator's Den.
cts shame, isn't it? L can't bear to
touch the nasty books; and yet the SER
vans dust them carefully when they clean
the room. Why do you suppose they feel
SO slimy?"
1 looked up at the gas jets.
Too much midnight gas burned" 1 sug-
gested.
Indeed. we do burn lot: the sena tor
entertains his chums here, and when he has
troublesome case spends the night look
ing up authorities. He is a regular owl"
why not burn oil ?' 1 suggested. Its
much better for the eyes. That scum on
the books is caused by excessive use of gas.
I'm not up on the chemistry of the case,
but If you'll make a change in your illu-
minating fluid you'll find a difference in
the covers
A couple Of months after I went home I
had letter from the family, and in a post
script l was warmly thanked for my sug-
gestion about the oil lights. The books in
current use had been cleaned and now were
apparently in perfect condition.
The National tribune., 1902-10-09

men exhibit the same spirit, two men side
by side discussing their hits and even bet
ting as to which one would score a hit
first. When the enemy abandoned their
trenches these men jumped to their feet
to get better position for aiming at the
fleeing natives.
What is there in this for the grannies
to get excited over? Surely this is war
as it has existed from time immemorial
and as laid down in the text books. The
Importance of pursuing and destroying a
fleeing enemy is strongly dwelt upon in
military books. The enemy who fees with
arms in his hands is as dangerous as the
one who remains to fight and equally a
subject of slaughter. 1t is the custom TO
turn loose a cloud of cavalry upon fleeing
enemies and cut them down. During our
civil war the blue killed the fleeing gray
and the gray shot the escaping blue. and
they were brothers. with no race antagon-
sms to make them specially brutal. In
ancient times the great slaughter of battle
came after practical resistance ceased and
the defeated army was routed. The con-
querers pursued and put every man over
taken to the sword. In modern warfare
the defeated enemy may surrender when
pursued and have his life saved, but so
long as he continues to run and endeavors
to escape he is fit subject for the bullet
the sword, the shell and the machine gun.
If our men shot with judgment instead of
simply firing blindly and thus ''shot them