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The evening world., 1903-04-20
HORSESHOE NOT
LUCKY FOR THEM
Old Policemen See Nothing but
III Omens in Them and Would
lust as Soon Pick Up a Rat
tleSnake.
LAY REpRIMAMDs TO THEM.

c While 70 most persons the horseshoe
rs a syrabo, of luck. TO all policemen
The horseshoe is the reverse. The aver
age policeman after ten years on the
force in New York would no more pick
UP horseshoe than he would rattle
snake. To him 1t is an omen OF Ill
fortune. He sees nothing in the horse
shoe but disappointment. hard luck. loss
of pay. reprimands, and often 1t means
loss of his position. All the policemen
who have been "hroken" in New York
for twenty years have been broken in
horseshoe.
Whether II was fate or desire tD
throw IA halo of luck about the new
building when the Police Headquarteril
of the city were renovated some twenty
years ago the trial room was fitted with
horseshoe desk. More properly speak
Ing, the series or desks Is arranged In
the form OF a horseshoe. At the head
Of this siloe OF desks sits the Commits
sioGer trying cases. At either side of
the TRIAL commissioner sit counsel for
and against the policeman on trial, In-
side the shoe, facing the Commissioner.
sits the policeman. There he tells his
story, ana, lhere more than one police
man has aeard his sentence. -
In th.s horseshoe were tried all the
| old captains '"bI oxen tor cause after
the Lexow days. All the men broken"
by Tammany for politics have gone In
side the horseshoe to lace an iron VS.
aged commissioner In there to do the
budding OF tho organisation to break. -
nne, persecute and drive men from the
With all this past history TO refiect
upon Il Is no wonder the policeman old
enough to know fears the horseshoe.
| m n N An
the. force struts into the police station
and proudly displays a horseshoe. say
ing he picked Il up on the street, that
coat @ slares and % takes the iirst on oppof. 81.
tunity to toss II out the window. The
latest man to go Into the historic horse
ssSe, Is s. Adam haa Cross whose trial will be
Ebstein to-day; II may be lucky
the finish OF hundreds before him.
The evening world., 1903-04-20
chided. She Killed Herself.

AU1BURN. N. Y. April 20.-Grace
Jewett. pretty girl Of nineteen. COM
mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid
to-day. Her mother chided her for re-
manning from home without permission.
The evening world., 1903-04-20
WORE ONE HUNDRED
AND SIX NECKLACES
They Were Of Pretty Pink Coral and
vineenzo cueearo Was Trying
to Smuuole Them,

One hundred and six pink coral neck
laces have been seized by the Govern
ment from the person of Vincenzo Cue.
caro-, sailor on the Italian steam
ship Gallia, lying at the Union Stores
Brooklyn. Customs Inspector Seaman
saw Cuccaro leaving the dock with his
NOV strangely bulky. He stopped him
and when he had stripped him found
h AL Wrapped with the necklaces. The
Its,.an was held to-day In $500 bail fol
examination before United States Com.
miss oner Morie on Wednesday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-25
ALL UNION MADE SHOES, NOT
 EQUALLED FOR. VALUE IN THE

EQUALLED FOR VALUE IN THE CITY.
 Infants soft and hard sole Shoes,
 25c goods. 19c Infants kid Shoes, patent tip, a white upper, 45c Chlldren's spring heel, kid and box
 calf Shoes, sizes to 8, all one
 price, 45c Children's fine kid Shoes, patent
 tip, spring heel, medium and
 heavy soles, $1 goods, 69c Children's spring heel Shoes, box
 calf and kid, patent tip, lace or
 button, sizes 9 to 111a. 59c Children's fine kid and boxs calf
 Shoes, patent or self tip, SIPS
 goods, S9c Misses kid, spring heel Shoes, pa- tent tip, CSC Misses patent colt, vici kid and
 box calf Shoes, II to 2, button or
 lace, $1.50 goods, 98c Misses extra quality vici kid Shoes,
 extension and regular soles, $1,69
 goods, $1.1a LADIES' SHOES AND oxToRDs. Ladies' patent and fdongola OK
 lords, 69c Ladies dongola oxfords, patent
 tip, 69c Ladies' dongola Shoes, patent tip, 79c ! H 5 s l
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-25

To-day again there is no city court. A pretty good record for a city that is said by outside papers to be in the hands of lawlessness and disorder
 Rev T. J. Cullen, representing the foreign missions, of St Josephs sem mary, Mill Hill, London, will speak St Patrick's church tomorrow evening at 7:3O. A collection will be taken up to aid the foreign missions.
 A certificate of incorporation has been filed by Buckingham x Co, ln- corporated, of Waterbury. The firm wiM deal in furniture, has capital or $36, 900, and Is composed of Charles D., Justine H. and N. c. Buckingham
 Dean Alfred A. Wright of Boston will be the speaker at the mems meet ing in the opera house next sunday. His subject will be, ''Whose Bible DO We Believe?" This will be the last meeting of the season and it is ex- pected that 1t will be one oi the very best se5af
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-25

Ladies' fine dongola kid Shoes, pa tent or kid tip, from $1.25, 95c Ladies' $1.5O vici kid Shoes, patent tip, $1.19 Ladies' $2 vici kid, patent leather and box calf Shoes, Wednesday and Thursday $1.39 Ladies' vici kid, box calf and pa tent calf Shoes, s, welt and turned goods. s1.s9 Ladies' $3.5O fine vici kid Shoes and patent colt skin Shoes, We'd nesday and thursday $2.50
 sBoYs' SHOES. Boys satin calf, extension sole Shoes, SIPS value, 9Sc Boys satin calf and vici kid Shoes, $1.69 goods. $1.19
 YOUTHS SHOES. Youths fine satin calf and vicl < kid Shoes, extension and regular soles, 95c
 LITTLE MEMS SHOES. Little Mems s1a to .131a satin and box calf Shoes, spring heel, 69c Little Mems Rever Rip Shoes, 95c
 MEMS SHOES. Mems satin calf Shoes s1.25 goods, $1.00 Mems satin calf $1.5o Shoes, Wed nesday and thursday $119 Mems $2 vici kid box and satin calf Shoes double and triple soles, $1.47
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-25
7 1E' 4

Is q drink which Is used all over this wide world; it's effect on our system is far more beneficial than all the medicine you could buy in drug store. There are hundreds of thou claim that tea. yes, and coffee, is one of the very best tonlcs and stimulants which you can use, provided you get the good quality and have 1t bfewed properly. Of course the trash which you are liable to get at some stores is enough to set your mind against ever drinking another cup of tea or coffee. But you must remem- Der the quality we sell is the nice tasting. and health-braoing kind; It will not only taste good, but It's after effect will bring happiness which wdll stay with you as long as you continue using the quality we sell. You may say, how in the Dickens is it that the kind we sell is better than what tha other fellows sell? Well, that's an easy question. We know the differ ence in teas and coffees when we are buying and we will not buy the cheap stuff at any price; that's good common sense, isn't if? You may also say, .how is it we've been selling the best butter in the city for 2Sc per pound all winter? Why it's because we know our business and the reason our 3Sc coffee is the best in the city is because we're bound to have it so at
 Phelan's T Store.
 l2 East Main street. Telephone
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-25
M.Bergin& Sons UNDERTAKERS. and PRACTICAL
 EMBALMERS.

The best equipped house in Connec t,cut. with everything needed for the hrsiness to be shown i'll warerooms, from the plainest line of goods to the ,nost modern. Experienced and gen tlemanly help to attend to your wants dav or night. Modern Hearses in black and white; rubber tired Hacks; rubber tired Ambulance on call. Night calls answered by Thomas T.. Bergin, 75 South Elm street, or District office, 5 East Main street, or at residence, 1oo Walnut street. Telephone at store 0o3-4. at residence 838-2.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-25
One Year 
 Ago

land at various times while the frs ruins lay untouched Dodge leaned over that old railing along the Bank street board walk, and along comes q friend, some one you might call a Bank street man, who never traded on South Main street, and says: Your store did not go way through?'' sswhy, certainly" Not from South Main to Bank street2ss Did you suppose had a one-horse affair? It was 100 feet long" This conversation was repeated twenty times and came to be REGU- LAR JOKE. Those who did not know Dodge's business before the fire do not realize the splendid foundations the new business is built upon. The best March on our records, and all Dodge asks Is to show you the splendid spring stock. What will Easter bring?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-25
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. Genuine Closing Out Sale. 25 Per Cant, 25 Per Cent.

-n E REDUCTION SALE OF FURNITURE For cash or 30 days credit only. Twenty-Five thousand dollars Wortn oA nice, new, clean, up .to-date Furniture: :. Every piece in our immense store V fioors) is marked in plain figures. W will positively deduct 20 per ceHt - the regular selling price: of seasclh anu a,la every piece of Furniture Ill our ;s'1l.n9 ll.I. stock. The sale will be conuuceeu with absolute honesty.
 Positively no goods reserved. NY quibbHng anywhere. The 25 per cent discount will be fair and square. We never misrepesent in our aoVefeise ment.
 SPECIAL CARPET SALE.
 NEW SPRING GOODS.
 Ingrains Best all wool, 59c per yaru' best A-wool, 49c per yard; best 1s-"oot' 39c per yard. Brussels Carpet-Best quality full five frame Body Brussels (neW goous' just arrived), 9Sc per yard.
 A good quality Brussels Carpet, o9c per yard. made, laid and lined.
 See them in our window.
 WALL PAPERS.
 Twenty five per cent reduction on the entire spring stock of Wall Papers. Big discounts on everything In our lm- ,mense stock. A genuine clearing-out sale.
 THE |. F. HAASE COMPANY
 27 and 2Y CENTER STREET.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Keen a Ec,y Hens.

There is hardly a family rlch OF poor,
living in the country. village or suburbs
of city that may not, with advantage,
keep a small flock of poultry Win oru-
nary care it cannot help but prove re-
munerative and be the means OF consum-
ing quantities of kitchen ana taDle
scTaus which with many famllleS,
amounts to q good deal and IS ofJen
thrown away. Unlike the work required
in caring for a large number OF fowls, a
very little time is needed TO manage ana
feed the small flock, and there is nothing
that will afford greater pleasure TO the
whole family than ten or twelve hens
ali of one breed. but this is Of secondary
inonortance as compared with what they
l,rinr in for the table in the shape of
errs and. meat No one knows how to
an3reciate good fresh eggs and well fat
tened chickens until they have them of
their own production. A good many
have an idea that because their space is
limited. so the fowls are unable to roam
over broad fields as on the farm, that
there is no use in trying to keep them.
This is a mistake. for while the farm is
an ideal place to raise and keep poultry,
some of the largest egg records have
heen made by yarded hens. and some of
the birds in very close confinement at
that. The great variety of food gener-
oIIv left over by the family is most ex-
ceIient egg producer, the only trouble
i'm keeping a few hens on such rations is
that they are apt to become over-fat,
but. by little caution on the part of the
feeder this may be avoided and a good
MANY eggs secured during the year from
a dozen young hens.-Rural Californian
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
MAKING PAPER
BY NEW METHODS
Have Wrought Great Changes
in Character of Materials as
Well as Machinery Employed
IMMENSE QUANTITIES USED
Wood Pulp Almost Entirely
SuperSedes Straw and Rags,
Especially in Our Country

Improved methods in machinery and
the great change in the character of
materials used has had an important
bearing on the printing art. In the
earliest mills established in this coun-
try the raw fiber, after being prepared
in the beating machine, was formed
into sheet in mold or wire sieve.
which was dipped from the pulp vat
by hand, the water drained off and the
pulp left in a wet sheet in the mold.
The sheets so made were turned out
upon a felt press and then dried by ex-
posure to the air in single sheets. Such
mills were small and the output was
limited. Strictly handmade paper to-
day is a rarity, although it exists. BY
the aid of the Fourdrinier machine the
transformation of the fluid to stock or
finished paper is made an automatic
operation. The pulp is screened from
the vat over an apron to moving end
less wire cloth made of closely woven
fine brass wire and supported by Sc
ries of small metal rolls set close to-
gether, yet without touching each 9TH
er. In this way an even surface of the
wire cloth is maintained, and by pre-
serving an unvarying flow of the pulp
and a constant forward motion of the
wire cloth the thickness of the layer
of pulp deposited is kept uniform. BY
lateral motion of the supporting rolls
the fibers are caused to. interlace in va
rious directions and give greater trans
verse strength to the texture. AS the
pulp is carried along on the wire cloth
much of the water drains through
leaving the fiber on the meshes. This
first drying is usually FASTENED by va
rious devices, and the moist web is car
ried between rolls which are covered
with wooden felt and then taken from
the wire cloth on endless wooden felts,
which pass it between rolls and then
to dryers. These are large metal cylln-
.ders heated by steam. The paper has
now acquired considerable strength.
The water has been evaporated and
the heated cylinders complete the dry
ing process. The paper is then given
smooth surface by the calender rolls.
which are smooth faced, heavy metal
rollers. Finally the finished paper is
reeled off in rolls and cut into sheets
of the desired size. A large paper mill
will make $50 tons of finished Daper =
day. The most modern machinery turns
out continuous web of finished pa
per at the rate of 500 feet a minute
The raw material of wood pulp is
spruce, poplar. and in smaller quaint.
ties various other woods are employed
Wood pulp has to a great extent super.
seded the use of rags and entirely So
lin the manufacture of news paper. Tn,
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Philosophy of TIPS.

"It was a new philosophy to a wait
er in a hotel restaurant and he evil
IDENTIFY did not understand it. The pa
tron had finished his meal paid his
check and was disposing of the
change, while the waiter fingered near
with his eyes on the disappearing
coins.
"'Are you waiting for tip?' asked
the patron.
Just as you please, sir answered
the waiter.
Then 1 fear that my pleasure will
not be yours replied the patron. The
trouble is that your philosophy is all
wrong, and with wrong philosophy we
are sure to fall into all sorts of er-
rors.'
derstanding word.
Now, continued the patron, you
have the tip reversed from what it
should be. You put it wrong end to. 1
pay the proprietor for food and service,
and honors are easy between us. Now,
where do you come in? Ny wants make
you necessary. 1 really create your en-
ployment.
" Without a patron to the house you
would be without job. You are under
obligations to me for making your
presence here necessary, so if you put
tips on philosophical basis you should
pay me. I am the reason for the pro-
prietor hiring you
"He walked out, and the waiter
stood unmoved. kansas City Star.
@e-s
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Was a Good Prophet.

The novelist Thomas A. Janvier has
lived for number of years in France
and has collected many folk tales and
anecdotes of the French peasantry.
L heard a story of a physician the
other day." Mr.. Janvier said recently.
He was physician of Trovence. and
one morning, stopping his gig, he en-
tered into condescending talk with a
tombstone maker.
while the talk went on the tomb
stone man did not cease to work He
had chisel in one hand and a mallet
in the other. He was carving upon
his tombstone the words, Sacred to the
memory of - and the rest he would
leave blank.
This proceeding, for some reason,
amused the physician. Watching the
stonecutter, he laughed heartily.
Why said the other, do you
laugh?'
Because your way of work amuses
me- the physician said. DO you al
ways cut upon your headstones the be-
ginning of the obituary, and then
waltz
q NO. said the stonecutter, not al
ways. When there is some one sick
and you are treating him L keep right
on kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
MARCUS MAYER HERE
AWAITING NINE. PATTI
Says the Diva's Voice Still Has All Its
Charm and Is Strong
and Clear

Marcus Mayer, the genial impress
ario of Mime. Adelina Patti, who is
soon to sing again in San Francisco,
is at the Palace, having arrived from
the East in advance of the diva. The
famous songstress will give two con-
certs in this city, the first on the even
ing of January and the second on
January IL, the time intervening be-
ing devoted to travelling to and from
Los Angeles, where she is to appear
one night.
Mr.. Mayer insists that PATHS voice
has lost none of it's charm, despite
have said of her and he predicts that
her farewell tour of this country will
be one Of, if not the most, profitable
of the twenty-five she has made in
the United States. Her concert here
will be the twenty-ffth of her present
tour. Heretofore Patti has come to
the United States under engagement
to appear thirty times, but this time
she is to give sixty concerts, for each
of which it is reported that she re-
ceives $4,000, with the additional con-
sideration of so per cent of all re-
ceipts over $500.
THE proof that Nine. PATHS
voice is still clear and strong" said
Mayer last evening, has been fur
nished in her recent concerts in the
largest halls in this country. In Phil
adelphia she had a $4,000 house,
and in Brooklyn the receipts amount
ed to $1,000. New York, Minneapolis
and ST. Louis also contributed largely
to the profits of the engagement"
Accompanying Patti are Mile. Roza
Zamels violinist; Mile. Vera Margo-
lies, pianiste; Wilfred Virgo, tenor;
Claude A. Cunningham, barytone, and
Anton Hegner, cello. Romualdo Sa-
pio who has been conductor of Pat
it's operas for many years. accom-
panies her on her present tour as di-
rector From San Francisco she VIII
go to Portland and Seattle for the
first time in her musical career, and
from there eastward by way Of Butte
and Denver.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

blocks Of wood are pressed hydraulicaI-
~ against the edge Cf a rapidly Tevolv-
ing grindstOne and by attrition reduced
TO a mushy consistency.
There is also chemical process Of
making wood pulp which is largely
used. The mercantile shape of the fiber
differs somewhat. Ground wood pulp
is ordinarily sold in folded sheets only
partially dry, and is therefore. under
common conditions, only suitable for
use near the locality of it's manufac-
ture, its weight being so increased by
the water as to preclude the profitable
transportation Of such a low priced
product. There are 763 paper making
plants in the United States, and the
total capital is 1857 ,5O7. .713. giving en-
ployment to 64.1S6 persons. The total
cost OF the materials used was S70,530,
236. in 1900 The total value of the pro-
ducts was 1927, ,326,162, and the total
power required for running the plants
was 764,S47 horsepower. - Scientific
American.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

of
naturally than
in
Hongkong
others about
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

isn't it a pretty rainbow" asked
the young man from St. Louis as they
strolled along the beach Just after the
STORM It can't speak, of course, con-
cerning the rainbow you see, Mr.. Ca
hokia," replied Miss Howjames of BOs-
ton, but the one at which l am look
ing is strikingly beautiful. l."-Chicago
Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Space-That correspondent must have
been rejecting too much on the swell
Newport society events that are 50
mixed UP with our naval manauvers.
Wright-HOw so?
Space-In describing a naval maneu-
yer he wrote champagne" instead OF
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
LATE SHIPPING.
SAILED

SAILED
SATURDAY. Dec %.
Stnr South Bay Jameson Eureka
Stmr Pomo Wiukel Point Arena and Al
biOn.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
EITREKA-Arrived Dec 26-stmr Eureka.
hence Dec. -.
FOREIGN PORTS.
VICTORIA. B C-Sailed Dec. 28-Stmr
CITY OF Puebla for san Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
FAMILY CLUB
ENJOYS JINKS
Delightful Christmas Celebra-
tion Is Held, at Which the
RTits of Bohemia Entertain
CROWD FILLS THE ROOMS
Prominent Men Appear in the
Programme and Entertain
ment Goes on Till Early Hour

There was a gay crowd last evening
in the cozy quarters Of the Family
Club at 228 Post street when the first
Christmas jinks of the club took place.
The wits OF Bohemia, the bon-vi-
wants and the good fellows who form
the membership Of the GLIB assembled
for the purpose Of having a good
time" and they had it without stint.
The rooms were prettily decorated,
and care was thrown TO the winds from
The hour Of o'clock until early this
morning.
The first part Of the programme Of
The Christmas Row" was presided
over by Superior Judge John Hunt,
anG he discharged his duties in a most
praiseworthy manner. There was a
good supply Of vocal and instrumental
tsierr on hand, and every number pre-
sented met with vOciferous applause.
The addresses given were in a light
and humorous vein and caused the
heartiest laughter. The close OF the
frs part Of the programme was fol-
lowed by the appearance Of Santa
Claus. fmpersonated by JudsOn Z.
Brusie. who w loaded down with
gifts for the club members.
At midnight the minstrel and spe-
cialty performance was given. It was
presented by club members, and the
fln rel ned fast and f1rious. The af-
fair was the most successful Of its
kind ever given in the city, and re-
nected great credit on the committee in
char consisting Of H w. Dimond,
J. NJ Wolf. z. J. Bowes and Ed Ham
;lton.
UNIQUE INVITATION.
The address Of invitation issued by
Judge Hunt 10 the club members was
as fr~-ws:
Christmas is night Prepare ye then
TO welcome st; for it oometh in gentle
mood, clad not in the bleak habiliments
of winter, but garbed rather in the
mellow glory Of Indian summer
The herbage is green upon our hills;
the orange tree is rich in bud and bios
som: the brook, exempt from icy fet-
ters. murmurs DER the pebbles. The
ice hangs not in the fountain; the
meadow is mantled in green; the leaves
sparkle not with the jeweled splendor
Of the frost; the blossoms sleep not be-
meath the white drift; for, though upon
our mountains the snow never melts,
vet In our valleys the rose never fades.
Wherefore, children and brothers all,
in our happy cline it behooves us TO
make glad the Christmas day; TO cul-
tivate the Christmas spirit; 10 yield to
its hallowed and gracious influence; TO
drop the curtain OF our mind upon the
drama Of manhood and raise it upon
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
HandkerChiefS
SozZed and Missed

Some at half price; some even less than half.
SC for 711zc and Ioc ones.
oc for I2Ac, I5c and 25c ones.
We have used them for holiday displays in win
dow in that big Brooklyn bridge and in those
booths You saw them and admired them. Thev
helped sell others. They have earned their profit
Here they are at what they cost us-even less Wash
them and they will be good
hemstitched embroidered, with
ders: 71zc and 1Oc
linens hemstched and embroidered
embroidered initials; 121sc 1jc and 25c
: n les
A Coco 0O0os
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Commerce between the United States
and Russia during the last fiscal year
greatly surpassed that of any previous
year.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

The will of Charles Godfrey Leland
(Hans Breitman), who died at Florence,
March 20. bequeaths all the profits from
his works to his publisher, Philip Walby.