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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
FITTED FOR ANY POSITION.
Aost Versatile of Men Who Claims, to Be Possessed of Many
 Qualifications.

Who, next, of course, to the German emperor, is the most versatile man in the world? We should judge that the American who has recently applied to th9 United States civil service com mission for post as draughtsman in fhe engineer service must come pretty near deserving the title. says the Lon llon Chronicle. Here is his list of quaM- acations:
 Surveyor, draugh htsman (topographi- cal, architectural and engineering, writer for newspapers and magazines, bridge carpenter, house carpenter, boatbuilder blacksmith's helper, boil er-maker's helper, farm hand, hunted geese and ducks for market. photog- rapher, lumberman, lecturer, shoveler on railroad grades, dishwasher, shin gler, cowboy, feamster, cattle shipper, solicitor, cleaned old bricks, wood chopper, worked in sawrnills and fac tories. rafted logs, wrote advertising, etc, etc. Can command salary at more different kinds of labor than any living man. Immune from malarial fever, mountain fever, lazy fever or any other disease. Expert on matters relating 10 physical or mental development At present writing series of articles for a New York magazine. Not afraid of heat or cold exposure. Not afraid of wild animals, microbes, men, politi- cal parties or work. Can swim any river in the United States. Expert with shotgun, can also shoot rifle. Can en- lure fatigue and exposure. Can handle gangs of men"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
NEVER VICTIMS OF CUPID.
There Are More Bachelors Than Old Maids in the Census Emu
 meratiOn.

It is estimated that there are now fin the United States 2,50o,0o0 more single men of marriageable age than there are single women, the official fig- ures being as follows: Unmarried men, 10,44s, 153; unmarried girls and women, S,573,819. The male population of the United States, through the excess of male immigration and the higher male birth rate, is more than 1000, 900 in ex- cess of the female. The span of life is on the average, longer for a woman than for a man and the marriageable age for women is several years younger than the average for men. As con- sequence of this the numberof widows is very largely in excess of the number ofwidowers, the figures being 2,7oO, ,00c and 100000 respectively, says the San Francisco Argonaut.
 There are more divorced women who have not remarried than there are divorced men, and for all these reasons 1he number of the single men of mar ziageable age is larger than the num- Der of single women. In New York it t@ 240,000, in Pennsylvania 1So,00o, in Ohio 100000, in Illinois 100000, in Cali Gornia 150,o00, in Texas 15o,oo0 and in Kansas 75,ooo.' In Massachusetts the number of unmarried men exceeds the number of unmarried women by only few thousand. In Utah there are35,- 900 unmarried men and 23,000 unmar- ried women of marriageable age. Tn Washington, the capital, the number of single men is 42,oo0 and of single women about the same.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
USE OF THE PIGEON POST
H Has Proven of Greaf Value in Time
 of War-In Use in Inc German Army

and an additional 15o birds for each new section. Thus loft of 500 pigeons is necessary for communication in three directions. In the case of siege, and allowing for accidents, military au- thorities regard an establishment of 200 pigeons as sufficient to keep up communication with the outside world for six months. The number of pigeons tossed" for each message would be three, and this would allow for two messa ges week for 26 weeks. Itis the general opinion of most military au- thorities that10o miles should be about the limit of distance which a bird should be called upon to fly; but in clear weather pigeons have been known to cover 200 miles at the rate of nearly 30 miles an hour. A noteworthy per-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23

Though a pigeon post was established at Ladysmith during the siege, there was no military pigeon estab ablishment in South Africa, and the birds were pri- vate property. Neither England nor the United States have taken up pigeons for postal service, but nearly every European nation has realized the usefulness of the birds. Germany, Aus tria, France, Russia, Italy and Portugal have their military pigeon posts. It was the Franco-German war that first opened the eyes of military authori- ties to the possibilities of this method
 of sending messages. During the siege
 of Paris no fewer than 15o,o00 official dispatches were sent by pigeon post, as well as 100000 private messages and 100000 francs in postal orders.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23

formance was that of four military pigeons which flew from Lisbon to Paris-a distance of 900 miles.
 The Germans have greatly improved the training Of the birds. The men carry them or the march for many miles. so that they be used in actual warfare for carrying messages from the advance guard back to the base. The pigeons are carried by mounted men in kind of breast pocket, while the men are also equipped with fold ing feld-cage. This cage is used when the birds need to be fed, or to give them a rest, and can afterwards be folded up and carried on the back. The men grow very fond of their charges, and the birds in their turn become very attached to their military masters.
 MAX OWEN.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
DISLIKES MISSIONARIES.
King Menelel< Would Rather Have Them Remain Outside His
 Boundary Lines.

King Menelek, the native ruler of Abyssinia, never fancied Christianity or those who endeavor to propagate it. says an exchange. He is of the opinion that the orthodox faith is good enough for his subjects, and therefore those who go thither with the object of spreading the doctrines of the Roman Catholic or Protestant church think 1t advisable to say that their sole object is to convert Hebrews and pagans.
 This was what Swedish missionary recently said when Menelek, before whom he was summoned, inquired as to the object of his visit. When he heard it the ruler asked:
 ssWhat countries were you obliged to cross in order to come here?"
 "Germany, Egypt and the Soudan." replied the missionary.
 .sAnd were you not able to find in. Germany any Hebrews whom you might have converted?" asked Meme lek.
 The missionary was obliged to admit that he had seen many Hebrews in Ger many.
 "Well," said Menelek, first convert the Hebrews and pagans in Germany and then come here and convert us.
 An hour later the disappointed mis- sionary was being conducted to the. frontier by Abyssinian soldiers.
 For Croupy Children.
 On a small table beside my bed stands lamp, two nails, tin cup con- taining one tablespoonful of mutton tallow Cor lard), two tablespoonfulso of turpentine, deep bib with strings. and two safety-pins, with which to pin on piece of flannel the shape of the bib. As son as baby coughs hard, I light the lamp, put the tin cup over it Con the two nails), and heat the mix ture until it smokes. then rub baby's chest well, as hot as can use the tur- pentine, and then put on the flannel pinned to the bib, tying the soft tape strings around the neck. It may sound like fairy-tale, but if the cough is not too bad, it absolutely disappears; if very bad, it becomes so mild and the breathing so different that distracted mother sleeps in peace. With this same remedy used hot, pneumonia has twice been averted in a neigh bor's famr ily.W Woman's Home Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
AS ARTISTS MODELS
MT. Ben Austrian Makes Spe.
 cialty of Painting Hens.
They Pose for Him Quite Naturally and He Gets Wonderful Results The Chicks and Mothers
 Are His Pets.

Every painter makes a speciality of some subject or other. There are painters of the sea, the country, the town, of portraits, history, modern life, dogs, cats, horses and goodness only knows what else. But while each of these subjects has crowd of devot- ed brethren of the brush to portray it, there is only one painter of hens, and nothing, or almost nothing, but hens "a young American, MT. Ben Austrian.
 No painter of animals can ever hope really to succeed unless he loves, stu dies and understands the animal he sets out to paint. And Mir. Austrian's success is due largely to the fact, not only that he loves and understands hens and chickens, but that he has studied them so closely as to have been able to train them to pose for his pie lures.
 You think the hen an unintelligent animal? We'll, frankly, so did until met MT. Austrian and heard all about his wonderful feathered models. There is hardly anything he cannot make them do.
 
 he thought of becoming their painter in chief. When still boy he used to spend his holidays on a farm in the country. It was there that he first be- gan studying his future models. He used to spend whole afternoons watch ing the fowls as they went about their business, and one proud mother with large brood of chickens attracted his special interest.
 In later years, when he decided on taking up painting as a profession, he found that it was absolutely necessary to get hens to pose for him if his pie lures were to attain the life-like per lection he aimed at.
 4 A painter who had notsstudied fowls from his childhood upward would never have attempted so seemingly hopeless task. MT. Austrian saw his way clearly, and set about it at once. He took the chicks immediately after they had broken their shells and taken their first peep at the world, isolated them, and started accustoming them to himself. No hand but his might feed them, and his voice was the only voice they heard. They were made thoroughly familiar with the studio, being allowed to run about as much as they pleased.
 In no time they became very tame, and followed the painter wherever he went. He would cuddle them in his
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
NEW PNEUMONIA CURE.
1t Was Discovered by nm Indian Tending Sick Man in the
 Woods of Maine.

Ernest Southworth and James Rice, prospectors for Bangor landowners, have just had a series of misadven- lures in the forests beyond Lobster lake, Maine. Their i'll luck came to a head when, after being caught in 2 severe snowstorm, they reached an abandoned camp.
 There, says the New York Sun, Rice fell i'll with cold which developed symptoms of pneumonia. His compan- ion, believing that he would die un- less help came at once, set out for the nearest lumber camp, leaving a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
WATERTOWN JOTTINGS
Several Citizens Interested in the Hear ing at Hartford Wednesday,.

oCNCi dl 'oIllNGuS 1uLeTGSU6u Ill Ele Hear
 ing at Hartford Wednesday. The hearing on the question of the county bridge, between Watertown and Waterville, to span the Nauga- tuck river, the dividing line between New Haven and Litchfield counties, will take place at Hartford Wednes- day This question has been common ly talked about by several of the citi- zens who live near the proposed loca- ton of the bridge, and the settlement of it will no doubt prove welcome to them
 F. l.. Hitchcock and Fl. s. Hitchcock were in Hartford last Saturday on inn portant business.
 The regular weekly meeting of the Golden Cross society takes place this evening
 Dr Charles H. Warner, instructor in geology in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston, was in town Sunday visiting friends.
 James Hynes of Waterbury spent Sunday in town.
 Miss May BidweH is visiting friends in Winsted.
 The regular meeting of Count Mer- ritt Heminway, No AS, F. of A., will take place tomorrow evening.
 William Kei1ty of Naugatuck was in town Sunday visiting friends.
 Pearl Skilton visited his family here yesterday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23

hanging onto an old limb which had fallen into the well. There were no ropes or poles at hand, and the railroad men were compelled to make a human rope. Arnold volunteered to go into the we'll after the boy. The other railroad men grabbed him by the heels, and they lowered Ar mold until he was able to reach Roper, and after firm hold was se- cured Arnold and the boy were pulled out.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
Family Trait.

ArduppI wonder what my ances- tor, Adam, said when he first met Eve? Diggby-Are you sure he was an an cestor of yours?
 "Certainly."
 ''Then I guess about the first thing he said to her was Lend me two dol Rrs.' "Chicago Daily Newer
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
Friend1x Advice.

aMy father died of water on the brain remarked the man from Ohio.
 ..Iset it be a warning to you" replied the Kentucy colonel, "and stop drink Ainr the stuff before it is too late."- N axhinrton Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-06
TRIP TO THE DENTISTS.
Western Woman Rode Her Pony Sixty
Miles to Have Her Teeth
Fixed

~The experiences of a city bred girl
on western ranch are positively
thrilling to me-" remarked the woman
who was reading letter from friend
of her youth, to the Philadelphia Rec
ord. "Now this friend of mine, so she
writes, found herself in need of the
attention Of dentist. Did she call a
cab or hail a trolley car? She did not.
Rather, she had her pony saddled early
in the morning and rode 25 miles to
the nearest doctor of dentistry-only
it was 80 miles, because she had to go
five miles out of her way on account
of the freshets. Instead of resting at
her destination she barely mad time
to eat bite when she resigned herself
to the fling, scraping, buzz-sawing
and hammering which is the lot of the
victim of aillng molars. A few hours
of this modern mode of torture and
she was again in the saddle, with the
refreshed pony setting out CALAMITY
to complete his 60 miles. Equines
have a way of being light-footed when
their heads are turned homeward. AS
for his rider, husband and three
babies anxiously awaited her in the
cool, mysterious moonlight"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-06
THE INFLUENCE OF LAND.
Highest Type of Manhood Comes from
the Country Where There Is
Room for Action.

The causes which control the ebb and
flow of humanity between city and coun-
try are among the most subtitle and OBJ
scure of social phenomena, says the
San Francisco Chronicle. The charae-
teristic of the people of all new coun-
tries is vigor. 1t is due to the abund-
ance of land for all the people, and the
action and reaction between land and
man. The life of new countries is rude,
but the noufishment is abundant, and
the pure air sends pure blood coursing
through the veins. The result is race
OF strong men. When class distinctions
are marked the gentry gain culture
without losing strength. That is the
highest type of manhood. 1t was seen
in the pre-Augustan age of Rome, in the
chivalry of medieval western Europe,
in the planters of our own southern
states in the first half of the nineteenth
century. The development of the high
est type of manhood involves the con-
domination of the majority to rude and
laborious life. But such men can be
propagated from generation to genera
ton only SO long as they remain in their
rural environment. In the cities degen-
Grafton occurs. Here and there vigor is
transmitted through several genera
tons of city bred men, at least in indi-
viduals, who maintain the family name
and standing. The tendency is to de-
generation, and the mass yields to the
tendency. The result is seen in the
slums and the potter's field. The new
men who dominate the cities-at least
in America-are country bred.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-06
TH1RTY-TWO-WHEE CAR.
Has Sixteen Steel Trucks and Is the
Largest One Ever Con-
structed.

perfect car has recently been built
by the Bethlehem Steel company for it's
own use. The company is supplying
some very large castings for 1900 ton
forging press for the Carnegie Steel
company, and this car is for their trans
portation, says the Engineering Record.
Both iron and steel castings are being
supplied, some of the latter being of
extraordinary size. One of them re-
quires about S25 900 pounds of steel and
60 40-ton open-hearth furnaces are en-
ployed to provide the metal for it.
This car has 16-wheel trucks, connect
ed by bridge trusses, &C feet 10 inches
long and 6 feet deep at the center.
The distance between the king bolts is
GA feet. The car is 103 feet 1917 inches
long, over the couplers, 10 feet "a
inches high, and feet 9 inches wide.
1t weighs 196,420 pounds, and has a
rated capacity of 100000 pounds, The
largest car hitherto constructed was
probably that used by the Pennsylvania
railroad for transporting a Krupp gun
to the Columbian exposition. 1t also
had 80 wheels, but it's rated capacity was
somewhat less than that of the new
car
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-06
THE HAND OF PROVIDENCE.
Remarkable EruditiOn of Justice
of the Peace in n Badly
Tangled Case.

81 had rather an odd experience in
this state few years ago." remarked
Toledo man who was guest at a
Detroit hotel lately, relates the Free
Press.
Il was driving across the country in
Oakland county with a single horse
when bull broke out of a field and
attacked and killed the horse. But for
a tree being handy I might have
shared the same fate. had hired the
rig of liveryman and he demanded
pay for the horse. Naturally enough
l demanded an equal sum from the
owner of the bull. He claimed that he
had hired neighbor to make the
fences safe. and that the neighbor
must be held. When it got along to
the neighbor he scratched his head and
said:
I'm not to blame for it, If the bull
| hadn't had horns he couldn't have torn
the fence down
There was lawsuit in which the
four of us were mixed up" continued
the Buckeye. "and have always ad-
the peace who tried the case and
squelched it at that early stage.
LAS for the killing of the horse"
he said, he might have been struck
by lightning or met circus elephant
and fallen dead That lets the hirer
out. AS for the owner of the bull he
didn't set him on, and that lets him
out. AS for the man who mended the
fences, he did the best he could with
the rails he had. and nobody can
blame him. It's just case of Provi-
dence, with the horse coming along
and the bull busting the fence at the
right minute, and the costs will be di-
vided among the four of you and the
bulls horns be sawed off and a ring
put in his nose"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-06
HUMBLED COWBOYS.
Tough Lot Were Completely Tanned
by What Appeared to BE "a Wis.,
ftatiOn of Providence.

While in Washington a few days
ago Mr.. John G.. Wright of Douglass,
Wyo., the trainer of the horse "Wy-
0ming," which was presented to Pres
tdent Roosevelt, related a number of
interesting stories of cowboy" life,
with which he was identified for a
number of years. Among other tales
Of life on the planes Mr. Wright men
toned an incident illustrating the eff
feet upon the cowboys of a sudden
visitation of Providence, says the
Washington Star.
Zone season." he said, 81 was on
the roundup with a cowboy outfit in
the hills of Wyoming. l believe it
was the toughest bunch of fellows I
ever saw together In the use of pro-
family they were all graduate profess
sors and the irreverence that some
times fell from their lips was almost
blood curdling. They seemed to have
an utter disregard for any semblance
of moral or religious ethics and in
many other ways they were about the
toughest propositi l ever came up
against. ,
THE owner of the cattle ranch had
brother in the outfit by the charac-
teristic name of Bill. Bill was,
think, the worst of the bad lot, and
he never opened his mouth to speak
without rolling out a string of oaths
He was hard sort of fellow, good
broncho buster and almost fearless
Among the horses with the outfit
was a vicious beast, called an out
law. That is, he was both crazy and
lows in the bunch who would consent
( dered his brother to catch up the
outlaw and ride him on the rounds
that night. There was a heavy storm
coming up and Bill objected in vio-
lent language to riding the horse, but
the boss persisted. Finally, with an
outburst of profanity, Bill declared
he would not ride the outlaw He said
when he died he wanted to be killed
by lightning and not by crazy horse
"a few minutes later Bill saddled
another horse and started out for the
cattle, repeating that when he died it
would be by lightning and not by a
horse. The storm had come up by
this time and when Bill reached the
edge Of the herd, but short distance
from the wagon. the heavens seemed
to open with streak of fire and there
was terrific report that shook the
earth. In the flash we saw Bill and
his horse fall to the earth, and when
we recovered ourselves we went out
to the edge of the herd There under
his horse was Bill. and near the two
bodies lay eight head of cattle. In the
cowboys forehead was small dent,
the only mark left by the stroke,
1.-THE rest of the outfit picked Bill's
body up and carried it to the wagon
silently. There was hardly a word
spoken al might, and the next day the
remains of Bill were taken to the
ranch and buried For at least week
around that camp there was the most
quiet and peaceful set of cowboys l
ever saw in my life. There was not
profane word used for long time and
the camp resemhled a Sunday school
class"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-06
NO USE TO FIGHT SUIT.
Damage Claim on Railroad Quickly
Allowed When Official Saw
WOman's Photograph.

Managers of corporations as we'll as
other people appreciate the power of
a woman's beauty over jury of sus-
ceptible men. and those who are
shreWd compromise all claims for dam
ages brought by such people rather
than contest them in the courts. Not
long ago several lawyers were seated
around a table on which were various
bottles and glasses, and the conversa-
ton, by some reason or other, had
drifted to the subject of actresses, says
the Chicago Chronicle.
ga photograph of Fanny Davenport
once saved case for me-" said one of
the lawyers. 1T was when Wayne
MacVeagh was counsel for the Penn
sylvania Railroad company. A client
of mine, a widow, was suing the COM
pany for $500 damages for the death
of her husband. She had clear case
and I thought it was cinch, when,
just few days before the case was to
have come up, she happened into my
office and announced that she had
married again. 1 was fiabbergasted.
Good Lord, madam" l gasped, why
couldn't you have waited until your
case came up? It's next to impossible
for me to get damages for you now
She said she didn't care very much
and went out, seeming very happy.
well, it just happened that / had a
photograph of Fanny Davenport ON my
desk and when the next day Wayne
MacVeagh happened into my Office to
discuss quite another matter he picked
up the photo and admired it. Who's
your friend? he asked. l had a sud-
den inspiration and l said: why,
that's the lady who is suing your COM
pany for $500 The deuce you say
said he. Handsome woman, isn't she?'
She is. indeed replied 'H-m!' he
exclaimed, looking at the picture close
ly. A deuced handsome woman,
should say; a deuced handsome wom-
an There was slight pause
'What'll you take to settle this case?'
he asked. | thought of my clients sec
ond marriage and fixed the figure at
$4,000. The deal was consummated and
the case never came to court"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-06
Marriage Licenses.

X. Frank Peters and Alice P.
Derr, both of Perryville.
Joseph M. Guiberson and Myrtle
Phillips, both of Charlestown.
Evans R. White, of Perryville,
and Nellie Fedley, of Havre de
Grace.
Clarence Thompson Harrington,
of Wilmington, and Laura May
Bungard, of Rising Sun.
Ernest B. Abrams and Cornelia
V. Smith, both of Bay View.
Earle A. Goldsborough, of the
Second district, and Addie May
johnson, of Middletown, Del.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-06
Not A Sick Day Since

81 was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. l tried all sorts OF
medicines, none of which relieved
me. One day saw an ad. of your
Electric Bitters and determined to
try that. After taking a few doses
| felt relieved, and soon thereafter
was entirely cured, and have not
seen sick day since. NeighbOrs
of mine have been cured of Rheu-
matism, Neuralgia, Liver and Kid
ney troubles and General Debility"
This is what B. f. Bass, of FIRE.
mont, N. c., writes. Only SOC, at
Eli I. Reynolds drug store.