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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02

'TfHhe walking craze" which swept over England and subsided some time ago, left m its wake a wholesome re- vival in country walking for health and pleasure. But at it's height the fever Of club and other forms of long distance walking for prizes was an amazing phenomenon. sFsYom England the enthusiasm crossed over seas, and, Australia has been. in the thick Of it up to the present time, says writer in & sporting journal. On one of these recent competitive walks, with hun dreds. of entries, the route led up ; a mountain. Despite insistent warnings, prompted by the approach of 8 storm, the pedestrians kept on, were caught in snowstorm, and scores of f!s,s fss them rem badly hurt. There were several deaths from exposure and a long list of hos pital patients as the net result. In France the "club walking" is now rag ing with Gallic fury of zeal. At re- cent event of the kind nearly a thou sand scolaTs from the higher classes or schools in and around Paris were start CTS. Vast crowds lined the course and cheered the struggiing army from start to finish. The wave. has not crossed the Atlantic, but nicrobe or two may have gotten past quarantine, for in this land where walking for pleasure is a vanishing pastime, As sennblyman Howard Conkling of New York has recently finished a walk of N225 miles, for health and pleasure. He
 ,n.spcrted that he had never experienced
 Snore enjoyable ten daysk vacation; n,,+ the average American citizen will
 he ,;sely to comment: ''wthy did he walk < he had the price of a rtde?'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
WEDNESDAY. DrcEMRBR 2. 1903

Some. people affect to believe that because n few democrats refused to be bound by the action Of the democratic caucus on the Cuban reciprocity bin. that there Is such schism in the party ranks in congress that it will hamper the work of the party in this. congress. Nothing can be further from the truth, says our Washington correspondent. The party win be unit on all meas ures affecting the integrity of the party during this regular session, and whenever their able leader, John Sharp Williams, calls on them they will line up. The few men who did not vote with their party were impelled to vote as they did because they were under instructions from their respective con- stituencies to vote against Cuban reel procity. The democrats did all they could. to get an amendment to the bill taking the differential from refined sugar. which would have reduced the price of sugar to the consumers in this country, but which would have been a blow to the sugar trust. This tho re- publicsns would hot allow. and a re- publican majority brought in a rule not to allow any amendments to be in- troduced and gagged the democratic minority. They were placed on record by yea and nay vote on their old gag rule and that is as far as the democrats could go.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tab- lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 3. ". Groves sig nature is on each box. 25c.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
Inquisitive Birds.

Of the birds, undoubtedly the blue jays have the most inquisitiveness. And they arc the most noisy in expressing it; although crows will hold 8 close second place, if not fully equal. How the jays screeched and whistled and calIed--a confusion of all the sounds in iaydom- near my home recently. More than a dozen darted into small evergreen tree on the lawn. People came from several houses in the vicinity, all curi- ous to know "what is the matter with the birds?" Itseened to be want to know on both sides. The jays had dis covered cat walking meekly along by the fence in the low shrubbery near and under the spruce-tree. There was no nest in the vicinity and, as far as could be ascertained, the cat had not attacked the jays. But what pandemonium of jay jargon over one meek-looking, quiet cat! The jays outdid themselves, and called out nearly all the occupants of tic many houses on that street.-St. Nich- ol9S
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02

morning, the male fish hawk, setting out for the river, saw the bait, and swooped down upon it. There was a click as the wicked jaws flew to- gether and the great bird arose in the air and erdeavored to shake himself free. But when he reached the full length of the cord he was brought up with a jerk, and after several furious flaps of his wings he fell sprawling on the ground. All day and all night he lay, with the steel jaws of the trap bit ing deeper into the fish and with his foot swelling to twice the size it should have been. Again and again he attacked the trap sayagely with his bill, but for that powerful hook made no impression. On the following day the man ap- peared, and was overjoyed to see the captive, which he rushed forward to seize. But he was too eager to be eau Itious, and he had scarcely touched the prostrate bird, when he uttered a yell, for the eagle struck like lightning with his one free foot. and the good talons passed each other through the palm of his tormentor's hand. Luckily for the writhing wretch, he had left compan- ion in the canoe, and this man, hearing the yells, came running up and finally liberated the eagles captive, but not until the latter had received wounds which later almost caused the loss of his arm.
 The eagle was secured and carried off in the canoe, and bis captors held an in- teresting discussion concerning the dis posal of him. The one with whom he had left 8 souvenir of the occasion fa- vored killing him and selling his claws to The Eagles, a society whose members have actually created a market for eagles claws, to be worn, understand as insignia. The other man, however, thought that more money could be made by selling the bird alive to dealer, so it was sold alive. The first dealer sold it ito a second, and with this man first saw him.
 Five minutes later he was mine, and in half an hour he was on his way to a new home. I kept him for some time, and, although he became somewhat icalmer, could neither tame him nor break him of his habit of fighting the bars of his cage. So one day took him out upon hilltop. and from the summit of rock tossed him into the air. For an instant he sank, but then his mighty wings smote the air. and he arose, and watched him gradually fade away on the horizon, once more an em- blen1 of liberty
 ERNEST HAROLD BAvNEs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
 Oldest Portrait Known.

Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie, the world +o omous archaeologist, contributes to Iarper's Magazine an absorbing &C., count of his recent explorations at Aby- doS, Egypt, where the most remarkable 4acS are being revealed regarding the past ol Esypt' what IS prooaniy the oldeSst polelaI' nho"n mas peen dlscov- eredl Dy Flol. Fetr!e nlmse1' While ssgrnp ping in the thick, brown organic ,,sua 1of rubbish hole" It is the ivory y,ort rssait of a king, subtle in conception wnn Serful in execution, a photograph cp wIhtch accompanies the article. Prof. pas,rie is an Englishman, born at Charl- .to3a in 1853. His discoveries at Abydos, reshgfng through a period of nearly a quarter of century, have been of in- calculable value and distinction.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
AnhfR VI ors \.

Mrs. MarigoldIIow do you happen to be so much brighter than other peo- pie, Mr. Author?
 MT. Author Well- .er--yoll see, the criticisms of ny books make me smart.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
GERMAN BEER STEMS.
Largest Imported Ones Hold Flight Pfnts and Cost from Thirty
 to Fifty Dollars.

Some beer steins are made, in this country, but they do, not cut any figure in the trade, says an exchange. Ger mans, who are the principal buyers Of steins, know an imported from domes- tic article as gardener knows his flow CTS. A man who has spent his youth in Germany, especially if he knows any thing of the student life, can tell by merely glancing at stein in what part of the fatherland it was manufactured.
 The largest steins imported hold about eight pints of beer. In Germany they are used in beer halls patronized by uni yersity students at Heidelberg and else where. In this country the Germans buy them for presents. The greatest conn pliment one German can pay another is to present him with one of these high ly decorated steins, on which is implant- ed familiar picture in colored clay of his boyhood home, the home of his an cestors, or some incident in German history.
 Anywhere from $50 to $50 may be spent on 8 stein of this sort, and the manufacturers in Germany give such a wide variety of their native scenery that very few steins are made to order.
 The smallest stein holds exactly one- eighth of pint. These are seldom seen in barrooms or rathskellers, even for exhibition purposes. They are present ed to children in families, just as the Engaish and Americans present china and porcelain cups, with the name of the baby printed thereon in ornate colored letters. These small steins, like the large ones, generally record some inci- dent in German literature, and some times cost almost as much as the big ones. Two dollars for small steia of this description is very moderate price to pay. &'
 All imported steins are porcelain lined. The cheapest sort, such as are ordinarily kept on bars in ice packed tubs during the summer, cost about 15 cents each. There is a heavy duty on them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
THB STORY OF A WONDERFUL
 WOMAN Q, p

This ia the day Of women leaders in many fields of thought and action, but there are few among the sex so prom inent as Mrs Augusta H. Stetson, New York's High Priestess of Christian Science. The crowning achievement of her career-.the raising of $2,0O0,O0O for the building of za5 new temple to Christian Science. and the. opening of this temple last week calls attention to Mrs Stetson and makes the story of her remarkable life particularly inter- esting just now. This story will ap- pear in next Sundays New York World. x.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
Llsa Job.

A woman usually begins her fife work when she naarries a naanst to reform Rim
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
The White Horse and The Girl
 With Auburn Hair,

That a white horse and a girl with auburn hair appear about the same time near the same place may be Il myth. Every owner of a white horse knows it is very difficult to keep the under part of his horse clean. To clean the soiled tyellow) part. take some BROWNS QUICKFIRE CHAR. COAL and rub it in well; after short time give 1t good brushing, which will make it return to it's natural whfteness.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
The Esourth lhinsl.

San Francisco man says there are three kinds of living machines.
 Well, what the public is waiting for is thA fourth kind the kind that wiIl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
HOUSE R0BBER CAUGHT
Napoleon Drouin, Claiming a Former
Residence In burlington. Must
Serve In n Canadian Prison.

Montreal, July 31.-Napoleon DrOuin.
formerly Of Burlington and Newport, VT,
WAS to-day sentenced by Recorder Mo
Mahon to two years in the pcnitcntiary
for burglarizing nearly "A score of homes
in the pretty residential suburb of West
mount during the past three weeks. by
day DrOuin was a carpenter in the en-
ploye of the Canadian Pacific railway
and by night single handed he was a
burglar and a porch climber.
lie entered houses that were occupied
and dwellings whose occupants are at
the scashorc, and from each he would
not even the aldcrmcn's homes were i'm
mune. lie confessed to visiting the Same
house twice in one night and taking
silVerware, icwclrY, lace curtains and
other articles.
lie Piled his nocturnal calling each
night during tn" week and on Saturday
he would box mp his thcfts and ship
them to st. Johns, /. @, and follow him
self to distribute them among friends.
Tho Wostmount police were mystihed
and n veritable reign Of fear prevailed in
the municipality. Finally Drouin was
rlA down as he came through a window
of Il wealthy merchants home. He had
a revolver, but after a faint resistance
he surrendered and confessed.
To-day he told the court where much
of the stolen property was concealed in
a field. lie said he was forced to stcal
that he might provide greater comforts
for his young wife, who would be terribly
shocked to hear of his arrest. He said
Mrs. DrOuin lived in Vermont but de.
clined to eve her address. lie broke dowr
and wept violently when sentence was
passed upon him.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
OFFICER MUST WORK.
Object Lesson In Reduction Of Lieut..
OTnmcntS of the Sccre-
tar, of War.


mat IN" military service of the United
Hlit'S Is not a loa'nG plh e Is demons
'idtcd an'W by tn" findings of Il court
lnlTtHll IN the cas-" OF FIRST Lieut.. Leo
ara /. baker f1rst nitcd states In
ltht'N, VINO was charged with neglect
ri dutN to the pr"ludlce If good order
IN military discipline i'll failing to ii,
'reuittllr work III the General Service
ana stan College at Fort L~cavcnworth
says " Washington special to the New
lork commercial Advertiser. Tile dc
taiis OF the charge were that Baker. hay
lnS b""n detailed to undergo instruction.
AT inc General stan ana Service College
as a student officer, failed To prepare
himself III Il satisfactory manncf for re-
citations III the subject OF small arms
llrHlS regulations, lalcd to pass a sat
lsiactcrN examination, ana failed also
III "A discrimination; that he had a sim
lllf experience IN infantry drill rceula-
lions 'tlIcor'tlcil) ANA IN theoretical and
practical engineering. Dn the Formidable
SPECIFICATIONS based On tn. SO charges he
was declared guilty by court martial and
sentenced To hc dismissed from the mill
tarN service II the United States. The
President approved the findings, but in
view OF a commentator Ia clcmcnCN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
FORGOTTEN NORTH-AMERICAN
REPI'BLICS.

Within the domain of the United States
on the North American continent there
have been divers independent republics.
the very name of three Of which is
known TO but a few, while the record OF
two others, though memorable, is fast
fading. How many Americans of to-day
have heard, for example, of the Com
monwealth of Watauga. which in l771
was organized as al independent com
munity by North Carolinians who had
crossed the Alleghenies, and, descending
into the hasin Of the Tennessee. had made
themselves homes in the valley of the
Watauga river? How many remember
the Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA.
which was organized in the eastern part
of what is now Kentucky in l175. and
which sent to the Continental Congress
a delegate,-who, however, WAS not adj
mitted? How many ave heard of the
short-lived State of Franklin. or Frank
land, which at a somewhat later period
was sclf-created out of certain western
counties of North Carolina? OF the pres
ent generation of schoolboYS at the
North. not many are familiar with the
early history of Texas. which declare
its independence of Mexico in 1896. and
which for some nine years remained an
autonomous republic. entering into trea-
ties with foreign countries, including the
| nited States. Again, but little atten-
ton is now paid to that part of the annals
of Vermont which deals with the II years
during which the territory bearing that
name was an Independent republic. un-
admitted to the union of the American
colonies, although it claimed allegiance
to the British crown, rejected the over
lures of British generals, and bore u
conspicuous and useful part in the war
of the ReVolution.-Mayo w. HaZelt!ne,
in Harpcr's Magazine for August.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
WEATHER, CROPS, TRADE.
All Arc Scnscnably FayornbIc-CopiOus
EninS In the Torn RcIt.

New York. July 3l.-Bradstrect'S review
of trade viii say to-mcrrOW:
Weather crop and trade conditions arc
scasonahlN favorable though irrrrularity
and weakness IN some staple prices re-
fleet rcadjustmonts of consumption and
enlarged production. Copious rains in the
corn belt and in the western portion OF
the cotton region have removed some of
the uneasinesS as to the outturn of bust
ness of two great crops. and despite this
ba"kwardn"ss the outlook for general
trade has been mcasurably helped.
Iron and steel buyers are still back
ward. Prices of the cruder forms 10
lower, pig iron and hillcts both declining
this week, though a formation of a pool
to maintain prices in the latter market
are noted here and similar effects from
this source and from now past labor
disturbances are fouud in the market for
lumber ana building material. while high
prices are Il bar to business in cotton
goods.
cotton crop reports this week are fully
as favorable as at any previous time and
a questionable gain in condition Will
probably lac shown IN every State by thu
agricultural report next week.
rho situation in the cotton goods trado
is apparently no clearer. July delivery
WIS this week pushed up to new records.
E"-Impurts Ut American cotton from Eu-
rope are reported heavy ana large num-
bors of spiudlcs are idle. the number in
one branch of this industry alone being
given at fully l|,00.O6V.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
ROXBURY WOMAN LOST.
A Town Charge wandered Away-uas
Been Traced Nearly Ia Montpelier.

Roxburv, July 3o-Thc major part of
the people of this town. assisted by many
persons from Northfiold, were out to-day
searching for Il lost woman. Last Tues
day afternoon, one Grace Coburn. who
lives in the town of RoXhury, and VINO
is n town charge, left her homo and The
last soon of her was TUESDAY evening
about $50 o'clock, when she was walk.
ing rapidly out of the village of North
field in the direction of Montpelier. Moth
ing has been seen or heard of her since
that time. She is about twenty-six or
seven years of age tall but with rather
stod)ing shoulders. Eighth hair and blue
eyes. and was dressed In a blue print
wrapper with no hat or wrap of any kind
Wednesday forenoon she was traced as
far as the hill leading into Montpelier
and from that point no clue ms to her
whereabouts was discovered. The manner
in which she was traced to this point
was by simply following her footprints
and a further pursuit of her in this
same manner became impossible on ac-
count of the rains of the past few days
oblitcratinc all traces made by her.
ON Wednesday only "A few persons en-
gagged in the pursuit, as it was supposed
that she had not wandered far from
home. But on Thursday the search be-
came more general and a larger number
of persons joined in tho hunt but nothing
concerning her whcrca bouts was diScov-
cred and as "A result to-day large posses
of men and boys are making a thor
oich search of tn" neiGhhorhood for a
considerable distance ana notices have
l'oen sent out to surrounding towns by
the RoXhurv authoritits to be on the
watch for the missing woman. No foul
Lay a suspected but 1t Is the general be-
lief that she has become lost.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
THE RIGHTS OF LABORERs.
CFrom the Brattleboro Reformer.)
ON CATCHING COLD.
Some simple Ways by Which II May
he .AVOIded-Thc Dry Rub and the
Cold sponge.

Uabituul colds are due to an ILL
kert skin on the outside and dyspeptic
,nun,uu mombranos on the inside. the
raS,,it ~ indignstion or o-nstipntion
aa,rIad v;th nreIoesness
""ptJ 900 fnod and common
,ha lions mon which
nni nnS, rnet a cnld snonpe
a rnirutas lnrg viii
'"'H' ' | in,u,aJiatal bafore and
pt!sn' w. ,,s,nII,, ibat is neces-
.. - Msn tho rutonsous circulation
SniH ~ ~ sGir ,eac,ivo "a sudden
~, ,ar,ar.turn
ms ,hnso n"custn1,cd ia cold water.
.,r lao o,irc1 in three weeks
~ h. ,ha u.n of wator At any comfort
a e ,anna,atnrc making if one degree
Wv "th da a u,'til IL can he nmnlovcd
5000 ,aid as i, il viii RIM
W Un,ue a1I.6 ,n ,-o wator for IFS
, a. ,I'ti, g offert mr. alcohol. witch-hazeI
No. ,99t,,
n.tar irtouirort1v usod doos NOT
,.i,nIi,y L,,t fo.tnr. if # stimu-
, ,ha ray,.o. I'M ,ortroI rho expan-
' .,Nr ,nI cnrtrnctinn of tho blood vessels
- "' 49,. ,Lo ,,,,,rnn,. circulation
,,1,a ~. ,r,h is f,i, substitute for
- ~ ~, t,ta the rnId snonro
~ v.n,or ,r,, Ln ..rnlnvo1 once or
noL urror f,ii batb is takon
va sop w
- ala faa, u,dirg ankle doeon in
,na,a, ~ ,bo hatb-tuh for one or
WY W",' nro .o,irin, u,iI, no found
" a tc raa.,tnr dno. mot set i'm
~ n r,hti,1 u,,, tho foot in
No.. u.iI ,o,, tb,w our DO
r m 49, ho,.uatnr hotties or other do
Ia , hn, ,,old b,rds
,nnr hn treatnd On The same principle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
FOREIGN NOTES.


In Moscow there are resident 92S British
'''''""
EiChty-four million gallons of beer
were consumed in Berlin during 1902.
MHInruS ~ l''uH'S haN' "Ipodr'" III ,ho
for the next crops.
III ~ Wv VASE i'.'N'u ny 'no ~
""S'll"' ""'h'fs VI N," SCUM waves
"Io"i'c" ~ H'''nt'f'' "ni,m "A'ee"c" 'he
'""'S l" 'h' lFcN"i"l'e ol rapIcS a.
NOUS tHe "''S Oh AmperS' h"Narl'' inc
"",horlli'S gave ORDERS Tor Il +naSSa'r"'
d"d MOI " Single cat mas survived
An the op"'r employees OF me NlenheSc
runway company SuhcrlhS from phESi-
ca url"c'S nave oeell ulSiliSSed' ana as
ti'N nave no 'ifiW ~ poNSlouS' stdrNd-
,,"i H'd'tS 'He'h ana 'heir ia"ln's III
'"o ave
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
HER AILM

A local financial man is telling with a
great deal of dcligh a street car con-
vcrsation that he was compelled to listen
to while coming down to his office the
other morning. As was his usual custom,
he had started in to read his morning
paper when Il young woman entered the
car and sat directly in front of him.
After the car had gone a square or two
further on another young woman got on.
and seeing the first young person, in
whom she recognized an acquaintance.
she went up and sat along side of her.
After n few Introductory remarks, evi-
IDENTIFY meant to impress each other with
the iov that was theirs for having met.
the conversation drifted on in this
fashion,
"Oh, yes. Nellie is down with -"
"Oh. you don say so,'
'Sho was taken with -"
'"rhe poor girl''
"As | was going to say, Nellie is ="
And she always was delicate"
yes; but | was going to say -
Give her nv love and tell her I hone
she will soon be out
Pardon me, my dear; but / was going
to say -
"Who's your doctor?"
pardon me again; but as l started TO
say"
"Oh, did you start to say something. 7
beg your pardon"
AS I started to say, Nellie Is down
with her aunt in Atlantic City, She
was taken with n desire TO get to tho
sea shore, and went yesterday"
And then both got off and made for the
bargain counter. The financial man gave
a sigh of relief n fell to reading his
paper again.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06
Legitimate Trade Not Affected
the Recent Specula-
tive Collapse.
HIGH PRICE OF COTTON
Caused Some Curtnilment in Manu-
facturing-SOmc Improvement In
Iron md Steel Industry-Every
body Dealing in Cotton Keeps
Very Small stock.

,
NV iorh' July 81, Ne" y"
weekly revue" OF 'r""c VIII say 'o-""''
row'
,uItner cNi"ehce oi II 9'i'i ~" "i'"
'WHich leSi,'iia'e trau' IL '9'"pIi5.'' n'H
pc'' iu'hiS"cu ny Wy oIu"l ~"
WIG" coi'n'cic'"i anu "i"''i"' "'''''',
,lo's 'uSaiu the rcctnt spI.u''.N. W
,alTc' i"c.e IL Nv va nv
pi"her"sc lalu''S VI Wv '"''
IN prices oil SECURITIES "eIc ,AteHSIVeIy
ie'' "".'''c VI wan "uc't' "uO" i"'I'
l'"rm mas "eci "onc " II 'Vun''N >