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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
BOARD OF PUBLIC sAFE1,Y.

Members of Fire Department Petit1cn
 for Weekly Payments.
 The members of the regular fire de- pertinent have petitioned the board or public safety to be paid once week Their petition was read before the board at it's meeting last evening ana Commissioners Hardie and Beach were appointed a committee to inquire into the matter It-was said by some or the members that to pay the hremen weekly would be impossible Wirnoul making a change in the city charter, as that matter is expressly provided for therein. Besides that, to pay the firefnen every week would also mean that eventually every employe of the city would demand to be paid on the weekly basis also. the policemen, school teachers. street workmen, su- perintendents, and everyone else in the pay of the city. This would mean considerable expense to the city as a very large force of clerks would have to be engaged. However, Commits missioners Hardie and Beach expect to report in very short time.
 The petition stated that the present system carries with it many hardships and great inconvenience to the men, particularly to those who are married.
 CaDtain Dodds reported Callman Jams L. Walker absent from duty on September 12.
 The board of aldermen asked for recommendation on the petition of the Oakyine Go to appoint John Mclean snecial constable without pay for duty in OakviIle. The matter was referred to Commissioners Beach and. Reeves for inquiry, and the resigne- tion of Policeman Joseph F. Nagie was accepted.
 Michael Higgiston and Patrick A. Farrell passed the examination for ap- pointment to the supernumerary police force.
 1t was decided to hold the annual inc spection of the fire and police depart ments on the afternoon of Thursday, October 15, at 2:30 o'clock. 1t was voted to invite all the city officials, the volunteer fire companies, and the chiefs of the fire departments of Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford. Watertown, Torrington and Naugatuck and those others who assisted i'll the big conf1agration in February of last year. Commissioners Beach and Hardie were appointed a committee 10 make the customary arrangements
 There are, or were up to last even ing, six vacancies in the supernumer- ary police force and two in the regular, and altogether there are sixty-nine su- pernumeraries. To the supernumer- ary force, Peter ]. Lawlor and Thomas J. Mccarthy were appointed, and 1t was voted that next Tuesday, the board will hold a special meeting for the sole purpose Of examining all cam didates for appointment to the fire and police forces.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
Real Estate and Rents
O'NEILL'S BULLETIN.

As told you two mcnths ago, when the real estate market was very quiet and prices were down, then was the time to buy. Some of you thought you knew more about it than I did and said to yourself that you would wait and that prices were not going up. If you will take the trouble to go over and look at the town clerks new rec ords you will find that one of us was mistaken, and it was not I. A two family house on Central avenue is cheap at the price, $5,7O0, and if you intend to buy I advise you to get it now, because you will have to pay more for it later. This is not a rash statement in fact, none of my state ments are. Aside from the moral standpoint I find it good business pol icy to confine myself strictly to the truth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
3 GREAT SPECIALS IN THE NEW
 DRESS GOODS.

i No 1-3s-inch Merose, a new
 weave in a full line of cobors,
 regular soc goods, for tonight
 and bargain day, 39c { No 2-45-inch all wool CheViots in
 the new fall shades, also black;
 this number is shrunk and
 sponged ready for use, the regu-
 lar price is 6oc, for this~sale 4Sc .S4-inch fine Black Broadciuth, high
 lustre. a quality always sold at $1, for this sale 79c
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF.
In Fraud Case of M. zunder & Son
 Against A. Pulaski.

Against A. Pulaski.
 Judge Burpee gave Judgment for the plaintiff in the fraud case of M Zun- der & Son, wholesale liquor dealers, against A. Pulaski for $56. Pulaski conducted saloon in Brooklyn and when the plaintiff undertook to collect the above named amount he sold out for about $2S6. The purchaser, later, discovered he had bought more than he cared for. For instance, he had to pay the Hellmann Brewing Go $325 and also rent to Daniel J. Mahaney owner of the property in which the saloon is situated. In the hearing it was shown that Brooklyn is a community of beer drinkers, very few mixed drinks, such as cocktails or whiskey sours being sold there. Those who in- dulge seem to prefer the large measure of plain drink, the schooner of beer Pulaski was asked what he did with the $2S6 he got for the saloon and he said he paid $20O to one party and $95 to another. This was an aEithmetical feat that seemed to daZe those present. Attorney Cassidy appeared for the plaintiff and attorney Guilfoile for the defendant '..
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
workinemen,s Convention.

WOrkimGmen's Convention.
 SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Sept. 16.-- The seventh annual convention of the Workingmen's Federation of New York State opened here is the largest gather ing which the organization has ever held. There are some 400 delegates in attendance.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
GOOD BYE CORNS

Never see you any more. Gone for ever. Tough toes once more. Step on them, stand on them or kick them with out squirming. That's the story that our Corn Cure has to tell. Only 10c. By mail 12c. Fitzpatrick's Pharmacy, Wall and East Main sts. Phone 634.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
AMERICAN SHOE INDUSTRY.
The Output of FOOTWEAR in This
Country Is Som. thing
EnOrmOuA-

The books, shoes and clippers mads
by machinery in the United States
every year would provide a pair OF
some kind for more tha:i one-seventh
of the inhabitants of tie earth. If
they were arranged by pairs, heela
and toes touching, they would make
a belt that would encirele the globe,
with enough to spare to- stretch
across the North American continent
from New York to San Francisco.
Placed singly, heel and toe, they
would go around the world two and
half times. If placed ON the'tracks
of our great trunk railroads. the
rights on one rail and the lefts on
the other, they would cover the irons
from the Atlantic to the Pacific of all
the continental lines that now cross
our country, says shoe journal.
The hides and skins used to form
this immense quantity of shoes come
from all over the world, but chiefly
from the East Indies, South America
and Europe, and if they We're sewed
together in one sheet they would
make a tent large enough to, cover
Manhattan island.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
BIG FIELDS OF Ignite,
Which Enable the Dakotas to Get
Along Without Fuel from
Outside Sources.

During the winter of 1903, 4OO,-
600 tons of green" Ignite, as the
coal directly from the mine is styled,
was sold at an average price of $1.30
at the mine. Throughout the great
er part of North Dakota the users of
Ignite save from one-third to one
half the cost of eastern coal. The
field that the Ignite reaches includes
all of North and South Dakota and
Minnesota, as far east as st. Paul.
Had the capacity of the mines been
doubled during the last winter, all
of the output could have been sold
without reduction of price. Mine
equipment that is now nearly COM
plete indicates for next year an out
put that will be valued at nearly
million dollars. This means that
within q very few years North Da-
kota will supply her own fhel, and
that of the neighboring states on
the east, says Frank A. Wilder, in
Review of Reviews.
Throughout the country north and
west of the Missouri river in North
Dakota and Montana the settler need
go but few miles from his ranch
to a Ignite bank. At hundreds of
points he strips off the dirt with
plow and scraper, helps himself to
tons OF fuel and pays no one. Very
often the Ignite outcrops on his own
land and at times in his own door
yard. This cheap and abundant fuel
is one of the main stimuli that have
led to the recent rapid settling OF
western North Dakota.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25

ally about the nail This insect bur-
rows beneath the skin and lays an egg
that soon matches, causing itching,
swelling and intense pain. The little
sac in which the egg is laid swells rap
idly, and the severe. pain thus caused
nece essita tes immediate removal of this
foreign substance. tt frequently hap
pens that blood poisoning sets in, and
a toe or foot has to be amputated to
save life.
The Americans whoare quick witted
tives and remove the little insect in
truder as soon as the itching is felt.
If allowed to rema in until the swelling
begins the operation of removing is a
painful one. And again, a certain skill
is necessary in order not to draw the
blood, and this may be acquired by
observation of the blacks, who have re-
duced to a scientific basis the process
of cutting out this little insect.
Indeed, the only protection against
these insects and another quite SINH
lar that, bores beneath the skin is to
learn the art of removing them. For
no buckskin leggings or stiff walking
boots are stout or close enough to
hinder these intruders. from finding
their way to the human flesh. and ones
only comfort lies in doing '''as the
Romans do" It is common sight to
see native suddenly sit upon the
ground anR>begin operating upon his
toes. He makes a few incisions in the
skin, and is on his. way again, thinking
no more of his sskil1ful surgical opera
|4tion than he would of-of shifting the
position Of flea.
Another source of common annoy
ance, in the way of insect life, in that
land of manana, is the sand fly This
minute being is omnipresent, and he
makes himself known by bite that is
far worse than that of the ordinary
mosquito. Another dissimilarity from
the later is that the sand fly gives no
announcing hum or singing as. he ap-
proaches, but, like many another Of
the poisonous creatures of Panama, is
right there "for business" before one
has chance for protection against his
sting. In many cases he poisons the
skin so badly that swelling and great
pain are the result, and the only rem
edy is diluted ammonia or some other
solution used to extract poison from
the bites of xenomous insects and rep
tiles. 1854 4 s8S
These are but a few of the torment
ing creatures OF that sunny cline.
Their number is legion, for the trees
along the river banks are hung with
poisonous snakes which are dreaded
more by the natives than are any other
living things. and there is hardly a
stone but underneath shelters some
venomous creature that has fond
ness for the human flesh.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
TALL MEN ARE FREAKS.
Learned Authority Upon Giants Says
They Have Small Brain
Cavities.

Prof. Cunningham, who has been
appointed to succeed and serve under
his old teacher, Sir William Turner,
in the chair of anatomy in the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh, is the greatest
authority upon giants, says London
paper. He is at present occupied in
celebrating the proofs of his belief
that giant is a morbid phenomenon.
A man or woman who is more than
six feet five inches, or, at the outside,
six feet six inches, cannot be regard
ed as merely abnormal, the professor
thinks. He has shown that the mem
tai characteristics of giants-easy
good nature, sloth and poor intelli-
gence-are those shown by victims
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
p1TH AND POINT.

Some men pay small debts for the
purpose of contracting large ones
Chicago Daily News.
You can always strengthen your.
argument by remaining good natured.
-Atchison Globe.
Civility is charm that attracts the
love of all men; and too much is bet
ter than to show too little.-Bishop
Horne. '' 74f+s7aa
Travel.-'I have seen the day when l
would walk for miles for the sake Of q
good Shakespearean performance.
"And l." answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes, "have seen many such days. =
Washington Star. 80
.'Ma,' said little boy, fought the
teacher to whip me for what 1 did not
lo?" Certainly not, my boy" replied
the mother. "Well,'' replied the little
fellow, she did to-day when didn't do
my sum.-London Tit-Bits.
Good Adyice.-"I'ye been asked to
take part in an amateur theatrical en-
te1'tainment.'' ''Your friends will all
be present, of course?" "Oh, yes"
''Well, wouldn't do it, my boy. You
don't want to lose your friends, you
know" Chicago Post.
Johnny-.I wish my folks would
agree upon one thing, and not keep
me all the time in a worry Tommy
"What have they been doing now?"
johnny Mother won't let me stand
on my head. and dad is all the time fnss-
ing because wear my shoes out
so fast. Boston Transcript. 81
Uncle Reuben Says:-A man may
come to yo' an praise your integrity,
yo'r dawg an yo'r eat an yo'r intellect,
an have no thought beyand friendship,
but if you make up yo'r mind dat his.
object am to borry about five dollars
yo'll hit it nine times out O. ten.-De-
troit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
THE INSECTS OF PANAMA.
on the Isthmus Anything But
Enjoyable.

Owing to lack of facilities for travel,
comparatively little is known of the
everyday customs and conditions of
life in Central America, and we are
prone to think Of these tropicalregions
as place of lavish, luxuriant vegeta-
ton, everlasting sunshine, gayly
plumaged birds and an ideal atmos-
phere of relaxation and comfort. We
forget that, during the rainy season,
the mud is four feet deep on the roads
in Panama; that men die Like dogs
during some seasons) in the street, so
fresh graves in day being common
sight; that sanitary regulations re-
ceive no consideration whatever; that
the soil is mass of decaying vegeta-
tion that breathes nut disease and
death; that the haunting fear of
chagres and yellow fever hangs over
every district Of the isthmus, and last,
but not least, that life is made, one
round of torment by the legions of in
sect pests that infest the whole coun-
try, says the Los Angeles Times.
Indeed, it takes man of fortitude
and courage to face life in Panama.
No amount. of fine scenery and the gay
co1oring of flower and wing will really
compensate. for the physical discom-
forts that these myriads of insect
forms bring to man, especially to the
white man, who is less Injured to tor
lures of that kind than is his black
brother. And yet many Anne ricans go
there, suffer the trials that such eli
mate and life entail, and often come
outnone the worse for the experience.
We consider the flea of California
troublesome enough, but he is nothing
compared with the little creature that
takes his place on the Isthmus of Pan
ANA. This flea. called "coloradilla' -
Qittle red one), is tiny flaming red
insect, almost microscopic. His dimin-
utive size renders him impossible to
capture, which is one of his advantages
over the feas of the temperate climates
(tle latter being easily caught if one
is sufficiently agile). Unlike our feas,
however, the coloradilla has no hop
ping ability, but he sticks firmly to the
flesh wherever he chooses to locate.
As he cannot readily be seen with the
naked eye it is impossible to remove
him by any ordinary means, and ones
only relief is to bathe in alcohol So
numerous are these feas and so annoy
ing their bite that All alcohol bath is
necessary every night before retiring.
To neglect this duty is to spend hours
of sleeplessness.
Another; insect far more .venomous
II its effect, and pronounced by the
miners who go into the interior as their
greatest enemy. is a small creature
that gets into the fiesn Of the feet, US u
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25

literary woman lately, says Cassells
Journal, 'but in my opinion the mod
ern girl is a great advance on the
maidens of generation ago.
Freedom and fresh air have
made her more self-reliant and
healthier in tone. She may be more
hoydenish, but she is less hysterical.
Instead of working samplers or she'd
ding sickly tears over sentimental
novels, she is out and about getting
an insight into the world and it's
ways.
"As a result she makes good wife,
one who can share her husbands
tastes, understand his difficulties and
act as his chum and partner. Ihe
wife of the past was too often
childish, sentimental woman, with so
little knowledge of the world that
she was quite helpless if it was her
fate to be deprived of her husbands
support. But to-day it is not an un-
common thing to find women as
capable in business as their hus-
bands"
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
l WISH | WAS A BOY.

I wish I was boy ag'in;
l wish l was a boy!
I'd like ter simply waller in
Some good ol'-fashion joy!
I'd like once more to be a kid,
A-liviu out Of doors;
An sreakin' off jest like l did
Ter keep FIN doin' chores.
Id like ter 80, now I'll be bound,
A-fshin' in the crick;
An rustic round till l had found
A kid that I could lick;
I'd like ter toddle thro' the lot,
With Tige close at my heels,
AM let the hull world go ter pot!
That's how a feller feels!
If could shuck my duds an go
In swimmin' like did
In that old hole used ter know,
When l was just a kid,
Oh, then the years 'ud roll away,
An leave me there alone;
A kid Jest like on yesterday,
An all the world my own.
It's such a homesick feelin' grips
A feller when he's old:
He longs fer youthful beauty's lips
An shivers with the cold
For, oh, fe]ler's blood gifts thin,
An skies don't seem so blue:
I wish 1 was kid ag'in!
l do, indeed do!
j. M. Lewis, in Houston Post.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
Minister. Ineligible.

The constitution of Tennessee pro.
vides that whereas ministers of the
Gospel are by their profession ded.
icated to God and the care of souls
and ought not to be diverted from
the great duties of their functions
therefore no minister of the Gospel,
or priest of any denomination what
ever, shall be eligible to seat in
either house of the legislature.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
PARIS BEHIND THE TIMES.
First Building with American Con.
veniences and Comforts Only
Recently Erected.

1t is only of late years that even
would create any enthusiasm in the
minds of Americans, accustomed as
they are to many conveniences which
are considered great luXuries IN
France, says the Architectural Rec
ord. as'7sz7z i 's-@a. =s-5s@-s+= g.
It is no unusual thing to see cart
with yellow-painted bathtub anc
tank Of hot water stop before houses
in fashionable quarters.
Elevators have just come into gen
eral use, and, with the exception OF
those of American manufacture, are
usually slow, uncertain and compli-
Gated in mechanism. Wax candles are
to be seen in the chandeliers as often
as electric lights.
Things are, however, changing, and
last year in the avenue du Bos de
Boulogne model building was erect
ed. which combines French elegance
with all the American comforts. 1t
is of white sandstcne. in late Louis
XIV. style, with the entrance at the
side through heavy iron and glass
gates.
The building consists of two "ho-
tells" or private residences. and enc
apartment. The E7st ''hoteI occu-
pies the first two iiocrs. the apart
ment the third. and the second
"hotel' the fourth and fifth. The
rooms for the servants are on the
sixth floor.
The "concierge' or gatekeeper has
his lodge just inside the entrance
He opens the gates and has the su-
rervi ion of t general halls. and
staircases, ard also cha g, OF the
heating of the entire house in Win
ter.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25


OF
numpe OF
The notaDt
national bds
Sumner had
Against few Gays
approached
violently with that he fell
dnctr the for nearly
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
Went to Headquartera.

Thin Boarder-I don't see how you
manage to fare so well at this board
inehouse. have industriously courted
the landlady and all her daughters,
but I'm half starved
Fat Boar6er-I court the cock
Cleveland Leader.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
First ox-Tail Soup.

Ox-tail soup, now regarded as a ma
tional English dish, was first made
by the very poor of Huguenot ref
upees from France, after the revo-
cation of the edict of Nantes, becasue
OK tails then had no market value.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
There's the Run.

Dubbs-Why don't you propose to
Miss Chubbs if you love her? She's
a pearl of her sex.
Tubhs-The trouble is I don't ike
the mother-cf- f-pearl.-N. I. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
A Lu1l IN the co.yer..t,on.

Holding the breath occasionally is
said to be resting. If it doesn't rest
the holder it will at least gives the
Others rest.-chlcago Daily News,
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25
THEY MAKE BETTER WIVES.
Women of Up-tO-Date Tastes ana
Habits Preferable to the Old
Fashioned Ones.

"Let old-fashioned people croak as
they WILL" remarked well-known
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25

First Known of the Dahlfa.
A strange spindly plant with nod
ding little flowers was sent from tho
City of Mexico to the Madrid botan-
ical garden in 1884, and, being new
to the botanists, was named Dalliia,
after Dahl, Swedish botanist. Flor.
lists soon noticed the great possibil-
ity of variation in the flower in color
and size, but it was rare in Europe
until Humboldt brought from Mexico
a quantity of the seed. %
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25

of a rare disease of overgrowth
called acromegaly. This is due to en-
largement of an appendage of the
brain, and Prof. Cunningham has
personally examined every giant
skeleton in the British and continen-
tai museums, and found that the lit
tie cavity in the skull corresponding
to this part of the brain is enlarged
in all of them.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25


of
a bears the medal
of
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St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-25

UNFAIRLY she would grasp me tlm1dly
by the arm as we flew over some
rough stretch of the track, but a
word from me now and then seemed
to reassure her.
At length. in making the long curve
this side of h I suddenly caught
the CLEAN of the red light on the
rear of the passenger train. SO
abruptly had we came upon it, that
if had not been fully on the lookout
ylere certainly would have been one
less coach upon that road, and very
likely several lives lost. But l was
expecting it and was prepared.
Nick grasped the whistle and be-
gan to toot loudly. 1t was heard and
recognized, for there was no other
whistle quite like it on that division.
Then. no doubt wondering what could
have sent No. 81 down after them,
they began to slacken up, came to q
lead stop and waited for us to come
ap cautiously.
well, what's the matter?" ejscu-
lated Davis, as he came around the
end of the last car when I leaped
down from my cab.
made no reply, for did not know,
iyut handed him the note that Hen
ierson had given me to deliver to
him.
He took it, hastily tore it open and,
stepping to where the full glare of
m, headlight fell upon the track, pro-
cee:lcd to read it.
Il dom know anything about it,"
he exclaimed suddenly. "Here, Ned,
see what you can make out of this.
dou's know what he means.
haven't seen her.