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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
CATS LONG JOURNEY.
Covered Four Miles Eight Times to Get Her Kittens Rack to Her
 old Quarters. N


 "And the cat came back. I believe that is the name of a song popular some time ago, but I have evidence of the fact that there was never truer saying" said c. T. Chichester, of Syra- cuse, N. r., to 8 Washington Star man. t. "A friend of mine in Syracuse.conducts & brewery, and a grocer friend pre- scented him with an old cat and four kittens that had very recently been born The old cat and little ones were carried to the brewery and securely locked in. The next morning the cat and kittens were on the front porch of the grocery store waiting to be let in. How do you account for that? The grocery was four miles from the brew cry, and the kittens were too weak to walk even few yards. If the cat'car- ried them back in her teeth she must have done so one at a time, making eight miles for each kitten and 32 miles for the entire litter, or else she relayed them, carrying one little distance, then going back after the next, and so on, until the last one had been depos- ited in her first stopping place, and so on in short distances until she reached the store You can figure out the dis tance She travelled in this way"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
FLOWS IN TIE EAST
Primitive Style of Carrying On Ag-
 riculture in Manchuria.
Evidence Tn at American Implements VIII shortly Come Into Com-
 mon Use Unless Russia Puts Up the Bars.

Should Russia succeed in securing Manchuria as she but recently seemed proposing to do, and should she erecta barrier to foreign trade in that prov ince it would seriously cripple United States export business. One hne in which this would be true is that of agr1- cultural implements The Manchurian trade in this line promises within the near future, if nothing is done to pre- vent 1t, to grow to considerable pro- portions.
 The greater part of this country is susceptible of cultivation. The pro- duction of wheat is already leading industry in various localities. It IS carried on without the use of any mod ern machinery; but in spite or these crude methods, the wheat usually sells at about one-half the price in the United States, and the natives would increase the production by millions of bushels for the price of 30 cents gold per bushel delivered at mills.
 There are several reasons why this great Chinese province should become heavy purchaser of American agri- cultural implements. First, the coun- try is not, as a rule, thickly populated. Laborers are imported each season to assist in planting and harvesting crops. There exists, therefore, more of disposition to save labor than is gem orally found in other parts of China. Second, all of this country is abundant- ly supplied with animalpower. Ponies, mules, donheys and cattle are used in every way to relieve the burdens of men. There are few parts of the world where animal power is more generally used than here. Flows, harrows, rol- lers, carts and various other crude ma chines, locally made, are in constant use. The hand tools and the methods in use in other parts of China for culti- vating, harvesting and marketing crops. arei not so extensively employed here. As the people are, so we'll trained in the use of this animal power and al- ready use many crude machines, there
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
FOR YOUNG HOUSEWIVES.
some Small Items of Advice That May Be Reme mbered to Thea1
 Advantage.

Necessities should be selected be. fore decorative articles of furniture.
 It is not wise to provide too many pots, kettles and pans when furnish ing a kitchen.
 It is always decidedly cheaper in the end to buy only good carpets and good furniture.
 No matter how good the income a small sum should be put aside regu. larly for the proverbial rainy day.
 A simple dinner we'll served is de- cidedly more enjoyable than an elab- crate dinner poorly served.
 A practical knowledge of ..economy of good cookery" will be absolutely necessary for the young housewife, no matter how much "help'' she can afford to keep.
 All bills for marketing should be paid weekly, or, better still, when the articles are bought.
 With care and economy a small amount of money will do wonders.
 It is important to be systematic in looking after the leftovers.
 All cold vegetables and scraps of meat may be used in soups and salads and croquettes and many appetizing ways to numerous to mention.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
SLAVERY IN NEW ENGLAND.
Brought to am End by the Supreme Court of NrassachuaattS
 i'm 1ZS3.

Slavery in New England began soon after the settlement of the country. In 163s Pequot Indians were taken from Massachusetts and sold in the West Indies. The vessel returning brought cargo of cotton and tobacco, says the Boston Transcript. Slaves were most numerous in New England about the middle of the eighteenth century. Tn 1754 there were nearly 5000 negro slaves in the state of Mas sachusetts. Tn 17s0, in the declaration of rights, all men were declared to be free and equal. Tn 17s1 white man in Massachusetts was indicted for beat Ing and imprisoning black man. His defense was that this was the neces- sary and lawful correction for a. slave, for a slave could not be held in sub Aection unless one could punish him when he went away or refused to work. In 17s3 the supreme court of Massachusetts declared that the de- fense was invalid. That put an end to slavery in New England. Slaves were
 mostly household servants, kept large ly by rich people for purposes of dis play. N
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
sLUMBERING TWENTY YEARS.
Woman Has Been Unconscious Nearly Quarter Century.

Woman Has Been Unconscious Nearly Quarter Century.
 An editor of the Francais, M. Gaston -Stiegler, recently went to Thenelles in Aisne to see Marguerite Boyenval, the woman who has slept since the month of June, 1888, that is to say, almost twenty years. M. Stiegler gives the following account of the case:
 Marguerite Boyenval had a stroke of catalepsy after suffering a great shock but 1t is not known whether or not up to that time she had manifested any signs of hysteria, although she seemed to be healthy. After the attack Dr Charlier treated her by metalotherapy, which was the fashion at that time; then he treated her by means of elec- tricity, but the results were nil. He attempted sub-cutaneous injections of atrophine, which was the only measure that had any effect, in this case sensi- bility returning to the limbs, but not to the head, this sensibility on the other hand being merely momentary. Noth- ing more could be done, although sug- gestions were made frequently. Many physicians believed that the sleeper un- derstands what is said to her, and that 1t Is simply impossible for her to re- spond, this being the opinion of pr Voisin of the Salpetriere, who went to Thenelles during the past year. Up to the present 1t has been impossible to verify this hypothesis.
 M. Stiegler describes his visit as fol lows: "I was ushered into a room and on little bed beheld the sleeper. How pale and thin and motionless she was, ralf f1nT1 1or11 511 Tan% nAYn y,n would naturally believe. and as mat ter of fact there was a slight coloration on the cheeks of this waxen face and the lips were clearly red, these firmly closed lips which have not relaxed q single time for many years, which have not allowed a single drop of water to pass between them, and which have not let word, not even & sigh escape. The head was supported on q pillow and wore a white bonnet tied by two bands under the chin, which allowed the hair, black and flat and separated by part, to be seen. The eyelids, which one may open partly, thereby disclosing two white and glassy eyes, were closed. The body was fiattened out under the covers and hardly took up the space which would be occupied by the body of an infant, although the woman looked fully the forty years which is in reality her age.
 'As a matter of fact the patient has not eaten for many years past and she Is now fed on peptone and milk con- taining the yolks of eggs. The breath did not raise the chest in the least, the respiration was not apparent, and while 1t evidently existed 1t was SC slight that it was impossible to per ceive it. While the woman gradually wastes away. this phenomenon, with, out example In the history of medicine can still last long time, even for s"-Public Opinion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
A FARMER STRENGTHENED OUT.

"A man living on farm near here came in short time ago completely doubled up with rheumatism: I hand ed him a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and told him to use it freely and if not satisfied after using It he need not pay cent for it." says 0. F. Ray der, of Pattens Mills, N. Y. "A few days later he walked into the store as straight as a string and handed me a dollar saying. give me another bottle of Chamberlain's> Pain Balm. I want 1t in the house all the time for it cured me.n For sale by all druggists
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
BEAVER DAM IN NEW JERSEY.
Curious Conflict Between Wild Ani- xmaI Life and Agriculture Near
 a Great City.

MT. Justus Won Lengerke recorded in our columns two years ago the dis covery of colony of beavers in the wilds of New Jersey, a region from which the animal was supposed to have been exterminated long ago, says For est and Stream. The precise location of the colony MT. Von Lengerke judi ciously withheld, for he was apprehen- sive that the beaver would prove 8 temptation to the trappers. But now the animals have revealed their where abouts and forced themselves in to pub lie notice by reason of their beaver na- ture and the activity and en terprise which it has prompetd. They have built dams and overfowed the adia- cent farm lands, and landowners have at last become tired of destroying their work, and are now seeking some measure of relief. At. Mfr. Won Len gerke's suggestion, the New Jersey leg islature passed a bill for the protection Of beaver; and thes aggrieved farmers are thereby restrained. Taken alto. gether, this is very curious conflict between wild life and agriculture within two hours of New York city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
DARE NOT HINT AT MURDER.
Turkish Newspapers Are Not Permit ted to Refer to the Crime
 of ReEicide.

The sultan of Turkey lives in con- stant dread of death at the hands of an assassin and the most extraordi- nary means are taken to guard his per son from their approach. He has like wise prohibited any mention of the crime of regicide in the newspapers published in his domain. He insists that every ruler or person of high po- htical importance should die natural death. The Stampa of Turin says that other manners of death are not off, cially recognized by Nischan Effendi, the censor. When King Humbert was assassinated at Monza the Turkish newspapers announced the sad event in this way: King Humbert left the ahall amid the frantic cheers of the peo- pie. The king, much affected, bowed several times and to all appearances was immediately dead" When the shah of Persia was assassinated the Turkish papers said: ''In the after noon the shah drove to his summer palace and there complained of illness. His corpse was sent to Teheran." One paper excelled all others by this absurd piece of euphemistic simplification: ssThe shah left little i'll, but finally his corpse returned to the palace" This was too much even for the Turks, who keep the phrase as one of their proverbs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
NEWS FROM- SUBURBAN TOWNS
WATERT0WN JOTTINGS
Game Between Taft and Stearns
 School Cancelled.

Game Between Taft and Stearns
 School Cancelled.
 A meeting of the young boys of Christ church took place at the parish rooms last evening for the purpose of com pleting the organization of a Knights of King Arthur society.
 D. c. Sullivan, who has been spend ing few days visiting in Holyoke, Mass, returned home last evening.
 Thomas Maxwell who has been somewhat i'll for the past week is able to be out of doors again.
 The game which was to have been played between the Taft and Stearns school teams has been cancelled and the Taft team will play the Watertown nine at the fair grounds this after noon. The battery work for the town team will probably be done by Ther- ault and Wilkerson and for Taft by Brown and Cleveland.
 A meeting of St Johns church choir was held last evening.
 F. M. Painter went to New York this morning where he will spend Sun day visiting friends.
 One of Mrs Merriman's horses was taken sick yesterday and died but a short time after. Death was probably due to old age.
 Charles Brewster who opened the steam laundry near the depot short time ago is meeting with great fortune in that line as people do not now take the trouble to send their laundry goods to Waterbury with laundry in their own town.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
onlx Gloom Ahead.

The winter had been unusually se- we're, and the lake from which the ice company gathered its crop was frozen to a much greater depth than usual.
 T suppose, colonel" remarked cit- izen to the president of the company one cold morning, that you won't| charge us so much for our ice next summer as you did last, You're getting a tremendous crop"
 We may have to charge more" stiffiy replied the president. Think of the trouble and expense involved in cutting ice three feet thickln-~ Youths Companion
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN

rheumatism is relieved--It is remedy that ought to be in every family medicine chest.
 Expected to Die.--..I cheerfully add my testimony of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil. We use 1t for many things. Was run over by team oa horses and lumber wagon; did not expect would live; badly bloated; my friends bathed me nearly ali over with Eclectric Oil; bloat grad ua1ly went down. We have more faith in Eclectric Oil than any other medicine, and always keep 1t in the house''-Mrs. Wm. F. Babcock, Norvell,y Jackson Co.,, Mich.
 Cured the Sprain.--Mr. chas. M. Bamann, a wholesale jeweler, No. Q Pleasant Street, Rochester, N. Y., writes: t'Ihave used your Eclec. tric Oil and can recommend 1t as the best general medicine l have ever tried. fell offmy bicycle and sprained my ankle badly. Eclectric OH gave immediate relief and cured the sprain. If my testimonial is of any use to you, you can use my name. I shall always carry bot tie of Eclectric Oil in my bicycle roo1!bag as part of my. equipment. and will recommend it to my friends"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16

will not be serious difficulty in intro. ducing better appliances. Third, the country is generally cultivated in much larger fields than in middle and southern China, and the employment of improved machinery would involve no change in the nature of their indus- try. Fourth, the opening of the coun- try by railroads will reduce the cost of getting products to markets and at the same time increase the supply.
 The illustration given herewith pre- sents general view of the blow conn monly used. The only iron about the implement is long point that turns down to enter the ground. There is also another form of point, wider and shorter than the one shown in the cut, that very much resembles chat of the shovel blow. These points are cast in considerable quantities in the seaports from scrap iron that is imported. They are light, inferior articles and cost from 20 to 30 cents gold each.
 Blacksmiths with hwhee1barrows load ed with tools, bellows, casting molds, etc., go among the interior villages every spring, to make and renew the blows. The farmers pay IS or 20 cents for new blow point made from their own old iron.
 Tn northern Manchuria, near Har- bin, where there are several modern flour mills, better blowing is done and from three to five mules or ponies are hitched to each blow.
 Kao-liang, or tall millet, is exten- sively grown throughout this coun- try. It is thrashed in the following manner: The heads are cut off. spread on the floor, and thrashed by means of a stone roller, to which an OK or mule is harnessed. The separation of the grains from their cases is completed in about four hours. The empty heads are then removed, either to be burneN as firewood or to be made into broomsA and the grain is swept up and passedS through winnowing machine or tossed into the air, where the wind catches and removes the dust. The grain is now ready to be packed into sacks for market, but it has still to be husked before it can be used for hu- man food. 1t is given to animals in ita unhusked state. To remove the husks, the grain is spread on circular stone platform and crushed by revolving stone roller. The whole is then passed through winnowing machine.
 The vast area of splendid soil for grain production, the reliability of elf. matic conditions that make crop fail- ures and famine most uncommon, tho nearness of the country to the Pacific ocean, the development of railways, and the frugal, industrious habits of the people all promise great increase in wheat and grain production.
 HENRY B. MILLER
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS

Miss Elizabeth Lockwood of New York has come to reside with Mir and Mrs Eggleston on Newton Heights for the summer season. Miss LockwooI was their guest already during the two previous summers. ~ .. -.. ...
 Rev MT Dixton has attracted the at tention of many with his fine little ca noe on what is known as the "Pin Shop pond" There had not been any there for quite a while, though it is an excellent place for little row.
 Nellie McCarty recently killed a large spotted adder. MT Mccarthy said the snake was nearly five feet long. n g a aat,y*4s
 Alex Baer has gone back to his for mer job at the local factory.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
Our Trade with Chtna.

Compared with our vast trade with Europe, that with China will never bo more. than a drop in the bucket. The Chinese trade is not now dollar per capita, and it is safe to say that it will never reach the double of that majority. The fact is that the peo- pie are very poor. They raise barely enough of the necessities of life to live on. They dwell in novels. They have little live stock, and man is the ordinary beast of burden, says ex- Minister Denby.-N. Y. Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
If we could only see a little ways into the future, what a tot of distress

ing accidents we couldprevent. But our sight ends with the present instant. There may be broken limbs and bruised bodies in store for us in an hour--we can't tell.--But we can be prepared.
 A bottle of Dr. Thomas Ec- lectric Oil in the house at the right time has saved many an hour of suffering, many a pre- cious life.
 Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is monarch over pain. Cuts, burns, bites yield to it's soothing influence; sore throat, croup, collie, catarrh, asthma and frost bite are promptly cured, and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
PnwerfnI Pniann

A certain professor in this city amused his students the other day during q chemistry lecture by relat- ing a story about an old German that cyanide of potassium was very deadly poison, went so far as to say that "one drop of this stuff placed on the tongue of a rabbit would kill the strongest man!" Ledger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS
Cigarettes and Tobacco Sold to Small
 Boys By Dealers.

bOyS by OedlSIS'
 After hhe regular performance of the Harry Lawrence stock company at the opera house last evening, the company held amateur night. The following To- cal people appeared: William Handel iii violin solos; Miss Ethel Adamson In cornet solos; Master Thomas Powers in vocal selections, and Joseph Grant in baton swinging. The prize was won by MT Grant, who went through the act of undressing while swiftly revolv- ing the baton. MT Grants act took down the house and he was awarded the prize
 Charles Walthers of Union City will sail Tuesday on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse for Germany where he will visit relatives.
 The strong Thomaston and the local fire department teams are battling on Hotchkiss field this afternoon.
 A number of local people are in New Haven to-day witnessing the baseball game between the Holy Cross and Yale college teams. ..
 .4War is on, or will be on in short time against those merchants who sell cigarettes and tobacco in general to the likes of that" said well known citizen to Democrat reporter last night. As the man made the remark he lifted his cane and pointed 1t at very small boy, perhaps not more than ten years of age, who was coming down the street puffing on one of sDuke's'' best. "W'hat do you mean?' Inquired the reporter, but he was not .sput wise'' All he could get out of the man was, "Keep your weather eye open and see if there will not be a change.'' The reporter then inquired if the Borough Improvement assocfa- tion intended to prosecute merchants who sell tobacco to boys of tender years, but he was answered in the neg ative Perhaps the merchants will now exert themselves and try and find out the difference between a young man sixteen years of age and small boy of eight or ten years. It is cer- tainlyfa disgrace to the borough to see 50 many small boys addicted to the use of the deadly weed, so if war is to be waged then let it commence at once and wax hot until the selling of tobac- 60 to boys under sixteen years is stop ped for all time. \
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
GREATLY ALARMED,
By Persistent Cough, But Perma.
 nently Cured by Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.

Mir H. r. Burbage, student at law in Greenville, S. C., had been troubled for four or five years with a continu- ous cough, which he says greatly alarmed me, causing me to fear that I was in the first stage of consumption" Mir Burbage having seen Chamber lain's Cough Remedy advertised con cluded to try it, Now read what he says of it: tT soon felt a remarkable change and after using two bottles of the twenty-five cent size, was perna- nently cured" Sold by all druggists
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
chIckamauea and Chattanooga.

The word Chickamauga means "dull, sluggish stream" and it is from the waters of the creek that the Indians, who were among the most daring and warlike of all the tribes in east Tennessee, got their names, says the Chattanooga Times. The original interpretation of Chat tanooga has long been lost. The gen eral acceptation of the meaning of the word is Hawks Nest" said to have been suggested by the valley nestling in the shadow of the ridges and mountain. Others say that the word Is derived from the name Clan owah, given by the Cherokees to small, warlike hawks that made their nests in the cliffs of Lookout noun tain
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16

Mir Joseph Pominville of Saltwater, Minn, after having spent over $2,0o0 with the best doctors for stomach trouble, without relief, was advised by his druggist, MT Alex Richard, to try box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, He did so and is, a we'll man to-day If troubled with indigestion, bad taste in the mouth, lack of appetite or constipation, give these tablets trial, and you are cer- tain to be more than pleased with the result. For sale at 25c per box ali druggists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16
EgGs Bonn 2 Femm C.

! Peel two onions, slice and fry them brown in butter. Then mix in a des- sertspoonful of vinegar. Butter dish and spread the onions over it. Break over them the number of eggs required for your family and place all in a brisk oven. When the eggs are cooked cover with layerNof bread crumbs fried in butter and serve.-Detroit Free Prsss.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16

When you want a pleasant physic try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by all druggists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16

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