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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

While the members OF the French
Parliament were comforting with the
members OF the British Parliament at
the House OF Commons. upon the i'm
portance OF better International ar
engagements for arbitration. and ap-
peals 20 The Hague were being dis
cussed. the Princess OF Wales presid
ed at the launching OF the largest bat
tie ship In the world. the King Ed
ward VII. The vessel 10 - cost 81.
100000. -
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

are already hung and the man who
Aought them must have been color
blind. No sky ever showed brighter.
more noisy blue than those blinds. The
building Is the Moore Block. on one OF
the four corners about which Oyster
Bay life throbs. IL is owned by the
man who keeps the grocery on the
street floor.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

Milan Is in summer the hottest city
IN Italy. the temperature being In
fluenced by the ocean or the noun
tains. as In Venice, Genoa, Naples,
Palermo, Bologna, Florence and
Rome. Consequently there are few
villas near Milan. whose wealthy
families spend their summers pre-
fcrably along Como and the other
| Italian lskss.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

Frenchnnan. This little apparatus II
claimed 10 ~ able 70 boil an exc
~wifb one grsnsgps ~ water and one
gramme 81 metbyiafed spirit. The
measure o. water D. poured into the
-e.ot,nefIere.~ the esg s. dropped into
the holder. tho asiesfos ring ~ soaked
ia spirit "a gramme 81 which h All
sorbs,. placed under the little appara-
tus and light applied. in fhEes min
utes tl,e eg9 should ~ boiled. and part
Of fiie 6ev5ce may then ie ssed a. an
egx cup n DofhinS else IA Aan1s.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

Freaks Of N-ture Produces b. Done
Sc Fc~ls.

Ir stri-s ~ luresti saficf-s on iAe
Development % fhe common c-li--E Gle
meDf T. Webster was Surprised AZ The
tnauy sgrsnee forms u ezGr Met with
ir rile cour-e ~ his srudies- IN Do
stfibins These eggs ID ne America "a
Inventor. he says. A very unusual
forl o. esg j. covered by thick.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08
The Suicidal Mania

The rate OF suicides per l.OOO.OOO in
London Is ninety-fvc: ia Brussels. Der.
lin. Stockholm and ST. Petersburg 300
and IN Paris and Vienna 100.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

\ German scientist who has spent
eight years In Patagonia says that
PatagonlaDs will soon be extinct.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

Flower growers ia the South Of
France and other favored climes find
n profitable 10 send the products OF
their sksu 70 British markets.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

A scheme for the establishment OF a
permanent wireless service between
Sweden and Germany Is near realiza-
ton.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08
AN ADJUSTABLE TABLE.

a Convenience For writing and Storing
Papers.
4 very pleasing piece OF furniture is
this adjustable table I'm green ash.
This green ash Is simply fetching as 4
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08
The vote. Of Espsri.ne..

The breakers az the seashOre are not
always those that dash on the beach
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

-dlscuTcry q Tie Hudson lNTer N l'~r'
hy Hentrik Hudson Here arr a Few
o. TIE wings contemplate iu the Way
Or The features u the proposed cele-
br1rlC-.
Firsf-A S,lpso0e9 memorial bridge.
70 srlau Spuyten Duyvl Greek from
Manhattan leland TO the Bronx
Seroud-TwO public parks. one az
escf md 90 the bridge
Thi-5--A water pageant 80 ma-nid-
cent proportions. FL which rhe growth
20 New Nork's commerce shall o. Illus.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08
@ZMZrEE 1VNzMlZ1'
President RooSevelt'S :.
:; Summer Home.
GIHNIlE@ lINIlZRNZ@

rm-wHEN the President returned
- ~ TO his summer home at
NM oyster Bay. L. L.. the
Nm townspeOple greeted him
E ~ with enthusiastic ccre-
monN. The younger chill
dren. with their usual horde OF pets.
went 20 oyster Bay several weeks be
FORE the Presidents arrival The inn
provements at Sycamore hin. as the
Roosevelt estate Is called. have been
without prctenSionS from an architcC-
tural standpoint. hut merely designed
20 extend the capacity Of the quarters
Tor guests AMI servants. - that the
hospitality of the Roosevelt home may
Dc even broader than before The
Presidents estate comprises ninety
seven acres OF which more than thirty
are heavily wooded \ vegetable gar
den occupies two acres. and fifteen
acres are given up 20 lawn. The house
Is n rambling frame structure. with
immense rooms and n great portico.
The library i one OF the features OF the
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-08

Tie accompanying cut represents
new egr hoiier. also fhe Invention or q
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

The president of the United States is now on another huge swing around the circle which he modestly calls '.an un- pretentious little outing for the pur- pose of avoiding publicity" Let us see about that. The schedule calls for about POO speeches and the party ac- companying the president consists or two secretaries, one doctor, three stenographers, two secret service men, one poet-naturalist, representatives of three illustrated papers, representatives of three press associations, one official photographer, and two telegraph opera tors. What delightfully."- original way of avoiding publicity. It Is surprising that he did not take along brass band with which to hunt those bears. The truth of the matter is that the gentle man who occupies the highest civic po- sition in the country is never so happy as when he is in the limelight on the front of the stage. This trip Is a stumping tour pure and simple. He wants that nomination a heap more than he wants those bears, and he is not overlooking any bets that will pile up, the blue chips in front of him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

Our morning contemporary should stick to facts when talking about the boycott. By, the way, if the Republi, can is so anxious to put down the boy cott, what is the need of publishing the names of the men on the unfair list? It is the only paper in the city that has published them. Perhaps some people would know nothing about 1t if the names were not printed. The story or W. I. Monroe, the business college man, which it published this morning, is de- nied by some of the friends of the strikers. It is told that the college man has been riding from the start. and when spoken to on the subject, said he would ride whenever he felt like it. Everybody will admire MT Mon- roe's independence, but whether those who admire his independence will show their good will by patronizirg his school Is another question.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06
HEARD IN PASSING

Secretary Hay is said to have assured the Cubans of an extra session of con gress to pass on the reciprocity treaty. Of course, no one will assume that MT Hay is promising goods that he cannot deliver. But what will congress do about it? It may be bad thing for the administration to have on it's hands. New Haven Union.
 Something has been said lately about falling off in the skill of our naval gunners since the Spanish war, but it is possible that this report was only ruse of the naval authorities to stinC- late the officers and men of our war ships to make their craftsmanship still more perfect. A dispatch from Pensa- cola says that on Friday the battleship Indiana. at target practice in the gulf, established a new worlds record in firing the thirteen-ineh guns. The cap tain reported to Admiral Higginson that the gu1ners of the thirteen-i inch turret scored fourteen hits out of six. teen shots. with the thirteen-inch guns at range of five miles, lowering the worlds record by one shot. Admiral Higginson very properly ordered every ship of the North Atlantic squadron LO CIlGSI tAS lHuIdud uOE crew aS she steamed past them up the harbor of Pensac sacola.--Hartford Times.
 One of Tammany's silent men, has
 passed over to the majority" This
 was big John McQuade, who had been the treasurer of the organization from
 the days of Tweed. The Sun, in its 1 account of him says: ''John Kelly l learned to trust him implicitly and left him as an inheritance to Richard Gro
 ker with the assurance that he was a safe man. Mir McQuade took little
 part in the factional duarrels in the l hall. and in the change of leadership l from Tweed's day to Murphys it oe-
 cured to no enc to oust him from his office. As treasurer he handled mil lions during his long term. He was
 never called upon for an accounting by the hall, if he did make such reports | to the leader of the wigwam. It was 1 said that he kept his books not in 1 figures, but by system of marks and
 crosses in eolored marks so that they
 were intelligible to none but himself" ]"
 Hartford Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

the run of one hour tram making actual speed of mile a minute may pass ten of these sidings and perhaps six or seven trains, all of which are in huenced in more or less degree by the same conditions affecting the first ex- ample.
 Is it wonder that when it comes to the question of diminishing passenger traffic in favor of freight railroad turns to its fastest flyers?
 The removal of just one passenger train in 24 hours, this train starting from the termini of rcAd in each di- rection, makes the possibility of nov ing freight trains out of all seeming proportion to the clearance. As indi- eating this, the Railway and Engineer Review printed symposium of expert opinions on the economical proportioi of passenger trains to be run with the freight trains of given line.
 According to these experts certain New York line, which has us many miles of sidetracks as it has of single main line, moves 40 trains every 24 hours over its whole line, B to the east and p to the west. In these freight movements there is an average of 047 cars a day, and between the trains hauling the freight cars only seven passenger trains are moved, four to the east and three to the west. To take off only one of these passenger trains would mean the possibility of perhaps five more trains hauling freight.
 To travel over a railroad at 30 miles an hour is a distinct privilege. The train that carries the passenger at that rate is not likely to be more than good advertisement of the road rum ming it. For it is through the freight offices of the roads that the dividends come, after all.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06
AvARICE IS HEALTHY.
Keeps One Cool, Encourages Indus try, AbstemIousnes and
 Steaddn@ss.

"The passions effect on the health is not sufficiently regarded" says physician in the Philadelphia Record. 'The passion which is best for the health is avarice. It keeps one cool, encourages regular and industrious habits, leads to abstemiousness and makes against all excess. And hence the avaricious, the misers, live to a great age. The misers of history were all noted for their longevity. Rage is very bad for one. The passion causes an irregular, intermittent beating of the heart, and the intermittency in time may become chronic. Hatred creates fever. If we hate we grow lean. This hot passion eats us like a flame. Fear is bad for the nerves, the heart and the brain, and, therefore, we should never permit ourselves to be afraid. But the strangest effects of all have been caused by the passion of grief. The medical books record eases where coming suddenly, in a violent shock, 1t has caused loss of blood from the lungs in one person. paralysis of the tongue in another, and failure of sight, eS temporary blind ness in third"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

Child labor is one of the greatest curses of the age. It not only units the child for voyage through life, by putting the little one to work, but by so doing the child takes away from the grown man or woman labor that at one time brought them food and the other necessaries of life. Not many descriptive articles can throw so much light upon child labor in the south as does a little story in the April Mo Clure's called "Who is Her KeeperT T' The author, Mary Applewhite Bacon, is, her editors tell us, native of Georgia, and thoroughly familiar with the conditions she describes. The cen tral figure of the story Is seven-year- old girl, whose family leave 8 Georgia farm to live in a cotton mill district, having been promised "a good house to live in, painted white, with three rooms in it, and leash money every saddy night" The point of the story is the tragic effect on her of long hours and nightwork within the noisy sha- dows of the clanking mill machinery
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

by the war with spain and by the flood of gold from the mines of Alaska. The result was the same. Prosperity re- turned to the country just as we said it would if we could get more basic money on which to do the business of the country. We now have three times the volume of money in circula- ton that we had in 1896, and the re- suit is that we have comparative pros perity where then We had stagnation in all lines of business. Therefore, the money question is no longer an issue.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

"The democratic party can win and
 will win in 1904, if the convention is guided by common sense,' said one of
 the leading. democrats of the nation q few days ago in Washington while discussing the future outlook of democracy. '"The democratic party should not surrender to the so-called reorganizers, continued this distin- guished gentleman. By that l mean that we should not nominate man for the presidency who bolted the party organizations in 1896 and 1900. There are fundamental principles and tenets of faith in the democratic party which are immortal, and which will forever keep this land free and independent republic. and to which the vast major ity of the people of the country sub- scribe, and when they are not becloud- ed by fanciful and extraneous theories the result will show itself in great democratic majority, popular as well as in the electoral college. The demo- cratic position on the money question in 1896 and 1900 was a policy adopted at that time ill order to relieve the Ie- cessities of the people and of the business world that were clamoring for more money to do the business of the country. 1t simply involved the quantitatiye theory of money, and our every contention in that regard has been amply proved by subsequent events. We wanted and needed more money in circulation and advocated bi-metallism as the remedy. The remedy came. but it came in the shape of one metal only, superinduced by the failure of crops in the old countries
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06
ZESTFUL FRANKNESS.
An Irate Lawmaker Who Was One of the "COwardly Nincompoops.
 Himself.

Unexpected frankness now and then gives a special zest to the humor of a situation in congress. When "Gabe" Bouck was the repre- senta tive from the Oshkosh district of Wisconsin, a pension bill came before the house, to his great vexa- ton of spirit; for, while his personal convictions were directly opposed to it, his political interests were strong enough to whip him into line. On the day the bill came up for final disposal a fellow member met Bouck in the space behind the last row of seats, walking back and forth and gesticulating excitedly, bringing his clenched right fist down into the hollow of his left hand, to the ae econ- paniment of explosives which would hardly look we'll in print, writes Francis E. Leupp in Some Humors of Congress"
 Whats the trouble, Gabe?" in- quired his friend. "Why all this ex- citement?"
 ''Trouble?" snorted the irate law maker. Trouble enough! That pension bill is up. and all the cow ardly. nincompoops in the house are going to vote for it. It's sure to pass --sure to pass"
 "But why don't you get the floor and speak against it--try to stop it?" suggested the other,
 "Try 10 stop it?" echoed -Bouck. 'Try to stop it? Why, I'm one of the cowardly nincompoops myself!"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

There are lots and lots of people who have no idea what $2 or $2.25 Il day means to man that has no income but that. Perhaps Manager Sewell and Colonel Burpee belong to the num- Der. How can man live on $2 a day up to ten, besides himself and his wife to support. A friend of the men now on strike, and of all laboring men for that matter, had few moments to spare yesterday. and he got out his pen- ell and started figuring. He came to the conclusion after long time that a family of five must spend for the necessaries of life, and be as close and amounts:
 Rent, F months at $15 ..... .$1S0.C0 Food, $1 per day ............. 365.OO Clothing, shoes, etc .......... 10000 Fuel, light and ice ............ 5000 Sickness. fraternal and life in-
 surance ............... oo.Uo
 
 Total ........... .......... .$Ioo.oo Wages at $2 per day for 30
 weeks .................. ..$6oo.oo Dehc1t ........... ........ .@1oo,oo By these figures 1t will be seen that the workman must cut his expenses somewhat or he will be in the hole at the end of the year for $15o. These figures do not allow for cigars, tobacco or any of the luxuries of life
 Now let us cut the figures, say 20 per cent all around, making the mans necessary expenses as follows: Rent, SIP per month ......... $l44.oO Food, Soc per day ............. zSz'oo Clothing, shoes, etc .......... so.oo Fuel, light and ice ......... 4S.Oo Sickness, fraternal and life in-
 sIrance ........ ............ 4o.oo The man would still be behind, and with no prospect of ever catching up.
 Give the wor6man enough to live decently on and have few dollars left to entertain his friends when they call to see him. and there will be an end to strikes, riots and boycotts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06
rnnnoen+ rnr,n,r.

MT. Callow--What funny littlehole in the sofa! It looks like some one had been boring. Tommy-Mayhe you did it, MT. Call low.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

"Yes, heard sister say you were 8 pore. ."-Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

IF the Rev MT Haywood has been correctly reported, the city officials and the police department should at once present him with some sort of testi- mon1al. It was real kind of him to ex- onerate them from any blame for the condition of affairs in Waterbury at present Some of those outside Water bury will keep on thinking they are neglecting their duty, however.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

in storm is a cheap Umbrella. It's foolish to carry one when you can get one of strongest frame of our make and guarantee for hard service. Um- brellas from 35c up.
 TAKE NOTICE.
 This is your last opportunity to buy the best Trunks, Bags Dress Suit Cases at half their cost on account of being forced to vacate the premises. It will pay you to call and see us this time. Umbrellas Recovered and Re paired with the best Gloria Silk from 65c up.
 179 Bank, corner Grand street. Waterbury Umbrella ard Trunk Mfr. Trunks and Bags repaired at reason
 able prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06
.ar,ah a Living Tongue.

Irish is to-day the living tongue of almost as many people as speak Welsh, Greek, servian, Bulgarian, Norwegian or Danish. Tn Galway alone are 17,s38 persons who can speak nothing but Irish.-Knowl- edge.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06
Forgetful Cupid.

Laura-This time last year you were engaged to that little homely profes- sor.
 Bertha-sure enough; what was his name ?-~Detroit Free Press.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-15

Between Bagdad and the Persian gulf,
about 500 miles along the Tigris, Is a
desert in which Sir William Willcocks
finds the same engineering opportunities
that are being improved In Egypt. AS
late as $40, A. D., this land Of Chaldea
was made one Of the most fertile and
prosperous centers of agriculture.
through a great irrigation system, with
a main canal $50 miles long and an i'm
mense number Of subsidiary canals. For
the first ten miles the great canal, with
a width of 65 feet. was cut through hard
conglomerate rock, to depth of so feet.
with neglect OF the works. the main
stream of the Tigris became diverted,
the old bed of the river silted up, the ir-
rigation system fell into ruins, and only
mounds on the barren plain mark the
sites OF the ancient villages. To reclaim
nearly 5000, 900 acres by new irrigation
system is Sir Williams hope.-London
News.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-15

For cotton seed cake meal and nuns
ia car lots for prompt or future ship
ment, call on or address p. T Han,
manufacturers agent, Vinita'lT lw
Other towns are declaring against
the cess pool because it brings SICK
ness. II they area menace to health
our board of health should take steps
to stop their use at Vinita.
Now is the time to buy a good Moon
Bros buggy. Lee Barrett is selling
them at cost. Call and see them be-
fore buying for they have nice finish
and are up-to-date and the price is
right. Now for bargain. u
Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all
diseases arising from disordered kidneys
or bladder. Sold by Shanahan s. Nit
chell dw
Miss Eunice Robards has returned
to her home at Springfield. She has
been guest OF Miss Myra Rudlslll OF
KeIso, and while there they both visit
ed Miss Armstrong, near Alton.
Foley's kidney Cure is medicine
free from poisons and will cure any case
of kidney disease that is not beyond the
reach Of medicine. Sold by Shanahan
& Mitchell. dw