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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14

It is too early to predict what tb. pig nghts will be in this congress, but the tght on the Cuban reciprocity pro- position Is going to be a bitter one mere will not be as many republican recalcltrants in this congress as there was in the last on that proposition, for the reason that the sugar trust has bought out the beet sugar interests and that has closed the mouths Of many republicans who otherwise would be opposed to Cuban reciprocity. There are some. however. who still hold out against It, and they will line up with the democrats and fight it unless they will allow the democratic amendment to go through removing the differential from refined sugar. The democrats are perfectly willing to give Cuba all the reciprocity she asks for or give her free trade with this country, provided they can remove the difterential from refined sugar which will give the con sunaers of this country A chance. This Is exactly what the sugar trust does not want. With reciprocity with Cuba on raw sugar to the extent of a 25 per cent reduction on the present tariff, and retaining the differential on refined sugar, the trust makes not less than eight millions a year out of the game. That is the milk in the cocoa nut. It is straight fight between the people and the sugar trust.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
ON THANKSGIVING DAY.

Tom and Jim are conin home, N An Nell, sweet little maid, It's been nigh onto six long years
 Since from our home they strayed. We're making pumpkin pies just now And fixin' up right gay, .. For there's goin' to be some doins i On Thanksgiving day. We'll have a bouncing turkey,
 Ice cream and frosted cake, The trimnin's. berry sauce, and sich, Mothers goin' to make. The parlor's decorated now,
 Seth Williams's goin' to play, There's goin to be some doin's. ..>' On Thanksgiving day. ..., -.,. You know it's kinder lonesome e>@ "
 For us old folks nowadays. :. -.-,, >, Since our dear ones left us allaloue And went their different ways. But we're goin' to get together soon,
 Our hearts are mighty gay, There's goi1 to be some 1oin's
 On Thanksgiving day. We been together sixty years,
 A happy married life: No better woman ever lived
 Than Sarah Ann. my wife. We're goin' to celebrate bit E., In the good old fashioned way -~'" And there goin' to be some doin's
 On Thanksgiving day. <. It's bound to break our hearts afresh,
 And turn our joy to tears When the time comes round and part
 we must With our loved ones dear. Just now the sun is shinin'
 A warm and loving ray, For there's goin' to be some doin's
 On Thanksgiving day. ...
 Dan Packard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14

gether next Saturday some authorita- tive light ought to be thrown on the old problem as to what happens when an immovable body and an irresistible force try to pass each other on single track road.--Hartford Post.
 The elegant taste which led the fresh men of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to choose young pig as their mascot is only surpassed by the maturer delicacy of the upper class men, who on the athletic field, ran down the pig, caught him by the hind leg and threw him over the fence, and then climbed over themselves and beat him to death with clubs.-Hartford Courant
 An Irish peasant lad was once asked by a gentleman how his father was. 'Ah,' he replied, my poor father died last Wednesday, your honor" T m sorry to hear that said the other. 1t must have been very sudden. What doctor attended him?' "Oh, sir said the boy. my poor father wouldn't have a doctor; he always said he'd like to die natural death. Buffalo Con- mercial.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
NEW IDEAS IN DRESS.
Modish Trifaes That Are Meeting with Favor Among DevOtees of
 Fashion.

Ermine1 Is also initiated in silk and is %sed for trimmings.
 Yokes and sleeves of evening gowns are made of gold net.
 Jet chains are relieved here and there with small bead of gold.
 Fringes of other sorts, like chenille, wool and silk, are in for g. distinct re- vival.
 Insects in jewels and in jeweled gun metal are worn as corsage and hair orna- ments.
 Moleskin and chinchilla are very suc- cessfully initiated in a fine quality of plush.
 A new style of hand mirror shows one side ordinary glass and the other mag nifying.
 Some of the large collars are hemmed with chenille and trimmed with lace Of the same hue
 PanDe de chine is new stuff, which lends itself to trimmings of tea gowns and to many otkef ~ses. ..-. .y.
 An extreme mooe of Partisan origin is the trimming of gowns and mantles with 'fringes made of fur.
 A belt novelty is one of crushed leather with metal medallions united by chains in imitation of metal girdles. E.
 Ermine is employed as trimming for all descriptions of garments and is fre- quently mingled with mink and chin, chilla-
 The Henri Deux hat, with pointed peak. high crown, and sharply turned up brim at the back is greatly in favor just now. spangled robes appear in brilliant col brings such as red. blue and gold, the 'sequins being closely maszed in Van Dyke effect.
 Becomingness is the first rule with re- gard to veil, and for general wear the most becoming is find diamond -meshed net, without spots. ..
 Navy blue Is leading color and re- lieving note is introduced in pipings, fac tngs, strappings and machine stitching in lawn, ivory and white. A heavy machine stitchery is being largely employed as decoration on the latest tailor mades of best repute. It is fnthenature of an ordinary stitch worked with very loose tension, and in close l lines '@ ~ @'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
HIS PRESCRIPTION.
School Trustee Knew What Was Best for the Tired Teacher
 to DO.

The school trustee was not popular with the teachers, but somehow the voters seemed to like him. He was very old fashioned, but he secured results. He was strict and gruff, and there was no feolishness that he could prevent, writes Elliott Flower, in Brooklyn Eagle.
 The teacher thought she needed 8 rest from her strenuous labors.
 You may resign" he told her in his severely practical way.
 But she didn't want to resign; she merely wanted a rest. with the assurance that she would not lose her rank in the service.
 "The procession moves on," he said. "If you step out, you can only fall in again at the rear"
 That isn't fair to me-" she insisted. ''I have worked for my position.
 Others are also working" he returned. "They have right to the rank they at tain, and it wouldn't be fair to the one who takes your place, If she proves satis- factory, to set her back again as mat ter of accommodation to you. We can- not shift back and forth to suit the whim of anyone"
 Then the teachers mother advanced to the attack
 "It that an ironclad rule?" she asked.
 Except in the case of serious illness. yes" he replied.
 This is such case" said the mother triunphantly My daughter is utterly worn out by her duties"
 DO you think SOP" inquired the trus- tee.
 T know it." said the mother. She is weary at the very beginning of the day; she has spells of faintness and dizziness; she can hardly drag herself to school Her work Is killing her"
 DO you think SOP" repeated the trus- tee.
 "Iknow 1t" said the mother.
 The trustee beckoned her to one side,
 Tell your daughter. he said, to either give up her school and marry the young man or give up the young man and stick to the school She'll be sadly over worked as long as she tries to give her un- divided attention to both" Do men find that necessary" Well, love is a temporary alteration with man, but an absorbing, permanent occupation for woman"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
HEARD IN PASSING

Schwab seems to be the punch bag of the industrial sltuation.-Birming- ham News.
 The Colomhians must have begun to suspect that they have made terrible bungle of it.-Chicago Tribune.
 Does it pay to take & cheerful view of things? Mark Twain has just moved his family into an Italian villa former ly occupied by Russian grand duchess and a German king. Arneri- can.
 President Roosevelt hrayely says Keep faith with Cuba" but a senate bigwig moves to amend by striking out faith with, on the ground that it will be cheaper, even if it is dead beet leg islafion .-- New York Herald.
 When Yale aud Princeton bump to-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
FIRST BOAT OF THE SEASON.
spring Arrival Was Hailed with Great Rejoicing in Upper Mis-
 sissippi River Towns.

Assistant Secretary Taylor, of the treasury department, grew reminiscent in discussing his early days in Wiscon- sin and the northwest when he was ed- iting small newspapers, says the Washington Star. Those were great days on the upper Mississippi river" he said, when the first steamboa in springtime was looked forward to as one of the great events of the year TO be frozen in all the winter, except for communication by stage once or twice 8 week from the outside, and then to have navigation opened for the spring and summer rush, were times not to be forgotten by people who lived on the river. remember one winter lived at Hudson, Wis, on the Missis- sippi. The river there usually froze over about the 18th of November and remained in that condition until around April 15. There were no rail- roads, and the hauling of freight for so many miles overland was too d1fh- cult and the cost too great to be thought of Consequently we arranged in the summer for the long winter siege. AS April came around the bet ting on the first boat began. Talk about betting on presidential elections. From local standpoint the presiden- ttal election fever was nothing com pared to that of the coming of the first boat. Because the arrival of the first boat to get through the ice meant a great deal. It meant communication with the outside world and fresh sup ply Of new things in, the stores,m Ev- erybody bet on the first boat and lots of money changed hands on the date
 T recall one April when the betting was unusually heavy. I remember that l had made bet that the first boat would get in on the 14th of the month
 All day long I listened for the boats whistle, as did many other fellows who were betting, the same way. At night I went to a political meeting, which broke up about ten o'clock. I went home and went to bed. Along in the night heard the whistle of a steamer on the river. I sprang out of bed and by my watch it was IT. minutes to 12 o'clock. I went back to bed wonder ing what time the captain would make the landing. The next morning I found everybody down engaged in the hottest kind of a dispute about whether the boat arrived on the 14th or 18th. A number of fellows came to blows and there was great excitement. Finally there was an agreement that the time of docking the vessel should settle the matter, and that the settle ment of the dispute should be left to the captain of the steamer. An inn mense delegation went down and wait ed on that officer, assuring him that the air was full of trouble. The cap tain said that he knew there would be a great deal of contention about the matter and that he decided to look at the time when the boat was at the dock and the gang plank out for busi- ness. AS the gang plank was thrown out, he said, his watch stood at three minutes to 12 o'clock, which made the time of arrival the 14th. That settled all the bets, although there was much grumbling and kicking about the pos sibility that the captains watch was slow
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
An Effective Speaker.

An Englishman relates the follow ing election experience: II was taking part in canvassing constituency with out a representative. I was announced as a speaker at a mass meeting held in a. large field within shadow distance of a famous cathedral. One of the other orators delivered the most impressive speech I have ever heard. He spoke of the struggle of the poor, how they had to bear their burden. He talked about his own little home, which he only just managed to keep together by the sweat of his brow Who is he?' I asked We'll replied my friend, the candidate, he is known in his own town as Pop shop Dick because he is a prosperous pawnbroker!'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
Cod Adapta Rabp1tn.

A nest of young rabbits was plowed up in Kansas, and a little girl took them home, but after getting tired of her pets she decided to feed them to the old fam fly cat that has number of kittens. Instead of tho eat eating them, as was expected, she Is raising them The cat seems to think. as much of the rabbits as she does of her kittens.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
SHrHralH nr in MNxiRN.

f, The consumption of sulphur in Mexi- 90 exceeds 1000, 900 kilogrammes an- nually, more than half of which is inn ported, although there are in various parts of Mexico immense deposits of sulphur as yet unworked.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Brono Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves sig nature Is on each box. e.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
An Eye to Business.

Mistress-Did you bring any refer ences with you?
 Cook--No'm. I thought I'd get the place first--DetrOit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14

"Dey am whole lot ob honesty In de worl on'y it don't git loose all in a bunch an make sech big parade, Mistah Jackson. .'-Baltimore News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
The New York Tailoring Go

Have opened their new store at 13o North Main street, and beg b call your attention to their fine and large stock of domestic and imr rorted woolens. We are making up gentlemen's suits, giv- ing a perfect ft and f1rst-c1ass work manship. Suits are made from SIS up. Fine Trousers are made from S5 up.
 We make speciality of cleanJng cressing and repairing. every suit and making 1t look like new. suits ,,ressed. BOG; suits cleaned and pressed Tsc. suits secured and pressed, s1.5c. +rousers pressed, 15c.
 We also rlakc Ladies' Suits and gar roents in the latest styles and perfectly tailor made. Pressing. repairing and 6-eing any ladies' garments sui4s skirts, is also one of our leading spe. cialties Repairing done at half-price.
 Send a postal and we will immediate. Iy send a boy to bring and return your clothes. done in q first-class condition.
 Remember the address,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
Mattresses.

We make speciality of Mattresses of every kind and quality and of such materials as hair, cotton, wool, fibre and excelsior and in any combination demanded by the trade. We beat the state on Feather Pillows and we make Fine Pillows of other materials as we'll We have a fine line of Spring Beds and Comfortables and all other accessories of ease and contentment in sleeping. You make the mistake of your life if you don't examine Cur stock before buying anything.
 Boston Mattress Co.,, 200 East Main St
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
Monuments.

I have but few of the large number of Monuments We made during the spring and summer. but to close them out I will offer them at very low prices.
 Orders for work to be set before winter should be placed very soon with ThOS F. Jackson Successor to Charles Jackso- Y r14
 sI2-SIS BANK STREET.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
PENMANSHIP l PROF HoLLEY

Teaches every pupil Co wrire . eins fapid. business hand, in . course of la private lessons and nc failures. Ali kinds of pen work executed tn the kighesk, degree of art. 7s. . 7 ssss,sis
 167 BANK STREET.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-14
THINK OF IT.

A good Crayon for 9sc at the Boston Installment Co.'S. Pictures, Crayons and Pastels a speciality. Repairing frames at req sonable prices. Tele- phone 1855. Prompt attention always.
 E. NJ. HERMAN, Mgr,
 127 North Elm St.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26
VALUE OF FRENCH TITLES.
They Confer No Privilege at Home,
Yet Help When Abroad.

why do we have them?" the
French people are beginning to ask.
What is the sense of them? What is
Veir raison d'etre? They are merely
a relic Of monarchical days-gone. we
hope, never to come back. Why should
We style people as counts. marquises
and barons. cts. when they are merely
descendants of people who used to be
such?"
French titles are nothing more than
nominal, anyway; they carry no priv
ilege at home and merely give GER
tain precedence abroad when prece
dence is in question.
They have. however. been of a com
mercial value in connubial matters:
scores of rich girls have married i'm
pecunious and sometimes vicious and
dissipated Frenchmen for the sake of
their titles.
If threatened law against them
should pass these ladies would be de-
prived of the honor for which they
sacrificed themselves and their for
tunes. They would not be entitled to
legal redress, hut would no doubt
think the French assembly was just
too mean for anything.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26
GREAT DISCOVERIES
A~rieITs NEW METAL PoLoNluM

Sauses Other Metals to Glow With
Bright Light - -Fifteen-hundredth
OF Grain Cost seventy.five Dol.
lars.
during the session of the chemical
congress at Berlin, Prof. w. Markwald
oi that city showed to the electro
chemical and physical section smudge
VI uark powder on piece of paper,
winch was the first time that any of
those eminent scientists had seen the
metal polonium discovered by Profess
hor and Madame Curie of Paris. The
latter doubted whether polonium was
primary element, or related to bismuth,
Dut Professor Arkwald demonstrated
mat 1t was indeed a primary element.
ne exhibited bit of metal weighing
ie-loO of grain, which was produced
from Two tons of uranium at a cost of
so. IL Is more sparsely distributed in
uranium than xenon, the most rarifie3
gas. is in the atmosphere.
Professor Markwald proceeded to
give marvellous exhibition of the
bowers of his speck of polonium. 1t
intercepted strong current of electric
ity passing through the air from the
generator to the receiver, the air ceas-
ing to be conductor for the flashes.
Inc room was then darkened and
pieces of barium, platinum and zinc
olende placed near the polonium
glowed with a bright. greenish light.
me assembiage of chemists were
Nrllled with establishment. 1t ap-
ared to be miracle.
I'm the section of organic prepara-
Tons Professor Proskauor of Berlin
read a paper on the sterilization of
drinking water with ozone and on
ozone water works. the German cleo
ricians having succeeded in producing
AT small cost concentrated solution of
ozone. The speaker, with Professor
Ohimueller and Professor Prall of the
imperial health office, made exhaustive
experiments with the solution in pur-
lying water. The experiments in
cluded tests with water artificially i'm
pregnated with the deadliest disease
germs, like typhus. cholera and dys-
entery. Such water was pumped
through the so-called ozonizing tower
and then rigidly analyZed. All the
germs were found to be killed. whereas
the ordinary method of sand filters left
the germs living. Moreover. the water
was greatly improved in quality.
through the increase of oxygen from
the ozone.
Professor Proskauor said the ozon-
ing plant was cheaper than the sand
iiltering system usually used in city
water works, hence the time had come
for the general Introduction of ozone
plants. The town of Weisbaden, added
the professor. already has one of these
plants, which sterilizes $50 cubic feet
of water hourly.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26
Low Rates to Boston and Return In
June and July.

Via the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Ry. Tickets will be sold
June 25th. 26th and 27th extreme re-
turn limit August list; and on July 1st,
I'd, Sd. 4th and 5th, extreme return
limit September 1st. Stop-overs al
lowed at Niagara Falls and Chautau-
qua; also at New York on tickets via
that route. Full information, with
rates via variable routes. will be
promptly furnished on application az
CITY Ticket Office. $50 Clark street, or
to c. F. DAILY, Chief A. G. P. A, Chi
cago.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26
GUNNER EXCURSIONS
Via Grand Trunk Railway System.

BOSTON-Sinsie fare. Going dates
June 25, &c and 27. Return limit Au-
gust 1st, 1903.
BOSTON-Single fare plus 50. Go
ing dates July LIST to 5th inclusive.
Return limit September 1st. 1908.
TORONTO-Singlet fare plus 50. Go
ing dates June 29th and both. Return
limit July Sth, 1903.
~SARATOGA-Sing fare. Going
Otes July 5th and 9th. Return limit
July 20th, 1908.
DETROIT-Sinsle fare. Going dates
July 18th and 10th. Return limit Au-
gust 18th, 1908.
For further particulars address Geo.
w Vaux. A. G. p. & T. A.. Excursion
Dept. Chicago. III.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26
Keep Your Eye

On the sunny San Luis valley, for 1t
is going to be winner this year. You
will have full Information from time
to time in these columns.
The Colorado Bureau of Immigra-
ton. GIG Majestic Building. Denver.
Colorado.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De-
fiance Starch is fast taking place of
all other brands. Others say they
cannot sell any other starch.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26
Halls Catarrh Cure
S constitutional cure. Price, 75c.

British doctors are said to be commit
ting suicide because the increasing good
health of the country leaves them no
work. But perhaps the death of the
doctors accounts for the good health.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

Nisitor-And who is the gentleman with
the nicely curled moustacl.los? Guide
4 nat is the sole survivor of the latest
French automobile race.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

Il made this pound cake myself.
John said the young wife. proudly.
You should be less extravagant, my
dear" replied the heartless husband;
I'm sure it will run more than sixteen
ounces to the pound"
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

Don't you know that Deflhnce
Starch besides being absolutely supe-
rior to any other, is put up l6 ounces
in package and sells at same price
as 12ounce packages of other kinds?
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

The Doctor-You have a bad cold.
Mr.. Jiggs. I'll give you some pills for
it. Jiggs-Oh, never mind doctor; you
can have 1t for nothing
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality OF Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

Customer-Isn't that tea too steep at a
dollar "A pound? Grocer-Of course. All
tea is to steep.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26
sensibIa housekeepers

will have Defiance Starch, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money. but also because Of
superior quality.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

FITS SrsrmanentlvCured. Nohts { nsrvousnoss after
hrst day use OF Dr. Kline Grcat Nerve Rostorer.
send for FREE 5000 trial pottle and Treatise.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26
Butter VS.. Hay.

One hundred dollars worth of but
ter from a grazing COW bears off from
the soil less of its valuable elements
than cents worth of hay.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

The secret of the popularity of Baxters
"Bullhead" 5-cent cigar is revealed in ono
word-"Quality."
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

18Th and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colo.
Departments bookkeeping uhe
famous Bliss System OF Actual Busness)
shorthand iGr.h.m and Gregg systems) Type
writing (Touch method }, Pnnmn n-hp and
EnRH h. POSITIONS GUARANTEED to
students completing the com bined course. Ex-
prrienceu teachers In every department. Fall
term opens Sept. 1, 1908. Send for free
illustra rated catalogue. A. NJ. KEARNS. Pres.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

Conscience has been defined as stu
small voice that disturbs " man when
his liver is out of order.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

a little bird sat on a telegraph wire.
And said to his mates. u declare.
If wireless telegraphy comes into vogue.
Well have to sit on the air.
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

why hRven't you been attending
church of lhte?' asked the parson. Doc
tor forbid it" replied the delinquent par
tv He said l must give up sleeping in
the daytime"
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

Miss Squeers says her face is her
fortune" Il should call it her mis-
fortune"
The Springfield herald., 1903-06-26

The boy who had his fingers blown off
last July may thank his stars that he
does not have to go through with the or
deal again