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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
True Type Is One Who Is CharmiRg, CompanionAble and Works
 for a Living.

The real typical American girl is not 8 society girl. Portraits typify1ng her! as such are untrue. She has her so- cial diversions; she had her parties and picnics and her social merry-go-round of pleasure, but they are not her life, they are mere incidents of her life, for her life is work, says William Allen White, in Woman's Home Companion. Of course, there are girls who have nothing to do but to amuse themselves year in and year out. Pictures of these girls, with their kind, in festive gear, in full dress, in golf-clothes and in, yachting rigs, are doubtless typical Of the class But the entire class does not number 100000 among 10000, 900 people, and members of this leisure class are merely flies on the wheel. Typical Americans must be drawn in their work ing-clothes if the drawings represent the type. So the typical American girl will not be found in her party dress, though she wears it becomingly and with real grace when the occasion de- mands, but rather she will be found in her working clothes. Tn her working clOthes-be they of the kitchen, the fac- tory, the shop. the office, the house. hold or the schoolroom-she is as real as God intended her to be. But mark you, even then the chief point about her is that she knows how to wear her frocks, knows how to dress tastefuliy at small expenditure, and that what ever her work. she is at pains and is ambitious to make herself look well. And she succeeds. Whatever her sta- tion, you will be pretty sure to find girl worth looking at The true type of the American girl will always show a pretty, young woman attfactively dressed.
 The typical American girl, then, is one who is charming and good looking. who lives in the spirit of fraternity and who works for a living. But in this connection the word living" does not mean board and keep" It means live ing in the broadest sense of the word growing. aspiring, becoming. The American girl who works with her hands does so only that she may rise to better condition of soul and mind and heart. It is not the bread and-butter problem that is making q wage-earner of the American girl. Fathers and brothers can take care of that 1t is, the soul problem-how to live: how to get all the best out of civilization; how to grow in grace. Young men are not the only beings who shall 'ssee visions ThefAmerican girl also sees visions, and she is fired with an ambition as resist less as her brothers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

A rare and interesting collection of gold coins will be exhibited at the worlds fair by Ira D. Garman of Phil aedlphia. The coins run from $50 gold pieces to 9 cent pieces. The most val uable coin is $50 California gold piece, dated 1855. It is said to be worth $500 in the numismatic market 1t is more than twice as large as silver dollar. The oldest coins of the collection are the California octagons-very comedy and attractive pieces. The 25-cent pieces are very small, and thin enough to be bent between the fingers. Some are octagonal and some are round An exceedingly rare coin of the collection is papal, or pope's coin. It is gold, and the size of a $10 gold piece. Con- tained in the collection are many Cali fornia gold coins which are very valu- able, because they date back to the days of '49, and are the output of pri- vate hints. During the days of '49 in California the primitive methods of transportation, the lawlessness and the great danger of shipping bullion to the east and currency west through wild, bandit regions, led to the establishment of private hints near the gold fields. Most of Mir Garman's rare gold pieces came from these private hints.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

The. trolley strike was declared off yesterday, and for that we certainly should all be thankful. The union wins several points and Manager Sew ell says he won few, so after all per haps President John Daily is right when he calls it a compromise. The fact that the union gains recognition is cer- tainly a decisive victory. Manager Seweu held out against that first, last and all the time, but the strikers were so eager to meet him at least half way that he finally conceded the point. and will hereafter recognize the union in any grievances to be adjusted. Iris we'll that the affair is over with. It was beginning to be an eyesore, and a costly one, as business men and others can attest. Let us have peace and good will now, and pray that Water bury will not have such another up- heaval during the present century It behooves Manager sewell to get the old men on the cars as soon as possi- ble. Little incidents that happened last night and this morning show that the public want to see the strikers back in their places. The Central Labor union IS deserving of more than passing re- mark for its conduct since the strike started. The union stood by the men with dollars and good will. It proves also that when 1t will the labor element of Waterbury has the strength to do almost as 1t pleases. So far as we have been able to learn the funds placed in the hands of the officers of the Central Labor union were distributed faithfully and fairly, and the men who were dele gated to meet the strikers, the trolley company or citizens who interested themselves did so in dignified and fair manner, and they have the satis- faction of knowing that although the strikers did not win all they sought, unionism has been recognized.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

can leaders had not stepped in and put a veto on the thing. MT Heath knows too much of the inside workings of the cog-wheels and oiling that the different parts of the machine received in the last two national campaigns. He might. as Rathbone threatened to do, pull down the pillars of the temple" and that would be dangerous to many in high places and leave the republican skeleton exposed in all its hideousness. The man who invented the statute of Limitations should have monument erected to his memory by the republi- can leaders, for they know how much tribulation he saved them. The next convention of that party should pass the hat around, and no one should be more liberal in his donation than Presi- dent Roosevelt, for it has saved him world of annoyance and publicity, that might have jeopardized his politi- cal future. An excellent slogan for the republicans next year would be: Vive la statute of limitations!
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
REBUKING CURIOSITY.
Stranger in Town Resents Intrusion on His Privacy in Clever
 Manner.

The other day mysterious stranger appeared in Omerschans, small town in Holland, and remained i've days without the inhabitants finding out his name, where he came from, or his busi- ness. Even the beerhouse loafers were baffied in their attempts to extract some definite information, and the entire town lay awake at nights worrying over the, matter At last the general agitation grew to such a pitch that someone vol unteered to interview the stranger on behalf of the public veal. Approaching the taciturn visitor, the interviewer re- marked:
 Fine day, sir?"
 "Is, eh?'' said the stranger, dubiously.
 Going to stay long in these parts?"
 "Just two days, two hours and 31 min utes longer" replied the other consult ing his watch and time table.
 "Then-may Ter -ahem! may I ask what your business is?" persisted the man, as the crowd gathered up closer. Ms
 Well, don't wish 1t generally known replied the stranger, confiden- tially, "but I'm Russian nihilist.'
 'You don't mean it?" gasped the in terviewer. l
 "Fact," replied the man, mournfully.
 'But-er-what brings you here?" asked the inquitive questioner.
 Well, you see, was captured in St. Petersburg last month, and-you know how severe that government is on the nihilists, don't you?''
 'sOh. yes-of course; go on!"
 Well, they sentenced me to 20 years in Siberia or week in Omerschans, and I was fool enough to choose Omers- chans."
 In to dinner
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

He Stopped the Clock. May-Oh! George, papa set the alarm for 10:30 tonight.
 George Indeed. Didn't you remark the other night that the ticking was mo- notonous and annoyed you?-Chelsea Gazette.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

One of the remarkable features in econnection with the depression of the last few, weeks is the absence of pan icky symptoms, says Banker Clews in his weekly letter, notwithstanding the extraordinary declines, nor Is there now any reason to anticipate panic because prices are too low and sound conditions prevail outside of Wall street. An- other potent reason, however, for ab- sence of panic is the skillful manner in which the campaign of liquidation has been conducted. Some of the more powerful interests may have been in- strumeptal in forcing the decline; nev- ertheless, as on Friday, strong parties have invariably stepped into the breach and stopped the downward movement when it became too threat ening, thus giving those in difficulties a fair chance to readjust themselves. Without this powerful restrain there is no doubt worse conditions might have followed. and to this extent the street is indebted to the community of inter est idea, which in times past has come in for more than it's share of abuse. The men who dominated vast aggre+ gates of capital knew better than any others the great expansion in all sorts of obligations which eliminated in 1902; they, too, knew better than any others that the legitimate growth of business imperatively called for vast outlays of new capital, which could not be deferred and which must impose strain upon the money market that would fall disastrously upon all specu- lative constructions. No doubt, with the foresight which their position gave them. they prepared in advance for the events now occurring, and which have been anticipated by all experienced ob- esrvers, who wondered not so much at the approach of the day of reckoning as at it's long postponement.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

Many republican leaders who, in the recent erstwhile, were going about wearing a worn, haggard and hunted expression are now walking the streets of the nations capital wearing a broad and expansive smile, says our Wash ington correspondent. Wherefore? Simply because on the 31st of July last the statute of limitation ran and they are forver barred from prosecution for the misdeeds and peculation they 1ndulged in while holding positions of honor and trust under the national gov ernment three years ago. There are many men who ought to have been in dicted and would have been had not President Roosevelt told Fourth Assist ant Postmaster-General Bristow not to investigate any of the cases where the statute of limitation would run this year. 1t was known here also that Perry $. Heath, the secretary of the republican national committee, would have been one of the first to be indict- ed, along with Machen, if the repubIi-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
HEARD IN PASSING

iR
 Unless the drainage is particularly good Wall street must look more or less like a canal this summer.-Boston Globe. @
 Perhaps it would be better to let the eastern college boys harvest the gar den peas few seasons before tackling another wheat crop.-Kansas City Jour- nal.
 The statistics prove that lynchng is declining as a popular amusement. The newspapers are making too much fuss about it and once in a while a sheriff shoots into the crowd. The courts have begun hanging men for the crime and altogether the outlook is discouraging. Buffalo News.
 The other night the colored pastor of the Wheat Street Baptist church spoke a welcome to Booker T. Wash ington. Pastor Bryant is a regular ''rousement'' preacher. In the course of his speech he said he could imag- inc ''the angels leaving the battle menfs of heaven to kneel at the foot of the throne and beg for furloughs to perch on the stars outside and hear ASOOhSSA w oSllAhSCOA SpCdhllS WlSuOAi and patriot1smv'
 The gambler who loses to-day will pawn his watch and gamble again to- morrow, and the buyer of a lottery ticket that draws. a blank will curse his luck, but buy again. So it is likely to be with the investors in paper prop erty, and it will be a gain to the specu- lative but unwary public if the prestige of Morgan and the other engineers of great combines suffer sufficiently to rob them of the gift of sorcery which has been ascribed to them.-San Francisco Call.
 Judge Colt told some girls who had been brought before the New London police court on the charge of street walking that unless they quit their bad habits he should be obliged to infiict substantial penalties on them. "Per- haps," said he, "a word of caution to you may be enough. It will be we'll for you to keep off the streets unless you have legitimate business to call you out It is largely the fault of your par ents that you are not kept at home and it will be well for them to see to 1t that you behave yourselves"
 Louis McCarren. a 5-year-old lad, has had a world of trouble. Recent ly he discovered that he had two holes in his nose and proceeded to fill one of them up with a collar button which he found on the street. Once in, the button refused to come out anu 1t was necessary for the frightened mother to secure the aid of a doctor About two months ago the boy put a few bird seeds in each ear and three or four weeks later the mother no ticed little green sprouts protruding from her childs hearing apparatus She called a doctor at that time and on examination it was found that the seeds had taken root and started to grow. The doctor pulled the plants out Several months previous to the planting of the seeds this same boy decided that he wanted red hair and in order to satisfy his desire poured 3 bottle of iodone on his head and with in a few days had no hair at all and his complexion was like that of an In dian.--Indianapolis Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
Latent Color I'm Marble.

Tn piece of white marble there is, apparently, no latent color. But mar ble will not remain white. It usually contains trace of iron which oxidizes in time, and gives the stone soft russo tone. Moreover, the atmosphere is constantly bringing it's accretion of dust, which is rich in color. Pentelic marble as it stands in the monuments of Athens is as warm as if tinted with burnt sienna. In the Elgin room of the British museum tho statues of the Parthenon are rich and warm and penetrable as the portraits of Titan AS the gray light of the museum falls on these figures the reveleation of color in their masses of light and shade Is no small part of the most magnificent sculptural impression which is anywhere to be received. The great statues of Michelangelo and the Medici sacristy in Florence have the same quality. No a&o;stic possibility was foreign to the intelligence of this universal artist. He seems to have looked far into the future and to have known what light and time and dust and sleepless nature would do. with the great stones which left his hand white and olorless.-Architectu ! Record
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
More Testimony in Favor O
 Standard Remedy.

Winsted, Conn, Sept 2S, 1901. T. s. Carroll, Agent for Our Stand
 ard Remedy"
 My Dear Sir-I consider 1t my duty to acknowledge to you the great bene- fit have received by the use of your Standard Remedy.' For two years was unable to do any labor and suf- fered intense pain most of the time, and under the care of skilIful physi- clans without any permanent relief. On using Our Standard Remedy" inn provement commenced at once, and now after taking it two months con sider myself sound and we'll. I am a man 62 years old, and do not believe in frauds and humbugging the public, but consider this one of the greatest remedies for all blood and nervous dis eases, and any one wishing to know more of my experiment can do so by addressing
 GEORGE H. WHEELER,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27

She would be. compelled to remain in the
woods all night, she screamed for help
James Ackerson was driving his auto
mobile along road near by. and, hsaripa
the scream, ran to- the rescue. Ackersou
was amazed when he saw that bis sWeef-
heart was injured. and. making the most
OF his opportunity, he smiled rognishly
Il can save you. Amelia, and ] can issxs
other. Please forget about that horss-
whipping and be my wife. We are beth
growing old, and II we are ever roiuR 10
be happy now Is the time to begin"
In spite Of the pain she was sufferirg
appreciated the wisdom Of this appeal and
home"
Lifting her from the ledge on which sha
had fallen and carrying her TO tho auto
mobile were but the work of a few mo
ments The injured ankle merded rapidly.
Inc next ride in the automobile was I'd
the ONCE Of Justice of, the Peace Macs.
~ Jersey City. and the happy couple be-
gan wedding trip which should have
peen taken twenty years ago. - ~
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
GARDENS OF SPANISH MOORS
DUPLICATED AT 1.-THE MILLS"
Mongomers Country Seat Is One of the Most Arica
~ Appointed Rural Homes in the Worldwide Townsite
Converted Into a Park.

"Sixth-The display under water Of
| stones of varied coIors as we'll as electric
| ity. Excepting the electricity. we have all
OF the foregoing in operation. The water
which passed unused is now put to work,
SO to speak. 1t is the combination OF
these which makes our picture.
KINDLES THE IMAGINATION.
I'VE should indeed be dull IL imagina-
ton failed to kindle at such an opportun-
ity.
'Old buildings command the respect of
the refined as do old people, and we may
safely measure character by the respect
extended to age. The old buildings talk
the languages which alone can be under
stood by the refined. By refinement we
mean the years OF devotion to the beauties
Of nature
T recall the story of the old White
Mountain driver taking the city folk
around the bend Of the mountain on his
light. -'s = We
What were they shouting about, ,Bill?'
Nothing; only one of those old COLL
darn yaller and red sunsets
Now, what have we done and are we
70 40 with these old buildings? We have
gathered the old stained wood and fences
ana MOSES. stones and even weeds, and
coddied nature into helping us. We have
not consulted the young architect from the
Paris School OF Arts.
In time. however. we will remember
the remark OF one Of the Oldest and best
architects in the country: The ghostly
white is but copy from very limited
vocabulary. Which has some truth in II
at least.
One compliment from an aged lady Is
very dear to us Her words. as correctly
as we remember them, were: Only a
poet can write a dissertation of This la ma
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27

mrs. s. 7. Roberts. Clinton. La. sent postal
card request for . trial bottle Of Drske's Pal
metto Wilma 70 Drake Formula Conpany, pfaka
BLOCK. Chicago, IL, and received Il prouDtly
oy return mail without expense 70 her. Mrs.
Roberts writes that the trial bottle Of this Won-
derful Palmetto Medicine proved quite sudlcient
70 completely cure her. She says: One NAL
bottle OF brakes Palmetto Wine has cured me-
after months Of intense suffering. Ny trouble
was Inflammation Of Bidder and serious con-
ditton Of Urinary organs, Drakeis Palnetto
Wine gave me quick and entiro relief md
bottle" = =
Drake's Pslmetto Wine cures every suea cs,e
TO stay cured. II Is true, unfailing specific foR
Liver. Kidney, Bladder and Prostate Troubles
caused By Inflammation. Congestion or CAfarrh.
When there IL Constipation. Drske's Psinstf0
Wine produces gentle and natural nction Of
the bowels ana cures Constipation immediaeely.
70 stay cured Ono small dose 3 day does III
this splendid work and any reader Of this pspex
may prove IL By writing to Draks FORMULA
Company. Drake Building. Chicago, NJ, for .
TRIAL bottle Of brakes Palmetto Wine. ftisfree.
and cures A letter or postal card u your only
N. Broadway.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27

hands by their work. They do not worry
US. It Is the casual or pertpatetic GRIM
inal. the boy in his first season, the negro
n tSsf n,r out OF work and the amateur
their work, or them, and lack knowledge
OF where or how to seek them until they
descriptions and arrests follow shortly.
KELLY GIVES HIS -
IDEAS FOR REFORM.
Ibid you ever notice how frequently
newspaper reports of criminal trials say
Inc convicted man was recently released
from such penitentiary'?
That means that once a man is sent
up and convicted, his dangerous days are
done. He is known by his work, and
probably the very first Job he does after
again; ''N ''o D1-.
What means do 1 recommend to sup
novels; no Observation-Disclosures dramas, no
Jesse James plays. no cigarettes. no drugs
ana aLa more policemen. In European cities
there Is a policeman on every corner. In
america there is one every ten corners
give me enough police and there viii not
100 mercfful. The quality Is not strained
IN our courts of justice, believe me. ..
-. inc old mother. the wife and baby.
cuses are seldom valid We have men
now and then. defaulting clerks. etc.
VI Sao mTishandled money intrusted to thom,
~, very OFTEN mercy Is advisable in
their character is formed, they have fann-
ines. friends and personal pride and may
40 Wen IL they have 4 CHARGE. For fhg
young hoodlum who never worked. who
neglns MS career of crime at 49, there -
very little hope of reform
care should be taken not to send man
20 reform =, schools: have noticed that
Pontiac, Ill. the Chicago reform school.
turns out more criminals than ali the
otaer places know OF put together. The
trouble Is that political and other ipfIu-
encss can have a hardened criminal sent
70 Pontiac instead of to the Penitentiary-
me influence Of such men on boys Is fear
school Is situated. Is a very good place,
SIMPLY because We do not let men or pre-
vtousiy convicted criminals go there
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
THREE HURT IN EXPLOSION
Kitchen Range in a Lindell Boule
ward Boarding House Bursts.

Mary Tinneii. cook, rs years old, was
severely injured in an explosion of kltch-
en- range in the boarding house kept by
Mrs. NJ. e. Begg, at No. $500 Lindell ave-
nue.. at 7:so o'clock this morning. Three
other persons were slightly hurt. The
range was demolished.
The fire was allowed to go out as usual
last night Yesterday morning, while the
cook was preparing breakfast the hot
water reservoir in the front Of the stove
exploded, the water having frozen over
night. hurting pots and kettles ceiling
ward, where they left their imprint.
Mary was standing over the stove and
the scalding water severely burned her
left arm to the elbow, while the flying
ashes blinded her. A large piece OF the
stove was hurled toward the door. just
missing Isaac Adams. the butler, both he
and Thomas Glass, q new waiter, being
slightly Scalded by the steam
A physician was summoned. MaryiS
eyes were injured, but 1t IL believed that
her sight can be saved.
The house was occupied formerly by T.
o. Stanard, former Lieutenant Governor,
and on January It VIII be turned over to
NJ. Jules Boufve, the French Commits
sioner TO the Worlds Fair, 8