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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
MONDAY, MARCH 80. 1903.

M .lch surprise has been excited at the Very low prices to which British Eonsols have fallen, which in the opin- 'lon Of some experts rank the highest of all securities" says Banker Clews. A variety of causes have contributed to this result. Liquidation in behalf of those needing money is one reason, the coming reduction to 21a interest rate is another, and again some holders have undoubtedly sold to facilitate handling the Transvaal loan, to be fol lowed by heavy borrowings on account of the Irish land bill. In any case, the present excessive depression in consols Is purely temporary. Our own govern ment issues, in comparison, sell much higher, because always in special de. mand from the banks for circulation purposes, besides being free of taxa tion, while British consols are subject to the income tax.''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30

Democratic harmony dinners are coming to be regarded as quite the proper means of bringing together the hitherto discordant factions of the party, and uniting them in an effort to present a solid front to the political enemy in the next campaign. The re- cent harmony dinner at the Iroquois club In Chicago passed off we'll and was the occasion of several good speeches by men like Hon Edward M. Shepard of New York and Hon David A. DeArmond of Missouri, and an excel lent letter from Hon William Randolph Hearst of New York Another such dinner is now being arranged for by the Democratic club of Brooklyn, New York, and it is said that the wine and the oratory will be uncorked some time next month. All the eminent leaders of the party are expected to be there and lend their presence in the interest of harmony in the party. These lead CTS are not expected to do any of the talking at this banquet. They are ex- pected to do the listening and the talk ing will be done by the younger mem- bers of the party from different sec- tions of the country and who are prom inent in the councils of the party in their respective sections. They are supposed to represent the sentiments of the party in the sections from which they hail and those sentiments will be given to the leaders of the party, and these leaders are supposed to govern themselves accordingly. It is believed by some of the leaders of the party who still remain in Washington that these dinners will have good effect and that in the near future thorough understanding will be arrived at and that real harmony will prevail in the party"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
HEARD IN PASSING

The young man who proceeds on the theory that it's necessary for him to spend all his spare change on q girl in order to make her admire him all ways confirms the doctrine about the quick divorce of a chump and his cash.
 Hartford Post.
 Now that the sun is on this side of the equator we can let the people on the south side of tho globe begin to worry about the coal problem. while
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
SWALLOWED HATp1N.
Located i'm Left Lung and Young Girl
 Says She Is Glad to Know Where It Is.

From Denver, Col, it is reported that with the utmost nonchalance Miss Cora Roher remarked at St. Anthony's hospital that she was "glad to know where her hatpin was"
 One of the most remarkable cases
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
FIRE ALARM.

~ 6AA ~ A&N@ M 4-Cor South Main and Grand sts.
 5-ScoviH Manufacturing Go (P)
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill sts-
 7-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers < Bro P.)
 13-Cor East Main and Niagara sts. 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott road. 15-Cor Cor High and Walnut sts. 16-Cor Eact Main and Cherry sts. 17-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm and Kingsbury sts 23-Burton street engine house. 24-Waterbury Manufacturing Go (Pl 25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts. 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2S-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine sts. 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sts. 31-Cor Bank and Grand sts. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor W. Main and Watertown I'd. 35-Conn By & L't'g Go, car h'se P) 36-Waterbury Brass Go P) 37--Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 3S-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay sts. 43-New England Watch Go (P, 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Go. P) 46-Waterbury Buckle Go. (P) 47-Cor $. Main and Washington sts. 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. 52-Cor Franklin and Union sts. 53-Waterbury Clock Go. case fac.(P) 54-Cor Clay and Mill sts.
 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-No 5 hose house.
 5S-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts s2-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin sts 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 73-North Willow st. cor Hillside. 74-Cor Johnson and Waterville sts. 142-Wolcott st. beyond Howard. 1G2-Cor East Main and Welton sts. 212-The Platt Bros Go. (P) 213-Hammond Buckle Go. (P) 214-Waterbury Clock Co.m'v't fac (Pl 216-Cor North Main and Grove sts. 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward sts. 261-Junctfon Cooke and N. Main sts 2T2-Grove. bet Central & Holmes avs 311-S. N. E. Telephone Go building (P, 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts 313-Randolph < Cloves (P) 314-Plume Ss Atwood (Pl 315-American Ring Go. P) 316--Electric Light Station (P) 31S-Holmes. Booth & Haydens (P> 321-No 4 Hose House 323-Cor Washington ave & Porter sis 324--Cor Charles and Porter sts. 325-Cor Simons st & Washington ave 371-City Lumber & Coal Go. P) 412-Tracy Bros (P) 432-Cor Liberty and s. Main sts. 451--Steele X Johnson Mfg Go. (p, 5So-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts.
 Pl Private.
 SIGNALS.
 1. One stroke calls superintendent to the City hall.
 Ii. Two strokes, fire out, recall.
 1-1-1. Three strokes, 12 m. D. n.
 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 Ten strokes quick will indicate a general alarm and will call the entire force into service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
7hey are as good as fhe best and thaf,s s good enough.

The additional equipment in the bottling department gives us ample facilities for prompt service in the family trade. Our bottled goods are among the handsomesf on the market and will please both eye and palate. The Special Dark Munchner is nicer than ever. Telephone BIO.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
Her Point of VtHw.

Madge - Don't you think girl should marry an economical man?
 Dolly-I suppose so; but it's just awful being engaged to one.-N. Y. Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
snxage Wild Crentures.

Speaking generally, wild creatures inha biting hot countries are more savage than those of cold or temper ate countries.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
Bargains in Medicines

of with Peruna S3 stamps Lydia pinkham ronorn.
  $500 with Padne's Celery Compound
  worth of stamps with bottle Root 95c 0 Swamp Root small 50c worth with Pierces S1.OO worth of stamps with bottles Malt with tion 95c.
 $1.O0 worth stamps with Castoria, 35c
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11

Love scarce is love that never
Knows the sweetness of forgiving.
Whittier.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
SO SAYS A DOCTOR

Is Iaz1ness a germinal disease and is
there an antitoxin for it's eradication?
So it would appear from the statement
of DR.. Charles WafdeII Stiles. the ZOO
Iog1st Of the public health and marine
hospital service of the United States.
made at the recent sanitary confer
ence of American republics held at
Washington. He declared that lazi-
ness-and especially a peculiar form of
Iaziness to be found in certain sections
of the Southern states-is disease. the
germ of which, he says, he has discov-
cred. DR.. Stiles states that this dis
ease is in large measure responsible
Tor the poor white" districts Of the
South and indirectly responsible for
the conditions which have resulted in,
the crusade against child labor in the
southern cotton mills. The presence of
the disease in the South has in the last
ten years resulted in the inferior phys
zeal development and mental power Of
persons affected by it and is the real
cause of the Crackers proverbial Iazi-
ness. The crusade against child labor
IN factories at the South was due indf-
rect1y to the general pressure of this
disease, and he states that children
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
EdZimegg !. F.. . F..
1t Is a
Disease.

from the rural districts after working
in the mills become generally greatly
improved by reason of the improved
sanitary conditions in the cities and the
better facilities for the cure of the dis
ease.
The name of the disease is uncina-
riasis. 1t produces a condition the
SYMPTOMS of which are not unlike those
Of continued malaria. According to DR..
Stiles, the disease has been diagnosed
and is susceptible of cure. The trouble.
says he, is to identify it and to pre-
scribe the proper remedies.
One of the symptoms is that the dis
ease stimulates an appetite for differ
ent things in individual cases. The
dirt eaters" says DR.. Stiles, ''all suf-
fer from this craving. The disease is
due not, as some physicians state, to
the habit of eating dirt, but that con-
Versely the habit is due to the disease"
DR.. Stiles investigations and findings
furnish an interesting contribution to
the recent discoveries respecting health
and sanitation, and it is to be hoped
that information concerning the mall
ady Will be spread broadcast through
out sections of the world in which the
disease is common. If DR.. stiles can
cure laziness, he will be regarded as a
public benefactor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
Question Box,

PRIZES-A prize of a short story
book will be sent to the first person
to send in correct answers to questions
annexed. Address replies to Puzzle
Editor, care Of 7 h G e, ST.
Paul, MINI.
ANSWERS to questions two weeks
ago:
522.-'Me, too was nickname Civ
en- to Senator T. c. Plat (New York; !,
as being the mere echo to Conkling
523.-The colonial system is a
theory long acted on by European ma
items that their settlements abroad
were TO be treated as proprietary do
mains, exploited for the benefit of the
mother country. which did everything
it could to import their produce as
cheaply as possible and encourage them
to large consumption of home manu-
features.
524.-Voting in France is twofold:
ID Scrutin ACCOMPLISHMENT, or the
single ballot system, whereby each
ACCOMPLISHMENT district of depart
menD returns its own member for
parliament (2) Scrutin de Liste, or
the multiple ballot system, whereby
all the candidates offer themselves for
the department, and are put upon the
same list, each elector having as many
votes as there are seats for the de-
partment.
525.-We apply the term Moorish, or
Moresque, to the special form of Sara
Genie architecture developed by the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
Curious Things In
Lie and Literature.

Moors in Spain. Its characteristics
were the horseshoe arch the slender
colu1nn, minarets, mosques, lattice
work and gorgeous coIoring. The prin-
opal examples are the mosque of Cor
doVa (8th century,. and the palace Of
the Alhambra at Granada Oath cen
tury).
-Somnambulism Oatin somnus.
sleep, ambulo, i wall1') is a disorder
OF sleep. 1t is symptomatic Of more or
less activity in some of the psychicaI
ana motor areas of the brain, while
the centers that preside over conscious
ness are slumbering soundly. There
are different kinds, as sleep CRYING.
sleep talking (somniloquy), and sleep
walking. These all involve sensori-
motor acts. Sleep walking is closely
related to hysteria and epilepsy, and
allied diseases. 1t occurs mostly
In youth, affecting males, and females
IN almost equal proportions; commonly.
although not invariably, it disappears
when adult age is attained. 1t is met
with chiefly in persons of nervous tenn
permanent.
QUESTIONS to be answered Jan. 25..
532.-What is the strength of ice?
533.-HOW are the sciences classified?
534.-What is considered our most
remarkable plant?
535.-Is the mariners compass mod
ern?
5S6.-What is the curvature of the
earth to the mile?
537.-What is chemical affinity?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
RADICAL LEGISLATION,


New Zealand is setting the pace in
the direction of a paternaI or socialist
form of government. It is four years
since New Zealand added an old-age
pension act tC her experiments in rad
ical legislation. Victoria followed suit
about year since and New South
Wales about six months ago. At the
present time the schemes thus insti-
tuted are in full working order in all
three colonies, and we would call at
tention to an up-to-date summary of
the results.
First, however, a word should be said
about the provisions of the laws, which
differ from one another in some re-
spects. For example, the maximum
New Zealand pension is fixed at $50 a
year, while both Victoria and New
South Wales adopted a rate of 10 shill-
1ngs a week, or $3.50 a year The lat
ter colony maintains this rate, but the
actual allotihents in Victoria for a full
pension have been reduced to 8 shill-
J lngs a week. In general, however. we
may illustrate the details of the sys-
tenn by reference to the New Zealand
law. The benefciaries must be over
SlXty-hVe years old and must satisfy
certain requirements as to residence
and character. No one who has prop
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
MAID OF ATHENS.

"Hi6 Vt - F1ENSs.
Maid Of Athens, ere we part.
Give, Oh. give me back my heart!
Or, since that has left my breast,
Keep it now, and take the rest!
Hear my VOW before 1 go.
BY these tresses, unconfined.
Wee cd by each Aegean wind;
BY those lids whose jetty fringe
KISS thy soft cheeks blooming tinge:
by those wild eyes, like the roe.
BY that lip I long 10 taste;
BY that Zone-encircIed waist.
by all the token flowers that tell
what words can never speak SO well:
BY loves alternate joy and woe.
Maid Of Athens! I am gone!
rink of me. sweet, when alone
Though L fly to Istambol.
Athens holds my heart and soul;
Can cease to love thee? No!
Lord Byron. born in London, Jan. %.
1888, and died in Greece, April 10, 1924,
wrote the above song while in Athens.
where he was aiding the Grecians in
their struggle for independence.
The lady who inspired them was Theresa
Maori, daughter of the British vice con-
SUI, who when young was celebrated for
her beauty Her married life was one of
misery, and her beauty soon faded. At
the close of each verse in the original is
a Greek line, which broadly translated
means My life, 1 love you" an ex-
preston quite commonly used in that
country. The line in the third stanza
which READS: by all the tolen-fowers
thai tell refers to a custom in the East
("here ladies cannot write), Of exchang-
ing sentiments by means of flowers. The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
OLD ,Ige Pensions
A New Zealand
Experiment.

erty of the value of $3.50 or an in
come of $3.50 is entitled to draw a pen
sion, and there is a provision also for
deduction from the full rate in pro-
portion to such property or income as
the pensioner may have.
Turning now to the operations of the
act, 1T appears that during the first
year, of which only five months re-
manned after its passage, 1887 pensions
were granted. The next year the num-
Der was increased by 1859, the next
by 1927 and in the fourth the premier
provides for an additional thousand.
/ notwithstanding the calculation that
the deaths viii number nearly a thou
sand in this last year. The expendi-
; ture is thus $1.075, 900, and the pension
roll will soon reach $4,000 and neces-
state an annual expenditure of 81 .5OO.-
600. The total population of the colony
IS about 100000, or only a little more
than one-third that of the city of Chi
cago.
But New Zealand began the expert
ment when she was flush with money
and she has suffered no financial trou-
bles from it. The other colonies. which
have undertaken larger obligations nm
der less favorable circumstances. are
likely, it would seem, to have a more
trying experiment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
The Seasons FATAL
tiles and Injuries.

IS not even the recomrense. which came
from the gladiatorial contests of thA
more barharous ages. The statement
IS made by college authorities that
most OF these accidents came to the
unframed players, therefore their team
suffers little. This is true. in q mzos-
ure' ana the more it is true. the more
uoes IL throw the responsibility for
controlling or restraining the snort
upon The principals of the high school
or the superintendent.
IL tie accidents come principaIIv r.
the immature and unframed bows Who
are piled UP in miscellaneous heone
upon the school grounds, it is to tb3sa
VINO nave these boys in charge that
me message of reform chiefly comes
chancellor Day, of Syracuse univar-
SHY strongly urges a change which
shall 90 away with the mass and tan
oem play. where the intelligence and
SIKH required is to guard a member to
heep MN from getting killed. He he
llVes that in this way the game CON he
continued with all of its science an6
skill, but without its wounding and
killing. Any change which viii male
1t more like sport and less like hat
tie will be welcomed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
IN HIGH OR LOW LIFE.

I'm T1lGT1 On EOW LIZ r.
A death occurs in a wretched alley
or on the flats. Maybe it is a mother.
father. No one knows Of it except
few Of the nearest neighbors and
the closest relatives. No one seems to
care. A cheap coffin is procured, the
undertaker's wagon, followed by per-
haps one carriage, goes to the ceme-
terry. Then it is all over. The news
papers pay no attention to it, No
church or society takes cognizance of
1t. 1t has created no more attention
than the explosion of a fire cracker
or the passing Of a thunder storm
A death occurs on an avenue. Per-
haps it is child or a mother or a
father. The whole city is electrified
Messages of coincidence flash over tel
ephone wires or are conveyed in care
fully Worded letters. a profusion of
flowers is sent. A multitude of SYM
pathetic callers file in and out. The
deceased was so lovable, so talented,
so we'll known. The family was so
elegantly situated. It seems q double
pity that death should enter such a
prosperous and well-to-do household.
A long cortege of carriages follow the
hearSe to the cemetery. The gloom of
sadness spreads to numerous house
holds.
The question we wish to raise is this:
Are not these bereavements very SINH
lar? Does not the mother in the alley
who mOurnS the loss of a child feel the
same thing is the mother on. the ave
nue.? Can the wiiswer in the alley
bear his, loss any better than the wild
over on the avenue? Can the widow
on the avenue, surrounded by a host
of friends and admirers, and all the
comforts that wealth can bring-is
she more entitled to sympathy and
coincidence than the poor widow in the
alley, who must now bear a double
load, who must contrive tc add another
burden to the ones under which she
was already staggering? Is her grief
not worthy passing mention? Is it
because We believe her to. be dull or
incapable of keen anguish that we
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
THE OPEN CHANNEL OF PRAYER.

The Epworth league topic for Jan.
II is found in Matthew, vi, 6-S; vii,
I'll; John, xiv, 1914. Prayer is some
thing more than telling God the things
we want. 1t is much more than ask
ing for things we need. It is not need
ed to move God to feel kindly toward
US and persuade Him into willingness
to give US what we ask for.
Real prayer is heart union and COM
munion with God. Its expression in
words is necessary not to inform God
nor because He commands or needs it.
but we need to express our thought
and feeling, out desires and determine
tions, in words that they may have
definite shape and become full formed
and fixed. Without this they remain
unclear and forceless. What we think
or feel or will strongly we have a
natural impulse to speak out in words.
Sincerity of soul is the first essential
for its working. No imitation of tone
or position of body, nc stimulation of
tervor, no outward acting, can bring the
results of real prayer. Bowed heads
and bent knees, tremulous voice and
pleading words, may make men think
we are praying. God looks deeper, at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
Puzzle Corner

PRIzES-A copy of a short story book
VIII be sent to the first person to send
IN answers. to all puzzles The person
who, sends in the best original puzzle this
week Will receive a copy of a choice
story. The puzzles printed first in this
department will be considered the best.
concerning which opinions may differ. All
puzzles should be written on one side Of
paper. Write names distinctly.
ANSWERS to puzzles two weeks ago:
4-TransDositions: 1. Rope, pore
2. Pear reap
) 375;-Additions: 1. Steak. ?. Slide.
3. Grand.
PJZZLES to be answered Jan. 25:
.37S.-A riddle:
| might be a horse
Or | might be a tree,
Or 1 might. if l tried
Be an arm of sea,
Or 1 might be a window;
Now, how could that be?
| might be sound
That would scare you a night
But that same noisy thing
That would give you fright
You would try to keep at me
If only you might.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11
Do They
Differ.
D@Ne@W@M1@mGg ; .

turn from her without a throb of pity
or word of comfort? Is it because
we believe that those who live on the
avenue have keener sensibilities that
their grief is more poignant, that their
appreciation of bereavement is more
sensitive? Is this why we shower UNION
them our words of consolation never
once giving a thought as to the be-
reaved ones who live in the al!eys7
No doubt culture brings keener SEN
sibilities, greater capacity for suffer-
ing; no doubt ignorance and pOyertv
tend to stultify the feelings, and to
Stupefy the sense of disappointment
and grief There is something in all
this, of course, not to be overlooked.
But, unfortunately, it is not always
true that the refined and sensitive ones
dwell on the avenues, while the dull
minded and unfeeling live in the al
legs. Sometimes the exact reverse is
true.
In such cases what dreadful in
jury has been committed Withhold
ing from the hungry and oveeburden-
ed the most common courtesies and
neighbOrly kfndneSses, While we seek
to give those who are already sur
feited with friends and riches our ten
derest regard and proffers of service.
The most common excuse is that We
do not know those people in the alleys,
but we are acquainted with the ones
on the avenues.
Can Christians make such a confess
sion as this without blushing? Can
those who profess to be followers Of
Jesus live such lives as make them
acquainted only with the rich and the
comfortable. the prosperous and the
cultured? Some day such things will
be regarded as unchristian Some day
such people will be regarded as
heretics. The day will surely come
when a mans Christianity will be
doubted, if not absolutely disapproved.
by the fact that he is acquainted only
with those who live on the avenues
and does not know those who live in
the alleys and side streets, or on the
flats. The whole world is kin, and a
people to become great and exist must
recognize that fact.