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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30
SUPERIOR WOMEN.
Although Having Prestige Have Hard
 Time to Maintain Reputation.

Although Having Prestige Have Hard
 Time to Maintain Reputation. |: There is nothing more uncomforta- ble to live with than an adult, disap- proving, really superior woman There aren't any superior men. There are some who think they are, but that is their mistake. Any woman could tell them different.
 There are obvious advantages in being superior. says q writer in the Plttsburg Gazette. Of course 1t Is trial always to live up to this super tority, but a reputation once acquired lasts a long time, and people are so impressed with one who has tooth out without shrieking that she may, If she be wise, be very selfish and cold, and yet get off with reserve perhaps, but 8 most exalted charac- ter" The privilege Of being able to speak ones mind'' Is almost always hers, and she can use the phrase, These are the facts" and no one will dare to argue with her. She presides over meetings She tells the unvar- nished truth" which, thanks to mer- ciful Providence, is so seldom told. She can be president of managing boards of hospitals and old ladies' homes, and she can look over &C., counts, dismiss the servants and enter the patients room without Knocking, which, am told, has a sweetness all its own. She can make the lady housekeeper tremble and cover the nurse with bushes who Is taking the training for altrllistic disinterested- ness, but now and then permits her. self a relaxation by coquetttng with the doctors. And you may be sure that she exercises all these perquisites. Power and majesty are hers, and when there are big doings at the op- era house she is invited to sit on the stage along with the mayor and prom inent citizens.
 Nevertheless the superior person must bear with much or forfeit her character. She must sit through a thunder storm without Jumping into feather beds, or even closing the shut ters; she must sit up straight and not touch the back of her chair she must be the one to go down stairs into the dark parlor to find out what that noise is;' she must swallow qui- nine in the liquid form and refuse anaesthetics when she has the bone felon 1anced, and she must keep her temper, at least appear to do so; she must not indulge in good cry when things go wrong; she must not lay too much stress on the gauds of this world as typifed by chiffons and jewels.
 It is not so delicately easy. this being superior. A long observation of widely varied individuals. all emi- nently superior, has convinced me that this is true. It is not five courses with black coffee by any means. It is more like hash and soda bread served on the kitchen table And 1t is a joy full thought for the most of Us that the many difficulties which beset the way prevent the evolution of the su- perior person in too great number. But a little 1eaven-you know the rest. And, indeed. a very few superior persons are sufficient unto the day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30
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 Some old collections of buildings near Westminster abbey in London are threatened with destruction to maks way for costly modern improvements Barton street, which may be regarded as theparent street of the purlieu. dates from 1722 and was named after it's frs! owner, Barton Booth. the actor, of Cow ley, in Middlesex, hence Cowley street in the same neighborhoed. Booth was famous as Cato, ins Addison's play, in which part he delighted the town. The removal of these : streets may be de- scribed as a double injury to Booth s memory. kept green insthe abbey close by. Booths bust in poets corner was erected by his second wife, Mrs. Laid law, the actress, in 1772 Educated al Westminster school, bound to the neighborhood by ties of property and honored in the abbey, Booths name still demands respect He is said to have been an ancestor of Junius Brutus Booth and therefore of the latter's sons. Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth. the assassin of President Lincoln.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30
EuRoPE,S MONARCHs.
Japanese Estimate of Czar, Sultan and
 Kaiser

Kaiser.
 Turning our passing attention to the Ottoman empire We see hapless SOW throne omnipotent. Tn reality, the sul- tan is mere puppet with presumptu- ous imamate over his turbaned head.
 See how he solemnly scratches his aching head. The czar, whose will 'has been conf njectured as the law of the Russian empire, is by no means such a mighty monarch. Beyond his court, his Hong arms" which are commonly said to be capable of reaching up to heaven, cannot be extended, his gov work of bureaucracy.
 The arrogant spirit of the kaiser's quick -blooded puerility seems to intox- icate him so much that he has often abused his sovereign right, acting in defiance of the will of his people. The army is the only tool as well as the only shield of his court. Beware, a wise man would have said, of care less boy holding sword in his hand.
 Unlike the life and conditions of the sovereigns epitomized above his ma jesty Mutsuhito, or emperor and Ed ward VII, king of Great Britain, are the two ideal prototypes of the consti- tutional sovereign, Seated firmly as they do in the hearts of their subjects, who should be surprised at their ever growing glory and popularity?
 The mikado is of the long and un- broken line of 120 ancestors who sat before him on the throne which was set up 600 years before the Christian era. Just think of it! The oldest of the royal families in Europe is that of Capet, which, however, is compara- lively young, as it dates no further back than to the ninth century. And 1t remains now in the Parisian soci- ety as a rare relic of a bygone royal family. The Savoy, the Brunswick, the Baden, and so forth, go back only to the eleventh century. But our im- perial line, as already mentioned, start ed long before the battle of Marathon was recorded, long before the songs of Homer were recited. Since then no foreign conquerer ever set foot on the soil Of Japan. --Niroku Shinpo.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30

brass shop what he thinks of John P. Elton. Republican
 Ask any man at the Democrat office what he thinks of Attorney James M. Lynch. Give us an easier one. Also ask any man that works at the Repub- hean office what he thinks of James M. Lynch. One of the head men over there was heard to say recently that if James N. Lynch was nominated for mayor the Republican wouldn't have q word to say against him. Does the Republican have to bend its neck to the yoke also when the party whip snaps2
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30

The delegates to the democratic nominated a strong and winning tick ct Frank P Brett, the present efi- cient and popular town clerk, was given unanimous vote for his old po- sition Frank is a vote getter, and there is no doubt but what he will con- tinue to oficiate in his present quar- ters in the city hall for another term. He is gentlemanly and courteous in his dealings with all who visit the town clerks office and counts his friends in both political parties. Messrs Joseph Lawlor and Louis Raf- fel were named for selectmen- MT Lawlor is the present third selectman and understands the duties of the of flee thoroughly. His running mate, Louis Raffel. is one of the most popu- lar men among the Hebrew popula- ton of Waterbury. He will poll a big vote Thomas H. Pryor, Maurice F. Carmody, Walter B. Lannen and Patrick Kelly were named as consta- bles. They are all well known and their friends will see to 1t that they get the full vote of the party. John H: Flanagan was unanimously renom- mated for registrar of voters. MT Flanagan has handled his position well and will be able to do even better the next year. The whole ticket is worthy Of tihe support of every democrat, and if 1t gets that there is no question about the result.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30
THE NOVELEIIE HERO.
Story Writer Defends Cheap Modern Fiction Against the Charge of
 Dangerous sensationaIism.

One who confesses himself the fa- ther of many of them writes a de- fense of the novelette, hero in the columns of "v e. He takes the line that the charge of dangerous sensa- tionalism is undeserved, and only comes from those whose opinions have been formed on the subject by cursory study of the novelette, in it's infancy. He admits frankly that the romantic interest of cheap modern fic- tion of to-day bears very little relation to the facts of life, but this is charge, he declares, which eau be levelIed with equal truth against the popular novels which literary journals treat with high seriousness. The novelette, hero is al- most invariably man of action, whose doings stimulate unsophisticated read CTS to fine things and clean thoughts, while almost always he is the cham pion of truth, honor and religion. There is no pessimism in the novelette,, and the enormous sales of this humble form of fiction may therefore be taken as testimony to the inherent optim- ism of the English people. Love is it's main interest, action is it's setting, and its conclusion is always immacu- lately happy What strikes us most about the novelette,, perhaps, is the ability shown by the writers. It is common Knowledge that many of them have only just fallen short of attain ing success in the higher fields of literature. For the rest we are dis posed to agree with the writer of the article that the charge of dangerous sesationalism is undeserved.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30
EI.ocUTIoNIsTs LONG FAST.
Putnam, Forty Days Without Food to
 Cure Kidney Disease.

Putnam. Forty Days Without Food to
 Cure Kidney Disease.
 News has reached Columbia univer- sity of a remarkable fast of Yelling ton Putnam, formerly instructor in elo- cution in the department of English at the university. MT Putnam succeeded in going without food for forty days near Silver City, N. M. The fast was not attempted as a mere experiment. or for notoriety, but was undergone 10 cure a kidney affection with which the instructor had been bothered for some time.
 MT Putnam left the city early last May for the Gila Hot Springs, which are about sixty miles northwest of Sll- yer City. Immediately upon his ar rival at his destination the long fast was begun For the first thirty days he lived in tent and spent all his time in the open air To take his mind away from the contemplation of food and eating he studied continuously and wrote technical book on elocution, which had been thought out previous H. The work, according to its author, was written on an "enpty stomach, 7 and is now in the hands of publish ing firm.
 The fasting test, Mir Putnam be- lieves, was an entire success. He be- lieves that he has been entirely cured of his malady. Those who have seen Mir Putnam say that his face was greatly emaciated. The growth of long beard in addition so completely changed his appearance that the inti- mate friends of the instructor utterly failed to recognize him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30
EARL OF LoNsDALE.
Arrived on Steamer Ventura After
 Making Tour of the World

Arrived on Steamer Ventura After
 Making Tour of the World
 San Francisco, Sept 29.-The Earl of Lonsdale has arrived on the steamer Ventura on his way home, after mak- ing a tour of the world. He is accom- panied by his wife, the Countess of Lonsdale and a retinue of servants.
 During the past few months he has been travelling through the Orient and Australia studying the social, political and industrial conditions. In speaking of Australia he says the conditions there resulting from the political situ- ation are both unsatisfactory and alarming. The Australian parliament has enacted laws that are disastrous, stifing industry. The government at the same time is top-heayy and over paid. Instead of having one governor for each colony appointed by the crown, one governor-general for the commonwealth ought to be sufficient
 The earl's observations in the Orient led him to believe that Russia was playing an interesting game in the far east She may withdraw a battalion of troops, but as she does so she sends in a railroad battalion to take its place. and these battalions are there for work more serious than to take care of railroads. Russia Is prepared to take all the trade now enjoyed by America. She will oust all the Ameri- cans from the Yalu river for one thing, cutting into the lumber trade now being shipped from this coast by open ing up the rich timber belt owned by Russian firms in the Yalu district
 The earl and countess will spend about two weeks in the United States before sailing from New York for Eng land
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30

Will the good republicans of Water bury vote against President Roosevelt because man named Beavers and an other named Machen are his staunch- est advocates? Of course not. Don't be deceived, democrats of Waterh ury.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 30, 1908.

The AffOrC 10 WSSutAOA
 cratic party of Waterbury and tne can didates of the party is so franspalelA' that no man loyal to the principles or democracy can or will be deceiVea' - has been known for some time that tne republicans would resort to every means legitimate and otherwise even to ringing in Waterburys laoor troubles sof the past year. in an efrort to win the coming election, but 1t was hardly expected that the moutnpleces and organs of the party would give their readers a dose of untruth and nisrenresentation. The democrats ask no favors from their opponents; they go before the people on their mer- it's. The party and its candidates have always stood for law and order and have worked for the welfare or all the people. MT Lynch has repeat edly stated that he has made no prom ises to any man or set of men. IT elected he will go into the office free to work for the best interests of Wa terbury and its citizens. It is all non sense, and of the malicious sort to pub fish that he has promised this or that position to any man. The Democrat warns the local democracy not to bel deceived or coerced. Next Monday s election means much to the present city and town officials, and. to their constituents. A republican admdnis- tration, in the present. mood of some of the alleged reformers, would over- throw things from a to izzard Don't give them a chance, we say. Do yc'u know what would happen if such al man as Ben Kelsey or Ben" Set1g- wick should get a chance to let them selves out? The first thing perhaps would be the suhnmoning or every DO. liceman before some tribunal. for some alleged neglect, at some far dis tant time. And the taxpayers would have to pay the freight. Remember that this is a fight for supremacy be- tween the democrats and the repudoIi- cans The members of. the latter party have played what they think is their trump card, by springing John F. Elton into the field at the eleventh hour. and then heralding it broadcast that he is the son of his father and that his grandfather was good fel@ low Of course he was, and the grandson is a good fellow, too. But MT Elton will admit that there are others. MT Lynch has a father and a grandfather, too, we presume, and if he didn't happen to be at the organiz- ing and christening of Waterbury that was this city's loss, perhaps. How ever, there is no reason why good cit izen should not now be elected mayor
 even though his grandfather was not here before him. We couldn't all come over in the Mayfower if we wanted to. Let the campaign go mer- rily along, but let us all try and be decent about it. Waterbury is just emerging from the effects of fire and labor troubles and it is poor taste to bring up any old sores at, this time. The democrats are no more responsible
 for what happened here the past year than the republican party is. It wasn't t
 a political question at all. and the democrats should not allow themselves
 to be used as catspaws by the repub-
 licans in an effort to make political
 capital out of it. Stand by your guns
 democrats and the republicans will be driven to the tall timbers next Monday
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30

That ancient and t'decrepit" story about Pat and his dinner pail is being resurrected once more. It has done duty many time and oft. and is not only moss-covered with age, Out is be- whfskered as we'll -chestnI1ts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30

Lynch is all right, but look at the gang behind him. Republican.
 The workingmen of Waterbury are behind Lynch, backed up by the demo- cratic party. The workingmen have it in their power to elect Mr Lynch and to resent the insults that are being hurled at him and them. They will do it, too, see if they don't.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-30
Not a peace-naaxing Answer.

'sI wonder if all men are foolsg'' snapped Mrs. Enpeck. during little domestic tiff the other morning.
 No. indeed, my dear" replied her husband. {. know a number of men who are bachelors. T ssssttra2aS aStnxaes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
LOSES $1,000
IN HER BUsTLE.
Mrs. vancerke Carried Her Money.
There Because She Mis-
trusted Banks.
Railroad Men Are Now Searching
the Right Of Way
for It.

Lost by Mrs. Augusta Vancerke. on the
Rock Island right Of way, near st. Paul,
$1,000 in cash.
Having no faith in banks, she placed her
faith in bustles AS bustles are more
easily mislaid than banks, her money -
gone and Mrs. Vancerke has returned to
Shewanee. Kan, near Kansas City. sad.
der and poorer.
Mrs. Vancerke Is stalwart woman OF
German descent. and about 66 years OF
age She left her home in Shewanee yes
terday morning bound for Pierz. Mimi.
to visit her SON in-law. Before leaving,
she cogitated long upon the safest method
of securing the money in her absence and
finally concluded that the safest place for
her $1,000 was in hustle which she Wore.
When within thirty or thirty-five miles
Of ST. Paul this morning, Mrs. Vancerke
left her berth to finish her toilet In the
dressing-room Her hustle was In Its
usual place, but few moments later she
discovered its absence and knew that 1T
must have fallen onto the right Of way
The train was just then entering the sta
ton.
The unfortunate woman was distracted.
She rushed frantically up to Station ON
Ger Nick Bouse and informed him OF the
loss and the manner In which 1T had oc-
Cured Depot Master Brownen was called.
Mrs Vancerlze was advised to inform the
Rock Island superintendent at Minneapolis
of the loss This was done by wire and
an answer came back that crew Of trusty
men would be dispatched upon sreeders
along the right Of way IN search or the
treasure.
Mrs Vancerke Is a widow. Her nus
band was a seafaring man. who had accu-
INFLATED considerable estate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
FLOWER SHOWS CLOSE
Attendance Was Very Large Includ-
T ing Many Children Schools =:
Win Prizes. 49,:

There was large attendance the clos
ing day of the flower show. Many were
children. specially attracted by the ex-
hibits of flowers by themselves and their
fellow pupils in the public schools. Web
ster school won the first prize and Seward
school the second; the prizes are hand
some framed pictures for the school build
ings given by T h e j urnal.
The remaining prize awards follow:
Glass 9-Garden flowers; first premium
SIS, won by Will Winston, Tonka Bay;
second, $40; won by Mrs. J. F. Wilcox
Wildhurst.
Class A-The best bouquet Of garden
flowers; first prize, $40, won by Mrs. c.
E. Booth, 3005 w Forty third street; Sec
ond, IS, Mrs. A. Holt, 1909 Eighteenth
avenue S.
Class 10-For growers of garden flow
ers who grow to SELL best collection, pre-
MUM $40, won by Mrs. Sawyer Of Excel
sior, MINI.
Glass II A-Best collection Of garden
flowers exhibited by school children Of
seeds received from the Minneapolis i'm:
provement league; first prize, IS. Ruth ano
Grace Simpson, TIA Monroe street NE
second, Willie Hanson, 626 Taylor street
NE; third, Alveda Hanson, 626 Taylor
street NE; fourth, A. w. Martin, $40 Fiji
teenth avenue Sc. IL
This morning as the exhibits were re
moved, all Of the flowers that remained il
good condition, and there were great arm
| fuls of them, were divided and sent t.
| the hospitals and various charitable in
situations. IT,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
mo QUIBBLING GOES
Sodini Indictments Wont Be Quashed
Because, Jury Slips Weren't
a. Folded.
Failing in This Motion, Mr.. Mead
Promptly Interposes
Demurrer.

' 6 = III d
Judge Elliott this morning denied a
motion to quash the indictments charging
j. c. sodini with bribery and took under
AMUSEMENT demurrer. Henry S. Mead.
his attorney. argued for Sodini while
County Attorney Boardman talked for the
state.
Inc grounds upon which the motion to
quash was urged were First. that the
indictment was not found, Endorsed or
presented as prescribed In the chapter re-
latlng to grand juries, in this to-wit:
(a) mat said body of men, which
aound said indictment was not selected
by the proper officers.
CD Tha: said body Of men who found
indictments We're not, at the time Of find
Ing same, a grand jury.
(c) mat the said body of men, drawn
as grand jury, were irregularly and i'm
properly drawn and contrary to law"
Mr.. Mead's unique point as to the al
legged illegally Of the indictments because
the Jurors names were not written on
pieces OF folded paper, was argued at
length and supported by numerous afr
davits, but was considered by the court
a mere technicality not material.
MI: Mead then demurred to the indict-
ments on the grounds that each true bill
charged four separate offenses besides
that OF bribery, keeping a disorderly
house, keeping house OF ill-fame, selling
liquor without a license, and violating the
Sunday law. Mr.. Boardman heidi that
the facts Of these other offenses We're re-
lated simply to describe the cause Of the
alleged offense Of bribery Judge Elliott
Will announce his ruling the, first of next
week. The case will probably come to
trial next term. *
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08

question of time and money" Still he did
not think fight ever would be made safe
mode of conveyance for those who were de-
sirous of going out for days shopping, for
it was hard to see how alighting on the
ground could ever be rendered quite free
from danger. But" said his iordshtp, the
first use of the flying machine would be for
military purposes, and they have not yet
succeeded in making war quite safe.
himself. master of the sea is destined to be-
come master of the land ...sE>a --ts.sz@-
To-day the aeronaut argues that the ne-
ton which makes itself master Of the air,
becomes master of the world. Il q = - :
No Aerial Freight Lines.
1t may we'll be stated that. the aerodrome
scientists of the Langley school do not go
with the poet in his forecast of aerial freight
lines The rest of the prophecy they are
quite hopeful will come true. They feel res
navies' graphing In the central blue; hut
they are just positive that there will be
no flying machines dropping down with
costly bales" The whole struggle, IN work
ing for solution Of this problem. has been
to secure lightness, coupled with the requisite
strength. No matter how large or perfect
flying machines may be made, this Limitation
in weight will never cease to be of prime
importance. No freight will ever be carried
by these machines; that is, no freight that
has weight which is considerable as COM
pared with the total weight Of the machine.
If machine Of size to carry one passenger
has to be made so large that 1t weighs half
a ton, it is evident that an enormous addition
to the weight would be required to carry up
even a hundred pounds of freight
w. W. Jermane.