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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13
LEARNED FROM CIRCUS POSTER

A story which lies very near the heart of the few y1ho have come to know of it is that of Carlo and the circus poster. Carlo is a little lnaAlan boy of ten, and he lives in one of the back tenants in Orchard street. TO get to Carlos home one has to pass through the close. ill-smelhng hall of tenant that faces the street, cross a court black with countless children and white with drying clothes and en- ter dark carpetless room perpetually filled with steam and the smell of washing. Carlo lives there with an army of brothers and sisters He blacks boots and runs errands, and when this story began he had never been to school. He is cheerful little soul, ordinarily, but his heart knew one bitterness, ,--envy of the newsboys he knows who are able to spell out the headings of the articles in the papers they sell. It was only a few weeks ago that Carlo made up his mind that one's letters can only be learned by trying to learn them. He had no books, he could not buy any, and he knew mo- body who owned books. Newspapers were accessible, but the print was small and it took too long to spell out the words. Then one day he saw a circus poster.
 The circus poster was red-and- orange and wonderful It had pictures of anil mas he knew, and of more he didn't know, ,---but they all had the letters uil- der'neath that, with the help of the pic lures and the little he already knew. he was able to make out. With his bootblack. kit over his shoulder, Carlo stood by the half hour before this dazzling textbook. When a word proved too much for nfm there was al ways a sympathetic passer-by to give him friendly aid.
 s'Tell me what that word spells, nais- ter?'' he would ask somebody who, he thought. could read English. Some times people laughed, and sometimes they didn't know, themselves, ,---but sometimes they stopped and told him. So, bit by bit. Carlo learned the whole of the great billboard, and was radiant.
 He meant to stop one morning to spell once more the exaggerated state ments of the poster; but, as he turned the corner, his heart failed him, and he stood still, aghast. White-coated men  were tearing off his precious text, and were covering the board a sober theatrical announcement Carlo ran to them brsathless.
 You leave that there alone"' he shouted.
 The men laughed and went on with their work, wthistMng. When Carlo realized that his precious posters were indeed to go, he sat down on the curb stone and cried
 That was when his new friend, the Man, chaaaced upon him. The Man heard the billposters laughing. and he was touched because, as he supposed, the little boy was crying over the loss 1 of the garish pictures of joys he never knew. When he questioned Carlo, however, and heard the truth, new heaven on new earth opened for the little boy.--Roger Galeshore, in Octo. Der Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13
AnnounCerf1ef1f. A
s4s WEST MAIN STREET.

To those who have communicated with me, relative to the purchase of my Kellogg street residence, and to others who are desirous of securing a fine home in this city, I wish to state that shall be on deck here during ev- cry day of this week with the express purpose of selling this property, re. gardless of it's cost, and the first one who makes me any reasonable offer gets it. The house has 14 airy and well lighted rooms and all excepting one are finished in hard woods; three baths and four fire places. See "ad'' in the For Sale Column of this paper Telephone 704.
 9-29-tf JAMES V. wAsHBURNE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13

When you wake up with bad taste in your mouth, go at once to any drug store and get free sample of Cham ;berlain' S. Stomach and Liver Tablets One or two doses will make you well They also cure biliousness, sick head. ache and constipation.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13

Much has been made of the circum- stance that the treaty conficted with The constitution Of Colombia. inasmuch
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13
An Umbrella Sals to Marvel At.

No Umbrella sale we ever held can compete with this in point of quality and littleness of price. There are just 1,500 Umbrellas in the lot, which we have made up most advantag geous- ly. Fine Gloria Silk. Prices that hardly cover the cost of the material. All made with 8 ribs. sliding runner, steel frame, all sizes, all made strong, while they last at 79c. Remember, we guarantee our Umbrellas to keep in repair free of charge for one year YES, we repair Trunks in best man. ner. We also have the best line of TRUNKS. BAGS ana DRESS SUIT CASES at the lowest priceir city. UNI, BRELLA RECOVERING and RE- PAIRING with English Gloria from 45c up, warranted for best wear.
 Waterbury Umbrella and Trunk Mfr.
 153 Bank st, opp Waterbury bank.
 Telephone 1892
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13
The New York Tailoring Co

Have opened their new store at l3o North Main street, and beg to call your attention to their fine and large stock of domestic and imported woolens. We are making up gentlemen's suits. giv- ing a perfect fit and first-class work manship. Suits are made from S15 LID. Fine Trousers are made from S5 up.
 We make a speciality of clean,ng messing and repairing,renovatinc every suit and making it look like new. Sn;ts nressed. soc; suits cleaned and pressed 75c: suits secured and pressed, S1 ,50. trousers pressed, 15c.
 We also make Ladies' Suits and gar ments in the latest styles and perfectly tailor made Pressing. repairing ana dyeing any ladies' garments. suifs skirts. is also one of our leading sne. cialties. Repairing done at half-price.
 Send a postal and we will immediate. iy send boy to bring and return your clothes, done in a first-class condition.
 Remember the address.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13
THOMAS FENTON. PROp'R.
PENMANSHIP l. PRoFFoII.iT7,

Teaches every p,spii to write me fapid, business hand, In a course of 1a private lessons and no failures. AT kinds of pen work executed in tho highest degree of art : 1s7 BANK STREET.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13

The Oyster Season has opened. We are handling this season Rockaway, Blue Points and Providence River Oysters. We have also Open Large Long Clams and Es- callops and q large variety of Fish. See our Meat department.
 FULTON FISH MARKET.
 262 Cherry street. Phone 213-4
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13

If so, call at 193 South Main street, corner of Grand street, at the jewelry store. It is not a pawnbroker's shop, but we accommodate those that would not be seen in pawn shop. Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Jew elry at uniform low prices, also on special, easy terms. All kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired and warranted. Respectfully,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21
HAMpERED BY DEAD LAWS.
Courts In General Are EEbarrasse<'
by Statutes That Are OF
No Effect.

How about the administration OF
Justice? Did you ever think how JUS
tice SIS dispensed with" as Mrs.
Partington says. in our courts!
What is a court for and what does
it actually do? What governs the
court that governs us? Dead men.
Hundreds of laws that dead men
made and thousands of presidents
that dead men established, with
cumbersome and complicated ma
chinery of dead men, have caused our
courts to be the despair of all ex-
cept the unjust and the rich and the
powerful, says Willshire's Magazine.
Mr.. Lawyer, how can you have the
face to sheer at an orthodox minis
ter? You are thousand times more
bigoted than he is; he has had some
modern thoughts, but your business
has allowed you to have none. Tell
me, if YOU can, what real, vital, Wig
orous improvements there have been
in the administration of our courts
of Justice while the world has fair
ly leaped along in other respects, even
in religious improvement OF the most
superstitious denominations that ex'
list in America? I believe that the
administration of our courts is vast
" worse than the administration OF
our churches. Lawyers are supposed
to be officers of justice, but how they
bewilder us, how they become adVo'
Gates of injustice! One lawyer is
| always an advocate of injustice in
every case that is tried. There are
no: many people who could afford 70
go to law. 1 am not impugning our
Judges and our juries, but they, with
| our courts and our lawyers, are all
| parts of system that grlnds the
| souls out of men.
Judges and juries are just as good
in their way as preachers or manu-
facturers or workmen are in thel1
way, but look at an ordinary tria]
in our courts all through its weary
| length of one, two, three, four, some
times five, ten and even 80 years
and see how wicked and ridiculous il
is to call that justice. We even i'm
prison our witnesses-innOcent mer
who are unfortunate enough to wit
ness a crime, who, because they arc
poor and cannot be bailed, are put
| behind the bars, while we know how
many criminals are at liberty. 1t il
possible in Massachusetts to keep al
innocent man in Jail for ten years i
he happens to witness crime ant
does not have money enough SO tina
he may be set free on bail.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21
cHAF1NG DISH COOKERY,
Proper Setting Of the Table In Quite
NJ Important as Correct Prep"
aratiOn Of Food.

If the dining-room is to be the scene
of chatting dish feast use bare table,
with handsome luncheon cloth or
linen centerpiece for floral decorations
to rest on. A dolly should be at each
cover, with plate, knife and fork and
whatever glasses are necessary. Make
the table as inviting as possible. A Ut
tie smilax or greenhouse asparagus is
inexpensive and adds to the attractive
ness Of the supper.
Authorities differ as to the mixing
of Welsh rarebit. Each man is la"
unto himself and is quite sure that ne
makes better rarebit than his neigh
Dor. The following recipe is for SIX
persons: One pound of cheese, as r1ch
and new as possible, cut into small Dts
Place tablespoonful of butter i'll the
chatting dish. When hot add the cheese;
as this melts stir all the time. Season
with plenty of salt and cayenne pep
per and a pinch of dry mustard. When
it is well heated through and cooking,
add about half pint of beer. Watch
carefully and stir constantly, and when
thoroughly melted serve on thln
slices of hot toast or square biscuits.
Scotch woodcock is another savory
dish. First prepare the toast, cut
ting the bread thin and toasting an
even brown. Butter when hot, and
spread with anchovy paste, leaving
| it on a hot plate to soak into the
toast. Cut bacon in the thinnes:
possible slices. Have the chatting
dish hot, and put in the slices OF
bacon. AS soon as they look trans
parent turn them over, and as the
edges curl they are done. Put
slice on each bit of toast. While
this is being prepared scrambled
eggs should have been made in an
other blazer and poured over tn:
anchovy toast and bacon, and thu
Scotch woodcock is complete. Fou!
eggs are enough for six persons
Break them into dish and beat un
til as light as possible. Add cup
full of milk or cream and season
with salt and pepper to taste. Hav'
the chatting dish hot and place il
it a tablespoonful of butter. Poul
in the egg and stir constantly.-N
~ Herald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21


husband to England was notable be-
cause it was the first time that the
couple had been allowed to land in that
country since the duke wrote to q
French artist, complimenting him on
caricatures of the late Queen Victoria.
The duchess, before her marriage in
1896, was Maria Dorothea Amelia,
daughter of Archduke Joseph, of Aus
tria. The duke is the great-grandson
of the last of the French kings, Louis
Philippe, who abdicated the throne in
1s4s in favor of his grandson, the
count of Paris. French royalists, as
MANY as could be gathered, were pres
emit at the wedding.
Duke Robert was born in 1869, and
succeeded his father, the late count
of Paris, in 1894, as the head of the
royal family of France. His mother,
who is still living, was the Spanish in
fanta Louise, of Montpensier. He has
one brother and four sisters, the ED
est of the latter being the charming
queen of Portugal, and the second,
Helena, is married to the duke OF
Aosta, the heir-presumptive to the
throne of Italy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21
STRICT DO0RKEEPER.
How = Chinese Servant Mlsunoef
stood the Instructions Given
Him by. His Mistress.

When the Andersons went to Can-
fornia they rented small furnished
house and engaged Chinese man-o1-
all-work. The house was we'll STU
ated and tastefully furnished, and
Wing Lee proved to be good COOK
clean and respectful.
AS soon as the Andersons were set
tied the neighbors began to call, ana
it was then that the fact was dlscov-
cred that Wing was absolutely devoid
of any ideas as to the ushering in or
out of guests. So one morning the
ladies determined to instruct him.
Providing him with tray, Miss An
derson went out, rang the bell, was
shown into the parlor and waited
while the calm Chinaman carried her
card to Mrs. Anderson.
This was repeated several times,
until the ladies were quite satisfied
that Wing was perfect in his role.
That evening at $3.50 the bell rang
Wing shuffled majestically to the
door, while mother and daughter
hung breathlessly over the baniste1s
to watch the result of their teaching
They heard a gentleman's voice
ask if the ladies were at home. They
saw Wing present his tray and re-
ceive a card with an air which made
them mentally pat each other on the
back, and then they saw him dra"
| a card from his sleeve.
''Mine!'' gasped Miss Anderson
1.-THE one we used for the lessons!"
Wing compared the two carefully
and, returning the one which the
| caller had just handed him, he re
marked blandly:. 'Tickee no good
No can come" and calmly shut the
door in the feet of the astonishee
ruest,-Little Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21
The weeping Willow.

The weeping-willow tree came to
America through the medium OF
Alexander Pope, the poet, who plant
ed willow twig on the banks of
the Thames, at his Twickenham viii
la. The twig came to him in box
of figs sent from Smyrna by friend
who had lost all in the South Sea
bubble, and had gone to that distant
land to recoup his fortunes. Har-
per's Encyclopedia tells the story
of the willows arrival in America.
A young British officer, who came ito
Boston with the army to crush the
rebellion of the American coloni. es,
brought with him twig from Pope's
now beautiful willow tree, intending
to plant it in America when he
should comfortably settle down On
lands confscated from the conquered
Americans. The young officer, dis
appointed in these expectations, gave
his willow twig, wrapped in oil-silk,
to John Parke GUSTS, Mrs. Wash
ington's son, who planted it on his
Abingdon estate in Virginia. 1t
thrived, and became the progenitor
of all American willow trees.-ln.
dianapolis News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21
This Plant Coughs Up Dust.

Man has not monopoly of coughing.
Before there was a vertebrate on the
earth, while man was in process Of
evolution through the vegetab BILE world,
Etada tussiens-that is what botanists
call him, while we know him as 1.-The
coughing bean'-coughed and blew
dust out of his lungs. Recently botan-
lists have been giving special attention
to this bean, and tell interesting things
about it. It is a native of warm and
moist tropical countries, and objects
most emphatically to dust. When dust
settles on the branching pores in the
leaves of the plant and chokes them q
gas accumulates inside, and when it
gains sufficient pressure there comes
an explosion with sound exactly like
coughing and the dust is blown from
it's Judgment. And, more strange still,
the plant gets red in the face through
the effort
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21
GIRL SAILED AS BOY.
Esther McEweD
Makes Three Voyages DisguAed
In Male Attire.

Esther McEwen, the 15-year-old
Scotch girl who has just got back
home after making her third sea voy-
age, dressed as boy, says she was m
spired to become sailor by readlng
a novel about a girl who did SO. Es-
Their says the story was an exciting
one, but it is doubtful if its heroine
had a more eventful experience than
that which befell her flesh-and-biood
emulator.
The girl first made trip all around
the Scotch coast. Then she shipped
for long cruise to Valparaiso. After
that she ''signed" for voyage to the
east, visiting France and Spain ana
finally brought up at Alexandria. She
would have continued her wanderings
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21
Recipe for rye Bread.

Pour the boiling water off your po-
tatoes which you boil for dinner into
pint of rye -four, or enough to make
very stiff batter. Add three or
four mashed potatoes. When cool.
add q cake of yeast which has been
soaked, and let stand until night.
Then add pint Of warm water, and
enough rye -four to make a stir bat
ter. The batter or sponge must be
made very stiff. (This is the secret Of
good rye bread.) Next morning add
one-half cupful of sorghum molas-
ses, one-ha1f cupful of lard and q
small handful of salt and enough wa
ter to rinse crock out well. Mix with
wheat flour and knead until it will
not stick to the hands. Set to rise.
When it rises to top of pan, knead
again. When it rises the second time,
work into single loaves. When light,
bake with steady fire.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21

if having to undergo medical exam1'
nation had not forced her to admit
that she was a girl. Her captain
brought her back as cabin passenger
to England, where she fell into the
hands of the police, as "having no VS.
ible means of support" and has just
been released.
Esther ran away from home because
her half-sister, with whom she useo
to live, treated her unkindly. Her par
ents were dead. Big, strong and
healthy, she had been working in the
fields up to the time when the book
about the sailor lass fell into her
hands. Then she decided to cut loose.
First she went to barber and with
out a tremor told him to take of her
long black hair. She had him crop it
close to her head. Then she got
suit of boys clothes and left the
little village, Wishaw, where she was
living, for Glasgow. She got into an
empty compartment" and changed
her clothes between stations.
Soon after she had reached Glas-
gov she postponed her plan of going
to sea for awhile. Instead she worked
as boy in a colliery. Wandering
about the streets one night in her male
get-up, some body offered her chance
in the mines. She took it, and for
three months worked in her shirt
sleeves beside the men and earned SIX
dollars q week. One day, however,
part of the colliery roof underneath
which she worked fell in, just missing
the girl and killing the raan next to
her. This scared Esther so badly that
she quit the coal business. Her first
plan of going to sea came back to her,
and leaving Glasgow for Ayr on the
seacoast, she prepared to carry it out.
Esther didn't find much difficulty in
getting ''berth" on board ship. She
signed as cabin boy on a vessel called
the Discovery, and it was on this craft
that she took her trip around the
Scottish coast. She called herself AL
Ian Gordon. She was paid off at New
port, England, and promptly found q
place as cabin boy on ship bound for
South America. After this voyage was
over she found herself in Cardiff with
| about $13 in her pocket. The ship
in which she set off for Alexandria
was named The Gem, and the girl
worked as steward aboard OF her.
When at the eastern city the word was
! passed round that doctor was COM
| ing to examine the entire ships COM
pany, she went to her captain and con-
fided in him. Fortunately for her he
nroyed to be vkindhearted and immedi-
ately told her that he would take he1
home and see that she didn't suffer On
the way. HE treated me like faith.
er," Esther said.
OF course it got out that there waa
a girl on board dressed as boy-fo1
the sailor-lass had not been able to get
any other clothes-and when the ship
reached port policeman heard some
Of the men talking about Esther and
forthwith made it his business to ar
| rest her. The girl was released after
a day or two, one of her sisters having
turned up and claimed her.
| Esther says she doesn't like the sea
at ALL. and that she didn't have good
time on ship-board, for the mems waya
displeased her. OF course, she didn't
care for their amusements, either, and
they thought her mopish and bad
fellow Letter in Detroit
Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21

size, and with good glue or cement
fasten the spcols one on top of the
other, to form the upright of the book
case, gluing the shelves in between the
spools at the proper intervals. The
shelves for this small bookcase are CT
gar box covers, and the spools are a
dark wood nearly the shade of the
shelves, and the whole case is var
nished over. The bookcase may be
made large enough to hold your sis
ter's little library, and the shelves may
be made of any pretty wood, such as
is especially used in fretsaw work.
The book shelves will not be strong
enough to hang from the picture
molding with books in, but should be
placed upon shelf low enough for the
little girl to reach her favorite story
books.-N. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-21
FACTS. ABOUT LEPROSY.
Greek Scientist Claims That In Its
First Stages This Loathsome
Disease Ii Curab1e.

OF all the diseases which desolate
humanity leprosy is perhaps the one
which produces the most terror
among all peoples, and it is with the
greatest satisfaction that we learn
that this terrible evil has just been
the object of an admirable effort on
the part of DR.. Filaretopoulo, profess
sor in the faculty of medicine at Ath-
ems. For the past six months he has
studied the leper in the very hotbed
az the disease, the leper houses OF
Crete. returning full of hope and
courage.
It is too generally believed that
the leper has disappeared, it not
from the world, at least from our
own land; but it is not necessary to
90 very far to find him, and this SUI
fees to Justify all the measures which
are taken against him. These meas
ures are of general interest, more
general than one thinks, for it is
nearly certain that leprosy is but an
ooorayated form of tuberculosis, and
+hat that which destroys the one will
surely lessen the other. DIR. Filar-
atopoulo has come with his figures, and
he tells us that at present there are
400 900 lepers in the world. This fig
ure is very much lower than the
.c+nal number, for it represents only
the certain cases, and the statistics
e. the orient, where the disease has
f,,ll SWAY, are of doubtful accuracy.
Have not these figures terrible
alonuence, and does not every one
feei in considering them, the neces-
e;tv for prompt and energetic ac-
ion? This is all the more the case
since, according to DIR. Filaretopoulo,
= the disease is taken at its com
ancement it is durable, its slow evo-
1,tion-five or six years in general
permitting a continuous effort to ar
rest it's progress.
Leprosy is hereditary, and probably
contagious, and however great the re
strictions, the lepers contamlnate
others. 1t is this contagion which
- Is first necessary to do away with
nr Filaretopoulo states that the dan
Ger proceeds from want of care IL
The nesthouses wherein lepers ars
kept; they go out when they SO de
sire. beg in the villages, tend sheep
and sometimes marry healthy per
cons. Although DR.. Filaretopoulo ha:
noticed some cases in which the pa
tents improve, there does not seen
IT the present time any positive cure
a. the same time, it is necessary tt
state. with scientific brutality, thai
this particular point has only reia
tive Importance, for when the mouse
hnrns it is better to protect the NOV
ables close by than to attempt t
save some broken-legged chairs. Iht
leper is to be pitied, he is to be cares
for: if he can be helped one shouit
not hesitate tc do SO; but every ef