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Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25
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TKSNCLE SANS wards may be
"a tempted to shake off the agency
49, blanket to adopt the neat attire
of the government school at Carlisle,
Pa, by the promise of an education,
but there is to be no glitter and glamor
of fame gained in football togs. The,
commandant at the Indian school is
said to be so opposed to gridiron and
other strenuous athletic sports that
there is little probability of Carlisle
having it's customary strong eleven
this fall.
Indians who complete the school
course may drift back to their respec-
tive tribes, become indolent, careless
and even Indifferent to educational adj
vantages, but it will not be said Of
Redwater, a Metoxen, Standing
Bear, ETC., that football was the cause.
of his retrogression to his primal state.
If the authorities at Carlisle carry out,
their intention to refrain from sched-
uling contests with Harvard, Yale,
Pennsy-all the prominent colleges
and universities of the east--the red
men who go to that school will suffer a
hard blow. It is the opinion of count
less numbers of the big eastern uni
versities that the heydey of athletics
at the Indian school brought great adj
vanta ges to the redmen of the athletic
squad that years of life spent on the
reservation could not afford. The pol
ish gained by the Indian who travelled
with the Carlisle Indian football team,
put up at good hotels and fraternized
with the college boys, will be lost.
Doubtless in the past the incentive
gained by Indians Of that school to
pursue higher ideals and get into the
business world, came originally from
association with college men, AT its
best Carlisle ranks no higher than a
high school in its educational merit.
and to remove the football team will
be to take away from some of the In
dams opportunities for mental broad
ening that the school otherwise will
not give them.
Carlisle has had some great teams
who does not recall Capt. Bemus Pierce
and his brother Hawley Pierce-Whee
lock, the giant linesman; Metoxen, the
human battering ram, whose flillback
work was never equaled by any
plunger in college; Seneca and Quarter
back Hudson, the only redman who
ever mastered the drop kick? The
Pierces made their appearance in the
indoor football contests at New Years
in New York, but have retired to pri-
vate life again. Metoxen, with his
shaggy hair, his shoulders that were
broader than those of Wisconsin's
great halfback, Harry Cochems. is
teaching school in California, and ITud-
son is still working in bank in Pitts
burg. E. G. WEsTLAKE.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25
Chfcago Bowers Lea a.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 25.-The
O'Learys of Chicago wrested the high
score for five men teams from the
Tishimingos of Indianapolis in the ma
tional bowling tournament when they
rolled total of 2,S19 pins for three
games and also established a high
tournament record. The Carl Richters,
another team from Chicago, also
passed the Tishimingos, the record
holders of Monday night, making 2,79S
pins In three games.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25
Surprises af Insleside.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. as. There
were several surprises at Ingleside.
One occurred In the six and half FUR
long handicap when Dainty at odds OF
IL to ran around her field and gained
q nose victory over Gravlna. In the
second race Toribio, a Is to 1 shot,
won. The track was fine.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25
New Orleans Results.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 25. The car
nival visitors swarmed to the track
yesterday and saw q fairly good card
run off. Fuller's work in the saddle
was the feature Of the day, the boy
riding three winners and two seconds.
Benson Caldwell was claimed out Of
the fifth race by Z. Y. Bell for 81, 1926,
Odom has been engaged to ride Mo-
Chssney r. the afontg omery handicap.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25

81 ~
Terre Haute. Prosecutor Douthitt has
instructed Sheriff Dudley to see that
the affair shall not be held. Sherin
Dudley says he will follow the prose
cutor's instructions and will arrest all
participants if attempts shall be made
to pull off the bouts.
Boston. Feb 25.-Patsy Sweeney and
Jimmy Gardiner boxed a fifteen-round
draw at the Criterion A. G. Monday
night. The bout was one of the best
and fastest seen in this city for many
a day. Sweeney, in the best shape he
has been in for a long time, was the
aggressor throughout. Several times he
had Gardiner in a bad way, but In the
minutes rest the latter recuperated.
Though Sweeney's work for the first
fourteen rounds was superior to Gar
diners, the latter jabbed Sweeney in
the face with his left many times and
occasionally sent the left onto Swee-
ney's body. In the last round Gardi-
ner cut loose and he he had Sweeney
in bad shape, with right and lefts on
the jaw and face.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25
Tee rrottinr at sarator,

Ice TrOttEng at Saratoga.
SARATOGA, n. X, Feb. %. The
Saratoga Ice Racing associations free
for-all trotting event for 5000, FIVE
heats, was won by William Clothier's
Wyreka of Glens Falls. Best time, 2:21
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25
EXAMINATION FREE.
TINE TABLE.

Naugatuck Road Gong South--6:35,
T:55, His a. M; 1:40. 3:05, 4 40, 6:l5
and 800 p. m.
Sunday trains--7:o5 q. M; $40 and
500 p. m.
Naugatuck Road Going Nortl-s:23
1885 a. M; $40, 6:4S and SAB p. m.
Sunday trains-9:4S a. M; Z :52 p. m.
WATERFOWL trains--6:45, 1928. 11:17
a. M; / 80, S:45, 500, 6:12. 6:53, S:53
and II 20 p. N.
Sunday trains9:5 a. M; sos p. m.
Highland Division, Going East
roo, 1888 am; 1888. $50, s:o7 pm.
Sunday Trains Going East-8 80.
1905 am; 200, 5:o5, 700 pm.
Highland Division, Going West
S:15 a. M; 1:50 and ga p. m.
Dublin Street Station FOR Meriden
and way stations-9:05 a. M; 6:16 p. m.
Dublin Street Station for New Haven
and way stations--7:00, SAB. 11:10
am; 80 and 4:04 pm.
Sunday Trains for New Haven and
way stations-7:5 so am; $50 Dim.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25

Sullivan, Ind. Feb 25.4-Kid Byrne Of
Louisville and Teddy Britton OF Indi-
annapolis were billed for boxing con-
test here on Saturday night next The
preliminary was to be between George
Price of Cincinnati and Kid Page of
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25

80 IGURE skating has gone out of
49, vogue. The latest craze among
q -@a4M skaters all over the country is
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-25

According to Joe Macias, manager Of
Kid Carter, Young Corbett viii put Ed
die Hanlon out in less than six rounds
In their meeting In San Francisco on
Friday night. He is just the Kind of
lad" says Joe, 'sthat Corbett likes to
tackle
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06

more than one or two boys who could
successfully regain their equilibrium
after taking the position shown; but at
least two girls in every three can do it
quite readily. Measure back three of
your own feet from the wall of a room and
place chair between you and the wall;
then bend over the chair until your head
rests against the wall. Now raise the
chair and attempt, without moving your
feet or touching the chair to the floor or
wall, to regain your upright position. Any
boy, unless he differs materially from the
rest of his sex, will find that the thing
simply can't be done. l suppose the
relative size of the feet has something to
do with the success which usually at
tends girl in this experiment The
extra weight which a man carries in the
shoulders may also have something to
do with it.
Diagram number six shows some fun
with one of the broomsticks. Place one
end against the angle formed by the wall
of a room and ask some friend to pass
his body under 1t without lifting his feet
from the floor. He will naturally face
the wall in his undertaking, and in this
position it is next to impossible to get
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06

you will succeed in doing this the first
time you try, but little practice viii
make the performance quite easy.
Good practice in limbering the shoul.
ders is to be had by grasping the stick
with the hands, perhaps two feet apart
and then without loosening the hands
raise the stick over your head and bring
it down across the back. Gradually re-
duce the distance as your arms and shcul-
ders become more plant.
In trying the position shown In dia-
gram number eight be sure that the
chairs are we'll braced so as not to slip
from under you. have known men who
would let me sit on their chest xSSIe they
were in this position, but any boy may
be satisfied simply to hold 1t without any
additional. weight.
Remember that the boy who is con-
tinually getting hurt is not the boy who
wins the confidence of the home rulers
or the admiration of his comrades. AL
ways have a profound respect for your
limbs; they are worth taking care Of
Work up to your feats by slow degrees,
until what an unframed man could do
only at the risk of his neck will be to you
as safe as any ordinary movement.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
THE HUNTERS MONTH.
Loads of Large Game Being shipped
to the Cftiex-Triendly Cameras
Protect Wild Life.

For a great part of the country the
hunting season has opened. In little
while one will begin to see in the papers
figures setting forth the amount OF
game shipped from each station on GER
tain railroads which reach the big
woods
To sensitive persons, says the Youth
Companion, the numbers are appalling.
and the sights in the baggage cars would
be still more repugnant. The carcases
of deer and of an occasional moose are
piled one above another almost to TIE
roof, and among them are many does
and fawns. Yet before the passage of
adequate game laws the conditions were
worse. Deer were shipped By the
schooner load from Maine TO Boston, and
birds by the barrel. There are still too
mayfair too many-killed. but the
number is lessenirg
Nature study in the schools and the
manufacture of good cameras, which
can be sold at low price. have done
much to protect the lives of animals
Those stories of the woods which give
wild animals the attributes and feelings
of human beings may be, doubtless are.
poor science, but they are not bad NOR
ais They do at least foster sympathy
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06

ling I purchased the house, mouse and
wheel. Enclosing 1t in Handkerchief,
on my journey homeward. was COM
PEELED to contemplate its favorite
amusement. But how to apply half
ounce power, which is the weight
Of a mouse. to a useful Ferssese was
the difficulty. At length ti:e hIanufac-
turing of sewing thread seemed the
most practicable"
Mr.. Hatton had one mouse that ran
the amazing distance of 18 miles a day.
but he proved that an ordinary mouse
could run ten and one-half miles, on
an average. A halfpenny's worth of
oatmeal was sufficient for its support
for 35 days. during which time it ran
1876 half miles. He had actually two
mice constantly employed in the max
ing of sewing thread for more thana
year. The mouse thread mill was SO
constructed that the common house
mouse was enabled to make atone
ment to society for past offenses by
twisting. twining and Keeling from 100
to 120 threads a day. Sundays not ex-
copied
To perform this task the little pedes-
trian had to run ten and one-half miles
and this journey it performed with
ease every day. A halfpenny's worth
of oatmeal served one of these
thread mill culprits for the long rerIod
of five weeks in that time it had
made 1880 threads of % inches. ami.
rs a penny was paid to women for ey-
cry hank made in the ordinary way
the mouse, at that rate, earned pence
every six week. just one farthinc n
day, or seven shillings and six pence
a year. Taking six pence on. for board
and allowing one shilling for machin-
cry, there was q clear yearly profit
from each mouse of six shilIines.
Mr.. Hatton firmly intended To annlv
for the loan of an old empty cathedral
in Dunfermline. which would have
held he calculated. 10 900 mouse mills.
sufficient room being left for keepeTs
and some hundreds of spectators
Death, however, overlook the inven-
tor before his marvellous project could
be carried out.-Cincinnati Conner
cial Tribune.
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In the. provisional towns, too, upris-
ings were numerous, and throughout
the land there were evidences OF dis
affection But the government insist
ed on strict observance of the laws up
to 1928, when an amended Law adjust
ed the duties by a sliding scale. where
after the duties were to be governed
by the average price OF the English
market: When the average price OF
wheat was SO shillings TIE duty was
Sos, eight pence per quarter; when 46s.
the duty was 40s., Sd. per quarter; when
SIS, it was 30s., Sd. per quarter; when
62s., it was 24s., Sd. per quarter; whcn
72s., ii was Is, Sd. per quarter; AMI
when 73s., it was Is. per quarter" AS
can readily be seen, the amended law
did not favor the Importation of cheap
grain to much more extent than the
original measure.
: The suffering amongst the poor con-
tinued and the provision laws also Eore
heavily upon them. These laws com
pleted the agricultural protection at
forded by the corn laws, strictly pro-
hibiting the Importation of foreign
cattle and foreign p,eats. Butter AMI
lard could be imported, but they were
not to be used as food. the CUSTOM
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06

house men being ordered to spoil them
by smearing with tarred stick, to de-
stroy their value as a food and make
them fit only as grease for wheels OF
to be used for smearing sheep. With
bread purposely made dear, the import
of cattle and of flesh meat prohibited,
and with lard and butter wilfully re-
duced from articles of food to grease
for wheels, there is no difficulty in ac-
counting for the frequent murmurs of
discomfort, and for the starvation
among the poorer classes in every part
of the kingdom"
Now arose in earnest an anti-corn-law
agitation. In 1888, a small company of
men met at Manchester. and formed a
new anti-corn association. Others
joined with these men, Golden among
them, and from the moment of joining
Golden took a leaders, part in the
wor:. He presented to his associates
a petition asking for the repeal of all
the laws relating to the importation
of grain; active work was carried on by
him and other supporters of free trade.
and ere long the anti-corn league be-
came a Iower to be considered And
not few landlords began to rank
themselves with those standing for a
repeal of the oppressive laws. 1t be-
came more ana more a question of the
good OF the many.
In 1S41, when Sir Robert Peel re-
turned to power it was as a protec-
ZIONIST, but the great statesman soon
saw fit to change his mind in regard
to high tariff; ana, though bitterly OPP
posed by members of his party.
brought about notifications of the
corn laws, and tariff reduction-the
first great step toward free trade. From
1916 to 1916, the newspaper writer's and
orators labored strenuously for the re,
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06

GONE interesting chair and broom
stick tecks were described in re-
cent number Of the American Boy,
which we reproduce in part with accom-
panying diagrams.
No. shows an interesting trial of the
accuracy of the eye Place chair at one
end of a room and then let some one
walk rapidly towards the chair. his right
arm held stiffly in front of him. As he
passes the chair he will attempt to snap
off a cork balanced on the back of the
chair. Nine people out of ten will snap at
least an inch to high. The way to sue
coed in hitting the cork is to quietly get
close enough to the chair to make a
mental note of the exact button, wrinkle
or seam in your clothing which is exactly
on level with the cork 1t is then an
easy matter to hold your hand at Just
the right height as you approach the
cork.
Diagram three shows an experiment in
which the feminine sex easily outclass
all masculine rivals. have never known
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
COAL EXPERIMENTS.
acknowledgements study EEecs of
SubmerSInE in SALT Water.

Some curious tests with coal are
now being made at Portsmouth. the
object being to ascertain to what ex-
tent, if any, it is improved by being
kept for certain time in salt water.
Twenty-ore tons OF coal taken from
the same heap were first divided into
three parts. two of which contained
ten tons each. and one one ton. One
of the ten ton lots was next divided
into FIVE parts. each containing two
tons. and these. after being placed in
five perforated boxes. were sunk in tia
sea. The other ten ton lot is also 10
be divided into FIVE parts, each con-
tanning two tons, but instead of being
sunk in the sea these are to be kept
Oh land and will be covered with tar
paul!n. The one ton lot was burned
few days ago, and a thorough test IS
now being made of its qualities as
shown by combustion.
IN y months the coal in one of the
submerged boxes, and also that in one
of the boxes which have been kept on
land. will be compared. and the re-
suit viii be compared with that which
was obtained when the one ton was
burned a few days ago. In this way
the scientists and the naval authori-
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
buying a Home in Denmark.

Any sober, reliable farm laborer in
Denmark, who has saved one-tenth the
mortgage value of the little farm he
covets-this value not to exceed 81 100
can buy the land by borrowing the other
nine-tenths from a government fund
He gives mortgage on which he pays
three per cent. After five years he also
pays one per cent. additional toward
wiping out half his debt. When this half
has been paid he pays S11a per cent on the
remainder until he owns the land A CO.
operative dairy buys his cream and re-
turns to him the skinned milk for his
hogs. The latter go to the cooperative
bacon factory, and the local branch of
a cooperative egg exporting house re-
ceives his eggs.
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Cold in the Upper Air.

The sending up Of self-registering
instruments upon kites at the Blue Hill
observatory, near Boston, has shown
that passenger during an excursion
into the upper air would need a variety
of clothing. If it CHANGED to be a normal
summer day on the ground, with the
temperature at 70 degrees F., and the
breeze blowing freshly at 20 miles an
hour, he would need to take his furs
and mittens, for by the time he had
reached an elevation of 1000 feet the
thermometer would register nearly 40
degrees lower and the wind would be
blowing a hurricane.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
HER TARIFF. PROBLEM
Legislation in That Direction AZ
ways Unpopular in England.
A GLANCE AT THE PAST
brilliant Men Have Fallen Over This
POLITICAL Stumbling Biock-The
..COrn Laws" and Their Re-
suIt-Bits of History

Some one has we'll said that the pres
ent crisis in England regarding pro-
tectiye tariff is not a government cri-
sis, but a national one, that if the
changes advocated by Ir. Chamberlain
are effected they will reverse trad1-
lions and discard principles of politi-
cal economy that are Unborn in the
British people"
1t is prophesied that next spring a
parliament will be elected that will
upset the nations free trade policy, but
it goes without saying that in the
meanwhile three different factions Of
the public will be toiling strenuously
in the cause Individually espoused. The
factions are as follows-those who
stand boldly for free trade; those who
stand for protective tariff, and mid
way between these conservative ele-
ment with Mr.. Balfour at the head,
body that believes reforms are needed
TO relieve the industrial situation, but
is averse to hasty, radical action.
A protective tariff is bound at first
to be immensely unpopular with the
mass of the English people, who for so
long has held as gospel buying in the
cheapest market and selling in the
dearest" A little review of English
history gives us some idea of the Brit
ish temper on the delicate question of
taxation of food stuffs. Though per-
haps a little vague about it, still all
have heard something Of the excite
ment caused on the enactment of the
corn laws, and the state Of feeling that
forced their repeal few years later.
In the light of impending events, it
may be of interest to go into detail
concerning past legislation on the mat
ter of abolition of free trade.
The corn laws Of English history
were a series of laws enacted at differ
emit times through various centuries
(from 1436 to 1S42) and until their re-
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06
Chair and Broomstick Tricks

safely under the stick. With your back
to the wall, however, you can to your
friends deep chagrin pass under the
stick quite easily. This 's also an exces-
lent way TO prxctieSfhe lend back which
is so essential to any kind of tpmblingy,
The first time tried to climb arouno
stick, as shown in diagram seven, II
seemed to me that even a professional
contortionist could not possibly extrfs
cate himself from such snarl without
dislocating every joint in his hsdy. The
feat, however, is lok really difficult fof
a boy who is at all supple. Grasp the
stick firmly, leaving two and half OF
three feet space between the hands. Yoo
can easily judge Of the distance best
suited to you after the first trial. Slip
your left foot over the stick. put your
head under your right arm and then ths
test will come. II your back and shoul-
ders are flexible they will allow you to
carry the stick on around and to finally
draw your right leg over without letting
go of the stick. 1t is rather unlikely that