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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
Portraits on Tom bxtones.

Marble dealers are taking a keen interest in an enterprise, which had it's origin in Denmark, for reproducing the pictures of dead persons on their tombstones. They say that it is very probable that the movement will spread to America in a short time. The picture-on-the-tomb bstone craze started among the Danes as result of the use of artificial marble. A Danish master builder succeeded in producing 2 stone of such delicate tints that it was impossible to distinguish it from the natural product. The imitation of the more expensive species was found to cost far less than the natural, and is made in any form desired-col- umns, plain or huted, and capitals-as readily as flat slabs. The durability is said to be as great as that of the gen. uine marble. It was found that it was possible to reproduce, by carving, a picture of the deceased person, in the imitation marble, much easier and far cheaper than the work could be done with the genuine article.--Phila delphia Inquirer.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
VICTORY FOR NEWSPAPERS.
Decision in New York Libel Suit-Ab- sence of Malice.

Decision in New York Libel Suit-Ab-
 sence of Malice.
 Admitting technical libel and relying almost entirely upon the absence of newspaper to prevent the publication of false information, the New York World won practical victory in a suit Tor libel which was tried before Judge Mccall ill part , of the supreme court on Monday. The plaintiff in the case was Frederick Williamson, formerly a mate on ship, the Cyrus Wakefield, who had sued for $5O,o00. The jury gave him verdict for six cents
 The new>line of defense in libel &C., ton was presented by Mirabeau L.. Towns of Brooklyn. The case was a remarkable one.
 Williamson was mate on the Cyrus Wakefield in Pacific waters. One day the captain of the ship was swept over board. Some one started the report that the captain had been killed by the mate. The report has been traced to the Falkland islands. Coasters car rled 1t to Port Townsend, Wash. There The Associated press sent it out in a two-iine item. Some eighteen hundred newspapers published it. It referred to the Cyrus Wakefield as ''the Wake neld" and did not mention the name of the mate.
 Nevertheless when Williamson learn ed or the publication he sued several or the newspapers which printed the Item. The suit against the World was the first tried.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
"A RuINED LIFEn ;

The spIendidly realistic melodranna, "A Ruined Life," will be played at Polls theater tomorrow afternoon and evening, and it's great success in Europe and America insures pleas ing performance for lovers of sensa- tional melodrama. It's scenes are laid in England and America, the ac- ton is rapid and exciting, and, it is said, fills all the requirements of at fractions of it's class Several new character types are introduced and spontaneous comedy seems to tighten the more serious scenes of the melo. drama. The cast is one that more pretentious attractions should do well to emulate, being headed by Miss El- sic Crescy, beautiful and talented leading actress The cast also in. cludes the author. E. Laurence Lee Louise Mitchell, George w. Conklin Dave A. Flynn, Fielding Thatcher William A. Mckenzie, Blanche Holt Lola Morrise, Charles F. Southwortl1 and Charles Hall Prices are popular 25, 35 and 50 cents, and for the matin- ee 15 and 9 cents.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30

and desirous of being loved. She is rich and shines in society. She IS loved by young man who has seen
 much of society at other peoples ex- pense. He has little of this worid's 5 goods. A noble type of man he IS, however Iris's fortune melts away and something must be done. He de- termines to leave for America to seek fortune among the gold fields and will be absent for about two years. During that time he expects his love to be patient, to be constant and true in her love; but alasl it is otherwise. Her resources give out; she is poverty stricken. There is one spot of weak ness in her nature and unconsciously she gives way to it. She accepts the use of moneys belonging to q rival of her true lover across the seas; not con- seiously at first, but unknowingly. She did not realize its full import. She had been entrapped. Gradually she becomes a victim to the mans millions; she uses them Iavishly; she forsakes her true lover; she casts aside all that is good and noble and true in her na- ture. A Ioathsome, degraded, vile wo- man, shunned by all of her own friends, she has become At length self-Femorse and penitel1ce add to her wretchedness. She was the iiMperson- atfon of grief and misery. Then came the last scene as described above. lris's degradation may be gained from the following lines, which she speaks: Lone poor weak, sordid Iris. who must lie i'll the sun in summer. before the fire in winter, who must wear the choicest lace the richest furs; whose eyes must encounter any but the most beautiful objects-languid, slothful, nerveless, incapable almost of effort
 Do you remember the story of the poet Thomson and the peaches? He adored peaches, but was too greedy to await their appearance at table and too in dolent to pluck them himself, so he used to stand propped up against the wall upon which they grew, and with half-closed lids bite into the fruit as it hung from its tree. Ha, ha, ha! No image could give you better notion of my habits and disposition" The play was admirably produced, splen- didly staged and passed off very smoothly. Miss Harned's acting was we'll nigh perfect. She was surround ed by fine supporting company. Many shows of more immoral nature than Iris" have appeared here.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
THEATRICAL
 FRATERNAL
SWEET CLOVER.
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The pretty pastoral drana Sweet Clover,'' which will be presented at Polls this evening, is charming 1dyll Of the Connecticut farm lands and IS the work of two young women of this state, Pauline Phelps and Marion Short. It had splendid success last season and is repeating it this year. Interest in the story is aroused in the very first act, and from there goes on with accumulatfve force until almost the concluding scene. Otis B. Thayer, as ssJerome Holcombe,' the old New England farmer, heart broken over the the loss of his wife, and further dis tressed by the unfortunate love of his daughter for the adopted son of her mothers betrayer, gives q strong ex- hibition of character acting, while Miss Blanche Hall, as Lois, the daugh- ter, is both charming and convincing displaying remarkable ability in the line of emotional acting The rest of the company is an excellent one,i too, assuring q satisfactory performances
 Prices are %. 8, 50. 75 cents and $1.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES.

Professor GfIlette's wonderful train- ed dogs continue to make a novel att traction at the Jacques and to bring people there who are not ordinarily
 accustomed to attend vaudeville, and there is yet to be found a person that
 has not declared the dogs as
 attractive q novelty as has ever been seen in the way of an anil nal act There is nobody who is in any way interested in the education of animals that can afford to miss sec ing these dogs, and evidently such persons don't intend to. judging from the numbers of people that are pres ent each afternoon and evening They find abundant amusement, too, in the unique juggling novelty that the Great MOntTell and his comedian introduce, as well as in the other acts that go to make up show of unusual worth. Prices are 10, 20 and 30 cents; after noons 10 and 20 cents, ladies 10. Next week Matthews and Harris in "A Second Adam"
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
TIME TABLE.

Naugatuck Road Going South--6:3 :35, 7:55, Ills a. m.; 40, 3:05, 4:4O, 6:15 and 500 D. III.
 Sunday trains-7:o5 a. m.; 5:10 and 500 D. m.
 Naugatuck Road Going North-8:23 10:55 a. m.; 3 40, GAS and S:4S D. m. Sunday trains-9:48 a. m.; 7:52 D. m.
 Watertown trains-6:45, S:2S, 11:17 a. m.; 1 80, 3:45, 500, 6:12, 6:53, 8:53 and 20 D. m.
 Sunday trains-o:53 a. m.; sos p. m.
 Highland Division, Going East TOO, S:3S am; 12:SS, 3:3O, S:07 pm.
 Sunday Trains Going East-S:30, 10:05 am; POO, 5:O5, 700 pm.
 Highland Division, Going West-- s:15 a. m.; l 50 and 6:24 p. m.
 Dublin Street Station for Meriden and way stations-9:O5 a. m.; 6:15 D. m.
 Dublin Street Station for New Haven and way stations-7:OO, S:43, 11:1O am; 1 :5O and 4:04 pm.
 Sunday Trains for New Haven and way stations-7:50 am; $50 pm.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
"IRIS.'


 When the curtain descended at the end of the last act of Iris, an original drama of A. w. Pinero in five acts, vehicle in which Virginia Harmed is gaining fame and notoriety, at Polls theater last night, the audience had witnessed a most loathsome and gfue- some scene, the picture of a woman once noble and true, an angel of lovell- ness, but now ignoble and faithless, the very soul of degradation, being not only despised and cast aside by the man, the lover, to whom she had proved faHhless, but also scorned and turned adrfft by the scoundrel to whose millions she had fallen unconsciously a victim. Yet the gruesomeness of the scene is partly abbreviated by its sad ness, as it were. The audience does, not like to see the woman suffer so and their sympathies go out to her. Her. sef-remorse and penitence touch their hearts. But in it's hard reality it teaches a powerful lesson which any one present last night can realize. Iris" has been one of the most wide ly discussed plays of the season. It has caused almost as much discussion and dispute as Olga NethersoIe's 'Sapho" a season or two ago. Both II I cred by some the greatest English dra- matiSt of the day, who has habit of | exhibiting before our eyes lot of fallen men and women, and the actress, Miss Virginia Harmed. have been sub | jected to much criticism on account of the play. It has been denounced from l the pulpit and press for its baseness and vileness. And yet it has it's sup | porters, and they are not few in num- i Der. If one should have made a can~ | vass of the audience last night and gained their opinions of the play, many. 1 and varied they would have been. It 1 is merely q matter of opinion Some will argue that the moral of the play, the lesson which it teaches, is a pow i erful sermon by an eloquent preacher, except tfat there is this difference, to use the words of famous critic in re- gard 10 a play and q book: '"The ser mon describes; the play exhibits. The sermon is character in picture, clothed with description. The play is charac- ter in action, clothed with scenery" And so it is. A more powerful or tell ing sermon could not have been taught | from the pulpit. A real picture has more effect than one drawn by the inn agination. And yet is it good, some l persons will argue to hold these drearv ungodly, wretched pictures of human life and allow us to gaze upon them? Is 1t good to paint human frail- | ties in their true light without any gloss or establishment? Many per sons will answer that little good will come of presenting such evil, even in m unattractive light upon the stage l The story of 'Iris'' is as follows: She is a beautiful woman. kind of heart
 gentle of disposition, fond of loving
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30

ford and Rowland have the identical barrel in which Annie Edson Taylor went over the Falls year ago, and in: addition to showing it during the per- formance they have it on exhibition n the lobby of the theater all day, Mon day. Seats go on sale tomorrow at 25, 35 and 50 cents.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Frendly league, cookery, dressmak- ing, bookkeeping. choral class Y. M. c. A., business mems gym nasium class, bowling league, basket ball, second league.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30

1.-THE COUNTY FAIR" Neil Burgess in "The County Fair' Tuesday evening at Polls.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
"ovER NIAGARA FALLS"

Clifford and Rowland's big scenic production of cover Niagara Falls' will be given at Polls on Monday evening. It is melodrama from the pen of Joseph Le Brandt, the author of Ion the Stroke of Twelve" @Caught in the Web" and other melo- dramas, and it is said to be one of great sensationalism. As an addi- tional feature of interest Messrs Cliff
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-30
HUNGARIAN ORCHESTRA.

There will be another concert at Polls on Sunday evening by F. R. Ma tus and his Royal Hungarian Court Or chestra as result of the splendid en- tertainment they furnished in the con- cert given on Wednesday evening. There is something wonderfully weird but attractive in the stirring Hungar- ian airs as rendered by these nausi- clans, and a program including them is singularly pleasing. MT Matus and his associate musicians are easily the most finished opponents of this music in America, and their concerts are of extraordinary attractiveness to lovers of music. There is reason, therefore, to expect an excellent at. tendance alt the return concert on Sunday evening. Sale of seats to- morrow.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
White Feathers.

No white pigments have been found
in feathers. The color of white feath.
ers is usually explained to be due to q
total reflection of the incident light
from air spaces or bubbles in the
feather structure. White feathers dc
not differ essentially in structure from
black, red or other colored ones, eX'
cept in the fact that no pigment is
present. Though some of the white
comes from the walls of the air-con,
tanning medullary cells of the barb.
the larger portion is produced by the
barbules which have no air spaces.
The white effect, as with snow or pow.
dered glass, is dependent upon the
small size of the structural elements.
These have a large number of sur
faces so placed for any position of the
eye that the angle of incidence equals
the angle of reflection with a maxi
mum reflection to the eye. There is
almost no absorption by the unpig-
mented feather substance, and the
amount of light transmitted through
the feather from objects behind it is
so small as to be imperceptible to the
unaided eye in the intense reflection of
light.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
Wireless TeIegraphy.

The recent experiments of Marconi
on board the Italian cruiser Carlo Al
berto have been reported upon by NJ.
Solari, who concludes:
First-There is no limit to the dis
tance to which electric waves may be
transmitted at the earth's surface, pro-
vided the energy is increased as the
distance increases.
Second-Material obstacles inter
posed between the transmitter and the
receiver do not interrupt communica-
ton.
Third-The effect of sunlight is to
diminish the field of radiation of the
electric waves. so that greater en-
ergy is required by day than by night
to do the same work.
Fourth-The influence of atmospher-
ic discharges forces us to reduce the
sensitiveness of the receivers so as to
make them independent of these dis
charges, and at the same time it is
necessary to increase the energy of
transmission to obtain the desired ef-
fects.
Fifth-Wireless telegraphy has
reached point where it must be reck-
oned with in commerce as well as in
war.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
THE BEST WAY TO TEACH HIS
IORX

The idea of object teaching, the
instruction. has in recent years met
with general acceptance and adoption
in almost every branch of education,
high and low, with resultant benefits
which are beyond question. Even such
subjects as grammar and arithmetic
are now taught in this way so far as
practicable, and with marked advant-
age over the old dry and abstract
methods. The practice of teaching
history by making pilgrimages to the
very scenes where great historical
events have occurred is an application
of the same principle and much more
valuable in the way of impressing the
reality of history upon the minds of
the young than any amount of mere
textbook instruction could be. A re-
cent issue of the "Four-Track Series"
published by the New York Central
management, gives a description of
the historical sites in the immediate
vicinity of New York, which will be
of exceeding value for the guidance
of teachers and others who desire to
adopt this method of historical study.
One of the best ways to develop civic
pride and promote good citizenship
lies in this very direction, an In
crease of knowledge of local history
being accompanied with an increase
of interest in matters of local govern
ment and a higher concern for what
Affects the welfare and good name of
the community.-From Leslie's Week
ly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
Railway Fusee Protector.

When fusees or signal torches are
thrown from a moving train to give
warning to one following on the same
track they receive the momentum of
the train and strike the track or road
bed with considerable impact, which
has been found in practice to mutilate
and destroy large number of the sig
nails, or else extinguish the flame. AS
this necessitates the throwing of other
torches, at extra expense, there seems
to be an opening for the projecting de-
vice shown in the picture. AS will be
seen, its purpose is to overcome the
momentum of the train and permit the
torch to fall gently to the roadway,
without liability OF eXtlnguishing the
flame or breaking up the combustible
material. The protector can be at
tached to the last platform of the train
and with the spiral ejecting spring set
at an indicated tension to correspond
approximately with the speed OF the
cars, it is an easy matter to insert the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
Sliding Weight Drives the Hook Out.

Sliding Weight Drives the Hook Out.
profanity, for he has provided himself
with the little fishhook releasing de-
vice which has just been introduced
by Michigan inventor. This is prob
ably the first device which could be
sent directly to the cause of the trou-
BILE, and there is little doubt that 1t
will accomplish its purpose. The in
vention consists of tubular section
of lead with cord attached to raise
and lower it on the line, and it is OBJ
vious that if the fisherman pulls the
tube up and allows It to drop Oh the
hook a number of times the latter will
be driven out of the snag to which it
has become attached. To permit this
weight to be slipped over the line with
out liability of becoming detached as
it falls, the slot through which the
line is passed is in the form of a
double spiral. making it easy to slip
the tube on the line and drop it down
until it strikes the hook.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
REFLECTIONS.

mans bull-headedness is his worst
enemy.
Anybody can see though glass eye
except the wearer.
The command Swear not at all"
doesn't apply to swearing off.
Many a man who forged his way to
the front landed in the penitentiary.
When a man frequently contradicts
himself he may be right occasionally.
Some marriages are failures because
the brides failed to marry the best
man.
Men living within themselves haven't
much to boast of in the way of earthly
habitations.
A woman never loses her temper II
she has one to begin with it lasts as
long as she does.
1t sometimes happens that when
people make up their minds good
deal of important matter is left out.
A woman's tongue is her weapon,
yet few women are arrested for carry
ing concealed weapons. The reason is
obvious.
A newly married couple may be able
TO live on love in a cottage until the
dry goods emporiums begin to adver.
tise bargains. Then the trouble be-
gins.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY.

When a wife reigns she sometimes
storms.
ton of misery.
A woman always does as she
pleases, and it is up to man to
please her.
An ounce of keepyour-mouth-s shut
is worth a pound of ry-to-square-your-
self
A diplomat is a man who tells his
wife everything that happens not to
happen
The bent of a mans mind doesn't
necessarily prove that he is intel
lectually crooked.
When a man sits down suddenly
and unexpectedly he realizes what a
hard world this is.
The world is charitable enough to
forgive the man who writes poetry
because he needs the money.
According to fashion journal. seal
skin sacques are now made so that
they cannot be distinguished from
real plush.
There's no objection to a man talk
ing up his residence almost any
where. but when it comes to shop
lifting that's different.
Men of strong character make
many enemies, but that doesn't neces
sarily imply that men who have many
eiemies possess strong characters.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
POPULAR SCIENCE

and the result is a metal that will not
expand.
An oil-containing lens, recently in
vented, enables the photographer to
take snapshot of such places as thea
ters without the air of a fiashlight an
out-of-door exposure or fifteen minutes
on a pitch dark night will secure a
good picture of the scenery, while one
minute will be sufficient If the moon
is shining. This lens is based on the
well-known fact that certain oils have
very great light-reflecting powers, and
the inventor claims for it an immense
advantage over the all-giass lenses.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
Learned by Science.

Peat has about half the heating
power of coal and double that of
wood.
mercury atom is reckoned to have
20Ox7OO, or 140. 900 electrons all slowed
away inside.
All chemical affinity is traced to ag-
gregations of electrons, or atoms, with
odd or unbalanced electrons, either
positive or negative.
Every atom is composed of positive
and negative electrons or vagrant cleo
trio charges in space. Just how such
a charge exists in space or what its
mechanism is does not yet appear.
1t is a familiar fact that a lawn
which is once watered during a dry
season will have to be frequently
watered or the grass will suffer often
times more than If it had not been
watered at all. The first watering in
duces a supergcial root development
which must be supplied frequently
with water.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
To Aid Deaf and Blind Mutes.

Heretofore the language of deaf
mutes has been confined to the manip-
ulation of the fingers or movement of
the lips, both of which are difficult to
learn and can only be communicated
in the light and within the range OF
vision, while he language of blind
mutes is limited to raised letters. By
the use of the apparatus here pic
tured these unfortunates are enabled
to dispense with the language meth
DDS above mentioned and can converse
freely, rapidly and accurately, as well
In the dark as in the light. This ap-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
Fishhook Releasing Device.

We always expect a fisherman to
swear that his stories are true, no
matter how large the fish which just
escaped being caught, and we can al
most forgive the angler who does the
other kind of swearing when his hook
gets caught in a sunken log or snag.
as the artist has depicted in the ac-
companying illustration. However.
there is no cause for the angler at
the other end of this line to indulge in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
Communication by Means Of Electric
Shocks

paratus consists of an induction coil,
battery and four metallic thimbles
wired to the coil. When these thin
bles are slipped on the thumbs and
fingers and held apart both persons
receive the electric impulse from the
coil, but when the thimbles are in con-
tact there is no impulse. as the current
passes directly through the metal.
Now, by using the simple Morse tele-
graphic code the two persons within
the circuit can converse with the
same ease and facility that an opera
tor sends a message. 1t is not neces-
sary to limit the number of persons
in the circuit to two, and it would even
be possible by increasing the strength
of the current to give lectures to
these poor people, who now realize so
few of the pleasures of life.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-14
WISDOM OF THE WEST.

The coupon is worth nothing at the
end of the show.
1t is better to be handsome in deed
than in photograph.
Men who stop to count the cost
are slow to propose.
Much optimistic talk is used as a
cover for perplexity.
1t is better to get up with baby
than with a headache.
Every man is an idiot who pursues
his own way in spite of us.
Many men who cannot AFFORD to get
married form a passion for poker.
The advantage of the smile culti-
waited by women is that it does not
interfere with digestion.
Some men are so tempted to do
something foolish that they yield now
and then just to keep peace with
thenselves.-Sioux City Journal