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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

consented unwillingly to the nights rest on which the doctor insisted before beginning the great work of my life.
 But in the silence of the night after the electric communication had been severed, the case assumed different aspect. More and more I realized that this tremendous power in which I had so exulted was not permanently under my own control. It was doubtful if even the inventor could always control it. Certainly some, perhaps many, of the individuals in the combination were not only mental, but moral, degener- ates. Even supposing that the doctor could retain control during his life, he was far advanced in years, and who could be his successor? Instead of con- ferring the greatest benefits on man kind, what could prevent the machine from being used for the vilest pur- poses, dragging down instead of build ing up the human race to the enrich ment of some willy scoundrel and the great delight of the worst maniacs in the combinations?
 Sometimes the case assumed grim- ly humorous aspect. I thought of the student who called up devil to bring him water and was drowned in the ef- fort to stop him. I thought of the men tai struggles of the man who might some time sue the machine for libel and his vain efforts to fix the responsibility on any one. I even pictured the bewil- whose responsibility was divided into twenty-one parts should apply to him for admission, and the possibility of each spirit having to answer for the sins of the other twenty was not pleas ant to think of. But need not deny that what infiu- enced me most strongly was the thought of the bright eyed girl in my native village and the future we had planned together, now lost to us for ever. More and more the conviction
 was forced upon me that the doctor had
 robbed me of my life's happiness, per-
 haps of my hopes of heaven, and as l sleep at length 'overcame me my last thought was one of bitter resentment. | When I awoke, l was in my old room I Tn college, no one. not even myself,
 knowing how I came there. Whether l the doctor had become alarmed at the
 excitement caused among my friends
 by my disappearance. whether he de-
 cided that my capacity was far below
 his requirements or whether he kindly
 relented and gave me back my individ-
 ual existence shall never know, for he
 died soon after, and his secret died with
 him. But there in my pocket, as had i placed them, still rested the evidence
 of the machine that thought--the poem,
 the love letter, the oration and the
 story, all far more nearly perfect than
 any ordinary mind could produce and all in that exquisite handwriting.
 It seems like only a hypnotic dream,
 and yet-there are the documents.
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The Dor an,ld .Ii. Dtnner.

A story is told of a farmers dog that had been found guilty of obtaining food by false pretenses.
 The animal was extremely fond of biscuits and. had been taught by his owner to go after them for himself, carrying written order in his mouth.
 Day after day he appeared at the bakery bringing his masters order. and by and by the shopnan became careless about reading the document.
 Finally when settlement day came the farmer complained that he was charged with more biscuits than he had ordered.
 The baker was surprised, and the next time the dog came in with slip of paper between his teeth he took the trouble to look at it. The paper was blank, and further investigation showed that whenever the dog felt a craving for a biscuit he looked around for piece of paper and trotted off to the shop. t4 Na .4a.s..5.7. .
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snow covered the ground, James would come running in, saying, Shows near ly foot deep"
 When on Christmas James went hunt ing with Tom Barnaby and they caught two rabbits, one of them very small, skinny one, James told the boys next day:
 Tom Barnaby and I went out yes- terday, and in two hours we killed all the rabbits we could carry home.'
 One day James came into the gro- cery, saying:
 There's million English sparrows if there's one in the ivy vines on Greene street church.
 James, said MT. Bacon, twill thee ever learn to be exact in thy state ments?"
 Pudsey blushed and looked foolish. but forgot soon. The morning after l New Years he rushed down from the storeroom, exclaiming in great excite ment:'
 ''The mealroom's full of rats! I know there's fifty of them. They've eaten up half the 90 x pancake four Every bag there is nibbled into, and a hundred pounds of flour are scattered | over the fioor.'' 1 MT. Bacon sent William, the porter, | to the storeroom. After a thorough
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WHAT PuDsEY SAID THERE WAS.

WHAT PUDSEY SAID THERE WAS. always be neat and polite and especial ly should keep their hands very clean. If there was one thing, though, that Mir. Bacon was more particular about than another it was that people should be what he called exact in their state- ments. This was his hobby, in truth, and he always said a person who could not tell the truth just as it was was rattle brained and not competent to work in his store. He insisted so stren- uously on what he called exact state ment that at length the store people lnicknamed him Exact Statement and were accustomed to call him that be- hind his back.
 James Pudsey was called smart" boy. He was quick to run errands and ready to do whatever was wanted of him. He was in a fair way toward pro- motion to be one of the salesmen, his acquaintances said. MT. Bacon kept his eye on him, but said not much. Twice indeed he had admonished the budding grocery salesman like this: James, re- member to be exact in thy statements" "
 This remark showed that MT. Bacon knew James Pudsey's besetting sin. It was that of stretching things. If mild
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mon, an essay, followed in quick sue cession, each almost perfect of it's kind. tors fame as an author and a mathe- matician. But when asked to tell how to remedy a defect in well known ma chine the pencil stopped.
 You have found the weak point" said the doctor. These men are not of sound mind, therefore not one is an original thinker. In lines of thought already worked out the machine is in- comparable. But the world needs new sands of dollars lost daily by the waste full use of steam and the inability of the ordinary human mind to find a remedy
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alienists in 8 compartment by our selves and entirely under his influence. And, although outwardly calm, yet with that power of mind reading which the hynotized sometimes have, I could detect tremendous suppressed excite ment in his mind.
 It was wild, rapid ride, and daylight was beginning to appear when we stop ped. My surmise was correct; we were at the insane asylum. But, greatly to my surprise was received not as pa tient, but as an honored guest, well comed to breakfast with the family
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MT. Bacon said nothing, but looked queerly at Pudsey. A week later he called Pudsey into his office and said:
 James, I meant to make thee 8 salesman and increase thy pay this January after we had taken stock. But when thee stretched one mouse into fifty rats knew thy word could not be depended on and that thy brain and judgment had not yet been trained to estimate facts accurately. I cannot promote thee now. In another year there will be a chance for thee if mean time thee guards thy tongue and learns to make exact statements"
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these in electrical connection and under hypnotic influence the most extraordi- nary results have been obtained
 AS he spoke he placed pencil in the hand of one and rapidly connected a wire to a different spot on the head of each.
 "See," he said. My machine is thinking now.'' And, indeed, every face fairly glowed with intelligence. The transforrna ton was wonderful.
 Give it the most difficult problem you have met with in mathematics, ," said the doctor. I did so. It was solved instantly.
 Give it the plot of a story.' obeyed, and as fast as the hand could write the story was written in excellent English and beautiful chirography. A love letter, a poem, an oration. a ser
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creative joy'' of which Goethe tells in his Easter hymn was not greater than this, and could dimly understand why the Hindoo asks no better heaven than to be absorbed into universal conscious ness.
 For had not lost my individuality; had gained irnmeasurably. Every thought, every plan, every invention, now had the cordial support of twenty active minds, all working in complete unison and with almost unlimited pow CT. I could work out problems that had puzzled mankind for ages; could be the greatest beneiactor the world had ever known. And with all this con- sciousness of power felt the steady ing influence of twenty other minds holding meS back from wild specula- tions, carefully considering and sitting my plans and theories, throwing out everything impractical and visionary and giving thorough consideration only to the most worthy. It was enormous power, but power under perfect con- trol, to which it almost seemed nothing was impossible.
 was all on fire with enthusiasm and
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A NEW WAY OF sPELLING.r

Around the garden Johnnie strollcd As happy as you please; He saw the pretty blooms and. heard The humming of the B B B B B. He watched the busy insects and Grew bolder by degrees. "I'll just catch one." said he at last: 'sThat big one will c c c c c e. He made grab, and then his screams Were borne upon the breeze; He had been stung, which served him
 right,
 The horrid little T T T TIT Indoors he>rushed, and there he stood, With tears and shaking knees: His mother tied his finger up,
 Which quickly gave him E E B E B B.
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woven from strings of pearls, with center and corner circles of diamonds. It was three years in the making.
 The fact that a man wears a white coat with two plaits down the back is no indication that he can drive tan dem.
 It is said that the shah of Persia has more hard cash put by than any other sovereign. In his palace at Teheran the king of kings is supposed to have a sum estimated at $50,000. 900 in specie.
 The sultan of Turkey and the queen
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nearly thirty years, having been pio- neer in the movement for employing women in the postoffice. She began with a staff of about twenty girls and now has 300.
 England has horses for every 100 people, Russia 21, Algiers 117.
 At Festiniog, North Wales. the guard ians have subscribed to provide piano for their workhouse (almshouse).
 The maharajah of Baroda has piece of woven work which cost over $1 000.- 000. It is only 10 by 6 feet in size. but is
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
GA Nation In SpectacIes..

It would be well to consider whether parents and perambulators are not in some measure the cause of so many children wearing spectacles.
 Infants and young children are laid down on their backs in the whitest of white dimity to gaze up into bright blue sky or at the dazzling light of the midday sun, which must even pierce through their closed eyelids
 If parents and nurses were for few moments to take up a similar position, say, on a lawn or other convenient place, their experience would probably be useful to them.
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thetic gathering of people with a mes sage for them in which you dared to hope that all might be interested and from which great good to all would re- suit? Do you know the thrill of joy that overcomes the speaker at finding that they are with him to a man and that his 'puny power is multiplied by that of thousands of enthusiastic supporters? Such delight is dim and shadowy com- pared to what I now experienced. The
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and geodetic survey, has been appoint ed by the United States government q commissioner for the same purpose.
 Samuel Gabrielson, eighty years of age, came all the way from Norway to attend the semicentennial of the Luz theran church in Milwaukee which he helped to found fifty years ago.
 Third class railway fares in India arc less than farthing (half a cent) a mile
 Public gambling is likely to be abcl- ished in Switzerland at an early date.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

pine census will be taken by the war department.
 The largest armor plate ever rolled 106 tons-was made at the Krupp estab- lishment in Dusseldorf, Germany, last year.
 w. F. King, chief astronomer of the Dominion of Canada, has been appoint ed by the British government a com missioner to mark the forty-ninth par allel from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific coast Otto H. Tittman, super intendent of the United States coast
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me as great mystery of mine to find an adequate explanation have been in vain.
 I was student at small college in the suburbs of one of our great cities. After day of hard work, but without unusual excitement, had retired at the usual time, leaving my door unlocked, as was customary with the students, and slept peacefully until aroused by slight noise as of some one moving in the room. My visitor sat by my bed- side and in most matter of fact tone said:
 T will wait for you to dress"
 'All right" said I, supposing him to be a fellow student. Make yourself comfortable. rise at half past 7.''
 Moving toward the door, he said but one word--"Come''--and to my own ut ter surprise arose, dressed and fol- lowed him like dog.
 A train was waiting at the little sta- ton, and as the light from the furnace door threw its golden glow upon the rolling smoke I saw the face of my companion. I had seen 1t in pictures before, and in my normal state of mind it would have given me great uneasi- ness, for was sure my visitor was Dr. Easton, the man in charge of the great insane asylum eighty miles away and noted throughout the world for his wonderful hypnotic influence over his patients, of whom he could control the most violent by simply his own person. al power. Tn bringing in new patients he used neither force nor persuasion; he spoke, and they followed, exactly as I had done. Had I unconsciously be- come insane?
 Beyond falling violently in love with a sweet creature to whom could not hope to offer home for years to come and whose other suitors would gladly have seen me put out of the way, I could remember no overt act of insan-
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of the Netherlands are said to be the only total abstainers among European sovereigns .- - -a.-.
 The total capital invested in railways and canals in the Dominion of Canada is HOO, 900, 900.
 In the census office it is probable that a force of 500 employees will be retained until after the manufacturers census is taken in 1905 The act of congress cre- ating the permanent census provides that the csEton statistics shall be gath cred each year. This year the Philip
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
What the Idol Couldn't Do.

A teacher who was instructing clas4 in an infant Sunday school made her scholars finish each sentence to show that they understood her.
 ''The idol had eyes," she said, "but 1t couldn t--''
 '.See!' cried the children.
 Tt had ears, but it couldn't
 'tHear!" was the answer.
 'It had a nose, but it couldn't"--
 Wipe it!' shouted the children.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
ALL SORTS.

Abdul, and most of his predecessors have been slain or put in chains.
 Four feet is the measurement across the wings of bustard trapped unin- jured at Harrietsham, Kent, England.
 The first woman admitted by King Edward to the imperial service order is Miss M. O. Smith. who superintends the womens branch of the savings bank department in the general office. Miss Smith has been in the service for
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A new peach disease called the shot hole borer has been discovered.
 Abdul Hamid, sultan of Turkey, has celebrated his sixtieth birthday. Thir- ty-four Othmans have reigned in Fur key. and the longest reign was less than fifty years, Solyman I. having sat upon the throne from 1520 to 1866 Only enc sultan in the nineteenth century. only one in the eighteenth and only one in the seventeenth ruled longer than
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Naughty Nellie.

"You never saw my hands as dirty as yours,'' said mother to her little girl
 NO; but grandmother did, was the l reply.
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sZeQYmzmg k0 Inke Exncf Sfnfememks
By ELIZA RICHARD CONNER

w AMES PUDSEY, was a grocers
 errand boy in the Fair and A Square company. MT. Bacon,
 the head of the firm, was nice, old fashioned gentleman of the Friends faith, kind to all his employees, but very precise in his ways. He insisted that the boys and the salesmen should
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Uncle Had one Wooden Leg.

Uncle Had One Wooden LeH. Little Tommy-Papa, what is 8 bi- ped?
 Papa-An animal with two legs. For instance, a man is biped, my boy. Little Tommy-Well, whats Uncle James? He's only got one leg.
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WHAT THERE REALLY WAS search he returned, holding by, the tail one small mouse which he had cap- tured.
 '"There!" he said. That's Jim's fifty rats"
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given a room to rest in and later in the and buildings with the great doctor him. self. And it was not till after had seen
 and admired the exquisite perfection of
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

The Man In the Moon Puzzle.
 This man in the moon is a mighty puzzling little gentleman. Draw his face like the one in the cut on piece of
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TT me say at the be-
 ginning that whatever
 mystery there may be about the adventure here described it is to me as great a mystery as ever. and all efforts
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-06
Rieing Ene lish Statesman.

Earl Beauchamp, who has caused
sonsation in British politics by de.
serting the conservatives and joining
tae liberals. resigned from the posi-.
io,l of governor Of New South Wales
"A 1900 He is one Of the most sub
imated OF English ar1stocrats, the
seventh earl of his title. and young
man who at 80 has become a positive
force in the political life of his coun-
try. The earl succeeded his father
in 1891 and had a brilliant future
before him as a member of the con.
servative party.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-06
Gould elc. TIE Wabash.

An authority on Wabash affairs
ala that according TO The impression
81 these connected with that road as
es.iseta ol large stockholders. George
Gould's Individual holdings amounted
70 IS 600 eco in the debentures, ST.
$50 eco il preferred stock and 81 .000,-
vas understood that the stock and
bonds OF Russell Sage. John T. Terry
and another important stockholder or
TWO We're. for voting purposes, abso-
lutely in the hands of George Gould,
o ne was able to make any rearrange.
nlent of securities he saw fit.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
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Chicago. March 6.-Reperts from
New York and Milwaukee that A.
{. Bird, third vice president in charge
OF traffic of the Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railway system, would
be made traffic manager of all the
roads in which the Goulds are inter
ested are confirmed by Nh Bird, who
said he had accepted the position
and would assume his new duties in
a few days. Mr.. Birds appointmnt
brings the traffic affairs of the
Gould roads under one head and will
prevent competition between various
lines comprising the great system.
The roads over which Mr.. Bird will
have jurisdiction are the Wabash and
its Eastern connections (the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie. the Ann Arbor,
the Western Maryland and few
small roads in the vicinity of Pitts
burg) the Missouri Pacific, the Iron
Mountain and Southern, the Interna-
tional and Great Northern, the Tex
as ard Pacific. the Denver and Rio
Grande, the Rio Grande Western, the
Rio Grande Southern and the ST.
Louis Southwestern. The total mil
cage Of these roads is in the neigh
borlood of $4,000. Mr. Bird probably
will make his headquarters at Chi
cagO
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-06
SWITCH ENGINE FIREMEN
vii. Demand An Advance on the lrcn
Mountain.

MCuEtair1.
\. T. Martin, general chairman of
t!la grievance committees of the en-
9ife Southwestern system Of the Mis-
MI. p,teiie railroad, With commit
tQe of SIX. composed Of threc men
9Tese,atIi;@ the switch engine fire
cen Of tie Iron Mountain aad three
gcA'9.=, Hti0% t3e .}7=iteh aHsiila fire
men fibm - Missouri Pacific. were
IN eansGlta1eu in ST. Louis on Mon
day viii ]. j. EIannallan. grand mast
CT Of locomotive frenen of the Unit
ID States AieEieo 2nd Canada, regard
iHg tie vase scale and time limits
now III eEisjenc on these two reads,
Ii Was decided to present the grieY-
ance 10 General Manager Russell
Harding of the Missouri Pacific The
men will demand an increase of a
ooats per day. With a ten-hours day
schedule. Tie present scale is from
500 to s2.70 per Twelve hour day.
Tie switch engine liremen did not
demand az increase a few months ago
when the locomotive firemen receiv-
ed theirs. and now they say that it
is due them.
We do not anticipate any trouble
ever tile affair" said one of the com
nittee. "athcush we stand ready to
resist a'i> effort tl2at nsi>yht be made
to refuse ou requests, We represent
abapt 1,24J nel, Who are not laok-
in& for trouble ost. as the balance of
lie Hremen received an increase. We
thinl we are en,;tlod to one
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story ry-Writcrs-stOrieS Of character
NOR.
short notes on current events, AID dis
covcrics in the fields Of science ard
industry
Of strange and curious knowledge,
poems and sketches.
This is what the YOUTHS Compau
ion offers its readers during 1903. And
the quality of it is fully equal to the
quantity. 1t is edited for the entire
family. The busiest people read it be-
cause it is condensed, accurate and
helpful
It's weekly summary Of important
news is complete and trustworthy.
l4e editorial comment on political
and domestic questions is non-partis-
an; it aims to state facts in such q
way that the reader can use them "a
the basis of an intelligent opinion.
us weekly article on hygiene is Ut the
of the household. 1t reflects on every
page the wholesome. Industrious
home loving, home making side OF
American life-the life of noble aims
and honorable ambitions.
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volume will be sent with sample copies
The new subscribers for 1908 who
send $1.75 for the new voui1. at once
will receive free all the remaining Is
sues for 1902, including the double
h. iiday numbers; also the { CjElpanion
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144 Berkeley Street. ;. Boston. Mass.
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AmUSEmENTS !

be found some we'll known players,
Mr.. Jewell Kelley and Miss Julia Ben
nett head the company. and the press
ii the cities where the company has
appeared speak in the highest terms
# these two very promising people.
The vaudeville features are said to
be among the best, including the musi-
cal Melnotts, Baby Doris, and Thomas
!. Brewer in illustrated songs. The
G!npany Will give one matinee on
Thursday and another Saturday.
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70 TGEPu9L!C.

On and after this date i Will be nec-
assary for parties furnishing the coun-
= viii! merchandise. to obtain writ
zen order froal This office or some one
IN authority before such merchandise
is furnished. and IN all cases. said or
aers must arcampany The bill against
20 county before same can be allowed.
T VI. PHILLIPS.
County Judge
March . iqn3. 13a
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Hoyt's Comedy Company.

tThe2ter seers nave had the pleas
of Witnessing several repertoire
companies This season. but beX0nd a
G0ubt the largest that Manager Sen
yard has yet presented is Hoyt's Com
& compGny. which opens a weeks
ergaaHbfe:l; en- Aionday night i'll "A
Ln2al Wong TIE company num-
hers twelve people, among Which will
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-06
Another Gould Extension.

All the material for the construc-
ton Of the Missouri Pacific line from
Jefferson CITY into Arkansas will be
shipped to Ozark, Christian county,
and distributed from that place. Four
miles of the road west OF Galena,
Stone comfy. are now contrac cted for