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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
IMPRESSIONS IN VENICE.
A City Which Is Yet Beautiful, But
 Suggests Decay.

suggests Decay.
 Under every mood in which I saw the city there was a deeper mood which was hard to define to myself, but which seemed curiously compound ed out of its pathos and it's squalor Venice is beautiful and yet so pitiful. A city where the peoples of the world have hustled and trafficked, that has been a great mart and cosmopoIis and now is neither, is more pathetic in its decay than any other; it is like the lonely and desolate old age of a wo- man in whose salon the wits and beaux of a vanished time had paid their court
 It is unreasonable that any senti- ment of disrespect at its plight should arise; and yet sometimes I felt it. To vary the figure little, the spectacle of the fallen Bride had in it something tragic yet squalid, like the fate of q beautiful and high born woman whom passion or mischance had dragged down to the life of the streets. I can understand the wish which Howells has expressed somewhere that the dead cities of Italy might all be walled up and left slowly to fall into ruins by themselves; their present estate is not dignif1ed and the quest that brings the tourist to them comes near illus trating the indecency of curiosity.
 The worst of it all, so far as Ven- ice is concerned, is the feeling that the cup of it's humiliation is not yet full. Those leaning church towers, those walls that totter out of plumb, prom ise other chapters in the story that began with the fall of the Campanile The sea which cradled Venice may some time be its grave. Little by lit tie, you cannot but feel, these monu- ments will crumb1e and disappear as the rotten piles sag and snap under them; you shrink from presaging the calamitous and bitter day when every edifce shall have melted away into moldering heap, and the tides of the Adriatic, as they sweep back and forth, will across the slime that was Venice.
 Something of this thought came to me on my last morning there, when I climbed a tower only second in height to that of St Marks, and looked down on the city and the la goons that encircled it. It lay there in the sunlight, beautiful yet ,ruinous, smaller than I had imagined-indeed, about the size and shape of Manhattan island below Canal street From other towers the chimes were ringing, and the bells seemed to proclaim how con- pletely the past was gone; how far re- moved the city from the track of mod ern commerce; how useless now the vantage that had made it great.
 I am ashamed to say it, but the same sensation came to me that I re- member when I spent an hour in Co., ney Island after the summer was gone and the concert halls were board ed up and the Bowery lights had been darkened-a desolate feeling quite divorced from dignity. It was depres- sing, and, believe me, I was glad to leave Venice.-New York Mail and Express
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
NEW HAVEN ROADS NEW CAR
Coppered and So Treated as to Look
 Like Gun Metal.

Coppered and So Treated as to Look
 Like Gun Metal.
 The tendency toward fire proof ma terlals in modern construction has ex- tended to the builders of railroad pas senger equipment, who are experiment. ing with various methods of making passenger coaches uncomfortable. Several eastern roads, among them the New Haven, says the Register, have put number of copper-covered> coach es into service for trial.
 The siding stuff for the New Haven cars has been largely prepared in this city on Water street Now, it is said, the Interborough Rapid Transit com pany has decided to use these copper sheeted coaches in the subway in New York.
 For car construction the copper Is closely united with the wood backing, being attached in narrow strips to the narrow boards or panels and extends entirely over the tongue on one side of the panel and into the groove on the other. When the panels are put ln place and the copper covering forced together the result is a joint that is waterproof without paint and wood
 
 and from the weather.
 For ordinary railway use the fact that the copper sheathing renders the car fireproof is a secondary, although an important consideration. For tun- nel use fireproof car is practical necessity, which a car with sides and roof encased in continuous copper IS believed to meet.
 A more important matter to a rail- road is the durability of the copper m ish, which, it is believed, will Wltn- stand years of use without paint or any other treatment The cars in lhsS on the New Haven have received coating of crude petroleum, which gives them bronze finish and pre- serves the copper from deterioration. Experiments are being made in this city with an acid treatment, which gives the appearance of gun metal.
 The first cost will be somewhat higher than that of the ordinary wood en construction, but 1t is pointed out by construction experts that the lux urions exterior finish now demanded for the highest class of passenger equipment is also very expensive Moreover, it's maintenance in hard service is expensive and compels the road to retire the cars from service temporarily at short intervals. Ex- perience with the copper covered coaches, so far as it has gone. indi- cates that they require no attention whatever and retain an appearance, comparing favorably with that of the best of paint and varnish.
 Similar uses of paint and copper in other fields have been made for some time. but it Is only recently that this application of the metal in railroad construction has assumed practical aspect.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1903.

Mayor Sullivan took the bull by the horns at 8 meeting of the board of all dermen in Hartford Monday night. Al. derman Christoph called the mayor ev- erything that was bad, but the mayor stood his ground and now holds the documents which he seized, on the ad- vice of the city attorney. The cause Of the trouble was precipitated by the aldermen refusing to accept or reject a number of nominations made by Mayor Sullivan. On the other hand, the nominations were tabled until next March. This, it is said, would give Mayor Sullivan's successor an oppor- tunity to make appointments which rightfully belong to him. Mayor Sul- lVan, now that he has withdrawn the original papers, says that he will make new appointments.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
THOMAS FENTON, PROP'R
.PENMANSHIPl l PROF H0TIFY

Teaches every pupil to write a nne Rapid, business hand, in a course of Id private lessons and no failures. All Kinds of pen work executed in the Highest degree of art
 167 BANK STREET.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
CIVIL SERVICE ODDITIES.
Aspirants for Positions Give Odd An
 swers to Questions.

Aspirants for Positions Give Odd An
 swers to Questions.
 Among the regular questions to be answered by applicants for admission toSthe examinations in the city of New York is the following: Do you use intoxicating bevera ges, and if so, to what extent?" It was a Yankee who replied, ''No, but I take a drink" and it was a Swede who carefully estl' mated the extent of his indulgence at lone glass of beer in 10 days"
 The birthplace of a man who wrote that he did use intoxicating beverages, but not as an occupation" IS not re corded, and the nationality of the mournful applicant who also drank, but not ito success" may we'll be q matter of doubt One applicant of simple vocabulary. was content to re- spond, "yes-mild," while another add ed the assurance that he drank in a '''gentIemanly way" Still another sought to remove all prejudice from the minds of the examiners by stating that he never used any s'beverages" all and one of his companions admit ted using them mot effectively"
 The commonest answer to the ques- ton consists of either of the single word moderately" or of some equiv alent phrase, which on the whole, seems to the examiners the most suit able response. Perhaps the honest soul who reported himself almost temperate was a fair representative. Sometimes by slip the applicant will write the reverse of what he obvious ly intended. as when one recently said ''immoderation," and another re- piled. ''Yes, to no extent"- M. Jones in McClure's.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
HEARD IN PASSING

When farmer gets needed ra1n he has double good luck; he can spend the day loafing in the house-Atchison Globe.
 Defeated in it's normal school as- pirations, Waterbury is now living in the fierce light that beats upon the throWn.-Hartford Post
 It looks as if some of these Kentucky disturbers of the peace would rather fight than eat. In other words, they prefer fuel to food.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 A woman in Peoria, III, consulted four doctors. They told her she had appendicitis. She says they cut her open, found her appendix in a healthy condition and now they want her to pay $50 for almost killing her. She declines and the case is now in the courts. After all there is much guess work about modern sciences and the doctors are wondering if they will get their Bridgeport Post.
 Apropos of the suggestions that are being made in different sections of the country affected by the drought that explosives be used to. precipitate rain. it may be of interest to know that at the time of the explosion of the Maine in Havana harbor in 1898, there had been no rain in Havana for weeks pre- vious Within ten minutes after that terrific explosion rain fell copiously in Havana and vicinity for nearly an hour.-H artford Courant.
 A strawberry farm comprising more than 400 varieties growing on a plot of ground an acre in extent, is a pro- posed exhibit for the horticultural de partment at the St Louis worlds fair. Prof John T. Stinson. superintendent of pomology, has charge of the collec- ton of the plants. It is also proposed to have duplicates of the plants grow ing in pots in the horticulture palace, | bearing ripe fruit when the exposition doors are opened.
 "A friend of mine has at last solved the servant girl problem" said a Phila' delphia man. "He doesn't employ a girl at all No, he doesn't have his | Chinaman. Charlie-that's his name 1 has been there now for a couple of | months. and my friend swears that never again will he employ a servant l girl Charlie cooks, washes, irons waits on the table. does all the dustin2 and cleaning. and even tends to the l baby when occasion demands. He wears a white suit. and no matter wha1 else he may be doing, he is always pre- sentable when he goes to the door, Hartford Post
 The labor unions of Knoxville, Tenn have written to ex-President Cleveland asking that he suggest some approprI
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
MONEY BY PROXY CIRCULATION

The careless observer is apt to think of the leash ill the treasury" which now runs above one billion, three hundred and fifty million dollars at the close of every day as a great amount of idle money piled up in Washington. But, of this cash, near ly nine hundred million dollars are gold and silver coin which is in circu- lation by proxy in paper money. If you have a dollar bill in your pocket, you know that in the treasury there is silver dollar belonging to you. Taking out the current liabilities of the government there is left balance of three hundred and seventy-five mil lion dollars in the treasury, of which one hundred and fifty million dollars are t.1a gold reserve. But the govern ments cash is spread over the coun- try. There are 8 thousand banks where government funds may be de- posted, and they carry about one hundred and fifty million dollars of treasury cash. Customs receipts, day by day, are deposited in the sub- treas uries at New York, Baltimore, Bos- ton, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincin- natl, New Orleans, St. Louis and San Francisco, and at all these points treasury cash lies close to the marts of trade. The sub-treasury at New York does a business of twelve mill lion dollars day, or three billion, six hundred million dollars a year. The assistant treasurer in charge of this important institution is the govern ment's eye at the worlds financial center, and it is for him to keep the treasury informed which way the f. nancial winds blow.-From 'sFinanc- ing a Nation in June Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
Pharoah's Chariot Discover

Pharaoh's chariot, in which he rode at Thebes, has been discovered in a perfect condition in the Valley of the Tombs of the kings at Thebes, along with the tomb of Thothmes ". which is nearly 4.ooo years old.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
PiccadiIIy Rebuke.

Even pickpockets should have clean hands. One tried to remove the val uables of a Piceadaly 'irreproach- able" as he sauntered to his club the other morning. The irreproachable seized the thief by the wrist, gazed at his filthy paw and flung it from him in disgust, saying: "For goodness sake, my good man, wash your hands before you put them in gentleman's pocket. t."-London Express.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
ATTENTION

Only a few days more. Will remove to 153-155 Bank street, where Jones Morgan 6 Go are now, June 25. Now is your chance to get the best TRUNKS, BAGS AND SUIT CASES AND UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS at cost prices. You will find we are headquarters for everything of this kind. The largest stock in the city to select from. Will save you money this week before our removal Um- brellas recovered and repaired with the best Gloria Silk at half price. Re member, we are the old established umbrella store, and guarantee to keep in repair free for one year. Yet al the old stand at low prices.
 Waterbury Umbrella and Trunk Mfr.
 Trunks and Bags repaired.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
The Barlow Bros. Co
 63-65 GRAND STREET.
NOTICE.

Having purchased the cafe of NJ. J. Colloty, 327 Bank street, l shall be pleased to see all my friends and the public generally, where they will find all the popular brands of cigars and choice wines, liquors, ales, lager, etc. and a hearty welcome.
 CAL O'BRIEN. Manager.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-10
Asked and Answered.

tDo you believe" asked young Dudeleigh, who is only five feet tall, '.that brevity is the soul of wit?'
 Not in your case,' replied Miss Ellington. in tone redolent with aacrimony, Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-09
MONUMENT TO INDIAN GIRL
VINO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK

Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, Of Oregon
City, Oregon, whose historic romances
"McLoughlin and Old Oregon"
and 1.-THE Conquest" have brought
her national fame, urges the erection
at Portland, Oregon Of statue to
Sacajawea, the Indian girl. who
guided Lewis and Clark through the
Rocky mountains in 1905.
Lewis and Clark wintered on their
western journey among the Mandan
Indians in Dakota. There they
learned of the presence of Sacaj
a slave girl of sixteen, who had been
captured by the Blackfeet in one of
their predatory expeditions against
the Shoshones, held by them as a
slave, and became the wife Of Cha.
bonneau, a French half breed inter-
prefer. They induced Sacajawea and
her husband to join their expedition,
and the Shoshone girl wife rend.
cred invaluable service in pill
citing the expedition through the
Rocky mountains to her former home,
and establishing friendly relations,
not only with the Shoshones, but
also with the Flatheads aud the
Nez Perces.
1t is the purpose to erect this
statue, at q cost of about $4,000,
with contributions from the women
Of Washington. Oregon, Idaho, Mon
tana and the Dakotas. The under
taking Is most commendable. The
statue would stand an enduring mon
nment to this remarkable girl aud
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-09

laws to close the saloon dives at the
gates of the navy yard. :, - -,
The mining operator, aside from
any confederation OF duty to the pub
lie, is concerned in having stricter
control of the dives and regulation
Of the sanitary conditions Of the
mining village in which his mine Is
located.
The Minesotta inspector Is on the
right track.
This is not moral spasm. but a
business suggestion to business men.
Mining World.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-09
viii Bore ArteSlan Well.

w. j. Patterson, of the Queen City
Furniture company, and Mr.. Tom
Proffitt, the we'll known stockman,
have just completed their purchase.
Of a 90, 500 drill and machinery for
boring artesian wells. The apparatus
will arrive here January l, and the
first experiment will be made on Mr..
Protfitt's ranch near this city. The
drill has a capacity Of 5000 feet,
and 1t Is the intention of these gen.
tlemen to bore a number Of wells for
the purpose of demonstrating the
feasibility of irrigating the arid lands
of this county by series Of artesian
wells. Government geolosists have.
positively stated that plenty OF water
can be obtained in this valley
through artesian wells at no great
depth. With little more water we
can take care of $4,000 more people.
in this county. ty.-Democrat.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-09
Wednesday, December g, Ioc

would also, in measure. serve as a
memorial to host OF Indian women
in the Pacific northwest who rem
dered kindly aid and service to the
pioneers. -, ,'.l Il ~,
Savage though she Is, the Indian
woman possesses many of the virtues.
which ennoble the heart and mind of
her civilized sisters. Sacajawea pos
sessed these virtues Ia high degree.
and the romance of her life is in
dissolubly blended with one Of the
most stirring and important chapters
of our national history. Spokesman
Review.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-09
DONE TO DEATH BY
SlANDEROUS TONGUES.


In Edgar A. Poe's poem, "Le
nore," the following lines occur
How shall the ritual then be read
the requiem how be sung,
BY you. by yours, the evil eye-by
yours. the slanderous tongue.
That did to death the innocence, that
died, and died 40 young?
Recently the New York World had
an account of the suicide of modest
aud highly sensitive young woman
who twas done to death" by the
tongue of slander aud detracion. Her
parents had been wealthy, and her
father left her competence, but her
brother got possession of 1t and lost
IL and shs had to work to live. She
secured position III stenographer.
and would have earned living
honorably. but some of her fellow
employees made contemptuous re-
marks about her clothing, which was
the best she could afford. Under
their cruel and unjust criticisms she
became morbidly respondent, took
poison and died. 1.-The slanderous
tongue" murdered her.
Only u few weeks ago the world
was shocked at the suicide Of General
Sir Hector Mcdonald, one Of the most
brilliant soldiers of the English
army, who had won renown and pro-
motion to high position for his
services In many campaigns. Certain
statements made about
him so wrought on his sensitive spirit
that he thought himself disgraced
and took his own life. Subsequent
proved beyond doubt that
he was entirely guiltless Of any
wrong and that the statements made
about him were base ISLANDERS. 1.-THE
tongue" was again "a muir
derer.
These two instances might he multi.
piled many times, but we have refer
red to them because they were 80
recent. They are examples OF what
thought lessness of malice can accom-
plish when u highly sensitive nature.
IL the victim. There are those who
can endure danger, hardship and all
manner Of privation without giving
way, but who will sink and die under
harsh or unjust criticism. There are
some who care nothing for the opin-
ions of others. and on whom no
criticism. false or true, has any
effect, but all are not that way. A
sensitive woman or u highly strung
man may prefer death to unfavorable
comment. aud may choose suicide
rather than live under unjust or
slanderous charges. Shakespeare al
ludes to one who was "done to death
by slanderous tongues, an express
sion more poetically expressed in
Poe's "Lenore. "but the great drama
tist In another place speaks of
slander--
Whose edge Is sharper than the
sword. whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms Of Nile.
whose breath
Rides on the posting winds, and
doth belle
All corners Of the world.
. Montgomery, Alabama, Advertiser.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-09
EFFECT OF NOR.
AIS ON MINING.

In an interview IN the daily pre-
Mr. Julius Moersch, an inspector ,
the Minnesota state labor burea,
says Of the Minnesota iron mimi
districts:
'"The lives OF the min ers are mad
far from inviting by their surround
ings. Grog shops are fur nished wit
all sorts of devices to entice miner
and lumberjacks. Gambling m,
chimes, ri ot machines and immor,
pictures abound. Sanitary condition
ire also far from satisfactory.
This sorry arrai ignment Of the Min
nesota mining districts applies eve
stronger to many Of the western min
ing camps. The mine owners an
the local authorities seem to utterl
disregard the social and moral need
Of the miners.
A recent novel by Frank Levi
Mason entitled ""The Blue Goose, '
points out the evil effects upon ,
mining property of saloons and de
basing social cOnd itions. The stor,
is with moral and relates tn,
troubles Of young mining engineer
in u western gold mine. The title 1,
taken from the sign board Of a saloon
In the camp, IA meeting place for the
dissatisfied and "a means by which the
rich ore and concentrates plundered
fiom the mines were converted into
money and bad whiskey principally Y
the latter. In this saloon, inspired
by the dishonest saloon keeper and
his thievinR patrons, n strike was
Matched which resulted In the destruc-
tion Of property and the loss of life.
Ofcourse, In the story here IL love
tale, and the hero wins out In both
affairs of heart and Of business {;
but he who runs can read the moral
Of the story. Every man engaged In
practical mining knows that the way
the men sperd their time and money,
too, when of duty has much to do
with their efficiency and great deal
with the general sentiment of the en-
ployes toward an enterprise. With
these self-evident facts ever present
in mining districts, II would seem
that the mine owners aud the mine
managers would have u special reason
tn endeavor tn abolish these trouble
sources aud generally give considera-
tion to the welfare Of the men en-
pioysd. Down In Mexico several
companies In remote districts have
out of the company funds built
houses aud schools for their employees,
in order to keep them satisfied aud
to remove temptation aud trouble.
There ARE several American In.
stances ~ the adoption Of such u far
sighted policy, but too often the
opposite IL the case. In one in
stance we have In mind. the niue
manager has an interest In u saloon
In which his men squanier their time
and money. The regulation of these
matters Is with the local public au.
thorities, hut very often In mining
camps the mine Is power in politics,
or by tact the policy of the admin
itsration eau be- influenced. The
issue between the United States navy
department aud the authorities of the
village near which the government
navy yard on Puget Sound is located
il an illustration both of u way tn
better local conditions and of the
official recognition of the evil Of
neinhborhood low grog shops on IA
body Of workmen. The navy depart.
ment actually closed down all work
Decorah-posten., 1903-06-02
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