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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-23

{ Miss Clay, tho present Mrs. Spring
thorpe, usually slept in the same apart.
mcnt-shc was my first wifc's compnn.
ion-but on this particular night NY
first wife was feeling so well that she
dismissed her to her own room. The
maid slept in the anteroom, but heard
/ nothing"
Had your present wife access to her
during the night?"
NO. Although their rooms adjoined
wall TO wall, they were entered from
different passages. But am sure I
am boring you by talking so much OF
my own affairs" .r
"On the contrary, you have aroused
my interest"
You are very kind TO say so, doc.
tor"
Here we parted, and retired to rest.
So | thought, 81 have already
learned more of Mrs. Springthorpe's
case than care to know" ...
Revolving in my mind some prctcxt
for tnking my departure on the follow.
Ing day, fell asleep.
My rest was uneasy. seemed never
to lose consciousness of my surround
ings yet there was something ccrle and
uncanny about them that did not he.
long to the waking world. There seem
cd alterations of light and shadow.
as thin, flcecy clouds chased each other
across the path Of the moon, as II the
moon had been open to the sky, and
there were rushes of cold wind that
stirred my hair with the soothing rus
tie of leafy branches. seemed To
hear the whisperings about my bed as
strange, airy beings hoatcd IN and out
upon the moonbrams and lowered
round about me, aud through all and
above all heard tue sound Of that
voice | had heard In my surgery six
years before, the voice of the present
Mrs. Springthorpc.
"lou shall not part usl You shall
not part u.s." II seemed to say. Then
was awakened by an unmistakablc ac
tual sound, II dun thud. that Jared the
room.
1t was the closing down Of my win
dow, which | had left partly open To
admit free current Of air. Doubtless
sash lin" had parted, | thought, and
turned again to slumb"r
This time I slept SO heavily that il
seemed to me was Imprisoned deep
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-23
JoyouSncss II, christmastide.

Joyousncss is the keynote of Christ,
mastdc, 1t is time for Faith to sing
her highest songs of praise. Some.
times and in some countries the glad.
some spirit Of the-ao,Doiln has degen.
Grated into boz aao 1mmeries out
OF harmony VIZ a Hcter of a re-
llgious testi'& we aio Il truth of
the incarnation pu1 Giie been
beneath the variie Re- NJ
joy. AS the celG
tlvity it must
the great fyour furs
year This, for high
deeds, for
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-23
Q be Price
N OF Ambition,
DOCTORS
CHRISTMAS K BY HERBERT
STORY MoNTconERy
Copyright g. Ep-tngon
Copyright, 1905. bv G. b. Ethertngton.l

RECEIVED one morning in my
surgery a visit from Herbert
Sprlngthorpe.
| II have heard good deal OF
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-23

there was an average lf more than
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
HEARD IN PASSING

Now the very pretty consulship to Florence goes to a classmate Of Rfesl- dent Roosevelt. That Harvard class of 'SD ought to be proceeded against as
 Il plum trust iil restraint of colnpeti-' tion. n.-4Boston Herald.
 With reward of $19,4Oo offered for the capture of the Waterbury murder CT, 1t is plainly the villains duty to cone forward, make his confession and claim the booty. It is more than he is worth, consequently he would be obtaining a bargain for his family or Whatever relatives survive him after the law gets through with him.--An- sonia Sentinel
 Premier Iallrier's remarks on the 1 Alaskan boundary selected by Presf- dent Roosevelt were unexceptionable, and, above all, diplomatic. He thought with the honorable opposition leader that at least the British judges should be impartial jurists Of repute,' and the best to be found in the empire. 5 somehow this reminds you of the old saying about coals of fire-Springfield Republican.
 MT Morgan. talking at the trea sury aepaftment about the importation of HIS WOfks or art free of duty, was told tnal he could organize an institute of
 HIS own to exhibit the collection or he could remain abroad year and then Diang the treasures in as household ef- [ Iects Otherwise the duty will be $2.- toouOOO. He hasn't said what he will GO. but he has no idea of going into exile for year, and he doesn't like Mrs Gardner's plan.-New Haven Union. The beheading of the bronze lion at Princeton by a party of students. in- ciHding three graduates Of last year, six seniors and two juniors, was not exactly a felonious proceeding. They went to President Woodrow Wilson on Monday and apologized They also promised to restore the demolished lion
 and to pay all damages. The inference 1 is that they did not exactly know what 1 they were about when they mutilated { the statuary at the entrance of 'rOl1 North and that they now regard their
 conduct as rather silly and indefensi-
 ble.-Hartford Times.
 The following is only a portion oi 1 the menu of a banquet given the other
 day by the leading Chinese of the Fed erated Malay states: Sharks fin birds nest, snow mushroom, pigs pal
 ate, stewed pigeons and walnuts, fried
 minced fowls, yellow mushrooms,
 stewed ducks liver, shrimps, fishes and mushroom, beche-de-mer, crabs an6 1 fowls, crab dumpling and mushroom 1 roast sucking pig. fowl and bacon
 roast pork, roast mutton pies. preserved
 eggs, plums, vegetables, sweets, lily
 seeds, etc.-DetToit News-Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
WHY MAMMALIAN FAILED.
His Government Not of the Sort Re
 quired by Mexico.


 quired by Mexico.
 When the tourist ascends the hill of Chapuitepec to the great castle, and at last stands on the broad terrace with its incomparable view out over the immense valley in which the City, of Mexico is but a grayish- brown patch, he will think of the man who has such power and prestige between the Gulf and the Pacific, from the Rio Grande to the mahogany forests of the distant south. There is no king or emperor, in Europe who rules by right stronger than, this nation-builder, this modern izer and pacificator.
 The temper of Maximilian was not equal to the tremendous task set for dlim here in Mexico. Emperor" he was called, but his empire was day af ter day shifting it's borders. From this castle of Chapultepec he could look right into the great sierra where llirked the fierce republican guerrillas who sWooped down into the suburbs of the capital and even once seized his empress from her coach while she was on her way to open a school in Tacu- Dhpst. iidI oiiS- HdS StL uOWil III 5SdlC- ty was due to the fact that the French dragons, riding far behind, hurried up, and the guerrilla leader had to make his escape. The Maximflian em- pire stood only where French rifles could shoot
 Men in Sonora. in fair Sinalao, in Guanajuato and Vera Cruz in free dom loving Oaxaca and in remote Ia basco did not feel in their hearts that Maximilian rightfully ruled. His name did not move mems imagination. He was ever "the foreigner the in- truder He sat here in this stately castle. fit residence for great king, king, surrounded by his court, and de- yised orders and decorations, planned schools and colleges, gace much I thought to uniforms and matters of etiquette. to all those things that fill the life of constitutional monarch in 1 Europe
 ! A kindly. benevolent, chivalric man was Maximilian, but the realm he had l come aeres the seas to rule over swarned with hardy republican patri- ots, and every mountain was a safe re- treat for tHem when hard pressed So. with French bayonets, Maximilian held the cities and larger towns, and the republican. Juarez, rightful ruler, driven hither and thither, almost a phantom government his. stood for all that Mexico had dreamed of when she I threw off the yoke of Spain.-Chicago 1 Inter- Ocean.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18

If Colonel Burpee, counsel for the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Go, is correctly reported, there is no i'm mediate outlook for a settlement of the strike. He absolutely refuses to refer the question to an arbitration commit tee or to take all the old men back. If the directors continue 10 back him up in the stand he has taken then there can be no settlement. The men will go back in body or not at all, unless an arbitration committee decides other wise. in which case the men will abide by the decision of such a committee if the company is finally prevailed upon to agree to the naming of one. Here arc two barriers to a. settlement which have stood in the way from the be- ginning. and they are there yet, There is no climbing over or around. them, for the company refuses to arbitrate and the men refuse to go back unless in a body. Tire company seems deter mined to crush out the union. There is no other way of looking at it, and from present appearances we are bound to have n long siege of boycott and all the disagreable things that go with it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18

with Afr German and his friends, but
 will not be dictated to by him or hls
 gold bug friends. His election was q courtesy extended to him as the man who had previously held the position
 with signal ability. and compliment to and recognition of that ability lie is essentially an organizer and all adroit tactition. He is supposed to be the only man on the democratic slde who can hold down that oleaginous and smooth gentleman from Rhode. Island, Senator Aldrich, the republican leader on the senate foor."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18

The Democrat warned the strikers and their friends a few days ago about the boycott which was being discussed pretty generally. There is danger of turning the tide and sending many friends of the men over to the other side. Already discontcnted murmur ings are heard from people who claim they are being treated unfairly even ill the way of boycott One man says he finds his name on the list, and yet he has not patronlZed the cars. His wife has. when she w,ts too sick 10 walk. Another man says he never rode on the cars either before or since the strike, and yet he says he is hon. ored with q place on the list, and still others claim that favorItism is shown in placing names, on the unfair list. Some who patronlze the cars and have since the strike started, and make no apologies for it, are fortunate in not being called unfair The boycott is terrible weapon and strikers as well as business men generally deplore the present situation of affairs which has made the boycott possible.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
WOMEN BECOME FOUNDERS"

One cannot visit our correctional in. stltutlons frequently without being iln- pressed with the familiarity of the faces seen in, them On a recent visit to the Workhouse, when over 600 wo- men marched to supper, there was hardly a score of unfamiliar faces among them. The others are women Who are constantly making the rounds of our prisons and warehouses. To the thinking mind, the efficacy of our prison system as means of reform IS more than questionable. The ma- Jofaty of our prison officials have held their positions for years, but in uues- tlonlng them repeatedly as to how many women prisoners they had ever knoWns to reform permanently. the an- sWer invariably is Not one.'' A few could remember one or two women ad- dlcted to the drink habit who had been known to refrain from 1t perhaps even for year, but eventually they all re- turned to prison
 Does one need more convincing proof that punishment does not reform than the faet that the majority of the work mouse inmates have been going there rom nine to twenty years?
 The life of the average woman nris- oner means arrest, arraignment. nos slble discharge, probable sentence of rom one day to six months If the sentence is less than five days, she us- uaiiy serves in the district prison; if more than five days, she goes to the Wofkhouse. Here she rises at 5:3O' or 6:3O a. m.. marches to the river with Ter night bucket. returns to a break fast of bread and tea, goes to work at scrubbing, laundry work, or sewing or, If she is unable to sew. sits idly all day in the sewing room. If she uoes scrubbing, she is employed but feW hours day. Only t.iose who "eW or do laundry work are employed constantly. At noon she marches to q dinner of bread and soup or meat and potatoes, is locked in Ter cell for an hour, returns to work cr idIan sss marches to supper at 5 or 53O D. m.. ana at 6 D. rl is locked in her cell foi. the night. She occupies a cell with from four to six others as degraded as 1 herself. and has no mems of employ ing her evenings save in conversation with her fellow prison ners-conversa l e. ] What 1nducement is there for her to reform? In few years she grows to accept this life as her fate. and the workhouse becomes her home If any we'll meaning missionary seeks to en- courage her to self-suppoTt. employ nlent at laundry work or scrubbing is fo1lnd for her in one of our ci tyinits- found for her in one of our city insti- tutionS. where she is associated with women of her class. Her physical condition, weakened by years of ex- 1 cesses and of life behind prison walls
 receives no considera ton when means
 of support are offered her.
 In questioning prison officials as tc
 how many of these women are mental ly unbalanced, the answer is: "All of
 them: there is not one of the so-calleG
 rounders' who does not suffer iron, hallucinations, or who can be held as
 mentally and morally responsible. ''-
 Visitors Report. 1902. to Women'S
 Prison Association of New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
SYSTEM OF TIP SIGNALS.
Chalk Marks Used by London Hotel Servants to Reveal Liberality
 of Chests.

Notwithstanding all denials from hos tel nagers on the continent regard ing recent complaints made by the tourists of systematic signaling by means of chalk nearks on luggage passed between se@ants between ho- tel and hotel as to the value of tips, the charge holds good, for Nice core spondent writes to MT. La bouchere of Truth that he finds upon inquiries that there is no doubt such system is in exisence "The moral of which is," says MT. Labouchere, eff you have not been overgenerous to the servants wipe off the chalk marks you may see on your lugga ge, after leaving any ho- fp1 g a4.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18

t'Soine people pretend to attach con- siderable significance to the fact that on the reorganization of the senate, which occurred on the assembling of this extra session, that the democrats elected Senator German of Maryland to the position just vacated by Senator Jones of Arkansas, the chairmanship of the democratic caucus, which posi- tion carries with it the leadership of the minority on the floor of the sen ate,'' says Washington correspondent
 Some say that it is a surrender of the new element of the democratic party to the reorganizer element or old line gold wing of the party. Some say that it is a distinct boom for German for the democratic nomination for the presi- densy. It is neither. The young ele- ment of the party still controls the steering committee of the senate, which maps out the program of democratic procedure and policy to be pursued. This element will work in harmony
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18

Everybody is. having fun with the new secretary of commerce aiad labor, the Hon George Bruce Cortelyou, than whom there is no abler man in the pres ent cabinet Everybody in congress congratulated the president on the ap- po:1ltment of Mir Cortelyon, because of his peculiar fitness for the position and his wonderful ability displayed as sec retary to the president, and then re fused to vote him enough money to grease the wheels of his new depart ment. Perhaps they thought he could haul his department around in a cab or else put up tent for the summer. The real reason for this parsimony was that the new department was designed to have something to do with the in yestigation of trusts and the reputli- cans want as little of that done as pos -sible. Stick a pin there.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
A MARCONI SCARE.
Life Saving Men See Wondrous Flee
 tric Display With Results.

1lC DlSpldy WILL 1NSSultS' Some of the life-saving men at the Cahoons Hallow life saving station, about a mile or so from the Marconi station, thought the devil and all his i imps had gone on a bender about the 1 time the message to the British king was being sent.
 l. One of the life patrols was at the timespacing along the edge of the high sand bluff near the station when he was startled by a furious fusillade and series of brilliant coruscations from the wires at Me tower tops The ex- plosions, he vows, were as loud as q small yacht cannon, and one of the sparks sent out in the air went like blazing bird for more than quarter of mile and perched on the apex of i telephone pole.
 For ez much as mint. he said, when telling of what he saw to group of citizens at the railway station, re- gently, "that blamed streak of fire sot on that pole and blazed. en you ken bet that it made me feel creepy. The air seemed ter be full of 'em. en they twisted en squirmed en shot this way en that, like things yer see at dis play of fireworks.
 The blazing sparks on the pole top. and the air full of darting tongues of 1 flame and the volley firing of the nra- chinery were reported by the patrol to 1 the captain of the life saving station i They, too, were much disturbed by the report of gun-like noises. but when l they heard of a spark the size of q ] woodcock flying about in the air. and of the big blazing visitant to one of the poles upon which is strung the govern
 ment telephone wire to the station. all
 hands gave the vicinity of the tele- l phone instruments in the office plenty
 of sea room
 After breakfast in 1ae morning there
 was q knock at the door of the Marconi company cottage. The caller was one of the life savers from the Cahoons Hollow with a message from the cap
 tain of the station to Marconi asking
 if there were any danger likely to oc
 cur from working the government tele
 phone while the wireless telegraph ma l chine was in operation
 He told of the spark that took sucl
 a long flight and finally rested oil tht
 pole, and honestly confessed that i
 gave him consi. erable concern Mar conf was bit amused by the commo
 ton caused among the few who saw the electrical display, and explained tt
 the messenger that there was nothing
 to fear, and he added, too, that though
 the telephone line runs within a few
 hundred yards of the station, the in
 f1uence of the wireless currents would
 not interrupt business on the wire
 lines.-Boston Globe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18

Hartford man who had business in Naugatuck the other day went to New Haven and then up the Naugatuck val Icy. He took this circnitons route in order to avoid going through Water bury, and he said that he declined to pass through a town on whose street cars it wasn't safe to ride.-Hartford Post. 4a
 Perhaps he is some business man or drummer that didn't have the nerve to ride on the trolley, and didn't know but what he might be brought face to face with it if he came this way. Rather than get on the wrong side of the fence he skipped the town.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
How She Worked Him.

Wife-You wouldn't want me to have a-a secret that you d-didn't know anything about, would you, dear?
 Husband (suspicious) - No, of course not. ! ought to tell you, but"
 (Hoarsely)-"Go on. Tell me the worst"
 ''I-I have secret longing for a new sealskin sack, dear. Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
snreIv a Gooa Doctor.

Murphy-An' can ye ricomnlihd him?
 Casey-Oi can. Faith, he is a moighty foine docther. Lasht Siptim- Der, whan little Katie wor pros thrated with difthayrie an braythin' her lasht brith, Oi said: 'Docthor, will she live til mornin'?' He said: Din his, don't worry he said, she will 1ive,' he said, till many years afther ye are dead and under the sod.'
 'An' did she?"
 "She did. "--Kansas City Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH IS, 1903.

Now that New Haven has a murder the Elm City editors will see that the guilty ones are overllauled at once and if not they should know the req son why. A few highway robbers or tirebugs may escape, but murderers, never.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
A Lucky IAentucky WidOw.

Some people might think that Mrs. Anna Thornton, of Louisville, Ky, is a widow in luck. She draws four pensions from the government as the widow of four soldiers who served in the war of the rebellion. No fraud is charged against her, as each pen sion was granted in accordance with law.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
Limited.

Say queried the seedy-looking party, as he entered second hand book store, "what'li you gimme for this onabridge dicshunary??''
 'sSorry, sir, but cannot make you an offer" replied the proprietor. only purchase whole libraries
 .Den we can do bizeness,'' said the other. Dis is de hull of me liberry ?"-Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
Define cd.

Johnny Wise-Pa, what is prosa pective bridegroom?
 Mir. Wise--Well, my son, pros pective bridegroom nowadays is 8 young man prospecting for an heir ess.--Judge.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
The Proof Lacking.

They were exchangingconfidences.
 s'No," she said, "he's not at all jeal- ous.''
 In that case" returned her dear est friend, "how can you tell that he is in love with you ?"- Chicago Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
The Limit.

Joe-Did you hear about the sorry joke Miss Gushleigh played on young Huggins? ... -|.. Fred-No. Did she give him the frigid init?
 Joe-Worse than that. She mar ried him.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
Well Inyeste q.

ssIs he extravagant?" they asked. ssNot at all," she replied.
 sBut he spends all he makes?" they urged.
 'srrue," she admitted; 'but he spends it on me.''-Stray Stories
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18

A good suggestion as to the besI method of keeping an umbrella. An umbrella not worth keeping is not worth buying. We make the best umbrellas worth buying, but will part with it for fair consideration.
 TAKE NOTICE.
 This is your last opportunity to buy the best Trunks, Bags and Dress Suit Cases at half their cost on account of our being forced to vacate the prem ises. It will pay you to come to see us this time
 1T9 Bank street, corner Grand. Waterbury Umbrella and Trunk MT. Trunks and Bags repaired at low prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if 1t falls to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-18
They are as good as the best and that's good enough.

The additional equipment in the bottling department gives us ample facilities for prompt service ill the family trade. Our bottled goods are among the ,handsomest on the market and will please both eye and palate. The Special Dark Munchner is nicer than ever. Telephone BIO.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-08-14

Henderson have Just returned
from the big fair at Evansville,
Ind, the former importing from
the fair a fine Durham bull and
pair of pure blooded Cheviot
sheep, the latter fine Berkshire
hog. which cost him $40. Mr..
Bratton has just sold a car load of
fine sheep and Messrs. Mcdowell
and Taylor are in receipt of a car
of Middle Tennessee sheep recent
ly purchased.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-08-14

The Farmers Institute, which
meets in this city Thursday and
Friday, August ~ and %, deserves
the attention and presence of every
farmer in QbioH county and those
of adjoining sections. The agri-
cultural classes are awakening to
new interests. Successful expert
ments are being made in cotton,
tomato, fruit and strawberry crops
and fine stock, cattle and sheep
raising have been inaugurated
with considerable impetus. These
things will attract the attention OF
the Institute, and in addition a
lively interest will be taken in the
progress of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Fair to b. held here Octo-
Der 1, 3 and 3. The interests will
be mutual and not only the far
mers but business men should at
tend the meeting. We urge upon
all who can to come ont on Thurs
day and Friday, August q and 2o
and take an interest in the deliber-
atiOns of this Institute.