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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09

Congressman Williams argues, and justly, that the democrats have been handicapped since the republicans have had control Of congress by lack of application by the minority mem bers of the committees, says Il Wash ington correspondent. Williams be lieves in work. He wants men on committees who will be able to discuss measures when they come on the floor, and points out that of late years the democrats in the house have not been as faithful in committees as they should have been. He thinks the time is propitious for democracy. Will Hams most famous speech was in de- fence of Admiral Scbley in the fifty seventh congress. He wrote a set of verses beginning, "Oh, who is Grown inshield, papa?" and read them in the course of his speech. The verses had for their refrain the statement that Rear Admiral Crowninshield who was chief of the bureau of navigation of the navy department during the war with Spain and one of the most ac- tive in the anti-Schley. propaganda, was ''tbe greatest, tar that ever stayed ashore" The house roared with laughter
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
REYNOLDS EARNED $50 A YEAR

A captain of industry whose name ographical dictionary is Edwin Key holds, builder and designer of the larg est stationary engines ill the world. Thirty years ago he was general super irtendent of the Corliss Engine Works at Providence, K. l., whose product was then counted the wonder of the age in the way of stationary engines. One day an official of the Trenton Iron Co gave Mir Reynolds an order which seemed very difficult to fill. The best Corliss engines in those days had all average speed of only seventy-flve or eighty revolutions q minute but the Trenton people wanted a 500-horse- power engine with g, guaranteed speed of 16O revolutions a minute. The pro prietors of the works wanted to refuse the order. but Mir Reynolds insisted on
 having it booked. George 1T. Corliss,
 his employer. declared that ill agreeing to build au engine which would run at
 double the highest speed of any ma
 chine built in the past would be riding to q disastrous fall. ''I'wa<rh my hands
 of any and all responsibility in the
 matter" said he. You can have all the credit and discredit that comes of attempting to do such a foolish piece of engineering
 Thus handicapped with q prophecy
 of failure. Mir Reynolds began his task. The problem before him was to alter 1 and improve upon the Corliss type of engine so as to secure the desired re-
 suits: and so successfully did he solve | it that the new engine. when com pleted, exceeded the requirements of 1 its prospective owners. The problem l had beer solved by the invention of a new valve gear which. known as the l hook gear, has since become bssic | feature of engine making, MT Key onlds was 40 years or age when he 1 built the record breaking engine for
 The. Trenton Iron Go He had left his l fathers farm near Mansfield Conn. l when he was 16 years old. to become an apprentice in a small machine shop ~ 4 salary od S3o q year and board.-
 Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
CROWD OUT FEAR~THoUGHTs.

The principle of crowding out fear
 thoughts by buoyant, hopeful; confi- dent thoughts can be applied to all the
 many kinds of fear that daily and
 hourly beset us. At first it will be
 hard to change tue current of thought
 and to cease 10 dwell on somber and
 depressing things. An aid in the pro-
 cess is often advisable. A sudden change of work to something requiring
 concentration of mind will often act as a switch. Recalling some pleasant
 or humorous incident will sometimes
 drive dull care away" as an old song
 has it.
 Tn the last analysis. all fear resolves itself into fear of death, and writers on the means of getting rid of fear dwell especially on this basic form.
 Death will perhaps, always be mys-
 tery, but what ever view of it be ta-
 ken, a logical analysis will remove the terror of it, especially of that form
 which makes lifeless human flesh re- pulsive and terrible object We think
 the feeling that Hindoos have about
 the flesh of animals very queer. since
 to us this is most appetizing food Our own fear of a human corpse is just as foolish as the Hindoo fear. and, if We would rid ourselves of fear, we
 must teach ourselves so. Familiarity
 with the thing feared is always advis-
 able and frequently is quite sufficient.
 We know this to be true with horses.
 and have only to apply the matter to
 our own foolish fears. Horace Fletch- CT advises even a course in 3 hospital dlssecting room if nothing else will dissipate- the unreasoning fear of a dead body
 Whatever may lie beyond the
 tomb says w. E. H. Lecky, the tomb itself is nothing to us. The
 narrow prison house the gloomy pomp and the hideousness of decay
 are known to the living, and the liv- ing alone. By too common illusion of the imagination. men picture them
 selves as consciously dead--g going
 through the process of corruption and aware of it; imprisoned with a know ledge of the fact. in the most hideous Of dungeons. Endeavor earnestly to l erase this illusion from your mind, for if lies at the root of the fear of death, and it is one of the worst sides of me dieval and much modern art that It tends to strengthen it. Nothing, if We truly realize it, Is less real than the
 grave We should be no more con cerned with the after fate of our dis 1 carded bodies than with that of the hair which th2.barber has cut off. The l sooner they are resolved into their l primitive clements, the better. Tue ina sination should never be suffered ] to dwell upon their decay"
 Whatever the means the task ot
 conquering fear is the most important 1 i'll character building. and it will repay l effort. Not until this is done-effec ] lively, finally done--can the human l soul take it's proper place. and pro 1 gress to higher and yet higher planes 1 of power. Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER 9, 1903
Senator p1at+ o,,,. o-,S ,,a4+s r

Senator Platt. our own Platt,' or Meriden and Washington, says no other candidate is i'll the running for tho presidential nomination with Roosevelt. Platt swears by the presi- dent in the following manner: T have no doubt of it. I regard that as set tied, and settled it ought to be. I am for him first, last and all the time, and I believe the great majority of the re- publicans in the country feel that way. President Roosevelt is a great man. He does what he thinks is right with out fear or favor, and tho people want just, such a man for president. The murmurs which we hear come from politicians. capitalists, speculators and labor agitators who cannot control him. I do not believe there will be any other candidate to wrest the nomina- tion from President Roosevelt. I be- lieve he would be defeated at the polls"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09

Canada is not only our third best cus- toner, but in proportion to population our very best says Golfers. In the fiscal years ending with June 30. Can ada bought from this country merchant disc to the value of S126,O0OO0o. That makes an average of more than S25 for every man. woman and child in British North America In the same period the purchases of the United Kingdom, our largest customer, amounted to only about S12.5O per capita. This was despite Canadian preference of B 3 per cent to British imports, and despite tariff obstacles which kept Canada's sales to the United States down to about one-third of the value of goods bought from us There is q growing sentiment along our northern border that this Canadian market is worth more consideration from, American law makers. It is ar gued that a good customer should be treated with coHciliation aud friendli- ness, not in q spirit of contempt or of hostility. That is the rule in private business. Why should 1t not be ill na- tionaI business? ask the merchants and manufacturers of the National Reef procity league. whose membership ex- tends from Maine ito St Paul. In 1898, when the joint high commission of British Canadian and American repre- sentatives met at Montreal the first question on it's list was trade reciprocf- ty, while the obstacle which prevented an agreement was. the Alaska boun, dary, now settled.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
OBSERVED IN THE HOME.

The defect in ordinary home music Is the same which chara acterlzes or dinaTy home manners and ordinary home habits. The home is the place for relaxation; there official dignity may unbend, professional gravity ma be remitted, and business tension may relax; there the conventional harness which one wears outside of his home may be laid off; but the unbuckl1ng of the harness and the relaxation of body and mind must be effected without loss of refinement and gentleness. That kind of familiarity which breeds con- tempt is contemptible in itself. When the home becomes the place where the women of the household may dress like slatterns where the men may act like clowns. and where the children may viithout let or 1lindrance, violate all of the laws of propriety, it has forgotten
 it's mission which is to hold each one of its members to his or her possible best
 If the members of the family know each others weaknesses better than strangers, equally true is it that they slTould also know one another's $ sources of strength better than any stranger ever can. If members of the same household know one arother's faults of temper, defects of manner and capaci- ty for Eracelessness i'll conduct and in speech better than strangers are ever compelled to know them, 50 they also know one another's capacity for kirld- ness, helpfulness. consideration. for bearance and unselfishness as DO out sider ever can. It is this familiarity with que another's resources on the lines of what is best. !loveliest and most desirable that should determine the character of the home music. t
 Tn the home one may frankly coni fess sentiment without being accused Of sentimentalisn he may frankly ex- press all of the affections which eor1slti- tute life's llighest joys and show not his worst self but his very best. In the home ambitions are confessed. as pirations are shared, love is partici; pated in, and music. which is the nat 1lral although perhaps the vague latl- auage of the heart. should be shared daily by every member of the family. Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09

On the other hand. rewards were paid last year for the destruction of ,331 tigers, 4,413 leopards, 1858 bears, 2,373 wolves and 706 hyenas, while the num- ber of snakes killed for reward was 72,- 595. For the destruction of wild ami mals a sum of 96,952 rupees was paid and 3,529 rupees for that of snakes. Tn addition licenses are. issued free of cost under the arms act for the destruction of wild animals, and the protection of crops, and these numbered 37,923 last year.
 No account is taken of the number of predatory animals killed by sports men and others who did not claim the legal rewards
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
HEARD IN PASSING

It is not the age of Ann that troubles Mir Roosevelt, ----- a-e friskiness CT
 Will MT Roosevelt donate the presi- dency to Leonard Wood when four more years have passed Chicago News.
 Inc public did not learn that Gen
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
Jews in Damascus.

Damascus now contains about the 9ame number of Jews that it had ip the time of St. Paul. Tn the middle of the first century of our era some 10,- GOO Jews lived in Damascus and were governed by an ethnarch; the present Jewish community is computed at about Il ,060
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09

be, thrown out on the bare ground, or, if there is deep snow, place may be swept clear. But it is better, perhaps, to serve them on portable trays, which may be fastened in the trees, to piazza railings, or even to the window sills. If, in addition, we can spare lump of suet, or the trimmings from the meat, they may be tied upon the trunks and branch es of trees, for the benefit of woodpeck eers, chickadees, nuthatches and other birds which might not come for the seeds. Among my bird pensioners last winter were juncos, tree sparrows, song sparrows and chiekadees, all of which came on the piazza; nuthaehes and blue jays, which patronized the suet tied to an old tree stump, and goldfnches. whiech condescended to pick up seeds.
 But the birds are not by any means the only creatures which need help at this season; many of the four-footed animals find food dreadfully scarce, and we can often help them with little trou
 ble to ourselves. Ears of corn, bundles of wheat or other grain, also ill the ear, tied in the trees, will make a fine feast for the squirrels, and the bundles of wheat, tied to the trunks of trees in the woods, just above the snow will be. a boon to the grouse, not to mention the wood mice The idea of voluntarily feeding mice will no doubt seem very funny to many people, but I am very fond of wood mice. All through the year they give me pleasure in my walks, and the least I can do to repay them is to IA n oo1 11n rH her
 at season when square meals arc apt to be scarce with them, So. when am passing their way I just call and leave a handful of nuts, slice Of bread, or an apple or two, and l have reason to think that sometimes they enjoy their Thanksgiving aud Christmases rather more than if I had left them to' forage for their dinners in the cold And the muskrats. too, earn all they get. in the way of food which the snow is deep and
 the thermometer low A muskrat would go a mile for an apple if he knew where to go for it, and if you are out for walk 1t is not too much of task to carry down
 a few apples in your pocket.
 Of course it is little that any of us can do toward feeding the needy among our wild neighbors, but If each one of those who really love them will take little | trouble every winter we shall not only f save many lives which would otherwise be lost to us, but we shall get better 1 understanding of the creatures whose biographies are so closely interwover | with our own. s
 ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs, Jet in Favor. Jet will once more be seen in all Its
 magnifcence, cunningly mixed with and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
BASKETS

As usual, we are go- ing to make our store the headquarters for scrap and work baskets. From lOc to several dollars.
 FootRests make use full gifts. J. Fl. Burrall & Co, 60 BANK sE.
 Undertaking calls attended to AY George T. Perry, 26 State street, Tel 227-5; Charles E. Sey- nncur. 1s4 Maple street, Tel 1EN-12. f-.-. .....
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
vegetables You Can Keep.

VegefnbIea You LRn keep, Turnips, carrots, sweet potatoes and horseradish keep fresh all winter if put in sand ir raas' cellar,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
John Sa1e 2o5 SOUTH MAIN ST. Opposite Grand St
 Telephone 103-15.

Our floral designs are far sl- perior to all others in the ( itI, being noted for good work and low prices.
 Remember where I an ,o- Eated.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
FRESH SALMON, zoe lb.

FRESH SALMON, zoe Ib.
 Long Island Scallops, Green SmeIts Native Pickerel, Harb< Blues, Perch Pike. Tinnan Haddie Kippered Har' rings, Smoked Sturs con. Maine ana Long Island Clans: Native Sprfn o Chicken. 2oc ID; Native Fowl, 16c lb This week at
 FULTON FISH MARKET.
 262 Cherry street. Phone 213-4.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
Respectfully,
IP. Henes. Prop.
Christmas Is Coming 1!

 and everyone is preparing for 1t. We have prepared for it and wonder if you have. If you haven't prepared for it yet, do so now. Come up and look at our fine stock of Imported and Domestic Woolens. Overcoats made from $180o up. Suits made from S15.00 up. Pants made from $500 up Our nn6tto--a perfect ft and first class workmanship.
 Cleaning, pressing, dyeing and re. pairing done at the lowest possible prices.
 Send postal and we will send up for your clothes and deliver them made just like new"
 Ladies' work speciality. Ladies Suits made to order and strictly tailored
 Ladies Suits, Skirts. Jackets aud Capes made over to look like snew at the lowest prices.
 Our work the best advertisement A perfect fit and first class work. naanship at
 130 WEST MAIN STREET. Branch office. 2d2 Bank street (oFef Prices printing ofacel.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud ing Piles. Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure you in to If days. soc.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs
S----.--s---@-----.s.--s... =. :. lei in TRY0r.

jet will once more be seen in all its magnifcence, cunningly mixed with and, seftened by chenille and chiffon. Vel vet of a glorious soft make will be the favorite winter fabric, while silver and white will be one of the prettiest combi- nations,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-09
Reyersinc the Order,

Great Britain supplies many Brus- selsi carpets and small foot rugs to Tur~ Ixk
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-30
AMERICA MAY BUY TAHITI ISLES.

NEW YORK, July IA cable to
the Sun from wellington. N. T.. says:
1t is rumored here that France intends
to hand over her possessions in the
Eastern Pacific to the United States,
The rumor is seriously discussed in po-
litical quarters. Certain recent cir
cumstances are regarded as lending
color to the story. Among them is the
withdrawal of the French troops from
Tahiti, which, it is suggested, is pre-
liminary to the evacuation of the ISL
ands. The report emanated from the
French colony at Papeete, the capital
of Tahiti.
A cable to the Sun from Paris says:
The Ministry of War and the Ministry
of the Colonies deny having knowledge
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of the rumor reaching here from We'll
lington, n. H., to the effect that France
is about to cede her possessions in the
Eastern Pacific to the United States
The War Office confirms the report
that the French troops have been re-
moved from Tahiti, but says the re-
moval was solely due to a cyclone
which lately swept over the Society
archipelago, of which Tahiti is the
principal island.
The French possessions in the Eastern
Pacific consist of the Society ISL
ands, the Tuamotu island, the Leeward
islands, comprising Raiatea, Tahaa.
Huahine and Borabora; the Tabuai and
Raivae groups, the island Of Rapa, the
Gambler islands, Rurutu and Roma
tara island and the Marquesas islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-30
A DIAMOND
HEAD SITE
New Insane Asy.
Ium May Now
Go There.
The KapioIani Estate
Offers to. Sell
Land.
Cattle Afflicted With tuberculosis
Are Destroyed-Report of
Leahi Hospital.

Another site for the new insane asy-
lum was proposed at yesterdays meet
ing of the Board of Health. This is at
Diamond Head to the back of KapiolanI
Park. where the Kapiolani Estate Of
fers to trade a thirty-one acre tract to
the government for asylum purposes
Several other sites were also proposed
and it seems probable that the asylum
will now be located in the Diamond
! Head district. There were present at
the meeting yesterday, Dr. C. B. Coop
er. the president; F. c. Smith, NJ. P.
Robinson and DR.. Mays.
The letter from the Kapiolani Estate
making this offer was read by Health
Officer Pratt. The land offered consists
of Kapiolani Park and this side of Dia-
mond Head. The letter stated the will
lingness of the owners to sell or ex-
change the tract for other land owned
by the government, and it was said
that Supt. Cooper had also been con-
ferred with upon the subject and had
stated that he was willing to make
the exchange provided the Board of
Health wanted the offered site. The
land was said to be on a gentle slope,
we'll drained and planted with guava
trees.
President Cooper stated that he had
been looking for sites for the asylum
and had inspected a tract of several
hundred acres of government land on
the other side of Diamond Head. He
had also looked at one tract on this !
side of Diamond Head. He said that |
he intended to make a further inspec- !
ton and would then ask the members !
Of the board to make a tour some aft |
ernoon and take in all the suggested |
sites.
NEW FISH INSPECTORS.
Sam Herring was appointed as fish
Inspector for Hilo at a salary of forty
i've dollars per month and S. Lilikane
was appointed his assistant at a salary
If five dollars per month. DR.. Cooper
stated that Herring had been told that
he legislature appropriated fifty dol
ars month for inspector and assist
int and that he could get the latter
Is cheap as he could. Herring also in
ormed in letter if the Board pro- L
'ided him with rations. He was in
ormed otherwise. u,
Rev. S. Kapu was appointed fish and :
pod inspector for Lahaina He had the ,
ndorsement of the sheriff and Repre- I
entative Pail. He is also a minister of
he gospel. Another native also applied
or the job and said he had been ac-
TAINTED with Hawaiian foods since his
irth. Also that he was Republican.
'r. VIM. Peters was another applicant
PIG PENS MUST GO.
City Sanitary officer Tracy was sus- I
aimed in the report of the committee I
pom his condemnation of the Chinese
CONTINUED on page 81
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-30
BLUEF|ELOS
BANANAS
New Agricultural
Board Gets to
Work.
Cotton Experiments Are
Also to Be
Tried.
Board Promises Help to Jared
Smith-What KoebsIe
Is Doing.

The most important meeting since its
organization was that held yesterday
by the Board of Agriculture and For
estry. 1t was the first meeting since
the appropriations for it's use became
available and there was therefore work
of considerable Importance done. This
included among other things the grant
ing of help to the United States Ex-
pertinent Station for the encourage
ment of the culture of BIuefelds ba-
nanas and Egyptian cotton, a discus
sion of headquarters for the board, and
also of the policy to be pursued in the
future. Those present were L. A
Thurston. j. F. Brown, A. w. Carter,
]. D. Dole and H E. Cooper.
THE ORGANIZATION.
There was some discussion over re-
appointing the present employees in the
Agricultural Department. There will
of course be no great changes in the
working force. Professor Koebele is to
be the entomologist and Professor Per-
kins is to have a similar office. The
matter of appointments was referred
to a committee composed of Messrs.
Thurston, Giffard and Cooper.
KOEBELES WORK.
Secretary Cooper read some corre-
spondence which he had had with Pro-
fessor Eoebele who is now on the |
mainland. Mr.. Koebele wrote that he |
had received information of an en-
in Ohio who had consider |
able knowledge of the leaf-hopper and |
its enemies, and >he asked permission
to go and meet the man. The authority
was granted and Professor Koebele is
by this time on his way to Ohio. He
intended to return after receiving the
necessary information.
Secretary Cooper has also been in
with two entomologists
n England and they have been engag-
ID and will arrive next month. One
If them is Kirkaldy who will assist
xoebele and the other is Terrey who
will be Perbdns's assistant.
n HELP FOR SMITH.
The request of Jared Smith for an
allowance of $3.50 towards labor and
expenses of the experiment station was
ranted. The legislature made a total
of $500 for the six
for the aid of the Federal ex-
eriment station.
SOIL SURVEYS.
Director Smith stated at the meet
1g that at the examination held by
he civil service commission for
hemfst for the Experiment Station 7
lere had been one man examined, DR.. 1
horey, chemist for the Board of a
Lealth. He expressed the hope that
r. Shorey would be appointed.
AS soon as the appointment is made I
Continued on Page D. %
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YOUNG ARTHUR DEAD.

CLEVELAND, O., July 30-The younger and
Engineers, dead.
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RUSSIA TAKES AN
OPTIMISTIC VIEW

ST. PETERSBURG, July 3OThe Minister of has inform
ed the Car that the majority of the japanese people underou
of and that the Mkado is personally friendly