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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
BROKE UP GAMBLING CAME.
A Former Sport Interferes with the Plans of Card sharpers on .
 Steamship.

Professional card sharpers, whose presence it is exceedingly difficult to detect, and whom to accuse is ire quently most awkward and delicate matter, are regular passengers by al- most every big liner leaving the Brit ish and continental ports during the tourist season. Large sums of money are often won and lost in the brief six days between Liverpool and New York.
 On voyage of popular Atlantic liner from Liverpool to New York last fall very extraordinary attempt at swindling was Exposed, thus pre- venting four professional card sharp CTS from winning by foul play sum of nearly s10,o0o, reports the London Express.
 It came about in this way: Play be- gan on the very evening the ship left Cherbourg, and for four days, with but brief intervals treating and sleep ing, the party, among which were the four professional sharpers, sal steadr' fly at the table.
 The table occupied by these players most of the time was surrounded by from dozen to 50 interested specta- tors. It was in a corner of the smok- ing room under window looking out on the port quarter.
 Among the players was an ex-gam- bier from a southwestern state whose fame was not sufficient to identify him with this list of passengers. He said nothing, but the young and innocent .r1 6 6SyA,r "A Al E.1s &xuk Sa xy0 the youth won steadily.
 On the fouth day out, with 20 spec tators, including the ex-gam bier, standing about the table, the game reached it's climax. The youth was nervous and cratic in his play. Three of the players were drinking beer from mugs, which, to keep them out of the way, they placed on the little shelves under the table.
 Suddenly the ex-gambler laid his hand emphatically on the table and said:
 Right here the game ends"
 There was a sensation. The man with his back to the window and three others of the party looked at the speak CT and turned pale. The youth and the bWO IcAHdlA1AS PldyCHS CApICcSCO tAClI indignation.
 The ex-gambler looked from one of the quartette of sharpers -unsuspect- ed till now--to another and said: If any one of you four men is seen playing on this ship the rest of this voyage or ifrany of us here see you playing again on any ship we are on, you will immediately be arrested. Now, take your hands off that money till this young man takes what he has put in.' The cowed aspect of the swind1ers | caused all the spectators to push for ward threatening1y. Without word they took what money theS young l player left on the table and Left the l room.
 To the other spectators the ex- l gambler explained that he had ob- served unrnistakable signs that the four culprits were in coliusion. Through motives of ex-professional pride, perhaps, he mentioned to only one person that while he was out of l the room he had glanced through the window and seen one of the quartette | add fourth king to his hand while os- | tensibly reaching for his mug of beer
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
KAISER WILHELM'S MUTE.
M Is Called q "Jagd," and Is ConEid-
 cred Essential by German Sportsmen.

Many people have asked the question as to the meaning and necessity of the kaiser's huff which appears in the pic- lures of the emperor in hunting scenes.
 A Berlin newspaper is authority for the statement that the muff is neither an affectation nor intended to conceal crippled hand, but is called the "Jagd," and is very essential part of a German hunters equipment, says the New York Journal.
 Hunting parties break up at about one or two in the morning in the late autumn and wait at certain points of the forests until the game, usually deer, pass on their way to the drinking grounds.
 As the German autumn nights are bitterly cold, protection for the hands must be provided-hence a huff. This article is usually made of bears fur, or any other very warm skin, has rather flat shape, enabling the hands to be pulled out at once, so as to be free for action when the mo- ment comes. .s
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
THE EIGHT HOUR PROBLEM.
The Amagamated Society of Engineers and Machns Has Just
 Issued the Following Circular To Its Members.

In consideration of the the growth of Trades in the especially directly in Waterbury, nasmuch is fact that the machnsts or this city following plain statement the Waterbury Branch the Amagamated Society Engineers Blacksmihs Patternmakers, understood all the civilized world that there is tendency at the
 
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  busiest cities United States and the local statistics obnabe doubt the capita Republican the purchase $6O00 the horse the with out doubt that if this gentleman desired to machinist 
 word has recently brought before the notice Waterbury To mind of the thinker this positive MT worked eight would then of similar Andrew Carnegie millions of dollars and that he is glad to rid of by subscribing to libraries and other charities rghtthinkng individual consider the wokingmen who this him and at home by shortening hours of labor pointing into existence dispute that achieved something beeng the condition of the Much could accomplished complete organization it machinists organization inside and the League, the political parties their platforms
  together
 
 Unions But be remembered considering
 
 themselves that Trade Unonist to get his side defining what best of obtaining them. /
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
CHAMPION FAT MEN.
The Major Tells of Friends in His
 Old Arkansas Home.
Tlhey Were So Unwieldy Thmt They Could Not Shake Hands Unless
 a Third Man Stepped In Be- | tween Them.

"Speaking of fat men," said the major to a New York Sun reporter, "the two fattest men I ever knew were fellow-townsmen of mine wheE I was living in West Slabbington. Ark.
 ''They certainly were big men and they were-no fun intended-the stoutest of friends. They never met without shaking hands if they could find a medium of communication; they couldn't shake without one.
 "What they used to do was to get a man of reasonable thinness to stand between them and extend his arms and the two big men would take one of the intermediary's hands and the other the other one, and thus they'd shake by proxy.
 "Of course the whole town knew of this, and everybody humored the big men. Humored them? More than that; everybody that was eligible used to feel it his duty to help these two great--again no pun intended-these two great friends shake hands.
 MCIC CIlAA OHCC HAVc SCCA d Aidu who was hurrying into. the post off, fee on Main street stop short on the steps when he saw the big men ap- preaching each other and turn back and go and stand between them and raise his arms like two extended wings, with hands far outstretched, for the two. fat friends to grasp. That was their handshake; and this duty to his fellow men performed, the man who had stood between them would hurry up the post office steps once more, and this time go in and get his mail.
 Tt was common thing for the men of the town thus to serve the
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

.wo bulky friends, and to do them this service came, in fact, to be a sort of test of good citizenship, or at least of the qualities that com. mend a man most to his fellow cit. izens. He was thought to be rather 8 churlish fellow, and outside the pale of the best people, who was too thought1ess or too selfish to stop when occasion required and help the two men of rotundity shake.
 Out of this observance of com mon custom, arising naturally enough from the delay involved in it, some curious experiences came to individ- ual observers. remember we'll the case of a man whose great-aunt was sick in a town just over the line in Missouri.
 "This man was hurrying to catch the train-and there were only two trains a day-when he saw the two friends coming together. His duty was plain, and he was man of scrupulous punctiliousness There was nothing for him to do but to stop, which he did; waiting, with no outward trace of his inward feeling, while the two men exchanged their usual friendly greeting.
 "He missed his train, this man did and 8 legacy that he would other wise have got; for his great-aunt was dead when he did get there, and by reason of his delay she had cut him out of her will. But on the other hand--
 ''This same man, not month later was stopped again, in the saH1e man. ner, and again he halted, without a moments hesitation. But the train he missed this time was wrecked with loss of life that has made this accident tradition in that part o1 the country. So while in the one in stance his politeness had cost him a legacy, in the other, in every proba' bility, it had saved his life. And I have no doubt whatever that the lesson of thoughtfulness | courtesy and self-denial taught by l the conduct of all these considerate 1 intermediates was of benefit to the l whole community
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
ROEAPARTES DYING OUT.
Only Three of the Historic Name Now Living in Europe-The Ameri-
 can Branch.


 The head of the house of Bonaparte, Prince Napoleon Victor Jerome Fred eric, entered upon his forty year few days ago, and his brother, Prince Napoleon Louis Joseph Jerome, was 38 years old about the same time, when he received his promotion in the Rus sian army
 It is only 19 years since the elder branch of the Bourbon family died out, leaving. the headship of the house of France to the usurping house of Or leans. This now legitimate family will save France from any lack of pre- tenders for many years to come.
 The two Bonapartes above mentioned are 1niddle-aged bachelors Their cousin, Prince Roland, is A years of age and widower, with one daughter.
 The London Daily Chronicle, consid- ering these facts, makes the statement that these three "are the only living men who bear the historic name of Bonaparte, so that it is not impossible that second line of French pretenders may become extinct ere long"
 How about the American Bona partes? asks the New York Times. While there is no living Bonaparte de- scended from the great founder of the family it will be a great many years before the descendants of his father and mother die out. The Balti- more Bonapartes have never figured as pretenders to the throne. They have remained an American family, while the other branches have continued French, but no reference to the family as whole would be complete which ignored them.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
EMPEROR IS A GOOD FARMER
German Ruler Sets Good ExampIS to His Subjects Engaged in
 AgricuIture.

Emperor William has been direct- ing much attention lately to agricul- ture. He says if German farmers would only take lessons from scien- tiflc farmers in England or the United States they could increase their crops and improve their condition without state aid, says Berlin report.
 Williams model farm in Cadinen is being rapidly transformed into an ag- ricultural show place. When the em- pcror took possession of it four years ago 1t was in condition of wreck, both houses and estate; badly drained, badly stocked and yielding no crop worth speaking of. In four years he changed everything. The house is now a charming English country seat and shooting lodge combined, and the estate, of about 5000 acres, half for est, is in fair way to add s2o,ooo a year to the emperor's revenues.
 Four years ago only rye and pota~ toes would grow in Cadinen. The em- peror has introduced wheat, oats and barley and mange1 wurzel for cattle. He has put 15o Dutch cows on the estate, and every day their produce goes to Dantzig and other towns i'm the vicinity. The Cadinen milk, cream, butter and cheese have become fa- nous throughout the east of Ger many and command the highest prices. The emperor's new dairy is modelled upon the Windsor establishment. A spirit motor supplies all the power needed.
 During his recent stay in Cadinenl the emperor read up all the latest English books on dairy farming. His attention has also been directed to a better breed of swine. He has just bought a farm adjoining Cadinen, ~ place called Kickelhof, where he has installed some of the best Westphalian breeds.
 But he is proudest of his potatoes.s In four years he has replaced the poor, soapy, potatoes which used to grow in Cadinen with splendid, foury article admired all over the country side. The potato output of Cadinen this year was over 1000 tons.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Special Attractions for To-Night

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 31Ac yard BLACK TAFFETA SILK-Regu- lar price soc yard, annual sale price 39c a yard BLACK PEAU DE SOIE-An ex- ceptional silk offering, extra quail ity and perfect color, regular price 75c, annual sale price 59c yard NEW SNOWFLAKE SUITlNGS- Spring novelty, regular price soc a yard, annual sale price 30c a yard 45-LNCH WHIPCORDS-R Regular price 75c yard. annual sale price
 , 59c & yard FULL SIZE BED SPREADS-Geod quality, regular price s9c, annual sale price @ Csc each DWuGHT ANCHOR HENINfED PILLOW 36sAsES4Size 4ljx3G, ,-. regular price 15c each, annual sale price < H':'# 123zc each FINE A BLEACHED CANIBRIC Regular price 1Oc, annual sale price 7Rc a yard CASTLE SOAP-Regu1ar price sc cake, annual sale price Sc a cake PERFUME Several odors, regular price 25c an oz, annual sale price
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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Innxfe11or,. nir&npIace.

The house in which Longfellow, the poet, was born, in Portland, Me-, is now a tenement. A school teacher was recently instructing her pupils in the life of the poet and after a time be- gan to ask questions. "Where was Longfellow born?" A freckle-faced lit tie chap held up his hand and in reply to the teachers nod shocked her by saying, confidently: "InPatsy Magee's bedroo1n.'
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

MEMS ALL WOOL CAMEL'S HAIR UNDERWEAR- dou- ble breasted back and front; draw CTS double, seated, regular price $1.4, annual sale price AxENsS WHDTE WOOL UNDER WEAR Regular price $1.oO, an nual sale price TUG each MEN,s MADRAS NEGLIGEE SHIRTS-Good styles, regular DUG shirt, annual sale price
 PRESIDENT SUSPENDERS-Reg ular price soc a pair, annual sale price 34c a pair MEN's. BLACK COTTON. HALF HOSE-C Cashmere feet, regular price 21c pair;y annual sale price
 lie a pair, pairs for soc BOYS BLACK COMPTON HOSE. 2XI RIB-Regular price 10c pair. annual sale price Sc pair & SWOMEN'S FINE GAUGE BLACK COTTON HOSE-Fast black, ,dou- ble sole, high spliced heel, regu- lar price 49c pair, annual sale price sf 29c q pair WOArEN'S WHITE OR GRAY WINTER WEIGHT VESTS AND PANTS Regular price 49c each annual sale price 29c each WONIENiS DRAWERs-Made from good quality muslin, deep hem and tucks, annual sale price
 121Ac pair WOMENaS BLACK CHEvIOT SUITS 1.-Two styles, fly front, silk lined jacket or blouse jacket, trimmed with stylish braid, reg ular price S17.50, annual sale price $11.9S
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Queer CanHIe Food.

., The drought has driven Australian pastoralists to all sorts of expedients to keep their stock alive. In Queens land one squatter has chopped bull rushes into chaff, mixed them with molasses and water, and used them for food for his sheep with very sat isfactory results.-N. Y. Sun.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

Interpret erG for Chinese Empress
 The empress dowager of China in. tends establishing a girls school in the palace at Picking. Ten daughters of princes will be the students. The reason is that the empress needs in. terpreters when entertaining the wives of foreign minister's Albany ArguS
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Whera the Air Ia Pure.

The air is so pure in the polar re. gions, so free from harmful microbes, that throat and lung diseases are un- known there. That section is also entirely free from contagious mala- dies.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

Several labor journals have recently
 come out for w. k. Hearst for presi- dent and John Mitchell for vtce-presl- dent in 1904 Such ticket would hardly receive the support of the trusts.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Education in Scandinavia.

Education is so general in Den
 mark and Sweden that they are the only European countries in which all the military conscripts can read and write.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

The buffers and polishers of the Yost typewriter factory, Bridgeport are still out all efforts to settle the diff faculties proving fruitless.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

The Howe Scale works as well as several other large industries at Rut- land. Vt, have been obliged to shut down through lack of coal. More than loco men are thrown out of employ ment
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Rreakfaxt and Ionr Ya.

Statistics show that the longest lived people have generally been those who made breakfast the principal meal of the day.-Science and Health.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
want ne4ter service.

Want Better Service. Efforts are being made in Paris to form society for securing prompt. ness and politeness from telephones Attendants.---N.Y Y. Sun
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

s -
 The Howe Scale works as well as several other large industries at Rut- land Vt, have been obliged to shut down through lack of coal. More than LOGO men are thrown out of employ ment.
 uhe Bartenders' union will hold an important meeting at Pythian hall to- morrow afternoon. Matters of the greatest importance will come up for discussion and action and every mem- Der is requested toTbe present.
 The charters for the Amalgamated Wood Workers and the Ivory Work CTS unions have arrived. The former will be organized tomorrow at II a. m. and the latter at 2:30 p. n1 by John IT. Da1y. Three charters in three weeks is starting the new year right.
 The employees of the furnishing de- pertinent of Jennings Bros factory, Bridgeport, are out on strike and eff forts have been made to secure men from Waterbury to fill their places, but without avail. Strike breakers cannot be secured as easily in this city as in former days. ,
 The Electrical Workers union of New York has made contracts with the greater portion of the firms of that city by which they will hereafter re. ceive $4 per day and a half holiday Saturday. Heretofore they have re ceived $3.50 per day and worked the full day Saturday.
 Nearly every union has it's members who will fight tooth and nail against an increase in dues or an assessment of 5 or 10 cents month, and who will go out and in a single evening 'blow in" enough to pay such increase fol five years and think nothing of it. Are there any such in yours?
 Every delegate to the Central IIaboi union should endeavor to be present a the meeting next Monday night. The new officers will assume their duties a that time and the various standing committees will be elected The new bylaws will also come up for adoption and doubtless the trolley strike vii receive some attention.
 The Wire Drawers and Pointers union Helu we'll attended meetlng a Buffers and Polishers' hall on Wednes day evening. For some time after tn receipt of it's charter this union did no forge ahead as fast as was the cas- with many, but of late considerable in terest has been manifested and applica tions are coming in rapidly.
 The printing pressmen have met an, formed an organization and-a charte has been sent. for. When this arrive 1t is quite probable that printin trades council will be formed. Tn tha case the Allied Printing Trades 1abe could be used. At present Hartfor and New Haven are the only cities i the state entitled to it's use
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

The Bartenders' union will hold an important meeting at Pythian hall to- morrow afternoon. Matters of the greatest importance will come up for discussion and action and every mem Der is requested to1be present.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
GrieVe, BiSSet G Holland.

The first annual dance of the local branch of the Bartenders' International league will be held on next Friday evening at City hall. Every member is doing his best to help the committee to achieve success in the task they set for themselves--to make the event the finest of the kind ever held in Water bury. Music. will be furnished by the full American band, and the concert will be one of Prof Fultor's best.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

The charters for the Amalgamated Wood Workers and the Ivory Work CTS unions have arrived. The former will be organized tomorrow at Il a. m. and the latter at 2:30 p. m. by John IT. Da1y. Three charters in three weeks is starting the new year right.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

A correspondent in local paper proposes a state arbitration board to consist of three members, to be aD- pointed by the governor, one of them to be the choice of the labor element
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

LUBIN'S VIOLET TOILET POW
 DER-Annual sale price 15c package
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-18

hand side. caught two of the crease
folds marked IL in the diagram togethe
at the edge with two or three overland
over stitches. Then, passing the needL
under the second fold, brought it out /,
third of an inch below, and repeate,
the same stitch with the folds marke,
%, bringing the needle out at. the frs
2 and passing it down underneath t.
No. 3, and Joining 1t again with the sam,
stitch to on the first fold, then passinI
the needle under the 3 to No. 4, takin,
the stitch to the opposite 4, afterwar,
going up in the same way to 5-5, then &c
and so on.
''The whole principle is first to keel
equal distances, which is easy to do witt
the eye when the folds are creased even
ly, and secondly. to preserve the elias
ITCHY which renders shocking so pref
ty and desirable, by alwayS following th.
fold on the wrong side when taking a.
upward or a downward stitch. If, q
sometimes happens this is imprac
tfcable, the stitch should be fastened a.
the point where It is caught together an,
cut off. I hope I have been able t,
make this plain to you, and that you will
try smoking those little aprons witt
red cotton, or white, if you prefer, 70
when you have once learned how to do II
you will find 1t Is the quickest and pref
test way to ornament children;
| clothes. IN. Y. Tribune.