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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
AMMONIA FOR BURGLARS.
A Brooklyn Druggist's Encounter Suggests Weapon Which Re-
 comes Popular.

A druggist in Brooklyn was held up in his store and happened to have a glass of ammonia on the counter. which he dashed into the visitors face. and the fellow ran, smashing through glass door, doing himself great mis- chief. He had companion SO amazed he hesitated when second glass of the elixir hit him squarely in the nose with another dose of the aromatic fluid and paralyzed him with pain and terror on the spot, so that he was taken helpless prisoner. The drug gist advertised bottles of liquid fire prepared for burglars, and the med icine became fashionable, says a re- cent report. The holdfast robbers were for awhile discouraged. The burglar bomb ought to be prepared for action by an enterprising firm, the bottles of assorted sizes and used &C., cording to directions, which might be blown into the glass. The banks should be equipped with the bomb. They are at short range much more certain to go to the right spot than pistol shots.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
ALL FROGS GOOD TO EAT.
There Seems to Be No Special Variety for Eating, But the ToadM
 Are Barred. ,-

fhe demand for frogs is great. It has increased with the years until now at almost every banquet of importance the dainty is on the menu. All of the larger dining-places use fromsix to ten dozen per day. Of these creatures, which according to scientific paper, are waiting to be classified by law as to whether they are fish or animals just as women had to wait for centu- ries to find, out whether or not they had souls-there seems to be no es- pecial variety for eating, says San Francisco exchange. They are caught anywhere, and, as a small boy said: All frogs are good to eat if they are not toads."
 Boys and girls with nets much like those used in catching butterflies, only much stronger, can be seen making for the small streams and ponds that spot the fields about San Francisco. The average small boy is an expert in catching, killing and dressing the pal Atable creatures. It is no unusual sight to see away off in the field from the car line jolly little bonfire around which a few sturdy young sons of America are busy preparing a feast. They broil the tender white flesh, which they sprinkle with salt, and baste with bit of butter, carried perhaps in cinnamon can in pocket along with fshhooks. keys, marbles and string. The frogs may not be served on silver shells; they may be garnished only with a spray of fresh watercress, but I wager they are en- joyed as much by the youngsters, who are their own chefs and walters, as a similar dish otherwise cooked and served would be by grown-up bewhis- kered epicures.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
METEORs MAY END WORLD.
There Are Many TraveIing Throurh Space at Rate of Hundred
 -ss4t Miles A Second.


 The earth is moving around the sun at the velocity of IS miles a second. while the sun, with all its attenda nt planets, is being hurried on toward the great fiery constellation of Her. cules at far greater velocity. The very fact that small peteors exist proves the possibility of the existence in space of meteors of inconceivable magnitude-even great, black, dead worlds may lie in our path, like break CTS in thepath of a ship
 Fifty miles second is not an un- usual velocity for heavenly bodies, and some are known to move at 8 speed even in excess of 100 miles second 500 times the speed of rife ball. Small meteorites, which reach the earth at avelocity a of from 20 to 30 miles second, are instantly consum by the friction generated with the att mosphere. Large meteors, however, occasionally reach the earth, escaping destruction from their size, but are found to have their surfaces fused from heat generated by the passage through the atmosphere.
 Although it is not probable, says the Pittsburg Gazette, still it is possible that the earth may some time encoun- ter such shower of small me te ors, perhaps in the form of a comet, that the heat of combustion from friction with our atmosphere and the poison ous gases thereby generated might de- stroy all terrestrial life.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
0AKVILLE HAPPENINGS

The Hanky Panky club will give a social and dance Friday evening, Jan uary 30, in Judd's hall. Cams or chestra will furnish music.
 Miss Alice Lamb, who was injured by falling on the Ice, is reported as be- ing some better.
 Mrs Sarah Curtis of Waterbury is the guest of Mrs Frederick Main.
 Mrs Peffers of Waterbury is visit ing her daughter, Mrs Frederick War ner.
 Mrs Kate Barry has recovered from a severe attack of the grip.
 William Bavier, former depot agent in this place, is moving his household furniture to Thomaston, where he is now employed.
 ""Jack, the Mystery" who was seen last winter near the end of the trolley line, has put in his appearance again and the young ladies are afraid to go out after dark without a bodyguard.
 Mass will be celebrated in St Mary |Magdalene church at S:3O a. m. to- morrow by the Rev Father Traynor. Services will be at the usual hour in All Saints and the Union churches.
 A large number attended the supper given at the Union church last evening.
 George Wood entertained out of town guests Thursday.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Glaciers.

The problem of piercing glacier by means of boring has at last been solved with results of real scientific interest in experiments made last August on a glacier near Vent, in the Tyrol. At a distance of about one aud quarter miles from the tip of the glacier where its breadth is 2,130 feet and the height of it's surface above sea level s,530 feet, boring in the middle reached rock at & depth of 800 feet. Taken along with measurements of rate of movement, surface melting and temperature, the experiment enabled the following con- clusions to be drawn: First-the temperature of the ice is at the melt ing point throughout the whole mass on the tongue of the glacier. Second the bed of the glacier is gtrough-shaped. Third-the ice moves more slowly at the bottom than at the surface. The bore holes were filled up with pieces of wood, which will serve for many years to come as indexes of the rate of move ment and of surface melting.-N. Y. Sun
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
WOMEN IN JOURNALISM.
They Start In on Small Pay and Ha q to Work Very Hard to Gain
 Advancement.

Said clever woman, whose sigma ture is seen daily in one of New York's leading papers: When I came to this city did general house. work in journalism. That is why am a housekeeper-in-chie to-day. You've got to scrub floors before you can become superintendent of scrub bers. In plain English, slaved to gain my present position. l posed models for illustrations, and, if the models failed, posed myself. When anyone disappointed the editor, was behind the door ready to pop out and step into the breach. When people talk of my weekly salary in three figures as if it were gift of the gods, I long to tell them of the days when 8 ten-dollar assignment meant my earnings for two weeks"
 At a recent gath ering of women who held editorial positions it was found that nearly every one in the rom had started at a salary of ten dollars or less week, says Woman's Home Companion. One had been obliged to work month for noth- ing, just to convince the editor that a woman reporter recognized news item as quickly as did man.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
one of the Wonders of France.

MT. E. A. Mertel, the celebrated ex- plorer of French caverns, has lately been explaining, before the academy of sciences, the remarkable variations in the flow of the great natural foun- tain of Vaucluse. This fountain, which has been famous for ages, and Is connected with the romance of Pe- :rarch and Laura, excites the admi- ration of all travellers. Arthur Young visited it during his travels in France on the eve of the great revc- lution, and gave delightful sketch of it <n his book. The fountain is so al<1ndant with water that it gives rise to the Sorgue, small river. MT. Martel says, in fact, that the fountain is the debouchment of river, which, In the upper part of it's course, flows entirely under ground; and he ex- plains the curious irregularities in fhe quantity and the temperature of the water by certain assumptions as to the shape and size of the subter- ranean cavities that give it passage. Youths Companion.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Closing prices:
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Firm, but less active;. MinM& sota patents, $4.15Gp4 a5; winter straiFhts, SS5oQs. .e6; winter extras s2so0slo; winter passaiE aWHEAT@opened fs.osT firmer on cables, but broke a cent under liquidation; May, 83984 1-16c.; July, 8o0So&0.
 RYE-Steady; state. 5S967c, c. l. r., New York; No 2 western, 60&c.,. I. o. D., ahoat.
 CORN--January corn sold up. 2he. on covering, but May sold off with wheats January, 6S@671kc.; February. b7H9bsc.
 OATS-Dull and steady; track, white state, 44@47c.; track, white, western. 44@ s' 'Pf;oRK-Flrm; mess. sisCls5o; family.
 LxKD-Firm; prime western steam.
 BU.TTER-Firm; state dairy, 1s@2sc.;
 CHEESE-Firm: state, full cream, fam cy. small colored. fall made. 14Mc.; late made, 13% ole: small, white. fan made. 145l0Di41bc.; late made, 1SMc.; large, col ored. fall made, 141ac.; late made, 13%c.; large, white, fall made, 14Ac; late made.
 EGGs-Firm; state and Pennsylvania. average best, Be-. western, fancy, 24c.
 SJJGAR-Raw unsettled; fair refining, 5-16c; centrifugal, 96 test, 13-16c.; re- fined steady; crushed, 5.35c.; powdered.
 RTcE-Firm; domestic. 4h@sIc.; Japan.
 TALLow-Firm: city. s@sMc.; country. '7HfXSY@Firm; shipping, 55@7oc.; good ts choice, 95c. .@$1.05.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
 waSp's Method d of Attack.

Belt, in his Naturalist in Nicara. gua," draws attention to the meth. ods of attack used by different spe. cies of wasps. One, accustomed to animals and not to man, takes care to crawl down the outstanding hairs to the skin before inserting his sting; while others, which live in the midst of human dwellings, fly straight at a mans face. The first species, true to inherited instinct, when it attacks unfamiliar human beings attaches it. self to their hair or their boards But there must have been time when the second species discovered that the face was the vulnerable part, and the discovery was the out. come of the action of brain.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
MANY WITNESSES HEARD.
CoaI Strike Court Gets Little Infor-
 mmtinw.

 ConI Strike Court Gets Little Infor-
 mation.
 PHILADELPHIA,J Jan. M.-The in- dependent operators of the Wyoming and Lackawanna regions, in which Scranton and Wilkesbarre are situated, occupied the time of yesterdays ses- sion of the coal strike commission. The attorneys representing the thirty companies in these two regions called about a dozen witnesses who repre- sented different concerns.
 In the examination of these witnesses the lawyers tried to avoid as much as possible the repetition of testimony al- ready presented by the larger compa- nies. Therefore the examination was confined to the particular company with which the witness was connected. Nothing of importance was elicited.
 There was unanimity of opinion, however, that the lack of discipline among the miners and the restriction of their earning capacity, testified to by witnesses for the large coal com panies, is more pronounced since the union came into the anthracite field than it was before the men were or ganized. The independent operators in the Hazleton region opened their case to- day. The firm of G. B. MarkIe & Co. Is among these operators.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Another versfop of tho Affair.

LONDON, Jan. 24.-In dispatch from Willemstad, Curacao, the core spondent of the Daily Mail says: "On Wednesday the German gunboat Pan- ther, which was insecurely anchored off San Carlos, moved in close to the Castillo battery, which fired one shot as warning. The Panther disregard ed the hint. Another shot was fired from the Castillo battery. Thereupon the Panther opened fire and continued the cannonade for half an hour, when she retired. The Vineta immediately began a heavy bombardment of Fort San Carlos, seriously damaging the fort and the houses in the vicinity"
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
NAUGATUCk NUGGETS
Columbus Hall the Scene of Brilliant
 Gathering


 Gathering
 The most gorgeous and most bril- iant affair eyer held in this borough ook place last evening at Columbus iall, the occasion being the annual lall of Oieda council, K. of c. The lall was handsomely decorated in blue md white and looked very attractive. dnsic was furnished by Beeman & aatch's orchestra of Hartford and Professor Baxter prompter. There were about 100 couples in the grand march and just a word about the march. It was without doubt the lrettiest march ever seen In this bor- sugh. Professor Baxter Is to be con- gratulated for the excellence of his llans and the manner in which he per ected them. And such a display of towns. beautiful and magnificent as we'll as costly. There were about 500 people present in the hall and all were oud in their praises of the splendid lffair. Grand Knight John Hearns, IT, and wife led the grand march. The K. of c. ball of 1908 will be long re- nembered by those present last even- Ing for everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves ond it was grand music. After the ball the out of town guests were entertained by the local Knights. One party at Dr Delaney's, another at ?. J. Brennan's and third at John 4. Kennedy's and also at Attorney William J. Neary's and ex-Senator Kennedy's. Too much praise cannot 9e given to Grand Conductor Neary md his aids, E. F. Brennan and H. r. Mccarthy, for the efficient manner in which the ball was conducted. The ioor and reception committees also are deserving of praise for the manner i'll which they looked after the welfare of hose present and made the ball such
 social success. The floor committee onsisted of John c. Heal. chair nan; c. M. Brennan. W. r. Brennan, !. H. Duigan, F. ,E. Nolan, c. J. Kelli- ler, A. F. Murphy, J. J. Neal, F. F. saxter. R. J. McAuliffe, W. J. Kelleher, R. J. King, J. J. Kehoe, F. J. Kiely, E. F.. Deegan;. the reception committee was composed of the following mem bers: John M. Hearns, chairman; William Kennedy. Robert Cleary. !. J. Hall, W. H. Kehoe, F. H. Daly, M. P. Soen, James Fitzgerald, Edward Geary.
 No people at all rode on the trolley cars in this borough yesterday.
 Attorney O'Sullivan of Torrington is visiting friends in town.
 < The next games of the basketball league will be played Thursday even ing in the opera house.
 At the morning service in the Bap- list church tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock Warren W. Steele will deliver the sermon and conduct the services.
 Coal Is arriving in goodly quantities In this borough at present
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
WATERT0WN J0TTlNGS.
Charles Buckingham Had a Narrow
 Escape from Serious Injury.


 A serious accident was narrowly averted on the trestle at Rockdale on the N. T., N. H. & Fl R. R. tracks Thursday Charles Buckingham was walking along the track and had reach ed point half way across when sud denly the train appeared just around the bend There was no time to turn in either direction, so MT Buckingham quickly dropped through the open trestle and clung to an iron rod which happened to be within reach. The engineer did not see anyone on the tracks until it was too late to stop the train, but when the train stopped after crossing the bridge and some of the men came to the assistance of Mir Buckingham it was found that he was very nearly exhausted.
 Dr Loveland and James Woolson, two of our local automobilists, are at- tending the auto exhibition in New York city.
 The small daughter of Albert Skilton who was injured by q fall last summer was taken by Dr Loveland to a New York specialist for treatment
 Seth Bassett is confined to his home suffering from severe wound in the |eye.
 I. c. Hotchkiss, delegate to the returned home yesterday. w J. Munson has completed filling his large ice house at Echo lake and will soon commence filling the one at the Curtiss pond.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Mexican Military Critics.

Critics within and without the Mex ican army must henceforth be care- full about the remarks regarding tho military establishment of that coun- try. The penal code has lately been so amended that it will cover all such criticisms in the broadest possible manner, under the head of insults, defamation and calumny," and tho lightest penalty inflicted for such offense is two months in prison. This new law is especially directed against the newspapers, which have lately been sharply criticizing the conduct of military affairs in, the neighbor- ing republic. l&&6 9f3s
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
FORT FIRED FIRST.
German Commander Says Venezuela Was Aggressor.
OFFICIAL REPORT SENT TO BERLIN.
Panther While Passing the, Mara caibO Bar Was Attacked - Re- turned With the Vineta
 For Punishment.

BERLIN, Jan. A. - Commodore Scheder, commander of the German fleet in Venezuelan waters, officially reports the bombardment of Fort San Carlos from Maracaibo, under date of Jan. 21, as follows:
 "On the 17th inst. while the Panther was passing the Mara caibo bar"she was unexpectedly attacked by Fort San Carlos, which opened a heavy fire on her. To this the Panther replied, and a cannonade was exchanged for half an hour. Owing to the difficulties of navigation the Panther then desisted.
 ''In order to exact an immediate pun ishment for this attack, the more so as the Venezuelan government had pro- claimed it a victory, I bombarded the fort, with the Vineta, on the 21st inst. and destroyed it.''
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
His Choice of whippinss.

"I told you" said the teacher, apolo- getically, to Tommy, "that I should whip you if you did not tell your fa- ther you had run away from school, didn't IF"
 That's all right" responded Thom- as. q didn't tell him. One of your beatings is picnic compared to one of s."-Stray Stories.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
4 Little BIt of History.

Calphurnia giggled as her lord and master cleaned the furnace.
 ''You women" he growled, "have no sense of humor, anyhow"
 'Indeed," retorted his spouse, II was lauging just then at Caesars Common taries."
 With an angry glare he pulled out the joint, Eemarking that she seemed to think the job was "a pipe" anyhow.-- N. '. Times
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Coal Price. Tumble.

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 24.-The price of coal has taken big tumble, and now it can be bought at the rate which prevailed befofe the famine" All the companies have reduced the prices, the reduction going into effect at once. For the past several weeks coal has been selling here at $6.50 and $7 per ton. The reduced price at the breaker is $3.6O for stove, $3.10 for pea and $2.25 for buckwheat. The reduction will affect the whole country.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Fort Still Holds Out.

MARACAIBO, Venezuela, Jan. 24.4. At the latest reports Fort San Carlos was in the possession of the govern ment forces, and the bombardment by the German warships was still going on. There has been no material change in the situation. The gunboat Panther was the only vessel to come inside the bar. Communication with the fort is very difficult. Great excitement pre- vails in Maracaibo.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
rrine Operators to Blame.

BOSTON, Jan. 24.-The statement was brought out indirectly that the i'm crease in the cost of bituminous coal for New England is due in a large measure to the fact that the operators who control the bituminous mines have taken advantage of the necessities of the people to obtain additional profits. The witness, S. r. Burton, 5r., repre- senting Castner x Burton of Philadel- phia, was loath to express this fact in direct words, but the questioning of Senator Apsey and Representative Schofield, assisted by Attorney General Parker, elicited the fact.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
IGY Q marie BIunde CT.

"Mr. Henpecque, let me introduce you to the Count De Dippee."
 "Ah, eet ze honor to meet a musi. clan. l hear, sar, zat you an your family play ze music"
 "Why, I don't know the first thing about music"
 "Why, I hear eet all arund zat you plays second fiddle to your wife!"- Baltimore Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Mean of 7in1.

May-What's the matter, dear? Clara-My engagement with Charley is broken.
 .But thought you intended to break it?''
 ..So I sid; but the wretch went and broke it himself. f."-Stray Stories.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

cine I have used for indigestion and constipation is Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets" says Melard E. Craig of Middiegrove, N. Y. "They work like a charm and do not gripe or have any unpleasant effect For sala by all druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
The Only Test.

Blinkers-Talking about aged peo- pie, there's woman in my town who says she is 110 years old.
 Winkers-Does she remember dane. ing with George Washington?
 "No."
 "Then she's a fraud''-N. Y. Weekly.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
HAR QuNry.

She-Do I really love you, Cholly? Why, I'd sooner be>misera ble with you than happy with some other fellow
 He-Bat are you sure you won't find some other chap that you'd sooner be misearable with?-Puck.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
H1M Ct xaft vx w

Myer-What kind of feller is that man Biggerton, anyway? Gyer-Oh, he is the kind of man who thinks when he's in Europe that every thing goes wrong in Amerca.-Chica- go Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Similar Buf Different.

First Passenger-Did you get out and stretch your legs when the train stopped at the junction?
 Second ssenger-Same thing. had lem pulled at the lunch counter.- Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Saved That Inf1iction.

"Tm grateful to MT. Chumpleigh for sending me his photograph"
 "Why, l thought you hated him?"
 "Yes, but just think, he might have brought it."-Town and Country.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

For a bad taste in the mouth take few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents Warranted to cure. For sale by all druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Refrexhment for spea ker.

It is custom in the Belgian parliaa ment, when a member is making a long speech, to be supplied wis.s' brandy as a beverage, at the expense of the government.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
Live stock Market.

CATTLE-Market steady; choice. 35.269 $40; prime s5.2o; good. H.7s0S; veal
 HOGs-Market steady: prime heavies. Workers $s6O9s65; light Workers. ss.5oD 655: pigs, $6. 4bQD6 50; roughs, $6dD83
 SHEEP AND LAMBs- Market steadys best wethers xe07470: culls and com- mon, $1.75GD250; choice lambs s57S9D5.90
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24

No whist1ing in Buenos AyYes.
 Any person caught whistling in tho streets of Buenos Ayres is liable t0i be arrested. The police alone have the right to whistle.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing stock ouotatson..

Money on call easier at per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 606x per cent. Sterling exchange firm. with actual bust demand and at s48ss75G7As41 for 60 day bills. Posted rates. $4.s411 and s4.s71k04.ss. Commercial bills, $4.S3@4A Bar silver. Arc. Mexican dollars. 877sc. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds steady. .l<nnc ! . .