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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
WoMEN's CLUES A FACTOR.
Organizations of Fair Sex Are Respon. sible for Passage of Many
 Good Laws.

Even without the personal enlighten- ment that counts for so much, women 8 clubs have been potent factor in de- termining public opinion, writes Mrs.
 Martha E.. D. White, in the Atlantic. As organizations, they have realized that fin public opinion we are all legislators by our birthright" And in practice, they have found that they could actually legislate by means of this power. Leg islatiye work is undertaken by all the state federations, in urging and securing the passage of laws that deal with the conditions of women and children. In Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Illi- nois, the state federations have pro- noted the passage of bill giving joint and equal parental guardianship to minor children. The juvenile court law has been secured in California, Illinois, Maryland, and Nebraska. The Louisi- ana federation was worked successfully for the probationary law. and in Texas an industrial school has been estab- lished. Laws to raise the standard of public morality, to segregate and class ify defective and delinquent classes, to secure the services of women as factory inspectors, police matrons, and on boards of control, are other measures for which women's clubs have successfully worked.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16


 There is some good in every person created if only the right cord is touch ed at the right time. Take that man O'Brien who saved four lives in New York Saturday at the risk of his own He went away to his old haunts after he accomplished his task, thinking no more about it, apparently, than he would of attending a dog fight or a prize fight. And yet the police say he is we'll known to them as one who does scarcely anything in the way of work, when he can get along without it. His heart and his courage are in the right place, however, and may be if he was started right, or was given different encouragement after he did start, he would be occupying q posi- tion to-day worthy of his heroic act of Saturday. O'Brien wasn't selected for medal decorations in Saturdays fire parade, but he should have one all the same.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
Public Auctions in China.

most curious spectacle. The auction eer leans over slightly elevated coun : ter and exhibits his wares. He says nothing, neither does the bidder, who merely steps forward to the auctionser and runs his fingers up his sleeve, making pressure on the salesman's s arm, thus indicating how much he will pay for the article Then another and another repeat the action until the one signifying the highest price receives the article without a word being ex- changed on either side. Only the auc- tioneer and the successful bidder know the price offere9 and accepted
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
HEARD IN PASSING

Referrillp to the democratic demand for a short platform this year, the tol- lowing respectfully suggested as the only one on which the party can uhlte' Resolved That we're agin Roosevelt. Chicago Tribune.
 MT Mellen will be the leading figure ill the Connecticut delegation at OIA- cayo, and will inevitably have more influence there than MT. Brandegee or any other defender of the plan of keeping up every existing tdriff bar. pier against foreign trade.-Hartford Times
 Carroll D. Wright shows that the cost of living has increased per cent in the last year, while wages nave been decreased. General Grosvener will now hurry up figures proving that this condition is due to q fear in the country that the democrats may win in November.-Wa Washington Post.
 A faint idea of the oversupply of la Dor in Paris may be gained from a dispatch stating that there are 32,0OO applicants on the waiting list for po- sitions in the Metropolitan under ground railroad force. Employes of this railway work ten hours q day, in noxious atmosphere so dangerous to health that few last more than two years. Tn spite of the dangers, low salaries, scarcely over a dollar per day for the highest, and long hours, the company is besieged by applicants. And France is worrying over her de creasing population! Exchange. During a meeting of the Louisville presbytery last week. Delegate Flaw thorne, of Princeton. told this story of pioneer days, and vouched for it's accuracy: One of the circuit riders l in my part of the state was extremely l fond of pepper sauce, and as he could seldom find any strong enough at places where lie stopped, he always carried a bottle with him. He hap pened to be at hotel one night, l though he usually stopped at the home of friend A man sat across the 1 table from him and. seeing the sauce, asked if the minister would sharc it with him. The request was granted, and the stranger poured out a liberal l allowance Of the sauce into his soup. At the first swallow. he made q wry face and blurted out: Minister, do you preach hell?" s'Yes brother,' Was the reply, ''why do you ask ?' ''Bes l cause you are the first preacher ever saw who carried samples" was the answer. er.-Exchange. |
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
RACE or THE coWoIRLs.
Great Craning of Necks Marks Par ade of Fair Jockeys in Pre-
 pairing for Contest.

No event on the programme excites more interest than the cowgirls' race. Gays writer in Leslies Monthly, and there is great craning of necks when down before the judges stand the con- testants trip, each in trim shirtwaist and divided skirt, each matter-of-factly holding out her small feet for the spurs which a committeeman is gal lantly fitting, each in businesslike fash ion taking look herself at the fasten- 1ngs of her heavy cowboy saddle. A moment more and each has vaulted to her seat and they are jockeying for place like veterans The crowd is all upon it's feet now, yelling like mad when the real start is made. Then they are away like the wind. They ride to the manner born, fearlessly, splendidly, each bending low over her horses neck and fiercely applying whip and spur. It is a close half-mile, and the multitude holds it's breath for a second or two when, on the home stretch, they are seen coming almost neck and neck. Then one forges ahead a little-another gains-and cheer after cheer rends the air when under the wire flies little gfrl-she does not look to be more than IA years old-- with short hair flying. eyes dancing and cheeks like roses, as she looks up at the judges stand with a laugh of triumph, the Champion Lady Rider of the World according to the terms of the contest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16

Details. although to some they may appear unimportant, says one editor, is what counts with the public. That is why the reporters always record, and the papers print, the caliber of the pis- tol that the murderer or suicide em- ploys. The average reader would feel cheated if he did not learn that q thirty eight caliber British bulldog re, volver" was used, though he has not the slightest idea what a British bull dog revolver may be. But other de tails do not trouble him; he neither misses them, nor appreciates them if they are present. This callousness to certain details accounts for many things For all of Du Maurier's men being eight to ten feet tall: for all Gib- sons girls and men looking alike; for all of Remington's soldiers resembling animated fire tongs. 1t accounts also for Jim Ham Lewis being photo graphed in uniform with his sword
 which should have been saber, gird
 ed to his right instead Of his left side
 1t accounts also for mistake made by Charles Schreyvogel, q very successful new painter of military pictures. who shows a private soldier giving his horse the last drop" of water from his hat a well drawn picture, true to the ac
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16

France has sufficient water power in the country bordering on the Alps to furnish during eight months in the year 6,O0O,0OO horse power and during the rest of the year 3,OOO,OO horse power. The country being poorer in coal the people speak of the water power good naturedly as s'white coal,'' says m exchange. In the Pyrenees and elsewhere there are great stores of water power. These stores of wa ter will enable France to keep up in the race of commerce. The aggre- gate consumption of steam in France two years ago was estimated at G. 100000 horse power. Whatever may be the coming fate of the worlds coal supply, it is certain that the water SUD- ply will never give out. Whether wa ter monopoly will ever become the twin evil of the land monopoly re- mains to be seen. Y
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16

guards and past the one holding the cigar box and draw therefrom a slip of paper.
 Then, for the first time, did 1t dawn upon the prisoners what was being ex- acted of them.
 The ordeal of that moment can bet- ter be imagined than told. The fear full agony and strain which 99 of the soldiers endured was soon over with, for the orders were soon executed, and the "die was cast" Jackson Grubb was fortunate in that he was among the first to draw and he drew a white ball lot, which eventually meant life. home and loved ones in old Virginia again.
 Joseph Headrick was not quite so for tunate. being late to draw, seventy-fifth in number, but he drew white ballot also.
 The one who paid the awful penalty was No. 81 to draw. As soon as he drew the black ballot he was halted, told to step aside and the drawing ceased, He was at once marched off to Gen. Sherman's headquarters and in an hour or so afterward gunshots were heard and the fullest terms of war re- taliation had been met and satisfied.
 When MT. Headrick recalled the events of that moment tears came into his eyes, and he said that he had often faced cannon loaded with all of the deadly missiles of war; that for four days and nights he had been exposed to the shot and shell of the federals be- fore Nashville, but that none of them was as trying as when he faced that cigar box with it's 100 ballots on that spring morning in 1885,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16

If the Cuban government was con- trolled by the white ribbon temper ance societies of the north she could not have taken a more decisive step against liquor than she has done, says one writer. The new tax placed on liquors is so very high that the liquor dealers, distillers and all state that they will have to go out of business, and 1t is promised that soon those people who want "eye openers may have to take lemonade or milk instead. There seems to be no doubt that the industry in Cuba is killed. Two of the oldest liquor firms in Cuba have already closed their doors.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
STRANGE WAR STORY
DRAWING THE BLACK BALLOT
 MEANT INSTANT DEATH.
Trying Ordeal for Two Confederate Soldiers in Civil war-How Re-t taliation Was Met and
 Satisfied.

On almost any Saturday or court day there csn be seen on the streets Of Wytheville, says the Wytheville corre- spondent of the Richmond Times Dis- patch, two farmers, simple and retiring in their tastes and habits, who were called upon to undergo as trying an ordeal during the war between the states as any soldier on either side of that memorable struggle.
 The old confeds. are Joseph Headrick, farmer who lives on and owns com fortable country estate lying on the waters of Stony fork, nine miles west of Wytheville. and Jackson Grubb, like wise the possessor of goodly country home a few miles south of town.
 They, like thousands of other young mountRineers of southwest Virginia, an swered promptly to Virginia's call for volunteers in '61 and later became mem bers of the Sixty-third Virginia regi- ment, which was afterward assigned to and became a part of Gen. Palmer's brigade in Gen. Hoods army, and while in that command they were captured by some of Gen. w T. Sherman's men at Midway Station, nine miles west of Branchville, in South Carolina That was on the 7th day of February, 1865.
 Some days after their capture a fed- eral soldier was found dead in the swamps not far from Orangeburg in that state. There were marks upon his person which indicated that he had been beaten to death with clubs.
 A hasty conference of the federal of f1cers was held and they determined upon retaliation, so 100 of the 400 con- federate prisoners in their charge were marched out. and Joseph Headrick and Jackson Grubb were with them.
 Three federal officers accompanied them, and without any explanation the prisoners of war were lined lip. The three federal officers took position at 3 short distance, one of them holding above his head cigar box, while the two others acted as guards. The con- federate soldiers were then command ed to march one by one between the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
FIGHTING FOR, FREE GRASS.

The fight for free grass is now, with few exceptions, upon the skirm- ish lines where cattle and sheep inter- ests touch in their enforced division of the peoples property between them. It is but an armed truce, at all times, all along these lines. The struggle is to the death when the truce is broken, and to the victor come only spells to which he has no title, but that of possession. Even these he retains only by unceasing vigilance and aggressiveness, by never losing ground where it can be saved, and by being always ready to encroach where q neighbor shows signs of weakness. To obtain sure foothold the water supply must be secured beyond dis pute. A single spring may control il hundred thousand acres of free grass. Live stock must have water, and where watering places are few and far between the problem is simple. A homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres covers the spring Sev- eral homesteads strung along ill forty acre tracts, as the law allows, may control a river bank for many miles. On either side stretches away to the horizon the free grass of the nation,
 
 water. It is his as absolutely as if he had patent of actual possession. His empire is without metes or bounds except as he may be met at some midway point by the focks or herds of another beneficiary of free grass who has made a like discovery and located another claim upon water that most precious of all minerals. With his water supply as base, the cattle or sheep owner covers the coun- try with his far-fung herds or focks Five acres to sheep, and forty to a COW, is the modest estimate upon which the arbitrary division of free grass is based. When the pressure is too great, the cattle go first, and then the range is made bare by the sheep This is the beginning of the end. fol in this process of evolution the fence serves double purpose, for it is spread over the ground to bring a cror 1 of hay. The stockman finds he car no longer hold his own upon the free grass, and he combines the products of his own property and labor witt what he can still get from the public lands, and thus becomes q settler and l home builder, rather than a nomadiC 1 herder-Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16

There is one important fact in con nection with the session of compress just closed that cannot be overlooked, and that is the bearing of the demo- cratic majority of the house. Thanks to the untiring industry, the parlia- mentary skill, the brilliancy of intellect and the honest zeal of their leader. the Hon John Sharp Williams, the demo- crats of the house for the first time in number of years rose to the height of the political situation. But with all his energy the leader could have ac- complished little or nothing toward maintaining the strength of the oppo- sition had he not made an army out Of his followers and been most heartily seconded by his party associates in the conflict with the majority. As one of the results of this harmonious action, the democrats are inspired with fresh of the new struggle with the party of tariff spoliation, class rule and batter nalism in- government. In a session brought to premature close, with many important measures unconsid- cred, the net result of general legisla- tion is null save in the passage of the regular appropriation bills, and those are swollen beyond all precedent of republican extravaganza Tn the aban- donment of public duty, even the legls- lation for the Panama canal is left to the arbitrary will and pleasure of the president.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
Papa Was Full of Joy.

A coffee planter in Madras, India, res gently became father for the first time. He was particularly overjoyed, especially as the progeny was twins. The happy father galloped to the nearest telegraph office and wired to his wife's sister in Calcutta: Twins to-day-more tomorrow
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
Freeinr His Mind

What we need in this town sayg the Hickory Ridge Missourian, lis a good sidewalk to the cemetery. The present facilities for getting there are Wretched. Besides that, the cemetery is entitled to some recognition. ft'a the only part of the town where there have been any improvements made for the last four years. Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
Queer Railway Accident.

A southern woman has been award ed $25, ,0o0 damages from 8 railway be- cause two of her fellow passengers on one of it's trains hugged her.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
Most Valuable Cat.

long haired-Persian, is the property of Mrs. c. D. Brayton, of Brighton, Mass.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16
Youngest American Officer.

First Lieut.. R. E. Sniper, Fourteenth cavalry, U. s. A.. is the youngest officer in the army, having been born in 1882.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-16

G A 9 T o 7 1T As Bears the 3 The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature 2, LaHAzzem
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-21
DE TEATROS
la function del sabado

Ademas de "La hija del barba'',
zarzue1a en- dos actos, que gusto mu-
cho a nuestro p1blico y que no era
|nueva para Ell, puso en- eScena la COM
|paf1ia Hermida, "Gigantes y CabeZu-
dos" una zarzuela bella, hermosa, de.
la que no habfa llegado hasta nosotros
mas que Ell coro celebre de "repa-
triados''
El libreto, de Echegaray, no vale
gran cosa, pero la mtisica ST; la m1si-
ca es soberbia, grandiosa ratos, CO.
mo en- ell gran coro que precede a la
|saljda de la procession; inspirada y
tiernamente sentimental en- Ia roman
"a que canto la sefiora Beltran, con
verdadera alma de artista, sintiendo
la belleza de la partitura y revelando
los brayfos arranqHss de las nl1jeres
laTagonesas, la terquedad Sublime dC
la baturriea que no encuentra dihcul-
Itades al >cumplimiento de 10 que esta
jurado.
"JNo me jur6 delante de la Pilarica
dNe vendria casarse conmigo? pueS
Vendra lvendra, va 10 creo?"
Y dec1a este la Sefiora Beltran,
como 10 que es, como una artista de
cuerpo entero, que conoce el valor de
una Erase, que sabe en- que palsbra
esta el supreme interes de la obra y
sahe caracterizar los tipos y sabe cam
biar de modales y de voz;y de EXPIRE
sion su cara.
| En- LA Chavala', en- 'Caramelo' +,
en- cuantas otras ha tornado parte
principallsima esta inspirada artista
ha consegnido triunfar de veras; y
anoche 10 mismo, otro triunfo corona
do por una serie de ovaciones; sancio-
nado por el mas expontaneo de los
aplausos.
No queremos agotar las fraseS de
elogio tributado a la gentjl artista
por que entonces Ique lie dir1amoS en-
| las funciones venideras?
! Los dernas artistas estuvieron bien.
Bien todos menos Ell sefior Nadal que
esttivo superior y Luisito Vizcarrondo
que es de 10 mejor y mas simpatico
de la compaffa.
El efecto de la procession uesober-
bio y hermoso.
Ell director de escena nnerece I'm
nuevo APPLAUSE que puede repartir con
los gallardos soldados que cooperaron
al exito y que fueron ovacionados,
justamente con los artistas, por el pti-
blico que llenaba el teatro.
DOssissgO Oa'O<cO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-21

Alma apasiohada, Hors por TN amor
no comPrendido y acepta el sacrifcio
que lie impone la fatalidad.
Y Carmen 1loraba, lloraba &c tai
modo, que tambien hacfa llorar. -.
~
La vi en- "Caramelo'.
iEal flamenco airosa, torera de bue-
ma raza.
Elegante, juguetona, viva, decidora,
borda ell papel de Antonio, del torerito
afortunado.
Y van siguiendo sus pasos los oios
de los espectadores, arrebatados por
tanto donaire.
iEa flamenco airosa.
~
La sefiora Beltran de Nada1 posee
una voz de timbre delicioso y bastan-
tie extensa.
Es una actriz de conciencia.
Tendra dfas de gloria.
Que asf sea.
Jose .NercNdO
(MOMO.l
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-21

lEs que es verdad que Sc siente nor
|teamericano7
Pero no nos conteste Ell irnpetuoso
colega hasta el sabado, porque proba-
blemente nosotros no volveremos no.
tar hasta el lunes La falta de origina--
les.
lAh, y no Sc divide e1 peri6dico que
tiene nombre de ave de decirnos como
es que ha podido llegar a aguila en-
estas latitudes y 81 no siente los efec-
tos asfxiantes de nuestra temperature.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-21
Hacia la altura
(soBRE ARTE Y LETRAsl
Carmen Beltran de MadaI


En- constante comercio con la vieia
Espafia, mi terra puertorriquef1a, po-
blada por seres de imagination pode-
rosa, habfa conseguido la separation
administrative y la asinilacion lite
raria.
lDesdichada autonomfal
Quede en- la fosa esa pobre y querida
muerta.
En- cultura literaria y artfstica va
Espaia a vanguardia.
Mi TERRA heredo parte de esa cul-
tura.
Nuestros escritores, poetas y misi-
cos, dieron de clio gallarda muestra.
Un dfa, cumplida una ley inexora-
Bile, los tristes islefios virnos 1legar a
las tranquilas playas de Puerto Rico
hombres que hablaban una lengua ex-
trsfia.
El canon americana abrio otra fosa.
Y a esa fosa rodo, fatalmente heri-
da, nuestra joven literature.