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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
HEARD IN PASSING

Accursed will be the hand that on any pretext or for any reason filings a new firebrand among the nations.- New York Sun. .s -- ,
 A few people nowadays distinguish themselves for what they haven't done A 7o-year--old Brooklyn woman has never crossed the bridge.-Norwich Bulletin.
 Lou Dillon will race without arti- fictal aids this year. but Theodore Roosevelt still clings to the wind shield of federal patronage Louis Post-Dispateh. - :.- e%za~ s
 Although New Britain's chief of po- lice called the prosecuting attorney liar, he didn't go so far as to charac- terize him as a parallelopipeuon.- Hartorfd Post. .-
 Norwalk has the new railroad sta tion fever again and the attack has reached the big-headlines-in s-in-tne local papers stage Norwalk's station on the Danbury branch can scarcely be class ed among the beauty spots of that city.--Norwalk Hour.
 Waterbury voters have come to the New Britain idea that the present cau- GUS law is a legislative inpertinence, which works directly in the interest of machine made politics. Wherever 1t has been tested it has been condemn ed.---New Britain Herald.
 Gray horses are hereafter to be used exclusively by the Russian artillery be- cause they are said to be stronger and more enduring than those of any other color So if the Japanese harmon to meet 1p with a red-haired girl they will have the considerable advantage of knowing that the Russian artillery is close at hand.-Brooklyn Eagle.
 The majority of the people are prone to gr,lmble about the price of coal especially during very severe Wln> ter. They apparently forget that to mine coal and t0htransport it toaIhelr homes Or places Of s business 4s'costs something besides dollars and cents They forget that it always costs un- told danger and hardship for the miners, and frequently costs hundreds of lives in a mining disaster.-Canaan News.
 Radium is now in a fair way to be- come the universal panacea of every i'll. According to all the claims made for it, it will be cure-all, an elixir of life, fountain of youth and beauty specific rolled into one. And when it gets so cheap that no family will be without it., everybody will be. healthy, happy, young and beautiful. In other words. it's enthusiastic adyo- cates intimate it will be the radium ray which will raise humanity to riot ous nature.-Baltimore American.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1904.

An ailment which seems of late to have caused considerable uneasiness in New York financial centers, says Golfers Weekly, is local irritation, as the physicians would say, and it should be called 'Rooseyeltophobia." :" Certain great financial interests have been hit by two conspicuous acts of the present administration--the prose- cution of the Northern Securities Go and the new antitrust law-and they have persuaded themselves that the man who did these things is unsafe for the presidency, They have so, in- jected the virus of this belief into the easily susceptible '.stpeet" that the financial quarter is5 all a-fever with the malady. The cry "Unsafe' Is echoed throughout New York as the cry "unclean,'' was wont to be heard about the leper novels. of Palestine. The republican, party wants Roosevelt, and will not be denied. Root, Hay and few others were approa ched, and they gave the same reply Wall street must face the fact. ''--'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

The value of athletics in a college education is still debatable, if one looks over the conflicting opinions of presidents and professors, says a writer in sporting journal But it is seldom that the head of an institu- tion makes so rabid and senseless an attack as that of Dr s. F. Taylor, pres ident of Stephens college, Columbia, Mo. He was feeling bit bilious the morning he made these remarks, it is only charity to assume: T think that any man who will play football is a fool, and any college president who en- courages such brutal and degrading sport is encouraging brutality and spirit of crime. Two-thirds of the work done in the gymnasiums here, and. in other parts of the country, IS positively injurious. and l tell you there is not an athlete or gymnast in the United States to-day who will live to the age of 60." Inasmuch as there are thousands of men, hale and hearty and long past 60 in this country and England who were athletes ill their youth, and there are scores of thou sands who are developing their bodily powers now, who will be efficient workers unto the third generation, such a silly explosion is hardly worth notice. It is Interesting as a relic of a dark age, a tottering survival of a twisted viewpoint that was long ago buried to be dug out by this college president, who thereby shows himself unfit to have the care of youth, other than in classes of embroidery. knitting and other elegant accomplishments. " Poor President Taylor! Too bad he did not learn in his youth the vital inn portance of wholesome and systematic exercise to make his mind and body proof against the dyspepsia and gloom which have unbalanced his judgment and made him incapable of observa- tion. ..s2 s%.s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

Not in a generation has a bill in- troduced in congress provoked such a feeling of alarm and indignation as has Foraker's latest bill. Coming at a time when the people are marshall ing all that is left to them of power to check the power of the rapacious combina tions, and when the worst of them are under fire, the proposition to undo all that has been done for the. protection of the country against these predatory organizations the Foraker bill is doubly alarming, and the fact that it is presented by the spokesman of the president intensifies the feeling of dismay. The comments of the dem- ocrats in the senate and house Of rep resentatiyes indicate how clearly the danger is realized and how unanimous is the condemnation of thez mea sure among those on whom will fall, tue burden of the fight to prevent the en- actment of this measure into law. The Foraker proposition is regarded as a throwing aside, on the part of the republicans, any pretense of opposing the trusts and the notification that prospective contributions of Wall street to the republican campaign fund are deemed of more importance than the sympathy of the people who are fighting for deliverance from the mergers and illegal combinations of railroads with the aggregations that control production, such as the coal trust and the beef trust.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

holdings in Washington and Idaho. and the Northern Pacific companies are the mast extensive privately own ed tracts of land for which the bureau of forestry has ever been asked to prepare working plans. The field work will begin next summer. How long it will continue before figures enough are secured on which to base plans intellfgently it is impossible at pres ent to state. The task of putting all these lands under careful manage ment is of great magnitude, and only one familiar with the nature of the forests of the northwest can appreci- ate it's difficulties. But great as these difficulties are, one accomplished, far outweigh them. It is another proof of the profound interest and confidence which the west has come to feel in the practical results of forestry that the two greatest land-holding companies of the Pacific coast and Rocky Noun tain states, the one representative of the lumber, the other of the railroad interests of that country, should have called on the bureau ofrforestry for expert advice in managing their lands. The main timber supply of the United States is contained in the northwestern states, and the great ad- vances which forestry has made in that part of the country must be re- garded everywhere as of general ben eft '@
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
SHELLS FLYING AROUND.

SmntO Domingo still Suffers From
 Rebels Siege.
 SANTO DOMINGO, Feb, 12. - The French cruiser Troude has arrived here to protect French subjects on the is- land. The Spanish cruiser Rio de Ia Plata has left.
 The San Thomas, q French steamer which has arrived here from Europe, has been unable to discharge her car go. The captain was afraid to enter the river, and the lighters refused to go outside.
 The firing around this city continues, many shells fall inside, and property Is being damaged,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

foreign progressive influences It carried with mendou import the destiny of China and its moral and political aspects and its trade possibilities in the future.
 Had that vital chapter m 1897 the United States would played part it. We should simply mortified but passive Even with minister should been DEPENDENT ON OTHER POWERS for his 
 But chapter and the United States instead of looking with helpless horror played great and leading part the supendous drama. much that considering both the moral the physical aspects the United States exercised the DOMINANT influence. troops the first reach Chinese capital the embargo Our controlling in shaping the settlement
 the United States that prevented the outbreak from be- coming general insisting that should be only and thus keeping of the hands powerful southern It the United States that ENFORCED MODERATION the adjustment and brought all the reasonable indemnity. >& =, '~* ~~.4<-
  HEARD, AND ITS INFLUENCE WAS POTENTIAL.
 What the explanation of the difference what would been the 1897 what 19O02 It simply the fact that between States had stretched it's the in the We China because had already gone the Philippines there by right, WE WERE THERE WITH FORGE. ....
 WENT cHtNEsE FIRE BECAUSE WE HAD A HOUSE NEXT DOOR
 The whole movement logical development We had have world interests before could become world had to be world power before could the worlds We had to sit the worlds council table before could THE WORLDS PEACEMAKER, largely become We already dominated the because tho power but before could exercise eastern
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
N ' Frederick Weyerhaeuser, q

. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, a;i presi- dent of the Weyerhaeuser Timber company. has signed an agreement with the bureau of forestry by which the bureau agrees to prepare, working plans for the conservative manage ment of about 1,3OO,oO0 acres of the company's timber lands in Washing ton. By the agreement. copy of
 which is herewith given, the Weyer. huaser company agrees to defray the living and travelling expenses of agents of, the bureau engaged in the
 work. The Northern Pacific Railway company has also requested that the
 bureau of forestry prepare working plans for it's enormous timber land
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
ATHLETES

don't get their almost superhuman strength by resting, but by continual exercise. Tie up your arm and see how quickly it e will lose its strength. Diet rest your stomach and see how soon it becomes inn possible to digest the lightest food.
 Eat good nourishing food and take Dr. Deane's Dyspepsia Pills and see how quickly your stomach becomes willing and anxious to do it's part. White wrapper if constipated, yellow if bowels are regular.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

Lest Yoa Forget ~ Let US tell yod once more That the Evening Democrat Is the Best Advertising Medium In Waterbury. Remember that it Holds the Record For Answers to Want Ads. Ninety-two written replies Received through the mails In answer to One Little Twenty-Five Cent Ad. A trial will convince yoa That it pays you to Be progressive and Patr0nize the Best.
 1t Costs No More Than The Other Kind. ..*
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
FULTON MARKET.
We Have Been Surprised

at the large number of orders for mon- ument and cemetery work that we have already received. It is none too early to order work in this line which may be wanted for spring, and with the stock work we are making up our men are pretty busy.
 Gall at the works on Beaver street and N Y. N. H. and Fl. R. R. and see how stone is worked by the most i'm proved and up to date machinery. ThOS Jackson Successor to Charles Jackson & Son.
 312-31S BANK STREET.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
BOARD OF RELIEF NOTICE.

Waterbury, Feb 1, 1904. The Board of Relief of city of Wa terbury will be in session at City hall February 8, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, IF and 20, from to p. m., als' February 6, 13 and 20 from to p. m., for the pur- pose of hearing appeals from doings of the assessors.
 I. A. SPENCER,
 M. F. PERl-INSON. JOHN HEALY. 2-1-tf
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

all wildly remember the violent Boxer outbreak in China It was momentous CONTEST BETWEEN
 CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM. It involv- ed mighty issue to whether the great oriental
 empire should settle back into deeper isolation and exclusivsm or whether it should be further opened
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
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 14 days. EOc.
Evening journal., 1904-11-28
FASHIONS AND
DAINTY ACCESSORIES IN FURS
StEes-R0yaI Erine FaVOrSabLe Skins
Styles Both White and
Black Mourning WearOr-
lone Novel; n

However, to get down to the things
that the average American beauty is
more likely TO possess, il is a great COM
fort TO those who hate to have their pos
sessions shipped all TO pieces in the
making that the reigning fad where
sables are concerned calls for the use OF
the whole skin. In so many clever ana
ingenious ways is this done that the girl
who purchases one OF two skins this sea-
son can use them TO her hearts content,
and yet preserve them whole and un-
spoiled for further manipulation later on.
The most fascinating neck pieces are
made OF two sable skins, Joined by the
heads in the middle Of the back, and the
little paws, claws and tails left just
where nature put them. The skin Is
mounted with a very slight padding Of
cotton between it and the lining. and is
intended to be worn loosely around the
neck or on the shoulders, as the case may
be. Makes one think OF the way in which
the savages wear their furry possessions,
does it not?
For good, hard, everyday wear there
Evening journal., 1904-11-28
The Richest and Most Luxurious PeItS
Used WhOIe-PerSian Lamb for
Black, One of the Latest Novelties
tunes in Sable Neck Pieces Alone

'twere hard to tell the old scarf from the
new.
And the smaller pieces, those dainty
little scraps that are shaped to be fas-
tened tightly around the throat, coming
together with either a cord loop or a
fancy cut steel or silver clasp-they are
Just the same in their rejuvenescence,
and have the same fascinating little tabs
or sets of tabs for a finish.
One thing, though. the modern belle
does with her ermine that grandma never
did with hers, is 10 wear it in contrast
with other furs. Other generations
thought ermine was fashionable enough
in itself, but the latte--day luxury is to
use ermine in conjunction with other
furs.
The piquant contrast Of black and
white is cleverly exemplified in the use
OF this royal white fur upon the dyed OF
natural black ones. Upon Persian lamb
black fox (which skins are really mors
expensive than ermine and run close in
price with those OF the finest grade i'm
perial sablesl, black lya= and the new
Evening journal., 1904-11-28

conner, black caracul. the ermine is used
not only ms a smart little neck scarf, but
likewise for revers, fancy cuffs OF a
thousand and one different designs. band
ings, and often it is used in yoke shape
or to define the yoke Of very fancy
black fur coat.
Sables, Of course, are never out OF
style, and their lucky possessors are usu-
ally well and abundantly able TO have
them altered to suit the latest caprice.
They say that the supply is growing very
scant indeed, and the fine dark pelts,
being few in number, are commanding a
price abroad that is almost prohibitive.
Very few Of the best skins ever leave
Europe, however, for there is a suffi-
cient demand from royalty of several ma
tons to use up the available supply each
year entirely.
A visit TO Gruenwaldts, at st. Peters
burg is likely TO be highly interesting to
the girl who loves fine furs and can ap
preciate them. a mantle intended fol
the Czarine Of Russia was five years in
tie making, only the darkest natural
Evening journal., 1904-11-28

skins being used; and at its completion
il was valued at the equivalent Of fifty
thousand dolarsl The matter of the
style of this garment doubtless caused
the furrier much thought. and il is
interesting to note that he made il into
a long and extremely full cape with
markee shawl point in the back. The
stripes of the sable are matched and
made TO meet In the middle In a bias
point or V all down the center back. The
garment then rounds up somewhat to-
ward the 'front.' the back coming well on
the train Of the dress, while the front is
only about ankle length. Two circular
ruffles of the fur, with the stripe run
ming continuously in the center. and
each volant edged with the little tails,
run all around the garment and make a
cascade down the front. The sides are
slit to admit huge pendent sleeves, or
rather simulations Of sleeves, through
which the hands may be thrust. One
wonders if this may be taken as the style
that viii prevail in fur wraps for some
little time TO comel
Evening journal., 1904-11-28

This Is the time when the girl who has
had careful and thrifty ancestors blesses
her stars for their foresight, if they have
only saved their furry possessions for her
use to-day. For all Of the furs that
grandmother wore in the days of her
belleship, as well as those that we're in
vogue when our mother were young
they are all of them right in the front
rank of fashion once more.
And what is better still, the very same
shapes-with almost inconsiderate and
trifling changes-as they made their last
appearances in are the ones that are
most in favor and rule the fashionable
roost to-day.
First and foremost, Of course. comes
ormine; and the long straight scarf that
grandma used to wind once or twice
around her slender throat is exactly what
hsr granddaughter is seeking to-day. The
little groups of tails-heads were not so
much used Ia those days. nor In these
ore tackled IN at just about the same
places; and save for the yellowing OF
Lac (whica q clover fusr;er can -cu9re)
Evening journal., 1904-11-28

is a sudden spurt Of returning favor for
Persian lamb. For a few seasons this
was neglected, chiefly, one imagines, be-
cause Of the clever limitations for the
fur In cloth and plush; but now II has
renewed all of its pristine fashion, and
I is offered IN all OF the staple shapes and
few fancy ones as well.
Evening journal., 1904-11-28


The muffs are so delightfully."- various
that It would be a hard task 20 tell which
we're the prettiest. In ermine there ara
some square ones which look for all the
world as though they had been made OF
number of separate scarfs, with the
top folded over so that there is a double
row Of fringed tails showing In front.
And a mord about the fur toques and
the fur-trimmed hat. Those eminently
Incoming picturesque shapes are trimmed
with plumes and tulle and ermine In the
most distractingly pretty fashion. The
sable draped toques have already been
referred TO; and the mink turbans and
the military looking toques in caracul
aud broadtail are decorated with white
velvet camellias, or with dahlias in all OF
the natural tints, or with the Christmas
roses. Except the dahlias one sees bur
very little colored flowers upon the fur
or fur-trimmed hats.
But take it all in all, no matter what
the size Of the purse may be. furs and
plenty OF them are what the winter belle
knows of long experience are most be-
coming; and fascinating indeed does she
look with her furry possessions daintily
draped above and below her fair face.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-01

that there are many places III New
York City where men will Kill a
stranger and chuck him into the river
for 10 cents. Ask him what sort Of
a government the people have and he
Will tell you the taxpayer is systemat-
ically robbed. that the streets are dirty
and the police rotten, and in league
with thugs. There isn't one bit OF
truth in it from what l saw. l ann
convinced that New York is the best
governed city in America, and i think
that is the opinion of Lincoln Steffens
and other unprecedented men, who have
made graft in cities "A study.
Government in New York has been
an evolution. They have had their
Tweed regime, but George Jones, II
the Times. assisted by that great law
yer Samuel j. Tilden, destroyed Tweed
and his system. Later Croker tiour-
ished for time, but even Tammany
grew away from his system. Other
cities Philadelphia, st. Louis, Chicago
aud Minneapolis. are going thru the
experiences now that New York has
passed thru. But the man for the hour
has arisen in st. Louis, and it is only
a question of time when some brave,
equipped man will free Phila-
delphia. Chicago is a different prob
lem Many believe that she has with
in herself. the seeds of a new political
life
The pessimist will find little to con-
sole him in present conditions in New
York City. l will admit that Ida Nj.
Tarbel in McClure's. and Henry George
In Pearson's, are telling stories that
cannot fail to make men hang their
heads in shame. Yet, the methods IT
Wall street. bad n they are. Infinitely
better than they We're in the days OF
Jay Gould and jim Fisk. Schemes
however. infamous in motive. are pro-
jected and carried on in strictly or
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-01

that we are growing more corrupt, all
the evidence is that we are gaining.
These conditions will arise as men are
called on to lreet new conditions, new
plans, new schemes. They will have
to be met, worked out and overthrown
and while this is being done, there may
seem to be a retrogression, but in the
long run there is gain. Our national
government, most of our state govern
rnents, some of our municipal govern
ments, and notably New York, are
cleaner. better, more honestly admins
tered than they had ever been. This
and we'll grounded belief in the ulti-
mate triumph of universal suffrage
lead one to take an optimistic view of
the future.
d w. NORRIS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-01

ly, and the decencies of commercial re-
lations are observed.
Let us look backward so or 50 years
and see how these schemes were fuf-
thered then: when delivery day came
for stock sold short printing presses
were started and fraudulent certificates
We're issued. When the men guilty oil
forgery were arrested, judges were
purchased outright for so much money.
When legislation hostile to these VII
lains was proposed, they simply set
aside so much money and bought the
legislature. When the great editor
Samuel Bowles got too severe, he was
abducted and thrown into Jail. When
Dorman b Eaton refused to cease his
attacks he was set upon by hired thugs
and beaten into iusensibility. And yet,
these scoundrels went unpublished.
Does it not seem strange that such
things could have been possible
within the memory of men not old,
could have happened in your recoliec-
ton and In mine in the heart of civili-
zation
We look back now and simply Won
der. SO the student of affairs will look
back 80 or 80 years hence and wonder
that this generation permitted the dew
iltries of the Standard Oil Co. the
Vaccinations of the men responsible
for the United States Steel Corporation,
for the United States Shipbuilding
Company, the Asphalt Terminal and
the wrecking of the Third Air Railway.
Men then will wonder that cities like
Philadelphia, st. Louis Chicago, Pitts
burg. and Minneapolis, endured their
municipal rottenness so long. We are
not only better than we We're but we
shall continue to grow better. Munich
pal governments, state governments,
may be more corrupt than they were
fifty. years ago but it doesn't follow