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Gilpin observer., 1904-01-07
OCTOBER

5-Balfour named new cabinet.
CIV. s. Bissell died. Buffalo.
7-Shipyard trust disclosures.
S-Russia stayed in Manchuria.
S-Chinese- American trade treaty.
Gilpin observer., 1904-01-07

3O-Lowell mills idle.
S1--Young Corbett whipped McGovern.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
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FREEZE AND STORE WATER
Liquid to Be Used for Irrigation Pur- poses Is Allowed to Congeal
 Until Needed.

A traveling man recently returned from a trip through Montana, says the Philadelphia Record, tells of curious method he saw there for storing water needed for irrigation purposes. This consists of nothing more or less than freezing the water until 1t is wanted.
 As soon as the weather becomes such as to melt this ice it is fit for the opera tions requiring the water. The plan, which so far is in the nature of an ex- pertinent, consist of making a series of shallow basins on the slope of hill in such locations that, when water is plentk- full, they may be filled, each of those below the highest receiving successively the overflow from the one above
 Once frozen the ice in the shallow res ervoirs is there until the thaw sets in, when it melts so slowly as to keep up a supply of moisture sufifficient for the germination and growth of the early crops. This unique method has been tried so far only in the vicinity of Dillon, but it appears to be successful and is to be given a trial in several other favor able localities.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
GETS LEAP YEAR PROPOSAL
Western Senator Receives Tendsrl i Epistle from Kansas woman-~
 His Secretary Answers It.

A certain western senator, whose name was recently included in list Of eligible widowers and bachelors of the senate, has received an application from the state of Kansas. The lady puts the marital proposition in very frank manner, all of which she proba- ply justifies because this is leap year She writes:
 Dear Senator: I read you are one of the widowers of the senate who would more than likely be the one who would be next to get married Now, write you this to ask you. fl you are not engaged to any lady. if you would consider myself as candidate for that sacred trust I am a widow 56 years old, and should like q good and loving husband, one whom could love and trust I. find life too lone some to live without good man. You may think this very impertinent in me to write you, but assure you l am no adventures, only one who is so lonely and there are no eligible men in this town.
 'tI will wait with patience your ans swer; then I will tell you more of my self and who am
 The senator's response to this tender missive was written by his secretary. who is an unfeeling man and Gully capable of slamming the door in the. face of hope.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
FENCING ART CAME FROM ITALY

Although the Germans were always redoubtable at the rougher games of swordsmanship, 1t is in Italy that we find the first development of that him. bier, more regulated, more cunning, better controlled play which we have learned to associate with the term fencing. It is from Italy that fencing as a refined art first spread over Flu rope, not from Spain, as it has been asserted by many writers.
 It is in the Italian rapier play of the late sixteenth century that we find the foundations of fencing in the mod ern sense of the word The Italians if we take their early books as evil dence. and the fact that their phrase ology of fence was adopted by all Eu- rope-were the first to perceive (as soon as the problem of armor breaking $ ceased to be the most important one in fight the superior capabilities for elegant slaughter possessed by the point as compared with the edge. They accordingly reduced the breadth of their sword. modified the hilt portion thereof to admit of readier thrust ac- ton, and relegated the cut to quite a secondary position in their system. With this lighter weapon they devised in course of time that brilliant, cun- ming catlike play known as rapier fencing.
 The rapier was ultimately adopted everywhere by men of courtly habit, but in England at least it was not ac- cepted without murmur and vitupera- ton from the older fighting class of sword -Cornhill Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
PROFITS OF SALOON KEEPER

Tn +iho course of a divorce case which Judge Dubois was hearing one party was a well known saloon keep CT of Providence and the wife's law yer sought to bring out from the tesd- mony of a witness for the husband some statement as to the amount of tho latter's income. The witness is both n wholesaler and retailer of liq- uor. He owns three saloons in this city, so what he says on the subject of a saloons revenue may be consid- cred authoritative.
 s'The earnings of saloon depend largely on the locality in which it is placed" he said. By that I mean that in some neigh7borhdods the pro prietor of saloon has to give larger glasses of beer than in another nnd that he has to give away more liquor for nothing in the form of treats in or der to hold his customers. If +he most favorably situated saloon takes in $500 a week. it is fair esti- mate that one-third of that will be clear profit after paying rent, help and other expenses. From that point the net profit varies to one-si&th, which represents the clear earnings on a gross income of $500 week in the To- cality where 1t is necessary to treat customers" From the Providence Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
ODD CONTEST FOR BRIDE.
Members of Wild Thibetan Tribes En@ ter Matrimonial Life Under
 Many Difficulties.

Among some of the wilder Thibetan tribes in the Koko-nor there is a curious marriage ceremonial function, says Booklovers Magazine This consists ln placing the girl, on her wedding morn, In the upper part of a tree, while her male relatives remain on the lower limbs-or else in the back part Of her fathers tent or hut, while these same relatives guard the entrance in each case the later being armed with lolo. thorn sticks.
 The groom, when these preparations have been completed, rides up and ans nounces his intention of seizing the bride. This requires fortitude, for the relatives beat him numerically when he attempts to reach the woman. If he manages to elude his assailants and touch the toe of the woman. she is his, he is welcomed into the family and com plimented on his ardor. Should he fail, he suffers not only the inconvenience oE being wifeless, but the loss of cattle and other presents given during the negotia tions. By the sale of girl to one man however, the father does not relinqulah his claim upon her, but may sell her to other suitors who come afterward, until she may have half dozen husbands.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
STRAINED ANKLE WHILE FOOT
 SLEPT.

It is not well to let your feet sleep. Whenever you experience that pecul- liar numbness in the lowest extremi- ties that presages little nap for them, take vigorous methods at once to bring them back to wakefulness. If you. do not you may regret your omission, as young man from Syra- cuse who has been stopping in this city now does.
 The young man is George L. Wright, son of Chief of Police Wright of Syra- cuse. He came to the city to start work as a chairman on the survey of the line of the proposed barge canal, and with friend went to the Majes- tic last evening. During the progress of the play he sat with one foot rest ing across the other leg When the curtain fell at the close of the final act, he arose to go out with his friend As the foot was placed on the floor and received the weight of his body he felt sharp pain and had to sit down. He was assisted out, and Dr Douglas was seen. He gave the in formation that the tendons of the foot and ankle were badly sprained and he would be incapacitated from active work for some time.-From the Utica Observer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
COLLECTING TRANSFERS.
A New Hobby That Street Gar Con ductors Run Across s-Odd Ones.

A New Hobby That Street Gar Con
 ductors Run Across-Odd Ones.
 Transfer, please,' said a passen- ger on a Broadway car
 Where to?" asked the conductor.
 T don't care" answered the man. Any old place. I'm not going to use 1t anyhow"
 'tCollectin' 'em?'' inquired the con ductor, and the passenger nodded.
 It wasn't the rush hour and the conductor had time to talk. That's the newest freak he explained to Collecting transfers I suppose about once week some chap tackles me tor a transfer to add to his collec- ton. Of course we don't hear that part of it officially. We've got to give transfers when they're asked for, and what's done with them is none of our business.
 "A man who travels with me quite often showed mo the other day a collection of nearly four hundred transfers that he'd gathered They represented about every city in the country of more than 10000 popula- ton. This man said he'd picked them up on his own travels, through friends in various places, and even by writing to the street railway com panies direct for them.
 fAll transfers are patterned on the eame general style nowadays. That as. they are marked off into little sec tions containing the transfer points; the hours and minutes for the time limit; the dates, and so on. The con ductor punches one of each of the sections.
 "Out in Salt Lake City they still use system that used to be followed on the Jersey City trolleys, but was given up several years ago. On the transfer are printed a lot of little pictures of men and women and child ren. There is man with smooth face; a man with mustache and a man with full beard young wo- man and an old woman; boy and a girl The conductor punches the pie ture that most nearly resembles the person to whom the transfer is is- sued. The system never became pop i1lar. For one thing women didn't like it. It was a pretty old lady who didn't get huffy if the young woman's face wasn't punched for her.
 Tn Kansas City they are particular whether you are going to transfer north. east, south or west, so there is printed on the transfers compass showing these four points, and the direction you are going is punched out
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
SCOUTING WITH TELEPHONE.

Scouting with the aid of the teie- phone has become one of the features of modern warfare, and is now pelhg made use of by the Japanese.
 Two scouts proceed from the lines toward the enemy; one, the observer, is a skilled army officer, who makes inc observations. which are transmit fed hack to. headquarters through a telephone line paid out from reel car ried by an electrician of the signal corps.
 IA ground return is used. the ground being made by thrusting bayonet or hatchet into the earth. and attaching ona and of the line to it. The elec- trician carries a battery on his back. He also makes the connection and does the talking. A special conductor is used which will stand the rough usage. In this manner a scout may be able to stay out long time and give valuable information without be ing obliged to make numper oI uaA. aas' ardous trips to the front From the Western Electrician
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
ONE WAY TO STOP A DOG FIGHT

T saw an ugly dog fight stopped in very handy manner the other day." says an agent whose business takes him to almost every section of the city.
 1t was between Il couple of bull dogs, and they went at 1t i'll manner that threatened to put ar end to the life of both Finally each got hold that could not be broken, and the men looking on were afraid that the dogs would kill each other. 1t was | short instance from a saloon, and q young man who appeared to be interested in one of the dogs as owner ran to the saloon and brought out a bottle Of selt- ger water. Approaching the fighting dogs he aimed the syphon at their faces and pressed the lever There was stream of water straight into the mix-up of struggling and growing animals, and it had scarcely touched their eyes when they let go instantly and ran in opposite directions, yelping like whipped puppies. "-U Utica Obsery-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
NEW YORK, THE MOUSE TRAP
View of Our Shore Line Brings Com parison to a Grouchy Commuter.


 New York" said the commuter who was coming to town to work un- der protest, t'reminds me of one of those old fashioned mouse traps.
 "See it? The old fashioned trap, you know, was just round piece of wood with little holes in the edge for the mouse to stick his head in, ex- Epecting to find something inside. When he got his head in and began to nibble bis bait, the wire loop sprang up and choked him to death.
 "Now there are holes all around the edge of Manhattan-I mean the ferry slips-and we suckers from out of town rush through them every morning thinking that we are going to get something on the inside. but most of us get it where the mouse did
 "There Is another point of similar ity that you have forgotten" remark ed the grouchy mans companion. "They baited the old mouse trap with cheese suspended on a wire just in side the. entrance to the hole. There is saloon opposite every ferry slip hole along the Manhattan water front. The cheese bait is on every free lunch bar''
 And when the human mice scramb- led from the boat through the hole the work-hater seemed to have an in tuition that the cost of going in where the cheese is kept was on him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
CHOOSING A SEAT.
It is Good Deal of Lottery, How ever You Decide, Says Careful Man.

1t IS a Good Deal of a Lottery, How
 ever You Decide, Says Careful Man.
 Picking out seat in a car" said the careful man, Ifs good deal of n lottery. I always look along the car as go in, and never sit down next q drunken man, nor next man who Is alseep. for either of these may topple over with his head on your shoulder the next minute. And l never take q seat next man who is reading q paper spread wide open, for he may spread it just the same in front of you after you have sat down.
 And, of course, l never sit next to a man who is sitting slowed around and with his legs crossed, for l know that the minute have taken my seat he is likely to throw his leg over again, this time in front of me, aud to hem me in uncomfortably.
 "And then I never take seat next to fat man, for he not only occupies his own seat, but makes the next one narrower. would think well of a seat next to thin lady, but, now that the arms between the seats have been removed she is likely to move the other way when some other lady comes in. and so make room between you and her, with the result that you get crowded worse than ever.
 .sI never choose seat next to two men talking, for they are likely to be turned toward each other, and so slowed around more or less over the adjacent seats; and, engrossed as they are in themselves and their conversa. ton, they never move up and give you all the space you are entitled to when you sit down.
 ''T did once think that small boy sitting squarely in the center of his seat was the best passenger to sit next to, he gave you so much added space, on the side of your seat toward him. anyway. But long ago discovered the fallacy of that idea. and now I never sit next a small boy if can help it, he is likely at any minute to twist around in his seat to look out Of the window and then you are up against it good and hard, or rather he is in that manner up against you.
 T suppose my choice of a seat, when see such one. is seat between two spare, elderly and precise men, each sitting squarely and primly in the center of his seat with his arms close beside him, and his legs close in and straight up and down in front of him i'll line with his body.
 If you light on a seat between two men like that, why you have most comfortable seat, with plenty of room on both sides, and with all your rights respected; but 1t may be that at the next station one of the spare, elderly, precise men gets out and his place is taken by a man weighing 26S pounds. or by some gentle, thoughtful, polite man who throws himself down in that seat any how and crosses his legs and throws over in front of you a foot as big as canal boat.
 '"So, really, ahy wa. you fix it, and the best you can do, choosing seat in an elevated car is a good deal of lot tery."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
Banh-Note Paper.

The Bank of England note is not Of the same thickness throughout. It is thicker in the left-hand corner, so as to retain keener impression of the wig nette there, and it is also thicker in the dark shadows of the center letters and beneath the figures at the ends. Coun- terfeit notes are thus quickly detected. as they are invaiably of the same thick ness throughout
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
Emigrants Like America Best.

Of the 2,5O0,O00 emigrants of German nationality who left the fatherland dur Ing the B years since the formation of the empire, 9o.7 per cent. came directly to the United States. With all the efforts that have been made to stimu- late emigration to Brazil and to the German colonies in Africa and Asia, 1t has dwindled to meager fragment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
Ernotiona in Fish.

Change of color is one of the best indexes to the emotions of the fish When the fish Is sick it's color is apt to be faint, while when in health. angry or breeding the colors stand out brightly and vividly.Nature
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
strength of Locomotive.

The average locomotive will draw 300 tons of goods mile every three minutes. It would take man and his team ten times as long to haul sin gle ton for one mile
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
Ask Shakesneare

Little Willie-Papa, do they have doc- tors to treat pigs?
 His Papa-Yes, my son; only they are called veterinary surgeons. Why do you ask?
 T was just wondering who cured bacon" !"-Stray Stories.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
Cost of German Arlnv.

To keep the whole German army in the field for one week would cost ESQ., GOO. .0o0.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
Human Cud-Chewers.

There are cases on record of rumi- nation, or cud-chewing, in human be- ings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
Comes Hard

Patience is the perfume of crushed 1oys.-Chicago Tribune
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27
Antidote for Booze

Vaccination is new cure for drunken Ress.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-27

 loving heart.
 And thewriter of the letters prayed for the opening of a correspondence between them preparatory, If mutually agreeable, to meeting at some future time. E An exchange of letters now ensued. Each day becoming more and more inti- mate, they confided to one another the stories of their youth, their hopes for the future and how and why they had had recourse to Mme. de Saint Elms. The interview between the two could no longer be delayed. Adrien Bastide announced his intention to visit Chatil- lion in a fortnight, and the affair was readily and easily arranged.
 Mile. Desriguy would advise with some old friends of the family who would be glad to assist her. There would be noth- ing risked in acquainting them how mat ters were few days in advance of the coming of her fiance. Her fiance! An, how sweet that word was to pronounce: how deliciously 1t made her heart throb. Finally the great day came and Her. nance was notified that M, Bastide would present himself at her house at two o'clock.
 Everything in and around the house had been put in perfect order, and all was ready. Hermance kept repeating to her servant:
 T hear some one coming, Ionette.' "Mademoiselle has said that very often'
 Well. don't go to sleep in the porch.
, 1904-08-25

Brehm Informs us hat the flesh of
the young peacock is very delicate aats
has IA wild odor" which is very agree
He thinks an old bird fit only
for stewing. The Greeks must have
found II marvellous costly feeding IL
1t re true, as Aelian says, that a single
bird was worth a thousand drachmas
nearly EGO. The esteem in which it
was held in the last days of the Roman
republic did not diminish under the
imperial regime.
Vitellius inc Heliogabalus served up
to their boon companions enormous
dishes Of peacocks' tongues and brains
seasoned with the rarest indian spices.
In medieval days 1t was still held in
favor. particularly as a Christmas
dish, and MINISTRIES sang of it as food
for lovers and meat for lords"
To fit 1t for the table was no ordi-
nary culinary operation. After the skin
and plumage had been carefully strip
ped Off the bird was roasted, then
served up again in its feathers with
gilded beak. No, | have forgotten that
1t was first stuffed with spices and
sweet herbs and basted with yolk of
egg. 1t iohted in a sea of gravy. rs
many as three fat wethers sometimes
supplying the unctuous liquor for a
single peacock.-All the Year Round.
, 1904-08-25

For everal seasons a very ancient
walnut, with long. gaunt boughs, car
rying much dead wood, had been strug-
Cling to 1--we, but each year manifested
signs that its life was fast disappear
Ing. The keeper in front of whose
house the tree stood took to singing
the carcass of each deer he killed yer
one of its boughs for dressing. Dur
ing the process all the blood dripped
on the ground and was absorbed. The
following spring his tree put forth an
astonishing crop of leaves. and in less
than three seasons II was making new
wood and showing all he vigor which
had characterize 1t thirty years be-
fore. Its renewed youth was entirely
attributable to the fertiliZiug proper
ties OF the blood with which 1t had
been so literally dressed.-Country
Gentleman.
, 1904-08-25

Generally speaking, the slope of
rivers flowing into the Mississippi from
the east Is. on the average, about three
inches per mile. Those entering it
from the west have an average descent
of about six inches per mile. The aver
& descent per mile of the Missouri
after 1t leaves the mountains is reck-
oned about a foot: the Des Moines,
from its source to its conjunction with
the Mississippi about 7.3 Inches. The
entire length OF the Ohio shows a fall
Of even five inches. The Mississippi.
from the mouth of the Ohio to the
gulf. has a fall Of about two and ne
half inches.
, 1904-08-25

Lincoln's humor armed him effectual-
ly against the importunate persons
with whom, as the head Of the alton.
he was beset at all times.
During the civil war a gentleman
asked him for u pass through the Fed
eral lines to Richmond.
~ should be happy to obllge you"
said Lincoln, 'if my passes were re-
spected. But the fact is. within the
last two years l have given passes TO
Richmond to a quarter of a million
men, and not one has got there yet"
, 1904-08-25

A curious usage of the English turf
Is n which ordains that. when once
worn. the cap and jacket representing
a patrons "colors' become the prop
erty Of the jockey. II. as frequently
happens, the owner wishes to retain
them as u memento OF a successful
race, he must buy them from the EN-
ployee to whom perhaps he gave them
but an hour or two before.
, 1904-08-25

ROBERT C. MIDDLEwooD.
Il" Cattle branded left side, horses right
w hip. Range, head OF Sage and slavery
- creeks. Address, Saratoga, WE.
, 1904-08-25

"If you anything TO eat here"
she said, you will have to work for
it,
MADAM" replied the weary one who
had seen better days, II couldn't think
Of taking advantage of you that way.
A light lunch will do me now. but work
would increase my appetite so much
that you would surely lose more than
you can afford."-Chicago Post.
, 1904-08-25

CHARLES ROVER.
Cattle branded any place on animal,
Horses on left shoulder. Range, Spring
= creek Address, Saratoga. Wye.
, 1904-08-25
Canny.

"Smith. have you saved anything?"
"Yes. thousands OF dollars"
SIN what way?"
"oh, there's a big fortune in Scotland
coming to the Smith family. and I've
never spent a cen trying to get in on
it."-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
, 1904-08-25

JOHN MCFARLAND.
Cattle branded on either side. horse.
AJAX On left shoulder. Range. lack osssk
and Platte River. Address, saratosa
, 1904-08-25

Teacher-Who was the best friend
Ireland ever had? Irish Scholar-Oi
don't Just now remember. but be dis
covered Ameriky.
, 1904-08-25

Cattle and horses branded any where
on animal. Range Beaver Greek bills
P. o. Collins. wyo.
, 1904-08-25

"Nell's just crazy over Shakespeare"
$50 he's her latest. Is he? Whsrs'd
she meet him3"