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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-09-01
EDITORIALETTES.

The way to put party in power is
to vote it's ticket.
Would you like to see the Prohibition
party lose heart and abandon the field?
What have you done to prevent its doing
so? Isn't it time that you united your
ballot with those of this heroic band
fighting the bravest battle Of the CEN
fury?
When the cause championed by the
Prohibition party shall have won-and 1t
will whit will be one Of the greatest
joys of your life if, when 1t was small
and had little prospect Of immediate vic
tory, you threw your ballot and influence
to it's aid and helped it to power.
If you would really like to see the Pro-
hibition party grow give it the help OF
your ballot this year. Others have for
numbers of years voted the ticket in or
der to help make the party strong enough
SO that you would consider that your
ballot cast for it would count" Isn't
it time that you helped to make it easier
for some one else to come to our aid?
Write for free book on building
SUCCESSFUL cREAMERlEs.
G. P. M. Co., 500 Sd ST., N. Minneap-
oils, MINI.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-09-01

We all Swallow, but not liquor.-Bon-
sib, "the Flying Dutchman."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
CAUSE OF WREcKs.
Engineer Says Public Demands Too
 High a Rate of Speed to Dis- .tingufsh Signals.

"Yes," said the engineer of famous fast train, in talking over recent big railroad wreck the other day, there have been good many bad wrecks lately, but there's nothing surprising about them When a smash-up happens people get all sorts of reasons for it, but they rarely hear the right one. The real cause lies with the public, that wants to travel at 8 rate of speed that cant be kept up with safety.
 T have been in the business good many years, and am firmly convinced that 40 miles an hour is about as fast as train ought to go. When you have to run at 50, so, or 70 miles an hour, the engineer is simply taking chances. The other night was running into small city up the state. It seemed to me that more than a thousand green, red and white lights were dancing before my eyes, and couldn't tell one from the other. How much worse it is coming into Chicago you can imagine. We will never have anything like safety in rail- road travel as long as the public de- mands such high speed"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
ENGLAND's WORST COLONY.
British Honduras, in Central Amer- ica, Is Away Behind the Times
 Ancient History Is News There.

England's worst colony is undoubt- edly British Honduras, situated at Amer ica's very doors, says the Boston Ad- vertiser. It is 8 slice of Central Amer ica, with fine seaboard, ringing a large and wealthy country. It is not utilized by Great Britain, and has no regular communication with the moth CT country Its only connection with the outside world is by an occasional banana steamer from New Orleans, or a leaky logwood schooner infested with cockroaches. The colonists are com munity of hermits. so far as the great world is concerned. They have no ca bIe communication with any part of the globe, and they generally hear of a great event about six months after it has happened.
 They celebrated King Edwards cor onation on the day originally appointed for it, and did not hear of his illness until weeks later. When at last the king was crowned, his royal subjects in British Honduras were holding inter cession services to pray for his recov- cry. Probably they are now rejoic- ing over the close of the Boer war, and in month or two they will be exciting themselves over the Venezuelan block ade
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
MIGRATE LIKE THE BIRDS.
Educational Institution in fhe Nsrfb Allows Its Students to Study
 i'm the Sunny South.

Competition is so keen and educaA tional opportunities so numerous that all sorts of Inducements are held out by the various institutions to win stu- dents to their respective ranks. but if has remained for one of the foremost universities of the north to formula plan whereby students may work un- der continually sunny conditions, says the New York Herald
 Under this system students may re- ceive credit for work accomplished in a small institution in the far south. the same as if done in the large north ern university. So that student matriculadng in the fan quarter in the north may. spend the winter quarter in the sunny south and then return for the spring quarter to the north. mi. grating with the birds, as it were
 The same method holds with some of the instructors. Even the cafa- logue of the southern university ad- vises students to furnish themselves with fishing tackle and guns, as out- dooor sports are most heartily encour. aged. Is not this making education come easy?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
RANK POISON IN THE BODY.
Reason for Troubles That Generally Result from Over-Eating-BOdy
 Is Poison Factory.


 The body is factory of poisons. If these poisons. which are constantly be- ing produced in large quantities in the body, are imperfectly removed or are produced in too great quantity as the result of overlooking, the fluids which surround the brain cells and all the living tissues are contaminated with poisonous substances which asphyxiate and paralyze the cells and so interfere with their activity This fact explains, in part at least, says the London Fam fly Doctor, the stupidity which is a common after-dinner experience with many persons.
 When food is retained in the stom- ach beyond the normal time, either because of it's indigestibility, the talk ing of too large a quantity of it or a crippled state of the stomach, these changes are certain to take place. This fact explains very large share of the myriad symptoms which afiict the chronic dyspeptic The giddiness, the tingling sensations, the confusion of thought and even partial insensibility, which are not infrequently observed a few hours after meals in chronic dys- peptics, are due to this cause Here is the explanation of the irascibility, the despondencys the pessimism, the in- decision and various other forms of mental perversity and even moral de- pravity which are not infrequently as- sociated with certain forms of gastro- intestinal disturbances
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
WHY THE PIANO WAS THERE.
Presence of the Instrument fin q Des- ert Scene Puzzled London
 Audience.

A stage heroine who happened at the same time to be an able executant on the piano had to play night after night the same part at a popular theater. She anxiously longed to give the audi ence a specimen of her musical abil- ities, but her part in the performance afforded no opportunity for such dis play of her powers. But her inventive genius came nobly to the rescue, says London Tit-Bits, and she discovered a place in the action. where pianist and heroine might go hand in hand.
 When the curtain rose revealing the desert of the Black mountains the spectators beheld, to their amazement, splendid piano placed at the foot of the rocks. The heroine, with the haste of one pursued, climbed down the rocky path, stopped enraptured at the sight of the piano and exclaimed: sThe savages have burned down our cottage, murdered my father and mother and driven away our cattle; but, heaven be praised-they have left me my plano. Music shall comfort me in my distress and, if the ladies and gentlemen permit, I will play them . short selection"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22

METER.
 have been in this house fourteen years, or 168 months. At S3 per month that would be over $500"
 Well we have had the gas, haveo't we?' she asked.
 That's the point madam-that's the point I was coming to. We have been cheated robbed, swindled, taken by the throat and held up for about $500 ill cash. The robbing is going to cease. The inventive genius of man has come to the rescue against the grasping av- arice of the gas companies. Hereafter we shall have dollar or two for the grocer and butcher
 Mrs. Bowser looked at him in an inquiring way, and he went down the hall to his overcoat and fished from one of the pockets an affair somewhat resembling bicycle cyclometer- and returned with it in his hand. >f4
 Here is what will do the business" he explained. "You have simply to drill a hole in the meter and screw this in, and there can be no more steal ing. The flow of gas is regulated, and the meter becomes honest. 1t only cost me $3, and it will save us thou sands and tens of thousands of dollars. It certainly will be a profitable invest ment."
 Mrs. Bowser looked at the cat, and : the cat winked both eyes and grinned.7.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
HUGE SEA PIE.
Formed . Tempting Dinner for saxf4 Men at Yarmouth and Weighed
 1888 Pounds.

The fishing town of Yarmouth, which originated the sprat banquet, and the bloater feast reestablished it's title to gastronomic renown recently by a sea pie dinner. Sixty men dined sump- tuously off a giant pie weighing 168 pounds.
 It was four-decker, the keel of which was laid with beef bones. the triple bulk-headings were of short crust, the bunkers were filled with beefsteak and OK kidneys, and tho holds slowed with meat and vege- tables. Thes hulls of short crust. took a stone xandI saashalfN of -four, and the vegetables comprised onions, carrots. turnips and potatoes.
 Three expert carvers were engaged in dividing the immense confectlcn, which took nine hours to boil, and which was served steaming hot.
 After it was served to the so men who sat down to it the remains were distributed among the poor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
Bowser's Gas Meter
He Thought He Could Regulate It So to Reduce His Gas Bills and Save Thousands of Dollars Thereby. but
 His Tinkerng With 1t Made Matters Worse

ing to beat the band. We are now sav. ing at least cents a minute on gas Has that cat been swallowing darn ing needle and got convulsions?'
 She's probably trying to digest your figures on saving" .
 "Eh? Eh? Whats that? Mrs. Bow ser, there are times when you forget who is head of this family. How you came to be born with such an unfortu- nate disposition I can't conceive. never make move in the direction of economy that you don't combat and be. little it. If you persist in your course it will certainly lead to serious results My figures are all right, and as for that blamed old cat'-
 But the cat was too quick for him and got downstairs, and he sat down and read the newspapers for quarter of an hour without saying another word. Then he recovered his good na- ture and said:
 1T will just step down and have a peep at that adjuster. We ought both to bless our stars that ran across such a thing presume the gas companies will send out men to buy or steal them. Their profits will be reduced at least one-half.'
 He was down cellar ten minutes, and when he returned he was fairly beam ing.
 "She is working awayv' he whis- pered.
 ''Well, hope you won't be disap- pointed" replied Mrs. Bowser.
 Disappointed? How can I be disap- pointed? I pay $3 for a little machine that will save us tens of thousands in the future, and our gaslight will be even better than before. You have strange way of expressing yourself.''
 Half an hour later MT. Bowser took another lock at the adjuster, and he came upstairs smiling more blandly than before. He walked about, chuc- king to himself for few minutes, and then something like doleful groan from sick calf was heard down eel lar.
 ''What in mercy's name is that?" asked Mrs. Bowser.
 The noise came again, only it was wild, weird, long drawn wall this time.
 Have you got dog down cel1ar" she asked.
 Of course not replied MT. Bowser. t'What would be doing with dog down cellar? It's the cold air box, leading to the furnace"
 This time there were a whir and a chatter like clock running down, and the finish was a sort of shriek to make the hair stand on end.
 T told you not to tinker with that gas meter" said Mrs. Bowser as she backed toward rear window.
 And I didn't tinker. IF
 .'Go right down and see to it or there'll be an explosion here! Don't you hear those groans, those gurgles, those shrieks? ?''
 Mr. Bowser hesitated for moment and then took the plunge downstairs. It wasn't thirty seconds before he was yelling for the screwdriver, the gim- let, the corkscrew mand the monkey wrench, but it was quarter of an hour before he reappeared in person. Then his eyes were bulging out and his teeth clicking together.
 "Well. has the adjuster been adjust
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
I'VE ARE WRECKED, RUINED. sMAsHEDr'

"I will now get brace and drill and do the little attaching act. We will save 50 cents worth of gas before we go to bed"
 T shouldn't tinker with that meter if were you," said Mrs Bowser. "Plen- ty of people have been blown up for tinkering with gas meters. If we are burning so much gas, let's turn it off altogether and go back to kerosene"
 Tinker! Tinker" he repeated. ''Mrs. Bowser, please understand that I am a man who does no tinkering. When I have a nail to drive I don't try to drive it with a turnip. The gas adjuster will be adjusted in about ten minutes, and if you are afraid of being blown up you can take walk" 4<
 No more was said, and MT. Bowser hunted up the tool box and got what cellar to make the attachment on the gas meter. He was half an hour at the work, and during his absence the cook came upstairs to Mrs. Bowser and hoarsely whispered:
 cts me life's danger, mum. I'll take me wages and get right eut.''
 What's the matter, Julia? ?"
 "Mr. BowSer is down cellar foolin' wia the machine that makes the gas. This house is goin' to be blown up widin ten minutes. I'd stay and have my head blown off wid yours, mum, but I'm the sole support of me old mother and can't afford to-
 Mrs. Bowser quieted the woman's fears and sent her to her room, and a few minutes later MT. Bowser reap. peared to smile and rub his hands and say:
 '.Goodby to highway robbery. The
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
Copyright, 1904, by c. B. Lewis.1

Copyright 1904, by c. B. Lewis.l ~AHAT MT. Bowser had a little
 @ scheme on hand was plain to
 D Mrs. Bowser before he had s hung up his hat and overcoat the other evening as he came from the office, but she asked no questions and waited for developments. He was somewhat preoccupied during the din ner hour, and two LOT three times he took an old gas bill out of his pocket and looked at the amount of gas con- sumed for the month. When dinner had been finished and he lighted ci- gar his secret could remain a secret no longer.
 Mrs. Bowser, do you know how much gas we consumed in this house for the month of NovemberY he in quired.
 'I believe the bill was $3so," she re- piled.
 ''So it was. Our gas bill for the year will average almost $3 per month. We
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
NATURES REMEDIES.
Yarrow fer Csughs and Horse Raa. 1sh Leaves for Neuralgia 1A
 the Adirondacks.

When the Adirondack native becomes afflicted with and of the numerous trifing ills which make mankind wretched, said the returned visitor. ac- cording to the New York Herald. he does not waste much time on doctors, but goes straight to the woods or the attic for natures own remedies.
 There is one old man whom I have met with packbasket on his shoulder and shears and a rough board stool in his mittened hands going after yarrow, which, dried, is standby for coughs when it has been made into 8 wicked looking brew.
 Fir balsam, coaxed, drop by drop. from the blisters which swell on the balsam fir at full moon, is a sovereign remedy for chest and lung complaints
 Gravel weed. by which name they in- suit trailing arbutus, is excellent for the complaint which gives 1t it's name, and bladder root has desirable effect on the kidneys. Sage tea, containing a little summer savory, is efflcacious for worms in children, for which belmonia is also used. Sunflower seeds, steeped, strained and sweetened with molasses, will cure whooping cough.
 Horseradish leaves, wilted and bound on the face and back of the neck, will drive away neuralgia, and a nutmeg, bored and tied around the neck, will keep. it away. The nutmeg must be re- newed about once every six weeks.
 Onions sliced, pounded and placed in a cloth and laid over the affected part, will draw out inflammation. A red onion, halved and with one part slight ly scooped out and the cup placed over a carbuncle or a boil. will speedily re- move the pus.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
ed ?" asked Mrs. Bowser.

ed?" asked Mrs. Bowser. "Yes." \ "What was the lnatter2"
 "We are wrecked, ruined, smash edv ....,.
 How"
 When I adjusted the adjuster the state of the meter was 24,700 cubic feet. It is now 34,o0o,0o and it will take s1o,ooo more than we havegot to pay it! Woman, your scheme to- "There-there, MT. Bowser." she in- terrupted, as she patted him on the shoulder, and, taking him by the arm, she led him upstairs and saw. him into bed and well tucked up.
 M. QUAD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
Students Sell Themselves.

A new custom has arisen among needy college students on the Russian Caucas- us. According to a Baku newspaper, they sell themselves in the matrimonial market Local tradesmen, proud of re- ceiying scholar into the family, com pete for the honor of having a student son-in-law. The bids average $1,5oo. With this money the prospective bride groom is able to complete his studies and
 obtain a government appointmen&-; Detroit Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
The Maori Executfener.

In a collection of weapons gathered by the prince of Wales among the Mao ris, of New Zealand, and recently pre- sented to the British museum, are many specimens of the mere pomaniu, 8 short sword, made of bread blade of jade stone, with sharp edges. This was used mainly for the execution of prisoners. this office being considered an honor able privilege of the chiefs. One blood thirsty of Maoris is known to have killed l50 men by his own hand after a vic- tory with one of these old weapons. The spearlike point of the blade was used to pierce the victims brain just above the right cheek, and with a dex- terous turn of the wrist the top of the skull was lifted completely of.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
Treatment of Consumptxxe..

Tuberculosis may be fought by wise methods and by foolish ones. To the latter class belongs the plan which the Australian colony of Victoria is said to have adopted. It is proposed to iso- late consumptives, whether they like it or not, and send them to quarantine station. Educating them in regard to the proper precautions of avoiding the spread of is--st'--Stion would be far more sensible.--N. Ws Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
An Old Faporife
BY THE ALMA RIVER
By Dinah Mulock cr>ik

Hundreds, thousands. Let us weep, We who need not,-just to keep Reason clear in thought and brain Till the morning comes again; Till the third dread morning tell Who they were that fought and--feU
 By the Alma River. Come,-we'll lay us down, my child;
 Poor the bed is,-poor and hard; But thy father, far exiIed.
 Sleeps upon the open sward, Dreaming of us two st home; Or, beneath the starry dome, Digs out trenches in the dark, Where he burfes-Willie, marki- Where he 6usies those who died Fighting fighting at his side
 By the Alma River Willie. Willie, go to sleep;
 God will help us, O my boy! He will make the dull hours creep
 Faster, and send news of joy; When I need not shrink @ meet Those great placards in the street, That for weeks will ghastly stare In some eyes-child, say that ~rayer Once again,-a different one Say, 70 God, thy will be done
 By the Alma River
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22

Where bad habits undere poverty they generally by bad child astray needless They replaced whenever society OTHER social futo the development of character.
 Bad habits but the results of MISDIRECTED DESIRE FOR PLEASURE Now the desires that largely determined by influences in their
 Where the influences bad the development bad natural consequence therefore prevent develop which produce them.
 FIRST AND FOREMOST MUST UNITE K INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS INDIVIDUAL SHALL LAVE A BETTER CHANGE DEVELOPMENT ALL THAT BEST IN BODY AND CHARACTER, AND saouL
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
Lived There.

Pop"
 "Yes, my son. "How is the frigid zone bounded?" "By the four walls of our flat, my son."-Yonkers Statesman.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22

EATAILLIE, fold your little hands; fEAEH Let 1t drop,-that soldier WNH toy: lu Look .,.ns. where fathers picture Father, that here kissed his boy Not month since.-father kind, Who this night may (never mind Mothers sob, my Willie dear)- Cry out loud that He may hear Who is God of battles,-say t'God keep father safe this day
 By the Alma River!'' Ask no more, child! Never heed
 Either Russ, or Frank. or Turk; Right of nations, tramp1ed creed,
 Chance-poised victory's bloody work Any flag I the wind may roll On thy heights, Sevastepol! Willie, all to you and me Is that spot, whate'er it be, Where he stands-no other word Et0nds-God sure the child's prayers
 heardi-
 Near the Alma River. Willie, listen to the bells
 Ringing in the town to-day; That's for victory. No knell swells For the many swept away
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22

1ngs and ways of life. If disease be prevented 1t follows that much of POVERTY as is due to disease be prevented too It is probable that as much as half of the real poverty of the world, at least of @civilized" communities is due to pre-
 yentable sickness i'll health and that of the remainder is due to PREVENTABLE EVILS IN . lOIIR SYSTEM of industrial nrnanization
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
MAN CREATED CONDITIONS
 RESPONSIBLE FOR DISEASE
By U C. PHELPS STOKES of New Yor University setter

PHELPS HE evil conditions which MEN HAVE PRODUCED sxS k and which change responsible large majority of human suffering and wrongdoing T/IEMJ Disease, for instance, is known be usually
 due either defective and nsanitary surroundings defective physical constitution both of which beyond he individual sufferers control.
 FOR THE MAJORITY OF MEN HEALTH DEPENDS LARGE " UPON CONDITIONS NOT THE INDIVIDUALS HE SURROUNDINGS AMID WHICH 1ERITANcE, CONDITIONS INDIVIDUAL HAS NEITHER THE KNOWLEDGE AVOID.
 Each year in the proportion REMEDIABLE DEFECTS in human surround-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
Electric Powe

Less than seven per cent. of the power used in manufacturing plants in. the United States is electric.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
The College as a MoIder of Character
.lvERMORE, Presldent AdeIphl coIIese BrookIyn

1OILEGE is the place for those who seek seriously for k schelarship-and FOR NO OTHERS. The evils and
 perls of college life principally from the presence A1RN in college of students who should
 there Some people have notion that the colleges will mold character of young who have had CAREFUL ME TRAINING but the colleges get them after the time when ldng possible The colleges blame because they git material when it longer plastic but they blame they do promptly WEED OUT those who unfit sympathy with the medieval idea that the students against the law privileged and that they should not be dealt with by the common law.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22

IIliterate Soldiers. Half the soldiers of the czar are illitnrs ate.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-19
ALLEGED THEFT.
MAN BELIEVED TO BE WANTED
IN MEMPHIS CAUGHT HERE.

James Williams is the name Of Q
man arrested yesterday afternoon late
at the carnival grounds by Officers
Gourieux and Potter on charge OF
grand larceny and being fugitive
from Justice
Ii 10 alleged that he stole SEQ in
Memphis and is wanted by the Ten
nessee authorities. He was arraigned
before Judge Sanders this morning
ana his case continued until the Ten
nessee authorities can come after him.
Jim McRae charged with stealing
81. so from George wilkins, was ar
rested and his case continued.