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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-02

Has been scared? News OF Japanese victories in tn
quickly followed by consos in the British marke
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-02

There two for Panama but she will hardly
escape they addition the national treasury
OF $Iooooooo
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-02

May May bring us better baseball weather.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
Owl and Duck Share Nest.

An incident which will be interesting to naturalists is told in 8 recent num- Der of the Scotsman. One of the for esters in the employ of the marquis of Lothian was returning from his work when he noticed wild duck fly ing from a larch tree. On close exam ination he observed common brown owl looking down from what appeared to be nest in the cleft of the tree, about 30 feet from the ground and ap- parently near the place from which the duck had flown. Curiosity prompted him to climb to the place, which he did with great difficulty. The owl on his approach flew off, and to his sur prise he found in the nest two eggs an owls and wild ducks. It Is not uncommon for both owls and ducks to build their nests high up on trees, but 1t is unheard of for one nest to be Annronriatsd by both birda
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
THE FAMOUS AMERICAN SPA
Growth of Saratoga Since the Waters Were First Used by g
 White Man.

One hundred and thirty-seven yeass ago the Mohawk Indians met in solemn council and decided to convey Sir WILL liam Johnson to Saratoga, that hs' might bathe in and imbibe the healin& waters of the mineral springs, and gain relief from his chronic illness It was great concession that the Mohawke. made to their beloved white brother, E for never before had white man knowzs of the springs. Sir William, history tells us, lived in a bark hut and partook geu= erously of the bubbling medicine oz nature, to such good effect that In a week he was able to return to his hone on foot. That was in 1767. Since then Saratoga has had 136 seasons, each one bringing it's improvements and it's additions, until now the great American spa has every convenience of the twen- tieth century Could Sir William John son visit Saratoga to-day. week would hardly satisfy him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02

all, even if they did spell it with a capital P. His name was Powers, but he hadn't any influence; he was shorn as clean as Samson!
 On this liberty-loving sphere the bitter is often mingled with the sweet; naturally, then, it was no strange thing that the Powers family found aloes in plenty stuffed into their pa triotic dessert.
 No criticisms were forthcoming con- corning the celebration, for that was success both in attendance and en- thusiasm: and the dinner and fire works were simply elegant with weather to match. But when the gos- sips found time to manipulate the wires it went out that the presidents family instituted the new departure on purpose to air their attainments and show off Margaret's beau; and not be- cause they were any more patriotic than other folks.
 It was at this juncture that Erastus Powers changed his mind on the ques- tioE of predestination, and declared to his wife that it was nothing but a sleek scheme of the devil, to reflect on him officially. And he swore within himself, and by himself, that mo more golden opportunities should make 8 fool of him!"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
MAKE PENCILS OF CHURCH.
Tennessee Landmark will Be Dis- mantled to Furnish Material
 for Sawmill.

The high prices paid for cedar tim Der in Marshall county have led to the dismantling of one of the landmarks of Tennessee, near Nashville, Round Hill Presbyterian church, and the sale of the logs to a pencil factory.
 Heretofore fences, outhouses and barns have been sacrificed to the needs of the pencil makers, but this is the first noteworthy building that has been sent to the sawmill.
 The Round Hill church was erected somewhere between 1920 and 1925, being a branch of Bethbirei or Rock Creek church, as 1t was then called. Father Hall was the founder and pastor of both churches in the early days of their his tory, continuing as pastor until there came split between the old school and the new school members of the congre- gations.
 The old school faction held Round Hill church. finally selling it to negro con- gregation. The tempting offers of the factory buyers for the fine, we'll pre- served logs of which the church was built moved the negroes to sell, very considerable sum being realized, which was invested in white church building of later construction.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
A FAMILY AFFAIR How the Powers Family Celebrated the Fourth at
 Northfeld.
Northheld.
By MANDA L. CRoCKER.

energy, and I've oeen LEinklng that young Lawyer Foote, of Phelps, would be the one to wake up Northfield; and we are able to pay him handsomely for the speech
 The presidents face blanched, but he was diplomat enough to hold his tongue. The proposed orator was Margie's best beau, and that pro- gramme was again edging toward a monopoly. But if this was of Provi- dence he was not the one to gainsay it; so Foote was booked for the ora ton, If they could get him.
 Get him!" mentally unused Powers "Of course He'd break his neck to show off before Margie." But another was speaking.
 And as to music" he was saying, there's the Phelps string band They can come right along with the orator of the day and Phelps and Northfield can celebrate together"
 Shades of the hydra-headed combine! The scheme was moving Matilda's way fast!
 That's the checker!' cried Dumfey, the most influential of the lot II will
 
 We'll give them good dinner and see to the rest"
 How this thing was growing; what magnitude this Fourth" had already assumed, and 1t was only in embryo! Surely there was more patriotism in Northfield than Mrs. Powers dreamed of.
 But Nevins, who admired the presi- dent as the sun of their cluster, was ready with the climax.
 "Our chief here can read the Declara- tion of Independence, and We-the rest of us-will consider ourselves a com mittee of the whole on decoration, fire works and other things"
 The "chief'' felt great and most uncomfortable lump under his collar and firmly declined. { Well said Nevins, determining to get the honor fixed as near the central orb as possible, Miss Margie has u fine voice and we'll put her down for the reading"
 President Powers swallowed the lump in his throat This was plainly predestination, so he cheerfully sub mitted
 Tn due time Nevins waited on Miss Margie and she sweetly consented to do the reading. And Mrs. Powers was asked to kindly make out the pro- gramme for that weeks issue of the Northffeld Palladium
 'Rastus,' she exclaimed as soon as Nevins' coattails disappeared around the corner, this certainly is getting to be a family affair in spite of your Qualms.
 ..To make it sure, I'll sandwich Ben and Rena in for their song and I will head the table committee
 The president of Northfeld put on his hat and went out in the garden to think. He was only figure-head after
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
SAVES BONES OF CHINESE.
San Francisco Celestial Makes Living by Removal of Remains
 to Far CathaY.

Lee Chung, of San Francisco. makes a good living by peculiar employment Some years ago he entered into contract with the Six Companies to exhume the bones of all Chinamen who had died in this country. The Six Companies found that 1t was hard to induce Chinamen to come here unless it was stipulated that in case of death their bones should be finally buried in China.
 So they engaged the service of MT Chung as their agent in the carrying out of this agreement. He keeps track of the remains of all the clients of the Six Com panies that have died and sees to it that they are carefully boxed up and sent back to China
 His duties take him to all parts of the country and he has subagents In all the large cities where Chinamen have settled.
 His contract makes 1t incumbent upon him to prevent the bones from being mixed. They are separately packed in white muslin bags, and no bone must be broken or sawed. Each set of bones IS labeled and carefully recorded in the Six Companies office, when and where buried, when exhumed, when shipped to China, and the account finally closed with the receipt for the bones from the dead naan,s ral2tivaS-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
EGYPTIAN RAGS IN PAPER.
Much of the Material Used in Writing Sheets Is Gathered from
 Cutters.

It is not pleasant thought that the brilliant white note paper which your hand rests upon may have in it the fibers from the filthy garment of some Egyptian fellah after it has passed through all the stages of decay until it is saved by a rag picker from the gutter of an Egyptian town; and yet it is a fact that hundreds of tons of Egyptian ags are exported every year into America to supply our paper mills, says the Ma tional Geographic Magazine.
 At Mannheim, on the Rhine, the American importers have their rag picking houses, where the rags are coll lected from all over Europe, the disease infected Levant not excepted, and where women and children, too poor to earn better living, work day after day, with wet sponges tied over their mouths, sorting these filthy scraps for shipment to New York. Our best papers are made of these rags and our common ones Of wood pulp, which is obtained by grind ing and macerating huge blocks from some of our soft-wooded forest trees.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
LIBEL SUIT A CENTURY OLD.
Action Brought Against the London Times by the Government
 Is Still Pending.

There is a libel case between the post office authorities and the London Times standing unheard for nearly 100 years. It seems that in 1907 the Times bitterly attacked the post office and the occasion of its attack was as follows:
 Tn those days the postal authorities acted not merely as the carriers of let ters and the like, but there was news agency in connection with the depart ment, and this news agency charged G100 to each newspaper in the king dom for the supply of brief summary of foreign news daily Tn order to en- courage this side of their business the heads of the post office at that time conceived the brilliant notion of de- laying foreign newspapers in order that their news service might not suf- fer from competition. Y
 This went on for a time until the Times heard of it and bitter and not undeserved attack was the conse- quence. The post office replied by the service of a writ for libel, but the case was not pressed further. No doubt some one in high places had blundered and it was considered to be desirable to say nothing more about it. But the function of supplying the summary of news was soon discontinued by the department.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
BIRTHS IN SALT LAKE CITY.
There Is Little Danger of Race Suicide
 in Capital of the Nor mon State.

The Salt Lake City board of health's weekly birth report records were broken recently, when the returns showed 49 children had been born dur Ing one week. It was an average of seven births day for 8 period of seven consecutive days. Never before in the history of records of the office, according to Clerk M. l.. Brothers, have so many children been born in Salt Lake City in the same length of time.
 Statistics on record in the office show that the city has & larger birth rate than any other city in the United States. Commenting upon that fact, Clerk Brothers said
 .'As an example, let me cite Pueblo, Col. It is the only city about the size of Salt Lake City which now comes to my mind. It has population of about 5000, which is close to that of ours. During one month recently it only had 50 birthstone more than we had in a week."
 The reports show that 25 of the births were males and A females.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
Novelty in Advartisinn.

A novel way of introducing new ar= ticle has been discovered in London. A number of men who suggest by theix apparel that they are grooms, valets oKE servants of some kind are sent about the shops to buy the article which is being boomed. They insist upon having this particular article, and no other, reject-| ing any substitute which may be offered them. In many cases, the tradesman has not the article in question, but is sures to lay in stock of them when few days later drummer waits upon hin with the article in question As the men are selected with view to give the impression that their employers ara wealthy, the shopkeeper naturally thinks that the article will bring him the patronage of a class he is anxioum to please.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
"PRIcERs" THE BANE OF LIFE
an Tells of Foible of Persons Who Never Buy.


 A saleswoman in Chicago store having shown scant courtesy the oth- CT day to man who had been looking over the goods on her county ex- plained it all to friend after the man had left He's only 'pricer,' " she said. He wants to know the cost of everything in the store-at least, of everything he hasn't the slightest idea of buying. Just now it was those skirt holders, tomorrow, likely as not, he'll want to know if automobile cloaks are any cheaper by the dozen than singly.
 'sI think it was he who asked me last week if gray false hair was more ex- pensive than blond. It seems to me 'pricers' are getting more numerous every day. Pretty nearly all of them are men. Women often ask prices, to be sure, without any notion of buying, but it is always for future reference, and sooner or later many of them come back and buy. I guess there are pricers in all businesses, but this seems to be the limit.
 That man who has just left has come in here nearly every day for I don't know how long, and he's one of many. Sometimes they even let me get out things to show them, for of course, you can never tell but what you may catch one st last. Whenever we do we feel prouder than if we had made a dozen sales. but that particular man I've given up as hopeless"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
VETERANS HOLD THE JOBS.
Ex-soldiers and Sailors of Civil War Constitute Ten Per Cent. of
 Department Employees.

The civil service commission has furnished to the house committee on civil service reform a statement show ing that the total number of ex-sol- diers and ex-saiIors of the civil war ments at Washington is 2,175, and the widows of veterans so employed 38S The information was asked h view of complaiRts that there are many, su- perannuated clerks on the pay rolls.
 The largest number of veterans-641 employed in the interior depart nnent, while the treasury department carries 553 and the war department BAT. There are only 23 veterans on the navy department roll and only seven in the state department.
 The ages of the old soldiers and sail ors vary from 50 to 82 years There are PIT who are 61 years old, while those younger form the next larger class, 197 in number Nearly two- thirds, or 1888, are from 58 to 65 years of age. Those over 70 years of age number 226, and of this number Il are over 80.
 The veteran with the longest service is 77 years old. He has served 52 years Nearly two-thirds, or 1882 of the 2,175 veterans, receive salaries ranging from $1,20O to $2,500 per annum, while 66 receive more than $2,5o0 per annum. Those receiving $s40 or less number 476. The veterans and their widows constitute ten per cent. of the number or persons employed in the depart ments and government printing, office in Washington
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02

Powers was elected president of the village his wife suddenly developed into very Spartan of enthusiasm, and determined to celebrate.
 Now, 'Rastus," she began, your one golden opportunity of adornina your office and honoring your forefa- thers lies before you. Have real old fashioned Fourth O July celebration; make new departure and convince ali Northfield of their nngrateful shiftless-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
T,inco1n,s Maxim.

The celebrated maxim of Abraham Lincoln, Not to swap horses while crossing the stream" was anticipated centuries ago by Cyrus the Elder, king of Persia, in directing his troops to take up their several stations, when he said: When the contest is about to begin there is no longer time for any chariot to unyoke the horses for change"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
women's Names.

Flower names have always been 1T favor. but at present the names of pre-. cious stones run them a good second Lord Edward Churchill'sl daughters ars Ruby and Beryl; there is Miss Pear Finch, daughter of MT. George Finch of Burley-on-the-Hill; Miss Frances { Wolseley, only child and heiress ol Lord Wolseley, has also the name oi Garnet, and the new Lady Hardinge whose husband has recently been ap- pointed ambassador at St. Petersburg owns beautiful baby named Dia- mond. nd.-London M. A. P
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
Sharks Killed by Explosion.

The engineers in the British navy have very effective way of killing sharks. They seal up dynamite car fridge in an empty can, and put the can inside a lump of pork. The pork is thrown overheard on wire which
 has been connected with an electric bat tery. When the shark takes the bait. the engineer presses a button, which explodes the cartridge and kills the fish.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
The Professor Talks.

"So far as I can see." observed the professor, there is not much differ snce in principle between rocking the boat and stoning the automobile."- Chicago Tribune
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
speciaI Cars for Dogs.

The managers of the Paris metropol- itan underground railroad have been persuaded by lovers of dogs to consider the question of providing special cars on their trains in which dogs and their owners can travel together instead of the dogs being separated from their masters or mistresses, as at present is necesSaSg - London News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
Coniugal Amenities.

Wlfey-Do you recollect that ones when we had a tiff ss=.sSs .Ss : s---- ' era just as mean as you could be?
 Hubby-Yes, darling.
 "Oh. James. how little did lxnoweyou then! Glasgow Evening Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02

HE American eagle had n o t scream e d ov e1 Northf1eld for, at least, a dozen years, and when it's citizens had a pa triotic swelling of the heart for the national holiday, they went else W h ere for t h eiI Fourth" :"
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
Told bv tha Ears

Large fiat ears, we are told by a criminal physiognomist, are strongly characteristic of the criminal type. The ears are among the first organs which exhibit a tendency to degenerate tn man.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
Soap Window ' Cords

When windows are difficult to onen or close, rub the cords with soft soap and they will run smoothly. Peoples Home Sournal 'o
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
Seaweed as Food.

Seaweed, though not the diet of an epicure, is, when dry, richer than oat- meal or Indian corn in nitrogenous constituents, and takes rank among the most nutritious of vegntable foods.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
Increased Production of Meat

Since 1840 the worlds production oe meat has been increased ST per cent a grain APO per cent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
Long-Lived occunatinn

Instances of extreme old age are more common among those engaged in the ~. ,rcise of gardening than in any other
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02

Are Preferable, However. Gold fetters are not more elastic than iron. Chicago Tribune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11

The giants
swung into
nrontor
He will probably
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11

victory he was benighted major by Presi-4
dent Madison. MI q
III 1916. Major Tayl or was ordered TO
Green Bay and remained In command OF
\ that fort for two years. Then return
ing to Kentucky he pa ssed one year with
his family, and was then ordered to New
Orleans In 1892 he superintended the
b erection OF Fort Jesup. and in 1924 was IN
the recruiting service, then ordered to
washington and thence to the south
~ = !. =. ~ D, HLs PROMOTION.
4, He, had been made lieu tenan t-colone N
1919, and In 1889 was promoted to the rank
OF colonel The contest known as the
,'Black5 Hawk War opened In 1889 and
+ Colonel Taylor commanded the expedi-
ton which resulted in the defeat ana
Scapturesof Black Hawk. His military
decision was shown in this campaign by
his control OF his own troops, as much
as by his action a gainst the enemy.
After the Black Hawk war Colonel
TAYLOR was In command at Fort Craw-
ford, where he rem lined until. IN 49,,
his services were. req,lired In Florid q. n
the Seminole war, IA In Florida he won
the battle OF Okee- chobee, and was then
promoted to hriga dIer- eral. In April.
1885. he was appointed to- the command
of the FLORIDA troops, and con tnued in
Ttha u responsible position for two n years.
sand was relieved a t. his own reg uest.
He was at once appoint ed TO the COM !.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11

dren born 81 their union, three survived
Him and were present at bis dcath-tcd--
Ills ONLY eor1. Colonel TAYLOR, and two
daughters. ono of his sons-in-law was
JEFFERSON Davis, Of Mississippi who had
served upon him. IN the Mexican 'aft war,
ara afterward achieved n name as Presi-
dent OF the Southern confedcracy The
death OF President Taylor was widely
inourned. The people, who held him
second oniy.to washington. mourncd r.
popular hero the army y fnournsd old
Trough and Realy. The loss to the
nation was tic loss OF a sincere patriot
and al, honest man. \ man Of applica-
tioi as well as of military genius, he has
left mn enduring record.
Al the hands Of America s greatest pa
trio,ic order. the memory q, Zachary q ~
taylor IL illumincd, and lasting mark
il placed nj the spot OF his birth, But
for these great efforts at prcservattlon,
ideal patriotism would soon be Q thing
Of the, past, unknown, perhaps. IN noble
old Virginia.. the IN other OF Presidents
the high ideals and fond memories. the
au.u.ne place OF brave mel, and true
hha rfed ryOmefl.5 2fss 49, 4S 4a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11

the colonial type, having dorner windows
and a steep roof. It is situated on hill
IN the midst of Ia beautiful grove