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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06

to finish; but my money was burnt up with the public's. I never pulled a horse in my life, and I'm too old to begin now"
 ''I believe that,' said the steward emphatically. I've known yt John Porter, for forty years, man and boy, and there was never anything crooked. But we've got to clear this up.''
 What does the boy say?" asked Por- ter. & .gfG &g&.# i15 5Si
 He says the mare was helped that she ran like a drunken man-swayed all over the course, and he couldn't pull her together at all.
 Does he mean she was doped ?'' gg
 You've guessed It." answered the steward, laconically. 7@ F@@
 That's nonsense, sir; and he knows 1t. Why the little mare is as sweet as a lamb, and as game beast as ever looked through 8 bridle. Somebody got at the boy. I can prove by Dixon that Lucretia never had a grain of CO., caine in her 1ife-never even a bracer of whisky-she doesn't need; and as for the race, I hadn't a cent on Lau- zanne." @% "...e .
 ''But your son"
 "FEe had small bet: didn't know that, even, until they were running. ''
 Did you tell him not to back Lu- cretia. for he did Lauzanne?"
 sI told him not to bet at all"
 "And you played the mare yourself?"
 For answer Porter showed the stew e:d his race programme, on which was written the wager he had made on Lu- cretia, and the bookmaker's name.
 Hit you pretty hard" the steward said, turning to Porter. And you hadn't saver on Lauzanne?'
 Mot dollar"
 What about your buying him-is there anything in that story?"
 Porter explained the purchase. The steward nodded his head.
 They seem to have been pretty sure of winning, those other people," he commented; s'but we can't do anything to them for winning; nor about sell Ing you the horse, fear; and as far as you are concerned. Lucretia was supposed to be trying. Who gave your jockey orders?"
 Dixon. I don't interfere; he trains the horses
 Wed like to have Dixon up here again for minute. I'm sorry we've had to trouble you, MT. Porter; I can see there is not the slightest suspicion attaches to you"
 In answer to the stewards inquiry about Mckay, Dixon said: "I told Mckay the boss had big bet down and to make DO mistake. I told him to get to the front as soon as he could and stay there, and win by as far as he liked"
 After Dixon was dismissed, the stew ards consulted for 8 minute, with the result that Mckay was suspended for the balance of the meeting. pending a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
TIME TABLE.
HIGHLAND DIvrsIor.

Trains leave Meadow street station for Boston, Hartford and way statlon5 at TOO and 8:8S .m.: 12:3S. BsSo. SOd P. m.
 Trains arrive at Meadow street sta1 lion from Boston, Hartford and WAY stations at S:05, II 40 a. m.: I:4o. 6szs1 aud 7:38 D. m.
 Trains leave Meadow street station for New York. FishkiIi Landing. Dau7 barry nnd way stations at S:l3 a: rs and 1 :5O and 6:24 D. m.
 1rains arrive at Meadow street sta1 ton from New York. Fishkill Landing Danbury and gray stations at s:So A' m.; 12.34 and S:04 ?. n. SUNDAY TRAINS. Leave Meadow strees station at S:So' 10:05 a. m.: 200, 5.O5 and 700 p. m. Arrive at Meadow street station q D:5O 11:3O q. m.: 4 50, 6:50 and 8EQ D. m.
 MTRrDEN BRANCH Trains leave Dublin street station fOE Middletown and way stations at 0D1 a. m. and 6:15 p. n,- Trains arrive at Dublin street station from Middletown and way stations as T:5O a. m. and 3:5S D. m.
 Trains leave Dublir street station for New Haven by way of Cheshire a1 TOO, S:43, 11:10 a. m.. 1:50, 4:O1 p. m,
 Trains arrive at Dublin street stNd tion from New Haven by way on Cheshire at 9:33 a. m.: 1:05. 3:2c. 6.00| 'lo = SUNDAY TRAINS. reaye Dublin street station for New Haven by way of Cheshire at 750 eI m.: B.50 D. m.
 Arrive ar Dublin street station from New Haven by way or Cheshire a1 n.5O r, a:5n ?. n.
 NAUGATUCK DIVISION.
 Trains leave Bank street station ftf New York. Bridgeport. New HMveT1 and other places south at 6:95. 7:5H| Io.,o ;. m.; 1:40. 3:05. 4:40. 6:15 and e.10 D. m.
 xrar, New. York Bridgeport New Hal rar and way stations nt 7.14 a:28] o.os 1o.ss a. m: 1:24. $40. 5:20, 6:50l e.Aa s.4s D. nl.: 12:39 a. m.
 rsroira leave Bank street station fcs u,ns+ed and way stations at a:2s rn.5e q. m.: 3:41. b:22 (Watervffie on Iy, GAS ana 8:48 ?. m.
 Tro5ns arrive nt Bank street station erou winsted and way stations af q :3B 7.65. 1o:52 a. m.; 3:o5. 5:47 (Water' yillel 6:1h D. m.
 Trains leave Bank street. station for votertown and way stations at e:4K s.os. 11:O8 a. m.; 1: :3O. 3:tS 5:10, 6:f2 e.5s s:53 and 11:20 D. m. Tratns arrive at Bank street station f-cr, wntertown and. way stntsons al GAO, TAT, 10:31 a. m.: 100. 2:5s, 4:sO s.ho 6.ts. 7:45. 11:1a n. n.
 SUNDAY TRAINS.
 Leave Bank streey station for New york. Bridgeport and New Haven ni 7:O5, $50 a. m.; 1:80. 5:13 and 500 D m.
 Arrive at Rank street station froru Now York. Rrideennrt md Nav Haver a+ e:S3 q. IT,; 1:13, 7:5n 9.35 n. m. Leave nank street station for wafer. town and way stations at e:5S a. n,, and SsD3 Q. m.
 Arrive at Bank street station from Watertown and way stations as dala .. sn. and 4:bS D. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
FIRE ALARM.

-Cor South Main and .irand sta
 6-Scovill Manufacturing Go (Pl
 6-Cor Bridge and MagDl sts.
 7-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers & Bro (P.)
 13--C0r East Main and Mia gara st@< 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott road. l5-Cor Cor High and Walnut sts. 16-Cor Fact Main and Cherry sts. 17-Cor East Main and Cole sta. 21-Cor North Elm and Kingsbury sts 2S-Burton street engine house. 24-Waterbury nfanufacturjng Co (PD 25-Cor North Main and NErth sts. 26-Cor Buckingham, and Cooke sts. 27--Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 28-Cor Hillside avenue anc Pine sta. 20-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sts. 31-Cor Bank and Grand sts. S2-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. S4-Cor ". Main and Watertown I'd. 85-CoEn By 6 L't'g Go. car h'se (E9 s6-Waterbury Brass Go (Pl 87-Gor Cedar and Meadow sts. 8S-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay sts. 43--New England Watch Go (Pl 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Go. (pJ 46-Waterbury Buckle Go. P) 47-Cor s. Main and Washington sts. 51-Cor Baldwin and River stS. 52-Cor Franklin ana Union sts. 53-Wnterbury Clock Go. case fac.(rE 54-Cor Clay and Mill sta.
 36-Cor Liberty and River sts. 67-No s hose house.
 ys-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin sfa 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 73-Nortfi Willow at. cor Hillside. 74-Cor Johnson and waterville cts. 142-wofcott st. beyond Howard. Je2-Cor Fast Main and Welton sts. sf2-The Platt Bros Go. R1 ef9-Hammond Ruckle Go, PI ef4-waterbury Clock Com'v't fac frS 216-C'or North Main ana Grove sts. es1-cor Round Hili and Ward sta 2e1-Jurction Cooke and N Main .stsl 272-Grove. bet Central < Holmes avs. R11-S. N. Fl. TeIephone Go building (p1 812-Cor Rank and Meadow sts. @,is X Cloves (P1 a14-plume & Atwoo6 fP1 s15-American Ring Go. fP) e1e-Electric Light Station (p1 g1s-HoImes Booth x Haydens fPI Ro1-No 4 Hose House. 923-Cor Washington ave & Porter stMl g24-Cor Charles and Porter sts. sob--Cor Simons st & Washington ava s71-City Lumber & Coal Go. (P) 41o-Tracy Bros P)
 432-Cor Lihertv and s. Main sts- 4H1-Steele & Johnson Mfg Go. pI Se2-Cor Baldwin and Rye sta.
 P) Private
 SIGNALS.
 I. One stroke calls superintendent Co the City hall.
 il. Two strokes. fire out. reca1ls
 lii. Three strokes. 12 m. g D. 10.
 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.1.1 Ten strokes quick will indicate a general alarm and win call the entire force Unto service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06

When John Porter Left the stand, the horses had eankered back to weigh san. The jockeys, one after another, with upraised whip, had saluted the judge, received his nod to dismount, pulled the saddles from their stseds, and, in Indian file, were passing over the scales. As Lucretia was led away, Porter turned into the paddock. He saw that Langdon was waiting for him
 Well. he won, just as said he would" declared the latter; you've got a good horse cheap. You ought to've had bet down on him and won cut''
 He won." answered Porter. looking straight into the others shifty eyes, 'but he's long way from being a good horse-no dope horse is good horse" 3s#
 ..What're givin' me?" demanded Langdon, ansriiy.
 Just what every blackguard ought to have-the truth"
 By G-d!' the trainer began, in fierce blasphemy, but John Porter took = 9SSp hOesAS1, 6A0 Ato 61aS CyCS ploICSa the other mans soul
 .'I said I'd take the horse, and I will; but don't think that you're fooling me, dr. Langdon. You're a bIackguard of tho first water. If I can only get at the bottom of what has been done to- day, you'll get ruled off and you'll stay ruled off Now turn Lauzanne over to Andy Dixon, and come into the secre- tary's ofiice, and I'll give you check for him" 3f
 As they moved toward the secre- tary's ofdce. Porter was accosted by his trainer
 ''The stewards want to speak to you, air" said Dixon
 All right. Send a boy over to this mans stable for Lauzanne-I've bought him."
 The trainer stared in amazement.
 "I'H give you the check when I come hack" continued Porter, speaking to Langdon.
 There's trouble on, sir,'' said Dixon, "the stewards think Lucretia didn't run up to her form. They've had me up. and her jock, Mckay, is there now. Starter Carson sWears he couldn't get her away from the post--says Mckay fairly anchored the mare. He fined the boy fifty dollars at the start"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
bo''rouqbbreds
s99g -ASt
By ". A. FRASER
cepysssA., sy Mcclure. Phillips s'co.

T think they've got the wrong pig by the ear-why don't they yank Lang don? He's at the bottom of it''
 Some mug give the stewards a yarn that you'd bought Lauzanne, sir, an sez that's why you didn't win with the mare" ft~
 Porter stopped and gasped in aston ishment. What next?
 You see," continued Dixon. apol- ogetically, T didn't know you was meanin' to buy that skate, so [ says 1t was a d-d lie.'
 Things are mixed, Andy, ain't they?"
 As Porter went up the steps of the stewards stand he felt like an tnno- cent man condemned to be hanged for another's crime
 The investigation had been brought about by note one of the stewards had received. The sender of the mis- s1ve stated that he had backed Lucre- tia heavily. but had strong reason for believing there was job on. The note had come too late-just as the horses were starting-to be of avail, except | as corroboPation of the features of the race. Starter Carson's evidence as to McKay's handling of the mare coin- cided with the contents of the note Then there was the fact of Porter's having bought Lauzanne. The stew ards did not know the actual circum- | stances of the sale, but had been told that Lucretia's owner had acquired the chestnut before the race. Moreover, Alan's trifing bet on Lauzanne had been magnified into heavy plunge no doubt the fathers money had been put up by the boy. A race course is like household, everything Is known, l absolutely everything.
 l Porter was aghast. Were all the fu- ries in league against him? He was more or less a believer in lucky or un- lucky days, but he had never experi- enced anything quite so bad as this. No wonder he flushed and stood silent, lost for words to express his indigna- l ton.
 Speak up. MT. Porter" said the steward. kindly. Those that lost on Lucretia are swearing that the mare was pulled
 And they're right" blurted out Por- ter. T know what the mare can do; she can make hacks of that bunch. She was stopped and interferred with, and given all the worst of 1t from start
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
THE HARDNESS OF TREES.
mate to Which They Have Be- come Accus Omed.

An expert nurSerymaE says the hardi- ness or non-hardinegs of trees depends largely upon where the seeds from which the trees in question sprang came from. Satisfactory results are seldom experienced by planting seed obtained from the sunny south, say. By planting seeds gradually further north, however, trees may be at length hardened and ac- climated until seed from such tree may be reasonably expected to thrive and mature its fruits.
 Trees, like people, says the PhilRdel- phia Record, acquire their habits from the climate in which they live. The northern tree knows instinctively when the time has come to ripen it's fruits. The southern tree follows the same in- stinct, being in no hurry, as there is lit- tie likelihood of real cold. With trans plantings further north it's habit changes.
 The great trouble with most people is that they want to jump a tree from south to north at one move. This same idea is evident In the attempt to bring various fruit trees from Russia to the northern United States.
 Apples and plums from the land of the great white czar have taken kindly to the below zero conditions of the gen. tie DakotaS.
 Sunny ana Cloudy Places.
 The sunniest place in the earth is either the great Sahara or the desert of Arabia. The cloudiest place is in north ern Russia, the southwest coast of Peru. or the coast of the French Congo, Africa, all being about the same in this respect.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06

I'm not interested in Silver Foot" :" interrupted Crane, "andI shouldn't like to have anything-well, don't want my name associated with anything shady, you understand, Langdon? You are to buy The Dutchman as cheap as you can, and run him as your own horse in the Eclipse. think Porter's mare will win it, so we needn't lose anything over The Dutchman"
 Langdon started
 "But," he gasped, there was row over Lauzanne's race. If The Dutch man runs in my name, an a lot O mugs play limits dollars to doughnuts they william he gets beat, thereil be kick can't take no chances of bein' had up by the stewards
 ''Wait bit," replied Crane, calmly. "Supposing Porter's mare worked five and half furlongs in 1:07, how would she go in the Eclipse?"
 Shed win in a walk; unless The Dutchman was at his best, when he might give her an argument"
 Well, if I thought The Dutchman could beat the mare, I'd make him win, if he never carried the saddle again" declared Crane, almost fercely. Then he interrupted himself, breaking off abruptly.
 Tt will be doing Porter good turn to-to-that is, if Lucretia wins. fancy he needs win. Bad racing luck will hardly stop the mare this time not twice in succession, you know, Lang don," and he looked meaningly at his Jackal You buy The Dutchman and be good to him.
 He laid marked emphasis on the words "be good to him. The trainer understood. It meant that he was to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
BY WILLIAM THORP.

sent far milder punishment at the
hands of other nations. In that re-
spect they resemble other Asiatics
who have felt the scourge Of the cars
legions.
War is war to the Russian, and he
takes care to make it hell while it
lasts; but when it is over he Is hail
fellow well met with his conquered
foe, and treats him with rough kind
ness and genuine comradeship which
wipe out from the Asiatic mind even
the memory Of ruthless massacres.
You Anglo Saxons are fond Of
talking about benevolent assim1la-
ton" said a former captain In the
New York, "but If you want to see 1t
travel thru Russian Asia. Wherever
you went, from the Caucasus to
Vladivostok, you could find the ma
tives living happily under our rule
and becoming thoroIy Russianized. IL
they had not already become SO.
Intermarriage with Asiatics.
las soon as we have taught them
to fear and respect us, we mix with
them freely. We do not hold our
selves aloof as If we were made Of a
different kind Of clay and were alto
gether superior beings, as other for
eigners do. We are half orienta1s
ourselves, of course and naturally do
not share the color prejudices Of the
| American. the Englishman and the
German. We freely intermarry with
the Asiatics among whom it may be
our destiny to live, and we encourage
them to rise to the highest civil and
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ing it with their own, they would
soon see plainly why the name of Rus
STA has such prestige in Asia, and
why the natives of India hate the
dominion of England and set their
hopes of freedom upon Russia.
PRUSSIA gives full liberty to native
manners, and not only does not over
burden her subjects with fresh taxes,
but even allows them exemptions and
privileges OF most extensive char
acter. England, on the contrary, is
a. vampire, sucking the last drop Of
blood out of India.
Russia suffers no permanent drain
upon her military resources by reason
Of her conquests. On the contrary,
she can be taught nothing in the art
of raising native levies and making
them loyal. She can raise, and does
raise, a far greater number of soldiers
from her Asiatic provinces than she
needs in order to garrison them.
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they would be If they had been born
in MOSCOW.
The Lump of Sugar.

=
Foreigners are surprised at the
quickness with which Russia lays
down the sword and offers the lump of
sugar to vanquished orientals Max
uum Kuli, a warrior chieftain, was the
heart and soul Of the defense Of Geek
Tepee in the Turcoman campaign of
the early eighties. The ashes Of Cock
Tepe had hardly grown cold, the
bodies of thousands Of his massacred
tribesmen were still unburied, when
Makdum Ku1i was visited by a Russian
secret agent, who found him in the
midst of the army he had rallied for
another stand against the Russian in
give in and go to Russia as the guest OF
the czar, whose coronation was then
due at Moscow.
.'The untutored Turcoman chief
TAIN said an Englishn1an who met
Makdum Kuli at that city, was the
5honored guest at the coronation fes-
tivities. Greater attention was paid
Ito him than to European kings and
princes. It was a master stroke OF
policy. When he got back to his own
country and told of the wonderful
sights he had seen, of all the power
and splendor Of Russia, there was no
more talk Of fighting. His account of
the size Of the Russian army converted
the war party, but far more potent
were the handsome Russian uniform
he wore and the stories he told Of the
favors conferred upon him by the
great white car. All the other Tur-
conan chieftains became keenly ar1x-
ious to make the acquaintance OF such
| a generous master
It is a familiar story to students Of
Russian conquest. Schamyl was the
foremost foe Of Russia in the eau
casus for a generation. To-day Scha-
myps sons are officers in the Russian
army treated with especial honor by
the car.
| Chinese Trust the Russians.
After the blood lust Of the troops
was over at Peking, the Russians did
all they could to save the lives OF
Chinese residents and to spare the
feelings of the Chinese officials. The
Germans declared that no protection
could be given to Chinese, whether
they had been implicated In the attack
on the legations or not; the Russians
/ protected them. When the Russians
/ left Picking, the Germans occupied
| their quarter Of the city. Immediately
| this happened all the Chinese who had
settled there scampered off into the
adjacent Japanese quarter. They had
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

No wonder Castro the conqueror
thinks himself another Napoleon, and
believes in his star; he has never
known defeat. Fighting, time efter
time, against enormous odds, he has
always won.
Life in some Of the South American
republics makes fiction seem gray and
dull. What could be more fantastic
than for a peasant, a mere muleteer,
living Eat the back of beyond" in the
Andes, to throw down his whip and
his hoe, and say to his mates:
Come along boys! I'm sick of this.
I'm going to be president, and you
shall be generals and cabinet minis
ters!''
That is precisely what Cipriano
Castro did, and he carried out his
promise. For parallel, one must go
back to Tamburlaine, the Scythian
shepherd, who became a world con-
queror.
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INTO CARACAS ON a
STRETCHER AT THE HEAD
OF HIS VICTORIOUS ARMY

and casual visitors; or perhaps, play
ing billiards or feeding his numerous
pet birds.
1t is no breach Of Venezuelan ETH
quette to go straight up and talk to
him. He is always affable and courte-
Gus, whether the visitor be a foreign
minister or merely an itinerant pedlar
trying to sell books or boot-laces.
On one Of the most critical days
of the recent international blockade
several persons were at the palace
waiting to see Castro.
He came into the patio" with sew
eral Of his ministers, crossed over to
them and said: s.-
''Will you kindly wait little long
er? Some important cablegrams have
come from Washington, and we have
to hold a meeting Of the cabinet to
consider them.
He passed, with is ministers, into
the reception-room, at the doorway Of
which the visitors were sitting, and
the cabinet sat round in a circle for
the conference. Naturally, the visitors
rose to go; but Castro jumped up and
politely begged them not to disturb
themselves-the conference would
soon be finished!
Before he sat down again. beggar
boy. who was lounging in the patio"
Quilted in to the cabinet circle and
asked the president Of his republic
to buy some knitted socks. Castro
laughingly chaffed him, and gave him
a dollar. Then the cabinet council
went on, within earshot Of a score OF
loungers.
Such is the way in which public
affairs are transacted In Venezuela.
What else can be expected when one
Of the country's principal officials Is
Cartro's old barber from the Andes?
He still shaves the president when he
has leisure from his other duties as
a general and a statesman.
Castro the Tyrant and Castro the
Democrat have each his good points,
but there Is also Castro the Dreamer,
best known to himself, who is full Of
national pride and patriotic fervor,
who knows the possibilities OF Vene-
zuela and sees visions Of her as a
great world power, bound in close al
lance with the other American states
to resist the aggression of Europe.
The writer had a glimpse Of tfFs
Castro two years ago at La Victoria,
when he unfolded scheme for a Pan
American defensive alliance against
Europe, which he evidently considered
to be within the realm of practical
politics
This Castro has Napoleonic ambf-
lions, which are fed by crowd OF
fatterers who tell him that he is the
greatest South American general since
Bolivar Looking back on his career
of persistent victory, he believes them
and plans for the conquest Of Colom-
bia, and the control of the Panama
canal situation. He wants to be to
South America what Napoleon was to
Europe.