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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
REVOLT IN PARAeuAY.
Rebel Army May soon Enter the Cap
 1ta1.

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 1s.-Refu- gees from Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, declare that the conditions there are insupportable. All business has been suspended, the streets are deserted, and only the patrols are visi- ble
 The refugees say that the revolution is spreading, and it is believed that the government will not offer serious re- sistance to any attack on the capital.
 General Ferreira, the leader of the revolution, will probably be declared president
 Cannonading has been heard near Asuncion, but there is no definite news that the capital is being bombarded.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
WAS HoNoRABLY DrsoHARGED

The Editor of Waterbury Democrat. Tn defense of myself and for the benefit of those who always know noxe about other peoples business than they do Of their owu, I would like to state that my discharge from Company A, 2d regiment, c. N. G., dated August 15, 1904, is an honor able discharge.
 It is impossible to get dishonors able discharge except by sentence of court martial and I have never been court martialed.
 JOHN B. PORTER.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
For Peace of Central America.

LA LIBERTAD, Salvador, Aug. 18.- President Escalon of Salvador will sail today for Amapala, in the gulf of Fon- seca, where he will be met by Presi- dent Bonilla of Honduras. The two presidents will then proceed to Corinto, Nicaragua, where they will meet Presi- dent Zelaya, and conference will be held having for it's object the taking of measures to maintain peace in the Gen. tral American republics.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
Judge and Prisoner Brothers.

UNION HILL, N. J., Aug. 1S.-Con stable George Collmer of this place ar. raigned here yesterday before Recorder Haunstein man he asked to have committed as suspicious person. The recorder, recognizing the prisoner, said: 'Is that you, Charlieg meaning his brother, Charles Haunstein of Mercer, Gal, whom he had not seen for fifteen years. Then the two men left the court together
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
Ffremen In Hospital.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-So overpow- ering was the smoke from a fire on the second floor of four story build ing at 38 Cortlandt street last night that two battalion chiefs, two captains, two lieutenants and sixteen fremen were overcome. Two had to be taken to hospital for treatment, and the others were with difficulty revived by physicians who were rushed to the scene.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
rrsendlx suit ror sr bod .ooo.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.--Suit for S1,. 100000 which has been brought against ]. Ogden Armour in the east is declared to be friendly action to sc cure court decision on the disposition of certain properties of the National Packing company.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
BASEMENT SPECIALS.
8 TO 10 A. M.

bars best Laundry Soap, 25c
 Three blown Table Tunblers, Sc each
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18

2 B IJaFS DGSt kcOdps AsON Three blown Table Tumblers, Sc each
 ALI DAY-TINWARE. a7-qt Dish Pans, value s9c, Fri day 25c s-qt Preserving Kettles, value a5c, 2-gallon Oil Cans. value 33c, Fri
 day ZIG day 25c 6-qt long handled Sauce Pans, value 29c, Friday 19c 10-qt Flaring Fails, value 29c. Fri Brown Bread Moulds, value s9c, Friday 21c Tea Kettle Steamers, value sec, Friday 25c Pot Steamers. value 39c, Friday 25c 2-pint Tea or Coffee Pots, value 10c, Friday 7e Half Sheet Graters, value 10c, Friday 5e Layer Cake Tins, value Sc, Friday Sc
 ENAMEL WARD.
 Every piece first quality and war ranted.
 i-dt Tea or Coffee Pots, value 29c, 2-qt Tea or Coffee Pots, value ssc, Friday 23c s-qt Tea or Coffee Pots, value 89c, Friday 25o 4-qt covered Fails, value 42c, Fri day 25c 1-qt Milk Cans. value 2ec, Fri day l9c Bot Berlin Sauce Pans, value 42c,
 Friday 25c 8-qt Mixing Bowls, value s9c Fri
 day 23c 2-qt covered Sauce Pans, value 3sc. Friday 21c 6-qt blue and white Milk Pans,
 value 35c, Friday 15c 6-qt Preserving Kettles, value 39c, Friday 25c z-qt Studs Dippers, value 35c, Fri
 day 21c A-ut long handled Sauce Pans, value 29c, Friday 19c
 WOODEN WARE.
 The Lightning Lawn Mower, value S3. Friday $169 Croduet Sets, value s1.29, Friday 72c Large round Chopping Bowls, value D7c. Friday 21c Extra fine Brooms, value S5c, Fri
 day 21c Hard wood Towel Rollers, value
 10c, Friday 6c Children's Garden Sets, value 15c,
 Friday 1Oc Friday 21c
 ONH HOUR, 3 TO 4. China Chocolate Sets of 14 pieces,
 Handsomely decorated and gold
 lined, value $2.29, Friday 9Sc
 GLASS WARE.
 Mason Pint Jars, special 37c Mason Quart Jars, special 45c Crystal Spoon Trays, special 4c Water Bottles, special 29e Berry Sets, special 17c Orange or Berry Bowls, special 7c Thin blown Table Plumbers, spe-
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 DINNER WARE.
 112-piece decorated Set. under
 glaze decoration, three colors to
 select from, value $1O.98, Fri
 day $7.29 iO0-pdece porcelain Set. floral deco
 ration burnt in, gold lined, new
 shapes, value $14.50, Friday $9.29 100-piece oriental design, under
 glaze. including soup tureen,
 floral blue. value $1050, Fri
 day $7.29 56-piece Tea Set, under glaze deco ration, 3 colors, value $4.98, Fri
 day $2.29
 TOILET WARE.
 10-piece Set in colors and large
 sizes, value $3, Friday $1.59 10-piece Set, handsomely deco
 rated and double gold lined,
 value s5, Friday $a.29 Slop Jars, with cover and bail,
 new shape, value $129, Friday 79c Uncovered Slop Jars, value 98c,
 Friday 49c
 SMALL NEEDS.
 Alb package Gold Dust, special 15c lib package Gold Dust, special 4c Ammonia, 1-qt size, special Tc BluinS, 1-qt size, special 4c Toilet Paper, package, special 4c 6thloy4H, <44 TavT4n esoacan n Ac
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
Check SWindle.

"You will notice." said a city detec.
tive the other day, that nearly all mer.
chants, instead of simply indorsing a
check, prefix for deposit with a rub.
Der stamp and give the name of the
bank. Cleveland merchants have
learned this after an experience that
cost one Of them 5000.
a man walked into jewelry store
and selected 1925 watch, left a check
for 5000, drawn on an out-of- town
bank, with the instructions that the
watch be regulated and that he would
come after it and his change a week
later. On returning he was informed
that his check was no good.
Well, that's strange he said. It's
the second time the bank has done
that thing on me. But here's the
money for your watch and he counted
out $12o in currency and started for
the door. oh. yes he said, turning
around, you had better give me that
check 1t was willingly handed over
to him. On tie back was the jewelcr' S
simple Endorsement. With this the
man went into 4 bark, got It. cashed
and was never heard OF afterward. -
Cleveland Leader.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
The Tragic Finish Of a Cat.

A big black tomcat came out of the
Plaza hotel few days ago, and cross
ing 59th street, tried to catch some
English sparrows. AS he was creep
ing up on the birds dog came along
and made for the cat, which climbed
up one Of the big elms near the Sher-
man statue until it got near the top,
about so feet from the ground.
Pussy crouched in the crotch be-
tween two branches and the dog went
away. The cat remained in the tree
that day and was still there the next
morning.
BY that time passers-by got interest
ed. and some Of them tried to coax the
cat down. The crowds attracted the
attention of Policeman Miles Cava-
naugh, and he also tried coaxing, but
in vain. The animal seemed to be
afraid to leave its perch.
The policeman reported the matter
at the station, and the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was
notified. AS pussy was still in the tree
tine next day a park employe tried
to climb the tree and get It. The tree
was covered with sleet and the man
had to give up the attempt.
It looked as though the cat would
remain up there until it starved to
death, 50 it was decided best to shoot
it.-New York Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
Life in the Clouds.

An article upon the route of the
Tibet Mission, published in q London
paper, contains an Interesting record
of temperatures and conditions OF life
at high attitudes. The mission has me-
cessitated the continued exposure of a
very large number of untried men to
life at attitudes ranging between 10000
feet and 1900 feet, and the general re-
suits are of considerable value. The
lowest temperatures yet reached on the
route has been 26 degrees +. at Chug-
gia, OH the Tangla, which WAS, how
ever, only ali encampl1eEt. OF actual
nightly exposure "a cold Of men and
animals Tuna probably holds the rec
ord with IL degrees f. But Phari has
repeatedly reached 10 degrees E., and
Kamparab, nine miles distant from
Phari, might, if continual registration
had been possible there, show q lower
figure than either. The normal night
minimum during January and Febru-
airy is probably 10 degrees f. for To-
600 feet, warming to degrees F., for
10000 feet. Mountain sickness has
been closely observed by the medical
men accompanying the mission. II.
digestion has been common on account
Of eating Of imperfectiy cooked food
At $4,000 feet water boils at a tenn.
perature about so +. lower than al
sea-level, and the normal amount of
cooking is therefore quite inadequate
at $4,000 feet it is almost impossible
to boil rice properly. The Dial, the
common red lentil of India, affords a
curious example Of the difficulty of
cooking at high elevations. Out of five
different kinds Of dial supplied to the
troops, only one is capable of being
cooked at all at heights above 10000
feet. 1t is difficult to make the native
understand these alterations of gas
trology, and great deal of insufficient
cooking has been the natural result.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
Food AduIteration.

In these days Of butter not traceable
to the COW, of coffee berries made in a
mold and not grown on a bush, OF
honey not made in a beehive but in a
factory, and thousand-and-one au.
dacious frauds, although only 2 per
cent. Of our animal food value-which
is $5,CO0,DOOO 00-is adulterated, we
consume $1,000, 100000 worth of fraud.
ulently prepared food year. About
80 per cent Of this is officially rated as
-prejudicial to health" exclusive
Of meat and milky, while the remain
ing 10 per cent is set down as con-
tanning poisonous and otherwise nox-
ious ingredients" In brief, we con-
sumo a total value of $1O,0OO,OOO in
dangerous and deleterious food. Fraud
has been officially. detected in more
than 2COO samples of food and articles
for general physical use.-Norld's
Work.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
OUR STUDY or NATURE.
A Feature Of American Life of Whole.
some Influence.

The current jest that the next out
door manual is to be entitled "How
to Tell the Animals from the Wild
Flowers" emphasizes the extent to
which the systematic study of nature
is being carried on in America. Hard
ly a phase of wood or field or marsh
Or coast life-whether flowers, trees,
mushrooms, insectivora, sea shells big
and little game, or pets-but has had
it's turn of late years in the scrutiny
and classification of some devoted
student. The often arid regions of
botany and zoology have increasingly
been under literary irrigation, and
have taken On a new fertility and
charm. From the middle Of the last
century to the present time we have
always had some voice of power call
ing us back to characterization EN-
erson, Bryant, Thoreau, Muir Bur
roughs, Torrey, Gibson, Seton, Sharp
but in the last decade the general i'm
pulse has taken on the aspect of
cult which, we fancy, has no counter
part elsewhere. England had her
White OF Selbourne, and later her la
mented Richard Jefferies; but DO her
young people tramp her woods and
fields through the long summer days
in the enthusiasm for nature as ours
may be seen doing in thousands of
places from the first twitter of spring
to the yellow twilights of autumn?
Imperishable as have been certain con-
tributions on natural topics by the
great English poets, and directly as
we derive in this respect from Shake
speare and Wordsworth, the nature
anthologies show no preponderance in
favor of Great Britain at the present
day. Mr.. John Burroughs, in his
Songs of Nature" volume ranging
from Elizabethan times, includes the
work of rs American authors as
against 43 of British allegiance; and if
line were drawn at the year 1850
the disproportion would be largely in
creased. 1t is perhaps too much to
consider these figures adequately rep
resentative of the great love of out
door life which we associate with Eng
land; but they may be taken to 1nd1-
cate that our enthusiasm finds more
ready voice in song. For the rest
the widespread interest in nature
books has doubtless received great
impulse of late years from "the re-
turn to the country" which has in
creased with the number of consid-
cradle fortunes.
Who can estimate the wholesome
and conservative influence Of this vast
employ of our people with the phe-
nomena of nature-the healthful ram
bles over the country, the restful re-
Taxation Of the tense mentality of
cities, and, to make paradox, the
humanizing love of ANIMALS? 1t is
one feature of American life that may
be regarded with unqualified satisfac-
tion-an offset to the hectic winter life
of cities, and one of the evidences that,
in spite OF the alarming growth of
sinister influences among us, the heart
of the people is sound at the core
From 1--WE Americans and the Other
Animals" in the Century.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
the daily sports Of Americans who go

the daily sports Of Americans who 20
down there.
In that relaxing climate there is q
constant temptation to i've the dolce
far niente life like the natives, but
the man who does SO feels the heat
Of the climate far more than his neigh
Dor who goes in for vigorous exercise.
It is best not to work too hard nor
for too many hours a day. The siesta
should not be missed. The man who
tries to do too much on the isthmus
will soon end by being unable to do
anything.
But mans health tn the tropics
depends largely upon his being strict
ly temperate in his mode Of living.
A Canadian doctor who lived five
years in Panama gave the following
advice:
Get up early-say, at or Z. Begin
the day with bath. and then have
coffee, oranges and rolls. Have break
fast at IL or IL and let it be a good,
hearty meal which people in temper
ate climates would regard as a mid
day dinner.
I'm common with many old residents
OF the tropics, used to begin mine
by taking some ripe fruit and follow
ing it with beefsteak, yams, potatoes
and coffee. | always made my meals
simple, and found that it paid to do so.
Have dinner at 6 and follow it up
with quiet evening. Smoke cigar on
the veranda or play a game of cness
with a friend. Go to bed at 9 or 10
o'clock
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
UNCLE SAM. BANKER.
Helps the Soldier Boys to Swell Their
Earnings.


Earnings.
Your Uncle Sam is becoming quite
banker for the American soldiers. For
the year ending June 80, 1903, there
were deposited by soldiers $1,SSS,014
and it is understood that the amount
for the fiscal year, which will end the
last Of the coming June, will be much
larger. The enlisted men Of the Unit
ed States are allowed to leave their
money in the hands of. the paymasters,
taking certificate for 1t, and the Gov
eminent pays the men interest at the
rate OF four per cent year Many
soldiers largely increase their earnings
by leaving their. money on deposit AS
long as possible, and 1t is really very
good savings bank for them. The year
before the Spanish War the amount de-
posted was less than one-third OF that
deposited in 1908. The enlisted strength
of the army has been increased since
then, and is now about double what it
was before the Spanish War, but the
amount left in deposit is three times as
great as it was when the army was
smaller.
Possibly service in the Orient ard
the establishment Of large posts have
been conducive to saving on the part
Of troops. At all events, officers Of the
War Department look upon the in
crease as being an indication of thrift
mess upon the part of the American
soldiers. On several occasions at
tempts have teen mad :, Congress to
allow officers Of the army the same
privilege of leaving their money on
deposit, but every time such a bill has
been defeated.-Washing Post.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
TIE MUSIC CURE.
Papa Had No Headache After Plenty
of HRedeliav

An interesting experiment was re-
Gently conducted in an uptown apart
ment house by a young woman with
a taste for scientific research. She
had heard Of the so-called music
cure" as tried in Boston. and she de-
termined to investigate it. A few af-
ternoons ago her father, an exemplary
citizen in every way, came home with
violent headache. The young wom-
an persuaded him to recline in an
easy chair and placed his mind in a
QuieScent state. Then she went
around into the next suite of apart
ments and persuaded her dearest
friend, a young woman with some
knowledge of the piano, to play that
instrument close to the partition that
divided the two suites. The young
woman said she'd play until her friend
raped on the wall and asked her to
stop. Whereupon she commenced
with 'Bedelia," while the other young
woman with watch in hand stood close
to the sitting room door and watched
the result. Not only did she watch it,
but she took notes of it as follows:
-Four twenty-five. Papa is softly
grooming in his chair. His head must
hurt him dreadfully. There, | hear
Laura playing 'Bedelia.' Papa hears it,
too. He is looking around
-Four twenty-eight. Papa has lift
ed his head a little. 'Bedelia' still
goes on. Papa is frowning and biting
his lips. There. he is staring at the
wall behind which Laura is busy.
think he begins to feel the influence.
Yes, it is contracting his muscles. He
is shaking his fist. His lips move He
is saying things.
-Four thirtv-two. Papa has slipped
from his chair. His eyes are gleam-
ing, his fists are clenched 'Bedelia'
still goes on.
-Four thirty-fve. Papa is saying.
things at the wall I'm afraid Laura
will hear some Of them. She is play
ing much louder. 1t is still 'Bedelia.'
Papa is getting red in the face. He is
tearing his hair. l wish he wouldn't
do that. He hasn't any to spare.
EOuE luIFty-SoVcu. Fdpd has Llpp0u
over the chair. and is hopping around
like demented Pawnee. And. oh,
the language he uses is something aw-
full! Bang! | think Laura has just
fallen off the music stool. Anyway,
'Bedelia' has ceased.
when I rushed. a moment later,
papa had fallen back on the couch and
was gasping feebly. Papa cried,
'how's the headache?' He made an
unrepeatable remark about the head
ache that at once assured me he was
cured.
"And it was the music that cured
him! "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18

is even more impressive: THE French
exercised little or no sanitary control
over their canal laborers. They built
little villages of wood and galvanized
iron for the men to live in, but in most
cases provided neither water nor
drains. II they fell i'll in camp and
did not die at once, they were trans
ported after day or two to the hos
pitfalls at Colon or Panama. That was
about as far as the French medical
care or control extended from 1880 on
ward. AS result they lost q great
number OF employees-some say So
600. The construction gangs were Of
ten crippled and ineffective. Excava-
tors, locomotives and other machines
stood idle for weeks, because the men
or the foremen were Ill or dead. The
losses Of time and money from this
cause were enormous. Work was
stopped from time to time, and often
did not begin again for a month, pay
being drawn all the while for the en-
tire gang. The direct loss from this
cause alone is believed to have ex-
ceeded seventy million francs. The
indirect loss from delay and democrat
ization can never be determined.
"The French Canal company is now
paying it's laborers $1.0S day, Colon
bian silver, worth about A cents in
United States currency"
DR.. Stephens says that it is an error
to speak Of any locality as in itself
''unhealthful." If disease is present it
has been brought there by men or ami
mails which have become infected else
where. No locality breeds new disease.
He wants the government to establish
a School Of Tropical Diseases at Co.
Ion. The greatest variety of clinical
material would be abundant. Canal
laborers arriving from various points in
the tropics will afford excellent mate
rial for study, with the added advan-
tages of observing the course Of the
diseases in tropical climate.
DR.. Stephens also favors camp of
detention and observation for incom-
ing laborers. In no other way can dis.
ease be prevented from gaining access
to the labor camps along the line of
the canal. Nor when forwarded from
the camp of observation to the labor
camps should the executive guardian
ship over the laborer cease or be relax
ed for a moment. A single hole in
ones mosquito net lets in the mos
quito that will inoculate him with yell
low fever or malaria; so with a sys-
TEN of health protection for 10000 Ia
borers. At single weak point of the
system an epidemic may enter; the
system must be precise, efficient at all
points and constantly operative. If
the best economic results are to be OBJ
tanned, the labor camps must be en-
closed, policed and regulated as if un-
der military discipline He thinks it
would be found expedient to have a
canteen at every camp.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
REASON TO LAUGH.

Bangs about you. You
laughed as though you would split al
that joke in the second act; but when
told it to you week or so ago it didn't
seem to strike you as bit comical."
Bings-"I paid money to hear that
joke at the theatre; when you told ii
it was not sought by me. People pay
money for advice from the doctor, but
they have no use for gratuitous ad,
vice."-Boston Transcript.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
A CLEVER MANEUyRE.

Kirby-"That man Beatty is making
money hand over fist"
Klinck-"Why, heard he put new
health food on the market and it failed
to catch on"
Kirby-"So it did; but he immediate.
~ put up the stuff in bales and read
vertised it as 'Hygienic Horse Bed
ding and it's selling all over the
country."-Puck.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
WHOLE NOTES.

can American triumph? L don't IN
derstand you. None Of the cast talk
English, none of the orchestra, nor the
conductor, nor even the manager"
That's all right Money is what
talks, and the money is Americana
Puck.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
a BOY.

"See that poor afflicted boy sitting
in front of yon shop? No doubt his
tooth is dancing with pain-an ulcer
ated tooth, perhaps. See how he holds
his jaws with both hands and sways
from side to side. Poor fellow.
''My dear, you are badly mistaken.
The lad is perfectly happy. He is
playing a Jews harp.'-Tit-Bits.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
IMMUNE.

"Young man. said Rev. Goodman,
"some day you'll bring your fathers
gray hairs in sorrow to the grave"
mo danger" replied young Rakely;
she hasn't any. Worrying about me
has made his head baldr'-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
BOTH IN RHODE ISLAND.

"Do you think you can cure me, doc
tor" asked the society woman.
II think so, with the help Of Proyi-
dence," replied the good physician.
"Why not Newport? The climate
there is surely the same as that Of
Providence. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
NOT CHEAP.

Merchant-"She seemed to be very
particular about those goods she
bought"
SaIesman-"Yes, she said she wanted
to be sure they were the real thing;
she didn't want any cheap imitation"
Merchant-"But they were cheap
imitation"
Salesman-"Oh, no. 1 raised the
price."-Philadelph Press.