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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31
FINDS AN. AGED BANDIT.
A London Journalist Interviews. Fa- nous servtan Desperate Who
 Is Now IF Years Old.


 IA, London journalist has just inter- viewed the famous Servian bandit, sto- van ZiISitsch, who is claimed to be TIT years old. The old fellow wears heavy clothes the year round: drinks about three-Quarters of liter of brandy a day. and aflrds that in his youth he drank 12 liters of wine a day without any harm ful nsequeiices. But he has never taken coffee or a smoke. Early in life, while in Greece, he knew Lord Byron. and is proud of telling of the "cuTly. headed Englishman. ]" Zikitsch has twice been married and has four daugh- ters. He boasts that he has never worked in his life "All that I can Nfeld Is the gun and the dagger. and, thank God, I have earned enough by them to live comfortably now. he shouted after his interviewer, as the lat ter was leaving.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31
ROLLER SKATING REVIVED.
Sport Neglected for Twenty Years Has Again Become Popular
 in America.

...s :. Forty or fifty roIler-skating rinks have been built and opened to the pub lie in New England, New Jersey and other states within the last year, de- clares the New York Sun. All are we'll patronized and their promoters be- lieve that this sport. neglected for 20 years. will again become popular In the late '7O's and early sos roiler-skat- ing almost attained the dignity of 8 na- tional amusement. No person was too old or too young to use the rinks. The hockey games, endurance races and ex- hibitions of fancy skating arranged by rink owners attracted big audiences for four or five years before the popular appetite was satisfied Then, and al- most in moment, roller skating fell into disfavor Only children clung to 1t, and on them it has never lost it's hold. This sudden loss of popularity was due simply to the fact that the pastime was worked to death.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31

lovers allus was fools, they say, w.lcn I ain't never been one, an mebbe Providence watches over 'em special like. but as fer sailors
 q am lover, too, Jabez, if it1comes to that, Iris not only for England that go into that tower Now, we've talked enough. am going to climb to that window from which the light is coming. Dye see it? The one with the balcony Then I am going to drop the end of this piece of signal halliards down to you. want you to bend on the end of that coil of rope. in the bow to it. Be sure to make 1t fast sto the grapnel end Then I'll haufSt .up,4 hook it to the balcony, and have a ladder to come down again.
 Very good, sir"
 Then you are to- stay in the boat here and, keep sharp lookout for any thing and everything. Have your muskets ready for use, too. You're a good shot, aren't your
 T used to be. sir.a,s sf
 .'I remembered it. Now, if should happen to fall you are to pick up whats left of me and take it. back to the ship-if you can get back..',sa
 An if you don't come down, sir, w'ich God forbid''
 "Wait until about four bells Tn the midwatch for me, as near as ysou can. guess the time--here, take my watch and then you can be sureand then make your way as best you can to the ship. It will be easier to get out of this little bay, think. than it was to get into it, especially if the wind shifts off-shore Keep her reefed down and. take it slowly; you must remember. something of the pass from our com ing in.''
 If you ain't to go with me, capt, don't care w'ether I gifts out alive or not. I'll jest jam her head fer the openin' an let her go. Damme, beg gin yer parding. sir. wish you'd take me into that ere tower, too"
 T would rather have you down here. Jabez. Good-by: remember what told you" Grafton said, extending his hand to his faithful if humble companion.
 "I won't forgit none of it, sir,'' an swered the old man in a melancholy voice, shaking his captain by the hand W $& Sfs (YTn Rn esMaryf. ..,Ad lA# ft K
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31

rI+ E sa sf not, win take JaDez anu we w1il1 sail boldly into the harbor and find out what we can.
 "And you will see Mademoiselle dc. Rohan?''
 Perhaps hope 60, though that is not my main purpose. At least would go even If knew she were not there. Now, if I am not back by eight bells, midnight, you will brace up and make the best of your way to Torbay and tell Sir Edward what we have learned"
 Yes, but you will hardly have time to ge there and back by midnight Capt. Grafton. Don't you think. it would be better to make 1t, say eight bells in the mfdwatch. or four o'clock in tho morning? I'd hate nightly to run away and leave you.
 "Very well, answered Grafton, that will give me more time. and perhaps 1t would be better not to leave without, exhausting every possible opportunity of getting information as to the des- tination of the French fleet, for there is no doubt in my mind that they in- tend to move"
 Nor in mine." s.
 ''very wcll, then. we'll make it eight bells in the midwatefa,. ss,.
 '.And if you are not back then, Fin to make the best of my way to Torbay, or Plymouth, or wherever I can find Sir Edward. deliver the dispatches. and tell what we have seen?"
 That's it. Now. need not tell you to watch the ship carefully on this hard lee-shore, and when you start for Hawke, if I am not here, drive her for all she has in her.
 T will do both. Capt, Grafton
 "Of course. And 1.-the wind should change and the French should send out a liner or a. couple of frigates after you, you are on no account to wait for me or anybody. The infor- nation we have gained is of far more importance that half dozen captured frfgates. Remember that running, nor lighting, is your role. Don't hesitate on my account Don't be captured, and don't be wrecked. T k 7~-.
 ''Very good. answered. Hatfeld, T shall carry out your instructions to the letter But I wish could go with you"
 T wish so, too. but you can't. One of us must stay by the ship. Remem- Der that the fate of England is resting on your shoulders, y continued the older man, gravely, for 'tis perfectly we'll known if the French get away from Brest successfully, and are not beaten elsewhere, they have an army all ready for descent upon Ireland, or perhaps England herself. '
 T shall remember il, ' answered Hat field solemnly. '- .'-,s.
 That's we'll Now. heave to and have the dinghy. dropped overboard. See that the mast is stepped and the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31
HUNT LONG FOR RINGS.
Women Refuse to Give Up. Search for Missing Golden Bands, Tokens .44s of Marriage.

What article about the household is more persistently hunted for when lost than any other?
 The wedding ring.
 The woman who has lost the golden circlet that has been placed on her finger by her lover will turn everything about a house upside down, in an effort to re- cover the treasure. She will look for 1t long after she would give up anything else. says the Chicago Tribune
 A Chicago woman to whom was given 8 beautiful diamond ring by the man whom she afterward married missed 1t. She felt sure it had been misplaced. She hunted the house over time and again. She emptied everything she thought might contain the article, but without avail She had moved once or twice and every time she tore up things in the old house and replaced them in the new she kept on hunting for the lost ring. One day while she was dusting the bric- a-brac something inside vase rattled. She turned it upside down and out fell the lost ring. To-day she does not know how or when she could have put 1t there, but now 1t Is more treasured than ever,
 A Dixon (Ill.) woman recovered her wedding ring months after 1t had been lost and all but given up. The loss of lr made. her so III she wasn't the same woman, her neighbors say. She had looked In every nook and corner of the house without avail, One day her hus- band went into the pantry to get a cup. There were plenty of them on aaiower shelf, but something led him to reach mp and get one from the top shelf. The wedding ring was in it. The wife be- lieyes she lost it there while she was wiping dishes. It was loose on Ter finger and it dropped oR without her noticing it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31
PROF. BAILEY, Citizen Bank BloeE
Learn TO Dance

at Miss Nellye T. Reeds Dancing Academy, 10S Bank street, second floor Jones & Morgan's building. Tuesday evenings advanced class. Beginners classes always forming, Thursday and Friday evenings. Terms, 12 cIass les sons. $4: 4 private and 6 class, $5: Q private. So: single private lesson. $I.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31
RIGHT JOLLY

you are when you enjoy good health. What other exercise is more invigor- ating than to properly dance to in- spiring music in a finely equipped and ventilated hall and pleasant company? These features have made our select weekly instructive assemblies fa- nous Exclusive nights for new be- ginners and advanced pupils. 12 les son course teaches you alls New class es now forming.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31
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CHAPTER XXI.
THE BOAT IN THE PASS.

.l.
 THE BOAT rN THE PASS.
 was evening. The Maidstone
 was beating to and fro of the
 mouth of the harbor of Brest.
 The wind was still blowing hard the shore and the French ships were eenreiy bottled up. They could not eeaE out of the Sarrow channel. At leaat t would be dangerous under
 ng and the game would be scarcely orth the candle. Therefore the Maid- ssone. although her approach had been noticed long since. had been permitted a come as close as she dared un- naered.
 From the foretop-mast cross-trees by kbe aid of a good glass Grafton had dis covered unmistakab1e signs of prepar- ation in tho French fleet still wind- bound In the harbor Many boats were passing between the ships and the bore. troops were being embarked. and provisions and supplies taken on oard the huge Iine-of- battle ships and 1be frigates. It ws.s quite evident that movement of some sort was in con- temptation: and 1t was more than probable that as soon as the wind erYed. taking advantage of the ab- eence of the blockaders, the French gould put to sea.
 That was news of the highest im- Nortanee. If they could learn the des- tinaton of the fleet there would be nothing left to be desired except an opportunity of meeting them; an op- portunity Hawke would make if he were given the vestige of a chance.
 Izatfeld,g z said Grafton, as he came down from the cross-trees for the last time. it being too dark to see farther, .T have changed my mind. am going ashore to see if I can not find out some- thing about the French fleet"
 And you want me to go with you?'
 No. that can not be- You must look after the ship. I will take the dinghy and one man. old Jabez slocum. Now, mark me. My plan Is to land at a IEftIe cove know of under the lee of he Chateau de JosseIin about which told YOU shall effect an entrance Ie tie essla immediately. and see if efs s hing to be learned there.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31
Grocery Bargains

Grocery Bargains Washburn & Crosby's Gold Medal Flour $7.25 barrel Pillsbury's Best Flour SIPS barrel Best Creamery Butter made 2sc ID. Best Canned Peas Beans, Tomatoes. Corn. Lima Beans, Sc can. Compound Lard .7c a ID. Peanut Butter>l5c a ID. Fig bars lOc ID. 25c Coffee Sc al lb. 20c Coffee g ID. Eggs 23c dozen. Fine Cheese lQc ID.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-31
ootopus clings to steamer.

While steaming along the coast of Mexico recently those who were on board of the ship Peru noticed that the vessels progress was much slower than 1t should be. The chief engineer was in formed and he reported that the engines were making the customary revolutions. the bow of the steamer manta, 8 species ofsoctopus. was found clinging. A sailor was lowered over the side and he at tached sharp hooks to the monster and with the aid of the capstan, it's hold was released. It suddenly started away, taking the hooks andline with 1t.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-10
LIVE STOCK FARMING.
Men Who Stuck to Feeding and Do
Not Sell Their Corn Made the
Most Money.

Regarding the value of live stock
farming, as compared with the growing
and selling of grain, Prof l.. H. Pammel,
of the Iowa agricultural college, says:
1T has been demonstrated both by
experience and practice that The farmer
who sells beef, pork and mutton that
he has produced from the corn and grass
raised and fed on the farm makes more
money per acre of his land and per dol
lar of his capital than the one who grows
only wheat or corn or cotton and sells
it.
1T is not necessary to entirely dis
continue raising these crops, but if we
are to produce surplus to be sold in
foreign markets it is best to export that
surplus in the most condensed and mar
ketable form, as meat and animal prod
ucts, rather than in the original crude
and bulky state.
In the long run the farmer will make
the most money who devotes his fields
to the growing OF forage crops to feed
stock, making use of all the raw prod
ucts at home, thereby saving not only
| much of the cost of transportation, but
maintaining the fertility of the soil
BY doing SO, corn belt farmers will
maintain their prominence in agricul-
tural lines
Experience of the past few months
has shown that the men who stuck to
feeding and were not tempted by high
prices to sell their corn have made the
most money. Anything that will en-
nance the productive capacity of our
soils for the production of forage condi-
tons will help the farmer
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-10
FOR A WEAK STOMACH.
A Flannel Prescription Which Is Sure
to Bring Speedy
Relief

All who suffer from poor digestion
should wear a ten-inch width of fan
mel bandage next the skin, pinned fairly
tight round the body over the stomach
No liver or digestive pill or pepsin prep
aration helps the stomach twentieth
part as much as this flannel prescription,
says the Boston Budget. A poor circula-
ton in the stomach, causing that chilly,
miserable" feeling, is at the root of
half the indigestion that mortals are
heir to. That is why hot water drinking
gives relief. 1t helps the circulation. A
flannel bandage worn day and night all
the year round cures the faulty blood
circulation of the stomach; consequent
ly it cures dyspepsia. Five hours inter-
val between meals, avoiding fried foods,
made dishes and mixtures and observing
three or four ''Lenten meals" in every
week are golden rules for good diges-
ton. A good dinner at night is neces-
sary for those whose pleasure or work
keeps them up very late, but for ordi-
nary folk who dine at seven and 60 to
bed about 1890 only light, whole
some repast should be taken at the end
of the day, when the muscles and nerves
are more or less exhausted. A tired
stomach is weak stomach" is golden
rule to remember, yet how often one
hears people say:
''1've been rushing about all day and
am tired to death I must have big
meal to make up for it," You may put
the big meal into the stomach, but you
cannot make the stomach digest it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-10
HOW TO HANDLE SKUNKS.
Try Method Here Described and SCI
How Easy 1t Is to Avoid I'm.
pleasant Results.

Frequently skunks will take up their
abode about the farm buildings where
for various good reasons they are not
welcome guests. 1t is often a puzzling
question how to get rid of them without
a very unpleasant experience. A writer
in Bee Gleanings gives the following in
formation relative to trapping them:
Fasten the trap chain to the end of a
:en-foot pole or board, heavy enough so
they cannot drag it away. Then, instead
of putting them in nail key Tin which
case you would have about 80 failures
out of every 100 skunks, or shooting
them, in which case, if you try it, you
would think there were at least 200 fail
ures out of every 100 trapped) approach
the rear end of the pole or board eau
tiously, and fasten rope to it five or six
feet in length. Then start off slowly,
dragging skunk and all after you. You
can drag them any distance you see fit,
and there will be no odor Then you
can dispatch them in any manner you
wish. But, kill them as you will (unless
you take hold Of the pole and dip them
in water deep enough to submerge
them), there will be odor. The object of
this method is to get the odor, if any, a
safe distance from the house or bee yard.
Try this, and see how easy and sure it is.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-10
OPEN RANGE FOR HOGS.
Nowadays This Is n Desideratum II
Vital Importance to Pork Rails
ers Everywhere.

The value of corn for pork pro-
duction was long since recognized;
but changes in economic condi-
tons have increased the price Of
corn during the past few years
and made it necessary for the farmer to
consider what grain crops he can grow
or feed as a substitute for portion of
the corn so as to cheaper the cost Of
production and at the same time i'm
prove the quality of the pork, writes
John R. Fain, Of the Tennessee Expert
ment station. The cheapness of corn in
the past has in one sense been a detri-
ment to the progress of swine hus-
bandry; it has encouraged too gen.
eral use of this cereal for the develop
ment OF the choicest quality of hams and
bacon or for the good of breeding AM
mails. When corn was very cheap, it was
a common practice to shut the hogs up
In filthy pen and feed them an unlim-
tied quantity without regard to cost.
This made fat hogs of what is general
ly known as the lard type" Close con-
finement and heavy feeding impaired
the stamina and vigor of the animals and
undoubtedly resulted in undermining
the constitution of the brood SOW, and
this, with the unsanitary quarters.
caused the destruction of large numbers
OF hogs by the dreaded cholera.
Hog breeders now realize that an open
range with grass and forage crops is a
desideratum of the greatest importance
to them. Under such conditions a ST.
perior quality of pork is obtained with
better admixture Of fat and lean. AS can
be easily understood from these facts
and many others which might be ad-
duced, conditions with regard to swine
feeding have materially changed. Hence
it becomes necessary to determine what
grains may be substituted to advantage
for part of the corn formerly fed and
to utilize fully such by-products of the
farm as Stops and skim-milk, which
were frequently allowed to go to waste,
and which are now known to have high
feeding value.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-10
TO CUT OR SPLIT GLASS.
If One Knows How, 1t Can Re Done
Easily and Without q
Diamond.

It often occurs that glass tubes OF
various dimensions have to be cut where
q diamond is not at hand, as In shops
and power plants where oil and water
gauge tubes must be neatly fitted, says
the National Glass Budget. The usual
method adopted is to file small groove
around the tube and separate the glass
with sharp rap at the place weakened
by the file. The result is not always sat-
isfactory, because the ends often break
unevenly owing to the difficulty of maxi
ing a straight groove with the file. Bet
ter results are obtained when only a
small incision is made with file, just
enough to cut through the enamel Of
the tube, on one side, and not all around.
While the tube is still warm from the
friction of the file, the tube Is then taken
between the thumbs and forefinger, the
thumbs opposite to the file incision, and
the foref1ngers, around, the tubing, close
to but not covering the incision. Pres
sure Of the thumbs invariably causes the
tube to break in as straight and clean a
line as though cut with diamond.
Another method is to use fine saw
blade (the finer toothed the better, for
a saw is only another form Of file), and
this should be kept fed with fine emery,
carborundum, or pulverized silica sand
of hard grit, .moistened with camphor,
oil, turpentine or water. A straight,
steady and even stroke should be made,
and when the work is carefully done
against a gauge the cut will be as true
as though it had been ground. Nor is
even toothed blade necessary, if suit
able hard and finely gritted abrasive is
used and regularly fed between the glass
and fine wire, watchspring, or blunt but
even blade of an ordinary table knife.
The latter will be somewhat slow, of
course, but fine steel wire run at high
speed like band saw, il regularly fed
with fine emery or carborundum, will
give very satisfactory results, not only
curves in window, but plate or optical
glass, in such thickness as makes cut
ting with a diamond difficult, precarious
or impossible.
Window glass, especially single
strength, can be accurately split either
In straight or curved lines by first max
ing an incision through the enamel OF
the glass. and then holding hot iron
close to the incision till fracture is
started. The fracture will follow the
hot iron with remarkable fidelity. The
iron should be preferably round ard
somewhat blunt and with bulky head
(ike an ordinary fire poker), so as tc
retain its heat we'll for long cuts, espe-
cially for thick sheets, to keep the frac-
ture going when once started, even il
two heated irons have to be used.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-10
New Ont for the West.

In the general exhibit of the Nebraska
experiment station at the recent inter-
national exposition, we noticed sheaf
of oats to which was attached the name
Kherson and a placard stating that in
Nebraska it had yielded ten bushels per
acre more than any other variety. A
letter to Director E. A. Burnett brought
forth the following statement concern
ing this new oat: This is a variety of
oats that was imported by this station
from Russia about five years ago, and
as it came from the province of Kherson
we gave it that name. 1t has shown it,
self to be very valuable variety of oats
for this state, particularly in the central
and western part. do not know that it
would have any special value in Illinois
or Iowa. We have distributed it in this
state during the last three years and
there is now a considerable supply of it.
Prairie Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-10
Modern Tool Repairing.

Every engineer is now familiar with
the fact that in all modern works of any
size the making and repairing of tools
is managed by a special department of
the works. The good old days. when
a gang of men would stand in line
waiting for their turn at the grindstone
have gone by. In modern shop, when
q tool needs grinding it is sent to the
tool department, and another one, all
ready for use, is obtained at once.
It is easy to see how much more eco
nomical such a method is, for the prep
aration of tools is kept in the hands of
people who are doing nothing else and
who are necessarily much more expert
than the general workman would be,
while the latter does not waste. time in
waiting for turn at the grindstone.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-10
CHAPTER Nv.

M REASON FOR DECIDING TO PER-
senate THE DEAD COUNCILLOR.
Before relating the adventures
which befell me on the occasion of
my personating the dead councillor at
the meeting of the syndicate, I ought,
perhaps, to state the reasons which
led me to decide to be present.
Those who have done me the honor
of following my narrative thus far
may not unnaturally conclude that
EN- professional detective. In that,
however, they will be mistaken. I do
not know that am professional
anything, unless it be a professional
failure. Being possessed of some pri-
Hate means, am in the fortunate pc
s1tion OF being able to choose my &C.
cupation, and, as matter of fact, /
lave, as they say in America, SAM
pied" several professions. AS an Irish
man, not, hope, without an Irishman's
versatility, l found something to in
terest me in each. But my dislike to
what is called "shop" made it difficult
for me to settle down definitely to any
one pursuit.
The moody, run-in-a-circle ''shop"
chatter of the second-rate musician,
who shambles yearnful and morose at