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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-11-20
Navajo Houses Not Solid.

The result is that the Navajo houses
have none of the solidity of the homes
of the Pueblo Indians. A Few poughs
plastered over with adobe make sum-
mer home. while on the winter resi-
dence more care is lavished, stone tax
ing the place OF cottonwood limbs.
Perhaps In this necessity Oh constant
travel can be found a. clew to the present
home Of the race Originally the Nava-
los and Apaches lived along the Macken-
zie river and the present lakes, with the
other tribes of Athapascan stock. But at
some time, and for some reason, these
tribes migrated the whole or nearly the
whole, length of the continent. From ex-
ternal evidences 1t Is certain that they
surged southwark In the role of lords,
not refugees and have been trial ever
since to the peace-loving Pueblos.
! Even to this day a Navajo or Apache
| looks upon Shoshonean with all the
| contempt of a barbaric superior. And
among Indian traders 1t is always said
| that a Navajo collector can get money
| from the Pueblos when all other means
| fail.
| This haughtiness shows itself in count
less ways. At a recent performance of
the snake dance at Oraibi the plaza was
| filled with an expectant crowd of Hopis
from the surrounding country, who were
waiting for the antelope priests to come
from their ceremonial chamber. Little
by little the crowd had pressed forward
until they encompassed the plaza. when
suddenly there was a stir. and the crowd
drew back. 1t looked as II the priests
were coming; but not so A small band
of Navajos rode in. a handful among
several hundred Hops; they sat on their
ponies proudly. never troubling to dis
mount. little caring whose view they
blocked.
All through the region inhabited by thu
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
SPREAD PLEASANT DOORS.
Perfumed Lamps and Rings May Be
Used for Distinction of Rooms
and Cars.

The use of perfume as a disinfectant
is well known, and the scented dandy
has perhaps more hygienic wisdom than
his detractors give him credit for, says
the London Express. It is he who is
trying to revive the use of the perfumed
fountain ring, an article de luxe which
may either be used as an ornament or
as means Of g. pleasant disinfectant
in stuffy underground trains or in in
salubrious districts.
The ring is an ordinary gold one fitted
with ball at the back. 1t is filled by
pressing the ball nearly fiat. and dipping
the ring into cup of scent, when the
elasticity of the ball draws the perfume
into the interior till quite full. BY the
least pressure the wearer of the ring
can cause a jet of scent to shed it's re-
freshing aroma any moment he pleases,
and he may thus act as benefactor or
nuisance to those in his vicinity.
The perfume lamp may also be used
as another pleasant method of disin-
fecting a room. A ball of spongy plat
mum is placed over the center Of the
wick, and is fixed in its position by a
thin glass rod, which is inserted into
the wick. The lamp is then filled with
any scented spirit, and when lighted is
allowed to burn until the platinum gets
red hot. The flame is then blown out,
and pleasant odor fills the atmosphere.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
THE GREAT HORNED OWL
Tt Has Been Known to Kill a Large
Tom Cat in Pitched
Battle.

The cruel and powerful great horned
owl is bird of the eastern states, but
its brothers-the western horned owl
Arctic horned owl and others-are found
in the west and north. 1t has been
known, says Woman's Home Compan-
ion, to kill large tom cat in pitched
battle, and on one occasion, while was
handling an owl of this species, it drove
it's talons through two thick pairs Of
leather gloves, and deep into my hand
have seen one break the back of a
squirrel at a single bite, and only last
January | learned of another, which
picked up and carried full-grown
struggling grouse over hill for a dis
lance OF more than so yards before de-
votlring it. The great horned owl nests
very early in the year, sometimes even
in February, utilizing the deserted nest
Of hawk, crow or squirrel 1t lays two
or three eggs, which. like the eggs Of ali
other owls, are white Woe to the small
boy who ventures to take these eggs
or the downy white nest,ings which
come out of them. have known man
to be nearly scalped by the parent birds
while trying to steal young horned owls
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14

The selection of the veteran \poet,
Edmund Clarence Stedman, to write the
Worlds fair hymn, seems to have
been popular choice When the
question was asked who should be in
vited to undertake work of such mo-
ment, the name of Mr. Stedman was
suggesed from many quarters. Mr.
Stedman was born at Hartford in 1888
and was graduated from Yale in the
class of 1858. He became editor of
the Norwich Tribune and the Winsted
Herald, and in 1859 joined the STAFF of
the New York Tribune. He was war
correspondent Of the New York World
from 1861 to 1863 Afer the war he
purchased a seat in the New York
stock exchange and while devoting his
life to literary work has also carried
on a successful business. He has pub
lished many volumes Of his own
poems and is the editor of several coll
lections and libraries of poetry and
literature. He delivered the initial
course of the Trumbu1l chair of poetry
at John Hopkins university and later
repeated them at Columbus and the
University of Pennsylvania. He suc-
ceeded James Russell Lowell as presi-
dent of the American Copyright league
in 1891. He resides at Lawrence
Park, Bronxville, N. Y. e..
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
MONDAY. MARCH II, 1904,

The Louisville Courier Journal has
no use for few of the men whose
names are heard occasionally in con-
nection with the democratic nomina-
ton for president. Give us German,
Editor Watterson says, democrat
Of tried, trained and proved ability"
The Courier-Journal is tired of mug
wump business and baby leadership.
Yes, give us German, and the sooner
the real democrats get down to bust
ness and settle ON a candidate the bet
Ter for the party. The other fellows
are making hay while the democrats
are whetting their scythes. The state
central committee, wn4ch meets to-day,
should grapple with this subject firm
ly and definitely. The uncertainty
about candidates at the present time
is harmful to party success next No.
vember
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
FOREIGN WARES IN CHINA.
Asiatics Are No Longer Content with
the Simple Surroundings of
Their Ancestors. Is.

The Chinese peasant is no longer con-
tent to burn bean oil, says Arthur Judson
Brown, in the Century; he wants kero-
sene. In scores of humble Laos homes
saw American lamps costing 20 rupees
apiece, and magistrate proudly
showed me a collection OF 10 of these
shining articles. The narrow streets
of Canton are brilliant with German
and American chandeliers, and myriads
of private houses throughout the em-
pire are lighted by foreign lamps. This
desire OF the Asiatic to possess for
eign lamps is eQualed only by his pas
sion for foreign clocks. The demand
for clocks Is Unsuitable. / counted q
in the private apartments of the en-
peror of China, and my wife 10 in the
bedroom Of the empress dowager
while cheaper ones tick to the delight
ed wonder OF myriads of humber pec-
pie. The ambitious Syrian scorns the
mud roof Of his ancestors, and will be
satisfied only with the bright tiles i'm
ported from France
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
sHUN cRlPPLEs' SCHOOLS.
Teach Unfortunates - Special
Training Required.

That the public school-teachers of
Chicago who now have positions in the
elementary grades do not fancy the work
of teaching in the schools for crippled
children is evident from bulletin sent
out by Superintendent Cooley, says the
Post.
The positions in the schools for Grip
pied children pay 5000 more year than
teaching in the elementary schools, but
lit is said that teachers do not like the
work, because it is too difficult Super
intendent Cooley's bulletin to school
principals Is to the effect that the prin-
cipals confer with the superintendent OF
schools concerning teachers whom they
consider specially fitted for the work,
SO that these teachers may be encour-.
aged to make some special preparation
Three new schools for crippled chill
dren will be opened next year, and teach
ers will be needed for these schools. 1t
lis required that teachers in schools for
crippled children should have one years
special training in such teaching. Ar
rangements have been made by Superin-
tendent Of Schools Cooley to have spe-
cial training in the work given in con-
nection with normal extension classes.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE.
millionaire Wanted Cash After Bank
ing Hcurs-Time Locks Wouldn't
Yield to Even Els Credit.

A we'll known millionaire hastily en-
tered a few days ago the bank where he
carried a large deposit, says the New
York Evening Post He had left his
pocketbook home and wanted cash. The
bank was sorry, but could not accom-
modate him. It was past four o'clock,
the vaults were closed and the executive
staff had gone home.
The subordinate officers held quick
council, and one of them thus described
the result:
I'VE piled up every cent we had in our
clothes, then we went through the clerks
and had every man in the establishment
turn his pockets inside out. The Gus
toner was many times millionaire, and
could secure from us any day whatever
sum he needed. But the time locks were
set, and the best we could do was $50
in cash. He stuffed the roll in his peck
ct and hurriedly went on his way. We
did not even ask for memorandum,
knowing that he detested details, and
that subsequent word with his secre-
tary was all that would be needed to
reimburse the bank
The incident may be taken as illus
trating, first, the limit which is drawn
in the control of banks by great f1nan-
ciers, Of which SO much has been late.
~ heard; second, the advisability OF
presenting checks before three p. M
and. third. the absorbing power OF great
wealth and credit over the surplus cash
a. small canitalisfa,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
ELUSIVE ART or THE sKEE.
Falling Not So Bad as Getting UP
Again-Then the Camera Fiend
Comes Along.

or all the elusive arts, declares Mr.. G.
M. Fl. Hewitt, in ''The Pedagogue at
Play" the art~of the skee Is the most IL
ritating. 1t is not that one falls often.
it is not that one usually hurts himself
severely, but it is that one falls so mex
tricably.
You generally roll over with your head
downhill, says Mr.. Hewitt. One arm Is
pinned by the heel Of one Of those
lengthy strips of wood. the other arm
by the toe of the other. After O few min
utes of PROSTATE and irritated inertness,
you make up your mind where the dis
enlargement is to begin.
So far SO good. That arm is free.
Then the other is slowly liberated Now
you realize that you are sitting on your
own heels, and you can't get up because
you are on the down-hill side OF your
center Of gravity. You can't reverse
yourself and get your feet below your
head, because you are sitting on your
feet. What tor do? I have often been
reduced to lying there and believing
for help, and people are singularly I'M
sympathetic; also they often come with
q camera.
Then when you are halfway up, out
goes one Of your feet, dragging you after
it into fresh ENHANCEMENT. Once
fallen, you may put in the greater part
of the mornings exercise for body and
Iongue in getting fairly righted again.
But il you do happen to get the snow
In perfect order and hit on the proper
equilibrium, then it is the best form of
motion that you can possibly imagine.
Down-hill you fly. with your heart in
your mouth, but stNl keeping your feet,
with little squirt Of snow spraying
away from your pointed toes g. yard
away in front of you, past PROSTATE
forms shouting for help, past admiring
friends with now welcome cameras.
You glide on to gentler slopes, where
you can stand more erect and look
around you serenely happy, until the ap-
preaching fence or ditch or road warns
you to turn your course diagonally
across the slope; then you gradually
come to graceful stop, or sit quietly
down. thankful that youfare safe.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
WERE ENEMIES, ARE cHUMs
Two Neighbors, on Anything But Cor
dial Relations, Forgot Conven-
tionalities at q Fire.

sIt is curious how a fire will make
people forget conyentionalities,'' said
an M street woman to q Washington
Post reporter. For two years I've
lived where live now, and I've never
made the acquaintance of my next-door
neighbor. Indeed, what with the birds
she keeps and my pet cat, we've gone
beyond being mere strangers, and have
become almost open enemies. We've
looked the other way when we CHANGED
to meet, and the atmosphere has been
anything but cordial.
1.-THE night of the fire at the church
near us I few to the window at the
FIRST sound Of the engines. / couldn't
persuade my husband to put on his
coat and go with me, SO. as fires have
a perfectly irresistible fascination for
me, dashed out alone. Almost the
negro, and / simply reached out anu
took hold Of a strange woman's arm.
She was alone in the crowd, as was,
and we chung together for support for
Ia half hour or SO. We talked as il
we'd known each other always, and it
wasn't until was chilled enough to
think Of going home that I really
looked at the woman's face. II was my
next-door neighbor, and we both
! laughed when each recognized the
other. -.
I'VE went off home like old eronies,
and had a cup OF hot tea together be-
fore We parted. like her immensely,
| and hope she likes me. We've been
marketing together twice, and once
to the matinee. We're going to Be
churns, and IL there hadn't been fire
in the neighborhood, i suppose we'd
have gone on forever detesting each
other
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14

Many democrats as well as republi-
cans in congress are ripping mad at
the president of the United States be-
cause he has done something that they
consider reprehensib1e, ana this lis the
story in brief: Several months ago
the president sent two agents or COM
missioners Ito the Indian Territory to
investigate the stories of corruption
and rottenness down there among the
federal officials. They went, made the
investigation and reported to the presi-
dent through the secretary Of the in
terror. Their report mas been in the
hands OF the president for more than
a month, and some three weeks ago
the house, by resolution, asked the
president for the report. At that time
the Indian appropriation bill was I'M
der consideration, and the house want
ed some information on the report that
lAere was rottenness In the territory.
They got none and the bill was passed
senate and has been signed by the
president. Now, after the thing has
become a law, the president sends in
the report of his agents who investi-
gated the stories Of corruption, and the
report corroborates every charge that
has been made concerning the Dawes
commission and the men who repre-
sent the government in the Indian Ter
ritory. If that report had been before
the house before the Indian appropri.
alton bill had been passed the appro-
priation continuing the Dawes COM
mission in existence would haYe beet
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
HEARD IN PASSING

The Dreyfus affair" proves the old
proverb that unsettled questions have
no regard for the repose Of nations"
New York World.
If their pay is really only $3.50 q
year Russian soldiers can hardly be
expected to fight like more than 30
cents a month.-Detroit Tribune.
Mr. Root shows no disposition to
quit making arguments for the de-
Tense until the case goes to the voters
jury in Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
Ninety thousand dollars for the gov
ernment stables sounds as if Roose-
Welt expected to quarter u regiment of
cavalry ut the white house,-Memphis
Commercial Appeal.
Admiral Bob Evans is on his way
home from the orient, just as things
were. getting exciting over there. If
you listen closely you may hear Admi-
raj Evans coming.--Kansas City Star.
President Roosevelt gives a bit Of
excellent advice in his neutrality pro-
clamation to federal office holders.
Neutrality and inpartiality of the
tongue is every whit as important as
neutrality Of the hand and fully as
| desirable. Let our Office holders think
as they please, but keep their cogita~
lions to themselves. New Britain
Herald.
Noah Raby, the Oldest man in the
world, has just died ut the age OF
1872. A dispassionate perusal Of his
biography, however, causes the aver
age man to hope he MAY not be
spared as long as that. 1t is better
to have q good time for 80 years than
to have a dubious kind OF a time for
hundred and sixty.--New Haven
Register.
Deeply considering the twenty-one
Boys and twenty-one girls in his five
wtved family, Apostle Smith ought to
see that in any division of marriage
able persons in the polygamous plan
there would not be girls enough to
supply the demand. Could there be q
stronger argument for monogamy than
the equality of natural supply of the
sexes ?-Philadelphia Record
st Petersburg and Washington to-
day represent the opposite poles Of
diplomatic methods. Washington is
all candor, frankness and directness;
st Petersburg is all circumlocutlon,
evasion and concealment. Russia
shocked the world by the violation of
her promises concerning Manchuria.
while Japan, our protege, has adopted
the American fashion of carrying out
her agreements.-Louisville Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
Coal Lands in New Mexico.

The area of proposed coal lands in
sight in New Mexico is 1,493,AS0 acres,
with 8,000,000,000 tons of coal, estimated
to be worth s1o,oo0,o00. In spite of the
want OF water New Mexico has ready
for the market 1929 0oc head of cattle.
1880 horses, $4,000 goats and 5,674. 900
sheep, with wool yield OF 10000, 600
pounds annually. The agricultural pro-
auctions of the territory are valuable
Over 1 100000 acres have been taken up
since 1900 under the homestead act. in
creasiilg the number Of farmers and
ranchmen by nearly sc, 600
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
Danger Of Cremation

DR.. Braunstein, OF Wepperfurth, ac-
coroing to the London Mail, has been ar
rested on 81 charge Of numbering his wife
whose body was cremated by his instruc-
tons. In November the doctor mar
ried a lady in Halle, her fortune amount
ing to 1880 in ready money. Imme-
diately after the wedding the couple left
Halle for q trip abroad, and shortly aft
erward news was received that the bride
had died suddenly. Suspicion was
aroused, and the doctor is now accused
OF poisoning his wife Owing to the
cremation of the remains, however, there
is no possibility of the body being exam
tned for traces Of poison, and the charge
being thus either substantiated or re-
futed.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
TWIxT LIZARD AND BIRD.
Important Link in Evolu-
ton OF the Fowl.

One of the most interesting birds
known to science is the hoatzin, say
Jerrard Grant Allen and Leonard But
tress, in an article on Bird Babies"
in Parsons. Indigenous to South
America, this precocious youngster
has made itself famous by the arboreal
feats which it performs while yet at
a very tender age On the thumb"
and "forefnger" Of the young heat
Zin's wing appear tiny claws, and,
armed with these, the tiny creature
crawls out of its nest and chambers
about the boughs of trees, using them
as hands, by means of which it hooks
itself along. The progress, indeed ez-
actly corresponds to the early pedes-
TRAN efforts of the human baby, whose
first perambulations are made with the
assistance Of friendly chairs and otner
furniture. These little claws of the
hoatzin are used only in infancy, drop
ping off as soon as the power of fight
has been attained. The chief interest
of the species, however, attaches to
the fact that it is one of the most
primitive forms of bird now in exist
ence, and affords an important link
with the ancestry of the fowl Of to-day.
Originally, as is generally known,
birds We're evolved from the lizard
family, and the hoatzin forms q COM
paratively early step in the progress
sion from reptile to bird. Even when
its wings are full grown, so Imperfect
are they that no upward soaring can
be negotiated, and their only use is in
making short flights from a higher 10
a lower branch, while the ease witch
which the hoatzin climbs affords an
other indication of Its proximity to the
lizard tribe.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14

A teacher in the public schools OF
Brockton has raised a storm of crlt1-
cism by the size and weight Of sub
ject assigned to the pupils under her
charge. She desired them to write an
essay Of four pages on Transient
dentalism of Emerson" shades OF
Daniel Webster" says the Times of
that city, "where is this to end? In
the general atmosphere Of strenuostty
Of to-day the modern school teacher is
endeavoring to instill into youthful
minds subjects that grave and rev.
erend seigneurs hesitate to touch.
What's the use? OF what practical
aid in after life is such an essay?
There are things that are transcen-
dental, no doubt, and Emerson was
one of them, but of all the colossal
bits Of transcendental nonsense perpe-
trated recently, the demand on child
to puzzle his or her immature brain
about the e1ninently worthy Emerson s
idea Of the fundamental principles Of
human knowledge or his imaginative
vagueness in thought stands alone. III
is Of about as much use in the practi-
cal life of the ordinary human being
as the knowledge Of how to cut a
| doughnut without too much waste OF
hole to the engineer whose master
mind conceived and executed the CON
struction of the Brooklyn bridge,
Back to little old-fashioned ground.
ing in. spelling, arithmetic and plain
sewing"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14

Knocked galley west. The president,
by holding that report, has continued
the very men in Office who, his own
agents say, are corrupt and venal and
should be driven from the pubic SER
vice. The people may draw their own
conclusions
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
Is Brute Creation Wiser 2

Every living bird and beast strives its
utmost to cram itself with food before
retiring for the night, and this food is
digested as the night progresses. The
evening feed is the feed Of the day with
the brute creation, and yet the doctors
tell us to refrain from eating heartily at
night and even advise us to retire to rest
with a more or less empty stomach.
Are we following nature when following
this advice?-Country Gentleman.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
Our EXnortS.

The value of the exports of the whole
country in 1903 was So per cent. greater
than in 1888; but the gain in New York
was only 81 per cent, and the gain at
New Orleans was SO per cent, at Calves
ton 239 per cent, and at Mobile 422 pei
cent.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Frotrud-
ing Piles. Your druggist will refund
money lie PAZO OINTMENT fails to
cure you in to IA days. Soc.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14

The average yearly price for apart
ments paid by laboring families in Ber-
lin is $72.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-03-14
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New England Watches

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