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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
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Why She Broke Off
 Her Engagem ent

KK KAVlNG been put through the third W degree by he- friends, the girl
 who had attained the dignity of real heroine by breaking her engage ment explained why she did it.
 Tt was because Henry was effemi- nate," she said. q could never love an effeminate man, and of course I could not marry without love-"
 "Of course not,' chorused the small audience approvingly.
 "But I never had thought Henry eff feminate." added the tall girl cautious ly.
 'I never had either until after we became engaged" sighed the former fiancee. "You see, before promised to marry him never paid any atten- tion to the little habits and manner isms that show what a man really is. But after we became engaged I began to keep my eyes open for all those little details. One night at the restaurant we had lovely dinner, and I felt sure I was going to be the happiest girl in the world, but-well, it is all oyer now. The shock came when Henry paid the bill"
 What was the matter?" asked the tall girl. Didn't he tip the waiter?"
 "Yes," said the former fancee, "he behaved all right about that, but he he carried his money in. little fish scale purse. That struck me as being the taAnit. To my mind there is only one really manly way for man to car ry money, and that is to throw it around loose in his trousers pockets so that when he wants nickel he has to dig up change by the handful to get it. For bills, of course, can stand one of those flat leather pocketbooks. They have businesslike aspect and do not detract from a mans dignity; but to sec big, strapping fellow who has the appearance of real live man draw a dainty little purse from his pocket and fish around for dime is too much for me. In fact, the man who does it seems almost like a woman, and I couldn't marry him. Gan you blame me?" ' The disengaged girl eyed her com panions .appealingly.
 Indeed, we cannot" was the unani- nous reply.f Loose change in the trousers pockets for us."--New York Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Carter Won From Ghoynski.

Boston. Jan 2o.-Good old Joe Choynski went down for the final count before Kid Garter after two minutes of furious fighting here last night.
 A punch in the stomach, the same kind of wallop that lost Jim Corbett the championship, did the trick.
 Joe's seconds jumped into the ring and yelled ''tFoulI' The referee or dered them away and counted the blonde boxer out. ..
 They were to have fought fifteen rounds at catch weights, and more than 2,5OO persons were in the bulld- ing when the encounter began. The uuick ending of the mill came as a surprise, for most of the sporting men present believed that the combat would go at least half the journey. Conse- quently, when Garter knocked Choyn- ski out in hurry many hissed and there were cries of "fake!' But the fight to all appearances was genuine, and Carter won simply because he got home the first punch, solid right swing in the pit of the stomach.
 What little betting there was fa-. vored Garter, although the veteran Californian was in excellent trim.
 When the bell sent them 'out both ruSneQ to q CllHcn. Cdrt6F uuS Hlm> self out of the tangle and whipped a right over, which reached the side of Joe's head. Joe came In and they mixed it, in which Carter missed sev, eral well intended right swings for the jaw.
 Choynski slde-stepped g left hook and slipped to the floor. He was up instantly, however, and got home hard left to Carter's cheek.
 Choynski jabbed his man in the face with his left, but missed a dangerous looking right swing for the chops. Car ter stepped i'll with one, two' left to the head and right into the wind. (
 Joe retailated by tearing in with stiff jolt to the stomach and continued to jab the face with straight lefts.
 Garter didn't like this play and sent a heavy right to the head. They clinched. Garter shook Joe off and Lnen came the final mix-up. ..
 ~oe came out of it on the floor, where he had been sent in agony with a right to the wind. He could not rise and Garter was declared the winner.
 Colville's decision was received with some misses. Choynski's seconds and others declared that the blow which dropped Joe was low.
 Whether or not, the. referee didn't see it and the. decision stands.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Norwich Was Scared.

Waterbury has had the Norwich baseball club scared for a week or two talking about getting into the league by stealing the Indians fran chise. At least that is the impress sion given by the following expres- sion of opinion from the Norwich Bull etin:
 The Waterbury papers have been saying whole lot the last few weeks about Waterbury having a league; in Tact, they have gone so far as to predict that the Brass City will be substituted for either Norwich or New London.
 Peter Hall is working hard to pro- vide baseball for that city, but the sooner he gets the idea out of his head that Norwich Is to be dropped in favor of Waterbury. the better, for the local club, through its manager, has given out the statement that they do not care to sell, and furthermore will do all in their power to keep Nor wich fin the Connecticut league.
 In fact, D. J. Morrissey, the mana ger of the local team. hearing this hot air talk. went so far as to cOmmunf- cate with Jim O'Rourke secretary of the league, to find out from him just how matters stood. MT O'Rourke's characteristic reply was that he was sure Norwich would be represented. and assured MT Morrissey that it would be the fault of the mana cement if they were not at the same old stand next spring when the season opens.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Sports Pick Corbett

New York boxing enthusiasts are confident that Young Corbett will de feat Britt. the California lightweight, when they meet in March Young Cor bett's manager says that his man will beat Britt even more easily than he disposed of Hanlon, and that in sucn an event there may be a meeting with Joe Cans. Young Corbett has not taken drink in four months and says that he will never take off the blue ribbon. He is growing heavier all the time and finds it difficult matter to reduce, but he has the faculty of just getting inside the required figures figures when sealing time arrives.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Fiehters Were Arrested.

Boston. Jan 2O-Joe Choynski, Kid Garter, their seconds and the officers of the Criterion A.. C., ten in all, were arrested after the bout between the two former men last night, and released on $2oO bail. They will ap- pear in court to-day. The charge against the pugilists is mutual as7 sault, the others, being present at "a prize fight, not a boxing exhibition" :. Before the bout began it was ru- mored that an officer in plain clothes had gained admission to the club house, but he made no attempt to stop the preliminary contests or the final bout. The police have been try ing desperately for some time to con Saak the Oriherion officialaa but avaxx
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Knew Him.

Rivers, here comes Swaddleford. I'll bet you dollar you can't make sim pie remark to him about the weather without getting a long lecture from him."
 Betting is the vice of fools, but I'll take you up on that, Brooks"
 A few moments later.
 Good m orning, MT. Swaddleford In fernal weather we're having, isn't itT'
 "Infernal2 Not at all, my dear fel- low. Quite the contrary. This weather is hibernal, as would have occurred to you if you had reflected little. It has always seemed to me the strangest thing on earth that people will persist in saying things that convey an idea exactly opposite to that which they mean to convey. Take the familiar ex- ample of"-
 Brooks, I've lost. Here's your dol lar."-Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Where 1t Began.

He was bum. Anybody who saw him leaning against the bars could have told as much from his rags.
 The good citizen stopped in front of the cell. / ."Why are you here?" he asked.
 "Aw, I had little jag on," replied the bum.
 '"Too bad! Too bad! Oh, that men might know the danger in the first drinkv'
 "'Twasn't the first drink, pard. It was the last that caused all the trou- ble"-Milwaukee Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
ToledO's New Manager.

Toledo, O., Jan 19.-President Stro- bel, of the Toledo American associa- tion team. announced yesterday that he had just closed contract with Herman Long, who paved with De- troit last season. to become manager and captain of the Toledo team the coming season.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Hughey McGovern Won.

Boston, Jan 20,-Hughey McGov- ern,. brother. of, the famous Terry. put it all over Griff, Jones of Philadelphia in a. 15-round bout at the Tammany club, Roxbury, Monday evening. Mo Govern was far and away the better boxer and hitter, and not for one mo- ment after the beginning of Che con- test until he had been awarded the decision was there any doubt as to tha EEinnan
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Tb~ Condstsous Different.

Husband with newspaper)-When l am at home, you are forever hammer ing at that piano or else your tongue Is running like a trip hammer. It wasn't so before we were married
 Wife-No, it wasn't. Before we were married you held my hands so I could not play and kept my lips so busy that couldn't talks-New XnEk Waaklye
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
One View nf If.

"Impressionists seem to vary greatfN in their view of things"
 "Yes. You see, it all depends on their mental and physical condition when llsihey get the impressions. Brooklyus; Eagle. '
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
IncOnsistence Rules.

Did you ever notice," says Tom Loftus, ''that there is now, and always has been, one curious inconsistency in the playing rules of base ball? The inconsistency is this: When man is batting and somebody is put out, mak- ing the third out. before he finishes his turn, he comes up again in the next 1nnin9 and startat -oTexa Nha balls
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Figuring It. Out

q hear you're dissatisfied with you'd doctors bill.''
 "Yes. I don't think he's entitled tA $250 for that operation"
 "Why not2'
 Because if he was he'd claim more. Ledger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
TWO GENERALS.
WAWO generals there are H Who with each other war. @ They do not mairn,

|KNWO generals there are # Who with each other war. @ They do not mairn,
 But just the same They play game That wins them fame Without a bruise or scar The one who's first of these Is known as General Freeze For first is he
 To come and see,
 Then skillfuIly
 Plan victory And get there by degrees With silent step he treads. And wide his sway he spreadM With icy beams
 He dams the streams. Where nature dreams His banner gleams Aid snowy luster sheds. The next in line to draw Is known as General Thaws For 'tis his plan
 To come and scan Each icy span
 The first began And lay bare every fiaus The icy bonds he breaks That fettered streams and fakee5 The r1yerS leap 4. With joy and sweep, And every heap
 Of snow once deep Its earthly bed forsakes. The work by one begun Is by the next undone. They thus contend. Assail, defend,
 Build up and rend, But in the end The war by ,Thaw is won. Theodore H. Boice in Pittsburg Chronan c1e-Telegraph.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Bowling Last Night.

At the Y. M. c. A. bowling alleys last night the Tigers. easily defeated the Wolves and smashed the record of the season for the largest score. J. H. Curtiss scored 515 pins in three: strings. The scores follow: a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20
Coal In India.

The output of coal in India has in- creased six-fold since 1880. It now ex- ceeds 6,oo000o tons year, and the sup ply ia considered practically insxhausti- sbiA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20

time so far that warrants were issued the court has decided that there was no violation of the law.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-20

ooh, joy! Oh, joy! There I've gones and swallowed me excuse. Now I'llI have to tell. de, teacher I have some in4 side information for her. r."-New YorIa Evening Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-08
Judue Parker and the Fair.

No doubt Judge Parker would have an uncomfortable time if he should visit the worlds fair, so great is the desire to see the democratic nominee, and 1t Is said his desire to visit the fair will not be gratified. He is a man who calmly and comprehensiyely considers all questions that come be- fore him, and his decision is no doubt sound and reasonable. There were difficulties In the way, and Judge Par ker desires above all else to do noth- ing that will impair the dignity of the office be may be called to fill by the American people.
 Every voter, however, has a nat ural curiosity to see the man he is to vote for. He is satisfied with a view, although be does not as a rule object to a handshake in addition In the earlier and moro democratic days of the republic the handshake was po- litical institution that no candidate felt willing to forego, but as population has increased the old plan has fallen Into disuse. But chance to see the candidate has not.
 The change in Judge Parker's pro gramme Is regretted. The candidate would have been warmly welcomed in the Middle West, and a few addresses would have added enthusiasm to an apathetic campaign. Judge Parker is man of impressive personality, and The Age-Herald is confident that only good would have resulted from the pro posed tour to the fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-08
Mayoralty Csmpaign.

Birminghan's mayoralty campaign now under full headway, is notable for it's lack of bitterness. A balf dozen candidates have been in the field for several weeks and up to this time there has been no mud flinging-no vituperation. This is as it should be.
 All the candidates are prominent and worthy citizens and 1t is hoped that the campaign will be conducted to the end on conservative and high minded lines. Local political contests naturally become exciting as the pri- mary draws near, but there is DO req son why they should not be friendly. The canvass is altogether within the democratic party. The winner is. cor dially supported at the regular cleo Lon by the defeated candidates and by the party. There can never be any excuse for harsh language or bitter 
 Let the campaign continue as 1t has begun and the public will be gratified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-08
A LIGHTNING FREIGHT TRADE.

From the Baltimore News.
 The Baltimore and Ohio railroad cap tured the peach traffic of Georgia this year. By an early arrangement made with New York dealers rnis lucrative business was captured to the exclusion of the Pennsylvania railroad.
 This demonstrates not only the alert ness of the Baltimore and Ohio man. agement to get traffic, but also that there Is actual competition and rivalry between 1t and the Pennsylvania. not withstanding the latter-s large stock in- terest in the Baltimore and Ohio.
 Up to date the Baltimore and Ohio has taken more than 700 cars of Georgia peaches to New York, delivering them all att Pier 22. to meet the desires and convenience of the dealers.
 From thirty to sixty cars a day were so handled while the season was at it's height.
 The Baltimore. and Ohio was allotted eight hours from Alexandria to New York. When there were delays south the Baltimore and Ohio has tried to make up the lost time by fast running.
 One peach train ran from Baltimore to Philadelphia in one hour and fifty five minutes. or thirteen minutes faster than the royal limited is scheduled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-08
Mistake Corrected.

T noticed that The Age-Herald stated some tlme ago, in an article about the fair, that loo veterans of the Boer war were engaged in reproducing battle scene at St. Louis and the show was well worth seeing said a man about town. T suppose this statement was a typographical error, since the number of men who take part Is really about 1000 One hundred men would get lost in the spacious enclosure which is devoted to this exhibition, considered by many the best attraction at the fair.
 Tn addition to a very realistic repro duction of several famous battles which took place in South Africa, military man euvers are executed, scenes of Boer life are portrayed, and at the close of the performance ardent Boer sympathizers are permitted the opportunity of greeting the Boer leaders, General Cronje, General Viljoen and others, who participate in the sham battle. The Boer camp is alone a sight worth going far to see.
 ''I beITeve the Boer war draws larger crowds than any other single attraction at St. Louis. The daily expenses must be very heavy, and the show has to play to immense audiences in order to pay ex- penses.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-08
The GroveIlna Public.

Have you ever noticed how utterly subservient the average traveller is to a Pullman porter?" asked a drummer. When the train is nearing the end of trip and everybody is preparing to leave the car Just watch the sleek. ebony-hued potentate mulct people. He starts at one end of the sleeper and In obsequious tones inquires of the first man If he wants a brushing. Being afraid to refuse, that gentleman rises, the porter makes a. few passes about his shoulders, runs a brush over his hat and accepts quarter without turning a hair
 ''The first man has set an example which everybody else in the car is com pelled to follow, or else appear stingy in the eyes of their fellows. Each victim resigns himself to his fate and submits to the operation with as much fortitude as possible, being scrupulously careful to hand over pecuniary donation.
 This is the porter's legitimate toll, and it is interesting to wonder what would happen if any one should summon enough courage to refuse the tip. But such a possibility is/ wildly improbable. The man does not live who dare to face a porter in crowded Pullman car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-08
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 @HE Statesboro tragedy has stim- \0 ulated discussion of that pecu-
 liar element of the southern pop ulation widely known to fame as crack ers.' A writer in the Boston Transcript makes notable contribution to the sym posium, picturing very fairly on the whole the virtues and the vices of the 'cracker," but. in our opinion. extending the application of that title much too far. Moreover, the picture Is vastly over laid with romance and imagination. As matter Of fact, the term cracker" was originally applied by the southerners. who invented it, to the low class whites in- Georgia and Florida, whereas the cor responding class of inhabiting the high lands of North Carolina, Tennessee, the Virginias, and Kentucky, were called the "mountaineers No doubt, excepting some few and comparatively insignificant infusions they have a common origin, to-wit The criminals first sent over here by the London company. by Oglethorpe, and other pioneers of English occupation.
 But Prof. John Fiske Of Harvard uni- versity has left little room for contro- versy in this regard. His great work. Virginia and Her Neighbours tells the whole story of the colonization of Amer lea so far as the United Kingdom is con cerned, and novelists innumerable have adorned and beautified it with mingled fact and fancy. We know that New Eng land was settled by the yoemanry of the old country; that Maryland received the fugitive Catholics, and Delaware, New Jersey, and Charleston, s. C., were sought in great numbers by the Huguenots. But the earlier colonists sent out to Virginia and the carolinas were criminals-politi cal and otherwise-and those exported to Jamestown by ..,e London company were under bonds of servitude. Oglethorpes s earlier recruits were perhaps the worst of all But these conditions did not last.
 The bondsmen. as they completed their terms of service, poved south and west, finding refuge in the mountains and the sandy lands, and the labor problem in the rich agricultural regions was solved by the importation of negro slaves from Africa. The Dutch began it. but our good seafaring friends of New England soon monopolzed the traffic, and then readjustment of the popuiation was eff lfected. The fertile plantations were oc- cupied by the aristocrats and their slaves. The towns filled up with tradesmen ar tisans, doctors. attorneys, etc., and the earlier colonists retreated 70 the poor lands and the mountains, where they live today, very much as their ancestors did 200 years ago. Their loyalty" during the civil war was merely an expression of their antipathy to the privileged class. Their feeling toward the negro today is the legacy of an ancient hate.
 1 For ourselves. we dfferentate the .crackers' and the mountaineers. Orig | inally they may have had common or at least equtlly forlorn origin; but today the highlander of the virginias. North
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-08
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
The knIatta TemnIar.


 While the triennial conclave of hnights Templar at San Francisco is not 50 largely attended as the conclaves held Tn the east and miodIe west have been the parade was brilliant affair and the faeific metropolis has done itself proud n the way of welcome and lavish deeora- tions.' said stay at home knight.
 Among the notable features of tnis conclave is the presence of the Earl ol Euston grand master of the great priory or England and Wales. The earl Is per haps the most ardent Mason in Englano, certainly the most ardent In the ranks or the nobility. It is his lordships hrse visit to the states. and the cordiality oi the welcome extended him will be appre- eiated by the English Templars as well as by himself. He is accompanied oy Charles Fitzgerald Matter, who served as one of the Masonic secretaries to Albert Edward prince of Wales, now King Edward.
 The Earl of Euston is the son ana heir to the Duke of Grafton, one or the oldest and wealthiest dukes of the realm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-08

pan will proceed to reorganize China, and the two countries will soon be Tn a condition to defend themselves against all corners. This is what the present war inevitably means. It means that China is not to be parceled out among the western nations. It means that Russia must look else where for sea power. It means that the Yellow Man is to live on this earth a good many years to come-perhaps as many as he has in the past. It means that justice still lives, and it does not mean Yellow Peril to any mind except a few very imaginative ones in Russia who have come up against a hornets nest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-08
HOME.
By Edwin Markham.

By Edwin Markham. Precious the home, though but a rifted
 rock, Where wayworn shepherd tarries with
 his flock: Precious the friendly covert though
 it be Only the shelter of lonely tree. Dear is that world-old warm, heart
 pulling thing, To man and beast and bird one gladden.
 ing; Dear is the roof. the hole. the lair, the
 nest Hid places where the heart can be at
 rest But home will greaten as the years go by. Probing the soul and lifting the low sky; Wien Beauty nall step downward from
 her star To smile away the blemish and the scar; When Sciepce shall draw down Orion's
 band To ease the burden of Woman's hand, And all the Pow,rs of Earth and Air and
 Fire, Shall be the lackeys of the hearts desire, And home will sweeten in the coming
 days, When widening love shall warm these
 human ways; When every mother pressing to her face Her child, shall clasp all children of the
 race. Then will the rafter and t--s oaken beam Be laid in music and the poets dream Then Earth, as f-r as flies the feathered
 foam. Shall have in 1t the friendly feel of Home