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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
ONE OF THE FINEST.
FLAHETY's SMILE ONE THAT
 WON'T COME OFF.
Policeman Took Great Pride In His Appearances Momentary Ex-
 citement Failed to Break Habit of Lifetime.

Speaking of a noted member of the Kansas City police force, the Star of that city describes him as big and fat and goes on to say that Patrolman Flahety's s blue uniform hung Imply from the shoulders to the baggy trouser knees. Flahety's pride was his hair. It was all ways brushed flat and slick on his large head, with a carefully constructed part down the middle.
 Every now and then Flahety with drew to some secluded spot to brush the few stray locks over the bald place that was just appearing on the crown. Some day, he feared, that bald spot would be discovered. For years he had walked that one beat in the heart of the city, all ways smiling and always polite. That was how he came to be there.
 He had almost memorized the bat tered little directory in his vest pocket, and he gave asmile free with every word of information. That was why Flahety always wore flower in his buttonhole as he strolled along his beat. No one ever saw the person give him the flower, but. 1t was fresh new bloom every day, and the big officer wore 1t until 1t had come to be regarded as a part of his uni- form The afternoon was hot, as Flahety paused at the door of the drug store. The boy at the soda water fountain mo- ticed the officer and grinned. Have one, Flahety?" he asked.
 Flahety grinned In reply and sat where the street car crossing was in plain view.
 Gimme root beer, Freddie" he an- swered.
 He drank the cool draught in silence and mopped the froth from his rough red mustache with sky blue handkerchief.
 Much obleeged; hot. ain't it?" he said.
 The boy at the fountain stopped to wash the glass. and Flahety passed on
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
SOME DOMESTIC CONCERNS
Items of Information Intended for the frightening of House
 hold Duties.

New bread may be cut as easily as stale if the knife be heated in hot water.
 ] Milk kept in shallow basin will remain sweet for longer time than if kept in deep jug.
 If a tablespoonful of parafin be add ed to the pail of hot water used for washing tiles, 1t will both cleanse and brighten them.
 Before weighing molasses dredge the scale we'll with four. for this will pre- vent the treacIe from sticking, and it may be poured of without waste.
 To wash corset remove the steels, then lay the corset on table or board and scrub with stiff brush, using 8 father made of white soap. Rinse be- meath tap with cold water, pull straight, and allow to dry.
 Alum water will restore most faded colors. Brush the faded article thor oughly free from dust. cover 1t with a layer of castillo soap, rinse in clear water; then in alum water, and the color will usually be much brighter than before.
 
 coffee, the stain of 1t may be removed from silk and other delicate fabrics by brushing the spot with pure glycerin. The glycerin must then be rinsed out in lukewarm water and the spot pressed in the wrong. side with a warm iron.
 Any cold whitefish may be made in Ito an acceptable entree by being treat ed a la Newburg. A little white wine, in which cloves and allspice have been steeped, may be added just before the then simmer till warmed without be- ing boiled.
 Poisonous compounds cannot be used to destroy flies without danger, but the following mixture Is both eff1ca- cious and safe: Thoroughly mix to- gether one teaspoonful of black pep per, two teaspoonfuls of moist sugar and two tablespoonfuls of cream. Place little of this in a saucer where flies abound. It is a good plan also { to wash the inside window panes with a weak solution of carbolic. acid, for this will prevent flies settling on them.
 To clean black walnut furniture, first rub 1t all over with 8 piece of old flannel dipped in paraf1n- Then, with another piecenof flannel or a soft rag, rub it dry, and apply a polish made of equal parts of turentine, hnseed oil and vinegar. These ingredients must be thoroughly shaken together before the compound is used Rub the mix ture well into the article to be cleaned, then leave 1t for short time, and finally polish 1t with a dry cloth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
STILL IN CHURCH sPlRE.
Distillers at Quezac, France, Adopt Novel Plan to Checkmate Gus
 toms Officials.

Not long ago an interesting discovery was made at Quezac, France, by a couple of officers of the customs, says the Phila- delphia Ledger. As the result of anony- nous informationsthey climbed into the spire of the church, and after care full search found a still which, although dating from the seventeenth century, was yet in a perfect state of preserva- tion and capable of being worked. Nat urally the requirements of the law with regard to apparatus of this description had not been complied with in this case, but who was the offender? The vicar in charge of the building? The sacristan who visited weekly? Interrogated, the former declared that he had only re- gently come into the parish and had never set foot in the spire. He was, therefore, totally ignorant of the exist ence of the discriminating vessel The sacristan, however, could not allege so valid an excuse, and his explanation not being considered satisfactory, he will be proceeded against.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01

and a>allot box was large one. The lsQu1re was early on the scene, elad in the toughest of clothes.
 'Fellow-citizens,' he said. I've been a-lookin' round here to see plain enough what's a-goin' on. know what you want. I've been justice of the peace here goin' on 20 years, and good many times I've saved many of you from goin' to the penitentiary, an now you're tryin' to put me out of office.
 :. But just want to tell you some thing. I've got the constitution and the laws of the state of Tennessee in my pocket. and just as sure as you turn me out of office I'll burn 'em up blame me if I don't and you may all go to'ruin together!'
 ''The effect of this speech was over whelming. The ruin threatener was elected by a handsome majority. Tc be In q state without a constitution and laws was too great a calamity to be thought of"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01

out into the sun, flaming his face with his helmet, A barefoot boy passed him, with an armful of papers. Flahety stopped the boy to glance at the head- lines of the topmost sheet.
 'Goshii' he muttered. Blamed if thet ain't good catch. Got 'em right in this block, too -en en--on my beat"
 He read the story half way down, then the boy passed on with the paper. Flahety still smiled, but he did 1t un- consciously for within his mind was filled with gloom.
 i've been right here on this same oT beat for nine years" he muttered. "but none ov them big catches ever comes my way. I'm gittin' tired ov helpin' kids and women on an of cars. I'm goin' to do somethin' the next chance They ain't no use in just being competent officer fer year in an year out"
 Flahety unconsciously strengthened up, and he thought, and the blue uniform dropped more dejectedly. Then, swing ing his club, Flahety walked with sol dier-like bearing down the street in search of a chance,
 It came sooner than he had expected. Pondering deeply on the antics of fate he wandered around the corner where the big office, building rose into the smoke-stained sky A woman's wild scream, from somewhere above him. made visions of murder crowd before the off1eer's gaze. With a wild dash Flahety ran up the steps and into the building. A girl stenographer stood on the first landing, looking wonderingly up the stairs.
 Where is it?" gasped Flaherty. The girl pointed slowly to the second floor and the big policeman dashed away. A faint moan reached him as he paused in | the hallway above. It seemed to come l from an office with the door closed. Flaharty's courage surged to the front in an instant and he opened the door, then paused aghast. A~woman sat in a I dentist chair, moaning faintly.&
 s'The other one will come easier" said the dentist, when Flaherty closed the door. For moment he stood in the hallway wiping the sweat from his face Suddenly the smile came again to his face and he drew glass and comb from l his pocket Glancing furtiyely around to see that no one was looking, Flaharty removed his helmet and smoothed the hair across the small bald spot on the l crown of his head.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
HOW WILLARD FED THE HOGS.

Upon the farm of Wilkinson,
 Among the Jersey bogs. The farmer said to Willard: .tSon. Run out and feed the hogs.'' Now. Willard was likely lad,
 With brain and spirit fine, And higher, nobler dreams he had Than those ancestral swine. He pondered: That there money-quick Is mighty powerful talk, And Wall street must be mighty slick I'm goin' to N Yawk!' So Willard dropped the humble pail He carried on his arm And briskly following the trail, 8 5zi+,
 He left that Jersey farm. 5ssT s A hundred dollars Willard had In Wall street to invest s'I wonder" thought the simple lad. What kind O stocks the best?' So Willard on the curb delayed.
 Until a voice he heard Say Easy millions to be made In Mountain Air preferred" That Willard put his hundred in
 The broker did suggest So Willard parted with the "tin,' & Quite eager to invest. A week passed by-oh, bitter cup
 Of deep financial rue! The broker said Your stocks gone up-- Your sh?-that's gone up, too' Twas sunset on the Jersey farm, When sick, and sore, and slack His tattered coat upon his arm,
 The prodigal came back ''Where have you been?" his father cried, Across the fertile bogs. Don't lick me, pa, . the boy replied,
 Tive been an fed the hogS!'' Wallace Irwin, in N Y Globe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01

Tn the present stage of prOgreaaSla, modern educational methods ths afneo. ment that hearty and ntelligsnboooper~ ation and sympathy between pnsenasl and teachers is essential to theshesk ze, suits in school work should Ehe thsnoa& obvious and commonplace tvu4sm. Mangs parents will not take the krouhla nor de- Eote the time necessary to the propex training of the young. andunfo9tuna&aag too few teachers are sufficiently inter- ested in their work as profession tq insist upon that measure of parental cu-< operation which is so essential
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
Pickled Plurns.

For eight pounds of fruit take four pounds of granulated sugar, one quart of vinegar, one ounce of cinnamon and one of cloves; scald the vinegar. sugar and spices together; skim and pour boiling hot over the fruit and let 1t stand three days; pour of the syrup scald and skim and pour over again, and continue this process every three dayn until they have been scalded three times The plums should be pricked with a needle before dropping into the syrup to prevent the bursting of the baxin. Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01

The fact that day birds become noc- turnal at migration time. uttering notes used on no other occasion in the year, that they fly at g speed beyond their ordinary powers and at heights beyond their ordinary haunts, leads Dr. Gatke to believe that they possess in their pow CTS of flight and soaring some princi- pie not employed on any other occasion, and hitherto not taken into account by naturalists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
OLD FELLOW HAD ,EM FOUL.
How a Tennessee Justice Was Elected in Spite of Strong and Pop
 ular Opposition.

Gov. Benton McMiliin of Tennessee likes to tell this story of ]. P. in his state: ''It chanced that this justice of the peace lived in little town in a far recess He was the only republican in the district, yet he happened, by some trick of fortune, to hold office.
 "At length, when political excite ment had reached an unwonted pitch, . project was formed to oust him from his office and put in democrat. The election was held in an old distillery
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
Born Witho,,t Ewes.

Tho daughter of MT. and Mrs. George Weber. of New York city, came into the world recently without eyes. Physi- clans and eye specialists declare that her case in without precedent. Over the socket in which nature builds eyeballs thin wall of flesh was tightly drawn like a curtain. Beneath this was a blank wall
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
Ammonia Puts Out Flames.

Tn these warm days, when gas, oil and gasoline stoves are so much used, gallon bottle of ammonia should be always on hand as safeguard against fire. Flames yield readily to a show CT of ammonia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
Aa to sRarrels.

s"Ths candidates income is1arge. 4
 not?' ..Fairly so; about barrel and half
 ger minute. Pluck.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01

Jefferson.s first title to fame renainH preeminsnt. Few documents.were even penned which had so great aneffect on history. The principles of free1omI which it contains have not faded from the minds of men. even though the knlsI Jefferson used has begun Ho lose s1tG bziliIance. He lived long enough to Anow that the world agreed with hin estimate of the immortal declaration for he d&d not die till July 4. 1926. shel fiftieth anniversary of its adoption. /
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
pEc1aRATzoN is uNFADEDl
Original Draft of JefFersonss ,1RAni5
 festo of Independence xst I Perfectly Legible.

\ Although the official copysoDk DkheD DeC& sAraalon of Independence was recentlH deposited dn steel safe, to prevent it fading away completely, JeReuson's original draft aof that great nankfestn may still be seen in the library of the states department in Washington. The Ink on this paper seems peculiarly strong. stanes Youths Companion
 The erasures and interlineations tee3 klfy to the care with which Jetfersou worked out the eloquent sentencea Wherever a change was made by eatheN of h3s principal collaborators Ben5a~ min Franklin and John Adams he$ool< pains toanote it by inserting in the naT~ gin: .sDr. Frankiin's handwriting, oT ts.sAlr. Adams handwriting. 2 inoruer<hak the exact limits of his own authorship might never be disputed.
 l This is ne,of the papers of thAold congress of the confederation. It was put into the custody of the state depart ment when that executive branch was organized.f Some visitors doubted that this famous paper was really In Jeffer- sons handwriting To satdsfy them tho department officers had framed by it's side, from their Jefferson papers. the slip on which he wrote out directions for his burial.
 Aside from furnishing evidence Of the genuineness of the handwriting, thesa directions are appropriate there. because they give Jefferson's own estimate ok the importance of the Declaration He described the simple monument which. was to stand over his remains, and then wrote for it this inscription, specifying that 1t should contain ~not word more:"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
RAISING FUND FOR DEFENSE OF BULLS
Cotton Man Wants s25OOOO With Which to Influence Public opn-
ion i'm Favor of High-PriCed Cotton

the fund, which is designed to be used
during the year 1904 through channels
as follows: In semi-advertising write
ups in magazines of large circulation
and influence, by cooperative adver-
Using through the local dealer to his
customers, and by direct argument to
the dealer.
In the circular to the dealers Sully
declares that similar funds have here
tofore been raised to influence public
opinion on great questions. He cites
the enormous fund raised to bring the
nation to accept the schedules of the
Dingley tariff.
1t is regarded in financial circles as
one of the boldest and most novel plans
ever adopted by a great Spectator
with view toward making success
full manipulative campaign in one OF
the staple articles of commerce.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06

Daniel J. Suily, the cotton king who
made $4,000, 1000 in his great campaign
in cotton futures which put the price
of this great commodity up to IA cents
the highest in twenty-five wears, ana
which has closed down mills all over
this country and Europe and has
thrown many thousand men ana wo
men out of employment, IS raising
fund of S250,O00 among cotton splnners
of the United States "to influence the
American press and the American
people to accept the high prices OF one
of their greatest commodities as the
inevitable result of conditions created
bv physical necessities rather than oy
speculative manipulations.
Sully has himself subscribed SIO,oOo
to the pool, and in the letter and circu-
lar he soiicits liberal subscriptions to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
USES EGYPTIAN COTTON.
Georgia Mill Imports Staple from
Land of PharaohS.

Even the cotton mills using Egyptian
cotton have not had smooth sailing
this fall, for the dusky farmer on the
banks of the Nile has advanced prices,
too. The price of Egyptian cotton
now varies from 20 to % cents per
pound. The greater portion or the
cotton used at the Bib mill on North
Highlands Is imported from the land
of the Pharaohs. Fertile fields where
once the children of Israel toiled now
grow cotton to be shipped across the
Atlantic to be spun ilto yarn by ma
chinery driven by the falling waters OF
the Chattahoochee river. 1t seems
rather odd that this cotton should be
brought such a long distance TO De
northumberland vet the spectacle
of the bulk of the south's cotton going
to mills across the Atlantic every
year is not less strange.-Columous
Enquirer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
GIRL SLAVES IN ALASKA.
Principal of Territorial Schools
Tells of the Traffic.

Slavery still exists under the AmerI-
can flag, according to a communication
made to the interior department at
Washington by William A. Davis, prin-
cipal Of the United States public
schools at Unalaska, Alaska, says the
New York Times. He charges that in
that territory little Aleutian girls are
sold to we'll to do families as slaves.
They are used as household drudges
and are not educated nor permitted to
associate with free children.
"While canvassing this village for
scholars a few days SINCE" says Mr..
Davis, II found number Of families
holding Aleut children as slaves. In
Quiry developed the fact that it has
been the custom from time immemO~
rial to make slaves of poor children,
especially girls, and that the custom
still prevails not only here, but in other
portions of the country.
"a German, whose wife is a Rus
sian creole, has a slave girl nine years
old; a Russian creole, whose wife is a
native, has a slave girl fourteen years
old; ScotChman. whose wife is a ma
tive, has two little slave girls about
seven and eight years old respectively;
q Russian priest has a slave gHl twelve
or thirteen years old, and others whose
names l did not learn also have slaves.
"They are made to do all the drudg-
cry and dirty work of the families, are
not allowed to attend school or assOci-
ate with free children, are poorly cloth
ed and fed and are treated generally as
slaves.
81 am much distressed over the con-
dition of these silent, accomplishing
little ones" says Mr.. Davis, so help
less, sad and hungry looking, and
have been thinking that if the facts
were known maybe article Is of the
amendments to the constitution of the
United States could be made to reach
them and save them from lives of
shame and degradation"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
DEATH SWEEPS A THEATRE
FIRE CAUSES DEATH OF OVER SEVEN
HUNDRED PEOPLE IN CHICAGO.
As Hundreds Were Enjoying "Mr. Blue
beard" Crossed Electric Light
Put Stage in Flames.

Over seven hundred people were
killed ia ten minutes Thursday after
noon in the Ircquois theatre in Chi
cago.
A few of these people were burned
to death by fire, many were suffocated
by gas, and scores were were trampled
to death in the panic that followed the
mad plunge of the frightened audience
for the exits. 1t will be several days
before all of the dead are known and
identified. The bodies lay by the dOz-
ems in the undertaking rooms, in the
police stations and in the hospitals,
from which nearly everything that
could reveal their identity to those
who knew them best is gone. Their
clothing was torn to rags or burned to
cinders and their faces trampled to an
unrecognizable pulp by the heels ofthe
crowd that trampIed them down as
they fled for safety.
The fire broke out during the second
act of the play, "Mr. Bluebeard, ,,
which was the first dramatic produc-
ton given in the theatre since it's
erection.
The accounts of the origin of the
fire are conflicting and none Ct them
certain, but the best reason given is
that an electric wire near the lower
part of piece of drop scenery sudden
ly broke and and was grounded. The
fire spread rapidly toward the front of
the stage, causing the members of the
chorus, who were then engaged in the
performance, to fee to the wings with
screams of terror.
With a roar aud bound the flames
shot through the opening over the
heads OF the people on the frs6 floor
and reaching clear up to those in the
balcony caught them and burned them
to death where they sat. Immediately
following the rush OF the flames there
came an explosion which lifted the en-
tire roof of the theatre from its walls,
SCATTERING the great skylight into
fragments.
Those who reached the platform
first endeavored to hold their footing
and 10 keep back the crowd that press
ed on them from the rear. The effort
was utterly useless, and in few Sec
onds the iron lodges were jammed
with crowds IF women who screams
fought and tore at each other like ma
MACS. This lasted but brief interval
and the rush from the interior of the
building became 80 violent that many
of them we're crowded off and sfell to
the granite-paveda alley below. Others
leaped from the platform, fracturing
legs and arms.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
MINE OWNERS SON A HERO.
Risked Life to Save Body of Fore
man from Mining Vat.

Donald Ford, son of one of the
wealthiest mine owners of Colorado
Springs, Colo, risBed his life by enter
ing precipitation tank in Telluride
reduction mill the other day to drag
out the body of Howard Morley, the
foreman, under whom he worked, says
a dispatch from Colorado Springs.
Both were overcome by the chlorine
gas, and Ford was unconscious eight
hours. Had he remained in the vat a
half minute longer he would have died.
Both men were rescued by other en-
ployees, who chopped hole in the
bottom of the vat. Ford, who is nine
teen years old, is studying to be a
mining engineer and is mastering all
the branches in the mill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
Green for EVsaing Wear.

Green is a tremendously popular color
for evening wear just now, and there
are few women so plain this hue does
not become them, says the New York
Press. A blond looks well in pale
green, q brunette in apple green. In
termediate shades are generally becom.
ing. but the most fashionable shade il
blush green, the color of bottle fly
Green spangles are uneXcelled for mod
ish evening gowns, and, in fact "cir-
cussy" decorations are all the vogue
For the hair, buds" are wearing green
leaves covered with varnish that pro
duces a glistening effect. In the word
of a witty woman, "It is to glitter"