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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
TYPES NO LONGER NEEDED,
Printing Is Now Done without
Agency fsthe Metal Letters
The New Process.

There are three companies in New
York and Brooklyn that are about to
put on the market devices for printing
without types, says the New York Press.
One is capitalized at $4,000, 600. The
process is as simple as a, b, c. To begin
with, typewriter, with the standard
keyboard, is used to "set up" the copy.
not in letters, but in perforations in an
endless strip Of paper. The completed
tape looks somewhat like the music used
in automatons that play the piano. The
strip of paper is passed through ma
chine which prints, with justification,
sheet after sheet of matter Of the re-
uuired size-a book page or a newspa-
per. Impressions of this printed stuff
are then made upon aluminium or zinc
plates as thin as ordinary sheet iron,
which are placed with equal facility upon
both the bed-and-platen and the cylin-
der presses.
One OF these typeless machines ia
called the fsplanograph' and another the
'lithotype." / have forgotten the name
of the third. The principle of printing
from plates as smooth as glass is this
water and grease won't mix The text
is put on in ipk, the basis of which is
grease. Enormous pressure is used, the
typewriter piece Of paper being laid
fiat upon the zinc plate and placed I'M
der heavy rollers. In printing. the ink
rollers pass over the entire plate, but
leave ink only upon the linked impress
sion, for the rest of the plate-all the
spaces between the letters--is covered
with water from a water roller, which
abhors ink AS many as $4,000 impress
sions have been taken from one plate.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
IS NOT SO STRENUOUS

There is a prevalent impression LnAt
Mr. Roosevelt has led a strenuous
life in the White House, that he has
played there strong hand, ruling I'M
periously, and sometimes impetuously'
being self-willed, high spirited and iTl-
patient of restraint Nothing could be
farther from the truth. Not in my
time has there been a man i'll the
White House who has leaned more
heavily upon his advisers; one more
eager to seek and to follow good eoun-
sci, or one more prone to heart TO
heart" talks with all whose POSITIONS
or interests have given them right 10
be heard or offered promise of GOOD
from conference with them. Few great
men are actually what they seem, ana
Mr. Roosevelt is very far from being
the character the popular impression
has ascribed to him. With rare eN-
ceptions he has taken no important
step without the fullest and frankest
conferences with members of his cab
met and leaders OF his party III no
other recent administration were there
SO many councils of war at the White
House. At Washington it is automatic
! that Mr. Roosevelt never does any
! thing without talking 1t over with
many people, cabinet officers, senator's
represent a+ives and personal friends
SO much so that it is a common JOKE
that cabinet ministers and coter1e OF
leading republican senators never dare
make dinner engagements lest they pc
| summoned to the White House at the
very moment they should be fork1nE
their oysters. It is not method
which conduces to the close keeplng OF
| secrets, but it has its advantages, ana
Ii gives loud negative to the prevail
ent belief that the president is too self
reliant and too much prone to Ngo II
alone as sort of bull In the emma
| shop OF craftsmanship
There are exceptions to most rules,
and Mr. Roosevelt, like all other strong
and fearless men under hAbitr al self
restraint and discipline. is liable, now
| and then, to do the unexDec-e1. Pr d
| ably the greatest act of his admins
tration. in so far as it's effects upon his
political future We're concerned, was
! performed without consultation even
with his cabinet.
4 He ordered suit brought AGAINST the
Northern Securities Co without once
| laying the matter before his consutu-
tionaI advisers. They knew nothing
OF 1t till they read it in the neWspa-
pers. Attorney General Knox was the
only man consulted. Even Mr. Root,
the great FdWytT HUN 4NcW III p "Aio
knew better than anyone else the mag
nitude and the sensitiveness of the In
!, terestg inyoIved--Root, upon whom
Mr. Roosevelt had so heavily leaned, as
4 had his predecessor in office. teat
when the great war secretary boaraed
a train to leave Washington, on the
first day of February, a member OF
the cabinet remarked, There goes
back to his law office a man who has
been president Of the United States fol
four and one-half years"-even MI
Root was not advised. and the North
ern Securities tflund "rclap came to his
ears out of a clear blue sky.-WalteI
Wellman in Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
sLEIGHs AIDED ROMANCE,
Glittering Runners on Heavy Snow
Materially Helped Cupid's Bust
ness This Past Winter.

Cupid and the county clerk have had
big time this winter in the near Chi
cago territory. Really, the weather
man was responsible for it all. He sent
the longest spell OF sleighing that has
ever been seen in the region, and the
people say that sleighing and counting
go hand in hand together, declares a
Chicago publication. A man over at
Kalamazoo claims that he has used his
sleigh every day for more than 100 days.
Hundreds of young men have tucked q
pretty Wolverine or Hoosier girl under
q plentiful supply of robes and driven
distances as long as Is miles. The
young woman would be allowed to get
warm at the stove in the hotel parlor,
but the man would not wait until he had
secured a license and had engaged min
lister to speak the words that would en-
able him to take a wife back home.
Sleighing parties in five states have
had the finest winter they have had Tor
years. and weddings; and betrothals have
been correspondingly numerous. There
was scarcely a day on which q avoiding
party did not arrive in a cutter IN many
of the larger of the country towns,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
THURSDAY. APRIL IA, 1904.

One of the most unique pictorial
souvenirs displayed at the worlds fair
is portraiture in butterfly wings, the
work of Fred Kempel, Milwaukee
artist. There is one of Eve, the face
and body painted In pigments while
our first mothers Iuxuriant locks are
formed of beautifully shaded bits of
butterfly wings. The body of the SER
pent is Of the scarlet wings OF the milk
weed butterfly. In the manipulation
the greatest care is necessary. as the
delicate fabric tears easily. Mr. KEN
pei will exhibit the portrait OF the pope,
President Roosevelt ana other nota-
bles.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14

Now that the subsistence officers OF
the army have reported that the result
of their experiments with hash proves
that it is good food for soldiers, no boy
should longer object to it for break
fast Hash has received the approval
Of the senate as well as the army. It
is made in the senate restaurant after
recipe obtained from the late Sena-
tor Hanna's cook, which calls for equal
parts of corned beef and potatoes, with
enough hot water to keep it moist. SO
when the foreign visitors ask on what
meat the American lawmakers feed
that they have grown so great the
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14

have become practically our next door
neighbors. and we know as much
about their affairs as about those Of
the people who actually live across the
street. Has not Prof Hopkins mis-
taken an increase in publicity for an
increase in crime?''
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
sinister.

"A man feels like fool when he is
proposing to a girl" said the confding
youth.
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne, "and
some of the unlucky ones feel that way
many years after she has accepted
him WASHINGTON Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
proxoI.inr Isirnnrr.

They were rehcarsing their parts in
an amateur drama "Oh, beg your
pardon said Herbert, looking at the
book again. 81 kissed you at the
wrong place"
Isn't that too bad!' exclaimed
Amelia. Now we'll have to do it all
over again. Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14

Ideas are dangerous things to play
with; you master them, and then they
take possession Of you.--N. o. Times
Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
Collects Birds, EGGS.

The king of Denmark has a very
valuable collection of birds eggs,
among them being specimens Of nearly
every kind In existence
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
Eenfenarians-

In Russia men have been known to
live for 100 years, while cases have
been chronicled of Arabs liYins
through two whole centuries.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
what she Can't Believe.

A woman believes everything tor
tune teller says. provided she isn't told
that her boy won't amount to any
AS<.s.;s.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14

TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative l5romo Qunine lab.
let's. AL druggists refund the money
&c 1t fails to cure. &. " GroYe's Sig
nature is on each box. 25c~
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-14
sage Advice.

Womanlike, she kept him puzzled
and worried.
81 don't know how to take her" he
complained.
"Oh. as to that" returned the wise
old gentleman. perhaps it would be
just as well TO take her in your arms. F"
Brooklyn Eagle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
The Old Log Cabin

We wondered why they never could
agree
The hardest problem Of our early child
hood,
Where the little old log cabin used to
be.
The silent Indian glanced within the
doorway;
His squaw laid down her burden In the
grass,
And. looking DER her gaily colored bas-
kets.
How quickly would a summer evening
PASS
The twain enjoyed the white mans ample
supper;
A breeze came in across the distant
lea,
The latchstring disappeared. the day was
Where the little old log cabin used
to be.
The far off whip -poor-will commenced
his music
The cricket joined the evening sere-
The moonlight glistened on the leafy ma
And in and out among its branches
played;
The night wind stirred the vines around
And whispered in its dreamy lullaby,
While all within was wrapped in peace
full slumber .sfI
Where the little old log cabin used to
be.
When the itful dream of this short life
Is over,
And YEARLY we lay its burdens down,
What will we care for earthly fame or
glory?
What matter If the people cheer or
frown2
Leave what remains of this old, worm
out body -t
High on a mountain top, or In the sea,
But let my longing spirit once more wan
Where the little old log cabin used to
be.
Ave, let the daisies blossom by the river,
The fragrant lilies deck its quiet breast,
The giant maple shape the humble door
way
Inviting every wanderer to rest.
There let the painting collie sit beside me,
And listen to the shouts Of childish
glee;
For backward on life's pathway lies my
heaven,
Where the little old log cabin used to
be.
Albert Greenwood.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
OF Wide Interest.

Breed, Wis, July 1S-Special-
Charles Y. Peterson, Justice Of Il.
Peace for Oconto Co., has deliyers
a judgment that is Of interest to Ii.
whole United States. Put briefly, liz
judgment is, "Dodd's Kidney Pills a,
the best Kidney medicine on the ma
ket to-day"
And Mr.. Peterson gives his reasa
for this judgment He says: las
winter / had an aching pain in NJ
back which troubled me very mud
L the morning l could hardly stralgti
en- my back. | did not know what
was but an advertisement led me {
try Dodd's Kidney Pills. After tak1l
one box | can only say they have don
more for me than expected as l fes
as well now as ever | did before
Pain in the back is one OF the hrs
symptoms of Kidney disease. If Nd
cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills 1t ma
develop into Bright's Disease, Dil
betes, Rheumatism or some of Ii
other deadly forms of Kidney Diseas'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
sultan's WonderfuI Jewels.

A correspondent, writing from Coz
stantinople to a Paris journal, claim
as the result Of personal inspection
to give details of the amazing colle'
ton OF jewels in the Sultan's tres
ury. The turbans of all the Sulta1I
since Mahomet II are there, all gil
tering with rare and large gems Z
the purest water. There are also D
royal throne of Persia. carried OF y
the Turks in 1914, and covered viii
more than 10000 rubies, emeralds an
fine pearls, and also the throne :
Suleiman l, from the dome of whic
there hangs over the head of the Caiipi
an emerald six inches long and fOr
deep. These two thrones are t'
chief objects in the collection.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
Note Puzzles Bankers.

A, H. Varney, cashier of bank at
Poultney, VT, recently secured a note
for 81 issued by the bank of Poultney
under the date of Sept. A, 1861. The
note was accompanied by a letter
from George c. Russell, who wished
to know if it was of any value. Mr..
Russell received it as part of his sol
dier's pay in 1862, and as notes were
at discount he put it one side and
only found it by accident in book.
The note is engraved on but one side
and bears the pen signatures of the
cashier and president. The presence
OIL the words Saint Paul" in large let
tiers across one end is puzzle which
bankers of to-day can't seem to solve.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
A Castle with an Induoement.

Very curious is bargain connect.
ed with the purchase, of a chateau,
which is advertised for sale. The
property is situated about three-quar.
tiers of an hours journey by rail from
Paris and is known as the Maison de
PAmiral.
The place, which includes gardens
and a park, is described as being of
historical interest, and the price asked
is 10000 francs. But now comes the
particularly interesting feature. It is
added that there will be a special
agreement in case OF "the discovery
of the treasure of James II of Scot
land" So, as would appear, besides
the acquisition of the petit castel
historique," the buyer has a chance
of finding something decidedly to his
advantage one of these days. But
the sellers experience would not
seem to have been quite so happy, at
least with regard to the treasure
Paris Correspondence London News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23

Before me in its beauty lies the prairie,
And the cloud above swiftly passing
train,
THE trees upon the distant hills are wav-
A summer haze is resting on the plain;
Yet memory recalls a fairer valley
And q spot within II dearer far to me.
A grassy knoll beside winding river.
Where a little old log cabin used to be.
When daylight dies behind the distant
mountain,
And the mist has hid the valley from
my sight,
Then memory returns to scenes of child
n hood.
And on life's summer morning sheds its
light,
The sunlight gllmmers out upon the wa
Where. undisturbed. the minnOws sport
The dreamy years but added to their
number,
Where the little old log cabin used to
be.
The world to us, was bounded by the
forest,
That stretched away. we rocked but
little where;
The winter but foretold brighter sea-
son
when roses gave their fragrance to the
In spring there came the chiidren's songs
and laughter,
The squirrel scampered up the nearest
And chartered to the wildly barking col
lie,
Where the little old log cabin used to
be.
The bob-o-link. above the clover bios
SONS,
Sang Ger again his song of summer
And bob White. from his perch be-
side the meadow,
! Kept watch upon the collie. and the
boys.
Along the crooked pathway to the river.
: The twittering blue-blrd and the chick
a-dee
Flew in and out among the ferns and
willows,
Where the little old log cabin used to be.
The timid deer looked In across the
wheat field,
The partridge hid her fledglings In the
brush,
The voice Of Robin Redbreast, in the or
chaSd.
thrush;
The crow and marten quarreled DER the
clearing,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23

visions supplied to the Spaniards had
not been paid for. Sir Lauchlane
demonstrated with the don for his
injustice and satisfaction was promis.
ed. On the strength of this the men
were sent back, but MacLean, not re-
lying entirely on the captains prom
Use, retained three of the soldiers as
hostages till the debt should be paid,
At the same time he sent one of his
own men, Donald Glas MacLean, on
board the Florencia to receive an ad,
justment of tie demands of his PEG!
pie.
Donald Gas. when he went on board
the ship, was disarmed and made
prisoner, and no communication was
allowed between himself and his
friends. But Donald Glas conceived
a plan which, though it meant certain
death to himself, promised speedy
and terrible retribution to his captors.
Finding that the cabin In which he
was confined was close to the maya
zine, he forced his way into 1t and,
laying train from it to the outside,
he fired it, The ship was blown to
pieces, killing the three or four hun,
dred persons who were on board.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
Tale of the Armada

Three hundred and fifteen years ago
ia vessel of the Spanish armada was
blown up in Tobermory bay, off the
coast of the Island of Null. Recently
numerous relics have been recovered
from 1t by divers. They include old
cannon, swords, pistols, plate and
coins. The vessel was the Fiorencia,
a Florentine gaileon which came from
the Levant, one Of the Italian posses
,sions of the king of Spain, and was
commanded by one Pereija. After the
defeat Of the armada the Florencia
was forced by bad weather and lack
of provisions to put into Tobermory
bay. There Sir Lauchlane MacLean,
who, because of his feuds with his
,neighbors, had been made "denounc-
ed rebel by King James of Scotland
formed an alliance with the Span
lards. With the aid Of hundred sol
diers from the ship and of his own
war on neighboring clans for some
time.
At last he received a message from
Capt. Pereija requesting that the
Spanish soldiers be sent back at once,
as he was preparing for sea. At the
same time he heard that the pro.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23

Ordinarily no man is rich enough to
escape that certain sense of elation
which comes from picking up a nickel
on sidewalk; but when railway
postal clerk finds such coin in a
mail pouch where it has worked out
from insufficient wrappings, not only
does he miss this elation, but it may
provoke profanity.
For nickel lost in pouch of mail
in transit becomes matter for ma
ltional concern. 1t comes to view,
perhaps, just as a pouch Of mail is
emptied upon sorting table; and
when it has broken away from the
bunch of letters and cards and circu-
lars, rolled to an open space on the
table, and there settled down, heads
or tails, with a noisy spinning dance,
the clerk who first sees it is cit"
A necromancer could have no more
idea than the man in the moon as to
what particular package it rolled out
of, and il he had and should tell the
postal clerk, the clerk wouldn't dare
try to restore the coin to the original
package. That would be too easy
altogether
No, 1t is lost nickel from the mo-
ment the clerk has to see it spin
ming there before his eyes; and ac-
cording to the tender governmental
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
origin of "Toastinq.p

''Toastirg" appears to have orig,
ated at Bath, England. 1t was til
habit 200 years ago for ladies to bath
in public, dressed in buclusu
in the company of their male friend
and acquaintance. One day a eels
brated beauty was so bathing, sur
rounded by her admirers, who Wen
dipping their glasses in the water an
drinking her health. One Of these, b.
ing rather the worse for drink, swoN
he did not like the liquor, but woui
get the toast" and could hardly
restrained from jumping into the va
ter. He alluded to the practice of III
day, of adding a piece of toast to th
special wine or other beverage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
Thlbet,s Sacred Yaks.

Nearing the Holy City of Lhasa, the
capital of Thibet, one meets many car
avans of camels loaded with tea and
other supplies, together with thou
sands of pilgrims and priests who
have come from Thibet and Mongolia.
China and India. Many of these are
mounted on yaks. These animals are
adapted to high attitudes, having great
powers of endurance. Under the sad
die they move at a slow gait, with
sure footed and pottering steps. They
are used in bands of three hundred
for packing purposes, and are urged
on with shrill cries. They run wild,
and are also bred for furnishing milk
and butter. A special herd is used to
supply the household of the Dalai
Lama with dairy sundries. They are
considered so sacred that when passed
by the people profound bow is made
to them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
UNKNOWN TRIBE OF AFRICANS.
Explorer Finds People of Whom Moth
ing Has Been Told.

Explorer Finds People of Whom Moth
ing Has Been Told.
Between 1895 and 1900 that courage
GUS explorer, Major Gibbons, employed
in determining the territory between
the Zambesi and Kafukive rivers, in
I King Lewanika's dominions, western
Barotseland, had the good fortune to
discover the springs of the Zambesi,
and in the course of his journeyings
covered $4,000 miles, a greater extent
OF travel than any other African ex-
plorer, including, perhaps, David Liv-
ingstone.
In distant part of Barotseland he
encountered a tribe of bushmen total
ly differing from any others known;
timid to a degree, of slight build, yet
not unduly short. In appearance they
showed thick, receding lips, and, curl
ously enough, light skin, little
darker than a sunburnt white man.
Armed with bows and arrows, with no
habitations of any kind, feeding chief
ly upon snakes, they sleep on the
ground wherever they happen to be at
the close of days hunting and for
age. They are nude except for cat
skin hanging from the waist. The
major describes them as friendly, but
only after great persuasion did he get
them to face the camera.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
Lost Coins in Mails

conscience the clerk has to get ready
for the Inauguration Of about s18.43
worth of fuss over it.
For himself he doesn't dare to go
to bed for short nap until he has
got rid Of his five cents worth of re
sponsibility to the government for the
action of the fool person from whom
the nickel was parted. He digs up
his printed form for such occasions
printed and provided, and at once
fills out a long blank, describing the
coin, telling the circumstances of its
being found and whether it landed
heads or tails on the table, naming
the pouch from which it was emp
tied, the number of the train carry.
ing it, the date, and a few other little
details any one of which in hot
weather would have cost a mug OF
beer.
This report, with the nickel, goes I'd
the headquarters of the postal divi.
sion in which the car was operated,
and from these bonded officials, by
the same general red tape route, tho
small coin finds its way to the seat Of
national government and to the fund
representing the great constituency
of the postoff1ce department, which
persists in sending money in envel.
opes through the unregistered mails
Of the service.-Chicago Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
An island Of aIrd.

Laysan island, which lies in the
North Pacific ocean, about 800 miles
northwest Of Honolulu, is described as
one of the most remarkable bird
islands" in the world. Naturalists
have rarely visited it. DR.. A. X. Fish
er, who examined the island during
the voyage of the United States Fish
Commission steamer Albatross, in
1902, found 1t to be the home of count
less thousands OF sea birds, including
albatross, terms, gannets, frigate
birds, shearwaters and petrels. It's
lone situation is. no doubt, one of
the reasons why it is preferred as a
home by these wild creatures, who
fly before the approach of man when
once they have learned his destruc-
tive propensities.