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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
A CURIOUS SWINDLE.
A FRENCH FORTUNE TELLER
 FINDS AN EASY MARK
Woman Induced to Bury Money as Bait for Spirits Robbed by Sor- ceress and Her Friend
 Arrest of the Couple.

The Paris criminal authorities have just unraveled story of deception and swindling made possible by the ignor- ance and superstition of victim whose credulity is so amazing as to be almost incredible.
 Mime. Fournier, a stationer in the Rue de Meaux, about year ago made the acquaintance of fortune teller, Mme Salignac, of the Rue d'Allemagne. where she enjoyed the reputation of being en- dowed with truly supernatural powers. She is now under arrest, and before the examining magistrate Mme. Fournier told an astonishing story:
 T went to consult Mme Salignac last June" she said. She read my hand, and, looking fixedly at my eyes, told me should be immensely rich before very long. How the promised wealth was to come to me could not say. It was necessary for her to consult the spirits and she promised to give me further in formation at subsequent interview. At the second visit I found Mime. Salignac in the company of a gentleman elegant ly dressed He, was informed, was the
 
 or rather put her in. communication with the spirits
 This individual who is named Flau- menbaum, has also been arrested.
 When he had made some passes before Mime. Salignac and evoked the spirits from the other world, the medium fell into sleep in which she beheld golden vision. T see millions, millions of francs she cried. They are hidden in the bottom of cellar quite close to here, inf the Rue de Meaux The cellar belongs to a -stationer. She for whom the treasure is intended is here" and with divining finger the sorceress pointed to Mme. Fournier. who listened enraptured to the tidings of the good for-tAine reserved for her.
 The seer continued to the effect that a fortune of $700,00o and patent of nobility were buried in the cellar and advised the victim to deposit bait in the form of gold and banknotes to draw
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
TIME TO HAVE A LOVER.
The Happiest Affairs Are Those That Come After a Girl Has
 Passed 20.

It is rather difficult matter to say exactly at what age girl should have a lover Circumstances alter cases, and an age which might be applicable to one girl would be unadvisable in the case of another, says American Queen. One is fairly safe in saying however, that in the great majority of love af- fairs, the happiest are those which are never thought about until girl has passed her twentieth birthday By that time girl may be said to have reached the age of discretion. She has probably had opportunities of meeting various types of men, gained clear insight into their characteristics, and acquired that knowledge of men and their ways which prevents her fixing her thoughts and af- factions on the first man who attracts her particular attention.
 She has got past the schoolgirl age, when a maiden is apt to vote every mem Der of the opposite sex charming and lovable, if able to talk and f1irt in fas- cinating manner The sensible girl who is we'll past her teens, however, probes deeper beneath the surface, so to speak, and does not judge a man when he is at his best behavior at ball or party It Is quite possible, of course, for her to make mistake, and bestow her affec- tions on one who is unworthy of them But the girl of 20 or 21 makes fewer mis- takes in estimating a mans character than sweet 16 or IF, and consequently saves herself much unhappiness by choosing at the right time no lover but < MT. Right"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
THIS CAT HAD TEN LIVES.
New York Flat Dweller Spoiled Lots of Furniture in Vain Effort
 to Kill Tom.

The well-meaning tramp cat that paid visit to the family of James McDonough at 444 West One Hundred and TWenty-fifth street, New York, the other evening has more than it's allotted number of lives. Tom" en- tered as the family were at dinner. Now Mrs. McDonough has an aversion to cats. That started the trouble. McDonough took his place as the head of the family and said "Shoo' The cat didn't "shoo,' and McDonough seized a poker.
 ''It's mad, I'm sure,"" screamed Mrs. McDonough. Her husband seized a chair. The cat wasn't there when Che chair struck the spot it ought to have been in, and the chair splintered. His trusty wife was by his side with an
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
DANES HAVE FRESH EGGS.
Largest Exporters in the World and Have Learned the Secrets
 of the Trade

The New York Sun told the other day of the venerable age at which eggs sometimes reach the New York market They seem to manage things better in Denmark
 One cooperative company which at- tends to the marketing of the egg prod- uct of 35,500 farmers stipulates that eggs more than seven days old must not be delivered under penalty of a nne of $1.34 for the first offense, and double that sum for later offenses. The farmers are required to take their eggs directly to the local society to which they belong. and the society is forbid den to keep eggs longer than four days after collection before sending them tO one of the shipping stations of the pONpany
 It is also required that eggs be gath cred every, day. and in hot summer days twice day. and the nests must be barred at night SO that fowls cannot have access to them.
 The company guarantees to pur- chasers that eggs delivered are new laid and clean, and each egg is stamped with
 
 eggs Each egg Is also stamped with the number of the local society from which 1t comes, and with the number of the farmer who delivers It. The comphny declines to accept eggs that gre not absolutely clean.
 No other egg producers have studied the egg market so closely as the Danes. Because the English are the chief buy CTS of Danish eggs, the English market is the basis upon which the egg produc- ing business of Denmark has been built.
 The Danes have discovered that the Englishmen wants an egg of certain size, and 60 eggs of this size are sup piled to the British market to the ex- tent of from 3o,o00.o0O to 10000 ,0o0 dozen a year, the Danes receiving for them an average of 3.3 cents more R dozen than the average price paid to all other producing countries by Eng Nshmen
 It is because the Danes take so great an interest in practical, remunerative poultry culture that they are the largest exporters of eggs in the world. Tn 1902 the exports of Danish eggs reached s5. .967, 900 dozen, worth $e,461,- 900.
 This, of course, was in addition to the large quantity of eggs consumed at home. The hens of the little kingdom have evidently been stimulated to the greatest industry.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
RAN HOME IN DEsHABILLE.
Yale Student Lost Clothes in Poker Game and Appeared on Street
 in Pajamas.

A Yale "freshie" dashing home across York street to Pierson hall, at New Haven, Conn, with an electric light burning bright on a corner two rods away, policeman standing under the light and men and women pedestrians passing to and fro from the theater, led to an investigation by the policeman. and the discovery of the most remark able game of poker ever played at Yale.
 According to the "freshie," who told the story only on threat of arrest, half dozen of his fellow classmen gathered in room across the street from the dormitory. As is usual this season of the year, none of them could raise a "sou," not having heard from home in long period. A game of poker was
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
GREAT LARIAT THRoWERs.
Men Who Are More Skilled with the H&wser Than Cowboys with
 the Rope.

Writing of a trip over the great Ialxaa in Harper's Magazine, Louise Morgan Sill tells of the lariat-throwers who are even more skillful than the western cowboys:
 One or thelmost interesting persons connected with the lake traffic is a sort of brother to the landlubber cowboy ], she writes. He isfpractically the lariat- thrower of these prairie-like lakes but ne does not 'lasso cattle or anything so trivial His game may be a wharf or an S,O00-ton freighter, and he never misses his cast. He makes no pretense to anything picturesque, and it is doubt ful if he would care to be so described: but picturesque, he is as he swings the rope in the air from dock to vessel or vice versa. He may be in trim sailors garb, member of the crew of luxurious passenger steamer, or merely clothed in the easy-going garments of the man who wears them merely as a means of covering
 The lariat-thrower is of no particu- lar nationality. He may be an Amer. 1can, or Canadian, or Irish or Swedish, or German, or almost anything; but after he has worked awhile on these vast inland waters the lakes put their stamp on him and he becomes a lake man. He does his work with certain calmness and ease, philosophical mas tery of things without excitement If you talk with him, you will find that he knows much more than he seems to know. One of them discoursed upon world wide topics.
 It's foolish for us to try to taych the Chinese annything, he said, 'whin they're thousands of years old and set in their ways. Better kape our mis- sionaries home, jsay. We need lem here, and monny of 'em. too.
 ''The more rough-and- and so more interesting, of these men are con- nected with the freighters and smaller steamers
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07

his college days, and they had been wait ing for the opportunity to work off their energy in emulating his undergradu- ate deeds.
 MT and Mrs. Teters were taken into the schoolroom and called upon for speeches. The superintendent intro duced his bride, and 8 parade of the streets followed. Mrs Teters was wheeled about and carried on ladder by the girls of the school, and the teacher was lifted high in the air by some of the sturdy boys. He took the joke good na- turedly, only occasionally pulling the hair of handy student to keep his fin- gers warm.
 When MT, Teters thought the celebra- tion was all over some of the boys pro- cured rail and tied him on it. He had on house. slippers, which dangled in the chilly air.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07

READ MIME. FOURNIER. s HAND. the fortune from the sepths. The treas ure was declared to consist of gold pieces and 20-franc notes. The magician then aWoke and the same night saw begin ming of the search for the treasure.
 Mme. Fournier began by depositing a gold louis ($4) in each corner of her cellar, but the treasure did not appear. "You must use more bait" said Mme. Salignac, and so the stationer deposited successively two, three and ten notes of $20 each But still there was no sign of the promised millions.
 "The amount is not sufficient" de- clared the sorceress, and Mme. Fournier revisited the cellar, taking with her sew eral banknotes of $100 and $200 each. Still the hidden fortune gave no sign.
 q shall go myself,p said Mime. Salig- nae, "and charm the spirits with my in carnations" So when night had fallen on the Rue de Meaux the magician, talk ing in her hand a further offering of banknotes from the confiding stationer, descended to the basement, and for half an hour practiced the rites of her witch craft. When she reappeared her hands were empty She had, she explained, buried the banknotes deep in the. earth
 The process went on for some time, the guileless victim handing over fur ther 'sbait" as often as it1was asked for, Another night, when Mime. Fournier could not close her eyes for thinking of the millions which were certain to he hers. she resolved to visit the cellar herself. But not only did she fail to find the hoped-for treasure but she could not discover the faintest trace of the money which should have been de- posted there.
 "That Is not surprising" observed Mime Salignac. tThe spirits take pos session. of it as soon as it is buried, and the last time I went to the cellar they tore the notes from my hands before I had time to hide them in the earth. But have no fear, you will get 1t all back with interest once the treasure is discovered"
 But one evening. when the medium was supposed to be invoking the sp1r- its Tn the cellar, the stationer watched s1r through hole in the door and saw her tucking the banknotes in her cor set Next day the disillusioned victim informed the police and Mime. Salignac was arrested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07

THE UNDERLYING QUESTION HOWEVER, r. AS TO WHETHER COMPETITION BETWEEN RAILWAYS DESIRABLE
 reached the the consolidation of railways into few and system greater the public than number of SEPARATE SYSTEMS that these question solved by the merger of the railroads the government which and operates them.
 Whether the absence of state ownership the consolidation o transportation companies desirable question may reasonably der and question should earlier and more earnest consideration at he of congress
 The Northern Securities decision of interest indicating future retreat by majority of the from the poon of the traffic that the Sherman antitrust law FORBADE ALL RESTRAINTS OF TRADE At law the courts reserved the right determine whether under the of particular reasonable and unquesonaby the increasing tendency of has been regard such restraints EXTREME reasonable
 ordinary contracts between man, this does
 impose burden upon the judiciary the questions management
 would be unfortunate upon the judiciary the burden of determining railroad consolidation reasonable
 Such transportation companies anal ordinary The already overbvrdened with questions that semijuda UPON CONGRESS- ths representative of the American people, should the responsibility of determining by we'll conceived law the extent any, which the consolidation competing should permitted
 In this connection the question suggests itself whether all interstate carriers should not be required to operate UNDER FEDERAL CHARTER. It would subject any great federal power which already penary would the federal deal with them less indirect
 The difficulty however with federal charter that it's authority
 necessarily limited to interstate trade and confer wholly within borders This subject railroad the necessity of charters and thus fusion confounded
 In view o the centraizng tendencies of steam and electricity country will eventually consider -opriety the constitution will grant transportation companies right transact their business THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY under the protection of federal charter
 A uNouEsTloNARLY GO FAR TO osLiT- ERATE A GOVERNMENT STRONGLY CENTRALIZED THAN ANDER HAMILTON BUT NEITHER HAMILTON NOR JEFFERSON EVER CONCEIVED THE POSSIBILITY THE RAILROAD THE TELEGRAPH
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07

other chair Again the cat wasn't there. Again the chair splintered.
 Two of mahogany. That's $2O," walled the husband
 Never mind the chairs, James Kill the cat before it kills me-"
 The cat crawled under the ice chest. The ice chest weighs 200 pounds and the ice weighed 30 McDonough moved the ice chest, while his wife, with a stove poker on chair that she pro- pelled dexterously, followed the ice chest, waiting for the cat to appear It didn't appear until the Ice chest reached the hall. Then 1t darted through the chair legs in manner that nearly undid Mrs. McDonough. It ran to the bedroom
 McDonough, somewhat excited, took the poker and went at it again. It got under the bedclothes. The poker ripped the lbedclothes to shreds, but not the cat McDonough took the bed apart His wife, from chair, used one slat he another. Then, one by one, the nine lives of poor Tom went out.
 Thank heavens, James, am saved" cried Mrs. McDonough.
 But not yet. That marvellous cat opened one eyes, then another. Then it slid between the feet of the unpre- pared Mrs. McDonos gh. With shiek she ran from the fae. The cat looked wild-eyed at James. Then James beat an inglorious retreat. He ran as fast as he could to the station.
 Come quick with the reserves he cried.
 Policeman Heidelberg followed Me- Donough. The cat had disappeared.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
proposed, but how to make it itinteresting without some cash was question.

proposed, but how to make it interesting without some cash was question.
 One freshman proposed that they play for their clothing The idea was seized upon at once It was decided to set price on each piece of clothing won by the various youths and use them by removal as needed ia the game and depositing the same in the chair of the winner. It was agreed that if any one lost his clothing he must seek his abid- ing place in night attire only, to be loaned by the man who occupied the room, the clothes to be returned to the owner next day,
 The game grew exciting. Some of those engaged lost so heavily that at times but one sock remained in their possession. Then luck changed and they won back portions of their attire which they donned again. It was near mid night when the unlucky freshman went broke"
 A freshman yell rent the smoky at mosphere of the apartment and, dressed only in pajamas "Freshie" was turned out into the cold.
 For excitement it's the greatest poker game ever sat in,' said he to the policeman.
 It Is thought the fad is likely to spread.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
Canada's Mineral o,,tnp+

The production of metallic minerals in the Dominion of Canada during 1903 amounted in value to $33, ,707, 400, and that of non-metallic minerals, including clay products and building materials, to s34,000,0o0. The aggregate was about one per cent. below 1902
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
HAD A WHEELBARROW RIDE.
Indiana Teacher and His Bride Are Given Novel Celebration
 by Their Pupils.

John w. Teters, school superintendent of Carmel, Ind, was married to Miss Nellie Hawley, and he and his bride were taken to school in wheelbarrows. The girls of the school conveyed the bride and the boys handled the superintend- ent He had told them experiences of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
Tremendous Sale of Novels

The sale of novels is 20 times greater than the sale of instructive works This Is explained by the fact that most people prefer to be entertained than in- structed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
Newspapers in Germany,

Of the 12,703 newspapers and period lcais published in Germany, more than 27 per cent. are in other languages than German, nine per cent. being in English alone
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-02-23

On has @arnifonges
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lid %entronnen finb. einfa4 cine 60ae
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pontonlmt. Das Gift babe fih IN Der
TN MeHer eingei9logener Rerbe be-
funben, bic mad Beriibrung bes Meef'
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nist tpcrben mar.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-02-23

genommen perben. bab er bic ungIiids
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bes !9ofs unb 3ieseleibefiBers Sohans
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bitter bon SO Suhren am 6erafmlaoe
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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-02-23

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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-02-23

Qrbeit Der Subilarin in Der fommu-
nalen Qrmens unb WaiienpfIege iei
oae5eit bon Der Stabt nit Greuben be-
gribt tporben. .Sie boben fir ale
Elm 3er5 sebabt unb boben alien seboI=
fen, ben Ilten. bic Understandable
paren. ben 8inoern. bic ipeibliher
pflsse beburften. Der Sussnb. bic Sic
erperbsfdbig gu MAIDEN iih bemiibten.
sic haben es Eel uns ais bic grfte be-
t%pieien, pie 1iidtisss bic Jrau in Der
Ssfentlihtsit leiiten tann i'm Dienit
Der Mrmen= unb WoiienpfIeee."
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-02-23

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tporben.