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Courier Democrat., 1904-12-15

Celia Gregg Ruth Henry
Katie Holland Walter Hunter
Gladys Kelly Phillip Korengold
Percy Mahon Freddy McGauvran
Frances Murphy Dewey Pierce
Carrie Semple Sammy Schrader
Ellis Slater Celestine Stable
Lucille Sullivan John Zeller
ADD1E NJ. CoNNoR. Teacher.
FIRST PRIMARY.
No. of pupils enrolled NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 65
No. of days school was in session. .:......... II
Average daily attendance -. ............ 5S
Names of pupils Mother absent nor tardy:
Myrtle Blair Pearl Carson
Early Cameron Arthur Gardner
Roy Gregg Herman Gregg
Herby Hough Willie Harder
Patrick Horgan Marie Hankey
Kinsell Johnston Wilbert Liebeler
Ivan McKechnie Willie Mckechnie
Gertrude McGauvran Jessie Milne
Letitia Plummer Jennie Plummer
Annie Power Joseph Power
Howard Rylance Bertha Radsliff
Susie Schwartz Arte Salter
Mary Sheehan Minerva TOmpsOh
Doris Walker George Walker
earned Zeller frankie Week
JULIA TERRY. Teacher.
NorE:-The total enrolment for the
third month, November, is 1856 and the
average daily attendance is 339, giving
us per cent of attendance of 87A. We
think that this per cent. ought to be "a
to 100 and earnestly solicit the aid of
the parents and all others concerned in
helping to raise it to this higher number.
r. HEYwARD, Superintendent
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-15
AN ASSAILABLE POLICY.
The Republican Stand Pat Ide,
Wrong In Principle.

The Republican Stand Pat Idea
Wrong In Principle.
One affirmative position we are per-
fectly safe in assuming at the outset
and in insisting on constantly, with
every confidence in its final adoption,
and that is wider and freer trade rela-
tions with all the world, says the At
lanta Constitution. The Republican
stand pat policy is as assailable as 1t
is clearly wrong in principle; it is un-
reasonable as logical proposition and
harmful in practice.
It may be said finally that this Is no
time for the encouragement Of new
and untried isms. We have gone back
as party to our old principles. Let US
adhere steadily to them and, with re-
newed and unswerving assurance OF
their correctness and Justice, give our
selves unitedly to the task which lies
before us. So doing. we. may be GER
tain Of complete and commensurate
triumph four years hence.
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-15
A PIECE OF PINE.

"A piece of soft pine" breaks more
pocket knives than anything else in the
world. If what we are told is true,
every knife that is brought back broken
has come to grief by that same piece of
soft pine. We never heard of knife
being broken in opening tin cans or
when used as a screw driver. They
stand such usage, but the true test Of
quality is the piece of soft pine. We
warrant our knives to cut pine. The
largest variety of warranted knives
you'll find anywhere. so cents upwards.
McPhail- -Brosnahan Co.
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-15
Ptt.LAoeLPt.tA's SHAME.

lto Elootloa . 11o1o0s DeA000A -
0allet 0t10Ag.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger con-
ments ~ follows on the election in
that city:
The riotous debauch Of ballot STUFF
ing. violence and crime carried on in
the downtown" wards ON Tuesday, ;,
with the active participation Of the po-
lice. must dissipate any remaining
doubt Of the insincerity Of Mayor
Weaver's public professions Of disap-
proval.
The debauchery Of the ballot has not
even the poor excuse Of party neces.
atty. Nobody questions the overwhelm-
ing Republican majority In Philadel-
phia. Why. then. must it be swelled BY
fraud1 Surely 10000 would be suffi-
cient majority without adding 5000
fraudulent votes. as unQuestionably
was done. There could be no other OBJ
ject than to maintain the lawless pow
er Of the ward leaders, and In this ia
grant crime against free government
the police were the active agents. They
paid no attention to the mayors mean
ingless order. They led repeaters to
the polls and drove honest voters away,
dubbed and dragged to Jail those who
opposed them. and exercised terror
ism that turned a farcical election into
tragedy Of crime.
With SO great a preponderance in the
party vote the fraud made no differ
ence in the general result, no candidate
was apparently wronged, and therefore
no official attention will be paid to it.
The community will not be startled.
But the disgrace to the city and to
the mayor, who, knowing that this de-
bauchery Of the ballot was planned un-
der his very eyes, took no steps to
check it, remains indelible.
No pious professions. no Sunday school
speeches about abstract morality. will
efface it. Mayor Weaver knew Of the
criminal activity of the police and has
not only allowed it, but protected it.
Not another city in the land has been
so shamed, and the finger Of public
scorn and indignation must be pointed
against John Weaver. this worse than
feeble mayor.
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-15
Looking to 1908.

The prompt announcement made by
President Roosevelt that he will not be
a candidate for the presidency in 1908
simpli6es the future political condi-
dons by removing from the election
arena the most potent personality in
the Republican party. We have been
told that the defeat Of Judge Parker
would inevitably lead to the disintegra-
ton Of the Democratic party and the
reascendency in its place Of the Popu-
list party, which for some years held
that great organization in subjection.
From this conclusion we entirely dis
sent. In good report and evil report
the Democratic party has maintained
III vitality for moro than century.
and It still has long life before It II
our free institutions are 20 b psse
potueted. boston Herald.
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-15
Weak
Hearts

Are due to indigestion. N!nety-nine Of every
one hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when 1t was simple indiges.
ton. II is scientific fact that all cases Of
heart disease, not organic. are not only
traceable to. but are the direct result of indi-
gestion. All food taken into the stomach
which fails Of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach, putting it up against the
heart. This interferes with the action Of
the heart, and In the course Of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr.. D. Kauble. Of Nevada. O.. says: lhad stomach
trouble and was in bad state ~ had heart trouble
with II. took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about fo1s
months and It cured me.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach Of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only si.oo Size holding 2K tines tho t.ial
size. which sells for Soc.
Prepared by e. O. DeWlJT & co.. oHloAoo.
For Sale BY BURKE & CO.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05

How to TxuI Crickets.
 To kill crickets place cucumber peel on the floor near their hiding places at night. This is also most destructive to black beetles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
BACK PORCH HER BEDROOM.
Albany Girl Slept One Night Tn the
 House and Caught Cold.

Albany Girl Slept One Night In the
 House and Caught Cold.
 Miss Margaret Dwyer of Albany, N. Y., sleeps out of doors even in zero weather, says the New York World. Her bed is on q cot on & back porch of her home in Tenbroeck street. Her bedding consists of pair of fleece lined sheets, rose blanket, a comfort able and pillow.
 She disrobes in the house, changes her undergarments for fresh ones and then puts on a nightdress, bath robe, a pair of knitted boots and q hood. Both the family physician and her physical culture teacher approve of her plan.
 One stormy night John J. Jansen. her uncle, came in covered with snow and insisted that Miss Dwyer should give up her open air cot for that night. She complied, and as a result caught a se- were cold. Since that her uncle has al- lowed her to sleep out of doors on the coldest nights.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
DON'T LET WIFE WHIP YOU.

Chicago Judge Says a Husband
 Should Show He Ts Master.
 tfI have no patience with a man who lets his wife thrash him." said Judge Tuley of Chicago the other day after listening to the petition of Frederick A. Jahnke for 8 divorce from Anna M. Jahnke on the ground of extreme and unusual cruelty.
 "It is the duty of the husband to make the wife obey" the judge de. clared. "He should exercise a correc. tive sternness where necessary and show that he is master of the house. Make plain the fact that she is ex- ceeding her wifely obligations and i'm. press upon her the fact that the man is the ruler of the home to an extent that precludes any right of violence from hes"
 Jahnke testified that his wife fre- quently beat him with q shoe. He got his decree -s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
FlREPRooF STAGE DRESSES.
Chicago Theater Disastsr LeaAs to
 Strict Prosecutions Abroad.

Chicago Theater Disastsr LeaAs te
 Strict Precautions Abroad.
 One result of the Iroquois theatar disaster in Chicago is that the scenery, dresses and accessories of the Alham- bra ballet in London, recently pro- duced. are thoroughly hreproof, says the Chicago Record-Herald. An exper- tment showed that the ballet dancers skirts. apparently consisting of the ntmsiest material, would not burn even when exposed to a powerful gas flame.
 Since the fire of the Iroquois theater in Chicago the authorities of Milan have adopted measures for the safety of the patrons of the great theater Of La Scala, one of the largest and most ancient in the world Every evening es soon as the performance is over and also between the acts all the emergen- cy exits are thrown open, and the pub lie is made to go out by them. The ex- pertinent so far has been successful and the great theater has been emptied in few minutes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05

pr. W. F. Wallace, of Bradford, N. H., says: |'I use your Castoria in my practice, and in my family"
 Dr. Wm. I. McCann, of Omaha, Neb., says: "As the father of thir- teen children I certainly know some thing about your great medicine and aside from my own, family experi- ence, I have, in my years of practice, found Castoria a popular and effi- cient remedy in almost every home."
 Dr. Howard James, of New York City, says: sfIt is with great pleasure that I desire to testify to the medici- nal virtue of your Castoria. I have used it with marked benefit in the case of my own daughter, and have obtained excellent results from its administration to other children in my practice"
 Dr. J. R. Clausen, of Philadel- phia, Pa., says: "The name that your Castoria has made for itself in the tens of thousands of homes blessed by the presence of children, scarcely needs to be supplemented by the endorsement of the medical pro- fession, but I, for one, most heartily endorse it ana believe it an excel lent remedy"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05

Dr. B. Halstead Scott, of Chicago, H., says: 'sI have prescribed your Castoria often for infants during my practice and find it very satis- factory"
 Dr. William Belmont, of Cleve- land Ohio, says: 3Your Castoria stands first in it's class. In my thirty years of practice I can say I never have found anything that so filled the place."
 Dr. R. J. Hamlen, of Detroit, Mich, says: "I prescribe your Cas- toria extensively as l have never found anything to equal it for chil- dren's troubles. I am aware that there are limitations in the field, but I always see that my patients get Fletcher's."
 Dr. Charming H. Cook, of Saint Louis, Mo-, says: "I have used your Castoria for several years past in my own family and have always found it thoroughly efficient and never objected to by children, which is a great consideration in view of the fact that most medicines of this character are obnoxious and there, fore difficult of administration. As a laxative l consider it the peer of anything that I ever prescribed"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
nh. New velvet Gloves.

To be thoroughly up to date this win ter you must wear the new velvet gloves. They are made of different qualities of velvet, are stitched like or dinary gloves and are fastened with pearl buttons. Thsy can be bought in any color, and if you want to be par ticularly smart they ought to match the color of your gown. No one need suffer from cold, as these gloves can be lined with fur of any kind and made as warm as any one would desire. They were first worn in London nearly a year ago. but they have only just ap- peared in New York and are considered something distinctly becoming and new, says the New Idea Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
SOLDIERS ON sNowsHoEs.
A Canadian Regiments Successful
 March Through the Drifts.

A Canadian, Regiments Successful
 March Through the Drifts.
 Regimental night tramps on snow shoes have been started by the Forty third Duke of Cornwall's Own) rifles and will be held fortnightly during the winter, says dispatch from Ottawa. The first tramp was to the royal log shanty in the heart of the timber be- tween Government House and Rock life, where the hungry soldiers had regular, appetizing lumber shanty meal. Lord nundonald. major general commanding the Canadian militia, ex- pressed his admiration of their soldier like appearance and told them the new system of drill would be found partic- ularly well adapted for winter work on snowshoes. The night was sharp md clear and the snow deep and at places in heavy drifts beyond the Ri deau river along the roads leading into the timber, but the men made good time and did their work well.
 Every efficient man in the regiment will be thoroughly fitted for winter campaigning on snowshoes under ac- tive service conditions. Other regi- mcnts throughout Canada arc expected to take up winter work along the same lines
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05

Dr.W. L. Leister, of Rogers, Ark, says: 'fAs a practicing physician I use Castoria and like it very much"
 pr. W. T. seeley, of Amity, N. Y, says: ''I have used your Castoria for several years in my practice and have found it safe and reliable remedy"
 pr. Raymond M. Evarts, of Santa Ynez, Cal, says: "After using your Castoria for children for years it annoys me greatly to have an ig- norant druggist substitute some thing else, especially to the patients disadvantage, as in this case. I en- close herewith the wrapper of the imitation.7
 pr. R. M. Ward, of Kansas City, Mo-, says: FPhysicians generally do not prescribe proprietary prepara- tions, but in the case of Castoria my experience, like that of many other physicians, has taught me to make an exception. I prescribe your Cas- toria in my practice because l have found it to be a thoroughly reliable remedy for children's complaints. Any physician who has raised a family, as I have, will join me in heartiest recommendation of Casto-, ria"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05


 pr. L. o. Morgan, of So. Amboy, N. J., says: sI prescribe your Casto- ria every day for children who are suffering from constipation, with better effect than I receive from any other combination of drugs."'
 Dr. H. J. Taft, of Brooklyn, N. Y, says: "I have used your Castoria and found it an excellent remedy in my household and private practice for many years. The formula is ex- cellent."
 pr. Wm. L. Bossernan, of Buff falo, N. Y., says: q am pleased to speak good word for your Castoria. I think so highly of it that not only recommend it to others, but have used it in my own family"
 Dr. F. H. Kyle, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "It affords me pleasure to add my name to the long list of those who have used and now en- dorse your Castoria. The fact of the ingredients being known through the printing of the formula on the wrapper is one good and sufficient reason for the recommendation of any physician. I know of its good qualities and recommend it cheer fully"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05

The Kind You Have Always Bought and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the sigma ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision since. it's infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Ini- tations and Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trif1e with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-E xp eri e noe against Experim ent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05

off energeticaIly with his speech, pay ing respects to MT. .Boutell of Chicago for saying that the Democrats in the last two presidential campaigns had "groveIed before a silver image and worn out the knees of their intellectual trousers" But there was so much confusion Mir. Benny could hardly hear his own voice.
 "NIr. Chairman he shouted above the tumuIt, ''if there can be no better order in the house than there is, may have unanimous consent to sing the rest of mine instead of speaking it?"
 This aroused such laughter as to as- sure MT. Benny an audience, but the a Republican member, MT. Palmer of Pennsylvania, who observed, "All right, sing it."
 Mr. Benny allowed that he was "such powerful 1poor singer he did not have the heart to infict himself in that way even upon his Republican friend and continued his speech in the manner prescribed by the custom of the last century.
 Archie Roosevelt, one Of the presi- dents promising sons, has a rubber pis- tol with bulb In the handle that holds nearly pint of water. The boy likes to use the gun, and his principal victim is Arthur Simmons, Secretary Loeb's doorkeeper. at the White House. says the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Simmons inadvertently took nap at his post recently, and Archie awakened him by thrusting the end of the weap- on against the doorkeeper's nose.
 'Throw up your hands!' shouted the boy.
 Simmons opened his eyes, jumped back as he saw the gun, and his arms went up in flash. Then Archie pressed the bulb, and Simmons gasped and gurgled as the stream of water blinded and choked him.
 T fixed himr' gleefully shouted the boy as he danced around the room to the astonishment of several dignified men who came in just in time to see Simmons flooded.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
DEATH IN RARE sTEAKs>
EehxnaExa aUM1versftyP PxOfessorC Cxaxznn
 They Cause . Fatal Disease.


 They Cause . Fatal Disease. At the meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Science at Lincoln. Neb>. the other day pr. H. B. Ward of tho state university warned his associafs savants against the qualification of ap- petites for rare steaks. says an Omaha dispatch to the Chicago Record Herald. Have the meat cooked we'll" was the burden of the doctors talk, the req son he gave being that steak and other meats rare are the cause of deadly dis ease.
 He said that in Nebraska among classes of people principally foreigners. who were accustomed to having meats cooked rare, he has discovered many instances of disease caused by the improperly cooked meats and that ths disease is fatal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
WASHINGTOR CHITCHAT
Secretary Taft's Generous Build
 Requires Larger Furniture.
ROOTS OFFICE CHAIR A MIsFIT

War Departments Chief Orders An-
 other Built; Also a New Desk-A
 Joke by Pension Commissioners
 ware-Representativ Benny's New
 Scheme to Bring the House to
 Order.
 Secretary William II. Taft's first off. cial act the other day was to summon the war department carpenter and tell him to make sA new desk and chair and be quick about it, says the Washing ton correspondent of the New York World. '.
 Secretary Taft is six feet tall and weighs 32O pounds He found he could barely squeeze into the chair used by MT. Root. He could not sit comfort. ably in it, and there was great danger that the chair would go to pieces un- der him if he moved quickly.
 When he tried to get up to the desk, he discovered that the opening was nei vn-. wide enough nor high enough to admit his legs The best he could do was to pull out one of the small leaves of the desk and try to write on that.
 The desk and chair that will be built for the new secretary will be of mann moth proportions. The chair will be very strong and will be braced with iron at every joint. 1t is probable that special chair will have to be provid- ed for Secretary Taft in the cabinet room at the White House. The cabi- net chairs are very large, as ordinary sizes go, but they are tight 1t for Mr. Taft - ......, .
 In the White House mail the other day a letter was received from Kan sas which asked for so many kinds of things that Secretary Loeb did not at tempt to read 1t, says Washington dispatch to the Kansas City Star. The letter was from a woman who de- clared she was soldiers widow and was in trouble about her pension. Aft CT detailing her various misfortunes she informed the president that if he had any old clothes they would be most acceptable and asked him to for ward them to her as soon as he could "get around to it." Secretary Loeb knew that all pension matters should go to the pension commissioner, MT. Ware, and forwarded the letter forth with to that bureau. In the mail the other morning the presidents secre- Gary received letter which read:
 My Dear Mr. secretary-This letter does not belcng in this bureau. We have none Of the presidents old clothes on file. suggest that you go over the presidential wardrobe and send this good woman something. would not send her the presidents shoes. Mr. Hanna wants them. Yours truly,
 EUGENE F. WARE.
 Representative Allan Benny, the New Jersey Democrat who has blossomed ont as William T. Rryan's champion. is
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05

Representative Allan Benny, the New
 Jersey Democrat who has blossomed out as William J. Bryan's champion, is the inventor of new scheme to bring the obstreperous house to order, says the Washinaton Post He was starting
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-09-13
Hard Bed and Small Pillow.

No matter how comfortable a soft bed
and large soft pillows may be they are
not healthy, and women especially
would do we'll to avoid them, for they
assist materially in injuring her physical
appearance. When the body sinks down
in a soft bed considerable portion of
the skin is robbed of it's proper ventila-
ton and the circulation is interfered
with. 1t also helps to make the muscles
flabby. A hard bed will make the flesh
firmer, and the form must, therefore,
appear somewhat better as a result. The
large pillows are not good to sleep on
because the head Is too high when it
rests on them, and this prevents that
deep, regular breathing which gives
good lungs and in consequence a better
appearance to the bust and shoulders.
One ought always to sleep on the left
side, and preferably with the arms at
the back. This may be little awkward
at first, but as soon as one becomes &C
customed to it he will find it not only
the most restful and easy, but the posi-
ton in which sleep is more easily con-
auered. The pillow ought to, of course,
be small and the bed hard, or at least
firm. The body is then in the correct
position for sleeping and for helping the
physical appearance of the person while
at rest. The arms at the back throw the
chest forward, make the shoulders
broader and the back straighter, 80 that
material assistance toward good car
riage is thus obtained. When one lies
on his back, even though the pillow is
small, it has tendency to crook the
and many cases Of stopped
shoulders have probably originated in
this way.-Ex.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-09-13
Beard Did II.

A recent graduate of one of the great
universities secured place with we'll
known firm at a modest salary. He full
filled all his duties satisfactorily, but
there seemed to be something lacking.
Business callers did not seem to take
him seriously, and one would OCCASION
ally inquire:
"Say, bub, where's the bossp"
The graduate finally decided to raise q
beard. At the end of week his en-
ployer came to him and said:
otis rather delicate subject, but I'm
glad that you have realized that 1t is
your youthful appearance that has been
keeping you back. You will take charge
of the shipping department tomorrow.
"And some people say that appear
ances count for nothing" remarked the
graduate. st took me four years to
get college education, and in four
weeks I'll have a beard. made $40 a
week on the strength of the education,
and got promoted the first week on the
strength of the beard"