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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
Won't Miss Rul1fi9hts.

Men who at home are mem bers of tho s. P. c. A., yea. even of the Y. M. c. A~
 come to Mexico and demand to know where tickets to the bullfights are to be had. If it is onSunday, so much the better; there is thrill of deyiltry in smashing several commandments at once. Women go, and, fascinated, sit through the successive acts of drama of blood and pain. Does anyone mean to say that he would not attend gladia- torial combat, would not revel in sec ing men pitted against wild animals, or that, if Christian Science martyrs were thrown into a Mexican arena to be de- voured by wild animals, there would not be a crowd of most worthy tourists on the front seats? Human nature re- mains quite unaltered. The passion for the bullfght on the part of the worthy people who come here every winter and spring is proof enough that the old Ro- mans were no fuller of original sin than *ha rAst nf ns--fexican Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
THE COST OF LIVING.
HIGHER NOW THAN TT HAS
 BEEN SINCE THE WAR.
Increase of Expense on Some Neces- saries of Life Ranges from 33 to
 100 Per Cent.-All Com
 unoditias Higher.
Washington fp. e Special.

Washington (D. O Special.
 Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of the bureau of labor of the department of commerce and labor, who is one of the recognized statistician of the world. has undertaken in bulletin. which has just been issued, to throw light on the ques- ton of the increased cost of living in 1908 over the preceding 1S years. Wright has made his comparisons with wholesale figures since they are re- garded as the more substantial basis and his report includes 26o series of quota tions, covering farm products, food and clothing, fuel and lighting, metals, iTn- plements, lumber and building materials, drugs and chemicals, house furnishings and miscellaneous goods.
 In making his report the statistician adopted the method pursued by all lead- ing authorities of the world, and in com- pairing prices for 1908 with former years he reduces the price of the preced- ing 13 years to the, average price for that period. He places this average price al- ways at 100. The difference between 100 shows the decrease or increase in cost for 1903.
 The first table shows the average rel- ative prices of all commodities higher in 1903 than at any time since and includ- ing 1890. Farm products reached the lowest average in 1896 and the highest in 1902, Cloths and clothing were the lowest in 1897 and the highest in 1890, Fuel and lighting wereithe lowest in 1894 and the highest in 1903. Metals and inn plements were the lowest in 1898 and the highest in 1900. Lumber and building materials were the lowest in 1897 and the highest in.1S93.
 Statistics show decrease in the price of beef from 1902, but the relative price
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
HEARD IN PASSING

Wild oats usually grow on very poor ground
 Many learned men are still trying to ind universal language, What is the matter with a baby's cry?
 A man that carries sunshine into n4s home will find that his home radiates sunshine over all his life. a
 A Cincinnati woman offered to go to jail as her husbands proxy. She will probably go to heaven as his proxy also. w
 We sell the under side of the wheel Of fate, and it is dark. But perhaps it's upper rim is bathed in eternal sun shine. Who knows?
 The father of twenty-four children in Springfield. O., has found it neces- sary to solicit aims. Why not pension him from the Carnegie hero fund? Two of the South American reublies nave extended the presidential term to six years unless the incumbent is l sooner revoluted out of office. The Philadelphia Record says. ac- cording to the imperialists it is abso- lutely necessary to have great navy in order to protect the Philippines. and 1t is necessary to hold the Philippines ill order to have great navy. Some Chicago inventors have been enabled to generate electricity by util- lzlng gases, that now go to waste What a large number of dynamos ] could be set running around the na- tional capitol at Washington! { Nearly all agricultural departments of western universities, and q number of eastern institutions, now admit wo- men on equal terms with men. Spe- cial branches of farming, such as mar ket gardening, small fruit growing and l dairying, have been profitably taken up by women all over the country. Ex- periments ill growing varieties of nut trees is the latest field ill this line to which women have turned their atten- ton.
 The pole of the magnetic needle does ont always point to the north If q captain sailing his ship from New York to Europe should not make due allowance for the, needles idiosyncra- sies, he would be more apt to reach the North Cape than his destination. The phenomena of the needle-its | strange changes, not definitely explain able by any known laW-form a large and interesting subject All the re- search of science has failed thus far to discover the reasons for the various deviations of that tiny but all-powerful guide to mankind.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30

noting the national welfare. Lumber ing ranks fourth among the industries of the country, and it is 4natter of hopeful promise for the permanence of the industry and for the cause of for estry that lumbermen are adopting conservative forest management in their number operations. That agri- culture, incomparably the most iin- portant of our national sources of wealth, also depends in no small de gree on forestry, is not, however, so
 well understood Under intensive
 methods of farming, and, with the en-
 largement of the cultivable area made possible by irrigation, tnis dependence will become increasingly close. Nin-
 ing and grazing, too, materially depend on forestry, for mines demand cheap and abundant timber, and the forage which feeds most of the western stock is one Of the important indirect products which under proper festric- tions, the forest may De made to yield. All of these relationships are strikingly displayed in the forestry eS- ! htbit at St Louis.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30

A man of New York city has invent ed machine which will make seventy five firecrackers minute, braid them together, do. them up in packages and pack them in boxes ready for the mar ket. The machine doesn't go out and sell the goods nor fire them off, but those who have seen the machine and talked with the inventor are of the opinion that he could get up an 'sim- provement' which would perform these duties if he so desired. No doubt an invention of such a machine will cheap. en firecrackers, and one doesn't quite know whether to look upon the inven- tor as a benefactor to the small boy or a nuisance to the general public.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30

Mir Percival Lowell of Flagstaff ob- servatory, Arizona. claims to have dis covered that the famous Erythraean sea on the planet Mars changes it's color with the change of the seasons. Near the summer solstice it begins to lose it's chocolate brown" color and assumes ''blue green hue. He as- sures us, moreover, that this change is caused by the growth of vegetation on the planet. The melting polar snows pouring into the canals serve the pur- pose of irrigation and vegetation is formed with great rapidity. MT Low elPs observations have been continued for some twelve years and agree with the views of other astronomers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30

The West Point corps of cadets, generally acknowledged to be the best drilled organization in the world, will spend two weeks at the Worlds fair in June, after the graduation exercises are completed and the summe- camp duties have begun. The cadets in their natty uniforms of bright grey and white will be one of the notable attrac- tions at the fair. Their excellent band will accompany the corps, and daily dress parades and drills will be feat nres of interest to visitors who apce- ciate perfection in drill and action as displayed by the West Point cadets.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
This last was a very talkative session

This last was very talkative session of congress. Tn the utterance of words the senate and house filled 6,155 broad pages of the Congressional Record. As each page of two columns has about 1,70O words, it follows that approxi- mately 1O,5O0,0OO words were used at the session. The Record of the first session of the fifty-sixth congress, which was the session that preceded the presidential election of 1900, con tained 6,S93 pages, but up to the mid dle of April, that year, the proceedings had covered ALSO pages. The Record of the session would hardly be remark able. were it not that there was but lit tie legislation outside of appropriation bills, and a very large share of the dis cussion has been of political charac- ter
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30

Michigan boasts of perfect horse woman in the person of Mrs Harris, who, although slight of build, possess es an endurance that makes hardened men riders marvel. The most stub born and unruly jumper causes her no uneasiness, says writer in a sporting magazine. She explains her success as the result of purely old-fashioned ideas laboriously worked out. Most riders start a horse too far away from the fence, and by the time tho horse reaches it he is going too fast to judge the height accurately she says in explanation of her fine jumping. "Now, my idea of jumping is to take a horse back thirty or forty feet, have him go slowly. talk to him all the time then let him measure the distance, get the right take off, and nine times out of ten he will go over as clean as q whistle. Do ever ride astride7 Ger tainly not. My opinion is that women should not attempt it. I do not believe they were ever intended to sit a horse in that fashion. Tn fact, I do not think any woman who is born with the riding instinct and trained to the sad dIe when quite young has anything to gain by riding astride, and, take my word for it, this new way is no more than fad which is doomed as to pop ularity from it's inception"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
TRANsLATERs WELL PAID,
Stenographers Capable of Answering Foreign Business Letters Re-
 ceive Good Wages,

Translating business letters received In Chicago from foreign countries. and making business replies in the same lan- guage has come to be one of the profit able side lines of stenography and type- writing. says the Tribune.S
 Just after the Spanish war, when Cuba and other Spanish territory came into close touch with Chicago as a business center. many stenographers undertook to master the Spanish language to the extent of business correspondence But even before this there was a necessity for typewriting in foreign languages, and as this necessity has grown the stenographer has kept pace with the de- mand.
 The card of a young woman operator in one of the largest office buildings reads: "Translations in French, Ger man. Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Typewriting done in the above lam guages." This young woman not only can accomplish this, but the demand for the work is steady. Ordinarily the business man through messenger sends the business letter which he re ceives, and when the work is done the letter is posted back to him, worked into good English. If it be an order that is to be filled, or the request for prices, some one capable of replying to the letter is sent to the office Of the young woman, and, taking his die tation in English, she translates it Into any one of the i've languages at Der command.
 This work is better paid than is the ordinary stenographic work of the better class. and the time Is approach Ing when the mastery of two or three languages at least may be looked for as one of the exactions of the school of shorthand and typewriting.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
MONDAY, MAY 30, 1904.

New York theatrical managers who have decided to abandon pictures in the windows of barrooms and snipes' on ash barrels, and to bring their busi~ ness before the public chiefly by we'll devised, carefully written and attrac- tive advertisements in the newspapers, have chosen the better part, and are likely to reap rich reward. The abuse of window displays have long been no- torious and despicabIe Moreover, 'snipes'' and ''sniping'' on garbage bar rels are only worthy of contempt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30

The bureau of forestry of the U. s. department of agriculture has prepar- ed for the Louisiana Purchase exposi- ton tile most extensive display 1t has ever made. The purpose is both to illustrate the work which the bureau is doing and to show actual forest con ditions in all parts of the country. The visitor will see there the most inn pressive evidence of what practical forestry is, also its great present and future importance as a means of pro-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
Egyptian Rrides Are verx slx.

It Is usual for the Egyptian bride to affect shyness and embarrassment On no account must the eyes be lifted from the ground. The bride is led about by her nurse--a functionary who plays a prominent part at the wedding, and one whom it is the fance's interest to "tip" liberally-and two other attend ants. while couple of slaves fan her continually to cool the burning blushes which are supposed to mantle her maiden cheeks.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
ereventing Train Derailments.

A German railroad oficial has pa tented device for preventing the de- railment of trains. designed to decrease the dangers of such acci- dents, and also those resulting from broken axles and wheels. A rail is adjusted on the truck of the car par &llel with the axle. about an inch above and at right angles with the rails. Should deraiIment occur, this crossrail will drop on the tracks, without permitting the wheels to touch the ground. The car will then drag along on the cross-rail and stop the train. The orosa-rails are placed as close as possible to the track and supplied with springs to break the force of the settling of the car as much as possible. and are also fitted with projections underneath to pre- vent the car from leaving the track.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
Electrical Tree in India,

An electrical tree has been discow cred in forest in central India. It's leaves are of a highly sensitive na- ture, and so full of electricity that any person who touches one of them re- ceives an electric shock. It has a very singular effect upon magnetic needle, and will influence 1t at dis tance of even 70 feet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30

There was decrease of 1.s per cent. in sheep, 2.5 per cent, in rye. 5.s per cent. in fiaxseed.
 Fifty three articles of food are given, and on 35 there is an increase over the average for the preceding 1s year rang ing from five per cent on bread in the Washington market to 70 per cent. on pepper from Singapore, The following
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
s in percentage are shown !:
Decreases are shown as follows:

Sugar ...,....l.z t0D vinegar ,......s..l2 Soda crackers..... s.6 .6kEvapo'a'd fruits.2s
 OTTO articles of clothing, the prices of 56 for 1903 are higher than the average price for the preceding period since 1890. Increases ranged from three per cent. for ginghans to 20.8 per cent. for sheetings. Women's dress goods were 14.3 per cent. higher; overcoatings, 17.S per cent. higher; and blankets, 17.9 per cent. higher.
 The table on fuel and lighting shows an astonishing increase in cost to the cpn- sumer during 1903 over the average price the preceding ten years, The result fol- lows:
 Pct. Pet Petroleum, ref'd. B l Anthracite stove27.1 Petroleum for ex- Anthracite chest <port g. nut 34.2 Anthracite coal. .26. 2l Anthracite egg. 34.3
 The only item in this class showing a decline Is parlor matches, which fell of 14.4 per cent. The average increase for 1903 over the period since 1890 was s per cent.
 The lowest price of anthracite egg coal was in September. 1895, the wholesale rate being $282 Tn the latter part of 1902 and throughout 1903 the wholesale price was s4.95. Georges creek bitum- inous f. 0. b. in New York leaped from $2.l0 in 1899 to $8.2S in 1902
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
zaysz2z z2zA~< MATCHES

A judicious, close-mouthed clam lays over an injudicious oyster that has not the wit to close his shop. The moral of this epigram is that forerunner of time can be closer to the winning post if he knows where he is at, than if he aimIessly wanders the circuit and comes up the stretch without record. Therefore. it pays to watch yourself and adjust your motions to a correct line of time which any jeweler can deliver to you if you ask for that made by
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30

compared to the period since 1890 shows an increase in cattle of AT per cent.
 Under the head of farm products 16 ar ticles show increases as follows:
New-York tribune., 1904-08-14

Montclair. a suburb five miles from the city
proper. and the windows command wide pam
Drama OF city, plains and mountains.
The building and grounds cost $35OOOO and
the furnishings $150OO0. Hundreds of promi-
nent Denverites. embracing merchants. philan-
thropists and minister's took part in the simple
ceremonies when Mr.. Phipps placed the keys
OF the sanatorium in the hands of the directors
Mr.. Phipps came to Denver some two years
ago. bought a fine residence. spent half million
dollars in alterations and furnishings and then
began the erection OF the sanatorium. His wife
and children settled down in their new home
and all went well until about eight months ago
when Mrs. Phipps took the children and went
East. Rumors of trouble followed and 1t de-
velcped later that Mr.. Phpps had accused his
wife of infdelity. Two months ago Mr. Phipps
took the children from his wife's apartments in
a New-YOrk hotel and brought them to Denver
Soon afterward he brought suit for divorce here
and made sensational charges. The wife denied
everything. and wealthy relatives of Mr.. Phipps
began efforts to reconcile the couple and sup
press the scandal Just what the outcome will
be is unknown. Mr.. Phlpps has sued for recov-
cry of the Pittsburg and Denver houses. which
he had decided to his wife. and for the return
OF large quantities of stocks he had given her.
The Denver home is occupied by servants, who
are guarding the children. and detectives are
also employed TO prevent Mrs Phipps from splr-
iting them away.
While Denver residents appreciate the great
work Mr.. Phpps Is doing In his sanatoriurn
there are very few who would have launched on
New-York tribune., 1904-08-14

bitiously called themselves, was soon forced 10
move into larger premises. and In that long
street Of teeming lie, the FaubOurg ST Antoine,
started in May. 1905, the Cooperation des
Idees." which has during the last few weeks
held Its first congress-
When a provincial convert a wealthy manu-
facturer. presented the members with the free
hold of n charming villa in the heart OF the Bols
de Bouosne, formerly the property Of the Auto
mobile Club. anarchic principles put In
practice. and the Chateau du Peuple" Qhe
Peoples Castle was thrown open to members,
with neither laws bylaws. neither man
ayers nor directors. Each member is responsible
20 all the rest for the property he is thus per-
mitted to enjoy, and. although II is inevitable
that abuses should creep in, IT must be said that
far the system has worked admirably.
Here those whose minds have been elevated by
the course OF study provided at the Faubourg St
Antoine during the long winter months may
JOY the fresh beauty Of the woods, accommoda-
ton al a nominal price (from to II francs a
month. or 81 to 50. together with the services
Of a cook. The number of persons who can be
admitted in this way is. of course. limited. the
villa being OF a moderate size. but on Sundays
and Thursdays, on payment of a trining gate
toll, members OF the society and their families
are able to enjoy the gardens. where archery,
bowls, chess, etc. carried on in the open
air. Here too. III the evening. the dinner lin
common" takes place under the trees. the ser
vice being done among themselves by volunteers
The villa boasts two pianos and very little
other furniture. and to the spirited strains of a
waltz played by a long-haired young anarchist
In high collar and tightly buttoned jacket
gay and motley crowd took the floor 1 glanced
into the room one day recently. 1t a public
holiday, and from early morning there had been
a succession Of classes and addresses, and. after
the attending intellectual strain, interval of
ffa
For the central idea of the Society of CO-opera-
ton is to humaniZe well educate the
masses, and every Sunday from O'Clock in the
morning till the midday meal sees a dizzy sue
cessiOn OF classes Of modelling, photography
bicycling, chess. etc.
The application OF the principles Of Fourier.
OF life In common, to the exclusion OF all domes-
ucity, has in the limited degree possible in the
Chateau du Peuple proved at least very inter
esting experiment, and the anarchism OF the
Bois de Boulogne, judging from the cheerful
countenances of the Companions" they call
each other, seems to have little in common with
that OF the co-fraternity OF Russia
c. l. 3.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-14

reached by ladders The fire show acrobats
jump from the fourth and fifth stories OF the
property" buildings to the nets as many times
q day the show is repeated.
There must be a sort of charm about these
endangering amusement occupations from the
number OF young men who essay to eater the
ranks No one has come out yet with daring
trick that a dozen did not try to copy 1t. When
looping the loop a bicycle was first brought
out so many rash youths insisted on showing
what they could do in the same line that the
management had to prohibit all such attempts.
One youth declared he could do it on roller
skates. and managed to get started down the
dizzy course when the attendants were not look
ing. He broke leg or an arm or something. and
gave the circus people idea. A more skilful
much to the Joy of Western crowds. When Mel
win Howard fell recently in his slide for
Iife' the management OF that attraction re-
ceived several applications from youths who
wished to become his substitute. They had
never tried it, but they were more than willing.
you'll fall and break your neck" they told
one fellow.
That's my risk" he declared. "Tf I do fall
you've given the crowd a show that's worth
double admission"
said one OF the Dreamland managers in speak
ing OF the matter. ut would have been too
much like murder. Yet I'm willing to bet that
if that fellow could get to the top OF our tower
he'd take chance at the slide. There viii never
be any lack OF daredevils for this particular
more thrilling thrills until the public tires OF
that form OF amusement"
New-York tribune., 1904-08-14

similar enterprise had the means been theirA
There has been a growing feeling In the city
against consumptiYes. They are considered by
many as a serious drawback. for sanitary. hnan-
ciaI and pictorial reasons Many man has
hesitated to help consumptive for fear OF en-
couraging others TO seek the West as health
resort. Indeed, in the past it has been an al
most helpless battle for the man without means
to fight To be branded a '1unger' in Denver
means to be excluded from boarding houses.
rooms, rented apartments and rented houses. 1t
means isolation from the majority or people,
who dread the contagion Of the disease.
The new sanatorfum is not intended for pau
pers. nor viii it's patients include the many
hopeless cases that might pass their last days
quite as well in other parts OF the country the
sanatorium has been built for persons OF very
small means. The cases TO be cared tor arc
hopeful The charge will be about 50 week
The sanatorIun will accommodate about two
hundred patients. though it is equipped so thar
at any time the capacity can easily be doubled