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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-17

ITO dfey' she cried. "He was cap- tured then. Let them believe what they may, he is a Continental officer a prisoner of war They cannot kill him. Why, they are negotiating now for surrender! I shall go to General Washington. He will not let themv'
 He shook his head very gravely.
 "Anne," he said, "my poor, dear childL The general officers of the American line know. They would not interfere. Jarrat's deviltry has won at last. He sent a letter out of York town three days ago to General Ha- zen, denouncing Colonel Armand"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-17

but scaled the apaus, ieaped the dftcn and rushed upon the works with their spontoons Above them, as they climb ed, were hammering oaths, stabbing steel and leaning, thrusting forms.
 The first point blank discharge had gone to waste, and Armand, dragging a grenadier headlong down by the shoulders, leaped the wall and cleared space between two guns with his saber, a space filled a moment after by the thrush of the supporting battalion. The fight became pandemonium of cries, grapples and yellow flashes. The bleeding shadows swelled instantly full of q vast red smoke, of yells, of curses, of men trampled, struggling, grunting, underfoot.
 Armand, lunging, turned suddenly upon q snaky form creeping in the shadow of the gun. When seen, the
 man pressed back into the human surge, Armand trailing him panther like. To the latters saber he opposed sword and used it we'll, but gave way steadily before the fury of Armand's attack retreating across the space be-
 tween the rear of the redoubt and the river bank, scarce ten yards in width
 an acre now a melee of hand to hand encounters with sword, clubbed mus
 ket and bayonet. ... ....
 "Surrender!" cried Armand.
 For answer the other avoided thrust and twisted to one side, and Armand,
 with the rush, feeling loose ground
 crumble under his feet, realized sud- denly that he was on the very marge
 of the high bank.
 At the instant new uproar arose.
 Through and over the space plunged the third detachment sent to attack the redoubt in reverse. The Impact sent a soldier tumbling at Armand's feet as he sprang to re- gain his footing, and, taking advan- | tage of the instant, his assailant hurl-
 ed himself upon him.
 As they toppled in the clinch Armand
 recognized his foe.
 "Now, curse youp' shrieked Jarrat.
 Then they fell. The rush had carried the position, and within two hours tireless Continental spades had nclOsed It within the sec ond parallel, result which carried con- 1IIA AuIAOAA " AoINtoN W1ACLC AuICA lAA the evening, in Cornwallis' headquar-
 ters-now Governor Nelson's mansion,
 since the American gunners had tum- bled his first selection about his ears group of aids were assembled dis | cussing the situation.
 With them sat Colonel Lord Chet- wynde, lately arrived with messages l from Sir Henry Clinton at New York. The conversation was interrupted by l the entrance of Jarrat, followed by two l Hessians bearing stretcher. He ad- | dressed himself to Lord Chetwynde. Will your lor1ship pardon me if I l ask view of this manY He pointed l to the unconscious form upon the sag | ging canvas.
 "I am no surgeon" said his lordship l languidly.
 "He needs no treatment,' Jarrat an-
 swered. '''Tis but chance tumble on the head. He is a prisoner taken to- l night ~
 "What the deuce Yorktown wants of 1 prisoners I can't see!" drawled the oth-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-17
SEALED PROPOSALS.

For supplying Brookside Home with meat and fish from April to Decem. Der 31, 1904, will be received at the office of the board Of commissioners Of public charities, City hall building. un- til o'clock p. m., Monday, March 21, 1904. Proposals must be OH forms provided by the board. All necessary information, and blank forms for bid ding, may be obtained at the said office. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
 Attest:
 THOMAS F. M'MAHON. Clerk, Per order Board of Commissioners of
 Public Charities.
 Waterbury, Conn, March 18, 1904.
 8-16-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-17
The Mule and the Hurricane.

Queer things happen in Georgia" :" said the man. "I remember hurrf- cane that blowed frisky mule had clean over the roof of my house, but the funny part of it wuz the mule did more damage than the hurricanew
 "How did that happer?'
 "So mad he upset the chimney an kicked the roof off!"-Atlanta Consti- tutinu
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-17

100 pieces of Fine Applique
 Lace and Venetian Bands at 5
 cents a yard Value Is to 25 cents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-17

25 dozen very handsome Wrist Bags. cost $12.OO to $1S.OO a dozen. At 50 and 75 cents each. ss.
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FEMININE FIDELITY.
Increasing Demand for Women in Posi-
lions of Trust

From the Housekeeper.
The increasing tendency toward the en-
ployment of women in positions of trust BY
financial institutions is thus explained by
the president of one of the largest banks
in the country: THE feeling is gaining
ground that women are, on the whole more
honest than men. considerable number
of women are now rendering satisfactory
service as cashiers and tellers. handling
large sums daily without loss or error One
of the most conspicuous traits in the femi-
nine nature is fidelity to trust. Specula-
ton. the chief pitfall of defaulting en-
ployes, does not attract women as it does
men. Cards and drink also drag down
many male employe and these again.
are more particularly masculine vices.
Some of the largest banks in New York
are employing women in positions of heavy
responsibility. Banking is an occupation
In which men no longer have monopoly"
AS to the question whether women are
by nature more honest than men, certain
masculine critics aver that women have
gained that reputation only because they
are subject to fewer temptations to steal
than are men. But is this the case? asks
Robert Webster Jones in the October House.
keeper. What occupation offers a more
severe test of honesty than domestic sery-
ice? 1t is impossible for mistress to
lock up her belongings from her servants.
and opportunities for pilferng are numer-
GUS Yet stealing is comparatively rare.
The majority of business men are convinced
of woman's fidelity in responsible positions
and her ability to discharge important
duties. Never were there such opportuni-
ties Tor capable energetic women as at
present await them in the business world
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The Real "Yellow Peril"

From the century q
Last winter. when. among those OF the
Russians who were not hoping for war
and the defeat of their own country, I
inquired the grounds for their contemp-
tuous underestimate Of the japanese. I
scarcely ever got for reply more than the
citation of Russia's 13O0O0.O0O of popula-
ton. her possession of one-seventh of the
dry land OF the earth. and the Cossacks.
The discussion usually closed with the as
sertion: Zone Cossack whip ten CT
those little yellow monkeys"
This faith is based partly on The impress
sion which the Cossacks made upon western
Europe as long ago as the Seven Years
war, and which was heightened by their
disorganization of Napoleons retreat from
Moscow. Napoleon himself pronounced
them perfect masters OF partisan warfare,
furious In attack and impossible to reach.
and said that he did not remember having
made a prisoner of a single one of them.
Finally. he had the Cossacks. in mind when
he warned Europe that, unless checked by
such a powerful unit as he had sought to
construct, Russia would enslave the world.
That Napoleon's prediction has not been
forgotten may be inferred from the recent
assertion in various quarters that this real
yellow peril is the possibility of the or
ganization of the Monaghan races by Rus
STA. and that Slavic Jenghiz Khan may
direct a new Golden Horde against TIE
west
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ESSENTIAL TO LEADERSHIP.
A Strong Constitution and No Limit to
Working Hours.

From the Chicago Tribune trep.).
Ordinarily strong constitution is expect
ed of the worker with his hands. The
world, recognizing the underling toiler,
whether with hands Or brain. comedies to
him the vital necessity Of a constitution.
To the great majority of casual thinkers
the president of great corporation may be
delicate as he pleases. perhaps revealing
In the luxuries that attend upon the frailty.
1t comes with shock to the average per-
son to understand that where the average
small worker in the average large corpora
ton needs a strong brain and stronger
Drawn. the head of the corporation needs
this stamina in geometrical progression.
''One of the first qualifications of the pres
ident of great concern should be ply
sique,' said one of the prominent railway
men of Chicago. high in the world of his
own system. I'm the railroad business es-
pecially a man in the Office of president
needs not only the physical and mental
qualifications of the strongest. but If he has
not the recuperative powers that should go
with the qualities he may expect to break
down.
Ordinarily the man in the ranks has his
hours They may he cut to a minute. or
they may deviate a matter of quarter hours.
But to the president of some of the great
corporations of today there is no semblance
OF office hours when the whole duty of the
office is considered. The man may not come
to his desi, until 1890 in the morning, and
he may leave it at 3 o'clock in the after
noon under ordinary conditions. But
who shall hold the time clock on him in the
hours out of office? In many circumstances
a man in his position has to leave his Office
in order to do the mosi pressing work Ger
tainly wherever he goes he may not lay
down his responsibilities. He takes them
home with him, and if he goes into society
in the evening they are as tenacious as his
shadow. Good fellowship and even the table
exacting rather than recreative
INrnv, both .Nft 10
and respite in some way. How does he do
1t? That is his secret, but at the same
time 1t must be recognized that his physique
first of all is the rallying basis. He must
strenuous life.
Ordinarily the Office worker and the man
in the industrial mill CT whatever type does
not die of overwork. You may count the
grave stones of scores of presidents of in
situations who have died on the sunny side
of fifty
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LESSONS IN CARVING.
Young Woman Who Teaches Men an
Invaluable Art.

From the New York Press.
There goes a woman said the tall girl,
"who Is preparing to confer blessed boon
upon suffering mankind If She succeeds in
her present plans every man and also every
woman who Is interested in household mat
tiers viii be ready within a year to canonize
her saint"
What is she going to do?' asked the
nice young man.
She Is going to establish a carving class
for prospective bridegE9pnls. saw one of
her circulars yesterday She has 500 of
them ready for the market. SO evidently
she means business. I also saw the list of
possible patrons to whom She is going to
send them. 1t is madefpp, chiefly Of young
men who recently have entered or are
about to enter the married state. She has
a dozen pupils pledged already.
The instruction wil1 fbe thorough. Each
man will be required to wrestle Individual
~ with all kinds of meEs from the Sunday
morning ham to the Thanksgiving turkey.
and not until he has learned to sever joints
and slice cuts gracefully 1nl he be granted
a degree Fifty cents Hffesson is the price
to be, charged for this Invaluable informa-
lion The ultimate cost will be regulated.
OF course, by the ingenuity of the pupil. A
man with a natural aptitude for carving
will probably set through in six lessons
At that rate the education Is dirt cheap,
and intend to urge every man of my ac-
quaintance to avail himself Of the oppor-
tunity to spaster difficult art.
The nice young man took note book
say the lady Tsp. ne asked, shyiy.
: The tall Eirl taugheT well, for good
ness sake, she said, lis that what ails
you? have noticed that you were acting
Queerly, but. didn't know that that was
the cause Who Is she? When Is 1t to be?l
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NO FRICTION EXISTS.
Minister Barrett's Visit to Washington
Not Hurried One.

From the Panama Star and Herald.
In regard to the report telegraphed from
Washington and published in Tuesdays is
sue OF the Star and Herald to the effect
that there is friction between Minister Bar
rett and Admiral Walker over matters con-
corning the relations of the Panama gov
eminent and the canal zone and that the
minister is going home to lay his case in
person before the President, it can be stat
ed on good authority that there has been
and is no friction between Minister Barrett
and Admiral Walker or any other member
or the commission If differences of any
KIND nave existed, they were entirely nat
urai ones OF opinion as to what is the best
poilcy to be pursued 1t is not surprising
that, where so many delicate questions are
70 De adjusted, having diplomatic bearing,
mere should be some reasonable differences
OF view between the commission and lega-
tion Furthermore, ii can be said that the
personal and social relations between the
legation and the commission have always
oeen OF the most agreeable and cordial
character. The minister's approaching visit
nome is in line with well-known plans made
long ago, when he left Washington for
Panama. He is simply going on a brief
ieave OF ABSENCE and will return here early
in November. after the election
In the matter of the negotiations between
!he ofncials of the zone and Panama hav-
ing a diplomatic nature, the isthmian gov
eiiiiuciit NOUS tnat, as an independent re-
Pubic, 1t Is entitled to have such negotia-
tlons carried on through diplomatic chan
nels, that Is, between the respective state
departments of the two governments-either
between Minister Barrett and Secretary
Arias. at this end of the line, or at Wash
ington. between the minister for Panama
Hay.
1t Is now understood by the Panama gov
eminent from advices just received from
washington, that the State and War De-
partments there have reached satisfac-
tory understanding and have issued instruc-
IONS TO their respective representatives In
Panama, to the effect that any future ne
EQUATIONS with Panama shall take place
through or in the presence of the American
minister; thus showing the intention of the
United states government to respect the
Wishes OF Panama and to treat this republic
as II does any other independent state.
BEFORE regular envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipetentiary arrived here the
Fanama authorities. while preferring to
zeal at that time through their own minis
Ter at washington, consented to do so with
the executive of the canal commission or
governor of the zone, to save time. But nov
that each country has a high diplomatic
omcer stationed at the Others capitol. n "a
insisted that the diplomatic channel is the
only proper one. ~
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HEALTH IN HATLEssNEss
The Sun on the Hair Kills Microbes
Ventilation Cures Catarrh.

translated for the Literary Digest from Cosmos.
We learn that the new fashion OF going
Winout q hat is not limited to this conn
try According to the writer, 1t has every
thing hygfenically In its favor, and the ar.
suments against it need only be stated to
be refuted. He says:
Inc mass of hair that covers the ton Of
Inc head Is a feature of the human race in
both sexes and appears to be one of its
most stable physical characteristics. Never
theiess. long observation Is unnecessary
to prove that this characteristic is weak
iening and that the vigor Of the hair is de-
creasing In man, Now a question presents
itself: Is this due to a Transformation Of
the species or must we attribute the fact
TO mans habits? This second solution an
pears to be correct, which Is consoling
since 1t allows US to hope that the evil
may be checked. This loss of hair thai
has become more striking from one genera
ton to another by heredity Is due, accord
Ing to some scientists, to the habit of COW
ering the head.
This habit must affect the hair injurf-
ously in three ways; ~ BY depriving it OF
the life-giving light Of the sun. Of free
ventilation and Of the movement of the
hairs by air currents; (9 by pressure on
the small arteries of the scalp. which bring
nourfshment to the hair: CD finally. be-
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WAR GOVERNORS.
The Men Who Deserve the Title-The
Late James T. Lewis Not One Of Them.

The Men Who Deserve the Title-The
Late James T. Lewis Not One Of Them.
From the New York Sun.
James T. Lewis. who died recently at
Columbus. Wis, at the age of eighty-three,
was described in his obituaries as the war
Governor of Wi consin.' He was not the
war governor, strictly speaking; but the
phrase war governor" has come to be
used in the case of the governor of any
state during soon after the close of the
civil war. Gov. Lewis was elected In 1853.
He was inaugurated in 1864 when the criti-
cal point in the war had been passed. The
actual war governor of Wisconsin was Ed
ward Solomon, who. after leaving Wiscon-
sin. made his home in New York and be-
came well known a lawyer in this city
and was at one time a candidate for judge.
The most celebrated war governors were
Andrew of Massachusetts,, Sprague OF
Rhode Island, Curtin of Pennsylvania,
Morton of Indiana Dennison of Ohio, Yates
of Illinois Gather of the present governor),
Buckingham of Connecticut, Austin Blair
of Michigan, Joel Parker of New Jersey "a
democraO, Berry of New Hampshire, Kirk
wood of Iowa. Leland Stanford of Cali
fornia and Z. d. Morgan of New York.
So long as the federal government con-
tinued to call upon the governors of the
various northern states for their quota of
troops, supplies and equipment the vigil
lance and activity of the war governors
were matters of great Importance. When
the government was able to take the mat
ter of recruiting into its own hands prac-
tically, the war governors lost their impor-
lance as such
Andrew served five years. Morton six.
Buckingham eight Solomon of Wisconsin
two. Morgan four, Parker three, Blair four,
Curtin six, Berry two, Sprague three and
Dennson two years.
Alexander Ramsey, afterward Secretary
of War, was governor of Minnesota, then
Washburn of Maine. and Andrew Johnson.
afterward Vice President and President, of
Tennessee.
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cause all head coverings are an excellent
culture medium for microbes and facilitate

cause all head coverings are an excellent
culture medium for microbes and facilitate
their development.
The promoters Of this reform are meet
Ing at the outset with certain objections:
a. To uncover the head may bring on colds,
neuralgia and rheumatism. They answer
that colds, catarrh, etc, are OF microbian
origin and cannot come from the scalp.
~ AS for neuralgia and rheumatism they
are convinced that If the habit of leaving
the head uncovered Is adopted in youth
these troubles will not follow. In fact.
they say the uncovered parts of the head
are not subject to them any more than The
covered particles perhaps. CD So far as
the incontestable danger of exposing the
bare head in the sun is concerned there are
many ways of avoiding this without smoth-
ering the scalp. a. The fear that septic
bodies may be deposited on the uncovered
parts, especially in cities, certainly de-
scarves consideration. but care In the toilet
will enable US to escape the consequences.
% Finally, the fear lest the hair should
be injured by sun, wind or cold has no Sc
rfous basis, since unprotected parts of the
Aead are covered with vigorous hair"
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HORSES GRAZING UNDER wArrp
Find Their Food at the Bottom of Aus
tralian Pools.


While on cattle station in western
Austraila- Henry Taunton had AN opportu-
nifty Of seeing remarkable instance of the
way In which animals can adapt them.
selves to their Surroundings
On the upper reaches of the river tber.
was large pool just fordable at most
times, but In dry season very low" be
says. Among the horses making their
run in the vicinity Of this pool, an old
mare and number of foals and yearlinps
used to come down every day in the long
dry summer. when the heritage was scant
and scorched into dryness. They waded
into the pool until the water nearly
reached their heads, and stood there for
hours, diving to the bottom for mouthfuI
or succulent weeds, which they chewed at
leisure with their dripping heads raised
above the water
THE first time 1 witnessed this strange
sight was during dry season, when was
riding with, the Overseer in search of some
strayed stock. AS We approached the pool
my companion babe me keep quiet if 1 de-
sired to see something well worth looking
at. AS we rode quietly up to the post /
saw group of horses standing in the wa
ter and disappearing from time to time az
they ducked their heads below the surface
My wonder was soon at an end, when I
saw one of their heads suddenly come out
with mouthful of dripping weds Nc
sooner was this mouthful disposed of than
TIC Ledu disappeared III search or another.
The Overseer told me that during a
long drought some five or six years pre-
vious, when hardly a vestige of feed was
left on the run, and bush fires had laid
bare the sand plains the old mare had
discovered that there was plenty Of lus-
cious feed at the bottom of the pools,
which could be procured by diving for it,
and, having once put her discovery into
practice she continued to do out of pref
erence what she had been driven to do by
necessity.
The several generations of foals which
she had reared had all followed her ex-
ample, although none of the full grown
horses had Joined the amphibious group.
Here, then, seemed to be new variety Of
horse in evolution. which, If left undis-
turbed, might breed and separate from the
run, perhaps to survive through droughts
severe enough to exterminate all others"
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Kissing the Blarney Stone.

From the Gael
Last year while in the south of Ireland
paid visit to Barney Castle, and while
there had the queer experience of kissing
the Blarney stone. famous in song and
story.
One of our party. having gone through
the ordeal before. volunteered to kiss the
stone first and show us how it is done.
When 1t Is understood that you are at
tempting to kiss a stone set in the outside
wall and you on the inside. one can guess
that 1t is no easy task. 1t Is best to take off
your coat and watch and chain and emp ty
your pockets. There is an opening, as It
were. in the floor. You sit on the edge of
this catch hold of two bars in the wall
and lower yourself backward down the
opening till you are able to stretch out
and reach the stone. AS you do this the
rest of the party hang onto your legs
The precaution of taking off the watch
and chain and removing money from your
pockets is a very wise one. as you have to
hang head downward to get at the stone.
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faithfully kept his vigils until a Capitol
policeman convinced him that he had been
hoaxed, then he reluctantly desisted.
The Crank Army.
Cranks with visionary claims have been
numerous. One of these wanted a large
sum of money for making the sun, moon
and stars shine There were others with
vagaries equally absurd who have visited
the big white building on the hill, to the
annoyance of senators. representatives, po-
licemen and other attaches.
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Might Have Saved Expenses.

From the Chicago Record Herald
II see they're going to court-martial Ad-
miral Prince Ouktomsky for taking his
ships back to Port Arthur after the recent
sortie."
Why? Did Russia want to save the
money It will cost to dismantle the boats
by hand?"