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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
THE NEWSPAPER MUSE.

Here's to the Muse with tte iHk-stsired
 hands
 Who sreets us from day unto day; Who only asks what her worth co,nms rix Will a song for life's vearis0me way The Muse who Is eager to sootte some
 smart
 In the crowd where the soul grows weak Who sings the song that is In her hcsrt- Tho Muse with a smuige sn her cheek. She's home-bred iaS-. with home-.pua
 gown.
 But her speech ring. tender snj true, While the gaudx Muse of the pompous
 tom
 Seeks ;S iazzie each strangers view 'Aongst those who have siIrrs' men 10
 their best
 And biiden them toll and seek 2ns's fcndest by far and he fai.h fullest The Muse wi;b the .rnudss on her cheek As the Dryai remote in some sylvan scene Loves the WoO5s' meIJttousnssS She love. The .ciiHk of the .yre-nachine And ths rhyme of the printing prese And sometimes she whispers into your
 mind
 What you've ssriveu so .0ae .o speak And she's worth a.. csc that you've iefs
 behind
 The Muse with a .mu5ge on her cheek -PhLandeT Glaze Johnson, in Washing ion Star
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
THE REAL ISSUE.

There are two issues, after all, Above the ones that speech may call
 Or wisdom utter; Two issues that with me and you Are most important.-and the two
 Are bread and butter Let patriotic banners wave. Let economic speakers rave: 7 ''f'Tfs not potential That Art proclaim or Music sing, The Loaf is. after all, the thing
 That's most essential Truth seeks some broader meeting place For breed or clan or tribe or race,
 For saint and sinner; But after all the noise and fuss The Issue paramount with us
 Is-What for dinner" New theories we may evolve, Old governments we may dissolve.
 New flags float OCT us, And Truth may search and Wisdom. think Still these two pianks of meat and drink
 Are yet before us So let contention hotiy wage And let the wars of logic rage
 In discourse fretted: When all the clamor Is complee The Issue still Is what to eat
 And how to get it! IN. '. Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Australian Federation Insufficient.

Although the Australian common wealth is only in the fourth year of Its existence, and it may seem early yet to talk of substituting an improved ma. chine for one which has had so very short a trial. yet it is none too soon to remind all good Australian federalists that their work is by no means finished. Australia has achieved federation, but it is not sufficient to stir down and ad- mire the beautiful machine that has been created. As matter of fact. in Aus tralia's circumstances. federation is a very insufficient device.-Sydney Bulle- tin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
cHoosrNa

t Ef tn weather man 'ud ast me what I
 wanted. rain CT shine, 'ud say: "Oh, mostly sunny; let me have
 my weather fine; But I'd add don't cut the rain out mix
 little rain in mine And jest splash the world with dew drops
 in the mornin'." 'ud say: Let's have some cloudlets traii- in shadows cros't the green, Let me hear the thunder grumble an the
 rain drops in between, Then a rosy-posy rainbow overarchin' all
 the scene
 And jest splash the world with dew drops in the mornin'." @Let me hear the children laughin' see 'em
 weavin' daisy chains; Let me hear 'em sQueal and huddle gittin' in before the rains, Let me see their funny noses fiattened
 gainst the window panes! And jest splash the world with dew drops in the mornin'.' Let us have the yellow sunshine in biz patches 'cros't our ways, Let us have the splashin raindrops, let us have our rainbow days; Make of life a splash of sunshine where a little towhead plays! And jest splash the world with dew drops D the mornin'." V. M. Lewis, in Houston Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
THE BEST WORLD STILL.

It's sad old world when the sun don't shine, But there ain't no use repinin; There's a bright, sweet spot where the roses twine, And Love when the sun ain't shinin'.
 And the winds may blow, .jt-r, And, the 'frUsts may kill
 It's the best old world
 In the country still. It's a cold cold world when the silyer's gone,
 But there ain't no use bewai,in: The seas run high. but the ships sail on. And the sailors sing with the sailin'!
 And the winds may blow,
 And the lightnin' kill
 It's the best old world
 Tn the country still! IF. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Passing of Old Vermont Stock.

There were three marriages, six births and 2 deaths in town last year. A gloomy look, certainly" So says tho newspaper correspondence of one of our Vermont towns. ltis. indeed, a gloomy look" Not only is the old stock dying out, but there is no infusion of new. Think of the proportion of births to deaths. Where one child is born in this Vermont community there are four deaths. Little wonder that the states population is practically at g Standstili.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Mosquito Congress.

The unpopularity of the mosquito does not decrease with the lapse of time. The delegates attending the Pan-American Medical congress in Panama early in January unanimously declared that con- sidering that the mosquito is the chief if not the only means of contagion of yellow fever, 1t is resolved to recommend
 to the countries represented at this con- gress to exterminate mosquitoes.-- Youths Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Had to Keep His Eyes Open.

There is an ancient mendicant, long known to those who go through Vssey street to the North river ferries, New York city, who has lately laid away his Pity the Blind" sign from his wheeyy little organ. and now helps pick up waste paper and fruit skins in the Pennsylvania railroad station, Jersey City. His excuse is convincing. You see,' he says, times got so hard just had to keep my eyes open to do any bus- mess at tall."-Success Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Rivets in Steamshius

The important part which ritds play in the construction of modefnf steel steamships is well illustrated bknle fact that in the new Cunard liner lo fonia, the largest ship ever constr "a in Great Britain, no fewer thad1 10 coo rivets were used, the total vel Ipre- scented being about 600 tons. 3 al. CT part of the riyeting workvSs dous by hydraulic power.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Cheerful Charity.

Mis'able folks ain't half so charitable as happy ones, and I don't believe five dollars from one of 'em would go half so fur or be half so comfortin' as kind word straight out of cheerful heart L. M Alcott.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Parasite Thrives.

The parasitic enemy of the codling moth recently brought from Europe and now being experimented with in Cali fornia is thriving there greatly under the care of the state horticultural com. mission.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Getting Ahead of Nero.

Nero had just given orders for the burning of Rome.
 How lovely!" exclaimed his wife, q will begin with the money right away"
 Herewith she hastened forth to shop while he hunted for his fiddle.-N. '. Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
VeuReful Veteran.

A former army officer plays hand or gan on the streets of Sheffield and be- tween times lectures on the methods of the British war office, which, he says, reduced him to penury.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Our Boarding House

He--May I tender you some chick en:
 She-l wish you would It's too tough to eat the way it is-Pit;sburs Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
The Versatile Grin.

The grip has 17 forms. and when a man gets rid of it in one shape it comes back in another It is never safe for him to knock on wood and say he is cured, for it will hear and come back.-Atch- ison Globe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Striking an Average.

"The pay is shockingly small for some of our public officials" said the broau- minded man.
 Yes" answered the cynic: "but it av- erages up Some of the public officials are shockingly small for their pay."- Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Greyhound Fastest.

Hunters of big game used at one time to say that there was species of ante lope in South Africa which could escape any dog, but test made with two good greyhounds proved this assertion un- true. So far as is known, greyhound is the fastest animal on earth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
Not Worth the Trouble

''I's very much afraid" said Uncle Eben. dat if a man is mean enough to deserve de whippin pos he's too mean foh it to do him any good" Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
He Was Slow.

He-Witty people make ne tired. She-Um- Keeping up with then.- Detroit Free Press
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25
And the Only one<

There are four feet fn a yard that con- .alns a savage GO&-CsiezSo Daily Nevs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25

N- GA wife has taken up in her own name a land claim in Montana using the money given her by her hus-
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PLAIN TALK IN P4KTS.

There isn't quite as much cordiality
between France and Russia as there
was. There was some very plain talk
in important French newspapers on
the subject Of peace and Russian
prestige before the browning defeat
at Mukden. An article in the
Paris Matin proves to have been
quite as prophetic as it was sar-
castle. The writer. NJ. Harduin, in
auires whether human flesh Is to be
considered as a worthless commodity.
The question, he says, suggested itself
to him when he read the news that
General Kuropatkin was preparing for
another great battle, and that. the Red
Cross establishments at Mukden, Khar-
bin, Telling, and Irkutsk had received
orders to prepare for the reception OF
from $4,000 to 100000 wounded. He
points out that 100000 wounded implies
80 600 killed, and, supposing the Japan
ese losses to be equal, there would be
total of $4,000 killed without counting
those who would eventually die of their
wounds. But you Sec he continues,
'it is impossible that things should be
different for-as we have again been
recently told-there is a question OF
prestige involved. Russia, cannot make
peace without previously retrieving her
military prestige. Nothing proves
moreover. that the object will be at
tanned for Kuropatkin may very well
be defeated again, and then Russia viii
have still less prestige. Still, the adj
| venture must be tried. 1t is indispen-
| sable. Do not ask to what extent the
lot of the Russian people will be i'm.
proved if their government RECEIVERS itE
prestige, or the prejudice they will exr
perience in the contrary case. BY SC
| doing you win show that you are unac'
quainted with lofty ideals, and are only
guided by selfish consideration.
Such talk as this viii not be vera
pleasant reading in Russia. There Il
much reading nowadays that is no
very pleasant for Russia. zI..- .
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SAD RESULT OF LIE.

That is a curious incident reported
from Cleveland. In order TO hasten
the return of her husband from Erie
Pa, Mrs. Patrick Kinsella of Cleve-
land sent him a false message, which
resulted in his death. Kinsella receiv-
ed a telegram from his wife, announc-
ing the death of his closest friend.
Finding that it would be some time
before a passenger train left for Cleve-
land, he decided to board freight train
on the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern railroad. The train was about two
miles east of Girard, when in some I'M
known manner Kinsella fell under the
wheels and was killed.
1t is not stated that Mrs. KinseIla' S
love for her husband and her desire to
see him caused her to lie to him by
telegraph, but it may be assumed that
those were her motives. Just how
wicked she was in doing it would make
an interesting question for debating
societies. She is undoubtedly repent
ant enough now, and she will have
something to think about during the
rest of her life that will not be very
pleasant.
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uiDEgf.

yeast-"I understand your wife is an
indefatigable worker?" ~.
rimsonbeak-"She's all that. Wny'
after she sings the baby to sleep by
love, she comes and talks me to sleep!
-Yonkers Statesman
Mrs, Talker-It must be awfully hard
work thinking up bright things TO write
all the time. ...s s..4... -.
scribbler-well. 1t is; but the hardest
part is getting editors to think that
they are bright after they are written
-Somerville Journal. ... 49,.
Poets, SIR said one of the bunch,
''are BORN " :%'>-
of course they are rejoined the
,nsympathetic wielder of the blue pen
Gil. IF they came in the form OF
eggs they would never be allowed to
hatch out Chicago News. d.
$50 she is going to keep the ring,
even though the engagement is brok-
emp" Yes" answered the gloomy
young man, ''and that isn't the worst
of 1t. She didn't even condescend te
tell me that polite story about cherish
ing it as memento of a very deaf
friendship. ''-Washingte Star.
Unenthusiastic Auditor Eyes,
know we sort O. handed We frost, bu'
they was just one reason why we did,
MT give We any encores."
Discouraged Entertainer eagerly
"And what was that reason2"
Unenthusiastic Auditor - 1--WE wa
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afraid ye'd respond. a-Baltimor Amer
lean.
Il always hate to pass an ice cream
saloon when I'm walking with my girl !"
When I'm out with my girl I've
never happened to pass one"
That's strange. How do You man.
age it,"
Il don't manage it: she does. She
always insists upon going in-"-Phila-
deIphia Press.
Oshkosh people, remarked the peri
odical idiot, ARE getting quite Boston
csc in their ways
Whats the afswer?" queried the
easy mark.
THE last time 1 was there" explain
ed the p. j., Il saw a sign in a tailor S
window that said: These pants only
sS-Marked Down from $40 Trousers.
Chicago News.
Teacher-"Last week you heard the
story of David and Goliath. 1 hoped
you We're all greatly impressed by the
fact that through divine assistance
David was enabled to triumph over the
great giant"
Pupil-'He had things all his way
from the start, teacher; Goliath was Sc
big, he couldn't help hitting him. -
Boston Transcript.
Unkind--Mrs. Minks-I don't want tt
make scene, but that man over there
is staring at me very extensively.
Mr. Minks-He is Ell? I'll speak t.
him. ...
Mrs. Minks Ga few moments later)-
Did he apologize?
Mr.. Minks-Y-e-ss; he said he wa
looking for his mother, and thought a
first that You 8were she.-Illustrats
Bits.
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THE STORY OF A FEAR.

oh, don't you remember, sweet Alice
Ben Bolt, how afraid we all were of the
Spanish fieet-that well-equipped and
efficient fleet that went to pieces off
Santiago so speedily and tragically?
When that fleet was on it's way to this
country the fear went up and down the
Atlantic coast that it would make some
side trips to big coast cities and shoot
them full of holes. New Haven being
a big coast city of course had the fear,
and she had it bad. 1t even reached as
far back as Montowese in that direc-
ton, and Westville in the other. Pru-
dent and courageous citizens felt that
something must be done. So a call for
help was sent to the headquarters of
our benevolent. and beneficent govern
ment. That call was heard and needed,
and soon four ten-inch coast defense"
guns frowned at Lighthouse Point.
They frowned so, forbiddingly that the
Spanish fleet didn't even come into the
sound-at least it didn't come after
they began to frown. So we and our
belongings were saved. and the Span
iards didn't even have the satisfaction
of soaring us quite to death.
These who saved New Haven from
slaughter and destruction were proper
ly thanked, as they should have ,been.
Alderman j. D. Dewell, Jr., introduced
in the Board of Aldermen the following
resolutions. Resolved, That the
thanks of the Board of Aldermen are
due and are hereby rendered to the
New Haven Chamber of Commerce for
its faithful, tireless, unceasing and con-
tinuous labors in securing guns to pro-
tect our city from an attack by the
Spanish navy during the late war with
Spain; and be it further Resolved,
That inasnluch as said guns proved to
be so effective during the late war, and
inasmuch as they are of ancient and
curious pattern, and because, by reason
of their efficiency, age and curiousness,
they have become very dear to our cit
liens, that the Chamber of Commerce
be requested to use it's influence in Sc
curing the permanent retention of said
guns" These resolutions were adopted.
and though their adoption was only
about six years ago, and though the
town of North Haven has succeeded in
getting one Of the guns, New Haven is
now going to have the other three, and
they win be used on public parks; and
while it is not expected that they will
be as efficient in keeping the people out
of the parks as they were in keeping
the Spaniards out of the Sound, they
will be impressive.
So closes, for awhile at least, an in
tsresting episode in New Haven's his
tory. When there is any more to tell it
shall be told.
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FACTORY rnorEnrY For SALE.

z The factory of The Ready Bits Cor
poration, situated on Lenox avenue,
New Haven, Conn. will be sold at auc-3
tion on Wednesday,, April 5. 1905, at II
o'clock d. M, as follows: Land, about
$50 feet on Lenox avenue, with side
track on line N. Y. N. H & II. r. r..
CO.; buildings, four story brick build,
ing 72x116x13 feet In clear. each floor:
brick addition for boiler and engine COX
IS; 2 Bigelow boilers 125-horse power.
each; one l00-horse power engine; one
500 light Westinghouse generator and
switchboard; line Of shafting on three
floors with two-ton elevator, Terms
made known at time OF sale, sale to
take place on the premises. Also a
parcel Of real estate situated on Quin-
nipiac avenue. with water front on
Quinnipiac river, and buildings thereon.
By order OF the Superior Court,
FRANK C. BUSHNELL,
ms est Receiver.
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exclusively to mankind But on the
contrary. the higher animals share
with US the capacity to understand
words and words, moreover, SO definite
and particular in meaning as is in
vo1ved in explaining the particular
mesh in a large piece Of wire netting.
It would seem, therefore, that If these
animals could artieulate they would
employ simple words to express simple
ideas. For it would not involve the ex-
ercise Of any higher mental faculty to
say the word Come than it does to
pull at a dress or a coat to express the
same idea; or to utter the word open. =
instead of mewing before a closed door.
&C. f. Deacon in the March Outing.
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hundred and fifty or two hundred
yards of Halls No. p linen line with a
snood of strong. steel piano wire in
which are three or four swisels, ex-
perience having demonstrated the
superiority of this snood over all
others. Good sized, live mullets are
used for bait through the head Be
ing unable TO swallow the mullet tail
first. because of its fins. the tarpon as
it takes the bait jumps the muIlet head
first, and in taking it is hooked in the
mouth or throat. 1t is at this time
that most fish are lost because of ner-
vousness or undue haste; the line
should never be drawn taut with stiff
rod on a leaping tarpon, for the weight
Of its writing body snaps the line like
so much thread; wait until the fish
starts down with its bait and then
strike hard.-Edward H. Hudson in
March Outing.
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MACHINERY EoR SALE.

me IoiioWlng properly q Inc Reaay
auction at the factory, 80 Lenox avenue,
on Wednesday, April 5. 1905, unless pre-
viously disposed of: each No. Sc and
38 dust collectors; hot water heater;
printing machine; cookie machine; /
grain scourers 4gfil1ing machines; hop
per scale for weighing grain in bulk;
pulleys; hangers; Shafting. betting,
leather, rubber and cotton; one 500
light Westinghouse generator and
switchboard. Sale will take place at
IL O'clock a. m. By order Of the SUI
perior Court.
n6 est Receiver.
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ONE OF JsPAk's GOOD THINGS.

Japan has so many things which
work well that it is not surprising to
read that she has an efficient system
of municipal government. A Japanese
authority, Mr.. H. Sakuma, describes
this system ais having been modelled
upon the, famous plan of the great
Prussian statesman, Stein, under which
local government was SO successfully
reorganized in his country early in the
nineteenth century. A centralized con-
troll is tempered by the spirit of home
rule. The city acts as an agent of the
general government. AS in Prussia,
the electorate is divided into three
classes, according to their rank as tax
payers; each class elects one-third of
the city council. The government con-
sists of a mayor and a bi-can1eral coun-
Gil. The councilmen, whose functions
are legislative, are elected by popular
vote for six years, one-half the mem
bership chosen every three years. The
board of aldermen, whose function is
administrative, is composed of the
mayor the adjutants and other men,
bers elected from the council. Three
candidates for the mayoralty are rec
commended by the council. From this
number one is selected by the minister
of the interior for imperial appoint
ment. The board of aldermen is prac-
tically a subdivision of the council
acting, in fact, as an executive commit
tee for that body. The mayor presides
over the board of aldermen, and that
body recommends the legislation to be
considered by the council. The larger
cities are divided into several admins
tratiye districts; each district has its
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HOW TARPoN ARE CAUGHT.

1A" lam Yin ARE CACIhI.
In the matter of bait the Texas the
DRY differs from that held in Florida
waters, where still-fishing has been
much engaged in with dead, gorge bait.
The Texas theory favors live bait, be-
cause, as claimed, it is more exciting
and sportsmanlike. Taking live ba1,t
the tarpon is hooked in the mouth, puts
up longer and harder fight. and has
greater chance for his life in the strug.
gle. Members OF the Texas club never
bring tarpon to gaff and the fish is
never killed unless for the purpose of
mounting. The attempt to place a live
tarpon in a boat has proven very
difficult and dangerous undertaking.
Having battled out his life among the
storms and breakers Of the Gulf Of
Mexico, the fish Is. Of course, strong.
Even when exhausted by long strug-
gle, a simple lash of its powerful tail
may knock a side out Of the boat or
break mans leg. 1t is therefore
deemed preferable to tow 1t to the
beach, where after measuring and
weighing, If you do not desire 1t for a
mount, you order the '.pulier" to .un-
hook it and push II back into the wa
ter. A catch is never recorded unless
the fish is landed on the beach. d. ~.
1t is always TO be borne in mind that
tarpon are usually found and bite read
lily when following the shoals of null
let's, on bronze with a point turned in
toward the top of the shank, so that it
win be driven straight in and not side
ways when You strike; 1t should have
a strong keen point, and a short barb,
that it may enter and hold in the bone
like cartilage Of the tarpon's mouth;
the hook should he attached to one
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wo sheep and give him two stieks.

two sheep and give him two sticks.
Thus it would appear that the mind
of man in childhood or in savagerly is
not by any means SO superior to that
Of the higher animals as is claimed by
some, Such animals are speechless by
reason OF an anatomical accident, and
from an absence Of ideas or ignorance
of words; vet the faculty Of under
standing words in SO considerable de-
gree brings US to the very border of
the faculty OF using words with an
intelligent appreciation Of their mean
ing. Now this is a fact of extraordi-
nary significance, proving that
language and thought are not confined