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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07

New Haven, Jan 1.-The high wind which accompanied last nights down pour of snow, sleet and rain decreased greatly ill violence early to-day and the weather bureau reported that the center of the storm area had passed this section. The conjunction some where east of here of two storms, one sweeping up the Atlantic coast from Florida, and the other coming from the great lakes. is officially given as the reason for the violence of the dis turbance In the wake of the storm come reports from all over Connecti- cut of slush covered streets, washed out highways, cellars flooded through sewer overfloWs and other damage. There has been a rapid rise in the ril- ers and smaller streams ill the State to-day, and in some quarters their rise has assumed freshet proportions. Mad river, the turbulent little stream which runs through W1nsted, threatened to cause damage to-day. The water rose steadily, breaking up the ice which covered it's surface. until. overlapping the banks, ten inches of the flood poured through the main street of the borough. Trolley traffic was almost blocked. and merchants had to remove their goods from basements and eel lars hastily. Factories in Winsted were run short of their usual compile ment of hands owing to the inability of many employees to get through the slush which in places was eight inches deep on the sidewalks.
 Trains on the New York, New Ha- ven X Hartford system were over an hour late last night in many cases on account of the storm, but this morn ing the officials at the Union station here said that most trains were on time. On the Central New England division of the system two trains were stalled all night, one at Boston Corners and one at Copake, \. Y.
 No damage to shipping siong the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound was reported early to-day. al- though fears were expressed that some vessels would be found to have suffered from the gale.
 According to the measurements at the local station of the weather bu- reau. the highest velocity of the wind during the light was 46 miles an hour. The precipitation in twelve hours was 1.30 inches.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
ICE JAM IN SHEPAUG.

l;oNbnry. Jan An ice jam in the Shepang river here caused an overflow which flooded the track of the Litch field branch of the New York. New Haven X Hartford railroad to depth of four feet to-day. The trains in both directions were held up for hours.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
nNE MAN LOST.

Portsmouth. Jan s.-t,ue man was l.,si from the schooner Lizzie Carr. which went ashore at Rye Beach to- day. The man was carried overheard i,y falling mast. Six others on lp1ar.i were brought ashore in the brooches buoy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
Cleveland Roy Accidentally shot.

CITRA. Fla. Jan. M. Percy Law renee. seventeen years old. son of NJ. !. Lawrence. wealthy newspaper man uf Cleveland. D.. was shot ana instant Iy killed cn Orange fake. near this place. while duck hunting.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
cs,e.s. .. Get rh.~a. Library.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1- Through the dests. Of Theodore Thomas it is ex- pe..tszl sh. public will be enriched ny
 beSvest ri his e-33GCp musical H. brary. incIadiiig nsny scores and parts of rare manuscripts by the oh mas
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
WILL LEAVE NEXT WEEK.

Portland. Ore Jan 1.-Tbe Stsslm- ship Olympia will leave Fortiand next week with . cargo of contrataDd tl,-S- tin.1l far the Russian army at Nladi- vVstok. The c.Irso will consist of eats and canned beef
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast fer ronnecticuf: Fair 1v- night: Sunday fais: colder te-uiyil: and Sunday. high southeast winds. Uecg2 ing southwest and westerly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
Ri.hop s,alatns >tricLcn.

PKORIA. IT.. Jau- Bishop John L. spalding. the noted head "f the Re man Catholic diocese of Peoria. h.s suff~red a severe paralytic stroke
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
cuNFEI WITH PRESIDENT.

Washington Jan s.-Ninc Of the I.-=Isl- ing rcpuhIicsn< F. congress this aftsI noon had q conference with President Roosevelt to consider with him IeSi>Ia tive questions now IensIins before con xreS<
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
PUT ON SPECIAL TRAIN.


 New London. Jan 7.--The Fall River line steamer Pilgrim put into this har. bor at o'clock to-day and after wait ing about an hour for a clearing. her passengers were put aboard a specai train and carried eastward. The City of Brockton. q freishter. and the steam cr Maine. both bound east. are an Chored in the outer harbor and will wait for better weather before proceed, ing.
 The Fisher Island boat made hAr trip to this city this morning and re. ports that the passage was almost ice, bound. She also reported having sight cd what apeared to be q Joy line steamer anchored off North IIummock, the water in the Race probably being too rough to attempt it's passage.
 RUmors of a collision of tug boats resulting in loss of life were afloat here early today. but inquiries could not confirm the rumors.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
THE POPULAR
 FLEETWOOD.
It's the Range They All
 Want.

The Glenwood range is Waterbury's favorite. Almost every house has { Glenwood in it. As test. just ask your friends as you meet them. what range they would buy if they were go- ing to have a new one. The answer will invariably be a FLEETWOOD. And why: Because the Glenwood has been used and tried and is the range that always pleases particular range buyers. The Hampson-Sellew Con- pany is making some very low prices on Glenwood ranges, a fact that Wa terbury people will no doubt apprecl- ate. One lady said recently, T don't see how a Glenwood range could do otherwise than bake
 Waterbury. Conn. Nov j. 1904. The Hampson-Sellew Co, City.
 ''Gentleman:-I have used q Sunny Glenwood range. No los. for about five years and find it perfect in every way. It is easy to clean and stays clean great deal longer than a good many other stoves. It heats well and bakes well I think there is no other stove that can equal it. Yours re- speetfully.
 MRS JpJIN nJ-NDkSS - Ashley street. city"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
SCHrYLKII.L Is HIGH.

PhiIaJeIphia. Ian s--The effects ef last nights heavy rainfall which was
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
"Waterhury. Conn. Oct 9.

Waterbury. Conn. Oct 25, 1904. ''Gentlemen-I have a Glenwood F range and must say it is first class stove II is q good baker and heater and it burns but very little coal. Pec- pie who come jo my house always ad- miTe it and say. what lovely stove you have. advise anyone who wants a Tstit class stove to get Glenwooi and they will not regret it. There are good ranges iu the city. hut give me the Glcnwood every time before oth- CTS. remain. Yours very truly.
 "E. FARLEY. ''f3 wolcott street.
 "waterbury. Conn. Nov 13. 190i. The Hanpson-SeIlcw Furniture Co, City.
 --Gentlenen:-I have had 3 Glen woDSl F. range. No $. for nine years. I would not have any other. IL bakes just as SO0sl now as when I first had it. Yours truly.
 '-i1 Prospect street"
 MRS J Y. ALLEN. And that's what everyone says vho knows about the FLEETWOOD range The Hampscn-SeIlew Furniture Co are the only Waterbury agents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-07
Waterbury. Conn. Nov j. 1904. The Hampson- SeIIew Co. City.
Here's pnother.

- Ashley street. city"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

worked in a factory The little Eng
lish girl expects to do the same thing
when she grows up, and as she has no
ambition to marry 'outside her sta
tion" she expects that when she does
marry it will be to a good artisan who
will be kind to her.
This same little English board school
girl is also quite frightened when the
little American girl announces, my
papa is a lawyer; what does your papa
do?" She hunts up the word lawyer"
and finds it means "barrister," which
is even "A greater thing than solicitor.
Why, English barristers belong to the
gentry" and the little board school
girl has never seen, except at a dis
tance, a barrister's daughter Suppose
she should write back and say MY
papa is an artisan and earns 80 shil-
lings ($72O) a week. What, thinks she,
will the little American girls mother
say to her daughter corresponding with
an artisans daughter?
So the little English girl very often
keeps her own counsel and becomes
quite disturbed when the little Ameri-
can girl writes: MY papa says he will
take me to Europe when l have fin
ished at the high school and gone a
year at a finishing school, and | look
forward to meeting you in London and
having you show me about" That she,
the daughter of a workingman, living,
we will say, near Camberwell green,
should hobnob with a young lady whose
father is a lawyer quite takes her
breath away. But the correspondence
goes on and in a year or more the
little English girl begins to understand
that in America there is something
which not exist in her own country.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

She understands that her brother
might go to that country and work his
way through college and get to be a
lawyer himself. That she, if she learns
enough, might go and teach school or
obtain a situation as a private secre-
tary and that perhaps in the dim
future nobody will remember that her
father was a workingman.
The English board school boy, too, is
often puzzled at the announcement of
his little American friend that "some
day l am going to be a doctor. My
father is a doctor and / am to take
up medicine when l have spent a few
years at college" For, mark you, the
English boys father is a carpenter or
a bus driver, and in England carpen-
ters' and bus drivers sons, unless they
are very exceptional, indeed, do not
aspire to be doctors. Next comes along
a letter from an American boy whose
father is also a carpenter or a street
car driver. But what writes this young
American of his future intentions?
Why, he says: Il have made up my
mind to be a reporter on a paper. Then
1 shall become editor, and after that l
expect to be the owner of a great news
paper and have big say as to who
shall be elected president of the United
States"
But when an American schoolboy who
says he blacks boots in between times
to earn money for his widowed mother
announces that he is going to study
law and get into politics, and expects
to be United States senator and after
ward be elected president of the United
States, the English schoolboy is fairly
staggered. There has not seemed to
be much ahead of him except day la
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

and his boy friends have fired off their
crackers on Guy Fawkes day!
The London board school boy, too,
takes the greatest interest in reading
how his New York friend ascended to
the top of the Flatiron building. al
though he writes back by the next mail
to inquire if a flatiron is the same as
the Sad iron like mother irons her
clothes WITH and he believes, though
against all his senses of reason, when
his American correspondent tells Just
what can be done inside the thumb of
the Liberty statue, and opens his eyes
wide at the American boys account Of
this, that and the other thing as being
the biggest" in the world
AS for the little American girl, she
reads and rereads the English girls
account of how II was sitting ON IL
bench in the park one day and just
then the queen, looking so pretty and
young, drove by and l shook my hand
kerchief at her" She likes to know,
too, that the little English girl is study
ing free hand drawing.
frequently the little English girl is
puzzled over the little American girls
description of her mamma as "presi-
dent of the literary club" and of the
afternoon tea she has given to her col
lege class. Such information as this
bewilders the little board school girl,
for the little London girl with whom she
is corresponding has probably never be-
fore in her life written to or received
letter from the daughter of a college
graduate, unless it might happen to be
her mission teacher or some one of that
sort. The little English girls mother
was in all likelihood housemaid be-
fore her marriage or possibly she
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

boring and bus driving and carpenter
ing. His father and mother have never
mentioned that he might become any
thing very much better than his father
or grandfather have been.
What happens? If the boy is ambi-
tious and has good stuff in him he
suddenly determines that America is
ten to one before he is 16 or II he will
come over to the United States in the
steerage, twenty years hence returning
first cabin.
American boys and girls who write
over to the English boys and girls are
unacquainted with the differences be-
tween the English board school ana
the American public school. They do
not know of the class distinction that
makes the free board school of Eng
land an institution patronized by only
the humber orders of children. The
lawyers daughter does not attend it.
Neither does the city clerks little boy,
unless the city clerks salary is so mea-
ger, indeed, that he cannot afford to
pay a shilling a week to send his child
to a private" school. The English
board school children are the sons and
daughters of mechanics, farm laborers
and the poorer classes in different
trades and occupations. Almost with
out exception let it be taken for grant
ed that the board school child is a
poor child. The children, their teach
ers, their parents, the course of study,
are all as different as possible from
those of our American public schools,
At first the course of study for begin
ners is very similar, but the children
attending usually go no further than
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

horse power dynamo. BY this it is not
intended to convey the idea that pas
sengers are in any danger of being
shocked electrically, but they are sub
ject, owing to accidents trifling in
themselves to nervous horror and
shock quite as great as if wrecks oc-
CURED. 1t occurs daily that the tun-
mel trains lose their motion and the
interior lights go out whenever there
is an interruption in the power house,
and in the space of thirty seconds, in
utter ignorance of what the cause Is,
ina gination has time to suspect the
worst. and the nervous system has
had a shock quite a S great and almost
as wastefu as if what was imagined
had come to pass.
Shocks of the same kind may be suf-
fered with Indifference on an overhead
structure or on the street surface,
where one has a pleasant outlook and
can at least ascertain what the inn
mediate cause of the stoppage is, but
in the confined space of the tunnel the
case is quite different, and the horror
of the situation is very much enhanced
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

Wismar. a port of $4,000 people on the
Baltic. situated in the German duchy
of Mecklenburg-S -Schwerin, but belong
ing legally to Sweden, has recently be-
come a German city. 1t was pledged
to King Gustav " for loan of 81 900, .
900, and the king of Sweden having
failed to redeem 1t within the century,
it has passed to the duke of Mecklen-
burg -Schwerin, from whose ancestor
the money was borrowed.
In the early part Of the eighteenth
century Denmark, the most powerful
enemy of Sweden, after the destruction
of the Hanseatic league, kind of trade
union established by certain German
cities for safety and commercial pur-
poses captured Wismar and razed the
fortihcations. Afterward peace WAS
declared and the city reverted 10
Sweden. but with the provision that she
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
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"Many of the nervous disorders
brought about by contact with life IN
rushing city are transmitted to chill
dren. / am a strong believer In pre-
natal influence in women. Naturally
woman who comes under the influ-
ence of elements of transportation In
New York suffers to a more or less
extent from shocks. This is most true
in my opinion, with persons who are
fresh from the country. city bred
persons are accustomed from child
hood to escape trolley cars and dodge
from under the heads of horses III
crossing the streets in New York, but
those who are born and reared in the
atmosphere Of country life have their
nerves always tensely drawn until they
are accustomed to local conditions.
"Those who live calm existence or
are allowed freedom from the exciting
episodes of New York life should ex-
ceed the average life of the citizen of
the metropolis. There are many dis
turbing elements here. We combat
them daily. Many of them are ele-
ments of discord. From our studies
we may hear the noise of the organ
grinder. This, with the incessant
shouts of venders of fruit and vege-
tables. the awful yells which distract
the mind and play havoc with the
nerves has bad effect upon the sys-
tenn.
"I know an author friend who in
sists the he will some day shoot all
organ grinder from his window and
prove himself a martyr in the EXTERN
ination of this breed. There is more
serious thought than levity in this re-
mark. l know of a case where wo-
man died from nervous strain induced
by living too close to the elevated
railroad. she was so worried by the
constant noise that she became a ner-
vous wreck and died.
"There is only one thing to advise.
Advice is the cheapest thing in the
world you know. Those who can lead
a calm existence should do So A lot
of oil is burned in the human system
by too much worry and nerve shocks.
A person would be infinitely better
off physically if he could free the mind
from unnecessary worry. This is so
obvious that there is little use for
comment. 1t is subject on which
great thought may be expended. The
statement that the average life of
persons has not been extended in spite
of sanitary and scientific safeguards
is undoubtedly true. We are leading
much faster life than we did ninety
years ago. And there are more things
to disturb us"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
King as a Fashion Model

1t is one of King Edwards many
titles to fame, although he has proba-
bly, never sought it, that he is, by uni
versal consent the best dressed man in
his own dominions, and that he has in
troduced more changes in the fashion
of mems dress than any of his prede-
cessors on the throne, says ,Tit-Bits.
To mention only a few of these royal
fashions, twas he who first exchanged
the uncomfortable tight trousers and
enormous top boots, which were the
orthodox sporting costume forty years
or so ago, for the comfortable
and workmanlike knickerbockers and
worsted stockings which are so univer-
sal today. We owe to him the neat
and attractive Norfolk suit the dress
jacket, which is such an improvement
in ease and comfort on the long-tailed
coat, the single breasted frock coat.
the Hamburg hat and many another
innovation suggested by his common
sense and good taste. In fact. for
forty years our king has practically
dictated masculine fashion to the
world, and If he were to sport green
tie or a lowered waistcoat today, with
in a month they would be worn by the
thousand in two continents.
A very different king of fashion was
the first James, under whose despotic
rule no person, with few exceptions.
could wear lawn or cambrics or cloth
trimmed with gold under pain of for
feiture of the clothes and 100 pounds
to be paid by the wearer and as much
by the maker of the clothes" while
under the rule Of Tsar Paul of Russia
any subject who departed from the
prescribed dress was promptly lodged
in prison, the only costume permitted
TO the ordinary man being a SINGLE
breasted coat and vest. 'breeches with
knee buckles instead of strings.
buckled shoes and a cooked hat.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

by the lack of light in the cars, which
are lighted from the power rail.
The effort of engineers and officials
in New York to provide adequate
transportation facilities has been so
energetic that this simple precaution
to protect the lives and health of the
travelling community has been over
looked, and it appears that although
in Paris and London the municipalities
specify in granting their franchises
that reservoirs should be maintained
the whole subject was ignored here
by the Rapid Transit commissioners
and the authorities.
Nowhere in the comment on this sub
ject has any attention been paid to
the lack of means in the New York
tunnel, now under operation, for fend-
ing off, so to speak, the jerks and
shocks of the $4,000 horse power dyna-
mo on the brains and hearts of pas
sengers. Delicate women or men with
alcoholic or narcotic hearts can re-
ceiVe in a sudden emergency like this
a very damaging shock. 1t has been
pointed out by some of the civic bodies
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

I the seventh standard. which is about
eighth grade.
Taking these things into considera-
tion, the surprising thing to keen OBJ
server will be the superiority of the
the American children. After examin-
ing several dozens of letters exchanged
l have most regretfully come to the de-
cision that the American public school
board school child of the same age in
spelling, grammar, construction of
sentences, handwriting, punctuation.
paragraphing and the art of writing
ceptions that prove the rule, I have
noted a tendency to the guidebook
geographical style of letter among the
American girls and boys, as opposed
to the interesting, gossipy sort of let
ters sent over by the English boys and
girls. There is, too, more individuality
and originality in the little writer's
themselves, as shown in their letters.
All this is perhaps due to the fact
which a visitor to England cannot fail
to notice-the natural talent or genius
of the English as a nation for letter
writing. In the matter of writing in
teresting letters the English are GER
tainly our superiors, and that it is a
natural gift, and not one due merely
to education, is proved by the superb
Ority of board school letters to Ameri-
can public school letters. 1t behooves
the American boys and girls to culti-
vate the art of letter writing, to con-
suit their dictionaries in the matter of
spelling and definition, and it behooves
their teachers to allow them to dis
play something of originality and char
acter in their handwriting, rather than
forcing them to write "backhanded, "
as many American children complain
they are compelled to do.
That English board school pupils
should be sending to America letters
superior in every way to the letters
they are receiving from our public
school boys and girls is nothing short
of national disgrace and shame to us.