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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10

messed in Japan and Manchurla. He says that in the Spanish-American war the United States lost fourteen men by disease to one killed in battle, while in the Japanese army, fighting in Manchuria. a very unhealthy coun-
 try. fatality from disease has been re-
 duced to d minimum. The deaths ill
 the Japanese hospitals amount to but
 one in a hundred. Reviewing his state.
 ments, the Louisville Courier-Journal
 says: More than a million dollars
 was spent in the army maneuvers at Manchuria last summer. the benefit of which to our system counts as nothing compared to the inauguration of the sanitary methods of the Japanese de tailed by Dr Seaman. The lack of ! these was painfully apparent in both armies during the civil war. and the Spanish war showed plainly that no l progress had been made in our mil itary system in this regard. The nor i tality in camps and hospitals and the
 canned and boraX-treated beef showed | that the commissariat was as defective
 as the sanitary Scrvice.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10

If there is q particle of humor ill Judge Cowcll's makeup, and We be- licvr there is considerable. he must be letting it loose today. Despite the combined efforts of republicans, dem ocrats and mugwumps he is to retain his place on the district court bench. The judge has been hit high and low, in the solar plexus and in the ''break- away" but each time he came up smiling. and with Il look of wait-till- thiS-thmg -S-over on his countenance. He can now repair to his farm and await the coming of spring and the lime of sowing seeds. knowing that his place on the bench is safe. All this talk about a democrat being ap' pointed must have been amusing to the republicans. When the 2. Q. D. al lows place of this sort to % to T ! democrat. while they are in power the millennium will have arrived.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
HEARD IN PASSING

A meat packer in jail is worth two under injunction.~-Ncw York World.
 Voting and drinking arc things which men feel fully competent to do for the whole amily.-Kansas City Journal.
 An Indiana mule kicked a man to death the other day because he tried to make it drink watcr.-Chicago Rec ordHcrald
 Meantime. the mikado should not be too clatcd. All mOnarchs ruling by divine right will be due to have their resignation papers handed to them one of these days.--Chicago News.
 One of the little ones of School 5G of Brooklyn compared the adjective ''ill'' as follows: 'Ill. dying. dead This did not seem to her as quite fine thing. so she drew her pencil through the words. and wrote: III. more or less dying, most dead. '--Brooklyn Tx change.
 Aftor congress gets through with Judge Swayne for charging up Slo a day 10 Uncle Sam for his hotel hash, it will no doubt discipline any of its members who are thrifty enough to collect twenty cents mile mileage from Uncle sam while riding on free pass.--Atlanta Constitution. Between candidate close to q big trust ana another close to the rail | roads. the republican party Of Mis- souri naturally reaches deadlock in l elcctinc q United States senator It is | like asking q hungry and thirsty man to choose between bottle of beer and q porterhousc Steak.-St Louis Repub' | lie.
 1 To-dayS x snow storm reminds Of the 1 incident that Tom Waller used to re- late about the New London girl who had cared for three or four younger ! brothers and who. on being asked | when another came along for her tC tend. if she liked the baby, replied "Oh. yes. we all like it: but we don'' need it. .''--Ilarttord Times,
 What says the board of public work to the modest request of the honor 1 able court Ol tOlllJIbii ttNhtii VI 'h
 city of Mcriden. that all laborer
 upon tho public works of said cit,
 should he as far as possible either ma
 tive horn or naturalized citizens of tn
 United States in preference to aliens!
 Mcridcn Journal.
 Big Tim Sullivan, the Bower.
 congressman. supplied more than lo
 men with stout shoes and wool hos Monday. at the rooms of tha Timpth,
 D. Sullivan association. Only thos
 were eligible to this donation wh
 had got ticket at MT Sullivan's ire } dinner on Christmas day, but after al the tickctcd were supplied the door
 were opened to those who stood witt
 out, and they too. were warmly shoe . The children of this world are wis
 in their generation. "Tammany won
 % hungry for votes SD long as mo like Tim belong to it." one of tn r bcneticiaries said. and he sized up tn
 situation exacily.-Hartford Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10

There is q new attempt to increase Inc salary of the clerk of the superior court in New Haven county. This time it is under the Cuise of :; bill fix ing the salaries of all the superior court clerks. but the only change made is in New Haven county. where the sum is increased from Sll .000 to Sl3,- S5U. It is true that some of the Salar- ics have to be divided to pay assist ants, but it is still true that some of the clerks receive Individually more than the judges of the same courts.-- Hartford Times.
 New Haven is not the only place either that is looking for more. If all the hills are passed relating to courts, messengers. assistant clerks and so on that have been presented there will have to he an extra tax in all proba- bility to meet the expense. Our courts are getting to be expensive luxuries.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
ORIGIN OF THE THERMOMETER

According to Sir Samuel Wilkes, Fahrenheit constructed his thermome- ter from one made many years before by Sir Isaac Newton. Tn the trans actions of ihe Royal society for lIol will bc found tine paper written tY Sir Isaac Newton. who was at that time secretary of the society. says Sir samuel "iIc invented an instrument for measuring the degree Of beat in fluids by taking tube and filling it with lin>c"d oil On this hc marked the freezing point as zero by putting the tubc in ice. and in the same way l he marked the point when placed in | boiling water. Tue very awkward scale which We now Use is evidently | that of Newton. for. the decimal sys- { tenn nug baiu. linen in usc. h. took, the i number l2 to denote the heat of the i ho,Iy: this hr found. and made if the
 starting point of his scale. both up- ward and downward.
 "It was some time after this that. : for the Sak.' of convenience. the de . gy-cc< were divided into two. and thus
 the ho,fy heat was 2i above zero and
 boiling point :i;. When. many years i aftcrward. Fahrenheit made his in Strument and usrd mercury instead oi Iinsecl oil. which was far more con venient. hc again divided these de crcr< into four. >o if inc number hs multiplied accordingly We nave .i. for inc boiling pollt and :6 for th'
 body heat.
 "Fahrpnhcit. finding he c0uld get :
 lower temperature than freezing
 nfade this point zero. which brought
 inc number of Nrwton's tn 3c of Fahrenheit. In this way inc thcrmom .,.r was constructed. Chicago News
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10

That solid silver statute on a base of gold, which attracted much attcn- ton at the Chicago worlds fair in lS9@. supposedly containing about S60,000 worth of silver and the base about $2O000O worth of gold. and which has since been on exhibition in various parts of the country. has been broken up as the result of q lawsuit and found to be mostly q hollow sham. It comes pretty nearly making a record as the bcst-Sustaincd fake ever paradcd before the country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1905.

A young man who made q fortune in the klondikc has lately been distin- guishing himself ill Tacoma by spcnd- ing S20OOO in six weeks carOusal. He left for Paris. saying that he in tended to give the Parisans the time of their liveS.1 He carries with him q negro valet attired ill q gorgeous costume that cost several hundred dollars.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
Tutoring

Individuals CT classes. Arithmetic. Bookkeeping. Mathematics of any grade, also Languages H. 5. Gulliver, If. A. (Yale) )
 5i WALNUT STREET.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
Money To Loan.

We advance money 10 salaried people holding permanent positions, without security; strictly confidential; easy paymeuts: also on furniture, storage receipts, pianos, ctc.
 AETNA LOAN co, e East Main st, Platt Bldg. Room 2l.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
We Have Just Received

m elegant line of poultry. Native turkeys. 2Jc to 2Ic: native geese and ducks. 2Jc; native roasting chickens. Ise; native fowls, 1Gc; western trr- keys. 2Oc to 20; western geese. lGc. We also have a large variety Of sea food. FULTON Fish and Meat Mar tet 25s-60-G2 Cherry St. Phone 6S3-a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10

Dr Seamsn. an American surgeon wb. saw service in Cuba and the Phil ippineS. has written a book about ihe medical science of the Japanese army. inc workings If which he has wit
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
Re Sure YnrIre Riah-

\ Paris doctor now insists thsi ihere is no dsuge. iu kissing r IS just a. dangerous as ever to Siss ,ke wrong womaH-N Y American
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Ta5- lets. An druggists refund the noues If it fails to cure E. w. Groves sie oature C oB each box. 2sc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
No. usual.

Chii is reported 10 Be pTosperiHs in trade This is Guife a revolution iB sg-8th Amsrica- Baltimore American
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-10
F. J. MckeOn Cafe.

Successor 10 Stapleton Brothers.
 G9l SOUTH MAIN ST. Choice Ales. Wines and Liquors Fayorite brands of Cigars. Complete line of Case Goods. All kinds of I.iuuors in bulk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-16
M'NALLY'S
BIG VENTURE
Boston Athletes Plan to Excel
FeatS Of Historic Swimmers
OUTSWIM LEANDER AND 10
Well Known Swimmer VIII Try to
More Than Duplicate Their
Exploits in Foreign
Waters.
OUTSWIM LEANDER AND 10

To prove that modern athletics are
superior to those Of old, that the Won
ders of mythology are the common
places of today. Peter S. MeNaIly OF
Boston, who already has won world
wide renown as swimmer. will early
in the spring sail for the old world to
carry out one Of the most elaborate
swimming programmes ever planned
says the Boston Herald. He VIII swim
the Tlber, the Hellespont and the Bos-
porus. lie will swim down the Rhine
and across the famous Lake Como il
Switzerland. and may again attempt
the English channel, with the waters Of
which he battled for over fifteen hours
in his swim Of seven years ago.
But 1t is to prove that the supposed
ly great swims that have come down
to us in Gable and history are easy Of
achievement by the athlete of today
that Mr.. McNally proposes to make his
present journey, to demonstrate that
the feats performed in midwinter at
some baths in South Boston are inf
nitely greater than those attributed to
either 10 or Leander in the Bosporus
or Hellespont or to the feats Of others
whose names have come down through
the ages.
Mr.. McNally intends to swim the riv-
er Tiber at the point where stood the
bridge made famous BY Horatius; but,
instead OF merely swimming across the
river. he proposes to cross and recross
without stopping. then continue down
toward the sea to 0stium, which is six
teen miles from Rome. His next swim
will be the Dardanelles. or Hellespont,
between Lesbo and Abydos. where oc-
CURED the tragedy Of Hero and Lean
der The story of Leander swimming
the Hellespont nightly to meet his mis-
tress. Hero, who set out blazing torch
to guide him, was for centuries looked
upon as fabulous and the feat consid-
cred impossible till Lord Byron proved
its possibility by performing it himself,
The distance in the narrowest part is
almost a mile, and there Is a constant
current setting out from the sea of
Marmora into the archipelago. Since
Byron's time the feat is said to have
been performed by others. but 1t has
always been a test of strength and skill
since the story was first told how Lean
der lost his life when the tempest came
up, and Hero. on hearing Of his death,
cast herself into the sea and persisted.
Those who have previously swan the
ice cold waters Of the Hellespont, with
its swift running currents, have con
tented themselves by following the al
legged course Of Leander and Lord
Byron. Mr.. McNally proposes to show
that this Is child's play to the modern
swimmer by crossing and recrossing,
then continuing several miles down the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-16
NOTES OF SPORTS.

Harvard has started the baseball sea-
son with seven Stephenson c,
Coburn p, Randall ID, Matthews IS, Ker-
nan 2b, McCarty eff, Grenough rf
The challenge OF Columbia Uniyer-
sity for wrestling championship match
with Yale was accepted yesterday, ae-
cording to the manager of the Columbia
team. The championship events viii
start March TO-
Young Corbett7 is said to weigh
l34h pounds stripped and Battling
Nelson, his prospective opponent 1879.
Corbett has been training hard for a
month, and, as usual is extremely
confident" Likewise he advises his
friends to bet on him and claims the
intention Of wagering $500 on HIM
self.
The national bowling championships
will be held at Milwaukee, beginning
next Saturday. There are 210 FIVE men
teams, APO two-men teams, and over
500 individual entries. Between 1000
and 5000 bowlers are expected to attend
this meeting. "Aln Setback, the Boston
Americans left fielder, win enter with
his brother, and expects to pull some
Of the valuable prizes. When the ASSOC
ciation's legislative meeting comes New
York and Brooklyn viii work hard to
have the next meeting held in the
East
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-16
4 BAD pLAcE FoR sErrLERs.
One Strip of Our Country StIewn With
the Skeletons of ProspectOrs.

On June Is, 1908, one million acres
of land in California were thrown open
to entry. This may be taken up either
under the Desert Land Act or as home
steads in ten-acre tracts. The strips
stretch from Mojaye to the Colorado
River.
We wish to warn all intending set
tiers to let this land alone. There is
a good deal Of talk about making the
desert blossom as the rose Some des-
erts blossom, but not this one. Nobody
will ever do more for this desert than
Mother Nature has done. The only
blooming nature has ever brought about
there is that its freckled bosom bios
SONS with large lakali pustules, or PIN
pies, punctuated with sage brush and
cactus. This sums up the fora Of the
new promised land. The fauna includes
jack rabbits, horned toads, ella mon
sters and venomous snakes. The soil
is coarse gravel, and on top of the
coarse gravel there is a fine alkali pow
der which, when the wind blows-and
the wind blows often-sweeps over the
scorching and barren land like the dread
ed sand storms of the Sahara, which,
by the way, they much resemble. Even
far to the southwest, across the lofty
mountain ranges, these desert sand
storms sometimes sweep, reaching the
favored dwellers in Southern California
in the midst of their orange groves.
Even this distant touch of the desert
winds causes trees to wither, grass to
scorch and men and animals to suffer
keenly. Over this dreadful desert the
sun moves like a ball of fire across
sky of brass. Rarely does a cloud
break the intensity OF its pitiless
rays.
Those credulous persons who may be.
lieve that this is the kind of desert
which, by irrigation, may be turned
into a garden are doomed to disappoint-
ment. There is no water on this desert
strip. The waters OF the Colorado may
be led on the lands Of the Yuma desert,
but that is far lower in level than
are these. Much Of this Moiaye strip
is at an elevation Of two or three thous-
and feet. As for artesian water, the
writer personally knows Of one we'll
which was bored for nearly two thous-
and feet, ending in igneous rock, and
nothing but profanity.
The last hope for the settler on this
barren land would be the discovery OF
the precious metals. They may exist
there. We do not say they cannot bt
found. But we know that the land has
been prospected BY experienced miners
for half century. If tenderfoot
can find gold mine where an old
California miner fails, he is smart
tenderfoot. But we doubt his success
We warn all Eastern people not K
be deluded by false, even if wei mean.
ing representations concerning this STRIP
OF land between Mojave and the Colo
RADIO River II is strewn with the skele
tons of prospectors, the bones of ami
mails. 1t is place of skulls.--Sar
Francisco Argonaut.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-16

stream, when he viii have Asia ON one
side of him and Europe on the other,
until he reaches the widest part, which
is about four miles. At this point he
will cross and recross the stream, and
If he is able to do all this the edge will
be taken off one OF the prettiest stories
mythology has given us.
Mr. McNally claims to be able to
find the course on the Bosporus which
the NEUROLOGICAL character 10 is said to
have taken after she was turned into
a COW by Jupiter because Of the jeal-
ousy OF Juno. his wife. 1t will be re-
membered that when 10 escaped from
Argus. who had been placed as a watch
over her she, still in the form of a
COW, swan the Ionian sea. which took
its name from her. then roamed over
the plains of Illyria. assembled Mount
Haemus and crossed the Thracian
strait, which from that time was known
as the Bosporus. or COW bearer.
Mr. McNaIIy's present plans do not
include any Of the swims taken by 10
except that across the Bosporus which
he considers the most interesting. His
next swim viii be the Suez canal,
which he viii cross and recross. and
although the distance between Asia
and Africa at this point is not very
great, from the viewpoint OF the mod
ern swimmer the canal offers dangers
which should make the swim one Of
the most thrilling in Mr. McNally's pro
gramme
In attempting to more than duplicate
all the famous swins Of history Mr.
McNally will swim the great testing
pool for swimmers. Lake Como, X
, Switzerland Lord Byron is said t
have performed this feat and severa
others since. including at least one 9th
er Boston man, DR.. Du Blois. formel
naval officer and champion heavy
swordsman. The lake, fed by noun
/ tain streams, is one of the coldes
bodies Of water on earth, and it is II
preparation for such swims as this tina
| Mr.. McNally has been spending hi
| time on cakes of ice and In the waite
Of South Boston during the past fev
weeks.
A fifty mile swim down the beautiful
Rhine, starting from Frankfort or ca
logne, will also be attempted by tn
Boston athlete, and he has several 9th
ers in prospect about which he is no
prepared to talk at present
Il am confident that / will be able t
do all that | have planned" said MI
McNally when discussing his proposes
trip "In many Of these swims tn
matter Of distance will probably not b
| all important. for 1t seems incredible
In view of what has been done by mod
ern swimmers, that the feat of Lean
der for instance. should have been con
sidered at all extraordinary. / expec
| to leave Boston the latter part Of Ma.
and accomplish all have planned be
fore | return"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-16
Ole Deserted House


foriginalI
Ny automobile was powerful, but
the snow was falling fast and the
wind was hurting it about wildly
passed through n village where the
lamps shone dilnly through the cir
cling flakes, but they were bright com
pared with the black road into which
I plunged beyond the town limits Ny
four acetylene lamps forced circular
hole In the darkness, and there would
have been no difficulty in my getting
on had not the snow Increased, while
the wind, rising to fury. blew Il into
drifts. My pace grew slower. and
with each drift was il danger of be-
ing stalled. The cold was intense, and
began to grow sleepy
AT last was stalled MY lamps
showed me, not fifty yards ahead, a
stone bridge, beyond which the road
forked at the foot Of large tree. De
You'd Oh the left fork thought saw
a light. Putting on All the force there
was in my machine, plowed through
the snow and drew up in front Of a
massive stone house, with pillars rising
the whole height Of the building such
a house MS was in vogue about 1910
raped with the brass knoeker. and
a man opened the door He WITS not 4
servant, but well to DO looking PEI
son Of the country class.
l told him my story, and he invited
me to take my automobile around to a
sled in the rear aud TO spend tie night
in his house When ] returned from tie
shed. lie met ne at back door, brush
ed the snow OF me and led me into The
living room, whore his wife and chill
dren were sitting about blazing wood
Dire.
There was something uncanny aDoui
these people, and for my life | couldn'i
tel what it was. They we're al rs
white as if they had been long i'll and
seemed hungry, not for food for they
gave me supper, never touching g
morsel themselves but for something
tie nature Of which I.couId not guess
The wife ana mother spread her hands
before the fire 70 warm them, and
could see tie fame behind, not through
red blood, but white flesh. The chill
dren, too, had 4 luewhite look aboui
them that made me cold. ! attempted
to caress d little girl of Sis years, seiz
ing her hand, but she quickly drew
away. ana was glad she did, for I
was cold and stiff, not the least Of thu
warm sofness in 1t usual to childhood
was glad when my host showed "a
to d sleeping room.
In the night ] awoke suddenly VIII
suffocation A mouth was glued 7
mine and some one was drawing N,
breath from my body I was Just I
time to place my hands upon q pair Q
shoulders and hurl the figure away
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-16
The Times Daily Short Story.
- 2NzcYcy 7oSc Dcsc1nSesNxcscIsc1C x

In another moment | would have been
powerless. Gasping. awaited the per-
sons return. but when no one came !
listened. There was no sound. and aft
er time I wondered II had not had q
spasmodie closing at the mouth OF the
windpipe and dreamed the rest. ] was
all in fremor and resolved to remain
awake for the rest of the night Never
theless became drowsy, and the last
remember was struggling with sleep.
was awakened by some one shak
ing me the mouth Of a flask put be-
tween my lips and liquor in my mouth
swallowed a considerable draft, after
which / opened my eyes 10 be blinded
by powerful light. the light from an
automobile Two men We're chatting
me. When assured that was alive
they told me that they were passing in
their automobile and had found me In
mine apparently frozen They had
reached me just Id time to save me.
Ahead Of me was the stone bridge |
had seen, beyond which the road
forked at the foot Of the oak tree. |
was still stuck in the drift from which
thought | had gone to the house far
Their on. ! said nothing TO my rescuers
about this, and after they had turned
my machine | went with them back TO
the village, where / spent the remain.
der Of the night.
The next morning was bright, cold
and still. and after a hot breakfast
projected on my way, passed. the point
where / Ind been stalled and pushed
on by the left fork. What was my as
constituent to see that the house at
which | had stayed the night before
was whore thought It. But instead of
Being occupied it was deserted.
| was paralyzel with a frlshtful
dread. Fortunately | had nothing to
do but hold The steering wheel to put
tie horrible place behind me Reaching
farm house a short distance beyond,
i stopped and. leaving my automobile,
/ knocked 4 woman came to the door.
You know the house half a mile
back on this side Of the road-stone
/ house big pillarsT
Yes
"Any one lived there lately?'
1 Not since few years after It was
/ built
How So"
/ 1--WE heard the family that lived IL
i it all died Of cholera somewhere III thu
iifties.H
/ caught at the railing Of the porch.
Ever heard anything strange 4
/ about tile place."
ooh. yes. There's lots Of talk dom
believe any Of IT but / can't Get any b
MY children to 20 past it in the dark
i One story IS that the dead sometimes
CIV to suck the life out Of the living
end this family ="
! | waited to hear no more. Staggering
to my automobile, / pulled myself in
| managed to trun the starting gear ant
went flying away, bent only on puttlni
i miles between me and the house where
/ I did not doubt the dead had taken ms
for the purpose Of appropriating a If
that was on the eve Of leaving its body
+. A. mitchell.