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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-12
Property value over obliga.


 A comparative statement of receipts and expenses for the four months of the association year was read, show. ing estimated receipts from all sources $2,964 actual receipts $3,- oSS.79. The authorized expenditures for the four months amounted to $3,- 22s, and actual expenditures were $2,- 7S6,11, or $441.S9 less than the appro- priations.
 The report on membership August 31 was as follows: Junior $3.50 mem- bers S7, senior $750 members 363, sus- taining $10 members 153 total 603. Thirteen members were received dur ing August gain of forty-fiYe over August, 1904.
 Reports from the physical director and general secretary were also re- ceived, indicating the summer work of the departments and the general plans for the new season's activities. Sub scriptions and sustaining mem berships were received during the summer from the following persons: S l.. Arthur, George L. White, Mrs E. NJ. Burrall, Mrs A. s. Chase Rev A. R. Lutz, Mrs W. H. Camp, Irving H. Chase, A. c. Campbell, John Henderson, IT.
 The prospects for the new year are better than they were any preceding year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-12
200 Exclusive Patterns, -. - .x
 No Two Alike.

In making this purchase we thought lcf this plan to make quick close out
 lof this stock of goods We pay for the making of the skirt fand you pay for the jacket We will {also guarantee the workmanship to Fbe satisfactory in every respect, the tstyle, fit and finish of the newest and spf the very best. Be on hand promptly tomorrow morning, select your pattern and have
 |your measure taken-first come-frst
 served.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-12
cONNErTTCTT pATrNTs

William II. Bevans. Bridgeport hr- ing mechanism for ordnance Ray Dond g Chase rnionvilIe. making paper. John VI. Dearborn Derby, rzpsf-fre ordnance. Charles F. Prich- ard. New Britain. chimney cap. James Swan, Seymour. door alarm. For copy of any of ahcve patents send 10 cents ia postsEs stamps with date of this paper to C. A Snow & Co. Washins-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-12
The Annual Fall Sale of .BL LANKETS and
 COMFOR TABLES

If weather sharps are correct warm bed towering will be very much in de- mand this winter. This sale is for the express purpose of providing you with the most warmth for your mon- ey. These goods were bought months ago when wool and cotton was much cheaper than they are to-day and the actual fact is this---these goods cost as much in the mill to-day as we are offering them to you herewith. Don't put of buying while you get such inducements as these. aaa sa 100 pair 10-4 Fleece Blankets. were 69 cents, this sale 49c 150 pair 11-4 Grey or White Blankets, regular price SIPS,
 This sale S5 cents 60 pair 10-4 Wool Blankets, regu- lar price s2.75, This sale S1.es fB0 pair 11-4 Wool Blankets. regu- lar price $4.50, This sale $500 lB Bales full size Comfortables, regular price S125, This sale 9Sc B Bales Sateen Covered Rever- sibIe comfortables, regular price S2.OO. This sale sI.5O l6 Bales extra large covered Com fortables with best white eari- VI (OAtOAs AtEultiI RlAtt FOsuu. .f Special for this sale S2.00
 A SALE OF FLANNELS.
 Winter Stock at Special Prices. 10 case light and dark Outings. regular price cents, This sale 6c iR50 pieces best quality Outing Flannels, regular price 121se,
 This sale 10 cents b0 pieces Cream Domet Flannel, regular price cents, 70 pieces 31-inch Twilled DOmet, regular price 10 cents,
 This sale s cents aO0 pieces Flannelette waistIngs, regular price F cents.
 This sale 1e cents SWEATERS. HOUSES AND TAM
 O'SHANTERS. Another hint of preparation for cold | weather. These dressy knit garments have become a necessity now; their praeti- l bility being the best reason for their 1 popularity. Fashion has decreed an important l place in women's attire for these comfortable. pretty things, and to | meet the increasing demand for them I we have made great preparations with regards to values and assort- ments. We suggest your reading of the following:
 Ladies Colorpd Golf Blouses of very fine closely woven collar and cuffs trimmed with white. regular price S3gS. Sale price sS.JO ladies Wool Sweater Blouses. woven zizzag pattern in red. black and white. value S35O.
 Sale price S2.9s ladies Knit Sweater BlOuSes. made with rolling collar pearl hhttons down the front. regular price S10s Sale price s2.2j Tsdins' Wool Sweaters all coi0rs. made with high collar. regular price s1QS Sale price SEQ Tsm o-ShanferS. extra large in square or round shape suitable for 1affpSs or misses regular price s1-zz Sale price 9s cents rhiIfren.s Tams In rcd. grey. h'ue. hlzcE and white. Talue ps cents4 Sale price a cents Ct.idren's TRnS. round Cr square. regular rrioe a cents.
 SsIe price so cents rcys' hearv wool Toques. reEuizr rrfce 75 ce1tx.
 sale p-ice so ceuts rfifrr1-s knit To1ues. rexulsr rrire ace1tS Sale Vrice g cents
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-12
An.ssr. Ahout Konur..

NEW YORK, Sept. 12-Dr. William B. Pritchard of lO5 West sevsnty-third street who is attending Baron Konurs during the Illness of the Japanese peace envoy st the waldorf-Astoria. has called Dr. George Brewer of ei West Forty eighth street Into eonsulta. tion. At the hotel Afr. sato failed to evince the same confidence as shown by ths doctor. He was evidently vur. ried.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-12
Whr Pafnt Tu-n. Ehit.

Al explanation of the reason rky paint and varnish look white after a hszTJ rsinstorn kzs iuH been fur nished The moisture has inserted IL self Into the minute divisions of the paint and thns z--zz it ths rhitish sp- pzrz1cs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-12
Y. N. (. A.
Directors Heard Reports For June
 July and August.

The directors of the Waterbury Young Mems Christian associa ton held their monthly meeting in the associa- tiop building on Monday evening. Re- ports for the months of June, July and August were read and accepted.
 The treasurer General L. N. Van Keuren, received during the three months from membership fees, $252. .25; from rentals, S50SS from donations, $400, and from other sources, S1S136. Balance on hand September 1, 1905, $24015. The finance committee pre- scented the following financial state
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-12

A tailoring establishment going out { of business, closed out their entire stock of Woolens to us at big dis count from the actual import cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
BATTLES WITH POLICE.
Glass of Citizens Who Think Resist
auce Necessity

much OF the trouble in life@in certain
channels could be avoided II men. when
placed under arrest, would cease to resist
the officer. as IT is commonly understood,
or the authority of the law as We under
stand It," said a headquarters detective
sergeant to a Star man. There is an I'M
proyement to be noted In large cities In
this respect, and one does not see the many
bloody battles between peace officers and
men whom 1t is sought to place under ar
rest as when was a boy running about the
streets Of Washington. One reason for this
b the seclusion from public observation the
The arresting officer. however, has no re-
course other than to take the person into
custody. Argument as to the merits of the
matter, therefore, are worse than useless
and are indeed harmful frequently to all
concerned.
II do not paliiate In the least ofaciousness
on the part OF officers. and 1t is to be re-
GREETED that some are Inclined that way.
There Is a class of men, however, who seeIn
to feel that they are suffering In their self
respect IL they fail to resist an officer even
though II may involve a desperate and per-.
haps serious fght. OF the thousands OF
men have placed under arrest In the many
years / have served upon the force Of thfs
city have found that the really intelligent
man. ~ q rule. appreciated the situation ~
1t really existe ~ regards tue functions
Of the arresting oxzacer, ard went aaong
qsaletiy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
CURTAINS ON STREET CARS.
To Give the Motorman Clearer View
Of the Track.

'1Why do the motormen draw together the
narrow green curtains on the front doors
of their cars?" repeated a bright little con-
ductor on 14th street car this morning.
81 am asked this question every day. and 1t
Is not because it shuts off the wind from
the front of the car, as is generally sup
posed When the electric lights are turned
on in the interior of the cars at dusk they
have a tendency to throw a reflection from
the glass in the doors and the front WIN
dows upon the glass of the vestibule. This
reflection affects the motormen's eyes and
interferes with a clear sight ahead. By
drawing the curtains the reflection Is shut
off, and the front platform is placed in
Semi-obscurity. after the fashion of the cab
of steam engine. which, as is we'll known,
is in utter darkness except for the very
small lights over the steam gauge and the
clock. The curtains are fine idea, for the
darker the platform Is the better the motor
man can see his course
1.-THE motormeu of this city are much
gratified at the success of the movement
for yestibuleS motor 1t was a
long time coming but, backed as they were
by public sentiment, the welcome vestibuies
have come to stay. We have had suff-
cientiy cold weather this fall to put the
vestibules to a practical test The men
can perform much better service as they
used to become SO benumbed by cold that
they could work their brakes only with diff
ficulty and could not respond to the calls
of the conductors as readily as when the
blood freely circulates While the vesti-
bules are open on the sides, the front
glasses are arched, and satisfactory a
protection Is afforded may be expected
under the circumstances. In the old days
the driving snow beating into the faces OF
the motormen blinded their eyes and rem
dered accidents possible, to say nothing Of
the physical suffering Of the men,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
A DRFARY PICTURE.
A Naval Surgeons Description of the
Port of Colon.

According TO Surgeon A. G. Grunweil.
L S n, who recently visited the Isthmus
OF Panama on the L. s. S. Dixie. Colon pos
sesses in profuse abundance all the requi-
sites OF a pest hole From typhoid and
.fysentery" said he in recent report to
the Navy Department. there is little dan
ger to ships as neither milk nor vegetables
can be obtained on shore, and the water
supply of ships is distilled on board with
no danger of contamination. On the other
hand mosquitoes, culex, anopheles and
stegomyia, abound, and it only requires the
advent OF large numbers of unaccimated
persons and a little carelessness to set the
flame of epidemic infectious disease going.
Malaria in several forms is prevalent but
during the stay of this vessel at Colon only
one suspected case of yellow fever oc-
CURED on shore. Several cases were, how
ever, reported from Panama on the other
side OF the isthmus, and with the easy rail-
road communication and the ideal condi
Tlons for the spread of yellow fever exist
ing the danger to Colon is constant and OBJ
Vious.
Apart from these the climate and condi-
tons existing at Colon are depressing in
the extreme to those forced to spend much
time on ship in the roadstead. First, there
Is little no protection from the sea, and
rollers come in OF such size TO make
the handling of small boats hazardous.
Rains are abundant. and the atmosphere
is always very damp, owing to the fact that
the town and the swamps about it sit
uated In a V-shlped pocket of mountains.
which tend to concentrate the moisture in
the atmosphere and keep it saturated. The
heat is not unusually great for place To-
Gated in this latitude but the combination
OF heat and moisture is often hard 10 en-
dure Another important factor which can
not be overlooked is that Colon affords abb
solutely no recreation for enlisted men go
Ding ashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Superior to Other Countries.

Our delivery service is superior to that of
other countries as regards personnel and
efficiency. The removals for cause show
this very markedly, as they have decreased
in the past ten years from per cent to
less than l per cent Carriers violate the
various rules of the postal laws and regu-
lations as do men in the other branches,
and the strictness of the department In
making dismissals for these offenses, as well
as that for intoxication, is shown by the
increase last year of considerable num-
Der of this class of removals over pre-
cedng years. 1t has gone little hard
with some of the boys in this respect. but
upon the whole the service has been i'm
proved.
The carrier service is one in which there
is a larger percentage of separations from
the service by reason of designations than
in some of the other branches of the civil
service of Uncle Sam. No less than 1876 of
our men last year shook the uniform OF
gray for other callings. The life is hard
one. necessitatng going out in all weathers,
and as the minimum yearly pay Is very
small and the maximum salary is only mod
crate, and that reached only after some
years of effort, men are not slow in &C
cepting other occupations when an oppor-
tunity presents itself. If the higher grades
could be reached more quickly there would
be more inducement to stick it out.
"Deadwood" in the Service.
Yes. we have the 'deadwood' they are
talking so much about in our service too.
1t is called with us physical disability
which means In other words that when a
carrier has given up the best years of his
life in trampng about city's streets de-
livering mail and naturally becomes in
capacitated for the full performance of his
duties, the charge of physical disability
separates him from the service and his
means of livelihood. To the credit of our
superiors, however, they are loath to apply
the rule to good and faithful men, and they
endeavor to find place for them in some
branch of the service where they can per-
form other and less exaeting. duties But
If this can't be found, there is no alterna-
tive but for the incapacitated chaps to CO.
There are several remedial acts before
Congress for the betterment of our condi-
ton which ought to receive the attention
at this session of that body of lawmakers.
The claims of the carriers are the result
of years of practical experience, are just
and considerable and their enactment should
not be postponed from year to year as has
been done in the past. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that there seems to be so much
opposition to us in some quarters. and that
the rule of summary dismissals should have
been so often applied to our companions
who have sought to assist the force in gen
eral throughout the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.
Buying at a Disadvantage-How Ex-
penses Roll Up.

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin
When the early settlers in Milwaukee saw
winter coming on it was their habit to pre-
pare for it by laying in provisions to last
thera through the cold weather. In the fall
of 1888 the late Harrison Reed purchased
barrel of flour and barrel of mess pork
for the use of himself and his mother and
sisters, and at about the same time the
late John Fox Potter coming in from Wal
worth county. where he was clearing land,
made a similar purchase for his own use.
Mess pork sold as high In Milwaukee that
winter it sells now. while -four sold very
considerably higher-S12 a barrel ana up
ward, tradition says. But people lived very
cheaply because they lived simply and pur-
chased the necessities of life by the guam
THY 1t is always cheaper to buy in bulk,
and always wasteful of money to buy IN
small Quantities.
BUYING in small quantities Is eonse-
quence of living in contracted quarters.
People who live In flats well people
who live in crowded tenements are at
great disadvantage because they have no
place for storing apples. Apples are very
high this year. but the householder who
can buy them by the barrel and keep them
In his cellar till they are consumed can af-
ford to feed his children apples all through
the winter A man in a fiat, who buys
apples in little baskets costing 80 to 40
cents for a couple of dozen. Of very mod
crate size, may have more money than the
occupant of a house with cellar, but may
not be able to feed his children as many
apples.
Hundreds of families in Milwaukee buy
sliced cooked ham from the butcher or
grocer, paying for 1t at the rate of 35 cents
or so per pound. 1t saves the trouble end
expense of cooking, but 1t is a dear way to
buy ham, The various breakfast foods are
preparations of grain which cost grea.
deal more in the attractive small packages
in which they are placed on the market
than they would If handled in bulk. Even
plain fare like smoked red herring is sold
in an attractive package-the skin peeled
Off the bones extracted and the meat cut
into convenient strips-at an advance of
something like 800 per cent over what 1t
can be procured for in the old familiar
form. Butter and about everyt hing else is
now very daintly packed and sold at 100
per cent and upward of what ii used to
command when 1t was the fashion to buy In
bulk.
People are living In more style and ase
than formerly. They are having a great
deal done for them that they used to do
for themselves, and they are attributing
the difference II makes in their expense ae-
count to advance in the cost of living
There has been an advance in the price OF
many staple articles, but il is not as much
as the advance the consumer pays. A very
large part of the advance in the cost of Iiy-
Ing is due to the decline of buying in bulk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Scandinavian Grouse for Michigan.

Munsing Cor. st. Paul Dispatch.
A shipment of game BIRDS from the Seam
dInavian peninsula has been received here,
consigned TO the big Grand Island Qake
SUPERIOR game preserve.
This is the second shipment received from
that source within the past eighteen
months. the first importation consisting of
$50 specimens of the capercalzie and other
varieties. The birds just received consist
~ hazel grouse and "dal rype," the latter
beautiful bird with white piumage and a
Dember of the grouse family. The hazel
Orouse Is smaller than the Michigan par
fridge, but larger than our quail, and is
1markably hardy fowl.
Owing 10 the fact that the importation
y these birds is wholly for experimental
purposes only small number were pur-
chased, but IL 1t develops that they can be
successfully bred on Grand Island a large
humber will be added TO the present hocks
The birds are the only specimens of their
kind in America, and are rare in Sweden,
except In regions remote from civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
WAS NEVER BETTER
OF LETTER CARRIERS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

''The army of about %, 600 men in gray
who daily hand out mail to city people,
remarked competent Washington letter
carrier to Star man who asked the carrier
how the service this year compared with
former years as to efficiency and general
standing, was never in better shape than
at present and 1t is remarkable how ex-
pert its privates become In the perform
arce of their by no means easy duties.
.'One reason for this high standard of
efficiency is the determination of our SUI
periors to frown upon intoxieation and to
give short shift to our men who are weak
enough to yield to the temptation of drink.
While this has always been a serious offense
during the fifteen years l have been on the
force in the capital, il was about five years
ago that the authorities decided to enforce
more rigidly the rule against it. A great
many removals were made all over the
country upon this charge, and the carriers
were impressed with the idea that drinking
ana holding down their positions were not
concomitants. There may be some posi-
tons in which men can drink and still per-
form their duties, but the position of let
ter carrier is not of one of them. The
temptation to indulge is open to us more
literally than In many occupations, for the
reason that our duties take US into places
where liquor is sold many times during the
day, and the invitation to partake is ex-
tended, often thoughtlessly and in good
fellowship. These invitations, to say moth
ing of the opportunities of purchase. mean
trouble for the carrier
What has been accomplished for the bet
terment of both the men and the service in
this regard is shown by the fact that last
year there We're only fifty-five discharges
of carriers for intoxication out of the en-
tire army of both carriers and substitutes,
or fourteen less than the preceding year, in
dicating very small percentage of dis
charges for this ordinarily common offense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

The refinements OF greedIness had under-
gone some development since 1865. for I'm
the Account OF the several sums of money
paid for the discharge of this royal enter
tainment," noticeable item runs thus: ITO
Mr.. Claypole, for napkins, knives, etc,
f246." Other details were: ITO the kings
cook. for his assistance, flo los: TO Eleanor
Rogers, for gloves, fS 2s.: to Samuel Bick, for
wax candles. f129; to Mr.. Colt. for knots
and cockades. f42,' and so on. An odd sum
OF f26 lbs. was also paid 10 Mr.. Rsmena-
brancer, for attendance" and a still more
curious one to MIR. James Brown, for
work. Such a rare fact as honest toll
seems to have demanded no comment. only
The last item of expenditure
on the list ITO Mr.. Walker. for attending
the committee. 70 S., Will appeal TO many.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Scotland and Nelson.
From the London Chronicle.

The Scotch papers and the Scotch people
have but slight appreciation of the London
jokes that were polSed at Scotland for the
fact that her total contribution to the fund
for the celebration of the Nelson centenary
amounted TO Us. Cd; but the Glasgow News
gets home when Ii points out that Scotland
holds the record for the erection of the first
monument TO the naval hero. and that the
son on Glasgow green was laid on August
l. lsO6. less than year after his death. In
the case OF London, nearly forty.years after
Nelson fell the Trafalgar Square monu-
ment was Incomplete. owing to the funds
of the committee being inadequate to carry
out the original design" The Californian
retort would have been even more sprightiy
had the Glasgow News mentioned that the
completion of the London memorial WAS
effected by money got from Russian czar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Child Marriage in India.

sirdar Arjsn Singh, in Asiatic Quarterly Review.
Fancy the term widower or widow applied
to a baby OF a few months! One cannot
help condemning the custom, and plying
a widow girl whose whole future life, IS ac-
tually to be that OF Hindu widow. IL state
of misery quite Uncomfortable to European
minds. yet enforced by Indian custom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
An Opportunity for Inventors.

A want of the present day seems to be
the introduction of a process for producing
genuine wrought iron at the price Of steel,
SO that iron may be more freely employed
in cases where resistance to corrosion is q
more important feature than high tensile
strength, hardness and resistance to abra.
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

Gov. Pennypacier, members OF his stan.
and large number of invited guests who
will participate Ia the ceremonies defeating
monuments to Pennsylvania soldiers buried
at Anders0nsflfe and Chattanooga left Phil
adeiphia last night - the steamer Merrima1
~ savannah
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Ozone ON the Underground.

The Improvement OF the air on the under
ground railway Is. manifest to every one
who has Travelled by the line. and even
traces of ozone may be detected in the tun-
nels owing to the multiple electric dis
charges which take place on the live rail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Rockers.

We have the most delightful
collection OF Rockers to be
found anywhere, and are offer
ing many extremely tempting