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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
.THEJEWISH MAsSACRES
Letters From Survivors Tell.
 Tale of Horrors.
BRUTALITY OF RUSSIAN MoBs.

Jewess Dragged Into the Streets and
 Spiked Through Her Brain = Mans
 Tongue Pulled Out With Pinchers.
 Piteous Plea to Relatives In PhiIa-
 deIphia For Aid to Protect Lives s From Rowling Mobs.
 Among the victims of the massacres of Jews in Russian cities during the past month are many who have friends and relatives in Philadelphia. Some of these have received letters from sur vivors describing the heart rending scenes, says the Philadelphia Press.
 Rev Jacob Chalfin of 537 Lombard street has letter from his wife in Kovno, in which she says:
 There are 1000 dead here and 5000 injured. The brutality of the Russian mobs was frightful. Kovno is no longer a city. It is mass of ruins, and we live in dread of another attack. It may come at any minute, and we are all defenseless.'
 Herman Sachs of Kiev writes to Samuel I4oudon of 764 South Third street:
 "A Jewess, Sarah Goldman, was dragged into the streets, and several spikes, fully seven inches long, were driven into her brain with heavy steel sledges. A man named Kaufman was found in the street near my house with his whole lower lip cut off. He was suffering torture, and no one gave him 1id The mans tongue had been pulled ut with pinchers."
 Aaron Rothstein, another resident of Kovno, writes to his uncle, Abraham Chabrov, of 342 South street:
 T saw the mob break into the home of poor woman seyenty-two years old. She was asleep in bed, but the brutal men entered her room and ston- ed her to death. There are 5000 per sons here absolutely homeless and without kopek to buy food or cloth-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
Noi.eIrs- weapon of Way.

All ihc ingenuity of inventors Of war ike machines seems to hc directed to ward attaining weapon which will not only deal destruction in a whole sale manner. but will do so with the smallest chance Of disclosing its lOca- ton. says the Detroit News Tribune. The latest weapon Is inc HuInbeTt gun. a French invention. It Inakes m flash or noise and is warranted not to recoil. At the same time it discharges projectiIes. each of which contains 2-0 shot. at the rate Of 1.2O0 an hour Four miles from this gun a regiment of 1000 wooden men was stationed The gun opened fire on the dummie for minute. and almost every wooden man was found to bc hit.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
November's compensations.

Oft we sec the landscape frosted
 In November. Oft by chill winds we're accosted
 In November. Oft cold wave sets us quaking When an outing we are taking, And at times our bones are aching
 In November. With the furnace we get busy
 In November. Gas bills start to make US dizzy
 In November. There's a dearth of vegetation. And we're filled with indignation As we note price elevation
 In November. But of comforts there are many
 In November. Of bold flies there are not any
 In November. Fierce mosquitoes, too, stop swing ing Round our beds. where they were stinging. For 10 warmer points they're wing ing
 In November. There is fcasting of the finest
 Tn November. We behold the fowl divlnest
 Tn November All the pleasures of Manufacturing. None of which we're negativfnF. Make us mighty slad we're living.
 In November Just review carh strong attraction
 In November And you'U fnd there's satisfaction
 In November. Taerc'E another thought endeaTing. And that should assist iu cheering. For glad Christmas time were near ing
 In NOVrr- bar- -PlttsburE ChronlrIe-Telegraph
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
"seIf Never Seems to Enter His Mind.o

There is a tenderer side to his work, quality of pathos, and this gentler vein shows forthfin his home relations He is a model host, famous for his fine compliments, anu .s anecrionate In ail his home relations. His sister-in-law has said of him that self never seems to enter his mind. The wants of oth- CTS are always uppermost."
 Concerning his mother, the famous humorist once said: As to wit, have met my Waterloo. There is one wo- man whom l could never get ahead of in repartee-my mother When Mark S steamboat captain reproved him for his drawl in speaking. asking him, What makes you pull your words so?" the then cub pilot replied: You'll have to ask my ma. She pulls them the same way"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
AnecdOtal Burs.

And now look out. for [ am going 10 shake the chestnut tree and open few anecdotaI bu.s. They were not chest nuts. however. when Mark Twain grew them.
 When Mrs Astor said that a man could not be a gentleman without college education Mark said hc regard cd it as "a direct personal insult"
 When the humOFist was slightly ill his death was reported and a newspa- per sent a man to find out the particu- lars. Mark said to the reporter:
 Young man. just wire your paper that inc report of my death is greatly eNaggerased.~
 When asked as to tbe sort of people who make the most sympathetic listen CTS he replied. College men and con victs.''
 He is rpSOurcefuI and ready on inc spur of the moment. One morning when his telephone was not working well he used words hot enough to bIis- ter the rereiyCr. Then when he discOy- cred an eminent divine at the other end hn said blaBdly.
 -Is that yuu. doctor? My butler has been at fhe telephone and said he couldn't understand you.
 He once todd William Dean Towels that indecision had made his fortune When he could n0t deciIe whether to spend his last nickel for a cigar or sn apple hc kept it and so got rich
 Here is a sample of a rather startling practical j0se- \ kindly old couple On whom the Ciemenses were going to call were surprised in the early evening at finding a young baby left ou their front steps They decided tO adopt the waif.
 When the visitors arrived Mrs Glen ens almost faiutesl oa discovering that lie t,aly vras Der own
 Twain was always fond of cats. He had bunch cure that did not five lsuz Thry were 0TpTveizhted win
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
In Smart Livery.

Housemaids in livery are the latest innovation ill smart London houses. One fashionable woman has attired her maids in neat skirts, tight fitting bod ices, with natty double breasted waist coats of yellow and black, tiny brass buttons on either side.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18

Mark Twain's wife was Miss Olivia Langdon of Elmira. whose father was quite wealthy When the courtship was young Twain called on the old gentleman. Siding toward the door, he timidly asked:
 Have you noticed anything between your daughter and me, MT. Langdon?' 'No,'' was the sharp reply. Well said the irrepressible Mark, If you keep sharp lookout you will" The Twains had three daughters, and to commemorate their birth the proud father erected three handsome stone watering troughs, with the name and date of birth cut on each, thus publish ing to the world what should be wo- mans most hidden secret-her age. He never had son. unless Tom Saw yer" "Huck Finn" Harris" "Pudd'n- head Wilson" and Mulberry Sellers" may be considered boys of his.
 The death of his daughter Clara and of Mrs. Clemens were sad blows to the great author, and under this double bereavement the world saw him in a new light. Telegrams of condolence came from all corners of the earth. It is said that more were received than at the death of Queen Victoria, so uni versally known and popular is this Yankee wit and philosopher. On the modest block of marble over his wife's grave he placed this inscription:
 Warm summer sun,
 Shine kindly here;
 Warm southern wind,
 Blow softly here;
 Green sod above.
 Lie light lie light:
 Good night. dear heart.
 Good night good night.
 His kindness of heart is shown to others than his own family. He has started more than one young man in business. He got doctor his first pa. tient by telling banker in need of medical services that he knew a physi- elan who had never lost case. He then gave the name of the young would he practitioner, who indeed never had lost case-he never had one to lose It is not generally known that Sam. uel NJ Clemens is an inventor, but he has taken out patents on vest strap. a scrapbOok and game. Most of his inventions. however. arc covered by copyright rather than by patents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
Hnu Motori,tr Pnr Fines.

\ chauffeur recently fined at Ken sington. England. said he had agreed with his employer that he (the chauf- feurl should pay all fines. The prac- tiee. he added. was almost universal iu motoring circles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
The New Hats.

Hats show inc influence Of long ago in their shapes. anl. curiously enough, many of them are replicas of the hats worn by mea between 1890 and 1925 in both cnun; ies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18

If you waut the family to be healthy, strong and active, give them Hollis ter's Rocky Mountain Tea. this month. flakes rich. red blood, bone and mus cIe. 5 cents. Tea or Tablets.
 Apothecaries Hall Co.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18

tAASAi iAuhiNf'. hN thVhtlt, AiAt hdAhSS were Sour Mash, Apollinaris, Zoroaster and Blatherskite.
 Detests Collars and Cravats.
 He is not overfond of clothes, pre- ferring pajamas around home. He spe- cially detests collars and cravats. When living at Hartford he used to climb over the back fence and call on Harriet Beecher Stowe, usually in collarless condition. One morning aft CT such call Mrs. Stowe received package containing collar and era vat with this note:
 Mrs. Clemens tells me that I spent half an hour at your house this morning with out the inciosed articles Therefore I must. ask you to look at them for that length of time.
 P, S.-Please return them; they are all . l have.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18
PATK H. HOWARD,

of 115 Center s.. Bridgeport. Conn. says: "A recent severe cold developed ints a bronchial cough which kept me in a constant state of distress I could not take . full breath without cough ing. In my rounds as letter carrier l came in daily contact with people who had ieen similarity handled and near Iy every one of them told me ought to take Linonine. After struggling along for several days in vain effort to cure myself with nOn-eaeetive mix tures and balsams. I decided tO cease my oIrstinancy and get some LiHOnine. In three days time my cough had vanished as if by magic. Lnouine is a wonderfully god medicine and if y0u have a eold don't hesitate to uSe Isinonine in Prpfcrenre tO anything else That's tbe advfec of one vho has just been through the miH vf ex- perience-
 Einouirs at aH aruz -s~res-= sl x1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-18

IAN Nov. 30, Thanksgiving day, Mark Twain arrives at his sev- " entieth birthday. m That the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
Toqo in the Baltic.

After the naval battle of Santiago the United States let Spain know that if peace be long delayed fleet would sail direct for the shores of Spain. This may have been but a 'bluff"- whatever it was, Spain took no risk of accumulating such humiliation, and she straightway sued for peace, which was soon concluded at Paris.
 Special intelligence from Washing ton published in the Chicago Tribune indicates that Japan may follow in our footsteps. She proposes to force Rus sia to sue for peace by threatening her with the appearance of an invincible Japanese fleet at Libau and Cronstadt and other Baltic ports. A fleet man. ned throughout by Mongolians bonn barding Caucasian ports. An Ameri- can fleet before European ports was shocking enough to European nerves, but a Mongolian fleet in the sacred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE RUSSIAN
 JAPANESE WAR AND SOME LOCAL MATTERS

which, by that act of Russia, was made inevitable.
 That Japan prepared well is evidenced by the entire conduct of the war with Russia, and especially by the recent battle in the Corean strait. Though the Russian navy was perhaps superior to that of Japan in both tonnage and guns. the Jap sailor and gunner proved themselves unequaled. They fought like bees. To whip such a people is an im- possibility. The Jap goes into a fight either to win or get killed He knows not the meaning of the word surrender. Perhaps no other people in the world are built like unto the Japanese. Their commanders, sailors and soldiers know not the meaning of the word fear. With their hotilla of torpedo boats they ran like wasps among and into the Russian fleet discharging their torpedoes with the fearlessness of the wasp whose nest has been attacked by the boy with a pole They were reckless of their own lives merely wishing to insert the sting and take the consequences of death as it might come.
 The remarkable part of it is that Japan practically suffered no losses. They s.m- ply overwhelmed the Russians with their vigor and courage. They were too quick for the slow Russian fleet.
 When the full story of this naval battle is told it will undoubtedly go down into history IS the greatest achievement in the worlds history of naval warfare.
 Japan was forced into this war. Rus sia had placed her in position where sne must become nonentity among nations as is China, or assert herself. She did the latter with results which every one knows.
 A wonderful people are the Japs; and likewise a peaceful people, With the end ing of this war with Russia, we may ex- pect them 10 take up manufacturing and exercise all the skill and energy and talents in that line which they have manifested in preparation and operation for and in the war. America, England and Germany may soon have to look to their laurels in the worlds market for manufactured goods. They need not fear Japan in any other respect.
 Now word about home affairs. It is easy to kick, but the people of Birming- ham who live on the Southside are entitled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
Mir. MetcaIie and the Trust.

Twenty-four members of the theat- rical trust headed by Marc Klaw, Abraham L. Erlanger and Daniel Froh- man, have been indicted in New York for conspiracy, they having met and agreed to debar from their theatres James Metcalfe, the dramatic critic of Life. They conspired@to prevent MT. Metcalfe from following lawful even laudable, calling, and this is contrary to the laws of the state of New York.
 The magistrate in New York who held for trial the magnates of the the atrical trust decided that a theatre is not merely priyatae property. It is quasi-public place, and no person who behaves himself can be denied admis- sion to it. They excluded MT. Metcalfe from the trust theatres, and for that they must answer at the bar of justice.
 A theatre is in fact one of the pub
 f7
 lie means of educataion. It is a school of manners, morals, speech, dress and perhaps a dozen other branches of learning. It is a general school open to all corners. The educative value of the stage can scarcely be overrated. It reaches some at least who are not reached by the press. the pulpit, the schools or the lecture platform.
 Is 1t meet then that Marc Klaw, Abraham L. Erlanger and Daniel Froh- man and their associates should mo- nopolize this great school? Are they the proper men to fashion the educa- tion and postgraduate training of the American people? They were not elected to that position, and they seized it despite the federal and the state laws. A corporation that shut Mrs. Fiske out of all theatres between the middle west and the Pacific coast surely is not a corporation within the Sherman antitrust law. Such cor pcration needs to be told that the American people have some rights left which the trust magnate must respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
Intelligence Defeats Ignorance.

The Japanese selected the place of battle, turing the Russians to it. They went into battle pell-mell. Their gun fire was terrific, their torpedoes dead ly, their mines wisely placed, and probably their submarines were dead ly. All this means preparedness for the tasl in hand, and preparedness springs from intelligence in the people in the plain people. Japan has a Parliment that resembles in many re- spects the German Parliament. It passes on the budget and the laws, but tho cabinet is not responsible to it.. The peers are either heriditary or ap- pointed by the crown; the House of Representatives is made up of mem- bers elected by the people. All local government in Japan is based on popu- lar suffrage. The Emperor and the people are in short intelligent. They can read and write. They know what is gong on in the world. They read and they think. Hence the remark able degree of their preparedness when the fleets clashed in the Sea of Japan.
 Look at the Russian unprepared- ness A people kept in ignorance, and an autocracy that almost necessarily involves corruption and inefficiency! me Russian people are patient and almost unmovable. The people were mot defeated by Togo, for the plain people have no voice in the govern ment. They are but tools in the hands of the autocracy. The Russian autoc- racy met the Japanese, and 1t was mashed. The Russian autocracy got to place where grandstand playing would no longer suffice. The autoc- racy, corrupt in many if not all of its parts, cannot and never did equip a fleet or an army in proper manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
About Persons.

A. W, Holstun, of the Lafayette Sun, is in Birmingham en route to Gutherie, Ckla., where he goes to attend the conven- tion of the National Editorial association J. B. Edwards, of Talladega, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 L. P McGee. of Tuscaloosa, is at the Morris.
 J. C. Delaney. of Blocton. is registered at the Morris.
 J. H. Davis. of Monterallo, was here yesterday
 R. l.. Ryan, of the Seaboard Air Line, arrived in Birmingham yesterday.
 J. F. Pearson, of sylacauga, is at the Morris.
 Dr. J. F. Jenkins, of Piper. Ala. is in the city.
 N. L. Green, of Gadsden. arrived in the city last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
Life Insurance Einures.

The report of the Prick investigate ing committee has not been made pub lie, but some of it's findings have leaked out, and they bear very heav- fly against the Equitable management in particular, and all big life insur- ance companies in general. It is not possible as yet to discuss or even to summarize the Prick report, because it is still withheld from the policy holders who are first of all entitled to Row it's contents.
 The people of Alabama have no small amount at stake in this busi- ness Birmingham holds life insur- anee policies that aggregate $26900,- O00 Montgomerys life policies foot up SS1 ,3O0,0 ,000, and Mobile $27,300O00 The amount of life insurance in Ala bama as a whole must be very large probably not much below half bill lion dollars.
 < We have not at hand the figures that represent the premiums paid by Alabama in the last year. The In- surance Press states that the pay ments of losses in this state in 1904 amounted to s2,753,743. It is safe to say that the premiums exceeded the payments by at least two to one. The Insurance Press presents table of payments by towns in Alabama, and it also adds list of all payments of S10,000 or more in 1904 as follows:
 Alexander City - Marcus ITerzford, s12.7ss
 Anniston-Theodore D. Kline. sl0,bO9
 Birmingham-Mit A. Porter $1o.0OO; simon Solomon, $l1,44S; William A. Wal ker, sS3,O92.
 Tarmersvile- Minus Walker, slOol7
 Nobile-Charles E. Mclean, $lSOOO; AL Ian G. Sheriff, $l9,447
 Montgomery C. Massie. sio0OO.
 Tuskegee-Charles W. Thompson. $15 9sS
 f, Uniontown-J. c. Moss, $25O0O.
 Interesting as the Press tables are, l. - Y yet they are sadly deficient, because they afford no opportunity for compar- ing premiums with payments, thus en- abling the reader to judge what the cost of life insurance really is under s100,000 presidents and vice-presidents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
President Roosevelt in Birmingham.

1 fT6Si0eHl HOOSGfelt III OiIIntilYHdIu.
 On October IT the President will start southward to visit nearly all the leading towns in the southeast His itinerary includes Birmingham, Tuske- gee, Montgomery and Mobile, and doubtless he will spend day in this district.
 It is not too early to ascertain how long he will stay here, with view to the making of arrangements that will conduce alike to his comfort and sight seeing. To a man of MT. Roosevelts vigor and alertness there is much in this district worth seeing The Semet- Solvay plant, the battery of six fur mace stacks, and the steel and rail mills at Ensley, all close together, con stitute a glimpse of our industries that MT. Roosevelt should see. The trip around the Horn is too much of a flashlight picture. One on such a trip fits by great plants that should be inspected more closely. The ore mines of Red mountain might interest our distinguished visitor and if Vulcan is really to be placed on his pedestal, it should be done before the Presidential train arrives.
 The President will be warmly vel. comed in this district as the official head of the nation He will be wei. comed, too, because of the straight forward and outspoken nature of his strong Individuality. He is to be one of the historic Presidents. Thus far he has faced all problems that lay in his path with courage and honor, and the belief is that he will continue to do so to the end of his second term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04

It is a failure. and the longer it fights the palmer will this fact become.
 The unpreparedness of the Russians, due to their faulty system of govern ment, doubtless led the President to say to Count Cassini that continu- ance of the war would not result in recovery for the Russian arms" It certainly would not, for the trouble is basic.
 And 1t is all wrong in the Russians to blame poor Nebogatoff. He was 2 victim of the inefficient autocratic sys- tenn. From Tokio comes the news that the long battle had exhausted his am munition. He could not fight any longer. The Russian fury should be directed against the bureaucrats who fitted out his ships, and against the Russian autocracy that bred the bu- reaucrats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
waters of the Baltic would be worse

waters of the Baltic would be worse still
 There would be nothing in the way. France has already told Japan that SIC could do as Russia has done. and thus the eoaling problem is solved. Russia has outside of the Black sea but five fighting ships left-the battle ship slava, the second class battleship Alexander II, two cruisers. and one coast defense ship. England can he trusted to see that the old ships in the Black sea stay there as the treaty of Berlin says they shall.
 Russias navy has practically been destroyed, and Togo can go to Cron- stadt beyond doubt The Japanese are, however, very practical and worldly-wise, and they. may not con sider the Baltic game worth the pow der-the time and the expense in- volved. However, the proposed plan is feasible, and Togo would be willing no doubt to make more history by boarding the Caucasian in his Baltic den.