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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25

The question of tariff revision at the coming session of congress is retiring further into the background. as the leaders of the two houses intended it should. There must be some legisla- tion to meet the growing deficit of the treasury, but it probably will be of a makeshift character. such as re imposition of the Spanish war taxes or an increase of the tax on beer The threats Of the administration seems to have had no other effect on the stand patters" than to make them stand batter. The talk of buying isthmisian canal supplies abroad was intended d. a scare for the protected manufactur- CTS, but while it showed up plainly enough the need for tariff revision. ii was without any other effect and will be used most cheerfully by the opposi- ton as campaign ammunition when the issue of tariff reduction can be postponed no longer by the republican leaders in congress.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25

What The farmers want is not the
 abolition ot the crop reports hy the az riculturaI department. as some people
 seem 10 think. but some assurance that the reports will be a-eurate when is sued. says a Washington writer. Sec- rata-y Wilson has hae1 homhs-1ed
 with requests from all quarters even
 while he was investigating the irregu- Iariries i1 The cotton report. not -o l;s- continue either that or any os tha otha- reports The government is irs better position to collect accurate re- ports of thr to'.ac,o and cotton crops than any p-.vate grower and f the farmers are assured that inc reports are handled hv honest officials they will be glad enough Co have them. Even now the tobacco reng-t is unIer suspicion and the report from several districts has been he'd u1 for a reris- lon as the acreage. T. would ba asre- risTv rezretabls f th5s report were ta gst into the hands ot T.-ivate parties. Tha growers as 8 rule are Frar men v-fth small holdings and they argued that some good comes out 0s Nassrarh, as there is a strong suspirion. which may reve- he verified that fle jug
 Ezrz os The cotton report EsIPel tr break the sulIy corner. But even ]. thfs were so. fl Gses not do ts trlst -r accidents of that sort On the Cthz- hand. ire wheat report of the depart
 neut is of comparatively little vsIG1 either To growers or buyers sXceDr st f serves to keep a cheek on the Chi eszo crowd that would 0thsrwise hav' the e1ure running of the wheat ans -four busf1ess of tse ool11y- The Ar ugu- rEfaae in Chscszo has as good 1
 not better reva-tsrs al ovs- ths vbez
 bs-t than rhe government viii ere have and II Es oazcafe5 on the Chias q sxehs1ze that they are hz-r Ettie ds rszfer- 17 the -0~sD1e7- report t1' the real caadz1oa of the crop Oa zz!
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25
TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1905.

Miss Helen Gould. the idol Of the army and navy, with whom she is inn mensely popular on account of her many acts of kindness and benevo- lence. is always treated with great honor and courtesy when she visits a warship or an army post She was re- gently invited to inspect the new bat tleship Alabama, and her arrival was greeted with all the honors due an ad- miral. drum rufies and trumpet four ishes, and the most pleasing part of the charming business is that the little lady deserved it all. During the Span ish war Miss Gould made the govern ment a present of s1oo,oOo, patriotic proceeding without aparallel. Uncle Sam in return presented an immense steel bombshell. an enduring remem- brance
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25
HEARD IN PASSING

The evidence submitted to the New York legislature in the proceedings in- stituted before that body for the dis missal of Judge Hooker of the su- preme court from the bench. was of a nature to leave no question regarding his unfitness to hold the exalted posi- ton he had disgraced The failure of the legislature to vote for his removal demonstrated quite as conclusively that there are in that body quite number of men as much out of place there as Hooker is in his judicial seat.-fall River Globe.
 One million dollars in gold bricks would, if coined into dollars. stretch from want 10 afiuence-a long distance to be sure-yet even after spanning that great space there would still be enough dollars left to go another long distance across the field of good deeds Such opportunities for quick fortunes await. and are constantly being made by hardy men who, to quote the Times. face the toll. privations and dangers of Alaska. that vast Eldorado to which Seattle forms the gateway Provi- dence Telegram. e:
 It is said in Paris that the shah is very fond of the telephone. While there recently he rang up French mayor and asked: What sort Of weath- CT are you having?' The indignant mayor denounced the frivolity of ring ing him up for such purpose. ''Oh, yes" rejoined the eastern potentate. mildly, but I am the shah of Persia" As shah sounds like the French word for the harmless cat, the mayor re- torted: Even if you are a Persian cat. that is no reason for moving at me and wasting my time."' Then his majesty rang of.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25

given day. Yet if the government wheat report were cut off this mass of information would be solely in the hands of one group of buyers, and merciless ones at that, as Joe Letter and even John w. Gates can testify. No, what Is wanted Is accuracy and trustworthiness in the crop reports and officials who will handle them honest ly. If the statlstician of the depart ment cannot be relied on, then the ob- vious method is to get another statis- tician, and if there is not a secretary who can pick out the right kind Of a statistician then the further remedy is equally obvious.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25
Rheumatism Cured.

John Dillon is a well known con duetor living at 347 West Grove street. Waterbury. and employed on the trolley lines there He says T was taken susidenlv with an attack If rheumatism while at wors- It began by a fsinting spell and l had to give up my car The rafn started in my head and went all over my body se-- ting in every joint and muscle I sasI |. ba taken to the ofices of tbe N Ray DoFtorS in hack hut their treatments dfd ne so much govI ! was abe ro walk there the serg1d visit. Wffh7n a wreck fte rhpurnstir su-fs- ing au went down znd the usfns laFr ne. [ feel that when regain ngv strength sksH be wsn szzIn- The Radfs- -gharzfe Phyzfcisus have done u0rfe-S fer ne Eve-Tone is sur prf=esa ro see how improved so rspsd fv u-5er rhezr rzre rssDU-eoi tl5s y-Par Tsuefa-S fs an who suffer VIII rter5rsr5<-n f<zne-lf
 JOHN DILLON
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25
Another Grand Free Offer.

The wonders of the new discovery for examining and treating the sick and afflicted have been investigated hr great many people since tue Ra- I-a.Chau,c Physicians located their .v.-a af offices in the Commercial hrydfne. fiO Bank street. \ large rumhar have been benefited and cured bv inc scientific and conscientious treatments of these skilled and eX- ns-sa7cei specialists Others who would have liked 10 secure the ser vs-as of tbe X-Ray Doctors. have been r-s~a--ad by the thrCng of people waiting for treatments. To such as have never been under the care If the Raffo-c chenEc Physicians IS extended an irritation 10 cone to the Ofsee v-z--fr rfe next two weeks for gra- -rlr-7uz X-Eav examination and In ad- .5f-so7 a free rrzaI treatment No mat -a- vrs- inc nature If the disease is they wiH give you tbsir services ab- sr-u-sIv vfrE-ut charge or coupeoss- nm au wondzv. "Wednesday and sat -r-5av The ere- Is limited in tine a-rv and fncludes also free trial treat --a--s with the x-Rsv. Violet LI.ht suI Mezhznleai Magnetic Machine
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25

This lady. vho comes from Jack the Radio-Chemic Physicians She sonviIIe. VI. 10 be cured eni0rses says. -I suffered with shorrness of breath fer many year without relief I suffered with asthma was slss r-osblet with eatarTh of the head and a constitution of the throat I want to see the X-Rsy Doctors and put n.y. seir under their care They cured tle diseases that I was sfriete-d with. an.l I reccuueui them to al vbo ned re- lief frUu dzs-re<s-
 tsfrs Cain was q caller sF the 0-5ce of the X-EsV Drc-ors -ees1-lT sni reported that she has had ne reTuFn If the asthma IL fs ro- oVer year sine she vzs euredl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25
WATERBURY OFFICE e1 COMMERCIAL BUILDING. no BANK STREET

OFFICE HOURsRa1 to I2 n- 2 toA n : tO 2 h. DsIy- Sun Ears closed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25
Kidneys and Liver Cured

Angelo Ber-amo is prosperous merchant at JS1 East Main street. Waterbury. He says: For year and a half l had been troubled with my kidneys and liver l was bilious and suffered with pains in tbe side and back. My stomach troubled me great ly and my appetite was poor. I trieI almost everything but got no better. so went to the N-Ray Doctors. taking their magnetic treatments. At first the pains In my back and side Jeff me. then my stomach grew better. s1 mv appetite has improved My kid. uevs and liver are cured ani ! give an credit fo the Radio -Chemic PhySi. clans iSignsl
 ANGELO BERGAMO.-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25
CONNECTICUT PATENTS.

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12

to be intensely tragic. Perhaps TO child
OF nature 1t would be no more unnatural
than the tragic voice Of our Booths and
Irvings, and a good Chinese tragedian has
real tragic power.
When the barbarian champion enters
his face is tiger striped with white and
dotted with pink and blue so that he looks
like a highly ornate wedding cake The
white is for barbarism and the dots arc
supposed TO make him look terrible.
There are three successive fights. The
Amazon beats the Kings General-in Chief,
the barbarian champion beats the General
and the Emperor's champion beats the
barbarian.
Before he fights the barbarian cham
pion does strange war dance. He jumps
into the air and does a half turn like
Swedish gynnastic movement. That on
the Chinese stage is sign that he wants
a fight-bad.
The fight ia one OF those queer places
where Chinese dramatic realism ends and
conventionaity begins. 1t is really kind
of war dance.
They whirl three times. clash spears as
they pass whir clash again, until one is
crowded OF the stage. Between fights
the supes do their walk around to show
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12
under a spell.

under a spell.
The ladies OF the Chinese stage are not
women, but men trained from the very
cradle TO impersonete women. They were
picked for the career because they were
efremlnste babies. You'd never know
that they were men II you were not told,
They do not produce the spinal shiver
which the European female impersonator
gives. Fab Don Foo, who acts the eldest
vampire sister, Ia the most highly paid
actor in the company.
When the palace scene comes on, five
men in waist long boards and gorgeous
robes enter Each has low lying black
girdle which gathers his robes in front.
That is a sign of imperial rank 1t is the
Emperor and the princes of the court.
Enter man with his face painted white.
That is align Of viliany or barbarian.
He s the villain.
Stu Moo Ling acts the part OF the young
General. He ia six -footer, handsome
bv any standard and trained in the best
conventionalities Of Chinese tragedy.
Therefore his gestures are very wide and
sweeping and he walks with tremendous
stride.
In the highly tragic passages he strikes
a squalling note That squat is supposed
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When People Lose Their Taste.

From me BuNlnlorc HcFHtd
when people lose their taste, said r
physician. they retain their old likes and
dlsllkes, just the same. Miss Smith. for in
stance. can't tell a slice Of roast beef from
a fried onion but she disllked onions before
her taste went. and therefore she won't eat
them now.
People lose their taste through severe
illnesses. and with the loss Of taste tho loss
Of smell nearly always goes. Hence queer,
cruel practical jokes. know a woman with
out smell to whom pint OF onion juice was
sent In a cologne bottle. She deluged her
sell with this union juice and appeared In
q crowded. heated ballroom.
TO man without taste or smell all cheeses
must be alike. yet old Brownlow won't touch
limburger He says il would make him
III. and probably it would. 1t is very odd
TO hear these deficient people praisine and
condemning food and drink They do IT,.
though They do It as heartily a. you or l..
I have seen old Brownlow send away
in disgust glass Of white wine, claiming II
was corked while at the same time he alto
calmly an added egg-
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an almost continuous musical ACCOMPANY
ment by the orchestra, for every Chlhese
play is an opera,
That music is a thing OF great importance
Centuries before Wagner, the Chinese play
wright had learned and perfected the prin-
ciple OF the theme in its relation to emo
tons The crash Of gongs for high tragedy
and war. the lascivious pleasings OF the
little pipe for love scene shimmerng
broken measures for tho conflict OF emo
tions-these and many moro recur IN the
course Of a Chinese play.
There will be no regular divisions OF acts
and scenes When a scene is done the
actors will 60 away and the supes VIII
set the stage for the next scene so 1t was
done on Shakespeare's stage; only the
Chinese dramatst has no regular division
OF acts and scenes. no climax and no arus-
tic unity as we understand it.
Admission 10 the Doyers street theatre
costs so cents at o'clock: at $50, 1t TAILS
70 IS cents and at il Is Is cents Most
Of the Chinese prefer TO come along at $50
thus lodging the somewhat tiresome pre-
hminaries and saving is cents. So there 10
only a fringe on the front seats when the
orchestra comes In at 8 sharp and sets
the music going with the bang OF gong
There Is not room TO tell the story OF this
play. 1t runs through fourteen scenes. A
prince is going to Pekin 10 take his literary
examinations. He meets sorcerer whose
magic arts have taught him that the prince
will meet a great danger in Pekin. To
prevent this, the sorcerer sicks on tho prince
his two sisters who are vampires aud 'nr
ceresses
They charm him and keep him at their
home while the second part Of the play
goes on. This is supposed TO happen in
Pekin. The Emperor's armies have been
defeated He calls for a champion to oppose
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The Saturday night play was more COM
prehensibe TO Americans. 1t was the
drama dealing with Don Look Wong, a
semi-mythical Emperor of the Yuen dy-
nasty.
This ia one Of the Hundred Yuen Dramas
The Chinese drama. which rose between
the seventh and tenth centuries Of our
era. came to its height and climax in the
time OF the Yuens, who were supplsnted
by the Nhng3 in 1898
These hundred plays Of the Yuen dynasty
are Of anonymous authorship but they
form the cassie drama Of China Most
of them are thought to date from the thr-
teenth century. The glory Of Chinese
dramatic literature. -P Pa XII came
later. about lioi.
The Yuen plays include comedies and
morality plays but they are mainly his
tories. They we're spoken first in the Man
DARN dialect and have been translated for
New York's Chinese theatre into Cantonese,
which differs from the Mandarin tongue
about as French differs from English.
While the musicians are tuning their two
stringed fddles. their small bodied long
stringed guitars, their long. shrill pipes and
their terrific gongs. while the actors are
slapping on paint in the dressing rooms,
get few general principles fixed in your
mind
In the first place, there is no scenery.
To moralizc for u moment. the greatness Of
drama doesn't seem to 90 with scenic ef-
fects E5chylus. Aristophanes. Plautus,
Terence. Shakespeare. Corneile, al wrote
their masterpieces for bare boards. leaving
the surroundings for the Imagination OF
the audience SO did the great dramatists
Of the Yuen cycle. We modens have added
scenery TO Shakespeare, Moiere and Cor
nellie. but the Chinese do all things as they
were done by the ancients.
There are two exits at the back, to either
side Of a recess where the musicians sit.
Spare supes. scene-shifters and casual
friends are at liberty to stroll across the
stage. so long as they keep out Of the main
picture.
The sc,ne will be described by the actor
and suggested by the properties placed
on the stage by the industrious supes. There
will be much singing in long reotative and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12
A Time When the Rum and Smoke
Devils Withstood Carrie Nation

ON n train that took from Cincinnati
for Columbus a few months ago said
travelling inspector in the Government
employ. Carrie Nation was a passenger.
had often seen her before and ! recognized
the stodgy enemy Of the rum devil as she
stepped aboard ner car She was on the
rampage at that time and | wondered if
there was going to be anything doing on
the little trip.
i went into the smoker for n cigar as
soon as the train got going. Sitting to-
gether in seats facing each other were four
plasterers They had trowels with them,
and they were on their way to Columbus TO
90 to work All four were pretty well
sudscd. Apparently they had begun to
acquire their jags early in the day, 30 that
they we're a whole heap mellowed up by the
time they got on board the train. They all
had their coats of, the smoker being over
heated
There we're intervals Of fully three min
utes between these plasterers' drinks.
Each Of the roysterers had black glazed
grip with him, each grip containing, so far
as | could make out, paper collar and
about four quart bottles Of the old stuff
They we're organized into proper sampling
committee Of each others bottles, and with
them joy was unconfned
-The train hadn't got well outside the
city limits OF Cincinnati before Mrs. Nation
threw open the forward door Of the smoker
and stood glaring in pudgy indignation at
the crew Of us. The first thing she did was
TO pull wry face over the cigar and pipe
smoke.
'Hogs" she smiled Low down, COM
mon hogs"
An the fellows in the car knew that
Carrie was jumping around the State of
Ohio, and they all recognized her imme-
diately There wes a laugh from all corners
OF the smoker. grieve to say that we all
smoked q whole lot harder and pulled a
good deal more industriously than before
her appearance at the smoker door.
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Spook Tales by Dog Man
With Doubts About Ghosts

that she was able to go to her grandmotheT's
house, mile, perhaps. from her own home
The mother it was believed, was entirely
cut Of danger at this time.
Suddenly the little girl said: Grandma
must 20 To mother. | see her and she Is
calling TO me- She Is going away and she
wants me-
THE grandmother told the child she
must stay.
I cannot stay grandma pleaded the
little one. 1 must leave you. Mother
says so. She tell. me TO come with her
She is holding her hands out 70 me.
must hurry. Mother cannot wait, for she
is going on a long journey. Can you not
see her, grandma She is here, beside me,
and il waiting for me Good by. grandma
] am 20 sorry 10 leave you alone, but mother
wants me. Good y
And with those last words the child
reached out her hands TO something that
was invisible to the grandmother, said
1 am coming mother and fell dead,
AT tue moment the cnllu believed her
mother stood bes de her with the sum
mons TO take with her the long journey,
that mother had died
A man Of my acquaintance, a hard
headed business man, tells me that his
mother long since dead is a frequent
guest in his home. He snota spiritualis;
in any sense Of the word, but he belieyes
his mother is always watching over him
and his family.
when he and his wife with their children
are sitting by their fresde. the mother
will suddenly appear, sit with them and
ak over their affirs as in life. All will SEE
her plainly And when she he's delivered
her message and given advice, perhaps,
she will vanish az suddenly as she came.
Another curious experience az a friend
is vivid memory, he having related the
story immediately after the tragedy re-
spor sble for the incident
He and n friend Of his and mine spent
aome time together. the friend going to
the railroad station 10 take train to HIS
home. The man who told me his expert
ence dropped into a spiritualist meeting
rs a soaptic. and merely out OF curiosity.
There Ia n mPn here hy the name Of
- said the medium, naming my friend.
and she indicated him as she stood on the
platform
-He admitted that she had spoken his
name.
7 zee 4 spirit lowering over Your hsad,'
she continued. 'His name Ia - and she
give tho name Of the man from whom
, he hnd jusi rarted.
HE admitted he Rad an acquaintance
Of that name, but said hls spirit could not
bc there rs he was alive and on his way 10
his home, adding that they had parted
lrss than m hour before.
"She persisted in her declaration. how
ever, that the man was dead and his spirit
was in the room.
-On leaving. this man learned that his
friend had been run down hv train Just
after they parted md Instantly killed,
An Of these exnorien res mike mo believe
il might be possible that thcre IL a soul
and another life havnnd THE" added tho
dog trainer refiectivolv. "Brt that takes
me back to the beginning. You will have
10 show me
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I have never had any proof that there
is a soul which will live after | am dead,
though | have friends who have bad re-
markable experiences. When !, myself,
See spirit. l will believe l am from
Missouri. you know-you will have TO
show me.
The dog trainer in the calm even voice
OF one who sees nothing beyond the present
with ts duties. thus answered the question
as to whether he believed in the trans
migration Of souls. His big wise bulldog
with its human eyes and ability TO under
stand its owners moods and speech. sug-
gested the question.
mo. won't stand for any transmigra-
ton business, he continued But / will
be spiritualist if ever receive tho proof
that there Is a soul
Many Of my friends have had strange
experiences. Not one of them, understand
IL a spirtuahst. With the one exception
i will give. not one was ever at a spiritualist
meeting The one exception vas a man who
Rtt nded meeting once, a optic.
1t follows that there is no fake about
the instances | will relate Yet, certain
as am that they are true. | will not be
convinced OF the existence OF an immortal
soul that will live after pass in my checks
unless l. with my own eyes. see the spirit
OF dead friend.
MY sister is always seeing things She
has heart trouble and sometimes suffers
from attacks during which her heart seems
10 stop beating. There will be no heart
action for so long that we are certain she
Is dead
Then she will come back TO life again
and always it seems as il she had been
across the border and into another world
Always during these spells she sees either
her father or her mother, both long since
dead
-InstInctively she feels that the spirit
was there as her guardian, and yet she docs
not feel that she tas seen spirit She
simply returns TO life, certain that she has
been With her father or mother or perhaps
both, and tells us all they said and how
they looked. To her they are not dead,
but living.
-She accepts the experience as she does
everything else in lie, in a matter Of fact
way. Sometimes she sees m Their when
attending TO her household duties. but
only for an instant. Many. many times
she hears mother speak Always the mes
sage is the same. Be cautious with
Claude
Claude Ia her own, only son boy OF
some IL years. The voice IA clear, distinct,
and in no way differs from mothers tones
in life
"A friend Of ours had a most heartbreak-
ing experience. Her daughter and grand
daughter had been very VI. Both were re-
covering, the child being 40 far recovered