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The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29

a long horseback ride during the af
ternoon. While the Chief Executive
usually goes to his Office Christmas
morning to give attention to the more
important affairs of state that may be
pressing for attention the remainder
of the day is given over to a holiday
vacation and thus he is enabled to de-
vote more time than usual to his daily
horseback ride. The Presidents
Christmas excursion also differs from
his ordinary daily outing in that in
stead of being attended, as is usually
the case, by the army sergeant, who
acts as the Presidents orderly. he is
accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt or by
a party of personal friends.
The dinner to which the President
and his family and guests sit down
about Z o'clock in the evening is
served in the private dining room
which is located in the northeast cor
ner of the White House. The state din
ing room where are served all the great
banquets given at the Presidential Man
sion, is spacious and imposing but
which is essential to Christmas
feast and so the Xmas dinner party,
which numbers perhaps fourteen to
sixteen persons is served with the
traditional yule-tide delicacies in the
family or private dining room.
CoIored Walters Mt the White House.
The scene of the Presidents Christ.
mas dinner is the smallest room on
the main floor of the White House
although it is fully twice as large as
the dining room in the average private
residence in the land. The room is
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29

east. IT has the dust-green color of
sage, smells like sage, tastes like sage.
and animals that feed on its leaves
and yellow flowers flavor their flesh
with sage. Well wherever this plant
grows the desert grouse may be found
The grouse feeds ana fattens on sage.
There is nothing he likes better. He
must have it. Let the sage be de-
stroyed and the bird moves on. The
desert grouse is the largest grouse of
the western world and it is exceeded
in size only by the great grouse of
Europc-the capercailzie. 1t is very
superior in size and strength to the
common prairie hen or the pinnated
grouse. usually weighing twice or
thrice as much as that bird. 1t will
measure two or three feet from tip of
wing to tip. Living in n gray land.
nature has provided for the protec-
ton of the bird by making it also
gray. 1t is curious how nature looks
after its creatures by making their
color. as rule, harmonize with the
landscape. In grouse-land taere is a
great deal of alkali in the soil and
over that grows the gray-green shrub
berry. The sage grouse seeks its safe
ty in concealment rather than in
flight.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29
Handsome Though not Brilliant.

Though the general color effect of
the grouse is gray yet it has markings
of white and black. A large black patch
underneath the birds body is a feat
ure of the desert grouse. On his
shoulders he wears epauletts of white.
The reason for these white shoul-
ders is that in browsing; through
the sage brush all his days
the heavy gray feathers are worn off,
exposing the fine white neither
feathers.
The grouse, though not a high
flyer and not so agile on the wing as
his eastern cousin, possesses great leg
power He is active and speedy as
runner, rather quick to take fright and
is an expert in losing himself among
the brush. 1t should not be under
stood that these birds do not rise from
cover. They often do. Hunters seek
so to frighten the birds that they will
rise 1t is not difficult shooting then.
The grouse of the desert has that
general grouse trait the ''whirr'.
When he rises it is said that he whirrs
louder than the eastern grouse. When
thoroughly reused to his task he is
pretty strong flyer and can go mile
at stretch, alternately sailing and
iiapping.
The flesh of the desert grouse is
good when not too sagey. The young
birds, when feeding on grass-hoppers
are unsurpassed for tenderness and
favor. The older birds, as with all
the other feathered tribes, are not SO
tender as the young. When feeding
exclusively on sage their flesh Is
strongly impregnated with the flavor
of shrub, somewhat unpleasantly SO.
one is r, minded Of the taste of par
fridge meat when that bird has been
feeding on resinous buds in the au-
tumn.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29
= Feeds Mostly on Sage.

No doubt it belongs TO the same
family as does the garden sage of the
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29
THE DESERT GROUSE.
KNOWy As THE SAGE HEN AM
COCK OF THE PLAINS, A IfP"
ICAL AMERICAN BIRD.

Is the Largest of the CrouseS ana
Feeds MostIy on Sage-Has manu-
some Coat of PIumes and makes
Savory Roast.
The desert grouse is a representa-
tive American bird. Ii is, of course
not as exalted and heroic as the eagle
and is not spread over so wide an
area as the common chicken, but for
all that the desert grouse is typlcaIly
American. The bird is more ialhli-
iarly known to travellers, dwellers III
the arid and semi-arid regions of the
United States. and sportsmen. as the
sage hen," and. as n matter of course
where there are sage hens there are
sage cocks. Often the bird is referred
to rs the prairie chicken. but the ref
erence is inaccurate. 1t is a game
bird of great beauty. 1t was named
"Cock of the Plains by Lewis and
Clark who, though perhaps not the
first whites to make the Acquaintance
of this bird, at least were the hrst
white men to identify it rs distinct
ornithological species and to pause
long enough in the ardous business
of exploration to give it name
Found Throughout the Arid Region.
1t is seen in all the arid and semi
arid parts of the land where 1t has
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29

In the Colonial style with white walls
and woodwork and Is furnished with
rare old pieces of mahogany furniture
most OF which were discovered by
Mrs. Roosevelt in out-ofthe-way local
tiles in Virginia and Maryland. The
dinner Is served by colored waters
and the table is laid with Mrs. Roose-
yelt's now china-dellcate ware taste
fully ornamented with a Colonial pat
tern in gold, each piece bearing tiny
representation Of the seal OF the
United States in colors.
The dinner is prepared in the re-
fitted White House kitchens, which are
located in the basement directly below
the private dining room. There are
two kitchens, one about % by 40 feet
in size and, opening from it, smaller
kitchen of about one-half the size. Or
dinarily the equipment of the smaller
or family kitchen is sufficient for the
preparation of the dinner for select
party at the Executive Mansion, but
at Christmas the great hooded range
in the larger tiled kitchen is brought
into use for the roasting of the thirty
pound Christmas turkey, sent by Hor-
ace Vose, the Rhode Island farmer who
for thirty-five years past has sent each
year a magnificent specimen of the
king of fowls for the President 8
Christmas dinner.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29
cobblers from Far and Wide.

Indeed. the Presidents Christmas
dinner does not cost him very much, for
Uncle Sam pays the wages OF many OF
the White House employees VINO nave
a hand in preparing IL and almost all
of the goodies" which grace the ies-
tive board are donated by admirlhS
friends of the President. Not only does
Horace Vose send a prize-winninS
turkey. but gobblers that rival 1t in size
come from poultry raisers in other sec
tions of the country, and there are
donations of cranberries from cape
Cod. a parcel of the famous Roosevelt
potatoes" sent by the farm hands on the
Presidents estate at Oyster Bay ana
other delicacies sent by "neighbors
far and near.
Such marketing as is necessary to
fill out the menu for the Presidents s
Christmas dinner is done by Henry
Pinckney, n colored man who holds me
position of White House Steward and
draws a salary of 81 500 year from the
government for managing the domestic
affairs at the White House. A day or
two before Christmas Steward Pinck-
nov sets ont in the unpretertiouS
vehicle which serves as the Presidents
private market wagon and makes the
round of the mark ketS-for the Whlte
House patronage is not confined to any
one merchant In preparation for the
Christmas dinner it is presumably not
necessary to purchase any coffee, sugar.
salt or other staples, for all such sup
plies for the Presidential mansion are
purchased in quantity and kept In a
storeroom adjoining the kitchen. which
looks like full-fledged grocery store.
All in all, the White House Christ
mas festival comes pretty near being
a counterpart of the old-time. old
fashioned restitution OF our forcfa-
thers.
It is well on toward $50 o'clock ere
the last piece of mince pie has disap-
peared. and then the entire party, from
the President to Quentin, the youngest
OCCUPANT of the White House, makes
n bee line for the big East Room.
where a rousing frolic winds up the
holiday.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29

not been exterminated, and is very
common in those great dry stretches
of the continent where man has not
crowded it to death and where the
sage brush grows. To say that this
bird has its home in the droughty re-
gions of the United States is TO say
how extensively it is distributed, for
everybody who knows anything about
the country, knows how vast is that
empire laid down on the early maps
as "desert'". The word desert as ap-
piled to the unwatered reaches of the
west is misleading. On those des-
erts there is plenty OF vegetation and
animal life. Though in many places
water is scarce. life may be easily sus-
tanned in these American deserts. lr-
rigation shows how fertile these lands
are when the water is poured on.
All over dry lands grows that wild
shrub, called by Eotanists artemisia,
but which everybody else calls sage
brush.
Feeds Mostly on Sage.
No doubt it belongs to the same
family as does the garden sage of the
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29
CATHOLIC DIVORCES.
TATIC4y ANNULS MARRIAGES
IN CERTAIN C4SES.-ATTOR-
NEYS OF ST. PETER.
Ambassador MhiteIaw Reid appoints
son of English Earl as Chief Lackey
The Tipping Question.-OIher or
eign Gossip.

The Tipping QueStion.-OIher or
eign Gossip.
1t is stated on authority that the
Vatican will always annul a marriage
If IL can be proved to its entire salts
faction that one or the other of the
parties to the alliance was not free
agent in the matter. One of the most
notable cases of annulment of a prince
Is marriage, on grounds such as these.
was the dissolution some years ago of
the marriage bonds of the reigning
Prince of Monaco and his first wife,
Lady Mary Hamilton. At the same
time the Vatican pronounced the mar
riage null and void it also pronounced
that her son was, in every sense of the
word, legitimate. Princess Mary, whose
mother was princess of the reigning
honse of Baden and whose father was
the English Duke of Hamilton, was
forced by her kinsman and guardian,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
FRENCH WATERS THEORY.
Always Eating the Same Kind of Bread Cause of Internal
 Derangements.

q have a theory about dyspepsia and indigestion" said the head waiter in a French restaurant. that think ought to be considered by sufferers from stomach complaints. believe that much of this class of trouble is due to peopies per sistency in eating the same kind of bread for weeks. months and sometimes years, without a change.
 Now, nobody does that with any other kind of food; meat. for instance. or vegetables. or fruit or other dessert. Yet the average man will eat the same kind of bread twice or even three times day and think himself wise The stom- ach. unuess 1t is of extraordinary eonstl- tuition, will naturally get tired of this monotony and refuse properly to digest this eternal bread Then the bread eater knows he has dyspepsia and starts on q course of dieting-generally sticking re- ligiously to the same old bread-that most often leaves him in a worst plight than ever.
 There are many varieties of bread oorn,. rye. whole wheat graham. Bos- ton brown. aerated. barley. Vienna and French bread. All of these differ in the making and the material. and if the av- craze man would only take a turn at some of them for 8 change from his reg ular loaf he would find himself health Ter and happier"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
MEANING or SUNS ECLIPSE
Homely Illustration Serves to De- scribe Cause and Peculiarities
 of ths Phenomenon.

Tn these days of popular astronomy for tho million, 1t seems scarcely nec- esary to describe at length what a solar eclipse means. Suffice 1t to say that it is a temporary blanketing of the sun by the moon coming between 1t and the earth Both the sun and the moon are of the same apparent size, but at times the moon, in her orbit, seems to be decidedly the larger. and if then the moon passes exactly between the earth and the sun a total solar eclipse ensues and is visible as such at those portions of the earth within the shadow-track, and as par tial eclipse along broad strip on either side of this.
 The shadow thrown on a blank wall by any globular body held be tween a lighted lamp and the wall Is a simple and homely illustration of an eclipse. The shadow will be seen to be much darker in the middle than at the edges, and the former is known sci entifcally as the umbra, while the lesser haze is termed the penumbra. If the observer now so stations him self that his eye views the globu;ar body from the center of the umbra, the lamp is seen to be entirely hidden, but when viewed from the penumbra part of the lamp is visible. Such is precisely what happened in a solar eclipse For two or three minutes the moon completely hides the sun. and the light of the latter is shut off from the observers of the'earth, but because of the distance the three planets are from one another the shadow of the moon is cast on only small portion of the earth's surface. Where the eclipse is total, or almost so, the light enjoyed at the greatest phase, or mid dle of the eclipse. will be similar to that of bright moonlit night.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
oonsolation in Gold Waves.

We Americans are always talking about our mountains of gold and coal and iron, of our fat fields of corn and wheat. but few of us ever realize that we have in our climate a great advaf,- tags over all other nations. says Cen tury. h the cold wave which in sum msr and winter 90 often sweeps across tn land and sends the thermometet tumbling 30 degrees in almost as many minutes. we have constant, never- diminishing asset of priceless value The wave acts ss a tonic. but, unlike any tonic mads by man, 1t carries nd reaction No other land has cold waves like ours. To the cold, dry air of this periodic cold wave. which brings ex- traordlnary changes of temperature, we owe much of the keen. alert mind, the lnossaznt. un-emitting energy of our kmsrican race.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
THEIR WONDERFUL BARGAIN
It Was a Handsome Auto, But the Cost Was Augmented by
 SundrY Mishaps.

Mrs. Gunbusta came rushing into the room breathlessly, relates the New York Herald.
 Throwing her fur auto coat caTelessly on divan and laying her grim goggles on the Aeolian, she gasped:
 "oh, Fred, bought handsome ma chine this morning for only $S75."
 Bully for you!" shouted Gunbusta, joyously, laying down the Motor Mag azine he had been busily engaged in reading when his wife entered.
 But" she stammered. 'in my anxiety to hurry home in it and tell you of my wonderful bargain l was horribly ar rested several times for exceeding the speed limit and 1t cost me $500 for fines and"-
 Never mindthat, dearest; it's cheap even at those figures"
 And then I had to pay s200 to mer- chants for goods of theirs that ran into and ruined, and"-
 What of it?" interrupted Gunbusta. Flight hundred and seventy-flve dol lars Is cheap for good ma"- 70 "And-er-rand I gave $500 to people I had run down and who threatened law suits, and all because was so desirous of hurrysng home to tell you of my won- derful barg''-
 But before Mrs. Gunbusta had com pleted the sentence her husband rushed into the back yard and tried to run over himself with his automobile.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
LOOMING EVENTS-~

Sept 3-Clambake and entertainment given by the 0akville Outing club.
 Sept 15-Reopening dance and re- ception of Miss Nellye T. Reeds dan- cling academy at 10S Bank street, Jones & Morgan building.
 Sept 10. 20, 21. 22, 2S, 25-old fash toned fair of Co c. 2nd Regt c. \. O. at Auditorium.
 Sept 25-openlng reception of Prot C. A. Balley's school for dancing.
 Sent. 3O-oet. 7-Fifth annual fair given by the Brooklyn athletic club at B. A. c. hall.
 Oct +Social promenade, Division 4, A. O. H.. at the Casino. Polls build ing. East Main street
 Oct s-Grand scenic concert given by Prof D. J. Dwyer, assisted by Mrs Jennie Campbell -Keough. under the auspices of the Ladies' auxiliary, A. O. H., at Polls theater.
 Oct 12-I3-14-16-First grand fair for the benefit of new church of Si John of the Cross, town hall, Middle bury.
 Oct 28--Masquersde ball given by the workingmen's circle. Local 26 ai the Auditorium.
 Nov e-l5-Annual fair for the bene- fit of St Teresa's church, at town hall. Wooibury.
 Oct sO-s1-whlst and entertainment by Queens Daughters.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
Jacques
VAUDEVILLE.

The vaudeville season, for 1905-6 ill this city was ushered in yesterday. Louis B. Madden, local boy, presides ably at the piano this season. The performance marks the return to the vaudeville stage after an absence of seven or eight years of dainty Joseph inc Conan, of the original -Four Co., hans Miss Cohan has selected clev- erly conceived sketch by Will M. Cres- sy, Friday, the 1Sth," and when rounded into shape will prove a sue cess. It is well filled with bright simi- lies and superstitious questions, gives Miss Conan opportunity to introduce two songs, Signs" and '"Tta Gentle Art of Burglary" both of which were we'll received. Of her dancing, for which she is justly celebrated she does too little. No more graceful or finished dancer is there upon the American stage, and she must sustain her reputation. Her versatility stands her in good stead, and she lends to the sketch beauty, grace and yi- lvacity.l Her osupport isn goOds,sEred Niblo, who in the long ago used to de liver his monologue at local church fairs, shares the honors of this week s bill with his clever wife. MT. Niblo's monologue Is original, witty and up to date, ranking well with any we have heard here. Murphy and Andrews con tribute an excellent singing and talk ing act, and were justly applauded, Rita Thurman, somewhat after Happy Fanny Fields, consumes ten minutes, Caron and Farnum do some funny stunts in acrobatlcs, ably assisted by two of Stage Manager Fitzgeralds s staff. The Three Westons are this sea son appearing without their father, and present their musical sketch with the same care as heretofore and the usual success. Nalada, the European act proved 10 be pretty dancing act re lnforced by electrical and scenic dls- plays that must be seen to be appre- ciated. The American Electrograph shows splendid pictures, rounding our n pleasing bill.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
MOST DANGEROUS LIQUID.
An Acid That Can Be Kept in None Other Than Bottle of
 Solid Gold.

A solid gold bottle stood on thu chemists table, says the Minneapolis Journal.
 Tn that bottle" he said, "my hydro fiuoric acid is kept. Hydrofiuoric acit Is used in glass-etching. The etching on glass thermometers is all done witf it. It is colorless. It looks like water But drop of it on your hand would bore clean through to the other siit like a bullet, Its inhalation is sure death.
 "Hydrofuoric acid can be safely kep only in gold bottles. Sometimes bot ties of India rubber or lead or of plat mum are used None of these. though is as safe as gold. Even when this aod is in a gold bottle precaution! must be taken; 1t is volatile and { parafin-covered plate must be clamp ed tight over the bottles mouth. Alst the temperature of the room mus not rise over SO degrees or the golt bottle will burst
 "This acid, whose sole use is 1T glass-etching, is probably the mos dangerous thing in the world to worl with The steeple jack. the lion tanner the diver, even the Japanese' and Rus sian soldiers do not take their live' in their hands to half the extent thu glass etcher does when, with his gold vial of hydrohuoric acid, he etchei the scales on our thermometers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
MOON AN IDEAL BALL PARK
The hare Atmosphere of Martian Sat.
 elite Described by col- lege Professor.

Pnopus' a satellite of Mars, is the ideal place for baseball players, ac cording to Prof. Ray Forest Moultor Of the University of Chicago, who de clared to his students in astronomy yesterday that on Phobus, which Ii from nve to 30 miles in diameter, g man can toss ball around the entire planet and catch it on it's return.
 poor amateur could compel the ball to take on curves in the atmos phere of Phobus that would put tc shame the best efforts of "Christy' Mathewson or the eccentric Waddell Then, too, PhObus would be a great place for the managers. Salaries would have to be paid to but ont man. The pitcher could fulfill the catcher's task as well as his own, and it would be an easy matter for him to fill the outer gardens, as ball bat ted into the little resisting atmosphere surrounding the satellite would remain in the air for several minutes, giving the twirier plenty of time to move from the slab to the outfield.
 For theainhabitants of Deinos, the other satellite of Mars, to play catch with his neighbors on Phobus would be a simple mornings recreation. He could toss the ball to a waiting catch CT on the sister satellite and then per form his mornings work before the ball would again seek his level aftel its lofty flight from Phobus.
 Prof. Moulton did not advise any of his students to Iced baseball teams to Phobus and Deinos, at least moi until navigation of the air has beer mastered, but he explained to then how the weak power of gravitatior would make it possible for a man tc throw cruve around the satellite without overexerting himself.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
ORDER OF NOTICE.

Mary G. Gartz vs Herman Gartz. State of Connecticut, New Haven
 County. ss. New Haven, August --s
 A. D. 1905.
 Upon the complaint of the sad NIary c. Gartz praying for reasOsls therein set forth for divorce, now pending before the superior court in and for New Haven county, to be held on the first Tuesday of September, A. ID. 1905. it appearing Co and being found bY the subscribing authority That the said defendant has gone to parts unknown. therefore
 Ordered. that notice of the pendency of said complaint be given by puhlish- fur fhis order in the Waterbury Even ing Democrat a newspaper printed in ssid New Haven county. once a week three weeks excessively. commencing on CT before tbe 18th day Of Augusi. A. D. 1so5
 JOHN CuRRIER GALLAGHER Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court
 fer New Haven couutJ. e-24ssoo4
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
NOTICE.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN 0R. DINANcE CONCERNING THE
 FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Be it ordained by the Board of Alder
 men of the City ef Waterbuxy:
 Section 70 of the Ordinance of the City of Waterbury concerning Fire Depart meRt, passed by the Board of Aldefmen April 9, 1898, Is hereby amended by striking out of the Hrzt line the werds with oT,s so that said section when amended shaIi read as fuliOws:
 Section % Absence from duty with out leave shan be followed hy tuss of pay. Any fireman injured CT otksrwise disabled in the faithful performAnre of his official duties shall as soon as rsao- ticahle thereafter, report to the Captain of his company, who shall in tara re- purt in writing to the Chisf Enzinser, the circumstances in full. giving tho time and placs such alleged Injury uas received. and sueh report shan hs e. companied Eith e esrtihaate froz bis attending phTsiciau- he Chief saau forward sBch report and physiciant csr- tidcats. together uith snch rscounenta- iions as he may ehooss to endorse t1erz- on. to the board st its next rsz1Iar meeting thersafter; and said board naT allow such fireman fun pay foT tk< ti@s necsssarilv losf by him in rerpTzrfn4 from saeh injury or disability.
 Pzssef and adopted tF the Ec1rt 1I Aldermen. Azr1zt zis 1906. ofefalits Ssptenber I. ie15
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