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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
MADE CONFEDERATE SEALS
Adventures of Herman Baumgarten, Engraver, Who Has Just Died
 in Washington.

Herman Baumgarten. the official seal maker for the southern confederacy, has just died in Washington, says the New York Sun. He used to say that he had made every seal used by the confed- crate government. and that he was reg ulaTly employed for that purpose. It was in the spring of 1861 that, at the solicita- tion of Senator Benjamin, he joined for tunes with the confederacy.
 'Tfirst went to Montgomery, Ala, which was then the seat of government" said kr. Baumgarten. T was armed with letters of introduction 10 Alexander H. Stephens. who immediately offered me a good salary. which I declined, agreeing to do all the vork-engraTng-at price to be set by myself. My offer was accepted. and at once set to work en- grsving the great seal.
 While at Montgomery I practically completed engraving all the seals for the several departments of the govern ment secured the services of two ex- perisneed engravers from New Orleans but after working two weeks, and earn ing $500 each. they threw up their jobs and left had only worked six weeks when I sent for ny wife and child, and I vas able 10 put Sz.209 in my wife's hands when she reached me.
 When the seat of government was moved from Montgomery to Richmond I accompanied the officials. travelling on the special train Immediately after reaching Richmond I set about estzb- fishing s plant and soon had quite a shop After finishing the seals set about preparing 10 make designs for stamps and money on wood plates. Eventually steel plates were obtained and beautiful specimens of the en- grzTsT's art were turned out, squalfng the bsst work of to-day
 Hr. Baungarten ran the blockade in the closing days of the struggle. In the latter two years of the var the subject Of erecting Hirts for the coinage of sfI- yer and gold rzs discussed. and Baum Esrtsn vas sent to ErEisno 10 make the E7e7ssefg zrra1 EeTZse1sE TOT 1ol1E tnts- He vas furnished vith credentials to psrzo1s ia England and drafts on the LoZEoa fiscal sgzzt of the confsds-zrs States. amounting to more than E7.oo1.- oS1- -Ith which 10 purchase Eachfn- err
 He vent from Richuord 10 wIlrink- to1s where the sta-t to run the blockacs vas to bs made. Presenting his cre6er- tizls to the ozesr ia charge of the port. hs pzt aboard hroekzEs runrer. due fo get out st the srzt favorable opport8- nf<T.
 Afts- wsitine az entire day. Mr. Barn Ez-zsz srp-oseked tks captain and asked ersasoz for Eks delzy. Thsczp- tzzn ka1fsd kiz a pslrof marine q Izzsss
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
WATCH AUTO BOATS.
GOVERNMENT EXPERTS KEEP CLOSE TAB ON MOVEMENTS.
Naval Officers Have for Their Object the Acquisition of Fast En- zines for Use on Tor
 pedo Boats.

Ever since the motor boat and the speedy auto-boat began to show what 1t could do. government men have been much interested in 1t Whenever there are races or speed trials with some of the more important boats talk Ing part, a representative of the navy is sure to be on hand and the work of each boat is carefully noted, states Pearson's Magazine. All possible data is collected, so that the officials of the navy know exactly what the auto boat and the gas engine can do. At the last power boat show in New York. Rear Admiral Charles B. Coghlan, repre- scented the secretary of the navy at the opening. and many officers became fa- miliar with every exhibit
 The gas engine has done 80 well with these fast launches that it is very probable that the gas engine will soon be tried in the torpedo boat. It IS probable that the first experiments will be made in small boats that can be carried on the dayits of the battle ships and cruisers. Some time ago experiments were made with small tor pedo boats that were to be run by steam engines. These boats were only SO feet long, and were to be part of the equipment of some big fighting ma chine, but with their steam engines and boilers which. because of the speed required. had to be large. they were too heavy; and the experiment was a failure. Now If the gas engine can drive a boat 20. 25 or 30 miles an hour, 1t can serve the same purpose in a torpedo boat Another advantage that 1t has over steam is that it is al vays ready to do its work Touching q button or pulling { lever will start the engine working. and the boat is or at full speed al once.
 Life boats fitted with gasoline mo tors have been built and are being used at the Sandy Hook and Fire Island life saving stations The huIiE of these boats are just the same ss the regulation life boats. They are non ezpslzsbls and nonsinksble. being it. ted with vAter-tight compartments. Saying a boat is non-cspsizable does not mean that if will not turn over. but that If an ugly sea should cause the boat to roll under the water 1t would right itself al once. This Is sc- couplished by a proper adjustmsnt of the weights on the boat and by making it verY buoyznt
 Ths trouble in putting e motor in one of fhese bosz ~zz that If the craft turned turtle. es the sailors call it tks engine would bs sranped Then. too. the screE would gst sut of the water. and with the pressure of the water on it you'd rsvolTe af Hueh rate that prob abr the shaft bsirg unable to stand the strain, would break. An ingsnfous architect solved these problsms- The uotor is placed l1s vater-tight com nsrtEent. and bT . IIttls electric ss<
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15

and told him to take alook. The glasses revealed IA Yankee gunboats lying of the harbor in 6 semicirele.
 Do you think you'd try to get through that?" asked the captain. We can only go under the most favorable conditions, and am ready, rather than be captured, to blow up the ship and all on board"
 The vessel had cargo of cotton, and most of the bales were ranged upon the decks along the rails, fastened together with chains and forming a bulwark about the height of mans head, being a splendid protection against a cannon shot Mir. Baumgarten was led to spot immediately over the forecastle. There the captain, lifting tarpaulin which covered the deck, displayed to the aston ished gaze of Mir. Baumgarten about six bushels of coarse gunpowder, which the captain said was to be used in blowing everybody to hell if capture seemed in- eyitable."
 At midnight the blockade runner started. Bermuda was reached safely, but Mir. Baumgarten had to wait there for two weeks to get vessel to Liver pool, and this delay proved disastrous to him in a financial way.
 An uneventful voyage brought him t6 Liverpool, and thence to London. There he presented his credentials and drafts and sought to get down to busi- ness at once The fiscal agent, however. was out of funds, and handing him e200 in gold as pocket money. di. rected him to put up at the Queen ho- tel, where all his expenses would be paid until news could be received from Richmond.
 What the fiscal agent next heard from Richmond was the news of the downfall of the coufederacy. This left the fiscal agent and Mfr. Baumgarten in the lurch, but Mir Baumgarten was pro- vided with a ticket to Paris. and a let- ter of introduction to Mr. sideIl, then representing the confederate govern nent at the French capital. Mir. sidell took care of hiu until the president is- sued the amnesty proclamation when he pulled out for home.
 T got here fn time" said Mir. Baum. gzrtsn. ito be arrested on an average of sir times a dsy. and if had arrived tso weeks sooner I suppose I would have been torn 10 pieces"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15

And now the children about De Witt Clinton park call it 'our park, {" jealous ly guard it from harm, zealously labor at the little beds apportioned out to them.
 Within an oval iron fence that marks off the farm plot, are 360 tiny farms, a.. of the same size. Not all, fl is needles to mention, are of the same degree O improvement, for of course in an un- selected community of this size thers are slothful drones as well as busy bees: but the average is pretty good, the re- suit as a whole quit remarkable. The farming is of the truck-farm order. the crops radishes, onions. carrots, beets, corn, etc. Like the typical rustic, who rises with the sun. many a little farmer is up at early dawn and out looking to his crops; working away at marauding insects, seeing whether yesterdays sun has withered his herbage. if rain is promised for to-day. Nothing has ever come into their lives of such deep inter est; the impression made is not merely for the day.
 All sorts and conditions of children engage in the work. children of self-re- specting working people, and a large number that belong to the great un- washed. Not all that wanted 10 have chance were able to get fl. Early in the summer there was a waiting list of POO. Several of the lucky ones that got in now see for the first time the manner in which grow the vegetables that they had hitherto beheld only on peddlers' wag- ons or at the corner grocery. Their curiosity is intense; 1t is to them indeed 6 miracle when seeds turn into waving corn stalks. succulert green onion tons appear. and feathery green carrot tops.
 It js the intention to make the park a field for nature study. the little ones of the poor are 10 have granted a like opportunity 10 that enjoyed by the children of wealth. make acquaintance with bird and flower and plant life Weeds and wild growths are 10 be ls. grow at the edge of the farm that the children may observe them. PiekirEs from plants are to be distributed among the public schools. and presently fovsrE are 10 be cultivated and distributed r. seems the beginning ofs most admirable work.
 ELLEN THAYER
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
A CITY FARM SCHOOL
IA VALUABLE ENTERPRISE Is
 STARTED IN NEW YORK.
Members of Street Gangs Bscomt Happy Farmsrs-Girls and Boys Labor in the Garden Plots
 Ma f,ya Cf,,dv
IN AIuIt SIuuy'


 We have evidences on all sides of ar eager return to the soil. Not alone fl 1t manifested in the great number O rich people that spend many months o. the year in great country places, bu in the very heart of our great cities { taste of rural life Is offered for the enjoyment and regeneration of brec and born cockneys.
 More and more freedom is allowed 1T the public parks. more and more park are being established, many small loases in the desert of crowded districts in Chicago they are planning forest reserve belt, a circling woodland thai ds to be kept open to town folk thai long for a bit of camp life and primi- tive freedom. The design is to have everything as free as possible to make Rse of the minimum of restriction
 In New York a farm school set ir hhe midst of tenements this summeI is making that portion of the great pyercrovdsd town a delightful summer sresort to some hundreds of children frhe street gangs" that formerly made vacation days of summer hideous now shave their energies engaged in the farm school; both boys and girls worE fat farming" and look to the care oi he recreation ground. which bears the name of De Witt Clinton park.
 When this new recreation ground Eas lopened some time ago lady. Mrs. Hen sry Parsons. bethought her of the oppor- Ttunity presented for giving the needy fehildren of the surrounding district a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
Hnrld,s oldsst Repuhlfe.

svitzerIand is oelebrsting the ami zsrsary of it's Inauguration under a federal government, which stamps the country as the oldest republic Ia the world. The Swiss Confederation had its origin fu s league composed for purposes of defense by the men of the three eantons of Uri Schvyz and Un- .srrslteu % far back as 1zS1. AS yssrs vent o1 other esntons joined the Confederation. some of the latest being the oantors of Geneva. valais and Nou- ehatsl.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
ACROSS THE FIELDS AFAR.

listen to the Sunday bells
 Across the fields afar, Beyond the din of city and
 The roaring of the car; And ev'ry echo falling soft,
 It calls me back again To shady lanes and sunny meads Of valley and of plain. see the quiet people stroll. And hear their passing feet, Again see the little church That fronts the village street The quaint old pews they beckon me. The pulpit overhead, And cen the marble stones above My own beloved dead. Again in fancy leaning there, Within the corner pew. look upon the faces of
 The old-time friends and true. linear the lowly murmurs of The softly whispered prayer; Again I see the pastor with His crown of silver hair. The lilac bushes laden with Sweet censers, they distil Perfume and shower petals on The shady window siIi. And Oh. the echoes softly fall On valley and on plainl And oh, the bells they call me to The little church again. !. r. Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
ro4 a For~.re

!, Uncle Nshsuiah. the proprietor Of . rsnshzckIs little hotsl in Mo5iis. vss zzhast at finding a newly arrived guest with his ara around his dzEghtsr's ~aiEt
 Manly. tell that niggah 70 take his xh- way from round Tof Esss hs f-zixnsr1iv eer-snded
 Tel hin Fo'sef- said A-snda ~Hss uEe-1 stranger to ne-1p- rinco<ts Mazzzzne
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
ELLEN THAYER
TaAc with Jauau.

Jspan's purchssss from the United States ia the hseal rear just close amounted to s51.72l.T .Tzs. sn increase os sZ7. .000. .o0o over 1894. her sales to the United States aggregated t5z.I135T2, an Increase of e .s100J1. In ths thrss yez-s 1s9s. 1904 and Is95. the United States bought s14z1Sl.0g3 worth O. goods from Japan and paid ths bill with ss7. .s9o. .100 vOr-h Of Amsricsn goods and s4s.9eo0o3 Of Anerioza gold.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
POINT AND HoNIToN LACE.
The Vogue of Hand-Work Brings to the Fore Products Turned Out
 by Skillful Needlewoman.

Fine muslin braid and a small pat termed Honiton are used in making this lace, which is an easily worked and ef- feetivs design.
 Materials required for one yard of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15

pliance the machinery is stopped when the boat rolls over beyond certain angle and starts again by the same cleo trio current when the boat resumes its even keel These boats have been sub jected to most severe tests and have proved great successes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15

ace: Nine yards muslin braid. two yards Honiton. two yards purl edge. three skeina thread.
 No more charming present could be bestowed at Christmas than a bit of this exquisite hand-vork-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
Frust and Nut rxUors.

Fruit and nuts valued at SIS. .sss.sss were exported from the United states durfng the rear ended Jane ss hzL ss agaiast similar exports va1ssd d 57o .s78ess fr ths rear eaaez znna Ss. 1894
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
Mnnts carla sniridea

| The ruined gamblers who kill them selves st Monte Carlo are buried to gether ia a cemetery within half e nile of the Casino.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
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Don't saub e man beezzse hs n rich He S1sy bs zs poor zs Toa are some daT-S1icsso Daily EsEa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
sznllar s.an@

Crooodfles. like ostriehss. eonsuns pebbles and small stones for the pssr- pose of grinding up their food.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15
Impruviceua

z Some men are prepared for everything but a6vsrzity-the one thing they should be prepared for.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-15

wholesous ard improving saE-sr- Co different fr-u the sort usually fall ing 10 the los q the poor during the heated tern ia toEn- And she vzs per nittsd to cz-rT o1f her Idea, the zz- thoT1fiss ssprscszazg the visaou of ss- eurizE the services of the children o1 stheir si5ss Perhaps it is rot generally known that park hoz-1s are oozpslls1 to erpsn5 thozs1z6s yssriy ia rsp&irf1e the damages wrge<ht ty ranta1s. who break 6ouz kezgez zzd fences. Euti- late trees. pail soEsz. SezsroT zwzz- Eo win ga ezsEy fs wise move.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-16

For progressive card parties. Nice
souvenir. New and unique Twenty
four in package. Thirty-five cents
per package at Echo office.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-16
Church Services.

CoNGREG ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS every Sunday.
Sunday school at 10 Goa. m.
Public worship at II co a. m.
Evening service at Z 30 p m.
Meeting for conference, prayer and bible
study at the church every Saturday at Z 30.
The Ladies Guild meets every Thursday at
2 90 p. M at the home of members, as announced
Busy ices meet every Saturday at 2 90 p. M,
at the home OF the members.
The old building will be used for religious SER
vices while the new one Is being constructed
services.
w. S. BIXBY, Pastor.
. CATHoLIC-Services at the Catholic church
every fourth Sunday in the month; mass at
7:30 a Sunday school at p NJ; vespers
80 p. m; low mass following monday.
Father H. Colin. Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-16
The New Outlet For Japan.

A prominent japanese official In
Washington, whose name is withheld,
is quoted as saying that at the end of
the war In the east the mikados gov
eminent will encourage the soldiery to
settle in Korea and Manchuria. This
course will eventually make those two
countries Japanese in fact, even
though they do not remain under the
suzerainty of Japan.
There will doubtless be little need to
stimulate the settlement of soldiers in
the conquered territory. 1t usually
follows in a war where the native land
Is overcrowded with population, as In
the case of Japan.
And where the soldiers take up new
homes a large emigration of their non
combatant friends is sure to follow.
1t has always been the policy OF con-
querors to colonize in their new posses
sions, and japanese statesmen have
read history Alright IL they make use
of the present advantage to extend
new civilization on the mainland. Re-
spect is always paid to the best man
In a conflict.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-16

The mystery of sun spots in their
influence or lack of it upon the wealth
er of this globe is not to be solved
very soon, according to a writer in the
Scientific American. He says:
II we only had behind us hundred
years of good meteorological observations
and an unbroken record of observations
of sun spots and prominences, we would
be in far better position to determine
the influence of the sun on the weather.
Unfortunately meteorological records are
not of any value further back than about
fifty years. In the case of solar phe-
nomena the investigator is still more re-
stricted, for although the observations of
sun spots have been made in more or
less crude manner for many years, 1t
was not until 1880 that systematic obser-
walton was adopted. Moreover, the solar
important indicators of the
suns activity, were not recorded until
1872
This author adds that there is
periodicity in the number Of spots and
that they range maximum to minimum
in about eleven years. A maximum
has just been passed-that is to say,
the number was greatest at the latter
part of 1904 and has begun to decrease.
at the minimum only few spots can
be seen.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-16
Army Strength In Manchuria.

There is a mystery about the num-
Der of troops fighting in Manchurla
which will probably not be cleared up
until the day of official reports at the
end of the war. One thing noticeable
In the accounts given by correspond
ents is the repetition of the names of
leaders In the great battles. All told,
the japanese seem to possess but half
a dozen leaders of prominence. One OF
the number Oyama, is the general in
chief and not leadeI of men, while
five others are army commanders and
therefore not at the head of the line
when fighting.
Originally Japanese division had d
paper strength of $4,000 men. On that
basis force of 100000 would COM
prise about twenty-seyen divisions, di-
vided probably into nine corps. a
corps commander should be doing
things to appear in official and news
paper dispatches. In the civil war Han
cock, "Stonewalr' Jackson, Sheridan,
Longstreet, Thomas, Fighting joe
Hooker and others made fame as corps
commanders.
A division commander with 10000
men at his back should also make tell
ing strokes. 1t is not likely that the
division with a paper strength of TO-
600 men early in 1904 now musters
half that number for battle. Japan
maintained last year heavy guards in
Korea and at the seaports, all Of which
doubtless figured in the numbers esti-
mated to be in Manchuria. Nearly all
of the original detachments for these
purposes have marched to the front,
but they would not make good the
losses in battle.
Russia makes better showing than
Japan In the number of generals who
have been conspicuous in battle, yet
out of a dozen so distinguished several
have been wounded or otherwise re-
leved and new names brought to the
fore. Over each 100000 men there
should be, including the chief, at least
five leaders of individual distinction.
In the little Boer war there were more
regulations made "at the lannon's
mouth" by subordinate leaders than in
the whole series of the SO called great
est battles of modern times. Yet there
has been brilliant work on both sides.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-16
Law Is King.

1t ought to be easier to get rid Of
bad law than to depose bad king, and
also easier to amend an imperfect law
than to reform faulty monarch. Law
Is the ultimate authority in this coun-
try, and theoretically the people bow
to it. but practically there are so
many evasions for what seem to be
good reasons that the majesty OF the
law Is violated. To evade particular
law because it is bad casts discredit
upon the principle of law Comment
ing upon the general disposition to
make new laws, the Saturday Evening
Post says:
We do not need new laws; we have too
many already. What we need is the SEN
sible and honest enforcement of existing
laws. And we shall never be greatly bet
ter off until we shut our ears against re-
formers shouting for new legislation and
tricky politicians calling for new grants
of power when their only purpose is 10
distract public attention from the tact
that they already have under existing law
all the power they need If they would but
use it. Sensible judges with fogleSS minds
sensible executives with courage and hon
esty-that Is our need. And swelling the
statute books only postpones the filling of
that need.
1t has been held that the only way
to kill q bad law is to enforce it and
make it unpopular. That is a drastic
method, but it inculcates the idea that
law is to be obeyed because it is law
Our executives, judges and lawmakers
are themselves accountable to law, so
there can be no reasonable pleading Of
discrimination. A perfect law may be
impossible, but perfect respect for the
intent of law will do away with many
of the evils that may come from Inn
perfect statutes.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-16

The head master of the Kingston
Grammar school In Surrey, England,
urges parents to cut out the vest, or
waistcoat, from their sons wardrobes
and substitute the sweater or flannel
shirt He says there would be less
danger Of chill after exciting physical
exercises and outdoor sports.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-16
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