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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
F. J. Mckeon Cafe

Successor to Stapleton Brothers.
 691 SOUTH MAlI ST. Choice Ales. Wines and Liquors. Favoritc brands of Cigars. Complete line of Case Goods. All kinds of Liquors in bulk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08

II is constant occasion of regret tD sincere democrats to see some of their number Stultifying themselves by vot
 lug for absolutely democratic bills, as they did this week when the propo- sition to pay special subsidy to the Southern railway of S142.I2S was un- der consideration Ii is claimed that 1t IS necessary to pay this sum to the Southern railway in order to obtain quick mail service to the south. but the claim is spacious ono and those in a position 10 know the inside facts declare that tbe Southern railway would never take off it's fast train. even were 1t 10 receive no subsidy from the government. Ii is not, how. "vcr. entirely the fault of members of congress that they vote for such meas ures, but it Is due. rather, to thcir home newspapers which too often in. sist on such care of the railroads and which would defeat the representative who dared to vote against the best home mail service" X large majority of republicans and democrats voted this handsome present to the Southern railway and there is little likelihood of its being cut of in the senate.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08

teetotaler in the world. This will. gratify those who have been accused of drinking like one,--New York Her aid.
 If your stomach is normally healthy says the Nebraska State
 Journal, you can eat big bowl of
 cornmeal mush and milk for supper ! and sleep like a kitten till the roosters crow at daylight" But why mush and milk if the stomach.s 0. K?
 Some persons hold that the state po- 1 liccmen are chosen because of their , training for police work. Be that as
 it may 1t is conceivable that Ccnnecti- 1 cut could worry along without the state police and wouldn't miss the force if Senator Phelan had his way
 New London Day.
 To appeal to the good sense Of the 1 English press is useless. But sense of decency ought to prevent it from l publishing, at the risk of provoking q l European war, every sensational fake that alarmist correspondents of ana. 1 teur mischief makers may transmit or | invent-New York Herald.
 Texas has new divorce law, de signed to prevent the obtaining ot di-
 1orces with the idea of immediate re
 marriage. The law compels the plain fir to remain single three years and
 the other party to remain single a 1 year. There has been long crusade in Texas against divorce and the rev | law is the rcsult.-Ansonia Sentinel. ''lf a coat of paint is applied to q
 mans body" said the scientific board
 CT. he will die within a few hours
 Tt doesn't seem plausible rejoined : the cheerful Idiot. when you take into 1 consideration that an occasional coat Of whitewash is necessary to keep [ some politicians from becoming +tead
 on"&. Chicago Daily News.
 There is comradeship existing among drummers in all parts of the country akin to that which marks the relations Of the members of the. best civic associations, and while these ] travelling men are not marked for picty. hut are more widely known for their
 worldliness and ioviality, they are con Stantly showing an altrustic spirit
 which is worthy of the best organiza- 1 tions of the day.--Norwich Bulletin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08

The fallacy of the protective argu- ment was never more strikinglv illus trated than it has been this winter in connection with the tariff on wheat, says our Washington correspondent. For years the farmers have been told that they were protected hy the duty of 21 cents bushel on wheat, ai- though the price has been fixed by the Liverpool market and the duty has never afforded the farmer a cent Of increased profit. This year. however. a shortage of hard wheat iu the northwest put up tue price until the American farmers were receiving .n cents more bushel than their broth CTS just over the Canadian border. Of course tho miilers did not want to pay ;he extra price so they appealed to the secretary of the treasury 10 al. low thcm to Import the Canadian wheat, pay the duty. grind It into flour. export fl and secure, in the form g! 9 drawback, the duty thcy had lstld fo inc government. The secrc- lary of Inc treasury appealed 10 the attorney general for sn opinion and The law officer of the government bas decided in favor 0, the miileFs. Seua- toy Haushrough I'as. however. intro. duced a hil! in tho senate which will prevent tha drawback provision of the DiBsIey sct from being applied to wheat. The fate o' this bill. which is iH inc form of an amendment to the sunday civil appropriation bill. vii, determine how willing the republican rrOtectionists arc actually 10 pass leg islation which will protect The farmers while Y somewhat cIrtaiIs the profits of the Minneapolis uiIlers
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08

A famous physician upon being asked recently what Is the chief cause of ill health, replied: Thinking and talking about it all tho time. This ceaSeless introspecton in which so many of the rising generation of ner- yous folk indulge is certainly wearing them out When they are not worry ing as 10 whether they sleep too much or too little they are tidgctins over the amount of food they take or tho quan- tty of exercise necessary for health In short, they never give themselves a moments peace.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08

|lHERE are three ways in which men take
 Ones money from his purse.
 And very hard il is to tell Which of the three is worse; But all of them gre bad enough
 To make a body curse.
 You're riding out some pleasant day.
 And counting up your gains;
 A fellow jumps from ont bush.
 And takes your horses reins.
 Another hints some words about
 A bullet in your brains.
 It's hard to meet such pressing friands
 In such a lonely spot:
 IFS very hard to lose your cash.
 But harder 10 hc shot:
 And 90 you take your wallet out,
 Though you would rather not
 Perhaps you're going out to dine Some filthy creatur. begs: You'll hear about the cannon-bali That carried of his pegs, And says it is 2 dreadful thing For men 10 lose their legs. IT. tell. you Of his starving wife. His children to be fed. Poor. little, lovely innocsnts. All cisnorous for bread. And so you kindly help to put \ bachelor to he'd. , You're sitting on your vindov-ssat Beneath a cioutless moon. You hear e sound. that seems to wear The senibiance of a tune. ss if a broken fife should strive To drown a cracked hsssoor- Aud nearer. nearer stiil. the tide Of music seems 10 come. There's something like a human voice.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
NEW STARS FOR FLAG.
Oklahoma and New Mexico States
 of the Union.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S. - After continuous sitting of almost nine hours the senate at S:45 o'clock last night passed the joint statehood bill. AS passed tho bill provides for the admis sion of two new states s--Oklahoma. to he composed of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. and New Mexico. according 10 the present boundaries, with Arizona eliminated. The long session was char acterized by exciting incidents and 2iany surprises. Beginning promptly upon conrening, the senate proceeded to consider the various amendments which had been suggested by the coni- mrtcc on territories and which had ht,en passed over Que of the first of these taken up was the amendment prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in what is now Indian Terri tory for the next ton years, aud this was displaced with substitute offered ! by Mr Gallinger, which extended the 1 amendment to the entire state for a 1 period of twenty-one years and this was adopted.
 The first surprise of the day came when the committee accepted Mir Fora ker's amendment providing for a sepa rate vote by each of the territories Of | Arizona and New Mexico on the consti- ! tuition 10 be adopted by the proposed 1 state of Arizona. That provision had ! n orr of thA hill when Mir. Bard presented his amend | ment. which had been originally of : fered by Mir Patterson and which pro | vided for tho admission of New Mexico as a state without tue addition of Ari- 1 2ona. This amendment proved 10 bn 1 the point around which all the subse- ! quent proceedings of importance re. l volved. Ii was at first adopted by the 1 close vote of i2 to 4o. This vote was ! taken while the senate was sitting in committee of the whole and was re- ! vcrsed in tho senate proper by the tie vote of 3s to :js.
 Subsequently, the senate decided by vote Of 3s to ;;'i to entirely eliminate New Mexico and Arizona from the bill. and this result had hardly been an- nounccd when NT. Bard in slightly changed form renewed his proposition for the admission of New Mexico as a state. and this to inc amendment pre- vailed by q vote of 10 10 :,.
 The Mormon question also received an airing during inc day. WbiIe tho provision for separate admission or New Mexico was under consideration NIu Burrows. chairman Of the commit foe on privileges and elections. an Dounced his npI osiiion tU the bill and stated that it was duo to the practice of polygaMy in that territory to such an extent that b" considered ii unwisc Io take fhc administration away iron! the federal authorities MT. Dubois. Nr. McComas and Mir Plat; CConn.l re ferrcd to the question of poly gaDy and to thc revelations beforc the commit trr.
 hccoTdins io report from Radom twenty workmcn have been killed Q: wounded in strike disorders there
 while at Skarzysk" twenty four hav. iseen killed aud forty wounded
 Grave truuhis Is also reported al Kutnn. Troops have harn sent {. kntno from herr
 The Catholir I'fsbof ot ibis dioces' has issued sH appeal 70 'he strikers ts attend inc cathedral tusisy and definite Iy state their claims.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
HEARD IN PASSING

< ksusas usE -iaiHs io lave | svsrIn of Dees that made twenty 7ozInds Q. hoac~ n three days.
 The street railroads os san Trsn1is- ro. to accorianre vith 2 request by inc h.sarI ef health. have issue8 an order against the eaI-ylug a' sosled Clcihes sFs their cars sr bundles O. l@Skets.
 F.neO.n steffeu's 5iscoye-v thz- ghsfe ISlsnd Is svea nagzhtier ibsa nessvare must Lave been 2 great sta@E fo Senator AhI-Ish -wsshingtcl. Pest.
 He Bruce v1oso-rzp45c -s.es-Sl e. He Iargss. of its kir1. is tS hr zsOvei ss once from Lake Geneva. Wis .s Nozn- Wilson. near Fsssdsrs. Czi. Vhere the atnosr,sri- coalitions gre mucb supe-5s-
 Dr Henry os Loa.el fartEe- le- eIsres that the feh 's she er,y sen1fre
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
H Poem for Coday
THE MUSIC GRIN E R
By Oliver Wendell Holmes

And something like drum; You sit in speeches. agony, Until your ear is numb. Poor Home. Sweet Home should
 secm to bs
 A very dismal place: Your 'Auid Acquaintance" all al once, Is altered in the face; Their discords sting through Burns
 and Moore. Like hedgehogs dressed in lace. You think they arc crusaders, sent From some internal cline. To pluck the eyes Of Sentiment. And dock the tail of Rhyme, To crack the voice Of Melody. And break the legs of Time. But hark: the afr again is still. The music all is ground. And silence. like a poul.ice. comes TO heal the blows of sound: IL caRno. belt is,-it is.-
 A hat is going round. No. pay the dentist when he leaves fracture in your jaw. And pay the owner of the hesr. That stnnn'i you with his paw. And buy the lobster. thst has had Your knuckies in his claw; But !. you are portly man.
 Put OH your fercsst frovn. And talk about a constable
 To turn them out of town. Then close your sentenc. in a rage. And shut the window aown. And if you are slender man,
 Not big enough for that. or. if you cannot make a speech. Because you are fiat. Go very quietly and drop
 A button in th. hat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08

An order to San Francisco firm for hay has virtually emptiad the hay barns of that city. It is to be fur. nished in doubly compressed bales, weighing only 100 pounds each. The total order is for 5000 tons, and the Japanese consul says fl Is from Rus sia. Just how it Is to be got 10 Man churia is not stated.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
Congress and Interstate
 Commerce -;- s,A H. Jolrsr. s..

(n1n1nRTCe H. JOIINf. - Conyi utions
 authority be found the writings of the the decisions of the highest which just
 ies the belief that the power given congress by the
 constitution with respect the regulation of interstate intended authorize congress TO LEISLATE WITH RESPECT TO EVERY POSSIBLE SUBJECT OF COMMERCE bsveen the different
 know said that Chief Marshall leading m Gibbons against Ogden decided in substance that congress had INDEFINITE powers interstate Th however. examination of the decision will show view There doubt that congress has power regulate INTERSTATE
 ethat E say, traffic and between the different satesbu the supreme has again held tat this power does deprive the of their right ate concerning the ownership of property OF EVERY CHARACTER and to corporations and them inc powers carry ther blsineeA -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
Popular Belief.

"Ba-iili. remarked the bOar5e- -E9 had been resdinS tn. scientific pages iu a patent medicine slmsnar. gre inyis- fbls"
 Right yon are rsjOined the ChseI su idiot A least those in kissss sr- simply 'cu, of sight -Chi-axc Nevs-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08

We Have Just Received
5I WALNUT STREET

sn elegant line of poultry. Nstiv. turkeys. 2Jc to 21c; native geese and ducks. 2Jc: native roasting chickens. Isc. nstve fowls. 1sc: western 'ur- keys. pc 10 -s;C: western geese. IG-. We also have iar-e variety or sea food FULTON Fish and Meat Mar ket. 25s-s9-62 Cherry St Phone 6Sa.s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1905
A Jamaica newspap per correspopden1

-r ""ru IVu pFI CUIT EHJUTIUTHI II at Panama says: There are moro gambling 'bcllS' in Panama tDan in any other city of it's size on earth Fortunes are lost nightly, and sui cides are so common that they receive no notice either from the public or tho press"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
Ssascnehie Da-ss

Have yOI any fresh dates" ssx.d the prospective customer
 No. snsue7ed the druggist -r gave away the lss- tz'sadzr had tn=s nc1rirs --CIrcEaas Ercuirer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
TO CURE A COLD 1S ONE DAY

Take Laxative Brouo QEiaine Tas- lets All druggists refund tie u1eaag H it faiis to cure E. W. Groves s.e easure b @ exca bcx. >
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didn't. But one thing she missed-she
couldn't find a hroguc il, all ireland. Her
brother, Washington legal light. told her
to America, for she could have found a
large and varied assortment had she made
search in Washington.
\ x
Two girls Were standing before drug store
window looking al a choice lot OF silver
toilet appointments and incidentally watch
ing the dying struggles of a colony of flies
which had taken possession of a strip OF
sweet and sticsy ny paper and regretted
their conquest as much as an anu-imperIaI-
list regrets Americas conquest OF the Philip
pines.
Il think" said ore of the girls, turning
away from the unfortunate and struggling
flies with a sympathetic sigh, that people
who put fly paper for the poor flies to get
tangled up on it ought TO be prosecuted for
cruelty to- animals
But flies are not animals, replied her
companion. they are only Insects
Then l think there ought to be society
for the prevention OF cruelty to insects
Anyhow. people who have to look at the
poor things are animals. and | think there
ought to be some sort Of a humane society
with some sort OF laws against people who
tanglc flies UP in windows for our sakes.
I'd lust love to have one Of those silver
manicure sets, but l wouldn't buy one or
them out of this window 10 save the drug
gist's old neck-Id be thinking of those
poor flies every time washed my hands
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:AROUNDT4ECITY


There is small boy, a very small boy
over on Capitol Hill, who has just g.adu-
ated from kits and blouses into the nttI~
breeches brigade. He is, of course, an only
son. 1t doesn't require a Sherlock Holmes
to detect the fact that every manikin garb-
ed IN trousers is the only sen of some proud
young father. AS Il man advances in years
acquires more waist-line grth and his sons
accumulate, he loses the ardent desire to
see his baby boy attired in a fashion to
make every woman who sees him think OF
cheruo without wings. dressed up TO
resemble a man
However being first and only, his fathe-
has been thinking of Willie's breeches ans
seeing them and Willie in them in ms
minds eye, ever since the day the boy
was born. Consequently, as as he
could wobble, in spite of mammals protest,
Willie donned the breeks;" and has ha
his lovely golden curls cut to fighting
length.
After one glance at himself in the mirror
Willie was as enthusiastic over the outfit
as was his papa; and it is Goodbye.
Moses! to kits and Busters so. far as
Willie Is concerned. The pride of Punch is
nothing to the pride of Willie-the dear little
parody OF man!-as he struts up and down
the pavements these summer afternoons in
his duck sailor trousers that sweep in vol
luminous starched Wilderness about his tiny
feet and ankles. OF course. he is the de-
light of every man who beholds him, and
as for the envy of every boy of his size,
and two or three sizes over, the English
language has no adjective to express It.
| One boy In particular-his next door neigh
| Dor, who is one of six sons and is two
years older than Willie-gazes upon the
| proud Willie and his trousers with secret
| admiration. but outward. If assumed, con-
| tempt.
| One day last week, after looking at Willie
| parading up and down the street in his adj
miraPs suit until his little heart was ready
! to explode between his admiration and
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take what best suits their plans from the
old chateau gardens of France and the
statue-sprinkled greenery OF the old Italian
school. American gardeners may be said
to have developed a school of their own in
combination of green lawns and geometrical
beds with foliage borders and bright flow
er centers.
1t is only within the past few years that
this style of decoration has been applied
to the well-like Enclosures about the Treas
ury building, and the State, War and Navy
Departments. The accompanying picture
showing the northeast corner OF the Treas
ury is a good example OF this sort.
Some of the other marble rallied holes in
the ground around this group OF depart
ments have been treated that the bare
walls are covered with vines and creepers.
and they have become green cups filed
with flowers, which were before merely
unsightly grass plots. The corner OF the
State, War and Navy building. looking to-
ward the White House is merely a sug-
gestion of what can he done by covering
an unsightly fence with green.
The stretch south of the Treasury Is one
of the most beautiful and highly cultivated
this season OF any about the government
buildings The Sherman statue in it's setting
of green and the broad stretch of lawn slop-
ing away from the department have both
been treated with a mass of flowers and
! foliage plants. adding greatly TO the beauty
of the corner that fills in one end Of the
vista along Pennsylvania avenue.
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Cats in Pail Mall.

From London Paper.
Cat lovers should take walk down Pan
Mall There Is a tabby there who has De-
come quite a public character. She sits In
the middle OF the pavement outside shop.
and greets the passers-by as If they were
old friends. Lately she has introduced a
kitten TO publIc life and it is indescribab'y
comic to see the pair posing size by SIDE
as If they were sitting for their photo
graphs When two or three dogs appear
on the scene there is strategic scootinS
into the shop. But when so itary dog APP
proaches tabby arches her rack and gl7res.
and he thinks it advisable to continue his
promenade with an air of affected careless
ness The kitten onde3vo.s to live up to
the family dignity, but | do not think she
will ever have her mother spirit
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envy of Willie and his ire at his own
mamma faulty in keeping a man of his
years In Buster Brown, he called in
loud tone to the rest Of the killed and
blCUsed contingent:
'Jes' tum yere. boys, an look at Willie.
He puts on sech airs he mus think he's
President Roosterfelt!'
y summer car was flying out toward the
suburbs one evening during the last fort
night when the button was touched by
some outgoing passengers. among them
dame, who was certainly a plump, if not
pleasing, person.
Two elderly gentlemen. both heavy
weights, and both light in spirit if some
what heavy in movement from their recent
dining and winning. Were a the end of the
long and crowded seat which the plump
lady had to pass to reach the roadway
She was squeezing her way slowly along
when one of the gentlemen aross politely,
if unsteadily, and said to his friend:
Stand up. judge, and give this fat woman
more room to pass you"
Sir" said the woman. stopping to glare
a him, while the judge arose promptly and
the conductor siGEaled her to step lively"
what do you mean BY such language? I'll
Sive you to understand that I'm not
woman
oh, said the judge, taking his seat
again, Il thought you were. But if you
are a man in woman's clothing, you can
climb over me like the other men do"
Il mean, sir she stopped 20 par,ey while
the conductor changed necessarily. that
am lady, and that l expect to be treated
like lady"
In that case madam, l must stand up
gain, and try to assist you off the car"
said the judge, which he did with great
gallantry and at the risk of his life.
But when she was out and he in again, he
said:
Il had to step down and out and give her
a hand because am man and, / hope a
gentleman. but I'll be dang-whiZzled If 1
wanted to. All the same, colonel, let me
give you tip right here; Be careful of the
woman you call woman, and never call
any woman fat.
And the fat woman who sat in front of
him, and laughed while .ne listened, knew
that he was an exception TO the axiom that
when wine is in, wit Is out" for he was
wise as well as whey.
The wife of one of our assistant bureau
chiefs recently made visit TO Ireland
her first visit, although she can claim kin
ship by name. parentage and marriage with
the isle of poets and patriots, saints and
scholars. She saw and heard many wonder
full things there, some of which she expect
ed to see and hear and others which she
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reader can well have forgotten. the corre-
spondents charged the Japs with oownrlgnt,
vulgar lying, not once, but over ana over
again, when the truth would nave uohe as
well, or better.
The charge made by the correspondents
that the Japanese are common liars IL hot
a new one 1t has been made by the ma
jority of the men who have dealt with
them in business ever since Japan was
opened TO outside trade. Pleasure tourists
have generally been fairly well saushed
with the truth as told by the Japs, but men
who buy from them and sell to them are al
ways singing another song.
Japanese apologists admit that there Is
some foundation for the charge OF general