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trouble Is toward recovery, for about so per
cent OF patients will recover from the first
attack under medical treatment alone but a
large majority of these cases will have sub
sequent attacks; the tendency Of the trouble
being always toward recurring attacks.
at ia, therefore, considered wisest, by
those best qualified to judge to operate as
early rs possible in the attack. There is no
cure for appendicitis but operation! Medical
measures probably help some, but at best
very little.
"Patients operated upon early, that Is,
before the appendix has become gangrenous
or pr rforated, almost inval iably recover with
no bad results. The percentage of recover
les In such cases is from 95 per cent. to 100
per cent 10 the bands OF the best surgeons.
Gases operated upon later will show n con-
siderably larger mortality.
SIT is often asked whether appendicitis is
a modern disease or not. 1t unqresionably
has exist, d from the earliest times. Records
of post.mortem examinations many years
ago show this, but only in the last Is years
has the nature of the disease been definitely
recognize ID and understood.
ut is distinctly an American disease being
much more prevalent in this country than
/ abroad and the knowledge of the disease has
been gained almo exclusively by the inves-
tigation and work of American ply sicians
and surgeons. The disease is much more
| intelligepty and succe ssfully treated in this
| country than elsewhere
"All cases of appendicitis are not equally
! serious. The more chronic the condition the
less serious. From the knowledge gained
and from the study of the combined exper-
fence of many operators, the general opinion
among surgeons today is that case operated
| upon early, that Is, rs soon as the trouble is
suspected. need be followed by none other
! than prompt and complete recovery.
"Other things b ing equ Il, the time ele-
ment is the most important factor in deter
mining the result in any given case; 1. { the
earlier the ca'e Is operated upon the surer
one can be OF II successful outcome
"The idea in the average lay mans mipd
that the operation Is attended with very
large mortality, is entirely erroneous, and
due largely to the fact that all the fat
cases, of course, are reported in the news.
papers, and frt quently in such a way as to
, leave the inference In the mind OF the reader
! that they were due to the operation rather
than to the disease, while on the other hand
only an occasional case that RECEIVERS gets
| into the newspaper "-Baltimore News.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Dockstader's MinstreIsY

/ Iib0r anu not lGtruueuN SO fftlGn
for outsiders. 1t was a sort of
heart to-heart talk with men
whom he knew and with whom
he had been associated for years.
The President said:
cit always irritates me to
hear a public man alluded to an
'as an honest man. I shall
never rest content until the
people of this country accept it
as a matter of course that every
public man is honest. There is
no more credit to public official
being honest than there is to a
soldier being brave. And in
our internal affairs the problem
is mainly to keep out the ineff-
cient man. If he is in. see to
it that his stay is as short as
possible. If he is crooked, let
nothing avail him. Our funda-
mental idea ought to be exactly
the same as that Of a private
citizen in dealing with his fell
lows in everyday life-that of
trying to act squarely with
every other nation and of ex-
acting square treatment from
uIJI JLVI
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l'hn"ti"n.
Just us You wish. Her voice was
sweet ANA easy.
hut, after all. Ellsworth pursued
after a moments hesitation. Il dislike
to obtru!r this affair upon YOU. !" he
broke OIL gazing straight ahead of him
Il lllii" uncertainty.
! She Walt"d for him t" 90 on. but he
| ~ilh L"lhlh@ ANA presently she Sppk"
| 1T Will be all right, Sh" said gently;
I'VE shall l." glad to II" what W" can
For y"n.
Ellsworth drew Il deep breath and
turned ms eyes on her III I strange. APP
| p'nling way.
HE nam" l. barSdhle. II" snld. SOW
~. he hrok" her heHli ANA Irit the
pnrr-for New York, | have every real
son |" beilrNe.
"l'a'> ale. sic repeated. whitening
to the lips.
lie Gllllcri at nor startled. I >lrkrh-
me fear at ms heart. Something III the
Grrp,HlNg eyes, tn" tens" ton" ana col
"!'lr>S rae" mad" him mute.
Bar tale. Hid No'l say! she demand
cd HgnlM III Il strained voice, on" treln-
h!lng hlEI v"lunthrliycasplng his coat
sleeve"
What seemed an int"rmnahlc pause
en~urd bcfor" Ellsworth spoke.
why. yes. he Sald Ill Il maltcr-of-
fact way. "tlult" Il common name here.
| believe. This was lie, and he knew
H. but it WIS the only thing to do.
Ana TINS happened nl-lll-:
I'm san Francisco.
The GIRL heart almost stopped beat
lng. strange. broken look came into
her face and her eyes dulled. But i'll n
Ilttle while she pulled herself together
Smothcl!ng i'll c"mmon tlivialitie> the
undcrrnrrent of fierce excitement tha'
shook her.
Arrived ut her home. Ellsworth found
himself uShrred into long. low. candle
cleaning room, where all sorts of rare
and unique things had got together for
tn" entertainment ana comfort OF Who
ever might chance there.
Edythe excused herself temporarily.
presently returning in Il dinner toilet of
| some imy green material that wonder
| fully set off the fresh dhintine>S of her
face ard form. The pink had come back
| to her cheek. and but for a suppressed
CLEAN in the usually soft eyes nothing
| remained to indicate the presence of Il
| hcrcc inward struggle.
| I'm - sorry" she began. slipping
easily into a low chair by the hrepnce
! but have just found II note from my
husband saying that he has been ordered
to the South. His business keeps him
from LON the greater part of the times'
She explained.
Despite the tremendous lump of relief
that came into his threat, Ellsworth
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
An Eloquent Criticism.

Theodore Thomas, in conducting an orchestra. seemed impassive, imper- turbable. A writer in the Outlook com menting upon this says that he was ap- parently without passion or feeling. yet the appearance was not reality, and at one of Mir. Thomas rehearsals it was fully contradicted.
 At certain point in the symphony the orchestra was playing in perfect time and tune, but with certain me- chanical effect which no one had mo- ticed until Mir. Thomas suddenly rapped the music stand before him.
 The orchestra stopped. Then with his hand be initiated the action of an organ grinder.
 With only word to indicate the bar at which the orchestra was to take up the music. he struck the rack be- fore him for attention, sand with a movement of his baton gave the signal.
 The orchestra repeated the passage he had criticised by dumb show, and this time it played with spirit and fire.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
The First French Navy.

Away back in the eighth century Charlemagne had organized sort of coast guard by enrolling all the sea board population who lived within one and a half miles of the shore, but with the dismemberment of the vast Carlovingian empire all dreams of na- val greatness were dissipated. Long afterward Charles V. built some mil itary nefs on the Atlantic, and Louis XI.'s galleys chased the Barbary pi- rates who infested the shores of the Mediterranean, but it was Francis l. apparently who first conceived the idea of war fleet, purchased and equipped from the royal treasury.
 He converted the small fishing vii lage of Havre into a fortified port, which speedily attracted commerce to the mouth of the Seine, and he pro jected scheme-which he did not live to realize-for the construction of an oceanic navy under canvas. Fleets were massed in the Mediterranean" writes Mir. Norman in his "Corsairs of France" land for the first time in history a French squadron, passing through the strait of Gibraltar, de feated an English fleet of Brest and then, moving round to the eastward, drove off the blockading squadrons of Henry VIII. from Boulogne."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31

finally offer. I base my confidence on the fact that both nations are now ready for peace, and the envoys will have that incentive to back them throughout their deliberations. Ja- pan will undoubtedly start in by ex- acting a large indemnity, which will probably. be reduced to about what the war has cost her in actual dollars and cents. Under the circumstances therefore, it is reasonable to assume that Russia can be influenced to sub init to such penalty rather than ex- pend the amount or more in a pro- longation of the war without much, if any, prospect of regaining her lost prestige on either land or water. The war as an adverse factor in the busi- ness situation, therefore, should now commence to be eliminated.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31

During the past year the forest ser vice, in cooperation with the Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph Co and the Postal TelegraphCable Co, has been making an investigation to find the best methods of seasoning 1ele- phone poles and of treating them with conservatives. Fifty green poles were furnished every month to each of five experimental stations. Each pole was exposed to the open air and was weighed every month until it ceased to lose weight The rate at which weight was lost showed the rate of seasoning in different months. After one year of easoning, preserva- tive treatment was applied to the poles, beginning last spring. Several different conservatives and three diff ferent methods of applying the pre- servatives were experimented with. Most of the poles at two of the sta and Pisgah, \. c. were treated by applying the pre- servative with brush. In a few
 cases a cap or plate was fitted to the
 butt of the pole and creosote forced in by a pump, but with unsatisfactory
 results. Both chestnut and juniper poles were treated by, these methods.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
HEARD IN PASSING

One can hardly imagine in these
 progressive days such pigheadedness
 as is shown by the governor of the
 bank of England in refusing to al low a telephone about the place. It
 is putting high premium on forgery. New Britain Herald.
 Evidently England is growing more like America every day. The cable dispatches reciting the railway horror
 of yesterday on the line between Liv-
 erpool and Southport read like the | press reports of railroad disasters in
 this country. We have been wont to refer with satisfaction to the protec-
 tion of life on English railways, but
 happenings such as that of yesterday will shake our faith in the character
 of the methods in vogue on them.--
 Providence Telegram.
 Wireless telegraphic messages may be sent half away across the Atlantic at night, but only about six hundred l miles in the daytime. This is shown by the report of the naval officer in charge of the wireless apparatus on the flagship Brooklyn during her re-
 cent return trip from CherbOurg. Lieutenant Kaiser reports that the longest distance at which wireless messages were read during the day time was $40 sea miles, and at night HOO sea miles, while wireless sig
 nal was heard at distance of 1,7SO sea miles. Nothing has been heard
 recently of any progress by the Mar conf company in carrying out its pro
 ject of sending commercial messages
 from Cape Breton to Ireland. It looks as if the thing were not commercially
 cticable-Hartford Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
Cinnamon.

Ceylon provides us with the bulk Of ours cinnamon,T which is the, aromatic bark of, certain trees common ito that island. The trees are never allowed to grow higher than ten feet During the season of harvesting. of which there are two a year, the branches of three to five years growth are cut down and the top surface of the bark scraped away. Then the bark is ripped up longitudinally into slices, which when exposed to the sun to dry curl up into quills. In the course of drying the oil, upon which the aroma and flavor depend, is diffused throughout the bark. LsE
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
DAIRY AND CREAMERY.

A summer silo feeds the herd much more cheaply than pasture when land is high in price. .59t& 4 ;Hsf Are you weighing and testing your milk, so that you may know which of your COWS should be beefed when the milk campaign is ended?
 Farmer-You see, sonny, we get our milk fresh from the COW.
 City Boy-Gee, dat's nuttin.' We get ours from de fresh milkman. There is not the least use buying high-priced dairy COWS if you do not keep them up to the standard they were at when you bought them. u- If there is any business in which honesty is necessary for its successful promotion, it is in associated dairying. It is not only necessary to be honest, but you must make the other fellow know you are honest.
 By far the greatest improvement of dairy business is to be in the produc. tion of milk, rather than in the manu. featuring The cost of manufacturing may be reduced slightly, but the aver age cost of production can easily be reduced one-half.
 Mottles in butter are caused by the presence and uneven distribution of buttermilk adhering to the outer sur face of the granules, and to the hard. ening and localizing effect of salt brine upon the casein of the buttermilk thus retained in the butter An even dis tribution of salt will prevent mottes, even if some buttermilk is retained in the butter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31

The approaching conference of the Japanese and Russian peace envoys may be regarded favorable influence says Banker Clews. IL would not be surprising if more or less spectatcula . developments should result at the
 outset and prove somewhat of a dis turbing influence in the worlds finan- cial centers. Such developments how ever, should be received as natural to the war of wits to which the far east ern conflict has now. for all practical purposes. been transferred It would satisfy the constituents of the repre- sentauves of neither country and would probably be snta gonistic tO the vanity of the envoys themselves. If the proceedings should run along smoothly without at least some pub lie display of alertneSs- But IL may be taken for granted. I think. that Russia is already aware Of ths ,lp- mands she will have to meet-in other words. the maximum WAT penalty has undoubtedly been unofhciaIIy intims- ted to the ezar-and that Japan may be depended upon to show mCfera- ton. not alone because such has been her svOweti policy from the beginning. but from expeiiency as well Kussia under ordinary circumstances might Ise depended upon to pursue negotia- t5o-s in serooIanoe with her medieval system of diplomacy: but Russia has been ss thoroughly beaten by her younz antagonist and the outlook is So dIscoursginz- that she may. I think be depended upon to accept such terms ss a generous victor will
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
A Silent Land.

In the rainless interior of Australia there is a silence of the grave. This deathlike silence has peculiarly de pressing effect. If two men are camped and one of them goes to a dis tant township to get provisions while the other remains behind to look after the camp, the man who is to remain says to his mate in forcible gold fields language, Now, Bill, don't you be long away. You know what kind of place this is to live in by yourself" If his mate is away for two or three days, the silence gets upon the mans nerves, and in the end he shouts in order to make noise, and then he is afraid of the sound of his own voice.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
How We Catch Cold.
By John Godfrey Saxl

The rationale of the causation of the ordinary "cold" is pretty well under stood at the present day, and it is gen erally conceded that when clrculatory disturbances or vital depression is produced as the result of localized or general chilling of the body surface newly entered or already present path ogenic bacteria are enabled to attack the body with very good chances of success. At such times it is said that the powers of resistance are below par, and consequently the bacteria gain an easy victory. This point was illustrated in telling fashion by Durck, who found that rabbits infect ed with pneumococci developed pneu- monia if they were subjected to severe cold, whereas unchilled control ami mals survived.-Medical Record.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
MONDAY, JULY 31, 1905.

Society is greatly interested in the peace meeting to be held at Ports mouth and in the commanding officer of the Mayfiower, who is to be Con- mander Cameron R. Winslow, |. s. N., now on duty in Washington. He will leave late this month for the Brooklyn navy yard to take over the command of the yacht Commander Winslow married the daughter of Theodore A. Hevermeyer, and through that relation has a wide circle of friends in New York society. The ship he will command will have an independent character generally lack ing in vessel as it will go here and there at the bidding of the envoys to whom it has been assigned.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
FUND TO FEED TRAMPS.
Square Meal and a Hot Bath Free In
 Kalamazoo, Mich.

The will of Mrs. Almira Kramer of Kalamazoo, Mich, was read recently in the presence of the heirs, who were astonished by trust fund of $1O,OOO to be used to feed tramps, says Kala- mazoo dispatch.
 Senator Burrows, who is named as trustee, will have direct charge of the money. All applications must be made by tramps at the police department, where each tramp will be presented with ticket entitling him to a square meal at restaurant. If the tramp wishes he may have hot bath.
 Senator Burrows drew up the will for the woman, who was eighty-nine years of age when she died. The heirs will not contest, as the residue of the property amounts to $105,0O0.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
Reputation.

A certain pompous individual from the state of Massachusetts was once strutting about the capitol at Washing ton. A western senator said to Sen ator Hoar:
 "Who is that personT That" responded Hoar. 'is General Blank of my state." ..
 Does he cut as wide a swath in Massachusetts as he does in Washing ton?'
 No" said Senator Hoar. with a merry twinkle. No. General Blanks reputation is purely national."-Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31

President Roosevelt has finally an nounced that he will call an extra session of the congress to meet on No vember II next, for the purpose of enacting some legislation anent the
 Panama canal, railroad rate and re- bate legislation, reciprocity, tariff re- vision and few other legislative chores. Probably he would like to hire the members of the congress out to cook or chop wood when they are not busy on this little dab of legisa- tive work which he thinks they can perform in the three weeks before the regular session begins on the first Monday in December following. As has often been remarked the strenuous president does some things which are intensely amusing. He has cut out enough work for the congress to occu- py it steadily for the next twelve months, yet he says he wants them to SCI 'tis DuSs anu ScL thAvhSu Nllll what he wants before the regular ses- sion begins. It is the prerogative of the president to call an extraordinary session of the congress whenever, ill his judgment, the exigencies or the ne- cessities of the country demand it, but he can only send In message to the congress telling it what, in his
 opinion. is the state of the union de manding the legislation he asks or suggests. but he can't make them
 enact it You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
Origin of Graft,

Municipal corruption of various kinds Is generally indicated by the word graft" The origin of this term is ob- scure, but 1t is believed to have arisen from dishonesty in lowlier spheres. Bartletts Dictionary of Americanisms defines grating" as pocket picking. and Hotten's Slang Dictionary sug- gests that the slang use of graft might be a corruption of craft" or a generalization from the special work of gardening.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
An Error Tn English.

Even the greatest authors now and then make little slip In their English. Thus Sir Waiter Scott in his Legend of Montrose" has this sentence: But ere Montrose could almost see what happened Allan McAulay had rushed past him" The almost" should come before "ere- in order to express the authors meaning.-St. Nicholas.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
The Malaria of Ambiguity.

Admiring Friend Ito captain of col lese boat cIubb-I say. Thompson has been slanging you like anything about putting Jones into the Henley boat He says the fellows the biggest fool in the varsity Captsin-0h, And what did you say: Admirine Friend-Oh. I stuck up for you. of course, old fel- low.-Punch-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
Tb. k,t,er ,,d tb. c,.r.

The hn1ser ana tne 0Enr. What matters if all Russia's ships repose beneath the sea Or if her army fees before the joviai Jap anee? The double headed eagle soon will chortle "victory,'' For the czar is getting pointers from the kaiser. What though the revolufionists most foul. ly revolute And cIamor round the palace doors for more grand dukes to shoot7 They soon will be quite paeified and clap ped in jail 10 boot. For the czar is getting lessons from the kaiser. Her seamen may rise up and shoot their officers and skip Across the rocking ocean with a beetling battieshIp. But they viii all throw up their hands and not 90 much as yfp When the czsr imbibes the methods o: the kaiser. Although the throne Is balanced on a very slender thread And threatens to tip of the crar and land him on his head. Hen keep his seat if he digests the wis dom he is fed From th. large and lasting lsrder of thu kaiser Hen b~ advised to keep right on and fight the Japaree Ard build more ships in place of those that sz-k beueath the sea Ard rule his restless subjects with hard severity. wh5ch but foIIors the example of the kaiser Ard when hes taken this advice ard by kis viee cor-rerts Upon a hard z-1 barren rock his much loved co1-tr- is11s Hen .-d a fred i. r-asi-~ss so tske if ol his h.-5s A ven dLspose1. unseaAsA frsenS-fhs kateer- -1aDeB Mcrfn9zs fu NV Y0Fk J0wfnA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
A Genuine Distinction.

Why is Junius considered so remark. able?" said the young man who doesnt t read
 Because" answered Miss Cayenne, he wrote the only anonymous letters that ever commanded any respect"- Evening Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
An Indication.

'Tt is easy to tell a pessimist," said the man who assumes profound knovl- edge.
 Howl"
 As soon as he picks up the paper he looks for the weather news. ton Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
Why Ships Are "She v

Fair Visitor tat seaside. to mariner) Why are all vessels spoken Of as ''she?" It's because they glide so gracefully. isn't it?
 Mariner-No. miss. it aiu't It's be- cause of their riggin' costing so much. -Tit-Bits
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-31
A Mem ar4o

He-I presume you carry a memento of some kind in that locket of yours! She-Preeisely l. .s a lock of my husbands hair.
 He-But your husband is still alive. she-Bst his hair is all gone Judge