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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27

Bringing to a focus the preparatory
 work of the past six months, the forest service is sending out question cards
 to secure statistics of forest products.
 The returns will be worked up into
 report, which will give by states, re- gions and species the cut and ship ments of lumber, shingles. laths, coop craze stock. ties. posts and poles dur
 ing the year; the stock on hand at the close of the year, and also the amount of wood used in the various industries for which wood furnishes the raw ma terial. and the value of the products
 Circular letters to manufacturers ac- company the cards. explaining their use and object The vital importance of accurate statistics of forest products has appealed forcibly to manufacturers throughout the country. The National Lumber Manufacturers association and several other associations of lum- bermen and wood users are eO-Operat. ing with the forest service. During the summer the utmost pains have been taken to make the investigation precise and practical to the last detail. The question cards which have resulted are clear and comprehensive. and may be filled out and returned by the re cipients with very little trouble. It ia quite plain that the success of this study now depends upon the careful assistance of the industries concerned
 In order that the returns may have their full value to all, each individual correspondents card is necessary. The returns will be regarded as sirictly confidential. and neither the name of the correspondent nor the location of his mill will be made public by the service. A copy of the report which is to be published as a result of this ill., veStigation will be sent to all who fiIl out the question cards and to others interested in the use of forest products.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27

a
 Ladies and gents suits made to order, in the latest and most fash ionable styles. Our Fall and Winter stock of handsome and stylish fabrics now ready for your inspection. Call and make your selection, and we will make you a suit or other garments that is bound to please you. Ifyou wish credit we will extend it to you without any extra charge what ever, and will give you a reason able time to pay. Don't delay but place your order before we get too busy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27

should hide his feelings Write happy things, things that make people feel glad and proud to be alive. Leave the wretchedness of life to the daily pa pers that have to publish it abroad"
 You are not very encouraging to q poor scribbler like myself.
 Why should I encourage you?"
 Because need encouragement"
 "To be miserable?"
 No. to be happy"
 "I don't think l understand you. Dick. she said after a moment
 Don't you? We'll. I'm afraid I had better not try to explain myself.
 She understood him perfectly. and she was glad to think she did. but it was quite necessary that be should ex- plain himself During the past months her natural gladness had been doubled by the thought that soon he would tell her the story she knew. yet longed to hear. Now. she was sssailed by doubt lest he would never speak She vas aware that be was worth no more than q couple Of hundred a year. and she fancied that kept him silent They finished tea. and as she but toned her right glove she said quietly: Its tine you were back at the ofice Dick
 sI suppose t is.- he returned Out in the street sgsln they found , thai the fog had fallen densely. yelling the efty in darknsss
 La6y Lighthssrt made a little face 50 mach foT ny sko7psng Then shs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
sAEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREss. j
WEDNESDAY, DEC 27, 1905.

The funniest thing that has hap pened in the war department for some time is the general order that all ca dets at West Point shall attend cook ing school. Now as a matter of fact the most of the cadets learn to handle chafng dish while they are at the academy, and in the days when there was any frontier service worth men, tioning they learned from force of ne cessity to handle frying pan soon after they got out of it. But the war department thinks they would be in better shape to look after the enlisted men if they were practical cooks, so cooking as well as dancing is to be made part of the West Point cur riculum.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27

At the treasury department at
 Washington some very amusing things
 have been learned concerning the col lection of customs duties For in- stance, down at the port of Albemarle Elizabeth City), N. C., 1t required the exhaustive labors of two men and an expense of s1,606 to collect s of rev enue. Our government cannot be &C., cused of niggardliness when it pays S321 for the collection of S1. At An napolis, Md, two men collected S5. but being modest they only took S1S5 to reimburse them for collecting each dollar of the five; at Cherrystone, Va, another s was collected at cost of Ia little more than $200 for each $1. The two men at Tappahannock, Va, did little better, both as to the amount collected and the cost of col lection. They collected s5.62 at an ex- pense of s702.75, or $125.O4 for each dollar. At Beaufort, \. C., the gov ernment kept two men at an expense of S1.4O0; at Little Egg Harbor, \. J., one man at S3O3.25: at Nantucket, Mass. one man at s370.55; at Paducah, Ky, two men at S450: at Patchogue, \, Y. two men at S474.90; at Vicksburg, Miss, one man at S513.65, and at Sa- quina, Ore, two men at S1,040.I5, and there was not a dollar collected at any of the agencies. The smallest amount collected at any one port was s2.50. at York, Me, the government expending s253.67 in the effort to corral the S2.50
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
pUBIIC CONFIDENCE.

4 most essential factor in business Al to gain first. and hold firm after rarde' the confidence of the public. By eiyina the purchaser full value you Femert d general good feeling which fs Everlasting. If advanced crcers are Y criterion we certainly have gained sha sought for goal. We take your monument order now and ser tns loD in the cemetery in early spring. nS ,, member, the low winter prices sun prevail. Fireplace goods and piuLno- CTS supplies.
 CHARLES 4, JACKSON & CO
 s7o-z74 Bank Street
 Nsscufs rtursrs suS ImpoffsrA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
HEARD IN PASSING

It is now stated thzs the ear was not figuring on an American built feet after slL He was getting plans drawn for a cyclone cellar
 It looks as though Senator TiIImzn vas rshesrsinz for double sketch with Editor Watterson when the latter cones to congress
 4 contemporary warns us that fhe eentrzliLafion bug has D0u attacked fhe bosiy politics. What with the red tape worm the graft beriil1s snd the boll weevil. this country is having ga awful hard time
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
CHRISTMAS

We offer for Christmas presents something useful and not very expen- sive.
 When you buy of us Fancy Slippers you can save 25c on each pair.
 To close out our stock of Ladies and Mems Fancy Slippers we have marked them down from x100 to 75c. Just come in and look at them.
 We also have left some samples which you can buy at half price. Re Iember the place.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
Your Guests Will be Pleased

If you treat them with our Special HOLIDAY BREW for 1905. It's the finest beer we have ever before brew ed. Bottled for home and hotel trade as we'll as on draught and will be placed on the market on December 14th and until the holidays are over.
 How about half-barrel of fine old STOCK ALE for your eellar7 It's very strengthening.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
HEADACHES AND NEURALGIA
 FROM COLDS

Laxative Bromo Quinine. the wo-ii
 vide God and Grip remedy. removes the ezuze- Call for the fuIl name and loak for signature of l. w. GrUve z5G
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27

The senate will save lot of money on that SIOOOO if they do not iIl Mr Bishops place till they need a bis toriau for the Panama canal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27

LADIES and GENTS TAILOR.
 Ladies' Suits, Skirts and Shirt Waist Suits made to order; also dressmaking. Cleaning, repairing, pressing and dye ing a speciality. Prices reasonable. Hartford and N. I Tailoring Co, s. Smith. proprietor, b4y South Main St
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-27
GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching. Blind. Bleeding. ProtrDdins Piles. Druggists are authorized to re fund money if PAZ0 OINTMENT fails to cure in C to IA days. J0c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
GETTING EVEN WITH ROOSEVELT

Representative Baker of New York
rescued the house from an awkward
position yesterday when he raised the
point Of order against an amendment
to the general deficiency bill offered by
Mr.. Maynard (dem.) of Virginia pro-
viding for an increase in the salary of
the president to $4,000 a year. Had
the irrepressible New Yorker been held
down for a minute the house would
have been compelled to put itself on
record as against the present occu-
pant of the white house. There is no
doubt of the temper of congress toward
President Roosevelt. 1t is that of ex-
asperated antagonism. For the sake of
preserving party unity it has been COM
PEELED to follow the executive against
the will of the majority of the members,
and the Maynard amendment would
have presented the opportunity to. get
even. The spirit is not a nice one to
contemplate. but there is little hope
that it will be improved In the next
congress.
The proposition Of Mr.. Maynard will
have to be. seriously considered by the
next congress. At least some such
measure will have to be reckoned with.
1t is agreed on all hands that the SAL
airy paid the chief executive now is
beggarly, whether it be compared to the
stipend paid other chiefs of state-and
such comparison is hardly fair-or
viewed as compensation for the time
Of the man who stands at the head of
the nation. 1t is not a question of
whether or no Mr.. Roosevelt could earn
as much money as a private citizen.
In the latter capacity he would not be
subjected to the extraordinary expendi-
lures imposed upon him by his position.
Hayes in the white house might
live within his salary, but the country
has grown beyond the Hayes stage of
national development. AS salaries go
the president is the worst paid man
In the country. We have no sympathy
with extravagant salaries for men on
the civil list, but no harm would be
worked to the nation If some of the
expensive accessories We're cut off in
other directions and added to the ex-
pense Of the executive.
A billion and half dollar country
should be able to afford something bet
ter than fifty thousand dollar presi-
dent-in view of the Partially of con-
gress for pork"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
PASSING THE RESPONSIBILITY

There is in the vernacular of dew
otees of the game of poker a phrase
Pass the buck" 1t is descriptive of
the practice of passing along a bean.
button, or-originally-a buckeye to in
dicate the player upon whom the duty
of providing the ante rests To pass
the buck is to get rid of the respon-
sibility. With this foreword we desire
to say that the house appears to be
getting ready to pass the buck in the
matter of the revised code. We are
not sure that the proposed action of
the house is matter for quarrel with
the members of that body. It may be
taken as evidence that the house has
got sense enough to know that lit can
not possibly cope with the code and is
acting on instinct in taking a chance
Of censure for not standing I'D TO re-
sponsibility it does DOT understand. -"
The house is wise in its lack of wis
dom. The code is a hopeless affair at
the best. 1t will. with its many amend
ments, be placed upon the desks OF
the members of the lower body this
morning. II each member got read busy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. FRIDAY. MARCH 8. 1905

and was fast reader he might perhaps
read the code in a week. If ne halted
at all in his reading-or stuttered-it
would take him a month to get through
the reading. If he had the digestive
capacity OF an ostrich and the storage
capacity of camel he might digest the
mass of reading in a year or two
and when he got through he would
probably be ready to go to a lawyer
to find out what the less intricate
chapters meant.
The code as 1t came from the re-
vision commission was a neat and COM
pact volume of five or six hundred
pages. From out of this volume there
have been cut paragraphs, sections
and chapters. To it there have been
added amendments uncounted but
which make about two hundred pages
of the ordinary journal of the house.
These amendments are more or less
necessary. They must be considered
and inserted properly. Most Of them
are important to lawyers and meaning
less to laymen.
1t is not to be wondered at that the
house is ready to wash its hands of
the job Of attempting to find out what
the code contains and that it should be
anxious to forego the privilege accorded
1T by the constitution Of dealing first
with all measures affecting the revenue.
We can see the house winking the other
eye and pushing its tongue into its
cheek when it votes aye on the motion
to pass the revised code, as amended
by about 1.20O specifications. And our
sympathies are with the senate, for
that distinguished body cannot pass the
buck.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03

sion is so sweeping, the rights that 1t
are so immense and so impossible of
ratification by the supreme court of
the United States that we have believ-
ed it unwise to permit this decree to
remain of record and binding in the
future relations between the city and
the company. A more vital and per-
manent question even than the pay
ment of the gross earnings tax has
been the overthrow of certain of these
antiquated and atrophied franchises,
which will now have all the force and
validity that a decree Of court can in
ject into them.
This, we admit, is the view of those
whose foresight runs far, and who have
a greater care for the future of the
city than for its immediate present.
Considering the advantages which the
conclusion of this compromise will
bring at once to the public, the increase
in its revenues, the very great increase
in its facilities for transportation, the
addition of needed lines, the erection OF
a large plant within it's boundaries,
and especially the submission to veto
by the city upon the unlimited right
to enter upon and occupy streets, there
is not a doubt that the compromise
will be greeted with general approval.
wished, it is so infinitely better than
what was proposed when h e G o e
began it's fight for the people that it
represents a substantial victory.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
A LESSON FOR US

The opening of the great auditorium
building in Minneapolis was an occa-
sion for brilliant display in that city,
but the day might well have been OBJ
served as one Of fasting and prayer in
st. Paul. The contrast between the
two cities was never more sharply
marked. Each of them has needed ever
since it grew out of babyhood just such
a great place of assemblage. Minneap-
oils has been tireless and has acknowl-
edged no defeat in her effort to obtain
it. Her people built the exposition
building largely with that purpose in
view, and for years it accommodated
the greatest concourses of people ever
assembled in the northwest, including
one national convention. AS an adver-
Using medium it was worth ten times
more to Minneapolis than all the mon
ey ever put into it. When 1t could no
longer be maintained, Minneapolis did
not sit down and bewail its loss, but
proceeded Immediately to erect a real
auditorium, which is the pride and de-
light of her people today.
st. Paul has made some real and ear
nest efforts in the same direction. We
have had at different times during the
last twenty years two buildings in the
city called auditorium" neither of
which exactly looked its name. We
have had one great and enthusiastic
movement toward the erection of a
real auditorium. which failed not be-
cause the people were not behind 1t,
but rather, it would appear, because the
plan was defective. No matter what
the reason may be, we haven't any au-
ditorium today. Whatever conventions
and associations of large size, whatever
great musical features may visit us
will seek Minneapolis rather than St
Paul.
This is becoming a more important
matter every day. The growth of the
west has made it possible for more
ambitious enterprises to come here,
and we have all the old attractions of
climate with the most abundant and
luxurious facilities for travel to be
found anywhere in the United States.
We ought to be ready to improve
them. A big auditorium is Just as
necessary to us as the excellent hotels
with which We are already supplied.
st. Paul should be on the move. IL
simply cannot afford to leave Mime
apolis in the position Of being the only.
one of the Twin Cities with a public
hall Of such capacity as to accommo-
date all the meetings, and make sue
cessful bids for all the conventions to
be held in the future in the northwest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
TODAY'S WEATHER

WASHINGTON, March Forecast for
Friday and Saturday:
Minnesota and Wisconsin-Fair warm
er Friday; Saturday fair; fresh southwest
winds.
Montana and North Dakota-Fair Fri
day; Saturday fair. colder
South Dakota-Fair Friday and Satur-
day.
Upper Michigan-Partly cloudy Friday.
warmer in east portion; Saturday partly
cloudy; variable winds. becoming south
and fresh.
lowa-Fair Friday, warmer in east por-
ton; Saturday fair
St Paul-Observation taken yesterday
by the United States weather bureau.
w. T.. Oliver. observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at o'clock last night
barometer corrected for temperature and
elevationl. Barometer. so. u; relative hu-
nudity, 81: weather. cloudy; maximum
temperature. 40; minimum temperature.
81; daily range, s; mean temperature, 49,
z p. m. temperature. IS; wind at ID. M
south; precipitation, 0.
YesterdaX,s temnera ture at nfher nointa.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
JOINT COMMITTEE
HEARS COMPL ANTS
New Code Insanity Provisions Are Not
Satisfactory

The senate committee on insane hos
pitfalls, with several members of the cor
responding house committee, yesterday
listened to complaints of the state board
OF control and the superintendent of the
state hospitals for the insane as to the
provisions of the new code. 1t is urged
that the code commission has practically
ignored the provisions OF the 1895 law.
and has Incorporated into the code the
old 1873 law relating to the commitment,
parole and discharge of the insane.
The hospital authorities desire that the
1895 law be retained. and the correction Of
numbers of ambiguous sections in the in
sanity code. The committee took no &C
ton, but it is understood that the senate
committee will ask that the chapter be
amended to meet the desires of the board
Of control and the hospital superintend-
entS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1905
THE STREET RAILWAY COMPRO-
MISE

The first criticism to be passed upon
the compromise agreement reached
with the street railway company is
that the bargain was made in haste.
We. hope that it may never have to
be repented of at leisure. There is no
good reason on the surface why the
measure adopted by both bodies of the
council should not have been held over
for public and personal consideration.
The members of that body who in
sisted upon this course seem to us to
have done their whole duty. An agree
ment involving issues of this magni-
tude, even though it should be wholly
favorable to the city, should not be
rushed through without the most care
full examination of all its terms. The
tanning through" process always in
itself invites suspicion.
Passing by this objection as to
method, there is one serious objection
~ NilC IcdCICu. L IL e
Globe has stated clearly from the
beginning that there were two matters
Of the utmost moment involved in the
litigation under way. The first of
these was the right and power of the
city to compel payment of the gross
earnings tax. The second was such
action as would legally and finally
determine the respective rights of the
city and the street railway company.
With what has been done in the for
mer we may be measurably satisfied.
The position in which the city is left
with respect to the latter, although
much less regarded by our people and
practically dropped out of sight in pub
lie discussion, is an affair of some
seriousness.
From the financial and business
standpoint the compromise reached
may be accepted without either grum-
bling or satisfaction. Probably if will
figure up in dollars and cents pretty
nearly as much to the advantage of the
city as if we had insisted upon pay
ment Of the gross earnings tax under
the charter in full and had got it. The
company is to pay a gross amount of
per cent on its entire earnings. In
this are to be included all the sums
paid as general taxes. The difference.
representing the gain to the city i'm
mediately by this arrangement, is some
$4,000 per annum, which amount will
be increased from year to year as the
earnings of the company grow. Fur
thermore, the tax begins to run on the
earnings of the year 1906, whereas
there is no telling how long We might
have had to wait for a decision from
the supreme court if the case were car
ried up. Taken in connection with
certain real concessions that the COM
pany makes, such as the cross town
line on Dale street and the waiver of its
blanket right to enter on all our streets
at pleasure, and remembering also the
possibility, though not probability, that
the city's rights might have been de-
MED in the final decree, we believe
that the public will not protest against
this arrangement
The grayest objection to d settlement
out of court seems to us now, as e al
ways has seemed to be the nosjti.,n In
which 1t leaves the city from the legal
point of view. Judge Lochren's aeci-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
STOLP'S THIRST NOT
EVIDENCE OF INSANITY
Woman Only Proves That Husband
Spent Wages for Drink

The examination of Ferdinand Stolp
a Silver.lake farmer, before Judge Ba-
lille yesterday indicated that Informal
ton filed by Mrs. Stolp was for the
municipal instead of the probate
court. The examination of Stolp for
insanity by Drs. Sneve and Sweeney
and the testimony of Mrs Stolp went
no farther than indicating that Stolp
sometimes spent his money for drink
instead of bringing 1t home and that
his wife thought such action proved
that he was insane. He was dis
charged with a kindly warning to leave
liquor alone.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
Marriage License Receipts

A bin introduced in the house yesterday
by ]. ]. Pehler, of Winona, will have the
effect of causing the clerk of courts to is
sue receipts to applicants for marriage IL
censes. The receipt is to contain all the
material facts stated in the application for
the license, and not less than five DAYS
are to elapse between the time OF the is
suance of the license and the performance
of the marriage ceremony.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03

The experience Of the president dur
ing the present session of congress ought
to be warning to the mountain lions
to pick out the tallest timber in which
to hide next month.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
PEDDLERS MUST HAVE
COUNTY LICENSES
Ramsland Bill Aimed at Box Car Mer-
chants Is Favorably Recommended

o. I. Ramsland's bill providing for
county licenses for peddlers and hawk
ers was recommended to pass by the
house committee on towns and coun-
Ties yesterday. 1t was amended to
bring its provision within the constitu-
tion' but 1t will force sewing machine,
patent medicine and box car peddIers
TO obtain county licenses from the
boards of county commissioners of the
counties in which they expect to OPP
crate.
George McKenzie's bill relating to
county abstract indexes was agreed to.
and ;. ID. Peterson's bill increasing the
compensation OF county commissioners
from SO to So a day will be reported
without recommendation.