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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-23
Not All Fight

Japan is not desoting it's whole atten- ton to var. An electrical plant has just been shipped from England for Tokio. to work sn miles of electric street railway. with se cars. in that city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-23
One Blessing.

Whes an old maid bumps her head against the door in the dark she never has to worry over the way people will wonder if her husband did it.-Balt:- more Americsn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-23
Particular.

Hostess-Will you have brandy or maple sugar on your plum pudding. Mir Smythe7
 Mr- Smythe-A have the brandy sauce. if you please: maple sirup is SD likely to be adulterated. you know '-Cieveiand Leader.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-23
Exhibit Paid

The California commission 10 the St. Louis exposition returned to the state S6.oo0. unexpended. of the s130.O00 ap- propriation made by the legislature for state advertising purposes Practically all the exhibit has been sent to the Port land fair. which is 60 open next May.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-23
GTecian Turkey Market

The turkey market as it walks into town is one Of the sights of a Grecian city If the turkeys are brought from a great distance their feet are dipped in tar before starting. to make them tough for the journey.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-23
CsVse of KunckirR

The old man gTumhIef.
 T cont like to knoek- ae said. but what's a mar to do when the doorbesl won't rIag--Cl-veIans Plain D-sI Ter.
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gressmen. There can be no harm I'M
sayings that he was a CRATER" two bar
associations and a legislative committee
nave 30 reported. He.was an up country
judge at $1,000 a year when Gov. Odell.
as ne was then; appointed Hooker. to
sit upon the New York bench, with All
added 10000 of salary, which the city
mas 10 pay. When the exposure wa9
complete, and when a legislature of hil
own party had reluctantly turned ita
back on him, all the party leaders
rushed at Hooker with insistent de-,
mands that he should resign. Why he
refused to do 80 cannot imagine, unless
the pare chance of saving his salary by
some luke doomed bigger in his ,eyes
than the chance of going into retirement
until MS acts were forgotten. Whatever
the reason his name was seldom men.
toned by machine republican without
the prefix of a participial adjective be-
ginning with 3D." For the gas ques-
ton came up again; the issue raised by
corruption in the big insurance COM
panles grew In magnitude and impor-
lance with every day, and the local cam
pa1gn In New York city began to SIM
mer.
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lacking thousands of actual New
Workers are out of town. All the
larger cities must hereafter in every
census suffer considerably from this
cause.
A pretty big city of 100000 at that,
For by every consideration of common
sense except those imposed by state
lines there are about 1000, 900 more
really living in the city. Even beyond
Newark in New Jersey there are
whole communities where practically
every able-bodied man, except the
grocers and butchers and the like,
works in New York. The metropolitan
region corresponding with the Greater
London of the Metropolitan Police dis
trict, has 100000 people. Greater
London has now about $500, 900. Great
er New York grows IS per cent. in ten
years: Greater London grows II per
cent. in the same period. Greater
London got rapid transit years ago in
its underground system. Greater New
York is just getting hers. The center:
of population will very soon be UPON
the Brooklyn side of the river. Brook:
Ign and Queens Boroughs are growing
very fast. Almost any schoolboy can.
figure out how soon New York is like
.ly to pass London in population. And
the schoolboy will be pretty likely to.
live to see the day. = .<..., II Il
-&z-+4s OWEN LANGDoN. .
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best of all, the fresh water pleased

best of all, the fresh water pleased
them. "t.-
AS soon as the captain was strong
enough he told the whole story Of what
he says Is the most terrible voyage
he or any other seaman had ever ex-
perienced. He told how the first day
out the Minerva struck small fresh
quartering gale. The wind seemed
fair enough, and the bark, with stud
ding sails out, hummed through it,
shouldering the seas off both bows
easily. But the wind did not hold
steady and the following day it
dropped almost as suddenly as it had
risen. Knowing the dangerous char.
acter of the waters he was sailing, the
captain made everything shipshape
and waited for the weather, whatever
it might be. He had not long to wait,
for shortly before sunset a storm
burst over the vessel. 1t was one of
the tornadoes of the southern seas.
All might have gone we'll, however,
for the Minerva had often proved her
self seaworthy boat, had not the
suddenly veering wind caught the ship
unawares and whipped it around much
as small eddying breeze will whirl
feather on the street, and swung her
directly into the trough of the sea. A
great green wave beat down upon the
deck. The vessel heeled over almost
to the water line and, with a crash,
the foremost went overheard.
Like a wounded partridge, the ship
righted herself and, answering the
helm, at last Strengthened in time to
avoid another such shock. When the
wreck had been cut away and the sud-
den storm had fallen off, jury mast
was rugged and the Minerva kept on
her course to Manila.
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AWFUL VOYAGE
ON A DEATHSH|P
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE ON A
BARK IN CHINA SEA.
PURSUED BY AN EVIL FATE
Tornadoes, Smallpox and the Plague
Beset Mariners II Few Of Crew
Left Alive to Tell Story
Of Suffering. 4,

San Francisco.-Death shipped with
the bark Minerva, bound from Saigon,
Cochin-China, for Manila, and dead
were nearly all the crew when the YES
sci drifted helplessly into the little
port of Labuan, an island a few miles
off the coast of Borneo. No one who
had seen the trim vessel when she
used to cruise on the California coast
a few years ago would have recognized
the Minerva in the gray, lean, haggard
hulk that swung listlessly into the
East Indian harbor with only rag for
a sail-all the rest of her canvas had
gone in a storm-the whole vessel bat
tered and torn by the rough weather
which she had encountered.
Seventy days before. way back in
February, the Minerva had left Saigon,
laden with cargo of rice, as stanch
ship as a captain cares to see with
a good crew aboard. It had taken
her 70 days to cover 700 miles, time
enough to sail with fair wind across
the Atlantic ocean and nearly return
to America. If ever a ship was pur-
sued by fate, however, it was the Mi
nerva. Disaster after disaster oc-
CURED. Rough weather such as only
the China sea can provide, smallpox,
beri-beri and deadly calm proved a
combination that killed a dozen of the
crew, and had another "a hours passed
without their receiving assistance it is
more than probable that there would
not have been a living soul upon tue
ship when she reached Labuan
1t was an awful sight that pre-
sented itself to the first man to board
the distressed ship. In front of the
main hatch, partly enveloped by the
trailing ends of all that was left of the
mainsail, lay sailor, dead. Beside
him were huddled two companions
alive, but in a terrible condition of
filth and helplessness. Neither had
strength enough to move One was
covered with raw smallpox scars and
the other was wasted to shadow with
beri-beri. Their tongues fairly hung
out of their mouths, lips were cracked
and parched. For hours they had lain
without food or water waiting to die
Just outside the winchhouse lay what
looked at first to be pile Of rags and
old sail cloth covered with oil and
grease. A closer inspection showed,
however, that it was the body of a
man. Touched gingerly with "a foot
the mass groaned. 1t was alive.
Going to the forecastle the rescuing
party found another dead man lying
half in and half out of bunk. He had
died of beri-beri. Close beside the
dead man. so that their bodies almost
touched, lay live comrade He was
half-conscious, but so nearly dead that
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Spring Harbor and was visible from
every quarter.
Yet the new water power arrange
ment will be patriotic. Water is to be
pumped by an engine and Mrs. Roose-
welt will have an irrigating system for
her gardens. Perhaps the president
may be aided in studying out the irriga-
ton needs of the far west by noting the
'"cussedness" of his own supply.
The Roosevelt summer home is a
plain house of red brick with wide We
randas and cool poTches, overlooking
the sound. The rooms are spacious and
all the proportions so we'll managed
that it is with an effort that one realizes
that it is large house. Two months
ago it was hundred feet long, irreg,
ular in shape, typical "two-and-a-half-
story house. This spring a great
library has been built upon one end cor
responding in style and arrangement
with the main house. The addition
alone cost SIS, 900, as the room is spacious
and fireproof for the sake of it's valu-
able future contents. Mr.. Roosevelt has
always been lover and buyer OF
books and he has now in Washington
and in Oyster Bay a valuable col
lection. OF course the house is also
full of trophies of many hunts in the
west. Tht hall particularly bears upon
the walls noble mounts of bear and elk
heads.
The new library is a dignified room
somewhat more formal than the plain
remainder of the house. 1t is adorned
with the combined monograms of Mr..
and Mrs. Roosevelt with eagles done in
gilt and with classic details-all very
colonial In spaciousness and dignity
1t reminds one of the state dining-room
at Mount Vernon. And l have seen
three out of four people enter, view and
leave the same beautiful room of Wash
ington's planning without noticing that
1t is full two stories in height, unlike the
other rooms on the ground floor. the
difference being masked on the exterior
by false: windows in the upper story
whose blinds are always closed.
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there seemed little prospect of his liv-
ing another two hours. On the deck
behind the forecastle group of sailors
were hu0dled together 1t was learned
later that they had remained on deck
in the hope that should it rain The
water might fall upon them. Several
Of the men were dead and none of the
rest was able to move about.
The captain of the ship was found
lying across table in the cabin, upon
which was stretched a chart of the
China sea. With the aid of cup of
fresh water he was brought partly to
himself and was able to humble a
few words of the story of the terrible
cruise.
One there was aboard the Inflated
bark who could get about. It was the
captains boy, Filipino. Using an old
broomstick as crutch, he chung with
the other hand to the ships rail anS
dragged himself from the shade of the
mizzenmast, in which he had been ~
ing. In his broken English he begged
first for water and then for food. For
three days and officers of the crew CT
the Minerva had had no food except
the raw rice of the cargo, which they
were unable to cook.
AS quickly as possible the surviving
members of the crew were transferred
to the schooner Taganac. which lay in
the harbor of Labuan. The dead were
buried in the sea. At first none of the
men could eat but a few mouthfuls,
and even these had to be fed them, so
weak were they from disease and
famine. But later, when fresh vege-
tables and bread were brought out to
them from shore. they ate ravenousiy.
examining the food into their mouths
untis they nearly choked, and it was
found necessary to restrain them But
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TEA UNDER MIC oPE.
s4ga ~
Revelations Which Are Hardly Pal
atable to the ~Devotee Of the r
Soothing Brew. ~,

"Have look" said the histologist.
And he rose from the beautiful, deli
cate microscope and his companion
took his place, states the New York
Herald. s~'.-. ~
There was a little fiddling and adj
justing of tiny screws, Then the tyro
said:
ugh! Chastity! What have Va
here? A railroad wreck ?"
"You are looking" answered the his
tologist, Eat part of the remains of a
Ceylonese CATERPILLAR 49,.
He withdrew that slide. and put an
other in it's place. I
Another tragedy?" the tyro asked:
"The remains of BEETLE" the histol-
ogist replied. 8.
A third slide was placed beneath the
lens. -
"This,'' said the tyro, should be a
battlefield" t..
ut is only" returned the scientist.
"a commingling of the desiccated frag~
ments of fly, centipede, moth and
a slug"
LIZ IyIO ydWueu.
Histology is interesting" he said.
in bored voice. Where did you get
these specimens?'
"Out of a packet of tea"
"A packet of tea? What kind OF
tea?" Z
"Ordinary tea"
"Heavens! l am tea drinker. Ex-
plain yourself" -.
The historian. smiling, said:
'"Tea grows on bushes. The> leaves
are plucked by hand. Imagine yourself
stripping rosebush after rosebush,
miles on miles, of their leaves. Well,
that is what tea picking is like.
''The native pickers work fast. They
pick as many as Is pounds of leaves in
day-a bundle bigger than man.
"Now the tea plant is the prey of a
hundred insects, and the picker in his
haste doesn't pause to brush off each
leaf or to wash it, for he works, so we
say, by piece work.
The picked leaves are dried on char
coal fires. They shrivel under the heat,
and the insect larvae and chrysalids
among them change to dust. This dust
looks, to the ordinary eye, like leaf
fragments. But under the microscope
1t looks, as you remarked, like an in
sect railroad wreck or a pigmy battle
field. 1t tastes like-but you know as
we'll as do what it tastes like"
Tomorrow" said the other, II am
going to bring some of my wife's tea
| here to examine with YOU"
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News Notes..

Fort Snelling-After two escapes
from the garrison Private Charles
Clement, who was at the time of his
last escape awaiting trial by court
martial, was arrested.
Little Falls-Congressman C.. B.
Buck man is again winner against the
state of of Minnesota in its action to
recover triple damages for timber
trespass.
St Paul-State Game Warden S. F..
Fullerton had narrow. escape from
death through the explosion of a shot
gun at the state fish hatchery:
Minneapolis-The Norwegians Of the
Twin Cities held their midsummer fes-
tival at Como Park and adopt resolu-
tions indorsing the actionaofs the, stor.
thing. $780, --.-.....--. .,..,....
st. Paul-August Brown, farmer,
from Mendoza, was hurt by being
thrown from his wagon by descending
Hill street The horses became fright
ened and started to run down the hill.
Nh: Brown held the reins after he had
been thrown to the street and was
dragged nearly two blocks. -.
f. Wayzata-Two men instead of one
were killed on the Great Northern
tracks near here: -
Minneapolis,-The> water .isaa.yery
high in the Mississippi and the boom
company has been unable to- handle
logs for several days, No apprehen-
sion is felt, however. s ~ = ~ - :s. 4
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goes better in politics. Stitch is five feet
high, very thin and trife one-sided.
He grew up in the direst want in the
great East side ghetto, having come
from Russia when child, and he gets
MS money from running a bowling al
ley. He is great friend of District At
torney jerome, who lives, when in town.
in Rutgers street, East side, not far from
Stltchs place OF business. 1t was there
that Henry James, being for one night
MI. Jerome's guest, made Mr.. McCar-
thys acquaintance. Mr.. James took
on his coat and made few creditable
spares and Strikes" ate a hearty
supper with Jerome and Stitch and left
q favorable impression.
That is what Mr. James has done ev-
erywhere during his American trim He
Is man of sufficient stature and gener-
Gus g1rth, beardless now for seyera,
years, quite bald, affable and plain in
manner. Those who have got all
balled up by Mr.. James amazing print
ed sentences find to their surprise that
MS lectures are easy Of comprehension
Either the sentences are actually SIM
pier or the infection of the speaking
voice interprets the maze and sorts ont
the verbs and predicates.
Mr.. James and Mr.. Howells. who
was recently honored with the degree
OF doctor of literature by Columbia mi
verslty, would perhaps be called tho
TWO foremost American novelists. Thew
are different in manner, Mr.. Howe11s
AVOIDING utterly the verbal gymnastics
OF the other. Each admires the other
greatly But each resembles the other
IN never having produced a hook ~
large popular success. ~
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publicans the more

publlcans the more.
mayor Mcclellan is very popular,
even with those people who loudly be-
wall his subservience to Tammany.
he mas appointed to Office frankly for
political reasons some almost incred-
IDLY unfit men, corrupt, ignorant and
neglecttul. The administration mas
been anything but successful. Yet
Mr.. Mcclellan is himself strong with
the voters. He worthily represents the
city on public occasions, makes good
speech, has a good appearance, is be-
yOnd the reach of financial temptation.
and represents quite as much as Mayor
Low the idea of the scholar in politics.
So when the Dean of Princeton col
lege in comforting upon the mayor an
honorary degree unsuspiciously re-
ferred to him as the best mayor New
York had ever had the newspapers at
first chortled with glee at the joke and
then, taking the matter more serious
~, told the mayor that it might easily
be true if he would stop playing poll
tics and do his best. That is about the
attitude OF the public. He is the
strongest candidate for mayor to-day.
But the more extreme advocates OF
municipal ownership of street rail-
ways, gas works and the like are
down on" Mcclellan. Most of these
men are naturally democrats; their de-
lection will reduce Tammany's
strength, but Tammany mas strength
to spare. .Tammany cannot easily be
beaten in a three cornered fight. The
republicans are tempted, by the sight
of city which will spend $500 600. 900
within the next four years, to put up
straight ticket. The municipal~ own
ership people may in that case 60 it
alone
Such three-cornered fight once
took place. Abram S. Hewitt was the
democratic candidate, Theodore Roose-
welt the republican, Henry George the
radical. George was elected, but Hew-
lit was counted in. Roosevelt was at
the foot Of the poll. What changes Is
years have made! The radical ele-
ments are far stronger now But
Hewitt had not McClellan's popular
personality, though an excellent man;
and the radicals now have no Henry
George to run. A combination be,
tween the radicals and republicans
Clellan; but I wonder if that is with
in the possibilities of practical politics.
That's what Odell is wondering, too.
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Recognized Chum in Corpse,

Des Moines, Ia.-When S. ". Hagen
medical college student, discovered
that the body which he was about to
assist in dissecting was that of an old
friend. he dropped his knife and saw
and fell in dead faint. In company
with the college staff and number OF
other students Hagen was about to be-
gin work. 1t was Hagen who pulled
the cloth from the face of the corpse.
After recovering from his swoon Hag-
en- explained to bis companions that
the body was that oi R. W Landsfeld.
OF Jefferson. Mo-. with whom he had
chummed and attended school in ear
1ier DAYS
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TOLD IN MUSICAL PHRASE.
The Opera Editor Graphically De-
scribes the "Movements" of
Prize Fight.

Owing to severe condition of short
handedness on the staff, relates the De-
troit Free Press, the music ed
itor was sent to cover a prize fight,
with the following result:
IAN entertainment of unusual novel
ty attracted large masculine audience
at the armory last night. The chief
number on the programme consisted OF
duet between two well-known artists
and the work was divided into ten
short movements. Both of the chief
artists of the evening were becomingly
attired in a novel and striking costume
consisting of something like abbre-
waited bathing suits, shoes and heavy
stockings. The first movement started
about andantino, but went sempre &C.
celerando to motto vivace at the end
There was some rapid staccato work
on the part of each performer through
out the movement and when a large
gong rang. at the end of a short inter-
/ val, BOTH walked to a corner of the
roped-in platform. At the beginning
Of the second movement, there WIS a
0SA SVAuOANy W pAdA1001uO "OIh
and the soft pedal was used with much
effect on both sides.
Shortly before the end of this move
ment, one of the artists was carried
away with excitement and struck the
other, sforzando. con due pedale e mol
to piu yivace. The compliment was re-
turned con amore, and both subsidized
again as the gong rang.
AT the opening of the third move
ment, the original theme was resumed
and was treated with great freedom
throughout. The straight-arm motif
was introduced, motto piacevole, and
the rendition became so fast and furi-
Gus as to hinder accurate observation.
The composition suddenly assumed the
characteristics of the unfinished SYM
phony, one performer being overcome
by his emotion and failing to continue.
The applause was furious for the other
artist, who was made the recipient of
the most frenzied demonstrations from
the audience. The composer Of the IN
finished composition is reported Ito
have been the late marquis of Queens
bury, little known as musical writer."
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New York's 100000.

HE New York in
which Roosevelt
ran for mayor was
a little old town
of 100000 souls.
The New York OF
to-day is one OF
1000, 900. The CEN
sus figures COM
pleted by the state
fall just below
that comfortable
round figure, but
it is conceded that
ore than the
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At Isle of Pines.

Mankato-Judge John.B. Ogle, the
runaway forger and EN- bezzler,, who
twice tried to kill himself, has been
located at Neuva Corona on the Isle of
Pines, the refuge of A. A. Buck, the
defaulting cashier of Mankato.
Owing to the fact that the United
States has no extradition treaty with
the Isle of Pines it will be impossible
to bring Ogle back for trial and pun
iShment
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Prison Population.

Saltwater 49, Some surprise was
caused by the announcement that the
number of criminals at the state peni-
Tertiary is increasing more than four
times as fast as the population of the
state. The population; of the prison
h>s increased 400 per cent since 1900,
while the census bureau officials will
be highly pleased 5if there lis an in
osease of 10 per cent in the population
of the state.
There are 7o2 prisoners at SILVIA
ter, by far the largest number in the
history of the institution. The num-
Der year ago was 634, three years
ago $50 and five years ago 1856 Mem
bers of the board of control who re-
turned to st. Paul announced that all
the cells are full and that prisoners
are compelled TO sleepin the corridors.
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GIRL AT HOME, BUT BOY
WHEN SHE LEAVES 1T.
Double Role Played by Young Indi-
ana Miss, Who Has Weakness
for Masculine Attire.

Jeffersonville, Ind.-Bertie Helm, a
girl not yet 20 years old, who has a
freakish character, is under the lime
light Of publicity again. BERTHE is the
girl who appears. in. the police sta
ton from time to time in boys cloth
ing, and has been all over the coun-
try, nearly, riding on freight trains