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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

St Michael's guild will meet in the chapel this evening at s o'clock.
 The remains of Mrs Annie Cook were brought from Prospect to Nan- gatuck Tuesday afternoon and inter- red in St, James, cemetery. The fifth lecture of the university extension course will be given in the High school assembly hall on Thurs day evening by Professor Ramsey Muir.
 At the meeting of the Women's Study club in the public library this afternoon the subject for discussion was Browning The Ring and tlle Book.'
 The Church Helpers of St Michael's , church will meet with Mrs l.. $. Beardsley tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at her home on High | street.
 The Ladies' Aid society of sthe Baptist church will serve clam chowder supper in the chapel on Pros pect street Wednesday evening from 5:30 o'clock to 8.
 Henry Freeman of Yale, who mas been visiting his parents, Mir and Mrs James J. Freeman of Meadow street has returned to college where he will resume his studies in the law school.
 Bob Stone, the Waterbury pool play CT, was in the borough yesterday and while here he called on a few friends. A number of local sports will go to Waterbury tonight to see MT Stone play Professor Horan of Southington.
 Katherine Talbot died last night at the home of her parents, MT and Mrs Patrick Talbot on Carroll street. She was twenty-six years old and leaves besides her parents, three sisters and two brothers. The funeral will be held from the house at 8:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning and at o'clock from St Francis church. The inter- ment will be in St Francis cemetery.
 William J. Noble, the well known horseman was bitten by a horse yes horseman was bitten by horse yes- terday at his home at Beacon Valley. He went into his stable to see if the hOrsese were through feeding and he walked into a stall in which one Of the horses was. As Mir Noble was making his exit the horse turned quickly and grabbed him on the chest with his teeth. The animals teeth sank into the flesh and MT Noble lost considerable blood. The wound was cauteriZed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13

years. Her lungs were practically clear and the pneumonia had yielded te treatment, but the weakness of hel heart prevented her recovery.
 Since the day she was born in the ! Berkshire hills, near Adams, Mass, on Feb. 15, 1920, and christened Susan Brownell Anthony events in her life had been so shaping as to form the lit tie Quaker girl into remarkable wo- man. Her father was industrious prosperous and free in his thinking. He brought up his family of girls and boys in the fear of God and of nothing else. Although well to do, the father let his children learn the value of work. At fifteen Susan taught school. One of her first tasks was to whip a big boy who had been unruly. She was scared, but rather enjoyed the ex- perience. Although she taught off and on until she5iwas thirty. Miss Anthony never cared much about being a teacher.
 It was very early in life that Miss Anthony paused in her staid home do ings to ask herself these questions: "What service can I render humanity What can do to help right the wrongs of society,"" Her temperament was naturally serious, for she came of a famous family of Quakers. = Her first act of distinction was at a 2 tao in, oc,ta s,, 1853, when she made a speech. No such thing had ever beenShearf~ ~of-~a woman speaking in meeting of that character-and the assembly, men and women alike, were aghast at her te- merity. The subject was the compara- lively small respect in which the ,pro- fession of teacher was then held. Miss Anthony, amid an astonished quiet, arose and said, Do you not see that as long as society says women have not brains enough to be doctors, lawyers or ministers, but have plenty to be teachers, every man of you who con descends to be q teacher tacitly admits before all Israel and the sun that he has no more brains than woman|
 But Miss Anthony loved work and often said that she had found happi- ness in labor, in simple way of life and in earnest and sincere devotion to a great cause. Good health and many loyal friends were portions allowed her and which she was successful in keeping to the end of her busy life.
 In 1852 Miss Anthony aided in organ izing the first state women's temper ance society and later became active in antislavery and woman's rights work. She was secretary of the Wo- mans National league during the war, and since then she devoted herself en- tirely to the cause of woman suffrage. In 1868 she founded the Revolution, the first exclusively woman's rights paper.
 Miss Anthony never doubted that women would soon get their rights. which in her mind meant the right to vote. In 1896 she declared that she ex- pected to see the enfranchisement of women within four years-'a tidal wave will sweep us right over.'
 She also said once. ''I firmly believe that some day a woman will be elected president of the United States"
 Miss Anthony's ideas on marriage used to be of great moment to women. People were fond of asking her why she had never married. Mrs. Ida Husted Harper. who wrote Miss An thony's biography. said once that the great woman suffragist would proba- bly have married had she ever met a man that she loved.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
SEAGULLS THAT CAPER.
shore-Feeding Birds Dance to Fright NT en Worms from the s 7a
 Earth. H

"It is no uncommon sight to see gulls, or other birds, dancing or pad. ding upon the sand" says writer. "Curlews and most other shore-feed- ing birds do the same thing, the ob- ject being to frighten the worms from their retreat below. when they appear to be instantly swallowed up. But the really interesting part of the per formance is-why should the worms be so frightened by the shaking pro duced in the sand as to come to the surface? The inference, of course, is that they have greater dread of some enemy beneath, whose approach they believe to be heralded by the vibration which his movements through 1t impart to the sand.
 q confess to being a little puzzled as to what the enemy can be. When the angler wants to collect earth worms, in a place where 1t is not con- venient to dig. he is accustomed to push a stick into the ground and by moving that about impart vibration to the soii around, which has the ef- feet of forcing those worms within its influence to crawl to the surface. This is precisely the practice followed by the dancing gull and with the same result
 But on land we are led to suppose that 1t may be an attack from mole which the worms fear; while on the wet sands there are. of course, no moles to be dreaded. Are the worms thinking back. through a remote an- eestry. to a time when they were dvellers upon dry land and were ac- quainted with the mole, or his for bears, or what is the true solution of the matter7"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
Killed Father Playing HoIdup.

TAMPA, Fla, March 13. - Playing holdup, Charles Ryals, ten years old. pointed a shotgun at his father. J. o. Ryals, a we'll known farmer at Branch ton, and, crying, Hands upr pulled the trigger. The gun was loaded, and the charge entered the fathers breast, causing death in a few minutes. The boy believed the gun was not loaded.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
Explosion Felt For Forty Mile.

DULUTH. Minn., March 13-Eight tons of dynamite at the compressor plant of the Great Northern Power company exploded last night, demol- ishing a large portion of the works now under construction and injuring a numher Of men. The force of the ex- plosiOn was felt for forty miles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
Also A S.u6eu-

Attendance at lectures is not oon- paisOry in Germany. and there are all sorts of yarns sboat the sts6snts- idle ness They say that a yOung man ia Heidslberg once spprozchsd anothsr young man and asked
 Where are the university bzfld- fnEr
 The second TOung man re1.ie1s
 T really don't k1Or- Ian student here uyseIf'-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
New Judge For Philippines.

FORT WAYNE. Ind. March 13.- Newton W. Gilbert. representative in congress from the Twelfth district. an. n0unced here that he will resign his seat to accept a judgeship in the Phil Ippines offered him by the president. He will leave for the Philippines Juiy i. His salary will be s4.500.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
whItsey and cr..sow Named.

WASHINGTON. March 13.-The in- terstate commerce commission has se lested as counsel in the investigation. directed by a recent joint resolution O. congress into alleged rate discrimina- ton on coal and oil Messrs. Edward B. Whitney of New York and William A. Glasgow Of Philadelphia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
Root to Head Canal Dixeins.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-If Sec retary of War Taft retires from his present office to become a member of tine supreme court the affairs of the Panama canal will be transferred from the war department to the state depart ment. and the canal will be built un- der the supervision of Secretary of State Root.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
A Hitch st AIaecIra..

ALGECIRAs. Spain. March 13.-The French delegates declare they will not accept foreign control of the Franco Spanish police for Morocco. The Ger mans are firm. This makes a momen- tary desdIpck upon the details. but a solution is considered possible.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
MISS ANTHONY DEAD.
Leader of American Woman suf. fragists Succumbs to Pneumonia.

0euucr UI AmerICUM WUmHM SuIS
 fragfsts Succumbs to Pneumonia.
 ROCHESTER,, N. Y., March 13.-The long and eventful life of Susan B. Anthony closed at 12:40 o'clock this morning. The end came peacefully. Miss Anthony had been unconscious practically all of the time for more than twenty-four hours, and her death had been almost momentarily expected since last night. Only her wonderful constitution kept her alive.
 Dr. M. S. Kicker. her attending physi- clan, said Miss Anthony died of heart failure, induced by pneumonia of both lungs. She had had serious valvular heart trouble for the last six or seven
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
Made 1. Fortune Ia Wheat.

CHICAGO. March 13l - John ". Gates. it is said made S3n.O0O in wheat yesterday. selling a9ol0sO bush els at a profit of { cents. and making up a little of tBe vast losses be has sustained in hIs futile attempt to cor ner May wbeat one year ago
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
ssverrmen, Pay. aa 1872 Deh,.

ALBANY. V. Y- March 13 - The state has received from the United States government the sum of s11s.- 5S5II. with interest. due the state for furnishing equipments for troops from New York for the war of 1872
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
COFFEES

as we say to all satisfaction we can give you, and lots of stamps. 30 stamps with lb Coffee ... 35c 25 stamps with 1 lb Coffee. ... BOG 20 stamps with lb Coffee .... 25c 10 stamps with lb Coffee .... zoe FREE-1O STAMPS with the fol- lowing:
 1 lb carton A. & P Fancy Rice. 1Oc l can Succotash \. 1Oc can Red Alaska Samon t. :. 1Oc 1 can Smoked Safdines ...... 10c 1 package A. & P. Jelly Powder 10c 1 bottle c. & Co.'S Imported Wor- cestershire Sauce ....... 12c jar A. & P. Bacon .... ... 15c bottl A. & P. Catsup .... =. 10c xr stamps with 1 carton A. &
 10 P. Currants ..... ...... 1Oc FRESH EGGS-All good this week,
 at cost Try them.
 N.i Y. State Full Cream Cheese,
 ID ..... ..... l5c The GREAT \. & P. TEA CO.,, % E. Main St Phone 177-5.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
P0L1'S THEATER.
 TUESDAY, MARCH IS.
 Klaw & Erlanger Present THE ROGER BR.TnERS IN 1DEIA n

John J. McNally's Latest Mirth Provoker. Music by Max Hoffman. Lyrics by George V. Hobart 115 - ENTERTAINERS -115 Cast includes the Rogers Brothers. 1Corinne, Josie Intropoidi, Bessie de Voie, Etthel Intropoidi, Julia East man, Maurice Darcy, Charles F.. Mccarthy, John Conroy, Edward O'Connor, Arthur V. Gibson.
 Prices are 30, 75c, $1.0O and $1.5O.
 Sale of seats Monday. Tel 116-2. Positively no free list
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
The Boy NeMDoor
Francis Owen and Companyin The Benediction." ]"

Hayman and Franklin. the Three Roses, the Three Cartwells,' the Joselyn Trio, the Golden Gate Quin- tet and the electrograph.
 Prices are 10, 20 and soc; matinee 200, ladies 1Oc.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03
TREES FOR CITY PLANTING.

A friend wishes to set out about Il
dozen shade and ornamental trees on
the somewhat limited space around his
city home and wishes we would tell
him what varieties to select. AS he
lives In north central town, he must
have some regard to the matter of lati-
tude In his selection. The American
elm is justly rated as one of the best
of trees for city conditions, though we
find it will not endure the effect of coal
smoke as well as the hard maple, the
Eastwood or linden or the sycamore
II one has clay soil the hard maple
Is the best of all shade trees, whether
in town or country, for there is a sym
metry of habit, a richness and profuse-
ness of foliage, which no other tree de-
velOps. Besides, it's autumnal splendor
of coloring eclipses that Of any other
tree. The catalpa looks well little
while, leaves out late in the spring and
drops its leaves first of any tree in the
fall. The common black cherry makes
an admirable tree for a city lawn,
while IL one can secure bur oak he
has tree which is proof against all
the adverse conditions Of city life. A
Colorado blue spruce will be found q
very attractive and beautiful tree if an
evergreen is desired. We think that we
would suggest that elms be selected
for setting in the street in front and
some of the other trees named for the
inside grounds. In our own case we
some years ago adopted the plan of
using largely fruit trees for lawn and
home lot planting, with the result that
we now have plenty Of shade and fruit
n
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03
HE HAD ENOUGH.

We came across farmer friend the
other day who greatly interested us.
He was the owner of fine farm Of
160 acres, was out of debt and had a
nice home. We found him greatly in
terested in all that pertained to the
progressive side of his business, and
we were particularly struck with what
he said with reference to his farm. He
said, II have land enough, and my ef-
fort in the future will be to study how
to make what have more productive"
He lived IN the corn belt, and he had
set his mark on two things-one to
produce an average field Of sixty five
bushels of corn to the acre one year
with another, the other to bring up his
dairy herd Of twenty-five cows to a
butter product Of 800 pounds per head.
In order to secure these results he had
established a short crop ration for his
farm Of corn one year, oats or barley
one year, seeding with clover one
year, then corn, while he was using a
BabcOck tester on his cows and feed
ing them from silo as the two things
which would best insure the 800 pounds
Of butter per COW. Now. this is not
at all an extraordinary result to aim
for, and yet IL is so far exceeds the
average results that any man who can
accomplish 1t surely knows great
deal which it would benefit his neigh
bors to know. Heretofore advance in
agriculture has always meant more
acres to work and not an increase i'm
crop production. From now on 1t Is
going to mean bigger and better crops
from fewer acres.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

Where breechy bull breaks down a
lawful fence along the right of way
of a railway company and is caught
by a train and killed, Is the company
liable for the value of the animal? In
law it is not, but most companies
in such cases would rather pay than
bother over lawsuit to recover dam
ages. In all such cases the bull nearly
always brings more than he would at
any well advertised sale of pedigreed
stock.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03
THE COUNTRY HOME.

We recently passed small farm
which, according to our idea, was a
model place The farm home was
story and half house neatly painted,
as were the fences, barns and outbuild-
ings; fences were all on straight lines,
home yard was fenced to keep out the
pigs and chickens; there was clean,
well arranged small fruit and vegetable
garden; the poultry was of the White
Rock sort, we should judge; anyhow,
the birds were all of one uniform color
and showed good blood; the corn in the
field which adjoined the home lot was
cut up, neatly shocked and good for
sixty-five bushels an acre; a number
of well built stacks of small grain
were waiting the thrasher in the barn
yard; machine shed housed all the
farm TOOLS the name of the farm and
that of the owner were neatly painted
on the gable end of the red barn in
stead of some tobacco or cheap clothes
advertisement; we noted about fifty
well bred Shropshire sheep and a couple
Of draft brood mares with colts out in
the pasture; the fall blowing had all
been done early in August, we judged
from the looks Of the fields; a small
building near the house contained a
gasoline engine which pumped all the
water for the stock and the house,
shelled the corn, turned the grindstone,
ground the feed and sawed the wood.
We did not of course have chance to
see what was in the house, but we will
venture that it was mighty nice place
to live, for the vine over the porch and
the good wife shaking the tablecloth on
the steps almost invited one to enter and
feel at home. Without doubt there was
a piano in the parlor and plenty Of good
reading matter and at evening time as
the days toll was ended happy family
gathered around table spread with
the best things which such farm af-
ment in that home or we are greatly
mistaken. 1t Is a pity such homes are
so rare, when they might be so easily
built up on our farms. That there are
not more is because men either do not
know how to do it or because they are
too greedy and avaricious, ever lusting
for more acres, or because some have
no taste for nice things, and some like
liquor too well. Anyhow, the crying
need of the country is for more homes
of this type, and having them the boys
and girls would not be crazy bent for
city life. The man who builds such a
home for himself in the country does
patriotic act as well as contributing to
his own and his family's best interests.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

The best apples are quite apt to be
shy bearers and hence Improbable
apples to raise. If one is in the apple
business in a commercial way he must
have trees which will bear the fruit.
This is the one redeeming feature of
the Ben Davis.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

The time is fast coming in this coun-
try when either the Chinaman or the
Jap will be cordially welcomed as u
domestic drudge, as the doer of that
work in American homes which our
girls are too high toned or too ignorant
or too lazy to do.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

We are asked what grasses will best
renovate wornout soil. All grasses are
good for this purpose, but some are
much better than others. Any grass
which has to be pastured of and which
cannot be well removed from the soil
save by pasturing it will always help
the SOIL Conspicuous in this class is
blue grass. Then we have the clover
family, which possesses the peculiar
property common to the legumes of be-
ing able to extract fertility from the
atmosphere and deposit II in the soil,
the common red clover being the best
adapted for all dry, arabic land, the al
sike clover for all wet lands and the
white clover as a partner, and a good
one. too, for the blue grass pasture
Alfalfa where it will do well is a re-
markable soil fertilizer. The very first
step in the redemption Of wornOut
farm is to get 1t to grow some kind of
grass, and II this is impossible then 1t
may be regarded as hopeless PROPOSE
ton. The natural process Of soil res
toration In the south, where the land
was worked out to finish by cotton
culture, was first abandonment by
man. then weeds, brush and brler, then
young trees, then forest, and In fifty
years man can come back and repeat
his havoc and robbery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

The crow is largely scavenger, an
unclean bird. A dead animal never
gets too dead for its appetite, and a
nest full Of eggs partly incubated is a
titbit for this black cannibal. All birds
fight and make war on the crows, and
with good reason. Wherever crows are
plentiful there all other birds are few.
1t Is only insectivorous in its habits by
compulsion and belongs to the carniv-
ora in an pathological way. Crows,
rabbits and sparrows are pests of our
modern civilization and should be de-
stroyed on sight.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

Fifty bushels of good corn from the
acre of 500 land is very good propo-
sition when it sells for so cents BUSH
ell, for it leaves a net profit of over $15
per acre, and this is good rate of in
terest on 500 land.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

If ablebodied men in this country find
themselves today out Of employment it
is because they are either in the wrong
place or do not want to work. We do
not recall time when the demand for
labor was more urgent or the wages
paid more satisfactory.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

It costs about $40 to grow ton of
broom corn brush, and as it now sells
for about 500 per ton it is one Of the
paying crops. The great trouble con-
nected with the growing of this crop
is the difficulty Of securing the help at
the right time to care for it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

1t is worth repeating again that the
more blue grass pasture Is tousled
around with disk and drag in the
early spring the better the pasture will
be. Many such pastures well disked
and dragged in the spring can be made
worth twice as much as pasture by
such treatment. 1t is a good idea to
scatter little medium clover seed
over it just before the last time over
with the drag.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

The west has just finished one Of the
most successful corn canning seasons
it has ever known. The crop of sweet
corn was very large and every factory
ran to its full capacity during the sea-
son. The farmers made good money
whether the packers will or not.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

Farm land having selling value Of
800 per acre must be worked In a
better way than land worth only $35
per acre II II is to be made profitable.
One trouble is that the land which gets
up to 500 is, because Of bad methods,
not as productive as when 1t was worth
only $36. The high priced farm can
not be run as grain farm alone, just
raising and selling the grain from the
farm. This kind Of farming may be
done for few years when the country
and the soil are new, but not forty or
fifty years after It's occupation. The
question Of proper rotation Of crops,
the relation Of the grasses and the
clovers to the fertility of the farm, the
keeping and feeding of the domestic
animals to consume the various farm
products, must then have careful con-
sideration. Thirty bushels of corn or
oats to the acre will never work with
500 land.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

There is a whole lot more satisfac-
ton in producing thousand bushels
of corn on twenty acres than on forty
acres, and it can be done just as well
as not
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

II the cocklebur has not yet got a
foothold on your farm you had better
keep an eye ont for it. for it is one of
the peskiest of western weeds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-03

A man is likely to have pretty poor
fare if he depends too much upon
Providence. All Biblical references to
Providence imply a whole lot Of hus-
Ting before they become operative.