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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-17
POLITICS

ls in the air, and Is great sight hot ter than the atmosphere at times. But it's comical to see the same old gang with few recruits all bobbing up serenely and hugging the curb stone and talking in undertone only when they get excited. That's the time they show themselves in their true light. They actually forget where they are and say things about the "other fellow" for an honets fact, yet know down deep in their hearts that their utterances are as false as any set of teeth ever made by the dentist. Of course people of this stamp are not built right. Their brain is either twisted or has been diminished somewhat on account or the poor drinks they partake of dur ing the summer evenings. NOW, during the summer months tea and coffee should be served at your colla- tion three times per day, and II you want a palatable drink between times or in the evening. remember we sell buttermilk cents per quart, or if you wish to drink it at the fonn- tain it's only cents per glass-ano it's fresh every day. Now, regarding tea and coffee, you must remember we mean the quality WE sell. be- cause we guarantee our quality to De the o. K. kind. This week we give a neatly decorated berry dish with pound of our warranted good quality 6O-cent tea, and we have several ssspecials" with one pound of our Baking Powder, 45 cents per pound' at
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-17

Tne Evening Democrat n the p<-,- piss paper. The price is 2c cony, lie a week. Ss . yezrs eJ nail O. sarr1sr.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-17

The Evening Democrat Is the peo- ple's paper. The price is 2c copy, l2c week. S6 yea. by mail or carrier.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-17
Notice to the Public

Notice to the Public Our prices have been run through a Connecticut Food Chopper. Some are too small to see.
 1st. Free, No 8 Boiler, Free, with a 4 or S-loaf Bread Maker at $2.W 60 days triaD.
 2-Burner Blue Flame at S2.19. Can you beat it? Where? 3-Burner $3.4o Murder! Lawn Mowers, $l.49.
 $2.5O Double Oven, $1.69. Single oven, 69c.
 Fruit Jar Rubbers. 2c per doz. 500 Fruit Jars to be slaughtered at cost. 6 dozen Clothes Pins, 5c.
 Compare our prices with any place on earth and we've got them beat 40 per cent. Everything goes for Spot Cash; no smiles or charge it goes; 1t won't pay the rent.
 I. J. Wagner & Co. CHEAPEST STORE ON EARTH
 S1 BROADWAY. Tel. 244-2.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-17
HOSIERY
 A ND UNDERWEAR

AT 7c--4 for 25c-Women's low neck sleeveless Vests, lace yokes, from 12 1-2c
 AT 5c-Odds and ends, in children's Underwear, some big bargains in this lot, were 10c to 19c. AT 29c-Women's fast black full fashioned all-over lace lisle Hose, from 40c.
 AT 15c-Women's full-fashioned, reg ular made fast black Hose, from 19c. AT 29c-WOmen's fancy Hose, prin- cipally samples, values 49c to 75c. AT 9Sc-Dress Suit Cases, canvas covered, inside straps, brass bolts and locks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
The Mystery Ct the
Porterhouse Steak

y YOUNG couple who were married
~ not long ago have taken up their
abode in an apartment house.
The suit is small and their wants are
not exacting, and 50 the young woman
does her own work. Naturally she
does her own marketing as we'll and,
being of an economical turn of mind,
tries to buy 50 that they will have all
they need without any waste More
especially is this admirable trait shown
when she buys her meats, her steaks
being diminutive, but most delicious.
The other night she had personally
selected porterhouse steak for dinner
and it occurred to her to get out one
Of the wedding presents for the occa-
sion, huge carving set that had hith-
erto reposed in it's velvet lined case.
She laid the broad and shining blade Of
the knife across the platter and then
called her husband.
"Come, Henry" she cried, land test
your Uncle Johns gift on juicy
steak"
Henry came and stared at the plat
ter
''Why, where's the steak?'' he asked.
'"The steak?' echoed the young wife
''Why, it's right there-why, where is
it?
And she stared at the platter too.
Are you sure it was there" cried
the bewildered husband.
"Of course I'm sure. It was there q
moment ago and''-
And just then the husband raised the
huge carving knife that had been
stretched across the platter, and there
was the porterhouse steak hiding be-
meath the broad blade! = Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
The Defense.

We missed a goodly pile of gold
From off the pantry shelf,
Digestible securities
OF sweet untainted pelf.
In short, pumpkin pie was gone.
Swiped, steaming, from the pan;
A case of plain ENLIGHTENMENT
BY some ones inner man.
Detectives ran the robber down.
He had not far to roam,
And, extradited from the barn,
We hauled the culprit home.
Then Johnny proved an alibi--
Though he was on the spot,
Within a very little while
The pumpkin pie was not.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
BellicOse Brethren.

Miss Spoon-Do you suppose the mill
tary brushes ever went to war?
Mr.. Bell-Well, l should suppose so.
They tell enough stories Of hairbreadth
escapes and brushes with the enemy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
A Gladstone Fancy.

do you think that the government
ought to own the railroads."
Sometimes" said the member Of
congress. IF the government owned
the railroads we wouldn't be worried
by these rumors of suspended courte-
sizes. We'd probably get passes for our
personal transportation the same as we
now get franks for our mail Wash
ington Star
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
When Tact Is Needed.

'"That politician takes great credit ia
himself for keeping his promises
81 don't see why he should" an
swered Senator Sorghum. Anybody
can keep promise, but it sometimes
requires an artist to break one."-
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
Al Most Do.

skinner is a sly old dog"
"Yes, he admitted to me that his life
hasn't been all it should have been, but
he says he's going to reform some
day"
Eyes, but when?"
"After he's found out, he says
Catholic Standard and Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
Circumstantial Evidence.

"How do you know Carrie is engag-
ed? She didn't tell you she was, did
she?r
mo, but the family parrot keeps say
ing, Now, don't, Georgey Baltimore
American
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
Prospects.

Milkman-You're up early this morn
ing, sir. Out for little fresh air, l
suppose.
Popley-Can't tell whether it's a
fresh heir or heiress yet; just been for
the doctor-Philadelph Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
A HypOcrite.

Teacher-Johnny, can you tell me
what hypocrite is?
Johnny-Yes, ma'am. It's boy what
comes to school with a smile on his
face.-Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
From BAD to Worse.

She-I wish 1 could induce you to
cease your attentions to me.
He-You can.
She-How, pray?
He-By marrying me.-Columbus (O)
Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
A Weird
Spe cfGc1 e
What Some - 6GJefFXrOuS
Mariners SdeO In
q CAGE.
The Horrible Character Of the
Scene a lmoSf F'ro&e Their
Blood BGrbGrO1s
Bites

Those who believe that spinning
yarns is a forgotten art among mari
ners should read carefully the follow
ing tale narrated by the second officer
Of a steamer at Galveston and given
to the public at that city:
"Not many years ago 1 shipped
aboard British steamer at Liverpool
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-03
Corrected.

Gebhart-I suppose he is breathlessiy
awaiting the possible outcome of that
will contest?
Carsone-More likely breathlessly
awaiting the possible income.-Judge.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03
A Suing for Baby.

ioists that run across the ceiling. A
carpenter would know, or 500 find
out, the direction in which the joists
run, and it would be very little trouble
to him to screw in the hooks so firmly
that they should without danger be
capable of sustaining any weight that
they are likely to be called upon to
bear. .
Unless possessed of a knowledge of
the construction of a ceiling, it would
be a dangerous and troublesome under
taking for an amateur to attempt to fix
the hooks, as unless they are strongly
screwed into the joists, they are GER
tain not to hold, and down would come
the swing, and perhaps it's occupant
also.
After the hooks have been placed in
position, they can be painted white or
made to match the color of the ceiling,
and when the swing is taken down and
not in use they will be unnoticeable.
If the swing is intended for quite
small children, then the ear the
floor it is the better.
The sketch shows the position in
which the hooks should be arranged,
and all we shall require further will be
three pieces of rope of a suitable length
and a strong square basket or wooden
box. A strong square basket will an
swer the purpose, and the ropes must
be attached to the corners.
To prevent the possibility of a child
falling out, a strap may be passed
through the handles and fastened
across in the n shown in the
sketch. The rope attached to the third
hook, some way in front of the others,
enables a child to swing itself without
aid. A cushion or two, or a rug in the
basket will help to make the swing
very comfortable and snug. Our sketch
so clearly shows other details that
further description is not necessary.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03

Fear and fret makes life's friction
Heaven helps those who help 9th

Fear and fret makes life's friction
Heaven helps those who help 9th
ers.
Heaven despairs of the man who
despises men.
True religion nourishes the roots
Of right doing.
The church that courts the rich
loses its riches.
Sometimes hiding another's faults
heals our own.
The man who is too previous is
sure to get procraAinated.
The hardest work some folks do IL
telling how busy they are.
You cannotskeep your eyes on your
watch and your heart on your work.
It does not make a man brave to
lay his cowardice on his conscience.
No amount Of laundry in your reli-
gion can make up for a lack OF love.
There's no special merit in cast
ing bread on the water with a hook
in it.
Many a mans religion would be
worth more If 1t had more office prac-
tice.
It's no use looking for a mans re-
ligion when 1t doesn't get into his
looks.
Two strings to your bow may be all
right il you can keep them clear OF
your neck.-Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03
FOUR YEARS OF o N
Whole Foot Nothing But Proud Flesh
Had to Use Crutches-"Cuti-
cura Remedies the Best on
Earth

I'm the year 1899 the side of my
right foot was cut of from the little
toe down to the heel, and the physi-
clan who had charge Of me was try
ing to sew up the side of my foot, but
with no success. At last my whole
foot and way up above my calf was
nothing but proud flesh. I suffered un-
told agonies for four years, and tried
different physicians and all kinds of
ointments. I could walk only with
crutches. In two weeks afterwards ]
saw a change In my limb. Then / be-
gan using Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment often during the day, and kept
1t up for seven months, when my
limb was healed up just the same as
II I never had trouble. 1t is eight
months now since / stopped using
Cuticura Remedies, the best on Gods
earth. I am working at the present
day after five years of suffering The
cost of Cuticura Ointment and Soap
was only Sc, but the doctors bills
were more like $500. John M. Lloyd,
718 s. Arch Ave-, Alliance, Ohio. June
81. 1905"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03
AERONAUT BRAVES SEA AND
STORM in BALLOON AND LIVES

Allen drifted rapidly at a height OF
100 feet above the water. the anchor
rope trailing through the waves and
retarding the progress. Twice the
car was dashed into the water, but
each time Allen threw over ballast
and the balloon rose.
At daybreak no land was in sight.
The captain of a tug towing a string
of barges heard Aliens cries for help,
and gave chase, but the balloon was
going too rapidly, and soon the YES.
sci dropped out of the race.
Several hours later Allen came near
the schooner. The vessel started
toward him, but failed to reach the
drag rope in time. Members of the
crew were out in dories, however.
and one of them managed to seize the
rope. The dory was dragged through
the water at a great rate for a time.
but Allen let out gas and managed to
step from the car attached to the bal
loon to the dory without getting his
feet wet.
In spite of his thrilling experience
Allen retains his nerve, and says he
is ready to make another ascension.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03
At a Township Primary.

Martin, who is very hard of hearing.
arose in the caucus and nominated
one Mr.. Brown for the Office of justice
of the peace.
Mr.. Brown promptly arose and de-
clined the nomination with thanks.
and while he had the floor he nom
mated Mr.. Martin for the Office.
Martin, not understanding what
Brown said, but evidently thinking it
some modest remonstrance, arose and
said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: We
now have before the house a man who
is not only worthy, but is in every
way competent, and l move that nom
nations be closed, and he be elected
by reclamation, and it be made unan-
imous."-Judge's Magazine of Fun.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03

spent a few weeks in Cincinnati. being
element in the population. Then he
went to Louisville, where he remained
several months. From Louisville he
went to st. Louis and from St. Louis
to Milwaukee. He remained in Mil.
waukee six months.
Meanwhile he was writing regularly
to and receiving letters regularly from
his sweetheart in Germany. He told
her that he should send for her as
soon as he should settle down and be.
come able to support her and himself
in comfort.
On coming to this state he began
| prospecting for gold, and within a year
he struck a rich lead. Thereupon he
| dispatched a letter to his sweetheart.
begging her to come to him at once
She answered his letter, saying that
because of the illness of her mother
she could not leave her home. A few
weeks later he received another letter
| from her, saying that her mother was
better but that for other reasons she
could not then come to the United
States to join him. Apparently realiz-
ing finally that his sweetheart did not
intend to join him, Overheard ceased
writing to her and abandoned hope.
He disposed Of his mine several
months after he received his last let.
ter from his sweetheart and, coming
to this region, built the little cabin on
the mountainside, in which he spent
the rest of his miserable life. 1t Is
believed that in his loneliness and his
grief his mind finally became de.
ranged and that was responsible for
his eccentric habits. What became
of the fortune which the old man real.
lied from the sale of his gold mine is
a mystery.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03
Grievance That Mrs. Newlywed Had
Against the Unprincipled
Meat Dealer.

Dearest" she said, and there was a
slight tremor in her voice, will you
have q slice of bacon?"
He would, as he had been married
only a week, and would have accepted
a slice of sandstone or papyrus from
her hands with equal willingness.
81 thought" he said, as with diff
Guilty he removed his eyes from the
dainty morning jacket, surmounted by
her lovely face, to the sordid bacon,
"you said you would have some OF
those meat-balls l like so well for
breakfast"
The lovely eyes filed with tears.
George" she said, with rising In
d~ignation s~ubduing her grief, 1T was
thai horrid, mean butchers fault, and
want him never, " to dare to ex-
pect my patronage again."
Never mind, DEAR" he said; lit
doesn't matter. Forgot to send the
meat. did he?"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03
Two Youthful Electricians

made, and in itself is a neat, we'll
constructed affair.
There Is a sending and a receiv-
ing station, equipped with batteries.
and the rest of the apparatus, which
at present allows him to send a mes
sage about 60 feet. He has made
trials already when the messages were
sent through the two closed partitions,
and at this distance 1t went very well.
To operate a greater distance Ripley
states nor power from batteries
would be. needed, and the aerial plates
would necessarily need to be o
elevated.
The apparatus exhibited at the town
hall was one of the most popular OF
the articles shown, and he was con-
stantly kept at work operating 1t. or
explainings its workings. Power was
generated from a bicycle on which
Chester Lyons was seated, and by the
revolution of the pedals a small
dynamo was driven, which gave good
power for the work and took the load
off the batteries.
Lyons speciality is telephones. and
he has built a complete telephone out
fit, which works nicely. The appara-
tus was also exhibited. Lyons built
the telephone apparatus when he lived
at Halifax, and it was used to con-
meet the various buildings on the farm
there.
Besides these electrical devices
shown, there were many other work.
ing models Of machines which were
in use at the exhibit.
Their electrical research has been
encouraged and assisted by Submaster
L. o. T%illson, of the high school, who
has done much to inform the boys on
matters relating to their machines.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03

CHESTER LYONG (UPPEB AND AR
THUR C. RIPLEY (LOWER) IN THEIR
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATION.
various models in use he constructed
a machine, which he claims is diff
ferent in many respects from any one
now in use, and which can be success
fully operated.
At the age Of IL Ripley constructed
a graphophone which would operate
YOUTHS. BERG.
successfully, and since then he took
up the study of electricity. The wire
less machine followed up other in
struments which the young fellow
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03

and investigating mind, ar earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa'
thetic nature.
In 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
q builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and 9
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days ii
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature SO
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods OF
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
It was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her OWE family and friends.
Chief Of these was a rare combina-
ton Of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink.
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
An this so far was done freely, with.
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. It's length and severity were toe
much for the large real estate interests
Of the PinAham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, SO when the Centen-
NAL year dawned It found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
Of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia e. Pinkham't
Vegetable Compound vas made known
to the world.
The three mi and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces &c
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs We're stepped on he stove,
gradually filling a gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired a job
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege.
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in it's manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful topre-
serve a record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study. and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent q vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment Of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy car hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter : in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when it's origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia e. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this greatwork, and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been adj
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is "Yours for Health"
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs ; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it bears
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03
SENT HER FLAT STEAKS

mo; he sent the meat, but not what
I ordered. After l had planned having
this nice dish for you this morning;
after l had taken the pains to go in
person and explain carefully to him
the kind l wanted; and after l was SO
happy at the thought how you would
enjoy the meat-balls, to have my whole
pleasure spoiled by that d~etestable
butchers mistake almost breaks my
heart"
More tears.
Il ordered" she sobbed, "some round
steaks to make the balls with, and,
George, the ones he sent were-as-
flat-as-your hand!"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-08-03

country as soon as he should send for
her to come to him.
The death of Schoenfeldt was still
shrOuded in mystery, SO far al the po'
lice and relatives and friends Of the
dead man were concerned, when Over
hardt left Germany and fed to Paris
He remained in Paris a few weeks and
then went to London, whence a few
weeks later he came to the United
States.
He sought and obtained employment
in New York under an assumed name,
but, fearing that the mystery sur
rounding Schoenfeldt's death might be
cleared up and that he might be dis
covered and arrested there as his
| slayer. he set out for the west. He