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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-25
EAST SIDE APPROACH
PLANS Of Mr.. FRANCIS

The Consulting Engineer Filed Three With the City
Council Committee, That Which He Recommends
Costing S5OO,055 and Having Uniform Grade
of 40 Per Hundred Feet, and Public Hearing
Will Be Given on Wednesday Evening" June 6.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
THOUGHT CLEARING HOUSE
Institution at Chicago For Acquiring
 Essence of Thoughts.

An International thought clearing house. where the people may have their doubtful thoughts examined, con densed. desiccated. stretched, ironed and returned in good order. was re- gently established at the closing ses- sion of the World New Thought fe.ier- alton convention in Chicago. says special dispatch from that city to the New York World.
 The entire world Is Invited to sub init is thoughts 10 the federation for analysis. so any citizen may send any stray thinks he may hold on any subject. and they will be cheerfully re- celted and eiucidntei.
 ''in other words" explained one of the delegates. eve want q national cen ter where thought may be boiled down tO the essence. Many persons have val uable thoughts and fancies that fit through their minds at times over which they have no control. With the thoughts come hewikering emotions. II Is these plIcnomena that we wish 10 erdeavor to explain. and there will be no better way than to make the new thought federation a clearing house or center for these undetine,f thoughts. Amid the silence and great thought in- f'uence of the members we believe that many lines of thought now unexplained will be brought to lifeL-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
Insanity Laid so rlats.

The fat has another thing to answer for. IL fills the insane asylum. Such. at least. is the statement of William c. Graves. secretary of the Illinois state board of charities. says a Chicago dis patch. The city women who go to the insane asylums go from flats" was the statement of Mir. Graves. The mo- notony and the ionesomeness which characterize the one are features of the other. Isolation Is the thing which drives women crazy. and the woman in a fiat Is isolated even as Is the woman on farm. When the monotony and the loneliness grow unbearable melan- cholia sets in. and that Is one of the hardest forms of insanity to overcome much more stubborn and unrespon- s've to treatment than the more vio- lent forms O. denentia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
Tiny Mo.le, Newest Auto Pet.

Now that a jungle king has taken an airing in a motor car through the streets of IohnstOwn. Pa. it no longer seems strange that women insist upon taking animals automobiIlng. says the New York Press. Word comes from Paris that the toy terrier. who has been madam's c1nIani,n on her after noon drive. will find his place usurped by the lcmur. A Parislan dealer in an finals says: We have sold many le- murs recently. but ,he rinEtsil monkey is the one women Ike best. because it quickly becofrcs accustomed to lis sur roundin-s and is playful snd harmless. The Diana monkey also Is being soli as a ret. ss are srs1ll rnarrnOse.s- Owners of these rets are having pic lures taken w.fh the animals In motor cars as proof they reaiiy are carried about Oftsn the lenrr looks more at ease than do his owner and the driver.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30

FIRST BowLDER ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL.
 funds. The clubs of Rice county. the county commissioners and the schools united in the contributions. The man who drove the stake for putting In the cement foundation for the powder, Daniel Bell, was the first man married In Rice county. That ceremony took place on the trail itself.
 The work of marking the trail Is be- Ing taken up with interest by the com munities through which the almost ob- liberated roadway passes. but counties removed from the course are indiffeY- ent. The legislative appropriation Is far too small to place markers that will not be moved or destroyed. In Rice county the location of the first marker may become the center of small park. In Herington, Dickinson county. the trail course is directly through the yard of the principal pub lie school. It Is planned there to place powder in the schoolyard. that 1t may be a lesson to the children on the pioneer history of the state.
 For many years the trail was clearly identified wherever 1t led through the southwest. but with the coming of the steam blows and the planting of the prairies to grain this is fast passing away. and the same disputes that are known in the eastern part of the state will make the exact location indefinite soon. The settlers have found many reminders of the trails palmy days In relies and curios along its broad high way. Old wagon irons of various sorts. kettles, pieces of guns and here and there mound telling of the tragedies of the overland journey have made the trail notable in local tradition. These are fast passing away.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
caIIs Predisie. Idiots.

Infant prodIgies are no better than Idiots" declared Professor F. Ely of the chair of nervous diseases at Drake university before the Iowa Mothers Congress the other day. says a Des Moines dispatch A chorus of 'Oh's-- and Ans from the lips os half a hundred dOtinz mothers whose chil- drea were prodIxies and who didn't believe a word the coctcr said greeted the remarks Tt is better to be the sluggish. pioddIng msn with the hoe than the long haired seasuous nan with the bov.- coatlnued the coctor. -Mussc and art are sne things when dilu.ei with . little football and little wholesome reading and sleep. but she nan vhcze faculties are developed h one sirectson o1ly cznsat fan to bs unssabis znd c cz.nk--
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
NOVEL TRIP TO WIN WAGER.

Philadelphian Wheels Wife In Bar row Into Towns on World Tour. Trundling a medium sized woman in light, red painted wheelbarrow through the main streets of Detroit, bustling with commercial activity, a man conspicuously attired in cap, sweater and knickerbockers attracted unusual attention the other afternoon, says q Detroit dispatch to the New York American.
 First thought ascribed the unconven- tional practice to the penalty of pri- mary election bet. but close observa- ton revealed the following placard on the side of the vehicle:
 "R. c. Worth and Wife, Travelling Around the World"
 The novel tour, started by the cou7 pie from their home In Philadelphia several days ago, Is the result of $4,0O0 wager, which Worth is to for felt should knowledge come to light that he has covered any part of the long journey by rail or other means of transportation aside from the neces- sary ocean trips and his own well knit, muscular pair of legs. The couple are expected to walk around the world, and one provision of the wager re- quires that Worth wheel his wife into each town on their itinerary.
 ''The tour Is to embrace Canada. Eng land, Ireland, Scotland. Wales, France and Germany said Worth, "and we are going to accomplish the journey in six years. We will go through lower Canada and Into Nova Scotia and sail from Yarmouth to England. We have averaged about twenty miles per day since starting. All we carry Is a few necessary changes of clothing in those grips, but I suppose we will be oblig- ed to stock up with provisions in the sparsely settled countries. I expect the trip to be great education for both of us. So far our journey has been devoid of adventure, and the out door life Is better than any tonic the doctors could prescribe. It's simply great! Mrs. Worth stands the fatigue well, and she takes the cross country stride like professional pedestrian"
 Worth refused to disclose the origin or the object of the wager.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
ONE WAY TO KEEP COOK.
Some One Must Invent a Pot Scrsb-
 her. Says Economist.


 "The average schoolteachcr is not as well paid as the average servant girl" says Professor l. N. Rublnow in the Journal of Political Economy issued from the University of Chicago Press.
 He explains. according to a Chicago dispatch. that servants are at n pre- mlum because women dislike 10 be domestics.
 Experienced servants. the professor finds. object more to the long hours than to the soclnl inequality. and he suggests that domestic help be paid SO that they may live a; home.
 The population has increased twice as fast as the number of servants. The total number of women employed in gainful occupations has increased aO0 per cent but the number of women servants and walters has grown less than a per cent.
 He thinks invention might solve the problem. The genius who shall in- vent an auioIratic dIshwasscr and DO, scrubbcr will be a true benesactor of he asserts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
ATLANTIC CITY HORROR.
Brave Deeds That Marked wrecking
 of Pennsylvania Electric Train.

of Pennsylvania Electric Train.
 The recent disaster on the draw
 bridge at Atlantic City caused by the
 wrecking of three car train on the
 Pennsylvania railroads new electric
 system was not without it's stories of
 heroism, says an Atlantic City core
 spondent of the Philadelphia Public
 Ledger. ..
 Brakeman Wood of the train crew showed remarkable presence of mind and proved himself hero When the train left the rails and was pumping over the ties Wood ran to the rear door of the last car, threw 1t wide open and held 1t for the passengers to escape. He held the door open until the car slid off the bridge, and he went into the water with 1t. He then swan to the shore. His action in holding the door open probably saved many lives.
 Harry c. Deemer of Philadelphia says that 1t is wonderful that even the few who did escape from the last car were able to do so. Many of them owe their lives to Deemer He and his wife are in the Atlantic City hospital. The husband Is suffering from bruises and cuts from Jagged glass received in ef- fecting his own escape and in break ing way out for others. Wrapped in bandages, Deemer told the story of how he and his wife were saved. He said:
 We were riding In the last car, and every window was closed. Suddenly we felt the sar when the train jumped the track. looked from the window and saw the first car as 1t splashed into the water. The second car fol- lowed, and then the front of our car plunged from the bridge and came to an abrupt stop. Most of the passen- gers were thrown into a heap in the lower end of the car, which was sub- merged. It immediately filled with water.
 "I bobbed to the surface and all at once thought of the windows. Il struck at one of the panes of glass with my fist. but the first blow gave it failed to break 1t, and then used my elbow and jabbed hole in the pane. The hole was not very big, but I managed to squeeze through. When I had got good breath of air turned to look for my wife. I then crawled along the car, breaking in the windows with my fist, which was bleeding pro- fusely by this time.
 While doing this heard my wife's l voice crying out to me: Save me, Har- "! Save me, dearv I hurried along i until found her. Then I reached through one of the broken windows and grabbed her arm. She cried out | with pain: Don't. Harry! It's broken! | but held on to 1t. and with the aid of | another man. who had come to my rescue. we managed to pull my wife through the car window to freedom"
 One of the rescuers at work on top ,f a submerged car discovered a wo- mans jeweled hand sticking through he roof ventllator. He worked hero cally to get her body and finally suc- 'eeded fin drawing 1t through the aper- ure.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
The Deer Railroad p,s..

NO more railroad passes will be issued after the ist Of January.l How dear to my heart are the old rail-
 road passes
 As fond recollection presents them to
 yiewi The posses. which lifted me over the
 masses,
 The "trips'' and the round trips" the
 "annuais." too: The F. and Q. pass and the Union Pacific. The passes I've had on the n. and R. C.. The Santa Fs pass that with thoughts
 beatifc
 eazed upon once as twas handed to
 mel Oh. beautiful passes. oh. dear railroad Which noble officials once issued to me, Those small strips of paper always wiiI
 treasure.
 Although no conductor may honor them Ah. once they were sources Of exquisit.
 pieasure.
 And sun they send h.ppy thrfii.
 thror~h me somehow I've ridden on passes from ocean to
 ocean. I've traveied in PuiIran and parIOr
 cars free. Alas. why sid Hepburn conceive the viid
 notion
 Of taking my dear railroad passes from
 mel On. beautifui passes. ohs gioricus passes. The passes that brought So much com
 fort to ne, They ten ne 'tis rs<less 10 hoge for a
 rirut. That vzys may b. found for evsdine
 th. law: Tners-s no; the least sixn cs a IoopAo,s
 within it. I drown and nay net even cinsrA ss .
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
NEW USE FOR CIGARS.
How n Minneapolis Man Saved niI
 Diamond Pin With One.

Diamond Pin With One.
 Boxing. jiu jitsu. savat and wrestling as methods of defending person and property have been put down and out by a new system devised by Captain Hudson. who lives nt University ave- nue and Twenty-seventh avenue south east in Minneapolis. All that is need cd is a cigar. mild. strong or medium. as suits the taste of the user, and n little presence of mind. says the Min neapolls Journal
 While riding on the platform of an interurbah car Captain Hudson found himself damned in so closely that he could not raise his hands. At the same time he noted that one of his neighbo-s. who was more at liberty. was reaching toward the "stone" which adorned his tie. Some men would have called for assistance in such a situa- ton. but not the captain.
 Just as the thief's fingers touched the pin Captain Hudson ducked his head and brought the hot coal at the end of his cigar in contact with the back of the pllfering hand. The re- suit was instantaneous. No further attempts were made on the captains jewelry. The would be annexation.st was too busy nursing a badly burned hand.
 Hereafter the captain. who is now past the three score and ten mark. will turn deaf enr Co my oue approach Ing him with q lecture on the evils of smoking.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
To stand on Chair to Vote.

Standing upon chair or stepladder. Fred Ransome. the smallest voter In Utica. N. r., will cast his first ballot on Nov. 6 at the polls in the Eighth ward. says a Utica special dispatch to the New York Herald. He became twenty-one years of age Sept. 2s and has been duly registered. Ransome Is a dwarf and Is far too small of stature to reach the lever on the machine, which is above the head of the average man. He Is only forty-one and one half Inches high and weighs but forty-seven and one-half pounds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30

| In . House In Italy Fitted Up Like
 Modern American Home--Graduates 1 to He Brought Here and Placed In l Special Home.
 | Of the making of schemes for the
 solution of the domestic service prob
 lem there is no end, and most of them
 inspire little hope in the breast of the
 housewife, but when man, and a
 prominent business man at that, turns
 his attention to the subject she may
 perhaps begin to take heart of grace,
 says the New York Tribune. The man
 is Cesare Cont, an Italian banker in
 New York, and he Is now over in Italy,
 the country from which he purposes to
 bring his recruits, making arrange
 ments for the carrying out of his plans
 He hopes to interest the Italian gov
 ernment in the scheme and also some of the wealthy and influential women
 of Italy.
 At the present time the Italian peas ant girl rarely goes into domestic serv- ice, either in the United States or in her own country. Only 25 per cent of the Italian immigrants are women, and these are either wives with houses of their own to keep or they are sent for by relatives to go into factories. When the Italian girl does go into do- nestle service in the United States 1t Is among her own people, where she finds conditions something like those to which she has been accustomed In Italy. The American house, with Its furnace, Its electricity and other me chanical contrivances, would strike ter TOT to her soul. Even the American breakfast, Mir. Cont says, would re- volt her, and, moreover, she Is by na- ture so tlmid and conservative that even American wages, so large as to seem almost mythical to her in her own country. would rarely lure her of her own initiative into the American home.
 Mir. Cont purposes to overcome these difficulties by training the Italian girl to American ways In her own country and then bringing her to America to be placed In carefully selected home. He purposes to select or build house in Italy similar in arrangement and fittings to the American home, with gas. electricity, running water and all modern American conveniences. This house will be furnished entirely In the American style. and one floor will be arranged as a flat. Here American in- structors in domestic science will teach Italian girls how to cook and wash and walt on table fin the American way, and short course of instruction in English will prepare them for inter- course with the American butcher, baker and candlestick maker as we'll as with their mistress.
 Mfr. Cont will meet the entire initial expense of tEe scheme. and he Is sure that sufficient number of persons in the United States and in Italy will be enough interested In the undertaking 10 keep 1t running.
 The course will cover about nine 1 and as soon as the first grad l nates are ready to come over some in- | stltution will be selected on this side ,f the water to shelter them when they lrrIve, find places for them. care for | them in sickness and befriend them while they are strangers in a | strange land. This institution must, 1t ! s said. be convent. as no other would inspire an Italian woman with such | confidence.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
Le.ther ,he Wear For Tan o.,,.s..

''0riginality Is a gift of the gods. not always the inspiration of the pocket book" said woman in regard to some Of the novel outing costumes sent hIth- CT from abroad. which are not costly as we view costilness in Importel gowns. says s correspondent of the New York Press. The new costumes are made entirely of leather. There are captivating little red leather golf coats. far too becoming to be Ignored among these autumn offerings They are strapped with black and worn with rcd leather csps pinnei with leather headed hstpins No wonder women who are careful of their looks even when iniulSins In pestimes say that the charz-~ Of golf never ve,e more aI- turing thsn they are this fall
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
R...,.. Army May Dre.. L,ne Oar.

Russias A-~y May Dres. Itke Ours.
 The Russian military authorities gre considering the adoption of khaki uni. forms. the czar having becn especially interested in one recently vorn by an American army representative ct St Peserssurs. says the New Ycrk World. Tfe military sutho-fties are also con side-iur Ar1erscsn sccouterEents. h. efBtins web cartridge beits and 0v- .iry ssdiIes. vf;h . view to their stop- ion
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
Ierr In . N.fskeri.

Announcing c b-troshsl 10 vsiuut shells. led ush vhste rsbbo1s. v.s the novel feature of c H-chnont dinner party the other nir,t. says the Boston Her.M Love h . nussheil ts . sort ef tsbloii to b< expected iron . sccsssy eesosrd ts sprtx anSzupllshed vkips ao1 suif pssye5-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
TALL AM ERICA"
New Form of National Anthem Made
 Applicable to Whole Land.

New Form of National Anthem Mad Applicable to Whole Land. M. V. Zimmerman of New York ha prepared new version of the nationa Lynn with view to making the d lusions applicable to the entire com try instead of simply to New Eng land, says the Buffalo Express. H calls 1t "All America"
 My country. 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty,
 Of thee sing;
 Land where my fathers died. Land of the pilgrims pride. From every mountain side
 Let freedom ring!
 My native country thee. Land of the noble free,
 Thy name love.
 love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
 love thy inland seas. Thy sweet magnolia trees,
 Thy palms and pines, Thy canyons wild and deep, Thy prairies' boundless sweep, Thy rocky mountains steep. Thy matchless mines. love thy silvery strands, Thy Golden Gate that stands Afront the west,
 Thy sweet and crystal air. Thy sunshine everywhere o land beyond compare,
 I love thee be st!
 Then, music swell the breeze And ring from all the trees Sweet freedoms song; Let mortal tongues awake. Let all that breathe partake. Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. Our fathers God. to thee. Author of liberty.
 To thee we sing.
 Long may our land be bright With freedoms holy light: Protect us with thy might, Great God, our King.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
E.s.s. Tor R...s.. p-....s..

By s1 imperial Russian decrss about 1osooo .cres of land fn siberia arc to be cold to the peasants Count vo- rvnfzo6 Dasko3 has oR9vd his suestaL ssar Pariosrs1 sbsuf oAooo s9uI fsr sa1s tD fAs DomnA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30

wm TRss Bs4e up- Bsrsssks
 If Luth1 Bu-henk. fhe po1ol,<ical vir.rd of California. win invent . voruless chestnut says the Atlanf1 Csss<itux5os. posterify VII M nnR
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
SANTA FE TRAIL SIGN
First Bowlder to Mark the His
 toric Highway.
IT WEIGHS ABOUT 5000 POUNDS
The Huge Stone Placed Between Sterling and Lyons, Kan., Was Brought From Western Oklahoma Freight Free by the santa Re Rail- road-Traces of old Road Are Fast Disappearing,

The first powder to mark the Santa Fe trail has been placed in position on the main road between Sterling, Kan, and Lyons, Kan, mile from Lyons, says Sterling correspondent of the Kansas City Star. It is powder weighing about 5000 pounds. It was found in western Oklahoma and was brought to Sterling freight free by the Santa Fe railway. While other mark CTS are being purchased with money contributed by the school children of the state of Kansas, this one is paid for by the people of Rice county. The legislature has appropriated $1,0OO to mark the trail. but no application was made for part of 1t.
 The Daughters of the Revolution, seventeen women, started the move ment, and Mrs. w. c. Smyser, secre- tary. was instrumental in securing the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
HOUSE MAIDS SCHOOL
Italian Bankers Unique Scheme
 to Solve Servant Problem.
TO BRING OVER GIRLS FROM ITALY

Cesare Cont of New York Purposes to Train Them In American Ways In . House In Italy Fitted Up Like Modern American Home--Graduates to He Brought Here and Placed In Special Home.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
Big Doines on Hill street

company, through the agency of W. l.
Hollingsworth & Co., have sold the
southwest corner of Eighth and Hill
streets. 6Ox159 feet, for the sum of $156,-
000, or $26O0 a front foot, Hill street
frontage. This property was purchased
for local investors. year ago last
September Mr.. Hollingsworth resent
ed this property to the Hamburger
Realty and Trust company for $1,000 a
foot, at which time 1t was considered a