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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
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VAUDEVILLE.

Directory of acts: Hermany's cats and dogs: A remarkable collection of animals which present an act en- tirely different from anything of the kind ever seen here before. The pets of M. Hermany work in perfect accord, playing a little sketch with great cleverness. A feature of the turn which causes considerable com ment is what appears to be a statue with figure on its back. At the fin ish of the number the image jumps from his pedestal and proves to be a tiny dog. The offering will please the children and women very much and the men will enjoy 1t. Classino: A European shadow picture maker who secures the most amazing ef- fleets solely by the use of his hands and feet. Fifteen minutes of pure amusement without a single weary ing feature. Sure to make big hit Harry La Rose and company: This aggregation of comedy players inter prets Will M. Cressy's big laughine success. "The Sailor and the Horse, to the fullest possibility of the yer, fertile sketch. The introduction O
  living skeleton of horse as 2 thoroughbred racer puts the audience into convulsions. Daly's Dixie Ser enaders will appeal to a large major ity of the audiences. There are si, colored people in the act, and all are good singers andsdancers. Bob John son is comedian who reminds one much of Tom Bohee and Tom McIn tosh of the old time Calender Georgia minstrels. The troupe opens with a singing and dancing speciality and closes the, act with a first-class minstrel turn. Signor and Signora Galata: Late of the Royal Grand opera company of Milan. Offer high class singing act that cannot fail to please all lovers of real mu- sic. Neff and Miller: Blackface in a conventional singing and dancing act. Geiger and Wal ters introduce a musical novelty, "In the Streets of Italy" In which MT Geiger makes beautiful harmonies on his violin and Miss Walters gets great effect out of street piano. Electrograph Everybody Works But Father and "The Barnstorm- ers." Prices 10, 20 and 30 cents; af- ternoons 10 and 20 cents, ladies 10.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
April 2-hason and Mason.


 April 2-Annual concert by Y. M. c. A. orchestra at Y. M. c. A. build ing.
 April 2-Concert at Y. M. c. A. hall by Y. M. c. A. orchestra.
 April "A Ragged Hero"
 April 5---Robert B. Mantell. April Supper and dollar hunt at A. M. E. Zion church.
 April 6-Annie Russell in Major Barbara"
 April 9-"Texas."
 April 11-Sam Bernard in "The Rollicking Girl"
 April 13-William B. Gray's show.
 April 14-"In Old Kentucky April 16-Knights of Columbus ball at Eagles hall. . April 17--Country kitchen dance oy Waterbury aerie of Eagles at Eagles hall. auH
 April 1S--"The Isle of Spice" ,s... April 1S-Sixth annual promenade of Goodwill Social club at Eagles hall.
 April 19-Social and dance given " Brass City lodge, No 250, l.. A. to }. of R. T., at Eagles hall.
 April 19-Dance and reception by itudents of Munroe's business college t Music hall.
 April 19-Second annual prom md dance of Edgewood A. c. at Si- school hall. ooD April 20-y-WiltDn Lackaye. - April 20-Grand' whist party by Catholic Women's association at Eagles hall.
 April 23 and 24-Mildred Holland in "The Power Behind the Throne" and "The Lily and the Prince" April 26 to May 4-Bazaar given by St Michael's church at Goodwill hall, 
 April 2S-"Deserted at the AL tar."
 May 20-Creatore's band. May 21-Robert Edeson in Strong Heart"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26

has been carried right up to the uppei deck, and 1t Is nowhere pierced by easements. Below the water line, pro. tection3 has been. provided tQ meet psT culiarAdangers which 9eome1fr0m sFthe bursting of shells beneath the water and which fall short of the ship. Spe cial attention was given to this prob lem.
 The most striking and important ir- novation in this new ship is the intro. duction of steam turbines Already the principle has been applied to the ocean going steamer, and the most re- cent additions 10 the Transatlantic liners have been equipped with this type of engine. There will be four pro .. pellors on four shafts, and the est:- mated speed Is 21 knots an hour. Think of it. This monster making as high speed as the armored cruisers which are built specially for speed. The fastest battleship of our navy IS the Maine, with an estimated speed O.: 18 knots an hour. What could the Dreadnought not do with her 21 Kno.s an hour, her ten 12-inch guns with . range of over five miles, and her su- perior armor protection? She can choose her own distance and position for fighting. and could destroy tLc enemys ships betore they could SC. within a range that would make their batteries effective.
 The superiority resulting from the embodiment of a concentration of heavy gunfire is best attested, says a naval expert, by comparing the Dreai- nought's uniform armament of i2-inch guns with ships fitted with a mixed armament The maximum practicaI range for fighting an action with ba.- teries of six-inch and 12-inch guns Is 1000 yards. the range being increase.l to about 5000 yards if the armament be composed of 12-inch and 9.2-inch guns. As against these fighting distances a ship with 12-inch guns nnly can be effective at 10000 yards. and assuming that nothing occurred to prevent her at that range she would be able to crush an opponent without hes self being brought within the zone of fire of the less powerful guns of the enemy.
 In view of all these advantages which It is expected the Dreadnought will have over any other battlesnip in ex- Istence to-day. is it any wonder that the naval experts of every great natioa are watching her building with the greatest interest. nay apprehension. | Think of the billions of treasure which l France. Germany. the United States. and other nations have inyes.- d in their navies. What if the in- i roduction of this new type oA battle hip shall prove that these vessels are and that each nation must be- gin the creation of a new aayy afte- he pattern of the DreadnJugnt, which s to cost ss.Oo0. .0Oo: moro lnan has 'ver been put into a single vessel be- ore7 Verify, the preparation for war . an expensive international pastime-
 WILLIS s. EDISON.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
The Dreadnought, Great Britain's Largest Battleship
, G0 .
Monster Fighter Whose Building Marks . New Ira in
 Naval Construction.

sea engagement. For this reason the greatest possible displacement mas been secured, so that ten instead of four big guns could be carried in steel covered turrets on her deck. Two of these 12- inch guns will be placed in double turret forward and two, will be slml- larly mounted aft, while from each broadside there will extend three runs mounted in single turrets These 12- inch guns win be of the wire-wound type, and about 45 calibers in length Each gun will throw an 850-pound shell with muzzle energy of 4y,568 foot-tons. And owing to the improved methods of handling the 12-inch guns. they will be theoretically capable Of discharging four tons of meta mil,- ute, with sufficient energy to penetrate 16 inches of Krupp steel at range of 5000 yards, or nearly five miles.
 The three-inch guns, of which there will be.18 in all, will be for defense against torpedo boats and destroyers. a service for which the slx-inch gun is too heavy and not sufficiently rapid in its fire.
 As to armor protection, the Dreai- nought will be all that the strongest and heaviest steel can make her, and she will be built with view to resist the severe racking effects, which played such havoc with the Russian ships in the battle with Togo's ships. Above the water line the heavy armor
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26

Proves Herself Invip ;ible. The Dreadnought Single Handed sinks the Ships of the Enemy's Fleet. Every One of the Powerful Battleships Sent to the Bottom Before They Could Get Within Striking Distance of Great Britain's Monster Warship
 Such would be the headlines of the news telling of a possible naval en- gagement of the future, if all should be realized that the designers and build- CTS of the Dreadnought, just launched at Portsmouth, England, clailc tor their battleship.
 This, the biggest fighting ship ever built by any nation, will, when com pleted, have displacement of 1S,500 tons, will carry main battery of ten 12-inch guns, and a battery of IS three inch guns, will be equipped with four turbine engines, guaranteed to give her speed of Fl knots per hour which is equal to the speel of the fast est cruisers now built-and will carry protective armor which will mak l, her practically indifferent to me heav- jest batteries of the enemy's ships. should they ever be swift and clever enough to get sufficiently near to make their guns effective.
 But not only is the Dreadnought re- markable for size, for arma nent and for motive power, but in the expedition of her construction as well. It has only been four months since the ..eel
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
A GRAVE DANGER.

To neglect backache. which Is very often the only outward sign that na- tlire gives of serious trouble in the kidneys, is to give free reign to seri- ous disorders that may end in dropsy, gravel. diabetes or Bright's disease.
 The kidneys (filters of the blooD lie just beneath the small of the back, on either side of the spine. As soon as there Is any inflammation or conges- ton in the kidneys, you notice feel ing of uneasiness In the back, then that dull. throbbing pain, changing to sharp twinges when any sudden strain is brought upon the back. It Is hard to straighten after stooping, you feel lame in the morning.
 There will be no danger at any time, however. if you begin using Doan's Kidney Pills as soon as you notice backache or any irregularity of the urine. This medicine is compound of pure, roots and herbs that act direct ly on the kidneys. curing, healing and strengthening them. It cures the cause and backache, headache, languor dis appear.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
Hard Slam.

Dolly-Ths second time I saw him I was engaged to him.
 Fred-What caused the dslay!-u. frustrated Bits.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
THE DREADNoUGHT AS SHE APPEARED AT LAUNCHING.

of this mighty ship was laid, tasl:
 which it was expected would take six
 months to accomplish, and in view ot
 this remarkable record 1t is more than
 probable that she will be completed
 within the estimated period of 1s
 months from the laying of the kee'. The significance of this rapid construc- tion is seen in the potential.ty of re- placement 1t suggests if Great Britain were engaged in lengthy war. There are dozen yards in England that could build one or two ships of the class of the Dreadnought in about the same time; and this would mean tho creation of new battleship fleet of n dozen vessels In the period covered by the Japanese war.
 The three striking features of the new battleship are its armament, it's turbine engines and its armor protec- tion, and these points and others net yet known were worked out by a sps- cial committee. corresponding to our board of construction in th's country to which was submitted all the infor- nation which was obtained from study of the naval engagement Tn the Sea of Japan. It Is said on the highest official authority that Great Britain had sev- eral of her naval officers upon Admiral Togo's fleet, who had been specially detailed to secure technical informa- ton of the valuable kind which can only be gathered in an actual sea fight, and 1t was this data which was used.
 The matter for first consideration was the size of the vessel and the armament which she was to carry. Apparently 1t has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of naval experts that the bulk of the fighting must be done by the battleships carrying the heaviest guns. and that practically the only batteries needed are the heav. and the light. the former for fighting at long range and the latter for use m repelling torpedo attacks.
 As to the size the Dreadnought eA- ceeds in tonnage by 2.000 tons the heaviest battleship of the Lord Nei- son" type in the Eng ish navy. and as compared with the ships of the United States navy. is over i.00O tons heavier, the Maine. our largest bait G. ship. having displacement of only l3.- 7l3 tons.
 As to armament. the Dreadnought is expected to create new type of bat tleship. inasmuch as the secondary | battery is entirely eliminated. In all | of the battleships of the United State navy the aggregate strength Of the sec ondary battery far exceels that of the main battery. being on the Maine IS guns to four l2-ineh guns. for it has been the theory that tnese smaller guns would be the only ones which could be used at short range. | and 1t was expected that most of the fighting would occur within one-mIle Dr tvo-mlie limit But directly the contfary was proven true in the Japa- nese war. and England mas bsstened t1 provide battleship which vb1id mo. aeariy meet the actual demands ,f a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
WATERBURY PROOF.

Mrs Jacob Mitchell. living at IT West Porter street. says:
 "In January, 1896. I gave a state ment for publication about Doan's Kid ney Pills saying that I had procured them from the H. W. Lake Drug Co. used them and that they had done me an awful lot of good. I had rheu- matism so bad that I could not walk or use my hands, and was in pain all
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26

OUR AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF ST. JAMES.
 lies in the fact that an able man of
 small means Is positively debarred
 from position entailing so much ex-
 pense.
 In recent interview with Gen.
 Horace Porter lately returned from
 service as our ambassador to France,
 considerable information was given
 concerning the demands made on our
 representatives abroad, and concern 7 ing the many annoyances they expert
 ence. Gen. Porter reports that one of
 the chief annoyances is the honseless
 condition of an ambassador and ths
 difHculty experienced in finding suit able quarters; tells that it took him two months after his arrival in Paris to find place in any ways suitable for an official residence. A man who is called upon to give entertainments at which over a thousand guests may be expected, has to be provided with an establishment of size. Much diplo- matic intercourse, and of no little i'm portance, is carried on in drawing rooms, the social side of diplomatic life is necessarily large part of it.
 Gen. Porter spoke of the defects of our diplomatic system. and found 1t no dificult matter to enumerate a num- Der. Among the many loom the follow ing-insuficient salary; no extra ex- pense account allowed; men appointed who cannot speak foreign language; a smaller office staff than any other embassy, with twice as much work to be done; the slight preparation of sec- retaries for the service; not allowing travelling expenses to the small sal. aried secretary; all the official enter tainments given at the expense of the ambassador; the ambassadors resi-. dence rented and paid for by himself.
 Our ambassador to England, MT. whitelaw Reid. is man of fortune, but one wonders if he relishes paying more than his salary for the rent of his official residence Mir. Mccormick. who represents the United States in France. is possessor of millions, and will find occasion to get rid of his in- come while dwelling in official capa. city in the French capital. Charle. magne Tower is called upon to keep up state at Berlin. and dispense princely hospitality on a salary of s17.5O0. To be sure. sl7,500 is a good. ly sum. but one must be informed of the demands made to be able to judge | as to its adequacy.
 We learn that official etiquette, than l which there is none stricter. requires i that an ambassador shall entertain 1 under his own roof. not at a public l place. like a hotel. Gen. Porter calls attention to the fact that the longer the government delays building embas. sies abroad. the more it will cost to build. and refers to the British em. bassy built some time ago at A cost of s200.0o0 and now valued at several millions. |
 Another embarrassment that results from the lack of an American em. oassy is that having no permanent To- sation it often proves hard to find. Zen. Porter remarks humorously: No one In Paris knows from year to rear where the American embassy is. f. you call a hack and ask the coach. nan to drive you to it. he shrugs his houlders and says he doesn't know where t is this year. Tt is on rheels' Anyone knows where every embassy a Paris is. excepting the American nosssy."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
Iapan,s Rin

Tnere are indications that Japan proposes to make her nag supreme in oriental vs,srsL Her shipyards are the busiest places in the east to-day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26

the time. Kidney complaint caused
 me no end of trouble. I doctored and used different remedies. bu, they did not help me much. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me and the cure has been permanent. My husband has also used them, obtaining excellent results as we'll as I. A box of Doan's Kidney Pills can always be found at his meat market fin the square. He would not be without them day and he always them to his friends the same as myself" fa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
Growing Flour r.de

AsstraIias hour expore to England have more than doubled since fso9, when tAsy vsrs valusl st s3,oss, ,oea
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
~cOa!NG EvENTS-

March 2S-Kellar.
 March 30-William H. Crane in The American Lord"
 March 31--"Behind the Mask"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-26
Big Down.

Occasionally woman marries hsP ideal man, but in most cases 1t is not long until her aircastle is transformed into a lat.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-03-07
Milling the Edges.

Before the year 1851 English coins
were simply pieces of metal stamped
by driving o die down on them with Il
hammer. In the days when money had
a much greater intrinsic value than it
has now this offered great temptation
to coin clippers, and mutilation of the
coinage became such a serious offense
that men were hanged and women were
burned for it. So far did the mutilation
go that when Sir Isaac Newton was
appointed master of the mint in 1895 1t
was calculated that the silver coins in
circulation only averaged about half
their legal weight. The practice of
milling was first adopted in France,
when a screw press invented by a
Frenchman was used The first milled
coins were made in London in 1851, but
the old stamped coins We're still issued,
and 1t was not until 1906 that unmilled
coins ceased to be legal tender The
cost of making the milled coinage uni
versal and SO putting stop to clipping
was f1 20aG00 1t was to meet this ex-
pense that the window tax was levied.
London Graphic.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-03-07
Paradise Myths,

Paradise opinions seem to owe much
of their popularity to peculiar local fit
ness. The inhabitants of the Kongo
basin believe that paradise Is a "valley
of peace" where good spirits float
about continually engaged in catching
mosquitoes and thus protecting the
sleep Of kings and great men who are
in a perpetual slumber.
The inhabitants Of the hot. sandy,
shadeiess desert island Of Botocu i'm
agine paradise to be a land Of cool
streams, shaded by gigantic forest
growths. 1t may be we'll to mention in
this connection that the heaven ideas
Of all desert jewellers pictures a thickly
wooded hereafter
The Yokoots of eastern Siberia be-
lieve that heaven will be country
provided with ready lighted fires and
many numbering kettles and fish oil.
When the Rev. Claus Hansen. Nor
wegian missionary, was picturing
heaven to an Eskimo the savage fatty
refused to embrace Christianity be-
cause according to his idea, the here
after should provide plenty of ice.
snowshoes and sea monsters.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-03-07
A Shaker,

Opie Reid had luncheon with the Presi-
dent few days ago and told him this
story about recent horseback trip he
took through Arkansas. Reid rode up in
front of shanty and found a native sit
ting on the end of log in broiling hot
sun.
"Why don't you move over in the shade?"
asked Reid.
''Tain't time yit; fever amt come on"
answered the cracker.
"What's the matter?''
sChills.''
"How long have you been living here"'
bout thirty years."
"How long have you had chills?"
"'Bout thirty years."
"Why in thunder don't you move if you
have chills that bad?"
Sand catch some other disease / don't
know nothin' bout? Not much, mister.
When you've got chills you know what
they are. want to tell you something,
mister. I've had chills so long and shook
so much 1 amt fit for nothin' 'cept to sift
meal and shake down persimmons.'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-03-07

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-03-07
LOST LITERATURE.
Fire and Water Have Destroyed Many
Great Books.

Fire and Water Have Destroyed Many
Great Books.
The fine literature absolutely lost Is
very considerable. OF classical litera-
ture alone books could be filed with
the mere names of works. never to
mention the mutilated state of many
that survive The causes of loss are
few. Fire is the most common. Ben
Jonson by the fire in his house lost an
entire drama of the life of Henry w.,
with notes, and number of other
works. The fire of London was respon-
sible for the loss of many valuable
works of the Elizabethan period and Of
much early English poetry. A severer
blow to lovers of Anglo-Saxon litera-
ture was the burning OF. the Cottonian
library In 1881, when vast quantity
of old manuscripts was destroyed. In
1852 by a fire in Lincoln's Inn Fields
large collection Of manuscripts and
pamphlets, gathered with great labor
by Lord Chamberlain Somers, was lost.
About the same time Davies notes on
Cicero's de Officiis" were lost by a
fire in Strand, London.
The second great cause of loss is the
ocean, whose greedy nav swallows
all kinds of treasure so remorselessly.
Early in the fifteenth century Guarino
Veronese was returning to Constants
nople with shipload of classical man.
uscripts. The vessel was wrecked and
the treasures lost, misfortune which
=,
hours. Our own Spenser suffered seri-
GUS loss by shipwreck Of servant
crossing from Ireland. The last six
books Of the "Faerie Queene" and a
number Of translations and poems, in
Guiding Dreams" "The Court of Gu
pid" and 1.-THE He'll of Lovers" were
thus consigned to watery grave In
1000, on the death Of Vincentio Pinelli,
his library was packed In three vessels
bound for Naples. One was attacked
by pirates, who flung out the books
and papers into the sea and along the
up by the inhabitants and used to stuff
windows with. Toward the close of
the last century servant Of Warbur-
ton came across a unique mass of man
uscript plays. which she used up In
lighting fires and making pie crust
frills. And everybody remembers how
domestic of John Stuart Mill con-
signed to the flames a part of Car
lyle's French Revolution" The hor-
ror Of Mill at the loss and the agony
of Carlyle IN rewriting the work are
now matters of history.
A very curious loss was occasioned
in Italy in the fourteenth century
when Raimondo Soranzo loaned the
manuscript of Cicero's de Gloria" to
a friend. who pawned 1t and died be-
fore its hiding place could be discover
ed-London Telegraph.