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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
AT A LIGHTHOUSE

The sound of a strange woman's voice was heard in that sequestered lighthouse. Slipping of my shoes, crept down the ladder and, peeping through the hatch in the ceiling of the lower apartment. saw the Messieurs Dick Knuckleduster and Broken Nosed Bill seated near table drinking and smoking with a woman of repulsive aspect. Sinewy. bony and gaunt, she had the hooked nose, large. keen black eyes and thick animal mouth of q Jewess of the lowest class.
 Her visage. which was as yellow as an old drumhead. was scanned by q hundred dirty wrinkles. By the num- Der of bottles upon the table she seem- ed to have brought to the beacon an ample supply of alcohol under cloud of night. and from the tenor of the con versation that was in progress I gath cred that thls daughter of Judah was not m infrequent visitor. My atten- ton was next attracted by several jew els and trinkets which the worthy ofIi- cials of this Pharos were offering for sale. They addressed her by the GU phonious name of Mother Snatch block"
 This gold watch and ring ain't worth much" said she. but where did they come from?"
 ''rhe sea-" growled Bill.
 "The sea Is mighty productive here abouts. Did they bite your digger hook when fishingy'
 "They came In the usual way. Moth CT Snatchblock. So. if you must know. we had 'em from a gentleman as es. caped from the wreck of the Dutch gal ley that foundered in the last gale on the tail of the bank"
 Did be swim from there to the saudridger
 "Ayc. every fathom of the way. in a rough. wild sea. too. to the steps of the beacon
 "A strong fellow he must have been.
 Strong! Confouri h.n. I shcrE think %. Look at the kaock oa l.. head he gave ne wae- took his da.s ty ring from L:t," sSig g.r. exhibi.l-f an ugly alc isI- hss.-i .zsa.
 The riaT vsss't ws-.a it. Bul. IT, boy
 "Ccnse. Hov, osd xSr,.n, don't CT stink'nr ass The s.eSe ]. a vsluab's sfaa-."
 "A b.t cs .g,sa Si.ss.-
 "A ss, S1ssrsld. if I know augh, sbozt
 -whiss you eost.- sal the Jewes but you sA,rl; have waited till ths gent was ssls-9 sad then"-
 -r1e1, -whs,Is
 SAs r4sxcd he- finger significantly across her tb-oat. a motion at uhict the ruf,sa ksSAei and the other said:
 -S5eeY. CSsfo1si hIs bones. be sleeps solrf enoCzb now. lashed to sn old keslEs REe'lo-- Do you see the rouni bo,e Ir the timber thereT
 Tea
 me hzu ve sent throuzh his brain Iod<ed there. Bat pas the bottle Of sfiEeo over here and lei e ny 10 more about It for sometimes I chink he rfses out of the wsfef of nighn vffb the snca5r a hss back and knocks af the dozr. and faiSA 1 d1a1 Quit dis
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
ALAND OF BILLIARDS
THE FIERCE GALES THAT SWEEP AND
 WRECK SElSTAN.

These Terrinc windstorms Always Blow, as They Have Done For Ages, From the same Direction-A Pan- demonium of Noise, sand and Dust.
 Every one who has visited Scistan or
 written about Selstan has mentioned
 It's celebrated wind, called the "bad-i-
 sad-o-bist roz," or wind of 120 days.
 which blows in the summer Few of
 these have had the misfortune to ex-
 perience 1t, but as We went through
 two seasons of this wind we are able to say something about It. It more than justifies its reputation. It sets in at the end of May or the middle of June and blows with appalling vio- leuce and with little or no cessation till about the end of September. It always blows from one direction, Q little west of north, and reaches a velocity of more than seventy miles an hour. It creates a pandemonium of noise, sand and dust and for time gets on ones nerves, but 1t is In reali.y blessing In disguise, for it blows away the insects which from April to June make life in SeIstan a perfect purgatory. mitigates the awful summer he.t and clears the country of typhus. smallpox and other diseases rife In the country In May and June One would think this 120 day wind enough, but violent winds prevail ell through the winter from December to April, and blizzards are of constant occurrence. These winds always come from the same direction. The winter blizzards are terrible. and the wind at tains a terrific velocity. In a blizzard at the end of March the anemometers registered a maximum of i20 miles an hour. The average velocity for whole sixteen hours was more than eighty eight miles an hour.
 The extraordinary frequency and vio- lence of the Sels;an wind and the reg ularlty with which 1t blows from the same quarter are very remarkable. That it has blown from the same quar- ter in past ages is proved by the fact that all the ruins of Selstan are built at the same angle. with their front and back walls at a right angie to the wind and their side walls at the same angle as the wind. No wind can blow with such violence and frequency without leaving It's mark on the coun- try. Its effects are everywhere visible h Seistan- Everything looks wind swept and wind stricken. Over the greater part of the country not single tree exists.
 The present villages and habit.tons are all built with their bscks present. ing lines of dead walls on the wind ward side The old ruins are o-ier.si at exsctly the same angle on seooaat of the wind The effect of wind .s ev- erywhere visible on these ruins. Their bases are undercut by wind q. though by water action The thickness of the walls the excellent quality of the burned bricks made and used by the ancient inhabitants for the lower courses of their buildings and the e1- treme hardness and durability of ths Seistaa soil when mads into the suA dFisd hgieks e xhleA tAa zRpr -pWs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
Charles V. Liked Mechanics.

Charles V. of Spain, like Louis XVI. of France, was particularly fond of timepieces and had decided taste for mechanics. When in, Germany he in- vented carriage for his own accom- modation, and after his abdication he would amuse himself in making little puppets-soldlers performing their ex- ercises. girls dancing with their tam bourines and little wooden birds that would fly in and out of the window.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
place when I can."7


 A lightning rod. which ascended iron the water to the roof of the lighthouse was close by me.
 grasped 1t, swung myself over and came down hand over hand with ease.
 On beginning my descent I observed that one of the beacon lamps had sci the Jolsts on fire. To repair this neg lect was still in my power, but to re ascend might cost me my liberty, per haps life.
 "Bahw said I. Let them swim Ii they can," and I continued my descent
 Easily reaching the steps, sprane Into the punt and pushed off vigorous ly from the accursed spot.
 Thank God. thank God!' I exclaim ed and, shipping puir of souls. row ed away. cared not in what direction so that placed the deep blue water between myself and the beacon, the door of which at that moment opened and It's two inmates appeared, lighting down their fair visitor by means of | horn lantern.
 The tlpsy Jewess uttered an impreca. ton on discovering that her boat was gone, but I was only eight or ten yards from the beacon, and the broad glare of its triple lights. each blazing with In a huge round reflector. shone full upon me. I uttered a loud and ex. ultant laugh. They saw me in an in. stant. and all shouted at once a volley of hoarse oaths and orders to ''come back" with threats of being shot if I disobeyed. But laughed louder still and pulled more vigorously away.
 While the bafiied Jewess screamed the two men disappeared and hurried upstairs to procure couple of gov ernment muskets which they possessed for the purpose of having a shot at me from the upper gallery. but the flames which I saw already filling all the second story of the building must have barred their way. for I soon saw them again at the door eesticulating violently. But still shouted exultant- ly and pulled away.
 A strong odor of burning wood was soon waited over the water. Within the entire edifice seemed filled with light and flame. Suddenly there was crash as the redhot machinery. wheels. lamp. renectors and ironwork vanished and a pyramid of red and roaring fire shot upward into the dark midnight sky. Every wave that broke over the desolcte ssndridee. as 1t rais- cd its crested mead. seemed for the mo- ment q wave of fire. for the whole sea became. es 1t were. a sheet of reflected nsme.-Nev York News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
A NAVAL REBUkE.
Two Alnirals, Captain anA . Fosl h Manfla Bay.

Two Alnlrals, . CaptaiA end . Tosl
 In Manf1a Bay.
 When Dewey's fleet was at Manila the late Admiral Chichester was then captain. On one occasion Admiral Dledrichs, the German, sent out the Irene on an unrevealed errnnd and without the customary notification to the commander of the blockadIng fleet, Admiral Dewey had suffered, he thought, sufficiently from that sort of thing, and % the admiral sent vessel across the Irenc's bows and notified her captain that she would not be per. mitted to depart without statement as to her destination. It was not Ad- miral Diedrichs' mission to quarrel with both the American and the Eng lish fleets on this critical occasion, SO he sought to find out Captain Chiches- ter's purpose in case of a collision. Go ing on board Chichester's ship, he an- grily exclaimed. Did you see what Dewey did to my shipy'
 "Yes," replied Chichester.
 "What would you have done if 1t had been an English ship?"
 Well" said Chichester, convenient ly assuming that the Irene's captain had sailed without orders from Die drlchs, I'd have put my captain in ar. rest, and then I'd have gone on board the Olympia and apologized to Admiral Dewey for having such a fool In com mand of one of my ships"- "-Harper's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
s..<.,.s n.rsAl.s,.

The crowded ship gave . sU1dsn Iurch-
 There vas . splash
 -Oh-- walled the young woman vho had been sitting near the rail reading . book. -think of all fhose lives being Iost-
 Buf nothing cvrid be done. and shs e1sed sadly rt her copy of ''Plutarch- dzscinx nerrfly a the vsvD 1R asferu--osc1g, Trlbune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
Wearing olasses.

Wearing glasses need not be perma- nent If the frst hint of derangement in the eyes Is needed . short time spent under the direction of an ocuiist win safely tide over the dlfncuity. It is most restful to close the eyes ire quentiy for | few minutes. This rest does them great good Particularly should this be d5he in trains and street cara Many a headache and smsrting pain may thus te sared- Traveling In public conveysnces is exceedingly hard on the eyes. even for those that are strong and perfect The gare should be confined to the interior of the c1r- Looking out Of the windows to the rapidly changing scenery Is . grezf strain---Philadeiphia Ledger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
Y..e asA Ysrtu.e.

That young physician is workins hard
 -Ye- answered the veferzn prscfi- tiooer- He is On the track of a dis covery that VIII mean fame and for tune- He is tryfrg to invent a new n7u,e that ~iH make some old ailnenf fz<hfnxbse-- ---Wash.aeto gtnr.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
Bronchitis is
 Inflammation
 of the Mucous

membranes of the bronchial tubes. The severity of the attack depends on the extent to which the lnnamma- ton spreads in the windpipe. The disease usually manifests itself at first in the form of a common cold. but the accompanying feverishness and general constitutional disturb ance proclaim the attack to be some thing more serious. A short, pain full. dry cough, accompanied by .wheezing respiration. a feeling of rawness and pain in the throat and behind the breast bone, and oppres- sion or tightness throughout the chest mark the growth of the disease. Sometimes one form of asthma is added. and greatly aggravates the suffering. Bronchitis is often fatal. because the inflammation spreads into the minute notifications of the bronchial tubes. which are in imme- diate danger because of the. inter- ruption of air into the lungs, and thus to the due aeration of the blood Then evidences of suffocation ap- pear, and no doubt many of our read CTS who have suffered or are now suffering from bronchitis recollect those narrowing moments when they were compelled to gasp for breath with all the energy they could com mand. Bronchitis is dangerous be- cause 1t spreads so rapidly that the danger point is reached in a few days; colds are dangerous because they bring on bronchitis. Linonine Is supremely good because it Is the only medicine that never fails to cure bronchitis. IL cures through the blood. Puts rich. red corpuscles into the veins, warns and strengthens the body. soothes infamed membranes. nourishes and heals the irritated lungs. and increases the circulation. Linonine adds new life fuel and drives both the germs and ashes of disease out of the system.
 CURED KELLEY.
 Linonine cured me of chronic bron- chitis of four years standing. I was % bad when I began to take Linonine that could not work more than two or three months each year, and then only in the very best of weather. Linonine cured me and made me hearty and strong-James Kelley, 13s Grand street. Bridgeport. Conn.
 THE MISSOURI DOCTOR.
 More than one month ago was taken with a severe bronchitis and after taking the usual medicines with but little benefit tried Linonine. and if quickly cured me Rest assured I entertain a very high opinion of if pr D. J. Parsons. Sweet Springs. Mo.
 Linonine's healing effects on the mucous membranes of the air pass nees and of the lung tis.ue, are sim- ply marve]oua
 Al sll lrss ssorss-sse. sse. q.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02

soStf-l pizy~i fUnny tr,ck cu the las c. r-svi,- this morning Mott What was stl Dropped . line to ny wife up in Ire raounta,ns-Borssn Transcript
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
Kinsnshers as Weathercocks.


 There is very quaint old world superstition in connection with the king0sher. which I fancy still obtains here and there in remote parts of the countryside. The superstition is this: If stuffed or dried kingfsher be sus- pended by thread or string from the beam or ceiling of room its breast will always turn in the direction of the prevailing wind How the notion first arose and how, in the light of common sense and inquiry, it has been so long perpetuated 1t is hard to say, but 1t has long existed and still exists. I have clear recollection as young ster of going into humble cottage in the shires and seeing a stuffed king fisher thus suspended as weather vane.-C Country Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02

Goo1 for everything a ssIve is used fer DeWittis Witch .Hassl salve- Get Dewfff'a 8old hy H. W. Lake. Drurist. JosepA A. omftA. Ns % ssnk seN4 BssszbA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
I've opiaisns-

Most of Rimer's poetry Is pathetic. isn't IF
 -well. thars what be calls It. but the editor says 1t is pitifal"-Fhiiadelphia Press-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02

0iving alns nsver leDsns tbs pGo -1pantsA rFvvefhl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-02
Ierf,r a,a Gr.rttx.

ID. sdse sl~ays have half r,IDd Co 1o somethsrg.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-28
GREEN IN TIGHT BOX
Man Who Sold the Governmen. Recorders and Got Good
 Rake Off.

Washington, Feb. 2s When the trial of George D. Green, under tll- dtctment on charges of conspiracy, was resumed to-day, J. l.. Willard, former secretary of the International Time Recording company, identified n check which he said was drawn by the International company Septen- Der 80, 1901, in favor of Mr Green for $22O. This was in payment of commissions, he said, due Mir Green on the sale of clocks and supplies t., the government. He testified that there was due the defendant in com missions at the time the check was drawn. the sum of $231.31.
 Other checks were introduced which were identified by the witness as hly- ing been drawn by the Internationa! Time Recording company in favor of Green for commissions in the follow ing amounts and on the dates noted :: January 9, 1902, SELLS; April 19 1902, $418.36; September II, 1902, $1,O42.8S.
 The defendant. witness said, drew q salary from the company. Asked If Mr Green received 10 per cent. on all sales of time recorders and sup plies to the postofice department rhe witness replied in the affirmative
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-28
READY FOR BUSINESS
Waterbwy's New Temporary Station Awaits
 the Opening Day.

Before long the temporary station will be ready and ere the residents are aware'of it they will be going out from and coming into the station at the west end. The workmen have been busy all fall and winter and because of the fine weather have made much headway on tlie work. The station although not q handsome one, will be suitable for the requirements. and the public will not mind 1t much when they think of the excellent one that is coming. With the completion of the temporary station the Highland shed will be discontinued and all traffic will go over the tracks into the temporary building. It will be 135 feet long and B feet wide. It was used In Bridge port while the new one was being built there and was shipped to Water bury the latter part of last year.
 Great changes have taken place at the west end since the Consolidated road started Its work and person who has not seen the place in some time would not recognize the old west end meadows. The Consolidated road is pushing the work along so rapidly that the residents of Waterbury will not mind the three or four years roll ing by. during which time the new sta- ton is expected to be finished.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-28
$50 FOR MANS LIFE
One Killed on Railroad Mrs. Hen derson Gets Divorce and
 Alimony.

Judge Shumway this afternoon handed down decisions ill few of the cases that were tried three weeks ago and over. In the suit of Mrs Louisa Erk against the Hellmann Brewing company for $5,00O for the. death of her husband, judgment for $50 with costs was given Erl was employed by the company and met his death while in vault and it was claimed by his widow that he was suffocated by charcoal fumes.
 In the suit of Louise Donovan, ad- ministrator on the estate of her broth CT, Edward Donovan, against the Consolidated railroad company, nonl- inal damages of $50 and costs was given. The sum claimed was S5.OOC. Donovan was killed one morning tast spring while going to work This is the case i'll which both counsel en- gagged requested the court to select his own time to view the scene Of the accident and witness the speed of the trains in passing 1t. It was claimed that the train was going at an excess of speed when the accident occurred.
 In the contested divorce case If Evelyn R. Henderson against William $. Henderson T decree was granret1 with alimony of $500 Mrs Tender son through her counsel, Monagan and Carmody, asked $1,OOO, one-third If her husbands real estate Attorney Kennedy, counsel for the defense, s-owed Henderson's equity in the property amounts to $2,100, and that it is worth $3,2OO. By law. a wife, under those circumstances is entitled to not more than one-third of her hus- bands estate. Intolerable cruelty was the ground on which the divorce was granted.
 The contested divorce suit of Or son Light against Kate Light in which cruelty and intemperance were allng- ed, was dismissed Attorney Kelley was for the plaintiff and Attorney Kennedy fonr the defense.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-28
' MILITIA THERE Row in Springfield's s
 Dive District. POLICEMAN INJURED
Six or Seven Dives Burned Out Row Was Started by the Shoot ing of Martin Davis the
 Night Before.

Springfield, O., Feb 2S.-The excite ment following the rioting scene o1 last night subsided with the dawn and the city is enjoying its ordinary quiet this morning.
 The district known as "The Jungles' is in charge of the militia under com mand of Major Horace Keller.
 No lives were lost in the riot The result of the mob was the destruction of six negro houses one saloon and the damaging of several others.
 The casualties are the injuring ot Sergeant of Police Creager, who was hit with rock. His injury is no, dangerous. A young man named Beltz is also injured, though not seriously No further trouble is expected.
 As long as the militia are on the ground all the saloons in the city will be kept closed. They all closed promptly at 9 o'clock last evening at the order of the mayor, and have been so ever since.
 Much interest centers in the condi- ton of Martin Davis, the Big Four brakeman, who was shot night before last by the two negroes, whose action was the cause of last nights trouble. Davis lies at the city hospital, his life hanging by a thread.
 Adjutant- General Hughes and Col onel Critchfield arrived here this morn ing and held conference with Mayor James M. Todd. The mayor told them that he did not expect any serious trouble tonight owing to the fact that the soldiers are on duty. Adjutant- General Hughes and Colonel Critch- field will return to Columbus at once. About POO militiamen are on duty in the Jungles" and at other points where trouble might occur.
 But few arrests were made last night. William Nunley was charged with rioting and John L. Coleman, president of the Clark County Liquor league, was placed in jail for refusing to keep his saloon closed.
 'sThe Jungles" is the name given to East Columbia street, where number of notorious dives, frequented by ne groes and low whites, are located. Six or seven of these joints were wiped out last night by the mob with the torch. Many negroes are fleeing from the city.
 The cause of last nights mob was due to the fatal shooting of Martin Davis, young railroader of goIunbus. who was mortally wounded in' fiie I0cal Big Four yards by two negroes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-28
CANAL INQUIRY.
Cromwell on stand Declined to Am swer Many of Morgan's Questions.

Cromwell on stand Declined to An-
 swer Many of Morgan's Questfons.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S. = William Nelson Cromwell and Senator Morgan measured legal minds all day before the senate committee on interoceanic canals, and the many tits, ended in . drawn battle.
 Mir. Morgan pursued the witness re- lentlessly concerning his relations with the Panama Canal company, asking many skillful questions. which were as skillfully evaded. MT. Cromwell drew a line between his actions since the transfer of the canal property to the United States and before the trans fer and declined positively to answer any questions concerning the earlier period.
 At the close of the day Mir. Morgan had brought out a scheme for the Americanization of the Panama Canal company which promised to furnish the subject for an interesting examination.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-28
MobIl. H.. . Carnival.

MOBILE. Ala, Feb. 2S.-Mobile has made the carnival of 1906 commemo- ratiye of her escape from yellow fever during last summer. with the result that it has been the greatest carnival in her history. The celebration con sisted of the Felix parade and that of the Knights of Revelry. who chose for their subject theme "Land,- shown on eight floats. The subject of the infant Mystics was Cleopatra, shown on sew en floats. the subjects being the Vision of Harmachis. DeIlius with Message. Cleopatra in her chariot on the way to Anthony and Isis revealed.