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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16

draw subsistence from this institution. .,17-not in, insnrance benefits, but in d. rect payment for service to the com pany.
 This army of 19.OOO employees evi- dently includes no drones. During the year just closed 1t handled daily ay- craze of one and half million dollars in new business alone. The company issued on the average nearly 1.OW new policies every business day dur ing the same twelve months.
 X single item which illustrates graphically the real meaning and pur. pose of all this tremendous business is that relating to insurance claims paid during the year. These amounted to more than S15,000,0O0. This means that some one received from the Met ropolitan Life in benefits s1O8 every minute of every business day of eight hours throughout the year.
 Again. the uncertainty of life and health. and the universal need of life insurance are most impressively em- phasized in the statement that 1o,l4s policies paid within the year 1905 had been in force less than twelve months , and that 4,a26 of these policies were paid in less than three months from the time they were issued.
 The Metropolitan Life began the year 1e0t, with assets of more than S1Jo. OO0. 900. showing an increase of more than S23,OO0.O0 over the preceding twelve months. This evidence of am ple and increasing strength Is mos' satisfactory thing for policy-hodersl tS contemplate. and 1t is further cause for satisfaction that the largest years business in the company's history Wal transacted at lower ratio of expense than has ever been reached in previous years.
 The company directs particular at tention to the fact. that it does no tissue tontine, or deferred dividend
 policies. nor any form of contrac which fails to specify in exact term lwhat the insured is to pay in premi ums and what he is to receive in bene fits. That the simplicity of it's con tract agreements is popular featur will not be questioned in the light O facts above noted.
 Many items in the company's sun
 mary have not been touched upon fC
 lack of space. but the document iisel will he widely circulated, and one time can hardly be utilized to bette
 Durpose than in the careful and refies five reading of its entire contents froT beginning to end
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16
run Men Rinrr to Pieces.

GENEVA. Ind. Feb. 16.-1he maga- zine of the Hercules Torpedo company, one mile from here. was destroyed by an explosion. Edward Gates of Hart ford City and Lee Howard of Bluffton were blown 10 pieces, and two teams of horses were killed. The men were engaged in unloading I.J10 quarts of ni,roSlycerin from the wagons when the explosion occurred. The explosion destroyed plate glass valued at S2-oC1 and tore the bark from trees within a radius of 2pJ yards. Nothing is left Of the magazine but a hole in the ground fifteen feet deep and twenty five feet in diameter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16

The Money amendment to the pure foods bill provides for q hearing for the manufacturer in case of dispute as to the purity of bis goods, also what can be used as legal preserva- tive and just what quantity, and pro- yides that when preseryative is used the name of the preservatiye and quantity used shall in all cases be plainly marked upon the package containing the goods. When once the goods have ceased to be interstate commerce and have been delivered III state. then the government has no further control of them and they be- come subject to the various state foo'l laws. This entirely removes the coll stitutional objections to the Heybnrn and Hepburn bills, whose sole object seems to be 10 provide sinecure for the chemist of the department of agri culture. and large appropriation fol him to scare the people 10 death with says Washington writer. As d prominent manufacturer remarked the other day in discussing this sub ject. The minds of the people hav' been thoroughly poisoned regarding the use of preservatives in food. bu so far. thank God. nObody's stoInacl has suffered from any pEeservativ properly used" Now sit up and talk notice of the number of deaths eacl year from ptomaine poisoning by rea son of not using proper preservstive in our food. There is no doubt iba food cannot be shipped any distanc without the proper use of prese-v' tives but with general law permi
 ting the proper use of legal presery' tives in legal quantities. and definin just what those quantities shall b the manufacture of food products vi be doubled in a short time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16
WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT FRDAY FEBRUARY 16 1906

dent recommended. The reply of the interstate commerce commission to the original inquiry as to the extent of the Pennsylvania control over the other coal roads was just about what might have been expected under the circum- stances. Nobody ever accused the chairman of the commission of being an extra strong personality. None of the work of the commission in the past decade has been remarkable, and in this case it did what might have been expected, replied to the resolution by sending to congress merely the facts that were known to everyone interest ed and which had appeared in the an
 nual report almost year ago. MT Gill lespie characterized the reply as all insult to congress. It probably was not intended that way by the commis- sion, but it contained just enough of facts as to the practical control of half a dozen of coal carrying roads by the Pennsylvania to warrant thorough investigation if one ever was needed ill the history of American railroading. It looks now as if the investigation were coming and it may have a decided effect Oh the fate of the rate bill in the senate. Speaker Cannon would
 much rather have the investigation
 made by the interstate commerce. com 1 mission, or by the department of com 1 merce and labor, than by committee i of the house. But it is a certainty that an investigation of some sort will now
 be forced. It may have the effect of
 most government inquiries and end ill
 smoke. But the average citizen. who
 has been paying almost twice as much 1 for his coal in the past six years as he | did before, and who finds himself now
 threatened with another coal strike and famine prices, will agree that not only
 is an Investigation needed, but that |;
 remedy is needed at the back of the
 investigation.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16

. A writer in one of the trade maga- zines says that an absolute elimination of periods of depression and prosperity is impossible. Nature from the open ing bud to the flowing spring and neap tides, which occasion variations in the strata 0. the sediment deposited at our river estuaries, knows nothing of q straight line law of operation. As the late Herbert Spencer has shown, rhythm prevails through all known forms of motion or progress. In the currents of commerce it ia backward and forward movement lis especially conspicuous The preceding chapter to that just quoted may be commended to all who imagine economic questions, such as the present fiscal controversy, can be solved by an enumeration Of two phases of the case and assuming that these are the only factors bearing on the subject. Exports and imports are only q manifestation of the inf1u- ences which bear upon our trade, both external and internal, directing it into one channel or another. "er limiting a continuous expansion Fluctuations are as inevitable as the seasons. To treat tue economic question of lack of employment as summed up by dump ing of foreign goods, or restricted ac- cess to foreign markets, and diriglble by tariff impositions, is to invest all intricate problem with an air of spuri- ! ous simplicity. fraught with grave dan
 ger on account of its speciousness and superficialty.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16

Congressman Gillespie of Texas has certainly emerged into the limelight in even more startling fashion than did Congressman LittlefeId a few years back. says our Washington cOrre~poh- dent. The quiet Texas lawyer stirred up hyFnef's nest that even he did not dream of when he launched the in qufry about the Peunsyivania's control 0f the numerous subsidiary eastern lines He says that now he Is ia the fight. b. intends tO foIIev it ie q an- ish. and if this threat is made good there nay be even more isLportsnt re suits from his resolutjou of inquiry tbzn fron the Teu.iinr rate legislation CT. no7e properly speaking. the in auirv nsy de a great deal to force the sfteurisa of congress oa the neoe<<itE fsr the vsry Iezi<lstisa thst the Presi-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16

The census bureau estimates that Waterbury's population: of 45.S59, in 1900, will reach 69,079 by 1910. City Engineer Cairns estimates that the figure will not be less than 73,000.- Hartford Times.
 In our opinion both Opinions are much too conservative. At the pres ent time, calculating from the number of names in the directory. Waterbury must have a population of between 65,000 and 75.0O0. The man that says Waterbury will have 15,O00 in 1910 will not be putting the figure too high. -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16
LIVING FIGURES
In the Annual Statement of the metro'
 poIitan Life.

politan Life. ..
 The yearly compilation of statistics published by the Metropolitan Life h. surance Co is never dry reading. A summary of that company's business for the year 1905. just issued. tabulates astounding figures in the concise man ner approved by accountants, and foi lowing the custom of former years. supplements them with a clear and lucid analysis for the benefit of people who are not accountants.
 Few persons are sufficiently familiar with great financial operations to grasp immediately the full significance of 2 balance sheet in which totals and grand totals are expressed in hundreds ot millions. but the purpose of life in surance statement is doubtless to III form and enlighten ifs multitude oi policy-holders, and this purpose the Metropolitan management accom plishes with signal success. Follow ing closely upon a period of agitation in the life insurance field such q state ment is timely and specially interest ing.
 After placing before us comprehen siye statement of the companys gen eral condition. and presenting n serie' of comparative items, the Metropolitan reminds us again that the number o its policy-holders lnow increased t more than eight and half million equals the combined population of olI eight largest cities. In other words ! if the company's policies now in fore
 were all placed in New York. Chicago Philadelphia. Boston, St Louis. Cleve land. Cincinnati and Milwaukee. ever. man. woman and child in these con munities would possess one.
 Men now living remember when tn whole United States could hardly hay | supplied so vast number of insurabl | persons. Even at this day there nr | twenty-four states and terriforie
 whose combined population does no
 equal the number of people carryin insurance in this oIe great company. We are informed that 1s0D person were in the company's service at th end of 1gC5. If one adult bread winns
 represents five individuals in the tots population. We must conclude thf
 nearly a hundred thousand person
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16
SAEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREM :
FRIDAY, FEB 16, 19O6.A

It is announced that the czar pro- poses to wear out the revolutionaries. 7 This trial of endurance between the supply of dynamite and the supply of assassins ought to promise a rich har- vest to the undertakers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16
30 VITA TONIC

has become such a favOrite family medicine that we have neglected to advertise it lately. II is still prepared ct
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16
co1ps CAUSE SORE THROAT

Iarsffre Buuno ouiniae. the vorIi
 vide Cod and Grie reuedy. reDoVes fhe rzu@-- Can fer the faH name and Isok for signature of E- w. Grsve- zsc-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16
GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching. Blind. Bleeding. Frotrudins Piles. Druggists are authorized to re fund money if PAZo OINTMENT faiIs to cure in 6 to H days. 50c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02
Mr. BOWSer
 Buus a Cow 
 Ae Expects to Save Money on Milk and Butter and to
 Avoid Sickness. DISAPPOINTED IN BEAST Mrs. Bowser Pokes Fun at Him. and He Meets Unpleasant, Fate In
 Hi. Own Mlkery.
DISAPPOINTED IN BEAST
ICopyright. 1906. by P. c. Eastmentl

tCopyright. 1906. by P C. Eastmentl
 \ T 4 o'clock the other afternoon A man leading COW stopped IN In front of the Bowser resi-
 dence, and the man turned ln nt the gate and rang the doorbell Mrs. Rowser happened to be conven- aently handy. and she answered 1t.
 -l suppose you want this cow around In the alley shed?" queried the man as she appeared.
 "What COW, and what have to do with it?"
 .'That cow out In the street. I sold her to your husband about an hour ago if your name is Bowser."
 ''There must be some mistake. What sort Of q looking man Is my husbandT "He's what they call a one story man t-short and fat and baldheaded. Oh there's no mistake about It. He wrote lAis name and number down on this slip of paper, as you see. He's got the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02


 sliyers out of elephants feet, oiling their leathery sides and locking for trouble in the cavernous mouths Of hip popotumuses are just what he likes to do. A hinpopotamus with toothache is not the most aniable thing in the world, but soothed by Snyder's sym pathetic touch Mir. Hippo will open wide his ponderous jaws and stand like patience on a monument while the vet eran keeper locates the offending mo- far and plugs 1t with wad of cotton soaked in oil of cloves. If animals could draw up resolutions Billy would be able to paper his rooms with them.
 Snyder and his predecessors in the New York 200 have been remarkably successful in raising hippopotamuses. Seven baby hippos have been born there, five living to maturity. Caliph, father of the herd, is the biggest hlp- popotamus in captivity. He weighs four tons and eats q ton of hay for breakfast. His wife, who was Miss Murphy, weighs three tons. Their first child died in infancy. A year later came Fatima, who has toared the world with circus. Their next baby died. Cyrus and Iris were sold to Hagenbeck for S35,000 and a mtscel, laneous lot of rare animals to boot Miss Croker was sold to tue Chicagr zoo Pete, the latest, is still tn th, New York park You can buy him for S150OO.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02
DON'T BOOK
 FOR FRESHME:M N
Sophs at Vanderbilt t,ni,ersit! Pro- mitigate Their tnuai Proclamation
 for Benefit of lnieriHr>.

Special to the Graphic.
 Nashville Tenn. Oct. 1-Nanderbilt has lots of Arkansans this Xeal.-more than before. Numbered among them are many boys who either live at Pine Bluff or are known there. These boys have relatives in .Jetfef- son county who will be interested in the dongs at the university.
 The sophomores, immediately after their organization, issued their regu- lar annual ukase for the benefit of freshmen. It follows:
 Whereas, a state of abnormal ver- fancy has been the birthrisht of every freshman class since the founding of the university; this verdant condition is puzzling to a senior. painful to a junior eXcruciating to q sophomre; and
 Whereas, in view of the immense size of the cerebral cavities of fresh men in general and the plastic con dition of their skulls, it is deemed inadvisable that derbies be worn by freshmen until notified to the con trary; and
 Whereas. in l905 the sophomre class kindly, thoughtfnlly and consld- eratelv furnished the freshmen with the regulation freshmen cap 1a tiny green cap with tassel and numeral Ill eOldl. and the same. OF similar ar rangemputS have been made this year. The caps will be distributed to fresh mon at Ihe postoilice at Nissan nall when they arrive, and freshmen Will please watch for a notice of their ar rival and be on hand promptly. These caps are suitable for morning, alter noon and evening wear, and are ap- propriate for any and all occasions, and
 Whereas. noisiness of ralment IS the primeval right of the upper class man, and is very bad form in a fresh man: noisy trousers. loud hat-pahas' and red socks are meXcusable; II Is not customary for freshmen to roll nn their pants at the bottom; and
 Whereas, long and flowing locks up on the headpieces of juveniles are an abomination in the sight o1 men, and in the event said flowing locks are of the shade known as auburn, freshmen are respectfully requested to part with them as soon as posslole' an
 Whereas. to freshmen the campus and the city of Nashville are new ah4 uneXplored territory, and haNihS Ill mind their tender age and puerlle proclivities. it is deemed unsafe Ter them to wander beyond an imaGinalA i line tdrawn around Kissam hall at Il distance of fifty feet from said haIl} after the ringing ot cuffeW, when !, shall be rung by the ser&eant-at-af'lls of the sonhomofe class at ':"e= T. Ill unless he shall have in his possession conveniently located for immediate producton pass properly signed and executed by a member of the sopho-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02
BEEN M.. BYERS.
New Golf Champion of America and
 His Winning of the Title.

Youth will be served" once said a famous old pugilist Eben NJ. Byers, the new amateur golf champion of America, proved the truth of the re- mark in the recent contest In which he won the title. Byers, while not youngster by any means, Is many years younger than the two veterans, Walter J. Travis and George s. Lyon, the Canadian, who were his closest rivals for the championship. Any one of the trio had q chance to win the victory. and fortune smiled sweetly on youth.
 Byers, who halls from pittsburg. once had humorous experience in Chicago at a championship tourney. An attendant at the clubhouse had
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02

more class and eountersi@ned by it's president or it's secretary, and
 Whereas, there exists in Vanderbilt university d disnifefl institution known as the chapel. ill which daily a professor eXpounds and eXhortS: It is very embarrassing to these honor able gentlemen to De compelled tO address a vacuum, and freshmen are urged to attend chapel and fill said vacuum with an emptiness; and
 Whereas, the railing which encif- cles the rOOst at the Theater Nendome is some what insecure, and it is deem ed very dangerous for freshmen to occupy the front TOW i'll said ro0St; the roost at the BiiOu is considered safe and may be occupied by fresh men at all times; and
 Whereas, in using street cars as a means of transportation freshmen will please seat from the front of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02
DENTIST TO 4 HIPPO.
Billy Snyder. AnimoI Expert ana Ills
 Novel Work In New York.

Billy Snyder, guide, philosopher ana friend of the big animals in the New York geological gardens, has hved' eaten and slept with elephants and hip popotamuses so long that he can talk their languages as well as he talks United States. For many years Sny- der was elephant man in Central park, and lie is known to every small boy who ever visited the city's menaSerie armed with peanuts and sweets. No body knows more about elephants an" hippos than Billy Snyder. Many sic!.
 monster has owed his recovery to Billy's gentle ministrations. Pulling
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02

biggest bargain of any man who's bought COW this year. I let him have iher fo:' e-i5
 He was Gunce to pay you half that" replied Mrs. Bowser as she step ped out to get better view of the animal
 Had Refused Good Offer.
 "I could have sold her for $50 last week
 'Then some one must have wanted to start a bone yard pretty bad. Look at the condition she's in. That cow wont give two quarts of milk day. You'd better drive her right down to the river and dump her in.'
 .'But don't take that cow on her looks, ma'am.' protested the man. "She had twin calves. and she's lost lem both within a month. She's griev- ing for them and has lost her appe- tite. Give her little show to get her spirits back and if she doesn't fill Q pail twice day don't know anything about COWS I'll drive her around and put her i'll the shed. and when Mir. lBowser comes he'll explain every .thing."
 It had been long years since MT. 'Bowser had mentioned the name COW. and he had gone and invested in a skeleton without a hint of his inten- ,t!ons. Mrs. Bowser was thoroughly put out, but as she could not bandy words with the cow dealer she retirec Into the house and left him to put the animal in the shed. As soon as he had done so he got out of the neighbor- hood as fast as he could. Ten minutes after the mans coat tails had disap peared Mir. Bowser came home. Ht had meant to break the news himself and In his own way but he saw that 1t was too late.
 Well what do you think of the iu- yestment:" he carelesSly asked as he hung up hls hat.
 II think you might have got bundle of bones at the slaughter house for q good deal less money" replied Mrs. Bowser.
 "Now, then. my dear. wait until you have heard the whole story. When l started for the office this morning l had no more thought of buying COW than I had of jumping down well. At the office found Professor Dug gan. the germ and microbe expert. Knowing how interested l am In such matters, he had called to give me the results of some recent experiments How many bacteria do you suppose he found In a pound of butter bought at grocery:
 "Not a single one
 lover q million. my dear woman and every one of them capable of starting a case of typhoid fever. How many germs do you guess he found i'll quart of milk"
 >tI don't care how many he found. Your bacteria and germs and microbes are all nonsense No one ever heard of such things until few years ago"
 Don't be I donkey, Mrs. Bowser. lNinet tenths of the sickness and death of today are caused by those very things. If you want to run the risk, then go ahead, but I want no microbes tu mine. The professor estimated that - -s-----zrr.4s---A--
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02

car ni2@er.s from the real. and white people will occupy the central DOT tion:
 Now. therefore. ill consideration Of the preamble above set out, We do gently admonish freshmen that they loIIeH'- carefully the preeepts set out in said preamble to the best of their ability. with hearts, hopes and ambi- tions fixed firmly on that goal of goals which looms faintlN in the far dis tant future, when the ehry be- comes d butterfly, when the freshman becomes g sophomore.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02

stock of tieldglasses. which he rented to spectators who wanted to watch the players without leaving the clubhouse veranda or balcony.
 Flow much do you charge for those glasses:" asked Hyers one unpleasant afternoon.
 "Twenty-hve cents" replied the at tendant.
 "Why, on fo2gy day like this q per, son could not see anything with the glasses" answered Byers. "and you ought not to be allowed to do business today
 "Oh. that's all right" said the young financier behind the counter 'If yor could see anything With them TT chAfgo you 50 cents"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02

Deacon Lucas= What fer did they dun discharged pahson Shouter? Wuzn't his sermons lively enufi?
 Deacon smith Oats de trouble. Dey wuZ too lively. pahson dun pound de pulpit en yell so dat nobody could get CT wink ob sleep de whole time.-Pueblo Chlettalu.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-12
An Honest Judge.

Judge William Timlin Of the supreme
court Of Wisconsin made an address
before the students and faculty Of Ri
pom college the other day in which he
declared that in his opinion the courts
Of the country need to undergo a course
Of training to learn that the imprison-
ment of rich criminals is not sacrilege.
They have an elective judiciary in Wis
consin, and Judge Timlin is new to the
supreme bench. If he had gained a
life tenure in his Office as a reward for
serving the railroads and trusts he
would hardly feel so Internally indie
pendent,