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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22

would be money in the pockets of each of them. In 1900 the people of the state of New York had their at tention called sharply to the fact that farm values in that state had shrunk more than six per cent, or s70,000, 900, in ten years, and were more than $400,000, ,000 less in the aggregate than they were 30 years before. Startled into investigation, they found the same shrinkage in other northeastern states except in Massachusetts, and in that state an increase of nearly A per cent was traced to the fact that the state had literally improved its roads aud es- tablished a park system. Further study showed that in New York about 12,000,000 tons per annum of farm products were hauled directly to market every year over the pub lie highways at a cost to the farmer of not less than 25 cents per ton per mile, while over roads properly grad ed and graveled or macadamed the cost would be from six to eight cents per ton per mile. The soil, subsoii and drainage on and below the sur face are such, states the Chicago Chronicle, that the natural roads, made only by use, are vastly better in New York than the average of those laid out and worked" in Illi- nois. We pay for our vastly richer soil with dirt roads that are bottom less mud when wet, stifing with dust when dry, and rougher than lava beds when frozen. No statistics nor estimates are at hand to show what the cost of transporting freight per ton per highway mile in this state may be, but if it be true, as the ex- -perience of Massachusetts is said to make reasonably sure, that improved highways in New fork Will ena6ie. her farmers to get their products to market 60 per cent more cheaply than now, like improvement in this and other states along the Missis- sippi should enable our farmers to make a much larger saving in the same process, quite surely not less than 75 per cent, even though the nature of the soil here might make the first cost of improving consider ably greater. The saving in wear and tear on the traction animals and on the repairs of harness and wag- ons alone, to say nothing of the time gained and the saving in other ways, ought to make no small part of the general gain. ...,- l-%
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22

A medical authority says that much harm has been done to con- sumptives by the indiscriminate pre-. scribing of fresh air, outdoor life and exercise. without proper instructions and education of the patient, togeth. CT with consideration of the extent of the lesions present. It is folly says this authority. to place patient with a high fever, chills and sweats outdoors all day long in cold weath- CT and then require him to sleep in an open tent. with no provision made for the comforts of life to which he has been accustomed. On the other hand. the patient in the early stages of the disease who is told to adopt tent life without being given definite instructions is very apt to shut him. self up tight at night in his tent, and so spend seven or eight hours a day in a closed canvas box. Patients must be kept outdoors all day long in the open air. and practically the same conditions must prevail al night. but they must be made com. fortable and protected from cold winds. rains and storms. and during the sBmmeT months from the direct rays of the sun The beginning of the outdoor life must be made grad
 1aI. without abrupt transition from the patients usual mode Of life Similar ialIacies exist in the minds ot the lzity. and even of the profession also. regarding the value of exercise The patient uhO is told to live out of doors and rough it" usually dOes not live long to carry out the iniunc. tioa- Of si1ty-tSo patients in vari- Ous stages of the disease. whose his tories are known 10 the author, ~ho during the past five years have been taking the -roaghing it- cure. forty three are dead and only tw0 shOE signs of having their disease arrest ed Rest is the element 1t Is impOr- tant to seeare. for usually the patient Is only too apt of his Orn accord to take too much active exercise
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
cHILDREN's PARTIES.
Do Not Make the Mistake of Having Too Many Guests and Have Only
 Simple Refreshments.

You ask how to give children's party successfully. In the first place do not make the mistake of asking too many. Fourteen is good number, or ten, for little people need great deal of indi- vidual attention. If possible have one or two friends to assist in the entertain- ment Such games as Going to Jerusa- lem," Drop the handkerchief" "Hers we go round the Mulberry bush, Lon don Bridge" and Pussy wants a corner" are always favorites with the children and never seem to lose their novelty.
 Most of the games are more interest ing if played to music.
 Provide a, low table with the red chairs, such as are used in kindergartens and infant class Sunday school rooms.
 Red candles, with bowl of scarlet flowers, red candles in the cake in rose holders make the table very pretty. Small red paper holders come to contain bonbons. which should be sugar pepper hints for the wee guests.
 Place cards may be made by pasting dainty childish pictures on red card board, using black, gold or white ink for lettering the names and date.
 Invitations for children's parties may be written on the quaintly decorated pa- per, that comes especially for the pur- pose, or small sized note paper may Dc used, Refreshments should be simple; plain sandwiches, cocoa, animal crack CTS, bread sticks. Some of the Swiss milk chocolates are delicious as bon bons. Serve ice cream in ramekins and there should be small cups and spoons.
 Bibs for each one are appreciated by the mothers, while paper napkins should also be provided as the children love the gay colors, especially the Jap anese ones that come folded in shape of animals.-Madame Merri.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
NEEDLEwoRK NOTES.

The marabout fans are beautiful! some having sticks of real tortoise shell, others mother of pearl.
 The batistes and dimities offered fo. 12 and Is cents yard are simply too attractive to pass. They come in va riety of designs and colorings.
 Unbleached linen will be very popu- lar for runabout frocks and the blousel are usually tucked to yoke depth and embroidered sparingly in some small design.
 An original bracelet consists of a sea serpent, the head and fins of massiva gold, the scales of gold and silver, each one set with different precious stone, emerald, opal, sapphire ame- thyst, sardonyx, etc. This bracelet coils around the arm from the shoulder t, the elbow and with the present dec olette styles and small shoulder straps, after the fashion of Greece and the em- pire, has an extremely fascinating eff. feet.
 A nouveaute from Paris are rufies made of leather, which are sewed around the bottom of the skirt to pro- tect them from the dust and dirt of the streets. The ruffies are made of leather of moderate weight dyed to match the color of the gown. They are fulled on to leather band which is attached by means of buttons and button-holes t1 the bottom of the gown. In this way these rufies need only to be worn in the street and can be taken of and brushed and cleaned. They protect the gown better than one can imagine. as we'll as giving the required stiffness to hold out a skirt well around the bot. tom.-Chicago News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT THURSDAY MARCH 22 1906

The wife and daughters are not unwill- ing to let the ocean roll for months together between themselves, and the hard-working father, who Is busy ac- cumulating more millions at homo. Young men too early allowed control of large sums grow irresponsible and wasteful and, alas! end by filling the grave of the drunkard or the suicide. All history combines to prove that too much luxury breeds corruption, tempts individuals to dishonesty, and me1aces the very continuance of | dominant people. That which happened in the dim past to Greece and Rome may hap pen to America in the twentieth cen. tury of the Christian era. If we shut our eyes to lessons that are given in the glimpses we have of the smart set.
 Copyright, 1908. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22

Leading professional musicians of Philadelphia have joined in a move ment to correct an abuse known as society graft" For years persons of high social standing have been obtaining the services of talented artists at musicales, without pay, by leading musicians to believe that fu- ture profitable engagements would result from such appearances. Little or no benefit has been derived, so now the musicians have decided to turn down all requests of the kind indicated. - S- ..4A
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
NOTICE.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDI- NANCE RELATING TO LI-
 CENSES AND PERMITS.

Be It Ordained by the Board of Al.
 dermen of the City of Waterbury:
 The ordinance of the city of Wa terbury entitled Licenses and Per mits" Is hereby amended by adding the following to section 12:
 For each regularly conducted the ster or opera house where ezhibi- tions of dexterity. gymnastics. min strels. theatrical performances. operas or concerts by professional performers are conducted, the fee to be charged and paid for a license shall be s75.00 per annum. Said annual license fee to be in lieu of any fees required by the ordinance concerning licenses and permits for such exhibitions.
 Passed and adopted by the Board Of Aldermen. March IS. 1s0s.
 Approved March %. 1ses-
 Attest:
 WILLIAM H. sANDLAND.
 5-2l-z City Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
THOMAS FENTON,
NOTICE.
AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE CONCERNING WEIGHTS AND
 MEASURES.

CONCERNlNG WElGHTS AND
 MEASURES.
 Be It Ordained by the Board of All
 dermen of the City of Waterbury:
 That section 12 of an ordinance concerning weights and measures be amended to read a follows:
 Sec 12. The following list of fees shall be charged by the Sealer of Weights and Measures for his ser vice at his office: For testing each set of weights, fifteen cents; for test ing each balance, fifteen cents; set of measures, gill to gallon, fifteen cents; set of measures, dry, fifteen cents; each yard stick, three cents; for testing each platform balance made for weighing less than five thousand pounds, fifty cents; for testing each platform balance made for weighing five thousand pounds or more, one dollar; with an addition of twenty-five cents when inspected at any place except at the office of the Sealer of Weights and Measures, and twenty-five cents for each hour when occupied in correcting any ar- ticle; said fees to be paid by the per son whose articles are inspected, but no more than one fee shall be charged for inspecting the same arti- cle during the same year, unless such article is found to be below the standard, in which case the sealer shall be entitled to charge double the above fees.
 Any person neglecting or refusing to pay the Sealer of Weights and Measures upon the testing and seal ing of such weights and measures the fees prescribed by this ordinance, shall forfeit and pay penalty of not more than fifty dollars.
 Passed and adopted by the Board of Aldermen, March 19, 1906.
 Approved March 20. 1906.
 Attest:
 WILLIAM H. SANDLAND.
 3-21-2 City Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22

One Of the strzngest facts Of the dzy Is the inability of the farmers of tas central uest to sss that a small tzr levied ca their pr0perties ana applied to the psrussezt fnrovs- seat of the ordinary tIxhrass
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1906.

Before the seed dealers can stop congressman from distributing free seed, they will have to show the hon. orable gentlemen some other method that is equally good.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22

A NEAT BORDER.

A NEAT BORDER.
 strong finish. The outline should be run out twice with soft cotton. then worked over in buttonhole with flannel embroidery silk or soft mercerised cot ton, of which there are many excellsn: makes to be purchased.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
Medicinal water. Wasted

Water from an artesian well al Os- tend which has been wasted for so years has nov been discovered to pos sess medicinal qualities similar to th- waters of yichy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
His .sworship" Was Well.

A prisoner accused in an English court of burglary presented to the fudge a written defense when he vas placed on trial It began: T hope ani trust these fer lines will find you quite well" He got three years penal ssrv. ituds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
HEBERT BROTHERS

.. (Forneriy with T. r. ChartersJ Manufacturers ef Awnings, Tents. etc. Flag and BanffnG Decorators-
 Orders by mall promptly attended to. 1s1 Bunker Hill avsnse-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
OUR SMART SOCIETY.
DO NOT THINK RICHES AND vIR-
 TUES CANNOT HARMoNIzE.

Minority of Our Wealthy Citissns Included in the Smart Set-A Re- cent Popular Novel Depicts the Smart Set as Cruel and Corrupt The Picture Even If 0verdrawn Points a Warning-America Must Heed the Lesson or Suffer the Fate of Greece and Rome.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
Aeeoup,ishsd Parrot.

London advertiser oaers for 3<2 CT q sranophone, a gray African parros. sfr years old that can speak disfi.<fly so words. and uso ssntencss Of iron 3o so 3o vordG
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
New York < China Tea Company, l8l South Main Street.
 HEADQUARTERS FOR Fenton's Ceylon . eas.
 SALE WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
SALE WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.

I015 ID Gran Sugar for Soc to all purchasers of our celebrated Teas and Coflecs; our Ceylon. Consou and formosa Teas need no introduction to the people ol Waterbury.
 Coffees IS. 20 and 25c per ID are the best sold for the price.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinlne Tablets. Druggists refund nancy if 1t fails to cure. R. W. GROVES sig. nature IS on each box. 25c.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
A BUTToNHoLE BORDER. No Decorative Needlework Is More Favored Now and Always Comes
 In Well on Flannels.

This border is suitable to be workel l on the edges of flannel petticoats. in fants' flannel head-squares. or any fam nel article requiring a. simple yet
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
h Keen Ynunr

 And to get back to keeping young the very best of common sense Is for every woman to look ner best every minute of her life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
C. JEROME BAILEY, Architect Apothecaries' Hall Building.
FRENZY & JACKSON, 51 Leavenworth Street

JOSEPH T. SMITH. Architect. 36 North Main st
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31

Every housekeeper should know that
II they will buy Defiance Cold Water
Starch for laundry use they will save
not only time, because 1t never sticks
TO the iron, but because each package
contains 16 Ozone full pound-while
al other Cold Water Starches are put
up in A-pound packages, and the price
Is the same, 10 cents. Then again
because Defiance Starch is free from
all injurious chemicals. II your grocer
tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it
is because he has n stock on hand
which he wishes 10 dispose Of before
he puts in Defiance. He knows that
Defiance Starch has printed on every
package in large letters and figures
s16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save
much time and money and the annoy.
ance of the iron sticking. Defiance
never sticks.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31
Margin Of Profit

The industry is operated on mar
gin Of less than cents TO each dol
lar of sales. Swift & Co. do not sell
at retail Their entire output is sold
at wholesale to many thousands of
dealers in various parts of the world.
There are hundreds OF local slaughter
ers throughout the United States.
who buy their live stock in competl-
ton with the packer doing an inter-
state and international business. Like
wise the packer must sell in compe-
tition with the local slaughterers.
There are no secret processes in the
industry, no complicated and expen-
sive factories. and as live stock can
be purchased in almost every hamlet
and city, and the preparation Of
meats is simple in the extreme; local
slaughtering will long remain fac
tor in the production of fresh meats
and provisions.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31
Losses by bitches and eulIles.


One of the noted Weaknesses of
American farming is the tendency to
permit a considerable per cent of the
land to lie idle on account of gullies
and bitches. In countries where land
has been high in price for u century
or more the land is more carefully
looked after in the way OF keeping it
all in use. Habits of farming are hard
to break up. and the American farm
ing habits not to put a high value on
the land even after the price in the
market has come up.
bitches and guilies in fields can be
seen in every part of the country
where the land is rolling or billy and
the rainfall is considerable. The old
open ditch is disappearing but slowly.
II the farmer that owns q few viii
take his tape measure and find out
the amount of land kept out of use
by these bitches and gullies he will
come to the conclusion that it is far
cheaper for him to purchase tile and
abolish the open bitches. The land
actually comprised in the ditch is con-
siderable, but 20 it must be added
still greater quantity comprising the
unused parts along the edges.
The writer has in MIND a meadow
on farm devoted to mixed farming.
The meadow is cut .crosswise by an
open ditch that takes the water from
a ditch by roadside and onveys it
across ~-e meadow into another open
fisca in pasture. Whenever a wagon
has 70 he taken to one end of the
meadow it must be taken into the pub
lie highway again before reaching the
other end Having operations ON ono
side Of this open ditch cannot be ex-
tended to the other part of the field
without all the implements being
taken around the ditch. If this
meadow is eveI't plowed up, and it
should be, the amount of land lost
to cultivation will be large. The
amount of water going through this
open ditch is too large to permit OF
the use of ordinary sized drain tile,
but the larger sizes can be used. and
if that is TOO expensive stone may be
used. which exists in abundance in the
neighboring pasture.
One OF the most expensive bitches
that We know of exists in 24-acre
pasture of a farmer that we know.
The ditch runs. the length of the pas
ture and increases Its length by not
y cunning straightA Il is aofnt three
feet deep aud the bottom is about
snree feet wide. The rains OF the
years have modified the abruptness OF
TIE top aud now the ditch IS not less
than eifht feet wide at the top. After
every ain there arc innumerable cave
ms Of the sides. and some changes in
the indings of the channel. This
wind az channel is largely the cause
OF tie cave-ins as it sends the flood
wat rs with great force against Ger
tair points in the sides. Just as do the
gre 1t rivers in the west. 1t is bad to
Ia e an open ditch in a PASTURE; it
is worse 10 have it crooked and give
& she power of boring like an augur.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31
AL EsperImentaI Garden.

A scotsman and florist near
here, who has customers all
over the United States and
Canada, has adopted most SEN
sihle plan for checking off his seeds by
means Of an experiment garden on his
home grounds He has a large tract
OF land set aside for that purpose, and
though the vegetables grown there are
never sold, very seldom used and no
seed saved from them. the owner con-
siders It paying crop The seed is
planted at the proper time in spring in
Carefully prepared ground. and close
watch is kept and a record made OF
any that do cot germinate properly.
The rows are eight feet long, each
enc being plainly marked with stick
bearing a number which corresponds
with that variety in the record kept
BY the head gardener. All are cared
for. weeded. thinned and cultivated SO
that the result OF the crop whesGSr
erly cared for can be shown When
report comes from customer
saying that certain kind OF
seed failed to grow. that var
iety is looked up in the expert
ment garden. and the scotsman can
tell at once ii the complaint is well
founded. IN which case restitution is
made All varieties are allowed to
come to maturity to determine If the
rort is true to name During the past
season 1900 varieties of vegetables
have been grown in that department,
ranging through all the kinds Of edible
ones and taking in grasses OF all kinds,
grains. sngar cane, tobacco. asparagus
and rhuharb. There is also an expert
ment garden devoted to flowers in
connection with this. Though not so
large. Il lakes IN all kinds, and. be.
Sides the usefulness Of the plan It
makes a beautiful display IN the gar.
den. Mysa bradshaw in TURNER'S RE
yteW,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31
s2oo,ooo,ooo.

This total is realized from the sale
Of fresh meats Cbeef, mutton and
pork), provisions, produce (poultry,
butter and esgs), soaps. CLUES, oils,
bones. fertilizers. feathers, castings,
hides, woods. pelts and other by-prod-
ucts derived from cattle. sheep. hogs
and poultry.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31

81. Helena is one of EngIand's mori-
bund colonies, according to the report
OF the governor 1t has cable sta
ton and a garrison, but that is all.
Only three British warships called in
during last year. Considering the
proximity of st. Helena to the West
African coast, and the splendid eli
mate of the island the government
wonders that it is not used as a sani-
tarium by the navy
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31
Packing plants.

All the Swift a Company plants are
located at the great live stock mar
kets. In the heart Of the great agrI-
cultural neciIons. where can be pur.
chased the finest grades Of cattle,
sheen and hogs We have seven pack.
ing plants employing at each from
two to eight thousand persons
The following gives the locations
and slzes i.thc dliierent plsnss'
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31

than any other brand. Their popular
ity is due to the uniform quality and
favor of the meat, and to their fine
appearance when received from the
dealer. Each piece is branded on the
rlnd. "Swifts Premium U. s. Inspect
ed" and wrapped in cheesecloth and
white parchment paper
Look for the brand, "Swift's Prem
ium." when buying hams and bacon.
swift's Silver Leaf Lard
Is strictly pure lard, kettle rend-
cred. and put up in 8, s and 1O-pound
sealed pals. 1t is Americas Stand
ard Lard, and enjoys a high reputa-
ton and an enormous sale.
swift's Soaps.
An interesting feature Of trip
through the Chicago plant is visit to
the soap factory, one of the largest
and most complete in this country.
There we manufacture numerous tot
let and laundry soaps, and washing
powders.
Among which are:
Wool Soap, widely and favorably
known; for toilet and bath, and wash
ing fine fabrics.
Crown Princess Toilet Soap, highly
perfumed.
swift's Pride Soap, for laundry and
household use.
Swifts Pride Washing Powder, I'M
surpassed for all cleaning purposes.
switt's speclaltles.
Swift's Premium Ham
Swifts Premium Bacon
Swift's Premium Sliced Bacon.
Swifts Premium Lard
Swift's Winchester Ham
swift's Winchester Bacon
Brookfeld Farm Sausage
Swift's Silver Leaf Lard
Jewel Lard Compound
swift's cotosuet
Swift's Jersey Butterine
swift's Beef Extract
swift's Beef Fluid
swift's Premium Milk.Fed Chickens
swlt.'s Soaps.
Wool Soap
Scented Toilet Soaps
swlit's Pride Soap
! swlfts Pride Washing Powder
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31
Try One PACKAGE.

If Defiance Starch" does not please
you, return it to your dealer. II 1t
does you get one-third more for the
same money. 1t will give YOU satis-
faction, and win not stick to the iron.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallfolo
medicine for coughs and colds. N. w. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove. N. J.. Feb. IL. 1900
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-01-31
Year 1905 sales.
EXCEEDED

The total distributive sales for 1905
exceeded