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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02

Now that the session of congress is drawing to close and the sum mer speechmaking is about to set in. congressman and politicians in gen. eral are seeing to the proper repair of their political fences. Represen- tative Garber of the fourth Ohio dis trict declares that eight or ten con- gressional districts in Ohio that went republican at the last election will be turned into the democratic col umn this fall. MT Garber is chair man of the democratic state central committee of Ohio and has just re- turned from a visit to his home at Greenville. O. This will be due, :" said MT Garber. ito general dissatis- faction with republican rule in the state and the suppression of further by the state senate re- cently. to the national tariff issue and to fights within the republican ranks in some districts. In Cincin- natl the two districts are not entirely safe to the republicans. including that of Nr Longrorth- Cox is out for good The row which defeated Grosvenor may cause the election of a democrat in that district I am certain that ve shall make big gains in Ohio"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02

You cannot induce lower animal to eat heartily when not feeling well. A sick dog starves himself and gets well. The stomach. once overwork- cd. must have rest the same as your feet or eyes. You don't have to starve to rest your stomach. KOe DOL FOR DYSPEPSIA takes up the work for your stomach, digests what you eat and gives it a rest. Puts it back in condition again. You can't feel good with a disordered stomach. Try Kodol. Sold by H. W. Lake Drug Go and Jos A. Smith, s2s Bank street, Brooklyn. .f
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02

Never nina, dear sisters, IT were
 not crammed full of books, We certainly have made ourselves
 the very best of cooks; We'll don our caps and aprons and to MT Wilby* march, And ask him If he knows all the
 properties of starch. On every Friday afternoon, through
 sunshine and through rain, We've hastened to the laboratory
 our knowledge to obtain; We've learned the principles in
 food and all that we should eat, From bread, oatmeal and mullins to
 Floating Island, meat. We've baked and boiled and fried,
 sometimes burned little, When in making codfish balls too
 hot has been our kettle; We sometimes too forgot the salt
 and little things like that, Which had a tendency ofttimes to
 make our cooking flat. And only to enumerate the many
 tuluSS We Ve mdue Would fill this. yes, and still an-
 other page;
 But what through all the ages has
 puzzled many head, We've learned it to perfection, the
 art of making bread. To this may still be added our bis-
 cults Drowned so nice, The temptingness of which ev'n
 caused our mothers surprise; You've heard that oft told adage,
 Like mother used to make," But hers can't bear to be compared
 with those that we can bake. It might be we'll to mention our
 soups of various kinds. Tomato, or potato. or what might
 better suit your minds; Dur omelets are delicious made of
 eggs or cheese, And are found to be essential at
 we'll conducted teas. There are many ways of using up
 your crumbs of daily bread, For in croutons we can use them or . scalloped "pommes" instead; Eggs for various dishes you may boil or. poach or fry, a-ln -N But If you wish a delicious dish, the
 eggs on toast you'll try. We are very fond of dainties so
 we've made some nice desserts, But they must not be expensive as
 our teacher oft asserts. So they are chiefly made of things
 like eggs and milk and butter, But the names that they are known
 by would almost make you
 stutter.
 But maybe we have praised our
 selves and made too big fuss, And ought to thank some others for
 what they've done for us; We wish to thank Miss Johnson
 for the patience she has shown And forbearance in accepting defin-
 itions oft our own. We also wish to tend our thanks to
 the board of education For their kindly efforts to improve
 the rising generation; And when the town increases and
 not so many die, Just credit it to the "Naught Four"
 cooks of the Waterbury High. MABELLE LELAND SHELLEY. Principal of the Waterbury High school.
 Miss Alice L. Johnson, director of the Friendly league school of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02

Everybody has heard of the ad- vice once given by the late Horace Greeley to one who had sought his counsel Co vest, youug man. go vest" The opening up of the once arid plains of the rest is nov offer ing new inducenezts to the home
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02

The many limitations of DevItfs Witch Hazel sslve thst gre now be- fore the public prove t the lest. Ask for Dewitf's- Good for burns. scsBds. chared skin eczema- tetfer. cuts. bruises. bolEs and pile<. Sold by H. W Lake Drug Co ard Jos A enifh. sos Bank street Brooklyn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02
T H E SON OF T F
By Father Ryan

FATHER ABRAM RYAN born about 1884 say. in Limerick. Ireland. and others. Norfolk. Va, while still others say Hagerstown. Md. He was daned 10 the priesthood and labored in southern cities. He died In i&3 He devoted to the of the south and. aside from his devotional poems none of his writings has more passion sincerity than those commemorating the deeds of the Confed- crate army and the cause for which 1t fought.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02
AMoNG OTHER MONUMENTS

.AWUNU O1dEn MONU MEN1S we erected last year in the old and new St Joseph's and Calvary are those -f6f Timothy Brennan, Daniel Cassidy, Roger Connor. Marcus Hellnnann, John F. Hackett, Terrence Downey. Mary Phelan. Michael Shea. William Dun- can, Thomas Butler. Patrick Boyle, Chris Dunphv. Maurice Healey. Lu- cien Pratte, William Stafford. We are making number to be set next spring. Place your order now. while prices are low.
 c. A. JACKSON & co
 27O-274 Bank Street.
 Manufacturers and Importers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02

rua Dsnssras v.as .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02
New York &China Tea Company, 1S1 South Main Street. E HEADQUARTERS FOR Fenton's Ceylon
 Teas. SALE WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
SALE WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY

Io11 10 Gran Sugar for soc to aII purchasers of our celebrated Teas and CoiIees, our CeyIon Consou and formosa Teas need no introduction to the people of Waterbury.
 Coifses IS 20 and 2se per b are the best sold ior the price. THOMAS FENTON.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02

- WALK down the valley of Silence
 Down the dim. voiceless vaIley-alone, And hear not the fall of footstep
 Around me save Gods and my own; And the hush of my heart is as holy As hovers where angels have fownl Long ago was weary of voices
 Whose music my heart could not win; Long ago was weary of noises
 That fretted my soul with their din; Long ago was weary of places Where met but the human-snd sin  In the hush of the valley of Silence dream all the songs that sing. And the music floats down the dim valley Till each finds . word for q wing That to hearts. like the dove of the deluse, A message of pescs they may bring.
  Do you ask me the place of the valley. Ye hearts that are narrowed by caref It lieth afsr between mountains. And Cod and his angels are there: And one is the dark mount of Sorrow And one the brisht ns0tah of Prayer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02
TO THE MAIDENs WHO COOK.

Never mind, dear sisters, if we're
 not crammed full of books, We certainly have made ourselves
 the very best of cooks; We'll don our caps and aprons and
 to MT Wilby+ march, And ask him if he knows all the
 properties of starch.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
LOOKING BACKWARD.

William ogden is said have the first professional
bookmaker He made book the English Derby in
1888
Newspaper advertisements made their earliest appear
ance IN 1852
In ancient Rome men only grew boards sign Of
mourning In Egypt all clean shaven; but in Assyra
only the slaves and peasants shaved.
The first steamer TO make voyage the At
antc Ocean the Savannah Of so and 100 feet in
length She sailed from Savannah May a 1919 and
rived Liverpool, June % The first steamer sail
from Liverpool for New York the Royal William.
tons sailed July s. 1888 nineteen days on
the trip
Before the Norman conquest Winchester London.
the capital Of England.
Bank holidays introduced in England In August,
ISL
The boomer costume was first worn by Mrs. Bloomer
New York in Isg
From 1896 to 1888 Scottish bankrupts were compelled to
wear sort OF convict dress half yellow. half brown.
The dfe used military bands early the year
l525 the siege Of Pavia.
Buttons to have first into in the reign
Of Edward Of England. The first made Of wood
In 1880 u Of English people lived coun-
try. To-day IS per cent live In towns.
The first catalogue OF published IN 1909 by
Tycho Brahe. It contained fixed stars. The number
visible to the naked eye is 60O0
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cured horns Of that he promised ten days pardon
for sin to who would shout Push, ram" at any
woman wearing it.
Commenting upon this a writer Of the period said. II
believe that woman who thus dishgures
herself and who loves and values much fesh is
not much occupied with goodness in her heart
But all the ancient preachers philosophers reformers
and satrists found that they buttng heads
against stone wall fgurativeIy
Not only did the ladies times keep on
wearing the headdesses apparel that
pleased them, but from time time adopted styles
even more odous in the eyes Of objectng men.
In the seventeenth century certain Dr. Smith express
ed the hopelessness Of the hght;
And when do you think this gear may mend.
And come to be better passe2
In truth think It will never end
What. never? Then out! Alas!
The unsOved riddle Of all the is, Do women dress
to please not?
For a long time-since Adams day perhaps-meu bayus
fondly deuded themselves with the fair ones
attired themselves with the sole purpose pleasing the
lords Of creation.
Man has had many cherished kinks in his brain
Strengthened out with gentle hand and yet has per-
sistenty returned 70 his deusions.
He believes even now that by suasion and a show of
woman's fragment to his liking.
But notice the modern hat OF maid and matron and
the other incomprehensble details Of feminine attire
Should not modern obectng tents like the
Arabs and as quietly steal away?
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18

his choice Of wives sager gave evidence versatile
taste and ideals that ran wide range.
Both women young and handsome. the first how
ever being TALL blue-eyed blonde and the other chic
spirited brunette.
Trouble assafed sager in a heap when he was arrested
night recently charged with stabbng man in a per
sonaI controversy. This incident not momentous
Importance. and would to the world the
domestic life socitor-for that is
Sage.s business-had he voluntarily made astonishing
Acknowledgements on the witness stand his preliminary
hearing
In extenuation, he is said to have declared that he
and his first wife did get along well together and
that he had intended divorce but had over
looked legal formaIity
Last May he stated. he married wife During the
following summer he lived with her. but women
frequently visited each other
Some time ago Sager took a house in a good section
Of the city, just the residence of
the Of the State up his strange house
hold.
The first and legal wife it is asserted took part Of
the house. and went there live with children
Sire also offered to act for her husband
who had supplanted her in his affections
Sager welknown Madison and has lived there for
the last eight He IS German. aged twentyeight
a wel-to-do farmer living near Lake Kosh-
The home in which he lived with two wives
two doors from Bethel Lutheran Church
he married five by the pastor Rev. Thore
Eggen
The first Mrs Sager was Miss Bessie Knudson a Nor
wegfan girl Black River Falls. a striking
looking woman. we'll educated refined she does
not to consider her position in the household anything
of the ordinary
When she learned Of the Of her husband
lung her pretty two-yearOld baby sleep. with wife
No. looking sympatheticaIly
Both declared they would do everything in their
power help their joint husband of scrape They
seemed 10 be on the best Of
The second Mrs. Sager was Miss Margaret Muholand
aged tweny-four daughter of J. r. Mulholand wealthy
German farmer with scotch WIFE, living Walton, in
Sauk County, forty miles north Of Madison.
WIFE YIELDED TO NEW LOVE.
About years ago she Madison 70 earn her
livelihood, daughters many we-to-do farmers
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years During early days Of her resi-
dence in the city she met Sager and it infatuated
him.
Being kindly woman the mans wife when she learn
ed of the OF affairs simply demonstrated with him.
When reported. he give up
his new love. the two agreed TO separate.
How much Miss Muhoand was to blame for break
ing up the sager household is hard say. She now
asserts. it is said. that deceived did not
know that Sager married At other times she has
the that expected sager would get
his divorce and that then all would be we'll
At any rate when reporters called them the
night after Sagers confession neither wife spoke OF de-
cepon misunderstanding and vehemeny declared that
long the three persons most interested sat
isfed with the arrangement they considered II mperti-
nent Of the courts and outsiders to butt in and make
trouble.
Charlie Is good. kind man." said the second wife,
"and shall surely stick to him through thick and
thin" Then, turning Mrs. sager No. l. she asked:
"shant We Bessie?" To which Mrs. sager replied we
surely shall"
visited Sager in jail going together No wheeling the
carriage containing the baby Of No and the seem
ngy the best Of terms.
At the jail sager would kiss women and kiss the
children He would divide his attentions between two
and kiss them both parting There was no sign
Of preference or partiaity for for the other
Asked such occasion: you were free and un-
married and had to choose between wives which
would you take?' he paused moment confusedIy and
said:
Really I don't know can't say. Both come to see
me- both doing all they help me and it wouldn't
be fair for to show any partiaty."
Defining his novel household arrang cement Sager re-
marked My first wife taking washing and had a
hard time TO get along Feeling that she might suffer
during the winter. determined do what could to
make her comfortable
How did the two regard this plan? They seemed
TO oe well satisfied, and dwe together in harmony Wife
No revealed her mental processes IN the following
I did not wish to wound the feelings Of either by re-
errng to the previous marital relations existing between
Mr. Sager and myself did in their presence
TEg FaH
considered ourselves good as divorced found out he
going with another from letters in his pockets
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Two Happy Handsome Wives One Husband in One House
His Arrest for Another Crime
Results in Exposure of His
BigamouS Venture.

IF ALL reports are true Charles R. Sager, of
Madison, Wis, is remarkable man. For no
one else but remarkable man could shelter
two wives in the same household. as he is ac-
cused Of doing and enjoy, all the while, an at
mosphere of peace and contentment
Sager is not the first man charged with the
possession of two wives and no acquaintance with
the divorce court, but he is the first. so far as
known, who has successfully harnessed such
spouses tandem so to speak, under the same roof.
By the unique arrangement which he put into
effect the irs and as asserted the legal wife, the
mother of his two little children, acted as general
servant while the other woman posed as the fem
inine head of the household.
So harmonious was the arrangement and so
little did the two wives jar that Sager lived in hap
piness with both When he was arrested both
wives asserted their unaterable fidelity to him; to
gether they visited him in jail, wife No. ? pushing
the carriage in which the baby of wife No. re-
posed, and each declared her willingness to give
Sager up to the other in order to avoid making
trouble for him
This arrangement it appears, might have gone
on indefinitely but for little police difficulty into
which the man tumbled. Even this prosaic happen
ing, however, cannot remove him from the list of
truly remarkable men.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18

and tried to make him give her up. but he couldn't
knew the girl could not escape him. and would
follow her 10 the end Of the world. I finally let
him have his way and marry her.
I'VE still met and remained friends and as I was
friend Of his wife saw no harm in going TO
live with them when they invited me.
1T is true that I have been doing much work for
this second wife. but it necessary
thing did know where the dreadful thing would end
but loved Charlie and hated him up. Jet
the time did not dare speak, waited hoping
things would out all right some way I am sure
cannot help It."
Mrs Sager No. in her first interviews did not dis
claim knowledge Of Sager having been married and
disposed to resent investigation and stand by Mrs
Sager No. l.
she is such kind, good woman. and you couldn't
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
SOME CURIOUS FACTS.

The favOrite amusements Of Queen WIhemina Of HoI-
land skating and riding child her hobby was
the keeping Of poultry Her majesty animals
and is to sport she bear think
animals in her preserves being slaughtered.
Elephants foot takes longer cook than any other
dish It be baked for thirty-sx hours
The capacity Of the reindeer for work is
markahle His hoofs very broad and do not pene-
rate the His average weight about 40
pounds He viii swiftly draw sled carrying 600 pounds,
and with this load thirty, fifty ninety
miles day Reindeer teams carry the mails from
Kotzebue Point Barrow Alaska distance $50 miles
the northeriy post the world No food is
carried for the his Journey or at any
stopping place, he Is .uTned loose and breaks
through the the white moss which serves as food
Light blue eyes are generally the most powerful and
those gray The lighter pupil the greater
and longer continued is the degree Of tension the eye can
sustain
Champagne takes up much time and care in the
making Altogether bottle Of champagne goes through
hundred different operations covering period OF
and One-haH And in addition, IL sometimes kept
two or three years longer in the vaults maturing
In Persia bells ring for prayers FIVE times day, and
merchants clerks and rush of the mosques
leaving all business a standstilL
Snas slow when it comes to dying One
well-known naturalist who had mounted a shell upon
card surprised TO find four years later the
water employed in soaking the the mount had re-
vtved the inmate which he had long supposed TO be dried
and dead
Several specimens in another collection were revived In
similar manner after they had lain for some
fifteen These had not been glued card but had
been left lying loose though frequently handled had
shown signs Of life. They thrown into tepid
water with the idea of cleaning shells but to the
surprise Of the the snais found creeping
about he basin when he returned 10 complete the
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ried him under the Of Stewart I knew ns
married before.
Il often visited his first wife. I knew her only -
friend Of his and lonesome. for doing
housekeeping that often called her. After shs5
live with suspected something but did not
know that they had really been married
IF I could make Sager go back to his first wife q
should Ike him do but she says ne is taEe
with that would have to a long OF and bids
myself he would follow me"
Miss MulhoIands father states that sager visited his
daughter under the OF Stewart, and that he had
bes driven from the place twice the point Of shots
gun.
At last finding that the young people determined
10 be married, he withdraw his objection but told them
have the ceremony performed while he absent from
home.
Wife No has left Madison also, going TO the home oe
her stepfatber Black River Falls. Sagers unique
lily is broken up. he IS facing future any
degree of enthusiasm
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
RAILROAD PROSPERITY.

The railroad reports for the year 1906 according to
Poor's Manual, exhibit extraordinary prosperity
With exceptional gains the year previous a COM
parson Of the earnings and profits with year
Gates the tremendous growth OF railroad traffic IN this
country Within this period OF eight years the railroad
dividends and earnings have nearly doubled. The
dividend rate has than doubled 1885, being s
compared with L5s.
The prosperity Of the railroads is founded upon
commercial activities Of the country The only question
to be determined the equity of the rail-
roads levy upon commerce Are the railroads getting
large share Of the counTys wealth
question practically IN the Interstate Com
merce Commission under the rate regulation
the present rate OF gain the railroads win realize
full value Of their capitalization, which enormous.
amounting in the aggregate S155 2 09 No one con-
tends this capitalization represents equitable valuation
Of railroad property-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18

son by name, who laborously-and, doubtlessy, with
out efectproduced work entitled "A Treayse Shelving
Dayes.'
When it is said that his learned treatment Of i'm
portant subject doubtless without effect
that history does ensuing sweep any
reform about hat period.
Mr. Gosson perhaps down to his grave ''unwept.
unhonored and unsung by his female contemporaries,
and without making the slightest change in fashions
of the times.
At rate. he freed his soul Of its Spleen and
was something to him, perhaps.
Later on Charles Bansey held up "A Glasse TO We've
the Pride Of Vaingorious Women. but If they looked
therein they apparently heed.
James Day. in 1851, little beyond the limits Of
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
MANS VAIN STRUGGLE OF CENTURIES TO REFORM WOANS

aids that could project sight over towering hill or around
a corner.
So the men who attended plays then were IN as
lamentable plight their brothers of modern times
were before the hats or edict became general
For some reason other knows why such ex-
pectations should have animated with any hope
Of suceesshe has attempted reform xomans IDEAS of
dres and fashion.
Away back in past little book made it's appear
nce-'QuipDes for Upstart Newfangled Gente-women'
Now the title of the work unkind IN the first
place, and the animOsiy displayed therein certainly
not calculated 10 win members Of the fair sex from
their allegiance to the Dame Fashion period no
matter how much her DEGREES Jared upon masculine
mind.
There was another old-time writer one Stephen Cos
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poteness when he wrote treatise entitled 'Meditatons
on the Pride Of Womens Apparel" His opening words
See how some borrowed. oh-caste vaine attire
Can puff up pampered clay and dirty mire.
There may be men to-day with just as strong feelings
such names.
later writer, IN the connection, freed his sur
charged feelings by referring trimmed-up puppets
while still another. with galantry poetic
preston. was responsible for "daintie minions"
In condemnig exravagant dress in his time, George
Johnson gave expression heartfelt WEAKNESS by
caring that gawrish gear gave him grave grievance
II is related that bishop OF Paris outraged by
prevailing fashion in hairdressng built
coiffure with false the close