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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
Nss Ills Plae. to Laugh.

SIilly is a sweet young lady. usually very sedate and self possessed But today she was suffering under the stress of suppressed emotion.
 Calm yourself. my dear." urged a sympathetic friend. and tell me all about it.
 Well. you see" began Milly. wiping her eyes. papa caught a wicked cold. and mother persuaded him to coddle himself to get rid Of it. So he sat. dressed in pajamas. on his folding bed in front of a blazing fire in bis bedroom He had a steaming bowl of gruel on his knee. and his feet were in a pail of mustard and water
 Presently we heard a terrific noise overhead and We all rushed upstairs to see what had happened to poor papa We found that the folding bed had collapsed in tbe middle. and there he was stuek in the angie. scaldi1g grueI in his lap and pouring all over him. vh1e usa vas sitting in a pod of mustard and water 0a tbe eOoE. Juggling he-xelf into hysterics And Oh. the things be said because she didn't % and pail hin cut, Thars vhy Tn ove-coDe ny desr--Loa- don AnsEeEs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
On ths Job

Amusing epitaphs are eOmmonenolgh. but 1t is not often that q tOEsGtOns inscription Is meant to carry a fasi- ness advertisement 4 West Virginia man tells of a singular one whieh may be seen in a certain cemetery IL vas the idea Of a widow of a man uzEsi Perkins. a partner in a eOmuercial house known as Perkins G Parker. Soon after the decease Of her sp0uss Mrs Perkins married Mir Parker. her late husbands b7sineSz ssS0eizte- T5e inscription reads.
 -Sacred to the meuo-y of J8Ces Perkins. for thirTy yezrS se1i0r pzrI- Ber of the fra o< Perkins G Pzrker BOW Psrke- & Co--Hzrper's weskly
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
SOLD BY BUCKINGHAM PHARMACY
Nurses Dread Lightning.

Of all people who are glad when the season of thunderstorms is past. none are more thankful than professional nurses.
 Tt isn't that we are so afraid Of lightning ourselves" said a nurse in Roosevelt hospital, but it has q harm full effect on our patients. Most sick people have an unreasonable fear Of lightning. Tn cases of extreme weak ness or nervousness a dozen flashes Of blinding lightning reduce the patient to such a state Of prostration that it takes extraordinary efforts on the part of the nurse to bring him around If one sick person requires all that extra attention in a thunderstorm. just im- agine the p7edietment of the nurse who has a whole ward full of them oa her hands.--New York Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27

things worse" she whispered misera- bly,.
 Gently he let her go. But love yOu," he answered.
 Her eyes were grave. They seemed to blame him.
 q love you," he repeated.
 She was too just to forget her own lack of strength. Her eyes clouded with sadness and brimmed. T hate myself for coming" she said flercely.
 "We love each other. That isn't Q crime" he declared.
 "For you it isn't, but 1t is for me, because-it'll hurt Marylyn. Oh, you don't understand! I can't take her happiness! can't! I cantw .
 Its not your fault that I love you, Dallas"
 "What happens next is." l He shook his head, smi!ing.
 She raised her chin as if striving to master herself. q knew all day that I'd come," she said steadily. "Id "a come if I-died for itv'
 "Ah, my dearestv' He put his hands upon her shoulders, drawing her near again. .... A.....
 She stepped back determinedly. "Let me tell you," she begged. "Please. I knew I'd come, so made up my mind I'd do what was white-ask you to visit Marylyn and talk to her. If you would, if you only would, why, at last you wouldn't help liking her!'
 Again he smiled at her, shaking his head. T love you, not Marylyn."
 You're good man," she said. "You wouldn't like to see me do anything that wasn't right square. You wouldn't think much of me if did. I'll dc wrong if-if take you from her."
 T wouldn't have you do anything wrong," he declared stoutly. You never could. But, dear, Marylyn is a child yet She's too young to know her own mind, and we're taking her more seriously than she takes herself.'
 You don't know how sick and down I in the mouth she's been. Just before father-went she got little better After that for awhile she was bad again. But I could see it wasn't all about father There's something else She's changed so-never talks much; just sits and looks and looks"- She turned away.
 "I'm-Tm all she's got" she went on All her life I've tended her just as if was her mother. fed her and dressed her. When she hurt herself
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27

He cuught hcT CtOSe uhH Hc&d HeT' she came to ne. Now she's hurt worse than she's ever been, and she's come to me about it. I'm bound to help her"
 "I happened to be the first man she got to know this side of Texas. She'd forget me in a week if she met some one else. If she don't meet some one else, I'm afraid she'll have to be hurt"
 Dallas strengthened proudly. I'll never hurt her" she said.
 "Nor if I can help it. She needn't know about us just yet"
 "I won't lie to her either"
 Not lie, dear. But you won't refuse to come out here"-
 ''I do! 1 dol I'll never come again.
 "Ah, Dallas, why should we deny ourselves that much? Why keep apart7 I've lost the last dear one had. You've lost your father. You're alone with your little sister. Come to me.
 You'd take me awayT she asked. "YoI'd have me give up the claim, to forget what happenedT'
 God help me. no! ask you to share your life with me, !our work. your revenge. everything"
 Not yet"-
 "T can't bear to see you and Marylyn staying here alone. And I can't stay near enough to protect yOu as ought. Matthews Is sl:. If I meet him I'll kill him as I would a wolf. Then he'll be out of the way. But-suppose he gets ahead of me-does you harm? Your staying here seems all the more terri ble to ne since I've. been east. The idea of your having just Charley to guard. of your blowing and planting and cutting hay
 She laughed ~Outside work is fne," " sne said Better than cooking over q hot stove or breaking your back over a t,b. Men have the best half of thfnzs-the air and the sky and the horSra I don't complain like my work- Let 1t make me Ike a man"
 1t couldn't don't mean that You're the womanliest woman I've ever noEn-
 T doo't want yos to ever think dif- fers1f
 Never wfn And I don't ask you to ehzfn yezrself up ia a- hO0ss- Theres bzz future IE the eaE hzzzzezA Md
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
(To be Continued).
Spelling bY Ear.

The young French stenographer, whose progress in English had not kept pace with her proficiency in short hand. was puzIIing over some notes she had taken of a recitation at a public entertainment.
 As she transcribed them the recita- ton began Ike this:
 La fzzthi vrrlzf s~i6zeu.
 Oui pzn1u o1i pelo1s- That's easy.- said the expert to whom she submitted the notes It Is part of a poem that begins -Tazgh- ard the world Izzghs win yozs Weep. ard yo1 weep szs7G
 -ChiczEo Trih17e-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
DeWITT'S KIDNEY AND BLADDER PILLS FOR bACKACa ;$;;; ;;;;;;; $:
 soIDBY

it was low toned. and Charley could not hear. He did not wait longer. Slipping away a rod. he dropped on all fours.
 When Standing Buffalo emerged and looked to see if he might safely return he observed that in the inclOsure noth- ing moved but a dog. which was going toward the shingle roof. So. compOs- esy drawing his sheet of cows hide about him, he strode to his lodge.
 Until daybreak two Indians did not join the others fin their rest The one sat marking for the call of mourning dove: the other sat cross legged beside the smudge. and as a splinter now and then revived the fire he waited pray FITS of thanksgiving to the Great Spiri on its upward rising smoke.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27

E&9 of pestering mosquitoes, sat the hostage braves. Their pipe smoke blended with the smoke of the fire. Their loud gibberish was broken only when shrieks of laughter followed a sally of wit. Their black eyes spar kled. Their white teeth flashed.
 Before them were their sons, now romping with the favored dogs of the pack, now gathering to watch wres- tling match between a chosen couple, again lining the way while several raced down the inclosure.
 The squaws and girls were also out side the lodges, the July night being hot. They cackled together to the windward side of the lordly males and did not approach except to throw more wet sticks upon the smolder.
 The outcast watched the jollity from his dark corner and marveled at it, for were there not two tragedies threatening, either of which should properly lay hard upon the hearts of the village?
 One was the nearing execution of the four condemned. Two sleeps ago, on the arrival of runner from tho absent cavalry, a wood wagon had hauled sev- eral loads of lumber to the site of the pony corral. From that lumber-it was said openly. and he had told 1t in sign language to the braves-was to be built a scaffold!
 The other tragedy lowered in the ill., ness of Brown Mink. Since her lodge had been placed against the upper curve of the pen there had been>much singing, conjuring, dancing and beating of drums. But to no purpose. Daily she wasted. She was dying!
 He was not allowed to see her, to tend her fire or clean her kettle. When on her removal be had dared to step at her tent flap with a string of pike. Afraid-of-a-Fawn swooped down upon him, her long tushes clicking and froth- ing, snatched the wall eyes from his hold and bela5ored him with them. He had not gone back. But in secret he kTieved over Brown Mink's suffering, and often he petitioned in her behalf and lifted his worshIping vine toward the Milky Way.
 Tn his sorrow his shoulders were bent lower than ever, his ebOn eyes were more dogiike, yet he still dream ed of reinstatement, for he saw, though he could not understand it, that the warriors were again counting on escape.
 They were unkempt no longer, but wore their hair neatly braided and well greased. They ate sparingly and only twice a day. They almost for swore water. And by covert exercise they trained away their flesh. Stand ing Buffalo and his naughty comrades did not vaddle now under a weight of fat. As on the day of their capture, they were lank and stately.
 Rejoicing in their hopes. he, too, had not been without preparation- A rusty knife found in rubbish heap by the river had been polished by thrusting it repeatedly into the dirt In spare moments he made himsak a sinev backed bow and practiced many hours with it. He spent no time in the lean- to. His guard there had ceased The necessity for food did not take him to the shack His arrows brought down game. which he cooked At any time with a sharp stick he could root up his fu Of vIld turaips. He knew where ripe berTses loaded the bushes and where the pluns redde7ed i1 the thick
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27

<L HI the moon. Out of the gap |i-f ing couiee came their chorus. |t loud. rich and aTtfuIly melo- |dized. It mingled, as 1t were. with |thc scent that the wind famed from | the sumac blossoms, yeIlowish greeE. Moon. music, psrfume-and lovers | were to meet
 The trysting place lay in pillows of ffrosty white. like the satin dress Qf a bride. Lounsbury measured it impa. |tiently. with anxious eyes turned to |the shack. At the last trumpet strain |from the fort Dallas approached it on swfft foot, her shadow fitting before When he saw her-a slender figure be Ieaped forward. eager, grateful |she saw him and halted. raising de- feDsive hands.
 ~DaIlas. DaIIas!- He stretched out hIs arms to her.
 "No. no-no, no"
 As well try to stem the Missouri He eaught her close and held her. He pressed his cheek tenderIy to hers. She
 Yielded, murmuring to him Thus for
 space that vas natchIessIy sweet. linen, without releasing her. he lifted bis head and lifted hers by smooth Ing caress of her hzir. Then be search I'd her face long and hunEfly-
 ~0h, Dallas. yoa do ears- he said
 SIly, and his voscs was deep win
 Axa net d~ry-ulJ. -guzt zakes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27

Take so-e god rssizhls a1d safe a. gstsnt Ike K0DOL fer dyEeFslA- KODOL IS fhe bez1 rswaiy k1own to- day for hezr1 bz-n- helcz1nz ard an fro1tAe< zrfsl1E frg= q dis1rAere1 dEeessie1- IL s rse1s81t to take sn1 aforss rsl5sf Trozptiy- Ssl1 kT tke B1ckizEzaz Pkzrzal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
CHAPTER XXXI,

SMUDGE was burning at the
 center of the stockade. In its
 lee, to be safe from the swarms of pestering mosuuitoes. sat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
WATERBURY PROOF.

Thomas Miller, wire worker, of Sf East Clay street, Waterbury, Conn.,. says: 'I was laid up with my back and had to quit work. was suffer- ing pains through the loins and could hardly get out of bed in the morning. Besides the weakness felt frequent shooting pains through the loins and the medicines I had been taking had no more effect than so much water. A friend of mine, boarding in this same house, told me to try Deans Kidney Pills and sent to the H. W. Lake Drug Co for a box and began using them. Tn three days time ! was so much better that got out of the house and was back at work in the shop"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
- Ghe - Flow Woman l
BY FLEA ANOR GATES,
Author of ..The Biography of Prairie Girl.''

COPYRIGHT. MCCLURE. PHILLIPS C COMPANY
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
CHAPTER xxx.

fTN1HE thrashers were singing to M the moon. Out of the gap k=H ing couiee came their chorus.
 tzNy Ioud. rich and aTtfully melo-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-27
NEW STRENGTH FOR OLD BACKS.

swellings under the eyes or aroun4 the ankles, rheumatic or neuralgia pain, gravel, scalding urine, too fire. quent passages. sandy or stringy sedi- ment in the urine, scanty or discolor- ed urine, or passages at night, be sure your kidneys need attention.
 Doan's Kidney Pills is the best medicine to use. It has cured thou- sands and will cure you.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-21
A Misunderstandine-rhat's All.

shirgton.-Alleged irregularities
In reclamation service work in Idaho
arc pronounced by Director Newell to
be complaints made by contractors
against classification by engineers in
charge of work performed by those
contractors. who claim in some IN.
stances that they have been discrimi-
mated against and their work classi-
fed as ecrth excavation when 1t should
have been rock.
These complaints, Newell says, were
received some time ago and were In
the nature OF appeals from local en-
gineers. He at once convened board
OF engineers to meet at Boise, March
90, to consider and report upon the
complaints. The members of this board
will be Engineers Sanders. Wells and
Wiley. who will hear complaints Of
contractors and recommend proper ac-
ton to the director OF the service.
Newell said that special care had been
taken at all times to conduct the af-
fairs Of the reclamation service in an
honest and business-like manner, and
he invited the fullest Investigation OF
reported Irregularities
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-21
okLAHoMA's CONSTITUTION.
A Modern Document In Every Way
Riaid Liquor Law.

Guthrie. Okla.-The only state con-
stitution 10 be produced under modern
conditions-that intended for the pro
posed new state of Oklahoma-has
finally been drafted here. The constt
tutional convention has finished its
work and adjourned after having been
in session 115 days. The constitution
will be submitted to the people OF the
two territories at special election,
August 9th.
Woman suffrage was defeated by a
few votes. The initiative and refer
endum, patterned after the Oregon
law, was adopted, as was provision
providing for the nomination Of all
state officers and United States sena-
tors by primaries. Succession In state
offices is prohibited, and 1t is provided
that the Senate committees shall not
be named by the lieutenant governor.
but be selected by the body itself.
Oklahoma will be prohibition state,
the most stringent liquor law in exist
ence, prohibiting not only the sale. but
the introduction of liquor into the
state, being provided for. The enab-
ling act provided that Indian territory
must accept prohibition for twenty-one
years. The convention provided that
the whole state shall vote on the ques-
ton, and there is no doubt that the
terms of the enabling act will be made
uniform over the whole state.
Provision is made for state rail
way commission. to be elective. and a
2-cent passenger fare order. Railway
companies are prohibited from owning
any productive agency Of natural
commodity, provision particularly in
tended to cover coal lands A fellow
servant law Is embodied in the consti.
tuition.
Corporations are prohibited from
owning more land than Is absolutely
necessary in the operation of their
business. The Issuance Of watered
stock is prohibited, and the books of
all corporations are made subject tc
inspection at all times. The organiza-
tion Of corporations to deal in real es-
tate outside OF incorporated cities Is
prohibited
A commission is appointed to nego-
tiate the purchase of the segregated
mineral lands in the Indian territory.
valued at many millions of dollars. ana
state ownership and operation of the
coal mines thereon is contemplated
A compulsory and separate school
system IS established.
Commissions are created on labor
and arbitration, charities. insurance,
railroads. agriculture. oil. gas and
mines.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-21
Bob-1-ailed eauines Must Co.

Such is the refrain of the women and
the organizations working against the
repeal OF the anti-horse docking law.
who saw their efforts defeated by
forty-nine to nineteen vote when
House Bill No. 109. by Dolph, WIS
passed on second reading In the lower
house.
Mrs. NJ A. B. Conine and her fol
lowers have now decided to concen,
trate their efforts on making the seDa.
tors see great white light before the
bill is brought from the lower to tie
higher legislative body. To this END
the club women, members OF the Stars
Humane rociety. mere citizens, and as
many others as can be crowded into
the Senate chamber. will foregather
and lay their side OF the campaign osr
fore the members of the Senate stock
committee, which consists of Senators
Barela, Adams and Meyer.
The stock interests .'ill be valiantly
defended by ]. NJ. KuykendaIl. DIR.
Sherman Williams. who has been be
fore the courts charged with violat>
ing the law In driving docked horses,
and is rabidly bitter against the oppo-
sition. and by Fred Johnson, secretary
OF the Live Stock association.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-21
suits Vets and Drya.

The Senate passed the local option
bill, already passed by the House. H
only needs the signature OF Governor
Buchtel, said by officials OF the anti
saloon league to be readily forthcoU-
ing. to make 1t n law.
ut is not all we asked for. but we
are satisfied" said Superintendent Nc
Laughlin MS the bill was passed
Representatives of the breweries
and the whisky interests make tbs
same comment.
The tili provides for means of clos
Ing up saloons in cities, wards, pre-
cincts o. townships. II does not per
NIT the closing OF them in an entire
county.
1t requires a petition signed by forty
per cent. OF the voters to get any nc
ton to bring the question TO vote
The bill as passed. strikes out the
original provision inserted by tho SEN
ate barring saloons from a radius Of
500 feet OF any school house. church.
or charitable institution. Saloons can
be operated next door to such institur
tions.
The bill was strengthened In the
House by cutting out a section which
permitted drug stores to deal In drinks
in dry districts without restrictions
Representative Vincent forced this
change
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-21
Bill. Passed on Third Reading.

The Senate took up third reading
bills as follows. and passed them:
II. d. No. 3. by Watson, requiring
owners Of abutting properties In cities
OF the second class to pay for public
improvements.
II. B. No. SC. by Redd. relating 70
criminal procedure.
II. b. No. 98. by Kelly. regulating tho
liability Of hotels and innkeepers for
loss OF yaluables by guests.
S. b. No. &c, by Lewis, for the crea-
tion OF n parole officer for the peniten-
tiary and reform school.
s. B. No. 354. by Alexander, to pre-
vent the desecration Of Memorial Day
between G a. m. and ! p. IN. by games
and sports of all kinds.
8. B. No. 2S4. by Bardwell. to b
cense and regulate wage brokers.
s. b. No. 17C. by Anfenger. allowing
board meetings OF the State Industrial
School for Girls to be held In Denver.
and providing the sending of overly In
corrigible girls to the penitentiary by
due process.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-21
FOUND WITH BODY
MEXICAN STANDS OVER HIS DEAD
couNTRYMAN.
TRINIDAD TRAGEDY LAID BARE
Companion Of Dead Man Arrested
Says Rock Thrown From Win
dow Killed Him.

Trinidad, Coio.-About 4:30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon several people pass
ing along Plum street found the body
of a man lying in an alley, and stand
ing near the body was another man
holding a large rock in his hand. Of
ficers were notified and physician
summoned, but the man lying on the
ground was dead.
His name is said to be Juan Cordova.
The man standing over the body. who
gave his name as Frank Martinez,
stated that while he and Cordova were
coming through the alley someone
threw a rock from a window OF the
brewery wash house which struck Cor
dova on the head, killing him. Marti-
nez exhibited the rock that he held in
his hand to substantiate his story.
Coroner Gu.ifoil thoroughly exam
inted the surroundings and found that
the lower sill of the brewery window
is eight feet from the floor. Several
men six feet tall and over stood on
beer keg and were not able to see
man passing through the alley. Mar
tinez was arrested
An autopsy conducted by County
Physician Forhan revealed that Cor
dova's larynx was torn loose from the
ligaments and several small bones
were broken, although there was no
outward mark of violence on his neck.
The officers are unanimous in the
belief that the two men were quarrel
ing and that Martinez caught Cordova
Il Inx "
causing almost instant death. Marti.
nez, however, tonight sticks to the
window story. No one Witnessed the
affair.
Both Martinez and Cordova are Mex
leans and strangers here. They nave
been working at an extra grazing
camp for the Santa Fe at Morley, ten
miles west of here. They came to
Trinidad together and were drinking
n good deal during the day. An in
kuest will be held.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-03-21
LEGISLATIVE NEWS and GOSSIP
Money Provided for c..ss institutions.

Money Provided for ctate Institutions.
The list contains the following
II. b. No. 226 tBreckenridge)- Sol
diers' home. $4,000.
II. b. No. % (Brynnj-Boysf Indus
trial School. 100000.
II. d. No. l7o (CoiIiasl--Giris- In
dustrial School. 100000.
II. b. No. IS CWatson) State Nor
NAL School. $4,000
HsB. No. Gss (verner) School fn
Deaf and Blind. Sli. 500.
II. b. No. 35 tBryan) Gymnasium
for School OF Mines. $4,000.
II. b. No. 27s tHoyt) Normal
School st Grand Junction, $25.000-
II. b. No. 1o1 tHollenbeck)-Ref
atory. $1,000.
II. b. No. 447 s)-Penitentiary.
$230.000
II. b. No. f46 (Gradeny Normal
school at Durango. s25.000.
II. B. No. 2st tcannon)-Ma
nance capitol building. $4,000.
II. d. No. 2S2 Cannon l--Repairs on
capitol building. S73.940.37.
II. b. No. 1o1 Cwatson )-Kausas
Colorado water suit. $1S.500.
II. u. No. 100 (Breckenridge))- )-Fish
hatchery Rio Grande county. $1,000.
ii. b. No. 242 tNapier)-Fish hatch
cry Glenwood Springs. $1,000.
II. p. No. 365 (Grsden)-Fish hatch
cry Durango. $500.
II. B. No. 436 PaddoclS)-F'ish
ponds. 5000.
II. b. No. is5 twatson)-Pioneer
monument. 10000
II. d. No. GAG tHickman) Refund on
inheritance tax. s1.017.4S
II. b. No. 24s (wilder)-P to G.
Garcia. $3.50.
II. b. No. 1877 (Smith) Soldiers
monument. s3,500
H. d. No. 359 (Cannon) PAY ID. 8
Butler. 800.
Jol. 4 II. Shaw. $500.