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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
LAND AND WATER BOATS.
Queer Vessels That Are Used In Wild Timber Districts.

Queer Vessels That Are Used In Wild Timber Districts.
 Deep in the wildsS of the Canadian timber lands and in a number of the northern lumber districts of the United States wonderful boats climb hills, creep through swamps and woods, traverse small streams from one lake to another and even climb upon freight cars if long transportation is neces- sary.
 Practically a steamboat and steam winch combined, the engine can be thrown in gear to drive the paddle wheels or twin screws, according to which of the two the boat is equipped with, or drive a cable drum which holds a mile of five-elghths inch steel cable used for warplng and crossing portages.
 At the end of a water journey the cable is carried to a tree some distance inland and at one side of the path des- ignated for the boat to pass over. Pass ed through pulley block, it is carried back to the boat and run through a pulley block at the bow. Then. re- turned inland again, 1t is fastened to tree on the other side of the path and just opposite the first tree, thus mak- ing it possible for the boat to travel straight course without lodging the anchor trees. The engine is geared to the cable drum, and the cumbersome but powerful craft commences it's rock strewn journey.
 No roadway is required. logs and skids being thrown a few feet apart across the pathway to keep the shOeing 1 from grinding on the rocks. In this manner the boat can travel from one to two miles a day and take a grade of one foot in three when necessary Popular Mechanics.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

Just now a great deal of attention is given to stripes. two tone and two color, although they are seldom very strongly contrasting.
 Some of the new muffs are trimmed with a number of litt;e heads and look as if they had no padding. The fat collar or stole has also a number of heads on each side.
 Many of the newest two piece walk ing suits have a coat of one color with skirt of contrasting tone. and smart models of more elaborate nature are even allowed jaunty little velvet coats.
 Braid and velvet in conjunction are finding tremendous favor for gowns of every variety. and a very fine cord that Is new is used a great deal, with the wider braids to carry out a pre- scribed design.
 Wraps surely have never been so fascinating nor so different" They are indescribable. The fur ones show the greatest novelty in their combina- tion with lace. cloth, silk and the more sheer fabrics like tulle and chiffon New York Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
SNAILS FOR FOOD.
Stores Devoted Entirely to Them In
 Many Cities of Europe.

Stores Devoted Entirely to Them In
 Many Cities of Europe.
 France is the premier snail produc- Ing nation, although Austria, Bavaria and Switzerland have thousands of snail farms, where the famous escar- gots are raised and fattened on vine leaves. The demand for snails in France is far too great for the supply to be left to chance, and thus it comes about that snail farming is an impor- tant industry. Paris alone consumes millions between September and May, when these little creatures are at their best.
 In great cities of Europe are stores devoted entirely to them, each orna- mented by an immense gilt snail over the door as a sign. Huge tubs of snails in the rough are displayed, and there are besides dishes of carefully prepared mollusks all ready for eating. These have been cooked, extracted from their shells and minced. The meat is then mixed with butter. chop ped parsley and herbs, and the shells, trimmed and made attractive, are re- filled with this prepared paste.
 The most popular snails today come from Dion and Macon, in Burgundy. where they are fed on vine leaves, and the parks. as the local snail farms are called, open their gates in the month of August. when the little creatures bestir themselves actively. - Chicago
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
SHORi SIUniES.

There are eight white men to ore white woman in India.
 It is only in this country that books and papers are sold on trains.
 Four tons for every inhabitant is what the annual consumption of coal in this country amounts to.
 At St. Louis boiler in a fire engine house exploded; and the asphalt floor was shattered. but the fire horses were so we'll trained that they never budged,
 Not one of the officers who were in command of naval vessels under Ad. miral Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay on May 1. 1898, is in the active list today.
 The service of table plate made for the new liner Mauretania at a cost of S20.o00 includes 5000 pieces of 'hol- low" ware and nearly 16,000 spoons and forks.
 On the fox farm of Flynn Chase, near Solon, Me, there are twelve hand. some black foxes. The fence of the yard where he keeps them Is twelve feet high, a hundred rods long and eighty rods wide. The skin of black fox is very valuable.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
The Shape of the Sky.

What is the apparent form of the vault of the sky? There is probably no one to whose eyes it seems a true hemisphere, with the zenith appearing as distant as the horizon. At sea or in a fat country the seeming greater distance of the horizon is best shown Professor ]. NJ. Pernter in discussing this subject reaches the conclusion that the form of the vault in vertical sec ton Is that of the segment of circle the arc of which subtends at the center an angle of the order of forty degrees. If the reader will draw such a segment he may be surprised by the amount of fattening which is thus ascribed to the sky. From this optical illusion many curious effects arise. such as the seem ing increased magnitude of the sun and moon when near the horizon and the apparently oval forms of haIos and eoronzs seen at low attitudes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
NEW YORK CITY.

There are about 1s4OO lame children in New York city.
 The most reliable records show that there are 3,S79 miIlionaires in New York city.
 There is no city in the world where so many special privileges are allowed to be enjoyed by the authorities as In the American metropolis.
 The government of New York city will spend more than twice as much in the coming year as the government of the United States spent in the year before the civil war.
 New York city would never have e1- isted as a metropolis without the wa ters srOund Manhattan Island. yet 10 facilitate travel over these waters there has been spent and planned te be spent in bridges s2O1.OO0OC0.-New TOek Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
AN ANCIENT BIBLE.
Valuable Manuscript Treasured Ir
 the cottonisn Library.

Valuable Manuscript Treasured h
 the cottonisn Library.
 In the Cottonlan library in England is an old manuscript copy of part of the Bible in Latin. This was used at the coronation of English sovereims 800 years before the ''stone of des- tiny" was brought from Scone to West minister by Edward L In other words. the use of this Bible for the purpose in question dated back to the year 1000.
 The Bible is a quarto of PIT leaves. containing the four gospels. and seems from the style of the writing and H. luminations, which are very beauti- ful, to have been made about the end of the ninth century.
 The Testament escaped destruction 10 the fire at Ashburnham House In I13I, of which 1t bears evidence on it's crumpled leaves and ruined margins There is some evidence that the son Of Edward the Elder. Athelstan the Glorio1z. Eho vas king of the vest saxons fron oz5 to oz0. owned this Bible and presented if to the church of Dover.-PhiIsdelphia Record
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
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of the New England Review. pubashsS at Hartford
 It was at this period of his life that John Greenleaf Whittier fell victim to the disappointment of his life, grief which doomed him to solitude. albeit a resigned and never cheerless existence. He conceived deep affec. tion for Miss Cornelia Russ, but the young woman was not impressed fa- vorably by the awkward young Quaker editor poet and declined to listen to his suit. Whittier was so broken by her refusal that he gave up his work in Hartford and returned to Haverhill, wretched beyond description both in mind and body.
 Shortly afterward he published his first book, poem of New England legendary life entitled "Moll Pitcher" At that time his scattered poems i amounted to about 300. A little later he won a large audience with his first antislavery poem. ITO William Lloyd Garrison" From that moment he gave himself absolutely to the cause, and it was not long before everybody in tho country was reading the work of the Quaker poet By 1840 the name of Whittier was household word. School children committed his verses to mem- ory, and they were acclaimed in the | lyceums. With the establishment of the Atlantic Monthly, in 1857, his work found a new and influential outlet. ] Snow Bound" was printed sin that ] periodical. and it added greatly to Whittier's fame.
 Thus achieving reputation and ade- quate pecuniary reward in middle life the Quaker poet kept on singing to the end He never outlived his early in- fatuation for the, woman who could not share his devotion, but he did not as many another poet has done, put his disappointment into imperishable verse. Only one distinctively amatory
 poem was ever penned by the hand of
 John Greenleaf Whittier. That was the austerely beautiful "Benedicite,"
 the most exquisite love poem in the
 English language:
 Gods love and peace be with thee where Soccer this soft autumnal air
 Lifts the dark tresses of thy hair!
 Whether through city easements comes
 It's kiss to thee, in crowded rooms,
 Or out among the woodland blooms, It freshens OCT thy thoughtful face.
 Imparting in its glad embrace
 Beauty to beauty, grace to grace.
 Der lapse of time and change of scene, The weary waste that lies between
 Thyself and me, my heart I lean. Thou lacks st not friendships spell word | nor
 The half unconscious power to draw
 All hearts to thine by loves sweet law. With these good gifts of God is cast Thy lot, and many a charm thou hast To hold the blessed angels fast. If, then, fervent wish for thee
 The gracious heavens will heed from me, What should, dear heart, its burden bel The signing of shaken reed What can more than meekly plead The greatness of our common need? Gods love-unchanging pure and true> The Paraclete white shining through His peace-the fall of Hermon's dewi With such a prayer on this sweet day As thou mayst hear and may say
 greet thee, dearest, far awayi | GEORGE H. PICARD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

families have two votes. while priests and professional men have three votes. Penalties are imposed on those whe neglect to vote.
 For some unknown reason the shark has returned to European waters, two having been caught in the North sea lately. In the Baltic, where sharks had been extinct since 175s, they have also made their appearance in consid. erable numbers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

were transferred in nine minutes, and the staff, numbering about 300, moved into their new quarters.
 The cost of bringing up a society girl is about s40,000.
 The rate of the pulse of healthy person is four times that of the res- piration.
 In Belgium unmarried men over twenty-five years of age have one vote, married men and widowers with
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
Very Much Alike.

~see here, Pat" said his employer. ~didn't you tell me that when you vas out west the Indians scalped you2 And now you have your hat of I see yOu have an extraordinary quantity Of hair. You certainly told me so. didn't you. Psty
 '1Of did. sor.- answered Pat. but Oi bear ia nOind now that it was me brudder Moike- It's thot much we be sIolke thzt Oi think OTn Motks an N0Ike be ne--New Tork Tines
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN WHITTIER AT HAvERH MASS

much amusement to the poet. He con- scented to have it published in a collec- tion of his works, and once declared, with one of his rare smiles, that it all ways suggested to him "the idea of a big Indian in his war paint strutting about in Sir Walter Scott's plaid"
 When he was eighteen Whittier was contributing to the county newspa- pers without money and without price. William Lloyd Garrison. who was pub fishing a paper in Newburyport, seems to have been first to recognize the young mans genius. He made Whit
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

sought, as Switzerland possesses no coalfields of its own.
 The most varied diocese in the world is the recently created see of Fiji, sea islands.
 The English National Telephone company performed an extraordinary feat at their Gerard street exchange. London. when they moved into their new quarters. Altogether 12,00O wires
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

temely dangerous, and the few letters to be delivered are attached to large skyrockets, which are fired and reach the shore in safety.
 To Italy belongs the distinction of having equipped with electricity the first long distance main line railway in Europe. The Swiss government. which owns most of the Swiss railways, has just decided to electrify all their lines. Water powers are now being
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
HERE AND THERE.

A man in Tunbridge Wells claims to have the longest beard, in Great Brit ain. It is sixteen feet long.
 A delightful story of King Edwards chivslry comes from Marienbad. His majesty Tas having tea at little res taurant in the pine woods with a few friends, and at table near German prince was the host Of party, An
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

long after the time of King Philip, and it was supplied plentifully with grim associations and memories.
 It was indeed a limited and circum- scribed environment into which the future accepted singer of New England came. His parents were Friends of a type that is found but rarely nowadays and always in New England. It was a type which was more Puritanical in its inner expression than were the original Puritans themselves. It was very plain and commonplace home, and its homely nature is not over-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
THE CENTENARY OF AMERICAS QUAKER POET

The whlttiers were bred in the bone New Englanders, a family, endowed with a surplus of that aggressive in never relenting activity of the New England conscience. His ancestors had made their home in Essex county of the oN Bay State since 1647. They had ever lived in the house in which the poet was born for upward of a hundred years. It had been built not
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

had at that time a great thirst for knowledge and little means to gratify it, The beauty of outward nature i'm pressed me greatly, and the moral and spiritual beauty of the lives I read of in the Bible and other good books also affected me with a sense of my falling short and a longing for a better state"
 The all too short sessions of the dis trict school were all that gave the dreamy. longing Quaker lad an oppor- tunity to learn something of what the world was like. He drank greedily
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

tion, Sir Stanley, by the kings order presented the waitress with a gold piece.
 India rubber trees yield sap for more than twenty years, even though they are tapped every second day.
 The most unusual method of deliv- ering mails doubtless Is that employed by steamers passing the islands of the Tonga group in the Pacific On ac- count of many reefs landing is ex-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

T think at the nge of which thy note inquires found equal satisfaction in an old rural home with the shifting panorama of the seasons, in reading the few books within my reach and dreaming of something wonderful and grand in the future. Neither change nor loss had made me realize the un- certainty of earthly things. I felt se- cure of my mothers love and dreamed of losing nothing and gaining much. Il
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

Upon the scaffold's pole of birch,
 The cock his crested helmet bent
 And down his querulous challenge sent.
 That poets are born, not made, finds striking confirmation in the case of Whittier. Sentiment and the cultiva- tion of the emotional were the things of which he could have acquired no knowledge in his stern and matter of fxct surroundings. Yet from his earli- est childhood he was a dreamer of dreams, according to his own confess sion. He once wrote to Samuel Pick ard, his relative and historian:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

from the scant supply that was held grudgingly before his eager lips. When he was fourteen his teacher gave him copy of Burns poems, and he awoke at once to realization of the poetic impulse which burned within him. He began to write in verse on an Indian heroic theme and produced "Mogg Megone," wonderful achievement for so young boy. In his mature years this youthful effusion was source of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
Trinnipos.

The other day at a golf club in Scot land a minister of the kirk was re proved by an elder in his church for using high flown words respecting a bad stroke he had made, and the min ister replied:
 "Weel, Dauyid, was nae sac mich swearing as merely embellishing my feelinzs.s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

tiers acquaintance and advised him to obtain a better education at any cost. So the young Quaker entered the academy at Haverhill, supporting himself by making slippers. In this way he managed to obtain an entire years schooling, and his poems be- came so popular in local circles that he was given the opportunity to visit the most cultured homes of Haverhill and Newburyport.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

English waitress served bott parties, and his majesty could not ,ail to mo- tice the rude, bullying manner of the royal German. Before leaving the king turned to Sir Stanley Clarke and said. You are to convey my thanks to the proprietor fJr the admirable manner in which my party has been served at this restaurant" In addi-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

looked fin tho poets description of his boyhood days: Meanwhile we did our nightly chores Brought in the wood from out of doors, Raked down the herds grass for the
 cows;
 Heard the horse whinnying for his corn, And, sharply clashing horn on horn, Impatient down the stanchion rows. The cattle shake their walnut bows, While. peering from his early perch
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

About the time he came of age Whit
 tier became editor of Golfers Amer
 ican Manufacturer, a Boston paper de- voted to reform. For this service he was paid at the rate of $9 week, and he regarded it as very fair pay. It is only just, however, to explain that he was given board in the family of his employer. Presently his father fell sick, and he resigned his position and returned to the farm. which he man. aged until MT. Whittier died. Then he took charge of the Haverhill Gazette and later occupied the editorial chair
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
shsky looie

"You certainly told me to embrace my privileges" @weTI. but I didn't tel you to en- brace my daughter
 "No- But to embrace your daughter is privilege-"-Lo1dO1 Express
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
I.eL HSoht ovsIitie.

Mrs. HiX-Mrs- June strikes me as being entirely too masculine for a wO- man Mrs. Dfx-TeS. indeed Why. every tine she has an ache CT pain she makes ss much fuss abozt it as a man vould.-smith-s Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
Re1~rerIr1-

~I tell yo1. they are rstrsnching
 Bat they stfH have theFr suto-
 -vhSch thsy run vel within tas speed Init Bah--LczisviIIs Co1r51- JoznaL
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31

Al man must stand erect. not te kept erect by otherz-Marcus AureliuS
Cañon City record., 1907-04-04

was 56,2S3.05s, an increase over 1900
of 1874 .0I0, or 81 per cent The
population Of the fourteen states max
ing an enumeration. II estimated in
the same manner. would be 26,2Oi. 1852,
difference OF only OF per cent from
the actual returns.
The population of continental Unit
ed States In 1905 as obtained by adding
to the returns OF the states which took
a census In that year. the estimated
population of the remaining states and
territories is s2,575,193 an increase
over 1900 of 6.579. 9.620. or S.7 per cent
The rapid growth of urban popula-
ton is noteworthy. The total estimat-
ed population of incorporated places
having 5000 or more inhabitants, ex-
elusive OF San Francisco and Los
Angeles, Is 2s,466,624 for 1906. an in
crease over 1900 of 3.192.1Ss. or 1873
per cent, while the estimated popula-
ton. of the United States, exclusive OF
these cities, showed an increase of H..
4SO.00S, or only 8.S per cent.
The eighty-eight cities with an esti.
mated population OF $4,000 or more In
1906 had total estimated population
OF 1871 ,167. an Increase OF 2,766.S63
or 1853 per cent over that reported a
| the twelfth census.
Cañon City record., 1907-04-04

school for the deaf and blind, appoint
ed for six years: Mary s. Mcdonald,
Pueblo, and r. l.. Hubbard, Denver.
State coal mine inspection, appoint
ment for four years, John D. Jones.
Members of the normal school board
appointed for six years: Elwert Mark
ham, Lamar, and l.. H. Turner, Trini-
dad.
Soldiers and sailors home commits
sion for the two years term, John w.
Wingate, Durango; and for the four
year term, l.. H. Cheney, Monte Vista.
Members of the board OF the state
school of mines, for four years, W. B.
Lewis, Denver; J. 8. Jaffa and John
T. Kelley. Golden.
Members of the commission for the
promotion Of uniform legislation, ap-
pointed for four years, Willis T. Elliot
Denver; Harold Hughes, Denver, and
Thomas Fl. Devine, Pueblo.
Commissioner of insurance, r. f.
Rittenhouse, Colorado Springs.
Cañon City record., 1907-04-04

extensive plan. Through his efforts
the Denver and Rio Grande railway
has become famed as the scenic line
of the world"
Twas a difficult task for Major
Hooper to convince railroad owners
twenty-five or thirty years ago that
advertising was necessary. "The peo-
pie are going to travel whether you
advertise or not" said the owners.
But they won't travel over the Den
yer and Rio Grande unless they know
something about it." was Major Hoop
er's reply.
The increase in the passenger busi-
ness of the Denver and Rio Grande
after Major Hooper took hold of it,
soon convinced the most skeptical
that it pays to spend thousands of
dollars monthly to advertise rail-
road.
The first passenger work done by
Major Hooper was in the office of the
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
railway, at North Platte, Neb., which
was the terminus of what is now the
Union Pacific railway, in 1867. He
entered the service of the company as
a clerk but soon became general pas
senger agent. In 1873 he did some
construction work under contract,
with the Louisville, Paducah South
Western railway. In December of
that year he became general passen-
ger agent of the Fort Wayne, Jack
son and Saginaw railroad, and in
January, 1880, went to the Hannibal
and st. Joseph railroad. On May /,
1884, he became general passenger
agent OF the Central Iowa railroad,
but remained only month, leaving
that company to become general pas
senger and ticket agent of the Denver
and Rio Grande railway. He has act
ed in that capacity for % years.
Major Hooper is Sc years Of age.
He has brilliant war record, having
served through the entire Civil war,
and took part in nearly all of the des-
perate engagements. When at North
Platte, he became acquainted with
Buffalo Bill" Cody, Major North and
other Indian fighters. He was in the
tent at North Platte when the treaty
was signed between Sitting Bull, for
the Sioux Indians, and by Generals
sherman and Harvey for the United
otntes government, in the year 1867.
.-Denver Post