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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13
Justice Fitzgerald merely admonish-

Justice Fitzgerald merely admonish- ed the jurors to pay no heed to the remarks of counsel addressed to the court and to confne themselves strict ly to the evidence.
 ' It was after this conflict of counsel that the agreement as to the closing stages of the case was reached. Mir. Jerome said he would next introduce as witnesses Abraham Hummel and Ais stenographer. Then if his plans carried he would conclude the states case with the testimony of three ex- perts -Drs Austin Flint. Carlos Mac Donald and William Mahon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13
Bryan Visits Tom Johnson.

r CLEVELAND O.. March 13. = AL though Mayor Johnson is quoted as denying that he will manage William J. Bryan's presidential campaign, the announcement made here that he will do so is believed to be essentially cor rect. The visit of Bryan to Cleveland on Sunday. when he came into town, spent the day closeted with the mayor and went away again. was a business visit, it is said, to plan political cam paign.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13
..I.m Bu.ted,r Rockefeller Say.

ST. LOUIS, March 13.--Frank Rock efeller, brother of John D. Rockefel- Ter, the richest man in America, swore in Judge Reynolds court here that he was penniless. This statement was made while Rockefeller was giving testimony in a suit to recover $265, 5,000 from Henry Gross, from whom R0cke- feller purchased lead and zinc mine in Missouri His words were. I'm busted" Rockefeller joined heartily in the laugh which his remark caused.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13
HENRIETTA CRosMAN

Naturally every author looks for the best for his work. so Ernest Den ny hoped for big results when re wrate the comedy All Of A Sudden Peggy At his home in England he mentally swept the English speaking stage for the actress he most preferred in the role of Peggy O'Mara, and his choice fell on Henrietta Crosman here in America. He sent the play 70 her manager, Maurice Campbell. who at once accepted it. Miss Crosman will be at Poli's Friday evening, March, !. 15. Prices p cents to $l.5O..
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13
Leslie Murder Trial at Chicago.

CHICAGO. March 13.-Howard Nich- olas and Leonard Leopold were placed upon trial here for the murder of Mrs. Margaret Leslie in the Palace hotel Oct. 17. 1906. Nicholas confessed after arrest that he and Leopold had gone to the woman's room intending to rob her of diamonds and in committing this crime choked her to death. Later Nich- olas repudiated this confession.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13
Life Sentence For Tedeschi.

PUTNAM. Conn. March 13. - By changing his plea from not guilty of murder in the first degree to guilty of second degree murder Alex Tedeschi. an Italian of Willamsville. received n life sentence in state prison and brought to an abrupt and unexpected close his trial for the shooting and kill ing of Maria de Gallo. with whom he lived out of wedlock.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13
AT pINEY RIDGE"

David Higgins successful southern play. At Piney Ridge" with fine company and complete scenic ciuip- ment. is scheduled as an attraction to appear at Poli's Saturday. March lG. matinee and night. Popular prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13

SUITS. Panama Suits in fancy checks and plaids. Pony Jacket and fancy plaited Skirt, in shades of gray beige, brown and blue, price ......... ...... ..... $1S.76 and $18s5 Tuxedo Coat Suits of light gray fancy plaids, Peau de Soie collar and cuffs, new plaited skirt. prlce ...... ...... ..t..i. ..... $lo.'o Fancy Eton Suits. stitched straps with fancy piping double box plaed skirt. prices ....#......8......H $15.05, %10.55 and $2lsS Pony Eton Suits fancy plaited finish. gaunt- let cuf taffeta trimmed, in shades of beige, gray, brown and blue, prices .$16.75 to $25OO Shepherds Check Eton and Pony Suits. new gaun- let cuff. in black and white combination, price ......,... ...... ...... .... *l1V0 A few nicely Tailored Sample Suits that perfect . reproductions of fine Imported Models Among the number is a beautiful Black Broadcloth. tight fitting coat with silk Hercules and embroidered taneta box plated skirt also Beige Eton Suit of fine chiffon . Panama. made in fancy Eton model. trimmed with silk braid and bias folds, section box paited skirt COATS.
 Box model. fancy checks and plaids, velvet collar. in tans and gray, price ...... $40S
 Fancy Box Coats stylish plads and checks. in
 shades of gray and tan, prices .$6.05 and s. 05 Smart style Spring Coats new model, box with
 fancy stitched straps. button trimmed in shades
 of gray. green and tan. prices $9.05 and $fO75
 Black Cheviot Coats. taffeta collar trimmed with with soutache braid price $5O5 Women's and Misses Coats, tight fitting model.
 of black unfinished worsted, Peau de Soie
 facing and revers. black velvet collar. price
 ...... ....... ...... ...... &12.75 and &10.75 ! New spring models in Black Panama and Broad
 cloth Box Coats, 45 inches long collarless ef-
 feet, price .... ..... $i7.o5, $is.75 and $ie.75
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13

SILK JUNIPER AND SHIRT WAIST SUPTs Fancy striped taffeta Jumper Suits in new beige
 effects, trimmed with Point Venise and brown
 taffeta stitched bands, fancy box pleated skirt.
 trimmed with brown taffeta bands price .$35OO Novel Jumper Suit of black and white plaid, white
 lawn under waist with Lansdowne lace yoke.
 skirt in new model box and cluster plaits, price Beige Taffeta Shirt Waist Suit. Jumper effect,
 trimmed with German Val insertion. fancy
 sleeve with gauntlet cuff. plaited skirt with
 fancy stitched panel price z. x24.s6 Black and White Shepherds Check TaReta Shirt
 Waist Suit, fancy lace yoke and collar. tucked
 yoke shirred girdle box paited skirt.
 price .ai.-.... ...... ~. ... ..... .,. ~I0'o Black Taffeta Shirt Waist Suits double yoke of
 heavy black lace fancy sleeve with tab finish.
 full box paited skirt, price .x2455 Black Taffeta Shirt Waist Suit waist made with
 cluster of fine tucks and button trimmed.
 plated skirt, price ...... ........ %1405 Silk Shirt Waist Suit. beige and white stripe.
 square yoke. Point Vense lace yoke, full sleeve s-s with tucked cuff, section and box plaited skirt. Fancy blue and white check Shirt Waist Suit lace
 yoke, pointed model baby yoke back, full sec
 ton plated skirt price $2ls0 Fancy coin dot Shirt Waist Suit in blue and white,
 vest of white tucked lawn with German Val in-
 sertion. shirt waist made with knife and box
 plats. price ...... $16sS Fancy bias striped Shirt Waist Suits. Jumper
 model in brown and white, with fine lace under waist and sleeves. fancy plaited skirt, trimmed Blue Jumper Suits of invisible check Panama.
 taffeta folds price ... ...... ...... $1405 Panama Jumper Suits in gray, blue and black.
 taffeta trimming. paited skirt price $5.95 Wool Batiste Jumper Suits. black and blues. fine
 plaited skirt, price ...... ........ $0.s0
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
speaksr,a Best Critic.

For a good many years Speaker
Cannon has had critics galore, but
the one person on whose judgment
he ever depended implicitly was his
late wife. Mrs Cannon was kindly
but severe in her criticism. Many a
time after speech In the house
Uncle Joe, disregarding ali other opin.
ion, went home to hear what she
had to say. Sometimes it was unstint.
ed praise and congratulation, but
again there were times when Mrs.
Cannon would begin: well, Joe,
that was very good, but not nearly
as good as you are capable of doing.
If you had given that one point a
little more study and investigation
you would not have f1oundered about
SO in that last colloquy you had" or,
"Joe, you dragged miserably in your
speech. That last story you told was
so drawn that you quite lost the
point you were trying to make. While
I knew what you were driving at, !
believe was in a hopeless minority
in your audience"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
COLOR SENSE IN ANIMALS.
Possessed to High Degree by Some,
Especially by Birds.

A hypothesis that the sense of colors
is possessed to high degree by anil
mails and especially by birds furnished
basis for some of the most beautiful
and fecund of the Darwinian theories
of sexual selection, says the Scientific
American. No DarWinist doubts that
the brilliant colors Of male birds are
to attract the attention of the female
birds, and this presupposes naturally
on the part of these birds fine sense
of color
Wallace has asserted that to the
fact that certain plants bear fruit Of
brilliant colors is due their preserva-
ton; the animals, attracted by these
colors, break the fruits from the trees
or plants, carry them aff and thus in
directly assist in the dissemination
of the seeds which they contain over
large tracts of land. And this func-
ton of selection on the part of ami
mails presupposes in them a certain
sense of color. Still, scientific docu-
ments in support of these hypotheses
are rare,
Dahl, alluding to the scarcity of
them in an article in recent number
OF the Eaturwissenschaft Wock-
enschift, relates some interesting ex-
periments which he made with a mon
key. He colored some sweets with a
certain colored dye and some bitter
substances with that of another color
and declares that after few attempts
the monkey learned to leave without
tasting even these articles of food col
ored with the dye which indicated
bitter-tasting substances and seized
at once upon those which Indicated
sweets.
Varying the experiments sufficient
ly, he found that the monkey distin-
guished all the different colcrs read
lily save only dark blue. Dahl calls
attention to the fact that Mayer has
stated that many savage tribes can
not distinguish dark blue from black
and that even children do not distin-
guish this color until later than all
others,
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
Has Eondnesa for CAPITAL City.

Mrs. Elihu Root, wife of the secre-
tary of state, despises Washington
life as much as her husband likes it.
Mrs. Root was instrumental in get
ting her husband to resign as secre-
tary of war and return to New York.
She did not know of the preliminary
arrangements when the president in
vited. Mr.. Root to take John Hays
place in the cabinet, and the an
nouncement that Mr.. Root had accept
ed the portfolio of state came as a
great surprise to her while she was
visiting some relatives up state In
New York.
She read a dispatch from her hus-
band announcing his decision, and
then turned to her friends and said:
81 do believe that if they offered
that husband of mine place as
policeman in Washington he would
take it, he likes to live there so
WELL"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
WASHINGTON AS A MODEL CITY
The Movement Has Lately Been Given
Decided Impetus.

The most notable piece Of coopera-
tion has been in the movement to
make the national capital model city
in it's social and economic environ.
ment, as well as In broad avenue and
public building.
The Washington monument has a
stone from every state in the union.
The civic neglect of the District OF
Columbia has come from the same
quarries. For congress is the common
council Of the district and year after
year had administered defeat to meas
ures that would restrict child labor
and lower an excessive infant NOR
tality; would require compulsory edu-
cation for Washington children at the
hands of the same authority which
builds schoolhouses for the Tagalogs,
and would raze alley shacks, fairly IN
der the caves of the capitol, which, on
the word of two western senator's,
were not fit for cow stables.
The fight against child labor and for
compulsory education has yet to be
won. But a wife-desertion bill was
passed, juvenile court bill enacted
and judge appointed, two foul blind
alleys were opened at once into minor
streets, the president commissioned
special representative to investigate
conditions, and a bill passed providing
for the condemnation of insanItary
dwellings, which had hung fire for
nine years. Here was more social leg
islation in FIVE months than in as many
years before.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
HAD HIS TROUBLES.
WHEN THE JANIToR DID HIS
OWN PLAsTERING.
During the Operation, and After IT,
He Realized just How Little He
Really Knew About the
Business.

The janitor's face was wan and
pale and he limped as he walked into
the business mans Office to restore
the waste basket he bad taken 70
empty.
whats the matter?' asked the
employer.
well, I'll tell you," said the jani-
tor. 'It was this way. Yer see. I've
been buildin' an addition to my house.
We had three rooms, but we got more
kids than we had room, SO | thought
I'd build more rooms. Well, l goes
and borrows some money. Then !
buys some lumber and starts bulldln !.
Everything went all right till last
night. I've got everything done 'cept-
in the plasterin'. All the lathin' was
ready, an last night l started the
plasterin'. Notice that l said / start
ed.
"Well, all the folks in the neighbor-
hood come in to see me do it. l got
big washtub an poured in the lime
and water 1t started to Az an !
got garden hoe an started to mix
it. Kind of unthinkin' like jabbed
the hoe down In the lime. Then l
heard lot of howls. The lime had
splattered all over my friends who
was standin' on the other side OF the
tub. Then they all went homes Said
they wasn't mad, but that they'd seen
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
GUARDWHITE HOUSE
AGAINST FIRE
ARE ELABORATE.
Fact That the Executive Mansion 10
Not Fireproof Structure Un-
derstood by tho Men Re-
sponsIbIe for It's Safety.

Although there has not been a fire
of any particular consequence in the
White House since it was set on fire
by the British nearly 100 years ago,
the Washington fire department has
never lost sight of the fact that the
structure is not freproof. The build
ing and all it contains is guarded with
q care given no other public property,
and orders have been issued to the
fremen, and by them committed to
memory, giving instructions down to
the smallest possible detail as to the
part each man shall take in case Of
an alarm from box 157, which Is in
the White House.
Four engines and two trucks are
under orders to respond at the first
call from that box. The full company
is to respond if the call comes from
box 157, and each engine has been
given its exact route, so that none
may cross the path of any other and
each may make the best speed of
which 1t Is capable. Each engine has
also orders to enter the grounds at a
particular gate and to take water
from particular hydrant, additional
hydrants having been ordered in re-
Gently at points on the grounds con-
venientiy near the house. Even the
spot at the hydrant upon which each
engine shall stand has been desig-
mated.
The two truck companies have like,
wise had their routes marked out and
their gate into the grounds desig-
mated, the plan being to have two en-,
gines and one truck on the south side
of the house and the same number on
the north side. Keys to the gates
have been placed in the hands Of the
proper fire officers and rules made for
their custody in a place where they
may always be available for the fire
fighters, but not for anyone else. Il
any Of the companies designated tc
respond to the first call from the
White House are called to another
fire, they have designated substitutes
to other engine houses that are re
Quired to hold themselves in readi
ness to jump for the presidents home
at the first clang Of the gong, and also
with their routes and gates selected
in advance for them.
Deputy Chief Engineer Wagner has
been named for the honor of having
charge at the front, or north, side ot
the White House, and Second Bat
talon Chief Sullivan at the south, Of
rear. The department has never hat
fire drill at the White House, bu
the subject has been considered ant
may be carried out some time wher
the president and his family are
away.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
Got His Menieinn.

Champ Clark told story Of con-
vention in Missouri where one of the
candidates for sheriff was the patri-
arch Of the county. He had always
voted the Democratic ticket and
boasted he had never been sick a day
in his life.
There was considerable opposition
to the old man, and the orator whe
presented his name was moved to his
highest flights of eloquence.
Gentlemen of the convention" he
shouted, 'it is my honor and my pleas
ure to present to you the name OF a
man, old in years, but young in spsl-
it; one who, though approaching the
span of life allotted by the psalmist,
has never taken dose of medicine. :.
one who"
We'll give him a dose of medicine
today, all right" broke in one of the
delegates. And they did.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
Buried Grave D.oaer.


An extraordinary incident happened
at the funeral of Mr.. Andrew Hyslop,
in Aberdeen, Scotland, recently.
When the cortege reached the place
of burial it was found that the grave
was blocked by headstone which
had fallen into it, and, but for the
timely arrival of the party, would
have killed one Of the two men who
had to do with digging and preparing
the grave. The mans name was VIII
liam Scott, and the tombstone had
slipped down with some earth on him.
The man was in an almost suffocated
state when discovered, but on being
rescued, he revived. The coffin was
laid on the grass near the grave, and
after a delay OF about two hours the
grave was cleared and the body in
tered.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
opp CHARACTER lN eApITAL.
Woman of Remarkable Mentality Lives
There in Poverty.

zF
Living in squalor in the suburbs OF
Northeast Washington Is a little old
blind woman who has q remarkable
history. She claims to be a lneal de-
scendant from Russian nobility, and as
having been married to "grandee
In that country when she was very
small girl. This venerable woman,
though living in the most miserable
surroundings, has brilliant mind and
is an advanced student of astronomy
One of her axloms is to the effect that
this life would not be worth the living
were it not for the spiritual side of It.
Il do not live here" she said, dream
lily the other day. Il exist away up
yonder (pointing skyWard) where
there are suns, stars and worlds, but,
above all, where there is spirituality
everywhere. Where the sordid and
mean things of this life are not to be
found. Where there is q genial
brotherhood and sisterhood of spir'
ttuality."
This remarkable woman numbers
among her other accomplishments the
writing Of poetry. Her friends claim
she can foretell coming events with
almost unerring certainty. She has
been a student of materia medica since
girlhood. Recently a number of prom
inent people have visited the shanty
IN which she makes her earthly abode
while waiting patiently for the time
to come when her spirit will be trans
ported to "the land of the sky and
stars" and every one remarks upon
her phenomenal mentality.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
MOTHER HAS EVIL EYE.
Six of Her Children Die on Seventh
Birthday.

A strange story is told of an elder
ly gypsy woman who is at present
traveling with a tribe of Bohemians
in the canton of Berne. Switzerland.
The woman has ha& six children.
four boys and two girls, all of whom
have died on reaching the age of
seven--the last dying a few days ago.
Three of the children died on their
seventh birthday and the others day
or two after. It is stated that all the
children fell i'll as every birthday ap-
preached, but the mother took no no
tice of their illnesses until the criti-
cal seventh year was reached, when
she nursed them devotedly.
The women Of her tribe shun her.
believing that she possesses the EVIL
eye and is responsible for the death
of her children, but the unfortunate
woman's husband is devoted to her.
After the death Of the sixth child the
tribe became SO hostile that her hus-
band has decided to take his wife
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
Wealthy Senator Works Hard.

Perhaps no man of large means in
the United States, certainly no mem
Der of the senate, looks after so much
Of the detail of his work as does SEN
ator Clark of Montana. He does the
work which most other men who
have accumulated great business and
political responsibilities hire clerks,
secretaries and stenographers to do.
When he is in Washington he usually
goes to his committee room by nine
o'clock every morning and insists
upon opening with his own hands the
huge mass Of letters that litter his
desk. Unlike most other senators,
he dictates replies to every commu-
nicatton which he thinks deserves no
tice and will not permit any of his
employees to do this. He does not
even permit the use of rubber
stamp in signing his name. In his
household affairs the Montana Croe-
sus is just as watchful and energetic
as in his business and political mat
ters.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
Hot Shot for pepew.

Senator Depew called on the presi
dent. He was a sort of twelfth car.
bon copy of the old blithesome and
debonair Depew, but he did as well
as he could in the circumstances.
Senator" said the always polite
president, "you certainly drink from
the spring of perpetual youth"
"Ah," said Depew, raising warn.
ing finger, "as remember my Pope,
he says nothing about the spring be.
ing perpetual, but, anyhow, we've goi
that spring up in Peekskill."
IF you have" said another senator
in hoarse aside, 'I'll bet you've got
a bunch of stock in the exploiting
company that was given to you for
serving as a director"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
MORGAN In Sarcastic Humor,

Senator Morgan walked into the
senate lobby, deep in thought. A
friend came up with him and walked
along beside him. The senator said:
Good morning" and let it go at
that, and the friend tried to make a
little conversation.
Senator" he said, "I hear the pres
ident is going to send in a message
on Panama and the canal"
Yes said the senator.
More than that" continued the
friend, viyaciously, "he is going to es-
tablish precedent and illustrate it,
illustrate it?' inquired the senator,
reused to sudden interest.
"Yes, sir"
"Put pictures in it, you mean?"
Yes, sir; exactly that"
WELL" growled the senator, 81
know one picture that will be in it,
What one is that, senator?'
"A picture Of Roosevelt
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-01-12
Lime spattered All over the Floor,

a lot Of plasterin' done before. Well,
if they wasn't mad I was, cause I'd
hung my new overcoat on the wall
and it was all covered with lime
After that / took the tub outside
and let my son mix the liSle while ]
made preparations to do the plaster
in I didn't quite know whether to
start at the top or the bottom. After
iggerin' awhile / decided to start
with the ceilin'. got two stepladders
found out didn't have no plaster
board, and I couldn't find anything
but my wife's bread board, so nailed
handle to that.
Bring on the lime yelled to the
kid outside, and started to climb up
the ladder. The kid come In with a
coal scuttle full of plaster just as I
got to the third step Of the ladder.
The fool ladder slipped and the plank
come down on top o me and soaked
the kid over the head. Course the
lime spattered all over the floor Well,
got things Strengthened up and
nailed the ladders to the floor. Then
nailed the plank to the ladder.
"'Come on with that plaster
yelled again to the boy, and in he
hiked with another scuttle O. lime. /
Topped some of it on my bread board
and got up on the platform. The boy
was underneath. lookin' up to see how
the thing came of. The dinged plat
form didn't seem very strong to me,
an / turned around to see what was
wrong. When I turns / forgets about
hy mortar board an let it tip. The
mortar all skidded OF an stopped
down on the kids face. He let out a
yelp an I tried to get down off the
platform. The bloomin' thing busted
agin an down went Well, about Is
minutes later I got started agin.
"'Come on in an see how easy !
do it, called to my wife.
"She come, but only to the door.
She's a wise woman. got a scoopful
of plaster and Topped it up against
the ceilin', but it didn't stick. Some
Of it went on the floor, but most OF 1t
went in my eyes.
"'Go down to the drug store an
get pair of them automobile gog.
gles,' I said to the kid as I washed
my face.
"Of he hiked an came back with a
pair of 'dust-proof specs 1 put 'em
on an got on the platform agin. My
face got plenty of plaster, but my
eyes was safe, anyhow Then / got