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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
Hollanders Greatest Smokers.


 Umustapha cigar! The latest hg- ures are to hand showing the amount of tobacco used-and abused ly in Europe and America. In the former continent the yearly consump- ton is estimated at something moro than two and quarter pounds to each inhabitant. Taking each country the position is thus: Holland smokes the comparatively enormous amount of seven pounds average per person. Austria Hungary 3S pounds, Denmark 3.7, Switzerland 3.3, Belgium 3.2, Ger many 3, Norway 2.3, France, 2.1, Swe- den nearly 2. British Isles 134, Italy 1.25, Spain IT and Russia 1.2 For the Balkans there are no returns. In the United States the proportion is greater than that of any European country except Holland. being no less. than A pounds to each inhaDitant
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
Henry wst,.r,on wri,ino Book.

Reports are contradictory as to the exact character of the literary work Henry Watterson Is engaged on in Europe. While it is known that he went 10 the old world this year avow- edly for the purpose of devoting him self to the completion of an important piece of work to be published in book form. fl is not known whether 1t Is something new or the life of Abraham Lincoln he began several years ago. IT. is understood to be the Kentuck- isa-s wish to make his life of Lincoln the most thorough. appreciative and authentic that has ever been written
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
LADY ISABEL CIRCuM. VENTS A WIDOW
By MRS. MESH

NVpyAi6At, Uy JOccpn D. oOWico.).
 Lady Isabel leant back in hel chair with sigh. It was the fourtf sigh she had emitted during the las two minutes, and she was as nearly depressed as have ever seen her.
 Anything the matter?" I asked with sympathy.
 The fifth sigh was stif1ed at its birth. Only Bob in love again." she said in Respondent voice.
 How nice,' I replied, cheerfully Then you will really have sister in-law at last?'
 Shall I?" retorted Lady Isabel; you wait and see, my optimistic child"
 With whom is Lord Robert in love this time?'
 An undesirable" said Lady Isa bel.
 Really" I was somewhat taken aback by this vague term of con. demnation.
 Do you mean she is an alien, an immigrant, and a foreigner"
 Isabel laughed No, my dear Marjorie, but she is a widow, which is very much worse. You never saw anything like her in all your life. They are all tricky, as you know, but Mrs. Eva Symons is trickier than any one have ever seen. You remember her. don't you-the little red-haired woman, Bob was in the park with yes terday?"
 Was it red?" I asked doubtfully.
 Well, it was year ago; but it's a blend of yellowy red now. Next year, l have no doubt, it will be pure vel. low; but women always dye their hair gradually, so that it only comes as shock to the people who have not seen them for very long time
 Is your brother really in 'love?" I asked with sympathy.
 She raised her eyebrows. My dear Marjorie" she expostulated gently, there is no such thing as being really in love nowadays, at least. it's only
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06

real with just few of the odd and heavy-minded; and of course with Bol it's only fancy. You see, she must be quite the fifth or sixth female 1 have -" she hesitated-
 "Circumvented," suggested and she laughed.
 Poor old Bob He is such a help. less donkey. But I mean to find him a really nice girl one day, but not just yet, and certainly not a scheming widow"
 What is she like?'
 She is very clever" added Lady Isabel plaintively, as though stating a grievance, and she has just had a birthday"
 Poor thing" said. but she cant help that. We none of us wish to get any older"
 Oh. she isn't any older," said Lady Isabel. giving me one of her special looks of scornful pity. "she only wants Bob to give her a present." "oh!" gasped, really, but are yoI quite sure?"
 Lady Isabel nodded. Yes, those sort of women always have birthday when they get a new admirer. Yea see. it is so easy to take off ten yea. s and stick on birthday. By the way" she added. dear old Bob asked me to go and get it for her-at least offered to. because you see. the poor boy doesn't understand shopping Ike l do. and she wants a pearl necklace, l believe"
 Rather a large order"
 Yes. isn't ii: but he is always gen. erOus. as you know. and he has given me a check for e750 to get 1t wi.h. I shan't get large pearls for that. of course: but they ought to be good. and they should be fairly even. tool"
 Yes" l assented. they certainly should be. And when are you going to buy them. Isabel?"
 This very morning" she said With gaiety. for there is no time like the present. Marjorie. especially when you have something to do that bores you horribly
 T don't exactly see how you are going to 'circumvent' a widow by buy ing her string of costly pearls
 Don't you. dear" said Lady Isabel innocently. then come along and I will show you how it's done
 We were strolling through the Bur Iinston Arcade. looking for a shop where Isabel told me I should get a certain kind of motor veil I wished to wear that very afternoon. and I vas a little ahead of her. when she called me suddenly. sharply back. Here. Marjorie. vait-just Look al tbese a moment she had paused in front of the lit-uD wares e. the dia- mond manufacturers.
 My dear Isabel 1 said. you are surely not going to wear imitation diamoads,-
 My dear Marjorie she repeated. mockingly. T merely ask you. is it likely- and without another word she stepped inside the shop.
 Aren't they IoveIy.- she said fev moment late-. as she eans out o< aa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
Seventy Years Old.

In one of the Jersey courts of jus. tice, prisoner was about to be put on trial for a serious offense. Five jurors had been accepted. The clerk called out: Dennis Riordan." A shriveled old Irishman responded: {: "Here!" The counsel for the defense looked at him and said: Challenged" " Why? On account of age. How old are you?" the attorney asked. "Siv. enty." replied Dennis. in a wheezy. squeaky voice. The venerable judge asked: My good man, when were you 70g" Three years ago, yer honor!" shouted Dennis in voice that could be heard blocks away. Excused" !" said the judge: and he had to rap for order.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06

thrift. It consists of toy savings bank with a clock attachment. The clock is set in the face of the bank and cannot be wound unless a dime is dropped in the slot. As winding causes the dime to fall into the vault and the clock will run but "A hours without rewinding the contrivance as sures an accumulation of 70 cents a week. The theory is that the neces. sity of depositing a dime every day will lead to slipping in other coins at odd moments and thus establish a habit of saving.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
Something New in Wraps.

Novel little wraps that are wend. ing their way westward from Paris are mostly clever adaptations of the cape idea rather than of the bolero that has held sway for so long. Not but what. there are several types of cape clamoring for recognition and gaining it, too. in some quarters, al. though the cape per SC is usually a decidedly dowdy affair. no matter how much costly material and wealth nf elaboration be lavished upon it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
Suspiciously Bad Cold.

"Why do you ask me where l was last night?" he queried. Didn't l phone you specially that was nearly dead with a cold and was going straight home and 90 to bed?" Yes she assented. "and I would have be. lieved you, too, if you hadn't coushed so terribly over the phone"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
cooc Chance for Her.

Elderly Lothario Ito chorus girll- Well. Mi1i- yOuH be the lucky one. you E1ov- lived with my first wife 1z years before ve sepsrated- and with the second six That makes IS So if rcu marry me and stay uith me seven yes-s. shan celebrate my silver wed einz uith yoa-F1iesende Batter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
poa. That Clean sewers.

The municipality of Nice has organs ized troop of dog scavengers for the cleaning of the sewers. Some of the sewer pipes are too small to al. low the passage of men. The dogs have been trained to drag . cord with brush at one end of it from one end of the pipe to another. Tho system is meeting with success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
The Ins.psrssIea

One day last summer. while walk Ing through the farm uhere ue were spe1dirE our vacation pointed ont 10 ny little son where the cabbage reieh vas snd he boxed at it a Iittle whfl@ and then zske1- Mother. wheTv eees the ccra beef gror-- Chiczzs Trisu1e
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
New York School Teachers.

There are 14.2s0 teachers in the public schools of New York city. and thsy receive s17.Ooo.oo annually in salaries.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
ClesnIirese iu Peril,

A fine crocodile vas recently shot In the dam at the Surprise mine. Ware bathers,-Rkodesia Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06

Even When He's All Wrers-
 When a man and woman quarrel, trust the woman to find sn ercuse for thA nAa ssa1 HnA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06
Mushrnom crn4ina-

On many mushroom farms the funei are grown under ground The spores are planted in long. raised beds
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-06

To Encourage Thrift. A New York man has just patented a device for the encouragement. of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
WOMAN HAD NO SKULL
Lives Ten Years With Frontal Bone
Gone-Saw Her Brain Work.

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 21.-Mrs.
Louis Ames, aged As, who died today
of necrosis of the bone, was practically
without a skull and her case attracted
much attention in medical circles. Mrs.
Ames was given up to die II years ago,
but she displayed great vitality despite
her condition and was able for a long
time after that to be about her home.
Ten years ago the entire frontal
bone of her head was removed. In
her latter days, while belfast for more
than six months, her head was COM
pletely swathed in bandages, which,
when removed, displayed the human
brain responding to each pulsation of
the heart The expanding contents OF
the Uranium could be seen in all their
interesting but gruesome activity and
every palpitation of the main arteries
caused a distinct motion of the cere-
bral membrane.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
|sOn's Death CAUSED OAD'S ALSO
Brooding Over Accidental Poisoning Of
Boy, Aged Father Hangs
Himself.

CLEVELAND.O Feb. 21.-Worried
by continual illness and Borrowing
over the death of his youngest boy,
killed in a wreck several weeks ago
Antoine Miller, IS years, carefully
drew the blinds of his home at 1017
E. Sixty first street, yesterday after
noon, locked the door and hanged
himself.
His wife and daughter, Mrs. Mary
Glerky, who had gone down town to
buy him some fruit at noon, found his
dead body hanging by a small rope to
a rafter when they returned an hour
later. They summoned Joseph Miller,
another son, who was sleeping up
stairs, and he cut the body of his
parent down.
The old man had been sick for
months. AS he had been growing
weaker lately he became melancholy.
The death of his son. Antoine Miller.
jr., who was killed in a freight wreck
in New York in December, also preyed
upon his mind.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
A Government to Kick About.

1--WE kick about our own govern
ment." said reformer land it is
doubtless pretty bad, but what would
We think if it took the taxpayers mon
ey to pay every year pension of $50
900 to the GOuIds. another of $4,000 to
the Astors, and another still of $4,000
to the Vanderbilts?
THAT is what goes on in England.
The English doctor, the English drug
gist. the English carpenter. all sorts of
Woodworking Englishmen are taxed
$500 Or $500 a year, and the money
goes to pay the huge pension of some
ducal lOafer who is already too rich.
= Charles H., for instance, granted
an eternal pension of $4,000 year to
the Duke of Richmond and Gordon. In
all the years since Charles Ills time,
that pension has been paid out of the
taxpayers pockets To this day it is
paid.
The present Duke of Richmond and
Gordon settles for his dinners at the
Ritz in London or at Ciro's in Monte
Carlo with money earned by Eng
lish butchers, bricklayers and black
smiths
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
MISS ELLEN oRkE DEAD
Daughter of Pioneer Family Die:
With Heart Trouble at Home of
Mike Kinney.

Miss Ellen Rorke died this morning
at the home of Michael Kinney on
Sixth street. She has been suffering
from fainting spells for some time and
was taken with a form of heart trOu-
BILE at the last.
Miss Rorke was born SO years ago
on the farm of her father Patrick
Rorke on Yellowhawk creek near Walla
Walla and lived there until about four
years ago when she moved into the
city and since then has been living
with the Kinney family. She has been
cripple since birth and has suffered
great deal.
She leaves two sisters and two broth
ers, John Rorke of Walla Walla, Rich
ard Rorke of New York, Margaret
Francis of Bisbee. Ariz.. and Mrs. Bess
Richards of Berkeley. California.
The body was taken to the Picard
& Hennessey parlors and the relatives
communicated with by wire. No fun
eral arrangements will be made until
they are heard from but it is prob
able that the service will be held from
ST. Patrick's church on Saturday morn
ing
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
ATHLETE SUES FOR LOST ARM
Loss Laid by CoIiegian to AIIeael
Change of Flashlight Powder.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Feb. 21.-Hom-
er Heath, the university of Michigan
one-arm wonderful broad jumper,
started suit today against Druggist f.
f. Calkins for $4,000 damages for the
loss of his arm.
Heath is best known for his remark
able leap of 221s feet at the conference
meet of western colleges last year, cap
turing first place in the big event. His
performance under his physical handi-
cap was one of the sensational athletic
performances of the year
Up to April %, 1905, Homer Heath
had two strong arms. He was doing
work in addition to his university dut-
les as an assistant photographer for
Druggist Calliins. On that day he
claims he was directed by Mr. Calkins
to go into the country and take a
fash light picture. He maintains that
Calkins changed the chemicals which
had been used in former flash lights
without notifying him, and when he
touched off the composition on that
occasion there was a terrific explosion
and his arms was so badly shattered
that it had to be amputated.
As a further claim for damages he
says that he was in the engineering
department. but was obliged TO aband-
on that profession and take up literary
work
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
CALIFORNIA DOG EATS LEMONS
Refuses to Be Corforted Unless Sup
piled With Fruit.

LONG BEACH, Cal, Feb. 21.-Long
Beach possesses a dog which is owner
Of an Unsuitable appetite for lemons.
The animal is owned by Perry Richie.
The dog. which answers to the name
Of 'Tige." is big and black, and nearly
two years old. The craving for the acid
fruit has existed ever since Tige was
puppy. and unless supply is al
ways at hand, he refuses to be COM
forted until he gets his dainty Get
ting the lemon the dog rolls it about
until it is very soft. Then he bites
hole near the center. tears it apart.
and lies down to enjoy the juice He
sucks the lemon until it is dry, then
walks contentedly away. He has eat
en- as many as six lemons a day
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
HUGGER GETS RiFFED
Makes Move Toward Sterographer and
Tumbies Down Stairs.

CLEVELAND. Feb. 2l.--A man who
said he was a book agent came into
the Goldsmith Detective agency's Of
flee yesterday afternoon ard. thinking,
no one else was around, tried to hug
the stenogra pher, Miss Florance Becker.
l. years old, the police say.
\. Goldsmith happened to be in the
next room, however, and Goldsmith
says the stranger is still going if he
has strength enough after being
thrown down two flights of stone stairs
and rolling down three others.
1t was reported to the police that a
1,-year- old girl had been accosted by
Il strange woman in the public library
and invited to so out for good time"
with herself and friends. Even after
her invitation was refused, the girl
says, the woman persisted and would
MT leave until shortly before her father
came to call for her.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
CHURCH PEOPLE OEPLoRE ACT
One Thousand Members Of Contra
Christian Temple Send Protest to
Olympia.

One thousand people by rising vote
passed a resolution at Central Christian
church last night, deploring the actor
Of the Walla Walla delegation in the
lower house in voting against the local
option bill.
The resolution was read by Rev. Mr.
Beaver and explained by Rev. ]. C
Reid and passed without debate. Rev
Morton Gregory wired the resolution tC
the several representatives at Olympia
1t was as follows:
Received. That we, citizens of Wal
la Walla in mass meeting assembled
do most sincerely deplore the action
of our delegation in the lower house OF
the legislature in voting against the
local option bill
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
NEGREsS REJECTS $3.50, 1000.
Flora Wolfe Refuses Settlement Tend
cred by Lord Chas. Beresford.

GALVESTON. Texas, Feb. 21.-Flo-
ra Wolfe the negress who alleges that
she was the recognized wife of Lord
Delaval Beresford in Mexico for 20
years has been offered, it is re-
ported, 100000 and all the cattle on
the ranch valued at $25O.000. if she
withdraws her claim that she is the
widow of the dead lord. She will not
accept the offer.
Admiral Beresford says the courts
of England would not entertain the
woman's claim, but rather than dis
grace the family's name in court he is
willing to give her one-tenth of the
estate if she will agree to sign doc
uments showing she served the Brit
ish ranch owner only as his business
partner.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
M'kAY coRREcTs STATEMENT.
Reports of 10 Per Cent Increase in Sal
aries Heretofore Unauthorized.

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Clarence II.
Mackav. president of the Postal Tele-
graph Cable Co., made the following
announcement this afternoon:
Statements heretofore made as to
the amount of increases in salaries
which would be made by the Postal
Telegraph Cable company have been
entirely unauthorized and it was order
ed that the salaries of all operators,
traffic managers, wire chiefs, assistant
chief operators, chief operators and
managers be increased 10 per cent and
that this increase shall apply not only
to the principal offices but to all the
offices of the company in the United
States
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
WOMAN RAPs FRENCH ARMY.
Magazine Writer Whose Identity Was
Mystery Reveals Bad System.

PARIS, Feb 21.-"The case of Lieu.
tenant Sigmarie," while appearing an
onymously in a magazine, has attracted
widespread attention. 1t is an extra
ordinarily minute study of military life
from the inside. In tact, it is a scath-
ing exposure of official laundering and
of incomplete equipment and waste in
the army, wildly describing how of
ficers' talent is crushed by the press
ure of stupid routine.
During debates on military affairs
several deputies have quoted Lieu
tenant Sigmarie." 1t was supposed to
be the work Of some high officer. Some
named General Gallifet, others Minis
ter of War Picquart.
The critical study appears this week
in book form. The author is a woman,
Nine Jean Pommerol.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
report of Dr. Hammond. the alienist.

report of DR.. Hammond. the alienist.
on Thaw's mental condition.
1t is reported Hammond reported
that Thaw is still insane and Jerome
would like to get the report to aid him
to send Thaw to the tsylum if he fails
to convict. Before Hartridge answer
ed Jerome withdrew the question and a
recess was taken.
Caurt will be held tomorrow and
Saturday as the judge upset the agree
ment made this morning to accommo-
date the Pittsburg doctors here to tes-
tify and Evelyn was recalled when the
court reconvened. This afternoon Je-
rome said he would require another
day and half for cross examination.
Doctors on Stand.
This afternoon Jerome said two wit
nesses We're present who came from
OF hrestates. Evelyn was tired and
asked that the trial be suspended and
the testimony of the doctors be taken
at once. Hartridge objected and said
Evelyn was under great strain and he
wished her to get through the ordeal.
Doctor Bingham was then permitted to
tell why he must return to Pittsburg.
The court announced it would hold
court Friday and Saturday for the
Evelyn was recalled to the stand.
Jerome reverted to her wrongs at
Whites hands. Evelyn said the recital
on the stand was the first time she
had ever told her wrongs, except to
Thaw in Paris.
White Was Kind Fellow.
Jerome recalled the incident of the
unnamed man in the tower studio. The
witness repeated under questioning
that Edna Goodrich had introduced her
to White in 1901 in July or August.
Jerome recalle her softening toward
White on the trip from Paris to BO-
lougne.
She said: Il knew of no one upon
whom could depend more as a friend
than White. He was kind and consid-
crate. especially to my family. He
was a good friend and l tried to make
Mr. Thaw understand that.
81 told him that White was a grand
man except for his terrible failing
but Mr.. Thaw says his good points
made him all the more dangerous.
White was always kind and thought
full, more so than most men,. He
never made love to me until that night
o1x To "a O
seemed to admire me and was interest
ed in me- l never could make Mr..
Thaw understand this
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-21
HASH HOUSES ARE THE ClEiNEsT
Big Hotels and Cafes are Usually Less
Sanitary Than Their Humble
Confreres.

! SEATTLE, Feb. 21.-That the small.
er and cheaper restaurants and cof.
fee houses, more Familiarity known in
the language of the street as "1O-ceni
bunshOpS, are, as general rula
more sanitary than the larger and
higher priced restaurants and cafes
is the statement made by the in.
spector OF restaurants, bakeries and
| hotels, ]. r. CoOmbs.
The inspectors statement is based
on conclusions drawn after inspecting
all the city's eating places and also
upon actual statistics of the obsery.
ance of sanitary regulations in them
while I do not wish to make anv
statement inimical to the reputation
of the larger cafes, as a general rule
the smaller eating houses. are more
sanitary than the larger ones.' said
Mr.. Coombs. "Of course there are
exceptions in every case. and some
of the small 'hash-houses, especially
below Yesler Way, could not be
termed sanitary
Kitchens are Hidden.
I'm the larger cafes and restaur-
ants you will find the kitchen screen
ed from the dining room. Everything
is hustle and hustle, especially at
noon and dinner time. The many wal
tresses and walters .hustling to and
from the kitchen make it hard for
the kitchen help to observe the laws
of sanitation. OF course efforts are
made to observe sanitation, but they
are made spasmodically, and then ev
erything is allowed to lapse for
month or So
Dirt Under LinoIeum.
can example of this was found last
week. In some manner, a cafe man
ager heard that an inspector was
coming and paid particular attention
to cleaning up his kithcen. An old
linOleum which was on the kitchen
floor was carefully cleaned, perhaps
for the first time in months, and when
arrived l was shown with much
ceremony into the kitchen. happen
ed to lean on my umbrella and it
slid from under me, tearing a big
slit in the linoleum, which was evil
IDENTIFY of some age. At the same
time l stopped down to see what
havoc the umbrella had played and
discovered a bundle of dish rags hid
den under it, which were about fall
ing to pieces"
Inspector COombs has nearly COM
pleted his round of the restaurants
and bakeries and will start on the
hotels next week. Many violations
of the state law providing for SAM
tary regulations in restaurants have
been discovered. Mr.. Coombs' report
shows that the restaurant violations
were mostly discovered above Yesler
Way on First and Second avenues.