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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28
PAIN ALL CONE

Dan Brennan lives at 25 Franklin street. Waterbury. and Is well known and popular He says:
 .Rheumatism was my complaint. and 1t troutleI me for thrce years in both knees and my arm The iolnfs were stid and paiuful-so much co | had 10 leave od my work. -After I had tried all kin'ls of medicines without getting cured | took treatment with the X-Ray Doc tors. Now I have ID pain in my knees. and only q very little stiffness -whleh ts heinr cured rapidiy by the treatments
 T want my friends. snd snyone who suffers with rheumatism to know what the Rsdio-Chemlc Physi- eiaus have done fer De fS<1edi
 DAN BRENNAN
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28
Rev. Arthur Mason Dead.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-Rev. Arthur Mason, honorary chaplain of the Epis- copal diocese of New York, is dead here. aged seventy-two years. He was born in Boston and served churches in Westerly, R. l.; Chelsea, Mass; North Haven Conn.,; New Haven, Conn.,; Nice, France; Geneva, Switzerland, and New York city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28
Use for old Pennies.

Four hundred pounds of obsolete German pennies of about the same proportion of copper and tin as used in high conductively electrical cast ings, have. it is said. recently been purchased at 21 cents pound by United States manufacturers. being cheaper nowethan. electrolytc copper.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28
Kvro,,i ons porty ., cbic.ro.

CHICAGO. May 2S.-General Kuro- Ri and party have arrived In Chicago. where the Japanese military leader will be the guest of honor at a banquet .o be given blythe Commercial club friday night.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28
Commodore Vanderbilt at Newport.

NEWPORT. R. l.. May 2S. = The steam yacht North Star, the flagship of the New York Yacht club, arrived here from Europe, with Commodore Corne. Illus Vanderbilt on board. With him as guests were the Marquis of Anglesy and Almeric Paget of London.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28
THREE DAYS FREE.

Owing to the large number of pa- tients under the care of the Radio Chemic Physicians. who take up large proportion of their time. 1t has become necessary to limit the days for free x-Ray examination to three week Hereafter. tkose desiring the free service will call on Monday, Wednesday or Saturday only. Re- member the days thereby avoiding disappointment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28

MooRESTOT,-N. \. l., May 2S.-1n- yestlgatlon was begun hsre into the death from pneumonia of seven- year-old child under treatment by prayer of Christian Science healers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28
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Eoruot the runs.

EVIBut kHc uNcs
 At an entertainment a little Kirf falling to recall the piece she was to read. exclaimed. 70. forget the tune of my speech"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28
Poverty In London.

There are in London over S04.0oo persons who live in one-room houses, and over 7ol.0OO in two-room houses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28

l. Fruit of a tropical tree.-CDate) 2. What the Siamese twins were.-- United)
 8. What a lazy man seldom gets.-- (Ahead.)
 5. The cradle of liberty.-(AmericaD c. Something a school boy makes FIguresJ
 [. A part of the human bods.-(Ear.) s. A figure.--(0ne.l
 9. What makes the forest green.-1(Fol- iage.)
 10. Something a bootblack gives.- (Shine)
 The prize offered was a dime.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-28
IDEAS FOR "oIME SOCIAL"
Entertainment Recently Given by a
 Young Peoples Society.

This entertainment was given by a young peoples society. The< <admis- sion was a dime. and the various re- treatments were arranged at scale of prices and nothing less than dime was taken for an order. For the amusement part each person was pro- videS with a paper with ITO be found on dime" written at the top and the following questions:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
Rails Are Evener.

The fact that within the past 20
years t~wo-thirds of the u~nevenness in
railroad tracks has been done away
with on certain lines was discussed
at a recent meeting of the American
Academy of Sciences.
The improvement has been brought
about principally through new de-
signs and methods OF, manufacture of
rails. A track Indicator" car, travel
ing 20 or 80 miles an hour, sums up
the inequalities, the ups and downs"
in the rails for each mile trayersed.
Formerly the total inequality" per
mile amounted to six or seven feet,
even for the best roads; now-it has
been reduced to only Is or 20 inches,
and this remnant is said to be due to
dents in the rails.
It has been pointed out that the
Improvement, which may be carried
farther, brings with it heavier locomo.
tives and cars, longer trains and high
sr speed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

50, 900. 000, 900, while Kansas has real
property worth 81, 900, 900. 900. Okla
homa real estate is estimated at $685.
000, 900.
Missouri has $204, 600, 600 invested
in live stock, $32, 000, 900 in farm i'm
plements, $92, 600, 900 in manufacturing
machinery and $4,000. 900 in rail
roads.
Oklahoma is a land of homes. Out
of $1,000 families in 1900, more than
GO, 900 owned their homes. The peo-
pie are engaged chiefly in agriculture.
The cash value of the farms is esti-
mated at s233, 0O0, 900. The 1906 corn
crop amounted to 125, 000, 900 bushels,
representing $4,000, 900. The cotton
crop has a value of $4,000, 900. More
than 81, 600, 900 bushels Of wheat was
harvested in 1906, and $4,000 tons Of
broom corn cut. Fruit of all kinds is
raised in abundance.
Farm lands in Oklahoma range from
SIS to $50 an acre, or an average of
about $50.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
FARM LAWS ATTRACTIVE.

productive farms, and are made on a
basis of 40 per cent. of the land value.
closely appraised, and not including
the value of improvements. Bankers
point to the remarkably few fore
closures OF farm mortgages in this sec
ton. The number scarcely exceeds
One-tenth of one per cent.
As compared with other invest
ments based on lands in cities, the
bankers Of the middle west favor the
well-placed farm loans, which, they
declare, contain every element of at
tractiveness. A farm Joan is regard
ed as a quick asset, whereas the con-
trary was true not much mor than
a decade ago.
Many trust companies now include a
separate department for the purchase
and sale of farm loans. Chicago has a
number of firms dealing in them, and
it is estimated that close to SIS, 000, 900
in such securities is held by Chicago
investors. A large increase in this
class of investment is predicted.
Statistics show that the value of
Missouri real estate, for example, is
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

MERRYMAKERS DISTURBED BY
iNcoNSIDERATE SPIRIT.
Apparition Wandering on Highway Be-
tween Butte and Rocker, Mont,
Believed to Be That of Recent
ly Executed Murderer.

Miles Fuller's ghost haunts the road
between Butte and Rocker and its
first appearance was made as a party
of merrymakers was on its way from
Crystal Springs to Butte, says the An
aconda Standard. The night was a
,dreary one and clouds cut off the lit
tie starlight that would otherwise
have been in evidence. The time was
just midnight, that popular hour when
graves are supposed to yawn. The
tally-ho had just topped the little raise
below the Sunrise saloon, when the
horses stopped, Snorted in terror, for
their eyes had caught the CLEAN of
came out of the darkness, and the
sight was so appalling that the pas
sengers actually fell out of the carry
all and fed shrieking toward Crystal
Springs. The horses were petrit1ed
with terror for a moment and then
fed panic-stricken through the dark
ness, the driver in his fright being
unable to control them. The tally-ho
was almost completely wrecked and
the driver and horses escaped serious
injury only by a miracle.
AS soon as the passengers arrived
at the springs they told of the fright
full vision they had seen and the lam
ger in which the driver had been
placed. Immediately a party was
formed to hunt up the driver and lay
the ghost. The driver was found be
fore going far, for he had swung the
horses towards the springs and he still
had control of them, although the
wagon was wrecked. The poor brutes
were actually %wringing wet with
sweat Of terror and were trembling
so their teeth ratified. Il have the
horses all SAFE" said the driver. Go
up there and see what has frightened
them" and the rescuers hurried on
only to see a shadOwy, phosphorescent
object disappear owe a hill towards
Rocker.
One of the men who saw the ghost
is positive it is that of old Miles Full
Ter, who was hanged in Butte a few
months ago. Fuller used to be a resi-
dent of that section of the country
and the people there say there is no
doubt that his spirit is now haunting
the road. The sight was a terrible
one" said one of the passengers.
when the driver stopped his horses
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
Novel Scheme Of an Engiishman Les.
sens Mortality.

London. Alderman BENJAMIN
Broadbent, NJ. D.. the retiring mayor
of Huddersield, England. has just an
nounced the result of the two years
test of his novel scheme for the pre-
vention of infant mortality in his ma
tive part of the borough-Longwood.
On taking Office as chief magis-
trate two years ago, Alderman Broad
bent offered five dollars to the parents
Of each child born during the period
of his mayoralty that reached the age
of II months.
Instructions to mothers-some of
which were suggested by the princess
of Wales-were sent out, and the
mothers were visited by voluntary
women visitors. who reported prog
ress.
The Huddersfeld rate of infantile
mortality had averaged 139 for ten
years, and in Longwood itself the av-
srage for ten years was 122.
In Mayor Broadbent's two years 112
babies received the promissory note
card for five dollars. Of that number
lot had actually received the gift he
had offered. Out of the five left four
had died and one had been removed
from the district and he did not know
whether the child still lived or not.
If he counted only the four deaths
the figures were 35 per 1000, and if
he counted the missing baby as dead
the figures were "A. These figures
compared very s%trikingly with the
previous figures of 122 per 1000 for
Longwood and the average of 139 in
the whole town of Huddersfield.
The experiment has reduced the
death rate to much less than half.
His own estimate of the result was
that it was astounding. For exactly
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
EAGLE cHATTERs HIS TEETH.
U. S. Consul Says Pan-American Rail
way is Only a Dream.

Our former consul to Para grows
almost hysterical when any one says
"Pan-American." He coruscates puns.
He e provides the American eagle
with teeth.
The great "Pan-American railway"
is a beautifully taking conception, he
~sarcastically exclaims in Golfers. The
American eagle shivers in every pin
feather and his teeth chatter with de-
light at the mere suggestion.
But however glorious this may be
for the great American eagle, when
the average American citizen proposes
to send his own private "ten-dollar
eagles a-railroading, especially a-pan-
railroading, he wants to know how it
is going to pan out and where the
pan" is going TO dump after the
scoop" is made and where the eagle
is going to light when he comes
down.
Except on extensive plans the rule
of railroad building is to follow the
water courses, where nature has al
ready done all the necessary grad
ing.
The Pan-American railway dreamer
proposes to shove a railway more than
5000 miles lengthwise through noun
tains from Panama to Patagonia, cut
ting at right angles every valley and
hill for thousands of miles, through a
nearly uninhabited region the great
er part of the distance. 1t is perfectly
safe to predict that no railroad will
be built along that route very
A continuous line of railway may
some time in the far distant future be
in operation from New York to Bue-
nos Ayres, but it will never be used
for carrying through freight between
those points. AS long as half an
ounce of coal can be made to move a
ton of cargo a mile on the open ocean
no born Yankee is going to send his
freight by rail to the Amazon valley
or to Rio or to BuenOs Ayres.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
ON THE WESTERN RAILROADS.
Big Locomotives Smoothly Overcome
Some Remarkable Grades.

That the cost of operation of one of
the big western limited trains is an
enormous item may be conjectuFed
from the fact that in the 2.309-mile
run from Lake Michigan to the Pacific
coast these heavy trains must sur
mount an altitude of nearly 1900 feet.
from a height of $50 feet above sea
level to Chicago, the initial point. This
climb may be realized when it is
learned that the Pennsylvania rail-
road in crossing the Alleghanies has
TO ascend not more than 1000 feet
from an altitude of 700 feet at Pitts
burg, and almost every n knows
what the grade is on the famous
Horseshoe curve When the trans
continental train reaches Los Angeles
il has descended to a bare 266 feet
above the level of the Pacific. Small
connoisseur in mechanics gazes in ad-
miration upon the monster locomo-
tives of the latest Pacific type turned
out by the Baldwin shops for the
draught of these heavy trains across
the Rockies and the Sierras; and
even the amateur in railroading can
see from the observation car as the
train speeds along that the rOadbed
is perfect, the grades and curves as
easy as they could possibly be made,
the ballasting all that could possibly
be desired and the locomotion as even
as though the train were propelled
along a CLASSY surface smooth as a
tranquil pond.
Yet the 1900 miles from Chicago
to Los Angeles are covered with al
average of about 80 miles to the hour.
Of course this comparison suffers with
the so miles per hour maintained by
the 1S-hour trains of the Pennsylvania
and Lake Shore railroads between
New York and Chicago, but it must
be remembered that these roads have
reached the utmost perfection in rail
for a long distance is occupied by
four tracks and none of it by less than
two; that the distance on which the
speed is maintained is approximately
but 900 miles, against the 1900 miles
of transcontinental roadway under
discussion, and of the 1900 miles by
this route only 4SS of it is double
tracked.
But they are learning fast how to
railroad in the west.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
FTvsNWVsfW WVSFW VTS0VViNV
ODD GIFT TO BRIDE
FATHER GIVES WEIGHT IN SOAP
AS DoWRY.

Lendon.-A valuable wife in the
present state of the soap trade must
he the woman NJ. LIE Blanc, a Partisan
has just married. The bride, who was
large way of business, not only re-
ceived from her father a handsome dot
in money, but her own weight in the
best toilet soap. AS she weighed close
to 140 pounds, the couple viii possess
sufficient soap to last them for some
years to come.
When asked by his prospective ia
ther-in-law, a f1ourishing West end to-
bacconist, to name the gift he would
like to receive on his wedding day,
the young man suggested a few boxes
of cigars as being Of more use than
the usual presents presented on such
occasions. Very well; you shall have
any daughters weight in cigars" said
the other. He was as good as his
words. The bride weighed 12S pounds.
Mile. Marie Brie, the niece
of a Marseilles confectioner, re-
ceived from her uncle on her
marriage three years ago an
eccentric gift in the form of her own
weight in chocolate. Perhaps the
worthy patissier had in mind when
making the present the custom which
prevails in Peru. There, on the mar
Tiage morn, the bride is actually
weighed, and after the ceremony the
bridegroom is presented by his wife's
relatives with her weight in sugar.
A Yorkshire coal merchants pres
ent to his daughter or her marriage
was to be regulated by her weight,
for every pound of which she is to be
the recipient of a ton of the best coal.
His intention, which he communicated
TO her on the day she became engaged,
stirred her, as she was a young wom-
an of frugal mind, to emulate the fat
women of the fairs, so that during the
six months her engagement lasted her
value went up ten tons. Doubtless
she would have made further inroads
into her fathers store had not that
worthy merchant hurriedly married
her of at a loss of only 172 tons.
The father of a girl living in the
town of Koniggratz offered to present
anyone who should become her hus-
band with her weight in silver cur
rency. AS she was well favored and
of a build which, although not excep-
tionally stout. promised an amount
ample to make a good start in bust
ness, more than one claimant ap-
peared. The most eligible was at
length selected and the wedding duly
solemnized. Then came the most i'm
portant function, the weighing of the
bride, who, to. her husbands delight,
was found to weigh 155 pounds, or 49,
300 kronen, an equivalent TO $2,S12.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

[ looked out, and coming directly to-
ward is were two people on horse
back. One was a ona shrouded in
white and riding a white horse. She
was leading a horse so black that he
only made a faint shadow against the
darkness, and upon his back was a
figure bound in straps and with a
black cap tied over his head. He sat
on that horse like a soldier. We only
took n look and then we fled, but
we searched Il souls for scream to
tell how frightened we really were,
and we were not content until we
got into the shelter of the hotel at the
springs"
Many of the residents of Rocker
corroborate the truth of the ghost
story. 1t may be that some one is
playing a practical joke, but that is
not believed by the superstitious, and
a number of schemes are being
planned whereby the ghost will be
laid to rest again. Why Fuller's spirit
should be accompanied by a woman
is a mystery which his best friends
cannot solve, as he was classed as a
woman hater during all of the years
he lived in Montana.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
INVESTORS PARTIAL TO AGRi-
CULTURAL PROPERTY.
Life insurance Companies and Banks
Favorable to This Class of Sc
curities-Few Mortgages
Foreciosed.

Chicago. The attractiyeness of
farm loans in the middle west is hay
ing a decided effect on Chicago CAPT
tai. according to bankers and brokers.
Considerable activity is manifesting
stself in this direction, and many of
the leading life insurance companies
are acquiring first mortgages on farms
in Illinois. Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, Min
neseta, the DakotaS and the country
adjacent.
The present holdings of the insur-
ance companies considerably exceed
$500, a00, 900 in these securities. Farm
mortgages in the country mentioned
net five. five and one-half and six per
cent. They are limited, as a rule, to
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
breaches BRAND NEW RELIGION
New Yorker Plans to Establish Com
rade Kingdom on Earth.

New York.-John Augustus Wall
has promulgated the newest of new
religions. Mr.. Wall formerly lived in
Valley Stream, l.. l. His new religion
was launched at the Berkeley lyceum
amid the applause of 100 enthusiasts.
To prove that his religion is really
brand new Mr.. Wall sent forth a cir
cular calling the meeting in which the
names of Jesus and Moses, Moham-
med and Washington, Jefferson and
Lincoln, Roosevelt and Emerson, Ed
win Markham and Ebert Hubbard,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Darwin,
Huxley and Paine, IngersOll and
Bryan. Hughes, Hearst and Brisbane
are coupled. The circular reads in
part:
DO you believe in Moses, Jesus,
Mohammed, ct al. (as above stately?
Are you an atheist, infidel. moralist.
spiritualist, Jew, Christian. or ethical
culturiSt?
Are you living in a secluded fur:
nished room, a palace, a tenement, or
a brown stone residence?
Are o married, single, young or
old, rich or poor?
d you believe in the new thought,
Christian Science, or just the old way
that mother and father taught?"
Mr. Wall explained to his audience
that the church is to be known as the
National church, and that through it
he hopes to establish a comrade king
dom.
A branch of the church will be es-
tablished i'll every assembly district.
Among things the new prophet hopes
to accomplish is the establishment of
department stores, hotels, bowling al
legs, laundries, insurance companies,
and skating Kinks in connection with
each branch.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

Infant Death Rate Reduced.

IL months-from October 9, 1905, to
October 9, 1906-not one of the babies
on his list died under the age of one
year. The babies belonged to all
classes and there was no selection,
some living in places hardly better
than slums.
Very great general interest has
been taken in Alderman Broadbent's
experiment and inquiries, including
one from President Roosevelt, have
been received from municipalities all
over the world.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
Blind Man Becomes an inventor.

Iowa Falls, Ia.-Charles Abbott, the
blind piano tuner of this city, has
turned inventor, and is exhibiting the
working model of a heat regulator for
a chicken incubator on which he has
applied for patent. The regulator
gives the alarm when the heat in the
incubator becomes too high or too low
The regulator is set for 1913 degrees.
and when the heat varies a few de
grees above or below this mark the
regulator rises or falls, and, breaking
a circuit, rings an electric bell until
the owner regulates the heat to the
proper temperature. Mr.. Abbott has
been blind all his life.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
Eat Sand for Dvsnensia.

West Chester, PA number OF
people in this place who are suffering
with stomach trouble have taken tc
the sand cure" and are taking il
every day. The sand ONE from
Mississippi and is packed in bags con.
tanning a couple of quarts. 1t is taken
in doses of a spoonful, and as often as
the patient has an attack of the
trouble. When any animal has an at.
tack of stomach trouble" argues a pa
tient. sit goes at once to the ground
for some clay or sand for a cure, and
why should not a man."
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
Nut afers.

Butter the inside of a granite saue-
pan, then put into it a cupful OF light
brown sugar. a cupful Of granuIated
sugar and two-thirds of a cupfUl %
sweet cream. Cook until the mixture
forms a soft ball when tested in cold
water, add a cupfuI of chopped au-
meats of any kind, favor with yanil,a
and stir until Of a creamy consistency
and commencing to harden. Reheat
over hot water until melted, stirring
constantly, then drop in small pats
on buttered paper.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
Spinach on Toast

Is an excellent luncheon dish. 4
half peck of the vegetable is boiled
in sailed water until tender. Drain
and chop fine. To this add thickened
milk. Into a saucepan put a table
spoonful of butter. TO which, When
melted, add an ever tablespoonful Of
flour. Rub smooth. Stir in slowly a
cupful of milk and let boil and thicker
before mixing with the spinach. Serve
hot on squares of toast. Brussels
sprouts may be served in the same
way, and if thoroughly cooked are
both palatable and digestible.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
Landsllp on Siberian Railway.

AS the result of continued rain
storms. the Trans-Baikal railway has
been washed away and damaged at
several points, while the railway run
ming around the southern end of Lake
Baikal has suffered very much from
great landslips between the stations of
Baikal and Slyuryanka.
Two trains have been overwhelmed
by these landslips; two soldiers we're
killed, several of them were injured,
and many of the cars were wrecked
Scientific American.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
Good Way to eroiI Chicken.

Anyone who has broiled chicken
knows how hard it is to cook i
through without burning outside. so
wish they would try this way: Spill
and wash chicken and put in a shall
low pan with a little water in It and
place in hot oven for about hall an
hour; then put on broiler and brown
well on both sides; take the water u
pan and make a butter gravy ard pou-
over chicken: serve hot.