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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-17
General Markets.

New York, March 16.
wHEAT-May. s1.04 1-16; July, sss4c.
CoRN-May, 75c.; July. 72c.
BUTTER-Creamery, specials, &c.; ex.
tras, CSC; firsts, 2s1sa271sc.; held. specials,
S1aa2sc. state, dairy, common to fail,
imitation creamery. firsts. 22a23c.: imita-
ton factory. firsts, nha22c.; factory,
firsts. 2lc Packing stock. No. /, 20c
CHEESE-Full cream. specials, 1sAc. /.
state, full cream, small. colored, fancy,
l5ac.; state, full cream, small, white.
fancy, &c.,; state, full cream. large, coll
ored. fancy. 1b34c.; state, full cream, large.
white. fancy, 1916; state, full cream. good
to prime, 14iaalbAc.; state. full cream.
late october and early November made,
13Iaa14lsc. state. full cream, winter made.
12al3c.; state, skins. III pounds, special.
lie. state. skins, fine, slsaeisc.
EGGS-Fresh gathered. extras, per doz-
en-. lie: fresh gathered. firsts. 1870.
fresh gathered. seconds. 15c; dirties, fresh
gathered, No. !, 14lac.: fresh gathered, No
2, 14c.: duck eggs. 2sa3sc.
MILK-Per 40 quart can, a.1.
POTATOES-Quiet. but steady; Penn
sylvania. choice. per bushel, s5aSSc.; New
York and western, 7Sas0c.
LIVE PoULTRY-Steady and in fair
demand: fowls. 14a15c.; old ROSTERS, 9lka
l0c: chickens. 14al5c.: ducks. 15al6c..
geese, 1la14c.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Steady and in
fair demand; fresh killed fowls. choice,
14c: do, fair to good. 12lsalsi3c.: old
ROSTERS, 10c.: roasting chickens, nearby,
l6a17c: do, western, 11a15c.: ducks, near.
by. choice, 14a15c.: do. fair to good. la
13c.; western, do. choice, 13a14c.; do, fat
to good, 9a12c. .-----
Live Stock Markets.
CATTLE-supply light; market steady.
choice. s5.sOas: prime. @.75ab.so; veal
calves. s7.25a7.B.
HofS-Receipts fair: market active ane
steady: prime heavies. mediums and
heavy Workers.. S.: light Workers. $500
4e; pigs, 81 40a4b0: roughs, Slain.
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Supply light
market higher on sheep and steady on
lambs; prime wethers. sS.25a6.4o; lambs, y
alto.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-17

Get Dewitt's Carbolized Witch
Hazel Salve-it is good for piles.
Sold by Buckingham pharmacy.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-17

DewfftTs Little Early Risers- small.
safe. sure little liver pills sold D.
Buckfnghzn pharmacy.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-17
SPECIAL SOAP SALE WITH EX-
IRA STAMPS.

20 STAMPS with cakes A. & P.
Borax Laundry Soap ..... 25c
No better soap made for washing
purposes. Very easy on the clothes.
10 stamps with 1 bottle A & P.
Ammonia 49,. ...... 80. 1Oc
10 stamps with l can A. & P. APP
ricots 2Sc
10 stamps with l package &c
SolA 1UC
10 stamps with / box Toilet Soap,
cakes 80. ..... .... 1Oc
10 stamps with packages Dates
.... lOc
10 stamps with l can Wax Beans
..'.... IUc
10 stamps with "a Id can A. & P.
Cocoa -. ...... ....... zoe
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-17

NSsr-The detailed ascounfs 81 81
tarsss accidents registered steerViiAz e
eemmune and date. are AZ The dlsEslsl-
Tea Il TIE pabEe every isy except
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-17

EXTRA STAMPS WITH TEAS AND
COFFEES.
40 stamps free with soc worth Of
our famous Teas and Coffees. Ex-
ira strong, delicious flavor and
rich aroma. Try a 1a-lb of Tea
and / lb of Coffee-just for 4
trial.
The A. & P. CEYLON and IN
Ola TEAS are the finest ever
brought to this country.
CUT-PRICE CORN SALE.
Sultana Corn, fancy Maine, regu-
lar price loo. So. -. Sc can
A. & P. Fancy Corn, extra quality,
Country Gentleman variety,
regular price IL " $3.50. 1Oc can
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-17
A Week Of Cut Prices
and Extra Stamps at
the A. I ?. Store.

Housekeepers, now's your chance
to fill your pantries and stamp
books. Great saving. Prices
slashed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
JAPANESE PAGODAs.

Enormous Pendulums Render These
Old Structures Earthquake Proof.
The only old structures in Japan
which seem to be earthquake proof 2.-'e
the pagodas. which were erected before
the temples There are many which
are TOO or 800 years old and as solid
as when first built
There is a reason for this, and 1t lies
In their construction. a pagado Is
practically a framework Of heavy tim
bers which starts from wide base
and is in itself a substantial structure,
but rendered still more stable by q
peculiar device. Inside the framework
and suspended from the apex Is a
long, heavy beam Of timber two feet
thick or more. This hangs from one
end of the four sides. Four more heavy
timbers. and If the pagoda be very
lofty still more timbers, are added to
these. The whole forms an enormous
pendulum, which reaches within SIX
inches Of the ground.
When the shock Of an earthquake
rocks the pagoda the pendulum swings
in unison and keeps the center of grav-
ity always at the base Of the frame
work. Consequently the equilibrium
Of the pagoda is never disturbed, and
this is the explanation Of the great
age Of many Of them. when from their
height one would suppose them to be
peculiarly susceptible to the effects Of
the earthquake.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
SudcesteS by a Lady.


"Let me have FIVE two-cent stamps,
please" said a lady to the polite young
man behind the counter in the post
Office.
"Yessum," he said. handing them
out.
Cant you let me have them in one
pieceT she added.
"Certainly, ma'am," said the young
man. "Can T send them home for
your
"Oh, no; I don't live far away, and
I am going straight home. I wouldn't
put you to the trouble
NO trouble at all" said the polite
official. '1 haven't very much to do
today, and I could easily spare an
hour"
every much obliged" said the lady,
smiling sweetly. Dear me-" she add
ed, putting on stamp, what bother
it is to stamp letters! Why can't we
send letters and let the postoffce send
in their bill once month";"
''rhey might just as WE'LL" said the
obllging young man sympathizingly.
"I'll mention the fact in my next re-
port to Washington
will you? How nice! But you
mustn't mention my name. Say the
idea was suggested by lady"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Cherry History


It is still asserted il schoolbooks that
cherries were introduced to England
by the ''fruiterer' or greengrocer OF
Henry VIII; also, that they were not
common for a hundred years after that
time. This is an error. Mr.. Thomas
Wright found the name in every one
Of the .Anglo-SaXon vocabularies which
he edited. So common were they and
so highly esteemed that the time for
gathering them became recognized
fcstival-"cherry fair or feast" And
this grew into proverbial expression
for fecting joys Cover says the fri
arS taught that "life is but a cherye.
fayre," and Hope "endureth but a
throwe, right as it were a cherye-
feste." There is more than one record
of the purchase Of trees for The kings
garden at Westminster centuries be-
fore Henry VIII. was born. But Pliny
contradicted the fable, as If In pro
phetic mood. After telling that Lu'
cullus first brought cherries to ~.ome
(from Pontus, in ESQ 4. q. c., he adds
that in the course Of 120 years they
have spread widely: "even passing
over sea to Britain.'-Cornhill Maya
zine
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
The First Enqlish sooknaker.

Both the Derby and the Oaks owe
their names to that Earl of Derby who
kept pack Of staghounds near EPSON
during the last quarter of the eight
eenth century and resided at hunt
ing box called the Oaks. Fifty years
later spiteful description Of the Oaks
and its jockeys was recorded IN the
diary Of Charles Greville. In the re-
port Of the first Derby run the names
Of FIVE starters and Of all the riders
are missing and there is no betting
quotation.
As the earliest known oookmaker,
yauxhall Clarke. was hanged, not for
welshing, but for highway robbery,
betting on the race course could not
at that period have been a particularly
profitable profession. Jockeys did not
then possess their present prtncely sal
aries, but with a fee Of guinea were
more richly rewarded than those Of
King James l., who were regaled by
cur British Solomon with long
speeches, delivered half in Latin and
half in Observation-Disclosures Ga
Zette
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Pepys on May Dew.

In Iepys' time May dew-that Is.
dew gathered from the grass on g May
morning, and especially on the morn
ing Of May day-was highly priced for
bleaching linen and improving the COM
plexion. Pepys wrote in 1867: my
wife away down with Jane and w
Hewer to Woolwich in order to a lit
tie air on to lie there tonight and so to
gather May dew tomorrow morning,
which Mrs. Turner bath taught her is
the only thing in tSe world to wash
her face with, and I am contented with
it." Two years later he made this en-
try in his diary: Troubled, about 3
in thesmorning, with my wife's calling
her maid up and, rising herself, to so
with her coach abroad to gather May
dew, which she did, and troubled for
it for fear Of any hurt going abroad 50
betimes happening to her, but to
sleep again. She came home about g."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
A WOMAN OF QUICK WIT.
Susan 8. Anthony Never Lacked a
Ready Reply.

Susan s. Anthony never Lacked
Ready Reply.
Few lives so lend themselves to dra-
matte narration as Susan B. Anthony's,
says the Delineator. 1t ranged from
tragedy to comedy, with scattered bits
of melodrama, she ever in the center OF
the stage. With her everything was
always intensely realistic-not acting.
Miss Anthony had a peculiar faculty
of condensing a whole speech into q
single sentence. F. instance, when
she heard men lameAung that the pro-
fession Of teacher was not respected as
much as the other professions, DO you
not see that so long as society says
woper Las not brains enough to be a
doctor, lawyer or minister, but has
plenty to be teacher, every man OF
you who condescends to teach tacitly
admits before all Israel and the sun
that be has no more brains than Wo-
man?" And when Horace Greeley said
to her at Albany, You know the bal
lot and bullet go together-if you vote,
are you ready to fgnt?' instantly she
retorted, eyes, Mr.. Greeley, just as you
fought in the late war-at the point OF
a goose quill" Again, when she was
talking on divorce and the Rev. 4. D..
Mayo, thinking to annihilate her, SAID
"You are not married; you have no
business to be discussing marriage, =
''Well, Mr.. Mayo" she answered, you
are not a slave; suppose sou quit lee
turing on Slaveryr'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Didnx Give Him a Chance.

"Say, ma," piped up little Johnny
after the minister had finished bis call
and taken his departure, when Mr..
Meeker was here every time you stop
ped talkin' a minute he would start In
to say somethin' an git as fur every
time as I dare say an then you would
start goin' ag'in an talk lot more,
an that is the way it kept on right
along, an the only thing he said all
the time he was here was / dare say
I dare say every few minutes"
We'll, what Of it? am not to
blame for Mr.. Meeker's paucity Of
ideas. am - demanded Johnny's moth
er, somewhat impatienty.
'sI dunno bout that" said Johnny
doubtfully, as if not exactly sure what
was meant by pauc'ty Of ideas, "but
anyhow, ma, yo, ar give him a
chanst. When ID in with I
dare say why 10 y keep quiet
jest once, ma, lc go ahead an
say what he wa 70 to an have 1t
over witt? ?"-St. ~ Pioneer Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Vacar;es Of the Plumb Line


One Of the curious things that men
Of science have discovered in their in
Vulnerable efforts to measure and map
the earth with the least possible error
Is the fact that there are places where
the direction Of a plumb line is not
vertical. Irregularities Of density IN
the crust Of the globe may produce this
phenomenon.
A remarkable instance has been
found in the island Of Porto Rico
where the deviation from the vertical
IS so great that iD mapping the island
the northern and southern coast lines,
SIS shown on the older maps, had each
to be moved inward half mile.-New
York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
4m;serv Loves Company


sT beg your pardon said the
stranger on the bicycle, riding slowly
up to the sidewalk and steadying him
self by putting his foot on the curb,
'but I am looking for restaurant
where can get & good meal. Can you
direct me to one:''
The man whom he addressed was
standing in front Of store trying to
rub a grain Of sand out Of his eye
with one hand and holding his hat on
with the other, for it was a windy
day, and at first he made no response.
But presently be spoke.
go TO the next block" be said, and
turn to the right. Four doors down
you Will find a restaurant"
The stranger thanked him and rode
on. About an hour later they acci-
dentally met again. The stranger was
on his way out Of town. He stopped
and spoke.
my friend" he said, 81 followed
your directions. I went to the restau-
rant you directed me to, and I got the
worst meal T ever had in my life
II thought you would" answered
the other. "If you had waited till I
got that grain Of sand out Of my eye
I should have sent you to a good res
taurant, but you didn't. I just had to
divide my misery with somebody, and
you happened to be handy."-Iouths
CamDani
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
FANTAN At MACAO.
Gambling Houses of the Monte Carlo OF

Gambling Houses of the Monte Carlo OF
the East.
Macao, q PortugueseCh Chinese port at
the mouth Of the Canton river, in
China, is the Monte Carlo Of the east
One must wait until evening to see the
famous "fantan' houses. The interi-
ors are brilliantly lighted with oil
lamps (for Macao boasts neither cleo
tricity nor gas and furnished with cost
" Canton blackwood elaborately carved
and upholstered In velvet. There are
two floors. The cody class remains
on the ground floor, where the actual
games take place, but IN the room
above, Immediately over the table IN
the room below, there Is square
"well' with a rail around 1t and a
narrow table furnished with betting
books and pencils, cigarettes, etc.
The visitor may take seat ana look
down at the game, which really seems
fair and simple A man sits at the
head Of the table with huge heap OF
brass leash" before him and slender
wand In his hand he takes up a
handful Of the coin and puts it on the
table, covering it with a brass hat.
Then the betting begins, the bets being
laid on the number /. 2, 8 or 4, after
which the banker takes up the hat and
counts out the cash in fours, separat-
ing them with his cane, the number
left when the last flour" is removed
being the subject Of the betting. These
houses. numerous as they are, make
an enormous income and are a source
Of large revenue to Macao.-Exchange.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Catching a Bride.

Among certain Siberians tie bride
groom IS not permitted to have a wife
until he can catch her. But they do
not give him a fair race il the open.
The bride, surrounded by her female
friends, awaits him In big tent. AS
soon as she sees him she runs off.
He follows like Hippomenes after Ata-
lanta. But instead Of obstacles being
thrown in the way Of the bride they
are thrown across the path Of the
bridegroom. The pursuing groom falls
over old women, chairs, tables, stones
and fishing rods Or is tripped up by
ropes. Only when It is feared he
might give up and sulk and go away
without the feeting lady is he permit
ted to overtake her. Then as she falls
into his outstretched arms it may be
imagined she utters some eQuiVaienr
Of '1This is so sudden"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Eoliar Bills BY WeiahS.

s'Dollar bills are worth almost their
weight in gold," bank president said
the otheS Gay to depositor.
eyes, suppose they come in handy
for change and are easy to carry" the
depositor replied absently.
'No; T vas speaking literally" the
bank president said 1--WE got into an
argument in the bank here the other
day as to how much q dollar bill
weighed. 3 twenty dollar gold piece
weighs $40 grains. We found that
twenty-seven crisp, new one dollar bills
weigh the same as a twenty dollar
gold piece. We tested some bills that
had been IN use and found that it took
but twenty-sM Of them to balance the
gold piece. suppose that twenty-six
used bills gather an accumulation Of
dirt in passing from hand to hand that
weighs about what one new bill does"
Kansas City Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
She Worked the Snake Cure.

Novel crimes are occasionally COM
mitte6 in Paris, as, for instance: An
old gypsy woman called on doctor
living IN the Place Pierriere and asked
him to visit her daughter, who was
lying III in caravan on the fortihca-
tons near py. 81 have tried the ser.
pent cure" she said, "but there was no
result. II you viii allow me to pay
your Zee il advance shall be sure you
will come"
The doctor consented, and the old
woman handed him q 500 note. AS
he was getting the change out Of the
safe she again mentioned the serpent
cure" and he asked her what It was
This" she said, and, taking boz
from under her rags, she turned half
a dozen snakes out on the floor.
The doctor was startled and rushed
out Of the room. When he returned
with stick he found that the woman
and the snakes had vanished, while all
the money in his safe had also gone.
BE stiY held the S1O0 note In his hand,
but this proved to be forgery.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
A POOR GROCER.
Audubon's Lame Attempt to Succeed
as Merchant.


It is not generally remembered that
the worldwide reputation CT Audubon
as q naturalist incidentally is due to
his failure to establish himself perna-
nentlv as Missouri grocery merchant
and dealer in the best brands Of Ken
lucky whisky
In 1910 he and Ferdinand Rozier OF
st. Genevieve loaded a keel boat at
Louisville. Ky. with $40 barrels Of
whisky and groceries and started down
the Ohio and Mississippi to St. Gene
We've to open grocery store. The trip
was made during the winter. and the
streams were 50 full Of ice that the
boat was drawn up, against the bank
and winter quarters were established
Just below Cape Girardeau. When st.
Genevieye was reached. after the open
ing Of navigation. the firm Of Audi
bon & Rozier opened their store and
did a prosperous business. But the
business was done by RoZier, for Au-
dubon preferred the woods to the coun-
ter and devoted more of his time to
sketching and stufing birds than he
did to marketing the $40 barrels of
Kentucky bourbon or any other gro
ceries. This led to dissolution Of the
partnership On April II. 1911. Audu-
bon, convinced Of his unitness for
business, sold out to Rozier and took
up the work for which be was better
fitted than any one who had lived be-
fore or who has lived since and from
q fourth rate grocer became the great
ornithologist. The grocery business
which Audubon abandoned grew until
finally It EXTENDED throughout all of
upper Louisiana."-Kansas City Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12

This is What Hon. Jake Moore, State
Warden of Georgia. says Of Kodol For
Dyspepsia: 'E. c. Dewitt & Co: Chic
ago, Il.-Dear Sirs:-1 have suffered
more than twenty years from indigeS.,
ton. About ei5hteen months ago had
grown so much worse that | could not
retain anything on my stomach had
lost 25 lbs: in fact made up my mind
that l could not live but short time
when q friend of mine recommended
kodol, consented to try it TO please
MIN and was better in one day. now
weigh more than ever did IT my lie
and am in better health than FOR many
wears. kodol did it. | keep a bottle
constantly, and write this hoping that
humanity may be benefited: Yours very
truly, Jake c Moore. Atlanta, Aug.
10, 1904. Sold by w. +. Brown Y 60.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Z Victim OF Leorosy.

"On nE travels in Venezuela," said
New Yeck man, 'I stayed in 8 hotel
with young man in whose family
there was the taint Of leprosy, though
he apparently did not have it One
night s&ting at dinner he became an
cry at waiter and brought his hand
down on the table with full force. BE
instantly realized that he did not feel
the blow and sat looking at his hand,
his face whitening with horror. Give
me your knife, Bob,' he said to his
chum. He grabbed the pocketknife IN
8 frenzy and stabbed the side Of his
hand with vicious cuts from finger
tips to wrist. You may not know that
leprosy appears in the side Of the hand,
numbness being a sign The man did
not feel the cuts. He arose from the
table, knocking over his chair. rushed
out into the courtyard Of the hotel,
and. we heard the quick tang Of a re-
volver shot, telling US how he bad con-
Queced the leper's curse by ending his
life
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
LOST THE CASE.
4 Simple Test to Which the Defendant
Objected.

4 Simple Test to Which the Defendant
Objected.
An English solicitor was defending
q fruit broker in an action brought in
London court for the recovery Of
500, the price paid for consignment
of figs which the plaintiff declared to
be unfit for human food The defense
alleged that, although moderately dis
colored by salt water, as the plaintiff
knew when be bought them, the figs
were perfectly wholesome. The figs
were in court
The plaintiff, coster, who conducted
his own case, was skillfully cross ex-
amined- The trial was obviously going
against him, and once or twice lie re-
torted so hotly that the judge threat
ened to commit him for contempt.
At length the coster grew desperate
and, turning to the opposing counsel,
hoarse and perspiring, be said:
Look here. guy'nor, you say them
igs are good to eat, and l say they
amt. That's all there is between US,
amt it? Now, s'elp me, if you'll eat
two Of them figs and you amt sick
Immediately afterward III lose 10y
case"
The judge at once saw the propriety
Of this suggestion and asked the law
yer what be proposed to do.
"Your honor is trying this case. not
l." was the reply.
"No, no! The offer is made to YOU"
said the judge.
a hurried consultation took place.
Counsel suggested that it was the So
licitors duty to submit to the expert
ment. The solicitor refused. The bro
ker himself was then asked If he would
risk it
what will happen to me if l don't?'
said he
You'll lose the case" replied both
his legal advisers.
'sThen," said he hurriedly, lose the
case lose the case?' And SO he dio.