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FEBRUARY 9th, 1000 A. M.
The following parties have
consignments in this sale:
Schillinger Brewing Com
pany, horses.
Alabama Brewing Company,
horses.
Brewer & Jones, mules.
Watkins & Agee, mules.
r. E. Bowden, mules.
L. Brooks, mules.
Peter Glen, mules and
horses.
Wright Bros, mules and
horses.
A real opportunity to secure
bargains.
FEES & ONS,
Sd Avenue and 10th Street.
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The incidental dances in The Shepherd
King are great features and are said to
be very beautiful The dancers, SO young
women, are clothed in the brilliantly pic
turesque costumes of the women of an
cient Israel
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Laurence Irving, the second son of the
late Sir Henry Irving, spent two weeks
In New York in August directing the re-
hearsals of his new play entitled The
Fool Hath Said In His Heart which E..
H. Sothern will shortly present The
play is in five acts and founded on Dos
tojoffski's celebrated novel. Crime and
Punishment" which crea tedv-great excite
ment in all literary circles of Europe AMI
America some 10 years ago.
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For best advertising cuts try The
Gawk, Age-Herald building.
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which is seldom heard of. But who shall
say that its people are not more entitled
to recognition than the butterfly denizens
of the other Bohemia-"the land where
nobody goes homer
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A Lenient Creditor

A Lenient Creditor.
From the Brooklyn Life.
Parson Jones-You owe the Lord more
than any man.
Impecunious Parishoner-But He amt
pushing me like some OF the men I owe.
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All the week, with matinees Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday-John
and Emma Ray in king Casey"
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All the week, with daily matt
nees-The Chackerjacks.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
AT THE JEFFERSON.


; Tuesday night-"Mayor of To- 4
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against me, as happy as a lark, and
very cordially offered to make life worth
living for me, simultaneously drawing his
best friend out of his pocket. I was
fairly satisfied with life and refused that
which was rendered me. Yes, honestly
The fellow looked at me queerly, reached
in his pocket. drew out two peanuts, gave
then hicooughed and walked off up the
street. Half way up the block he turned
the bottle up to his lips, emptied it and
threw the dead man. into the gutter. A
full man and an empty bottle-and this
is prohibition town. too!
My way up Second avenue led me to a
Chinese restaurant with a "chop suey'
sign hanging out over the sidewalk. L
went up a short flight of stairs into the
place. 1t was not bit inviting in there
A bare floor, a dozen very plain tables,
and "a few Japanese lanterns hanging
overhead. There were some little pri-
waite compartments in the back, into
which did not see. ordered tea; moth
ing stronger was served.
A "Chinlx'' of neat appearance was
waiting on several diners eating all sorts
of things at that ungodly hour. One
rough-looking fellow sat alone near the
door. His breath smelled of liquor, he
wore SLOUGH hat, rough clothes, and
the butt end of large pistol showed
from his hip pocket. He ordered some
thing he called "yock- may"-Chinese
spelling not known-a dish apparently a
mixture of dish-water and vermicelli. with
two small pieces of meat and the half of
a hard boiled egg on top. He enjoyed it
very much, however. He drank several
cups of tea, got up, turned up his coat
collar, pulled his hat down over his eyes,
lit a cigarette, gave the Chink 10 cents
and went out. He was certainly high
wayman from all appearances
Across the room at another table in
the corner, two men-apparently show
people-sat talking confidentially. One
raped on the table. The Chinaman re-
sponded. "Shock shew' and chop suey
was what l heard ordered. The dishes
were daintily served, with tea and rice,
in very old pieces of china. They looked
very inviting. l saw no bread nor water
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which he conducted in it in 1905. Last
April he was called to the passionate, and
in May conducted revival services in 1t
again for two weeks, beginning his pas
torate with the LIST of September, since
which time the interest and attendance
has grown rapidly and steadily.
Il believe that every service ought to
be revival service, and that every min
lister ought to be an evangelist, in the
real meaning of that word" says Mr..
Green. THE church ought to attract
men, but 1t ought to do so by the power
of the gospel. and it ought to be so
presented as to lead to conversions. L
never hold an evening preaching service
without an after-meeting at which testl-
mony may be given and men urged di-
rectly to give themselves to the Lord"
And the spirit of the evangelist is
manifested at other times than in the
Sunday services. Mr. Green believes in
a mid-week meeting that shall be some
thing more than the slimly attended
prayer meeting held by many churches.
To this end he has organized a male
chorus for the Thursday evening meet
ing. held In the church, and breaches
brief expostory sermon at that service.
English by birth, Mr.. Green studied
for the ministry In England, but did not
enter it directly. For some years
young man he was q travelling salesman,
and this, together with trip around the
world in his youth, have given him a wide
experience and a capacity for appealing
to men directly and forcibly. Coming to
this country in 1892, he held pastorates in
Merose Highlands. Lowell and Portland
before becoming revivalist.
In Portland his work was marked by
his attacks on the non-enforcement OF
the prohibition law, and largely as re-
suit of the sermons he preached on the
subject the Sturgis commission for its
enforcement was established.
AS pastor and as preacher Mr..
Green believes in plain talk, and insists
that there shall be no misunderstanding
when the subject of church-going is under
discussion.
In inviting one man to attend special
service" he said, II told him frankly
that l might walk down and speak to
him and urge him to give himself to the
Lord. l wanted him to understand that
he was being asked to a service where
we were working for mems souls, his
own as well as others. And that's the
way believe in doing. A man should be
dealt with frankly If he is to be dealt
with successfully.
And by way of having no misunder-
standing, Mr.. Green prefaced his dis
cussion of his methods with a Sunday
Journal reporter by expressing his strong
disapproval of Sunday newspapers as q
class, saying that they seemed to him a
part of the tendency that was destroying
much of the sacred character of the day
we set apart as a Sabbath.
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the idea of going to church to men who
don't go. We visit the saloons because
there we're pretty sure to find exactly
the kind of men we want to reach. LIZ
there weren't any saloons more of the
men might be church attendants. But as
long as the saloons are present they are
the places to visit for our work. We
may not keep 1t. up indefinitely. 1t might
lose It's effectiveness after a time, and
Judged by the results SO far 1t would
overtax the capacity of the structure.
But until the church Is full 1 shall go
after men.
81 believe in getting men to come to
church instead of talking about getting
them to come. In q good many churches
you hear discussions as to why men dom
go to church. l am trying to show that
they will CO."
This hand to hand form of advertising
is not the only kind in which Mr.. Green
believes. A huge blackboard on the front
of the church announces the themes of
the sermons for the following Sunday, in
letters large enough to be seen from
passing street cars. Any legitimate form
of advertising he believes is properly en-
ployed in bringing the announcements of
the church to the people.
An effective plan which he tried while
conducting evangelstic services in the
CuuTCu DSlOTe DeCOHlluB us pdSloI was
open-air singing in front of the church
Immediately before the service by a
chorus choir of SO to 60 voices. This
plan will probably be tried again.
However earnestly Mr.. Green may go
after men in the places 1t IS unusual for
q clergyman to visit, and however he
may appeal to them from the pulpit after
securing their attendance, he does not
believe in unusual or eccentric features
of the service to hold their attention once
they are there. Asked his view of the re-
cent introduction of vaudeville features
into the Sunday evening service of a New
York church. he replied:
"rhe man who relies on that sort of
thing must have lost his faith in Chi. q.
1t isn't necessary to have anything but
the power of the gospel. People some
times forget how eager men really are
for that. They forget its power. They
rely on half the gospel, and then are
surprised when 1t fails to reach the
hearer. Preach the gospel, and 1t will
reach men,.
And then, as If by way of confirming
this from experience, he added
II baptized three policemen during my
last pastorate. They were men whose
lives had been VIGOROUSLY bad, but be-
came the most ardent and enthusiastic
workers in the church."
Mr.. Green's methods of reaching men
are largely those of the evangelist or
revivalist, and he has had much success
in that work as well as in pastorates.
His introduction to the local church. in
deed, came through special services
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Half the nervousness, half the irrita-
bility that is so common in everyday
life is really sickness, and in most cases
a condition that accompanies kidney
trouble.
1t is the work of the kidneys to keep
the blood free from uric acid and other
poisons, but when the kidneys are sick,
and not doing their duty, the uric acid
poison permeates the body, and attacks
body, brain and nerves. The irritation
causes nervousness, irritability, head
ache, dizzy spells; makes you languid,
unfit for work, and inclined TO worry
over trifies. Besides, there Is nothing
more annoying than bad back, and
backache is the most common sign OF
kidney trouble. You feel lame and tired
in the morning, suffer day and night
with dull aching in the back, and 1t
hurts TO stoop or bend or lift.
Keep your temper cool, and get the
kidneys well No person can feel cheer
full and healthy If the kidneys are the
least bit affected. A few dozes of Doan s
Kidney Pills, taken in the beginning, will
set the kidneys right.
Continued treatment cures cases OF long
standing.
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A CONSTANT ANNOYANCE

Doans Kidney Pills are for the kidneys
only, and contain no poisonous nor habit
forming drugs. They relieve congestion
and Inflammation of the kidneys or blad-
der, heal and cure the kidney tissues,
drive off dangerous uric poisons, dissolve
and remove gravel and rid the body of all
watery waste.
Thousands of cures prove the merit of
Doan's Kidney Pills. Here is a case at
home:
A Birmingham Case.
George Tribble, living at 572S Third ave-
nue., Birmingham, Ala, says: II wrench
ed my back some years before taking
Doan's Kidney Pills, and from that time
on suffered severely from symptoms of
kidney complaint. I did not rest well
at night, awoke in the morning feeling
lame and stiff, ran down in health. the
least exertion tired me, and although 1
used a number of different remedies, I
did not succeed in finding relief. Doan's
Kidney Pills proved to be the remedy
my system required, and l am happy to
state that they effected complete cure.
I gave statement in their favor some
years ago and gladly confirm same at this
time as 1 have not had any return of
my former trouble
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while in the place. l finished my tea,
paid for it and went out.
Down the street I passed Greek res
taurant, stopped to glance inside and
then went In after match. The cooks
back in the kitchen were cooking food
in tremendous quantities for the many
breakfasters who would soon be on hand
Two well-dressed and respectable look
ing chaps-though undoubtedly senni-pro-
fessional gamblers-were throwing queer
substitutes for dice with a half drunken
man. They won 80 cents from him while
l was inside and probably thoroughly
f1eeced him before they were through
They had spotted him and were literally
robbing him.
Around the corner Tony was parching
peanuts. The tempting odor permeated
the atmosphere for half block l passed
a policeman, who said Mornin -. I
returned the greeting and passed on.
Suddenly the sky became all aglow. In
dustry then was not asleep. The Stag
pots were being emptied at one of the
furnaces, where men were sweating over
molten metal and converting the wealth
of the hills into money.
1t must have been nearly o'clock, for
/, the street cars were beginning to run.
Presently a little fellow appears. Sleepy
eyed but walking briskly he goes into
the office where l had worked all night,
gets his papers and comes back crying
the news. 'All about the highway rob-
berry," rings through the Stiffness.
thought of the fellow who had eaten
'yock-o-may" in the chop suey ''joint."
The numbers on the streets increase
and the men of the night disappear Then
first come the negroes going to their
work in the mines and furnaces Then
come mechanics who work everywhere
People are numerous though it be yet
early. Things rapidly assume business
like hustle and the day starts off early
for the dawn has gold in it's mouth"
l HE me hence and seek the gentle arms
of Morpheus-not men of the day as L
had sought the men of the night.
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A kindergarten In "HeIps Kitchen"

kindergarten IN T1Cii'S NitCnSns
From Leslies Weekly.
Perhaps the best example of a modern
kindergarten to be found in New York
city is afforded by the Frances Dana
Archbold Walcott branch, at No. 524 West
Forty-second street. This Is housed in
a handsome building which was given as
a memorial to his daughter by John D.
Archbold. vice president of the Standard
Oil company. Besides serving as the
home of this branch, 1t contains the ad-
ministrative headquarters of the New
York Kindergarten association. The cost
of site, building, and equipment was $780,
600, and Mr.. Archbold has besides en-
dowed the Wolcott branch in perpetuity,
making the income from $4,000 available
for its maintenance. Some of the other
branches are supported by more or less
constant contributions from individuals
and associations, but others are depend
ent upon the general funds raised by the
association, and their work is handicapped
at this season by the business depression.
The children who enjoy the benefits OF
the work of the West Forty-second street
branch are chiefly from "Hell's Kitchen
district, and though many of them live
in dire poverty, you would find a COM
pany of little ones with more shining
morning races ana more neat, though
often poor, clothing than that which gath
every school morning at the doors
of No. ga. They are usually there at
$50 o'clock brought by mothers or elder
sisters, although the sessions do not be-
gin before 8 o'clock.
No wonder they so interested as to
be more than punctual in attendance.
In the two spacious, well lighted rooms
devoted to kindergarten work, they spend
their mornings in games with sweet
faced, gentle-voiced teachers, who like
wise show them wonderful green and
growing things: who introduce them to
the mystery of the Caterpillar which
changes into a gorgeous butterfly II you
watch him long enough-and the children
do-who introduce them to the fascinating
chamelons, which obligingly change color
for the amusement and instruction of
their little friends and who inculcate les
sons Of kindness to animals by permit
ting them to handle and feed rabbits in
the fashion beloved by children of all
conditions and classes.
Not the least of the attractions of the
kindergarten in the opinion of the chill
dren is the luncheon of milk and crack
ers which is served each morning at 1889
o'clock Some of them never taste milk
at any other time, their mothers prefer
ring to give them tea, coffee. or even
beer at the family meals, and In these
hard times it sometimes happens that
this luncheon is the childs first meal OF
the day.
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SCHOOL AT SING SING.
A Liberal Education for Convicts at
Home.

From Leslie's Weekly.
There are II classes, from that in
elementary English, for the benefit
chiefly of foreigners, up to the highest
class, which studies history, civics and
science Among the other subjects
ton, geography, arithmetic punctua-
ton, topography, arithmetic, (elemen-
tary and advanced), business forms.
biography and ethics. Some of the in
; teresting subjects of talks and lee
lures ar Ethics of Success, Achieve
ment," and Patriotism"
Participation in the school work does
not relieve the men of the hard labor
which goes with their sentences. The
school day lasts from 7:45 a. m. to 4
p. m, and each class is in session for
an hour and a quarter. Each pupil,
therefore, is in the school room only
one hour and fifteen minutes q day.
Some convicts who care nothing about
education, and others who do not re-
quire the elementary training given in
the school, neverth eless wish to enter
the classes in order to avoid work. Such
aspirations are quickly detected and eX-
PEELED from the classes.
There are 408 enrolled pupils out of
of the 1900 and more prisoners in Sing
Sing. and about 100 are on the waiting
list to be admitted as soon as room can
II.
have passed through the school since
it was started, some of them taking
the whole course of study. Some of
these men have left Sing Sing with a
good knowledge of English and arith-
metic, and some acquaintance with his
tory and geography who knew nothing
of any of these subjects when they be-
gan to serve their sentences. The re-
suit for which Mr.. Heller and the war
\ .&,-.., -, ~l. fD- At.r.1
who constitute nearly 60 per cent of
Sing Sings population, something of
America and American ideas, so that
they may be less undesirable members
of the community when they are re-
leased, and that this aim Is in some
cases successful is shown by the fact
that discharged prisoners obtain posi-
lions through the knowledge which
they have gained during thu cir impris-
onment.
Both the warden and the head mas
ter are enthusiastic over the devotion
of the convict teachers to their work.
"They enter into the work." says Mr..
HeKer "in the most unselfish spirit,
and seem to forget that they are Grim
inals paying the penalty for TIL cir
wrong doing" What the school has
accomplish ed is illustrated by Warden
Frost's statement that when 1t was
started 80 per cent of the inmates OF
the prison were absolutely illiterate,
and that at the present time this per-
centage has been reduced to 10 per cent.
Their increased knowledge of English
makes it much easier to instruct the
foreigners in their shop tasks and in
creases the output of the different pris-
on industries. Since the opening of
the school the circulation of the pris-
on library has increased more than So
per cent.
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Night In The WetropoHs
Peculiar Fascination About Characters Which Meet In the
Silent Hours-Different World Of People Comes On
Scene in Hours After Midnight
BY CHAR LES FELL.

1--WE take no note of time but from its
ioss'-the clock strikes two. The streets
are practically deserted, as much so as
they are at any hour during the twenty
four, yet there are a few men of few
classes who are turning the night into
day. There is a very peculiar fascination
in the air. The stiffness has charm
that is felt under no other circumstances.
The night air is bracing and exhilarating,
and withal the almost complete desolation
of the streets effects the rambler singu
larly. He has an irresistible desire to
roam the streets. The beauties of the
night have been expressed repeatedly
from time to time by the great writer's,
but the real sensation. the real pleasures
and the beauty of the darkness is only
appreciated through experience. The
streets deserted are a revelation and the
city at night is more wonderful than
during the day.
This is no pleading for the jolly good
fellow who pulls in" during the wee
sma' hours-hs fascination is probably
elsewhere-but there lies to the man who
looks for it great interest in a city during
the hour of its nearest complete deser-
ton. During these hours when no ham
mers fall and when the buzz of passing
traffic is gone, a different world of peo-
pie is to be seen, individuals whom the
people generally do not know.
There is a very noticeable manner OF
ease in all things and with everybody.
Everybody seems to be at leisure and
this gives splendid opportunity for study
of the individuals to be seem
My last news STORY was in the hands
of the compositor last Thursday morning
at half-past two O'Clock. | left the edi-
torial room, which looked like a last
years corn crib, only worse, paper-be-
strewn and full of cigar smoke which
the telegraph editor had puffed during
the two previous hours, and passing
down the street was enjoying my walk
. wonderfully.
The first fellow l struck or rather the
first fellow who struck me. for he ran
squarely into me, was of the jolly-good-
fellow class. Had he left distinct trail
It would have been very much like the
tracks of a snake. He staggered up
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-02

posed fine of $5 and costs. An appeal was taken under $100 bonds, which were furnished this after noon.
 Tomorrow is the day that the freemen will be given the opportuni- ty of approving or disappearing the contents of the petition which was presented to the board of warden and burgesses at its last previous meeting, and which provides not alone the site for the proposed new hose house, but also that 9. commit tee shall be appointed by the warden to perform all work in connection with the securing of the plans and the erection of the house house, and that the sum of $40,000 be left at their disposal so as to enable them to complete the erection of the same. It can be said that after talking with large number of the citizens about this matter that they are in favor of purchasing the Maple street site which has been offered by the Glove Co, but that they are unalterably op- pooSu u luC pCIlliOu to IL boW ISduS, for in the first place the term of office of the present board will be but of five weeks duration, and that on the eve of their retirement they should not be given any such privilege of appointing hold over committee which could be used and be useful in soliciting political pa tronage; so that what seems to be the common idea is to first secure the site, and then ask for plans and specifications for the proposed new hose house, after which a selection can be made and the most suitable one adopted. But according to the petition submitted to the considera- tion of the freemen, to be decided upon by their vote tomorrow, it takes away from them any such privilege and gives it all to the com- mittee referred to in the petition.