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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
THE HEADsMAN.
he Used the Sword and Not the Ak
 Prior to 14s3.

he Used the Sword and Not the AK
 Prior to 1483.
 am inclined to think that prior to 14S3 the sword and not the ax was usually employed as the weapon for judicial decapitation and that a block was dispensed with, the victims receiv- ing their doom ''meekly kneeling upon their knees," and in this opinion I am fortified by the concurrence of an emi- nent clerical historian. This learned writer agreed with me that the ax did not become the regulation" lethal i'm plement until after the rough and ready "heading" of Lord Hastings on the Tower green, when he was summarily dispatched by order of the protector, Gloucester.
 In this instance. according to the chroniclers, the victims neck was stretched upon piece of timber then in use for the repair of the adjacent church of St. Peter ad Vincula, prob ably ''putlog." part of the scaffolding which, we read, conveniently lay in the way" Contemporary accounts seem to indicate that the executioner straddled over the prone body, and from this position I infer that the de- capitation was effected by the tool known as an adz. the cutting edge of which is at a right angle to and not In plane with the haft.
 I may add that the only contempo- rary reference I have come across of the use or proposed use of an ax and block for infiictink capital punishment prior to this tragedy is in one of the Paston series of letters describing the peril of an unfortunate captive of Jack Cade's rebels GA. D. 1450), generation before Lord Hastings was so clumsily hacked to death.-London Notes and Queries.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
The Halr.

A single hair, which can support a weight of two punches, Is so elastic that 1t may be stretched to one-thIrd of It's entire length and then regain its for mer size and condition. Dr. Pincus has measured the growth of hair by cutting of circles about one inch In diameter from the heads of healthy men and so comparing the growth of the patches with that of tho rest of the hair. He found that the growth rate generally became slower after cutting; that in some cases the hair on the patches grew at the same rate as the rest. but that it never grew any faster.
 The ordinary length of the hair on the head ranges between twenty-two inches and about forty-tiye inches. the latter being considered unusually long. London Standard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
adv For the DoIIar.

Marjorie. aged nine. had not been having very satisfactory reports from school. Her father finally said, Mar jorie, for the first hundred you get I'll give you a dol!ar." Time went on, and the reward could not be claimed One day the child was taken violently i'll. Her mother sent for the doctor. When he had gone Marjorie said, Mamma. am very ill?" ,.-
 No, dear; your temperature is a lit tie over a. hundred. but the doctor thinks you will be all right in a day or so."
 Smiles broke through Marjorie's tears.
 Now, mamma, can have my dol. lar. Papa said he would give 1t to me if I could get hundred in anythIng"- Delineator.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Would Be Missed.

T know what you'll miss most about us" said her neighbor, who was moving from the building, "our tele- phone, that you have been using. I shall never forget that night you call ed us up from somewhere where you had concluded to spend the night, that you had left your fiat unlocked and were afraid there was a burglar in 1t. Would we go and see If there was burglar in 1t?
 Wasn't that nice thing to ask us to do? Here had to get out of bed, wake up the hired girl and the ele- vator man and the janitor and go look for that burglar in your fat! And after all the trouble he wasn't there
 "No. you'll never get such nelghbors as we are again, such obllglng. bur glar hunting neighbors-neyer in the worldr'-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
HIDDEN DANGERS.

| this remedy has no effect on the other organs, except to drive out the uric poison that interrupts their action. It cures the kidneys and thus ends tho cause .: disease. Rich, pure blood and lasting health result.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are recon. mended by your own townspeople.
 Waterbury Testimony.
 James Connally, of 64 East Clay street, Waterbury, Conn, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills cured me of backache and kidney trouble after I had suf- fered for years and had doctored for 1t without getting relief. Thomas Mil- Ter, friend of mine boarding at this house, was all broken up on account of his back paining him. He wns weak in the lolns and SO badly troubi- ed that he was homesick. He had as bad a case of kidney trouble and backache as ever saw. I told him about Doan's Kidney Pills and asked him to send to H. W. Lake Drug Company for box. He began taking them and in few days was back at work. His back is as strong as ever now. A number of cases have come to my notice where Doan's Kidney Pills have cured people of kidney con- plaint and backache. look upon them as a certain cure. My own ex- perience with them was some years ago and have not had to use any kidney medicine since"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
ORIGIN OF EGYPT"
How the Name came to Be Applied to
 Southern Illinois,

o0utHSTu iiiinois'
 The year 1924 was very wet. Heavy rains fell frequently. Corn on fiatlands was total failure. This year the wee vii destroyed the wheat after 1t was harvested. The next year, 1925, there was remarkable growth of thistles on the branch bottoms. The winter of 1830-1 was known as the winter of deep snow. The snow was of a depth of from two and half to three feet on level It drifted much and was very destructive to fruit trees. The weather was intensely hot. Both in 1881 and 1882 the early frosts so injured the corn as to entirely render 1t worthless for almost any purpose.
 During the years between and in- cluding 1s24-32, so nearly correspond ing to the years of famine in the days of Pharaoh and his ruler, as he made Joseph to be, the people of Illinois. depended upon the southern part of the state for so much grain, particu- larly corn. that people in remembrance of the Bible story began to call the part of the state which had been so helpful in time of need Egypt-Albion Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
LOWERING THE FLAG.
The Regulation Method of Half Mast
 ing the CoIors.

tHe ne9uiauoH metnoo or TaIf maet- ing the CoIors. The method of showing honor to the dead through the position of the flag, placing it at half mast-it is termed in naval circles, in the army, at half staff-is described in article fl, par agraph 42S, of the United States army regulations as follows:
 Where the flag is displayed at half staff 1t is lowered to that position from the top of the staff. It is after ward hoisted to the top before it is finally lowered'
 At military posts," said sergeant of the army recruiting station, where the flag staff is planted in the ground it is usually in two sections and about eighty feet high. When the flag is placed at half staff it is customary to lower it to the middle of the upper section, which in this case is consider ed the staff. At forts and other posts where flags are on top of buildings the flag. when placed at half staff, is hang ing from the middle of the staff, the central point of the flag, the lower corner of star section coinciding with a point midway between the top and bottom of the staff." f.
 "When flag is placed at half mast in the navy" said lieutenant of the United States naval recruiting station, ''the distance between the top of the flag and the top of the mast is made to equal approximately the distance be- tween the bottom of the flag and the base of the mast."-Kansas City Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Makinu A Dictionary,

When Johnson got his famous die. tionary started he calculated that with six assistants he could complete the task in three years. It took him nine years instead. He received the small recompense of sT,Jo0 and had to pay his assistants out of that.
 Webster worked twenty-four years before his dictionary made its bow to the world. Webster was very punctil. ious in his definitions and so painstak. ing that it was a wonder he completed the work when he did.
 The words which give the compiler of a dictionary the most trouble are the little one syllable Saxon words. Their history extends back into the Saxon period, and their meaning has become twisted in many directions. Words with pedigrees are the hardest to trace.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
FISH supERsrIrIoNs.
Queer Old Time Notions, Some Of
 Which Still SurvjvG.

The one fish medicine of which mod ern science thoroughly approves is cod liver ou, and this, though in far less nauseous form than formerly, is swal- lowed in tons every year.
 In old days much wider use was riade of fish as cures for various evils. and some of these practices have sur vived to the present day. Some little time ago boy died of epilepsy in a north Wales parish. The doctor, callsd In too late, inquired if the deceased had been given any medicine. "Oh, yes" was the answer. We caught trout, drowned 1t in new milk and gave 1t to the boy"
 Eels are supposed to possess all kinds of virtues. In the dark ages of medi- cine powder made of eels' liver was considered an absolute specific for deaf ness and was also employed in cases of ague or fever. A decoction of eels' fat Is still used by Dutch peasants as remedy for falling hair.
 But the most valuable part of the eel, according to popular superstition, is Its ykin. Many an old farmer wears a belt of eelskin as preventive against rheumatism, and some believe that a Barter made of the skin of this snake like fish worn next to the human skin as a preventive not only against rheu- matism, but also against sprains or Efmflar injuries.
 Another cure for rheumatism, which finds favor with salt water fishermen, is red herring. The herring being the most plentiful of all the sea fish, number of superstitions have attached themselves to 1t For luck through the ensuing year one must be sure to eat D herring on New Years day.
 Fishermen believe that each shoal is headed by a king herring, which is more than double as large as any of its followers. They believe that when one of the Kings" comes up in the net 1t should be thrown overheard; otherwise tho next days fishing will be failure. -PitBburg Gazette Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
STICKING TO THE POINT.
The Question That Won . Good Posi-
 ton For Boy.

A lawyer wanted an apprentice and placed an advertisement in the local paper. A numbee of boys replied, Sc he gathered them all together in his office at once and looked them over. He found 1t pretty hard to make a choice, but at length happy idea struck him.
 sOnce upon time," he said, "a farmer was very much annoyed by Q huge rat that made very comfortable living by feeding upon. his grain and other products. He tried traps of all kinds to catch 1t, but the willy rodent evaded them all and apparently en- joyed the game of hide and seek that the farmer had devised for its recrea- tion. One day, however, as the farmer turned the corner of haystack. car rying gun in his hand, he spied the troublesome rodent at the edge of the hay. Instantly raising his gun, he fired, but the blazing gun wad dropped among the hay"- b.
 Here the lawyer stopped, and, look ing at the boys, he said. If any of you want to ask question. write it on a piece of paper" Each did as sug- gested. and here are some of the ques- tions that were asked:
 Did he set the hay on fire?"
 Was the stack burned to the ground?"
 "Did the farmer have his hay in- suredw
 "Was the fire engine near at hand"
 "Was the rat killed"
 The boy that asked the last question was chosen because he stuck to the point.-American Photography.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Beetles.

The Rev. Theodore Wood. a well known English authority on beetles, makes an interesting observation on little beetle found frequently in the flowers of the primrose. but nowhere else. which Is quite a mystery. It Is small. brown and fat. and Mir. Wood remarks of 1t: How It's life is lived nobody knows. Where its eggs are laid. what the grubs feed upon. where the chrysalls be hidden. nobody knows.
 Nobody knows even why the perfect beetle gets into the primrose blossom"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
QUEER EXPRESSIONS.
Used by Those Who Wish ts Swear
 Without Being Profane.

WnHVut DStU8 FFoThnos
 Pseudo swear words are of strange and wondrous kind. and great inge- nuity is used in thinking them up. Of course darn" and "durn's" parent age is not hard to guess, but such ex- pressions as "geewillikins," "golly" and "gosh." when used as substitutes for profane words, are harder to trace.
 A southerner once was heard to use fin the course of a single description the expressions dog bite 'em," gosh all fishhooks," dad rat 'em" aSd "jumpin' gee whiz."
 From a man who lives in Connecti- cut come these expressions: Great horned toads and firecrackers," gum swat" "gol dast it" and "by the ter nal bowwows."
 A Pennsylvanian is responsible for the expression "sacrificial pollywogs," the meaning of which is not exactly clear. Many Hoosiers swear "by gra- w." and the exclamation 'jiminy krauts" is common in some parts of the country. A Chicago man relieves his overwrought feelings after missing shot in billiards by shouting sacred camels" and monk of the forest"
 The Germans like 10 make remarks about thunder and lightning when they wish to be real naughty, the Frenchmen take to little sayings about a thousand cannons' or some large number of "thunders," and sailors are credited with great oaths embodying the great horn spoon" or willing ness to "shiver my timbers," but prob ably the American who wishes to swear without being profane finds as many queer expressions as any one.- Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Not All Loss.

Quotations cleverly malapropos or neatly distorted furnish ha!t the wit of the professional humorist. Never theless, when such a verbal misstep is spontaneous. there is often real fun in it.
 A young man had beeri out sailing with his sister and a friend of hers. He did not know particularly well the .ine points of the art. and on trying to make the landing against a head wind be exclaimed after several vain at- tempts:
 "well. 1t Is better to have iuffed and lost than never to have luffed at all." Youths Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
The Danger.

 The busy man stopped before an of. flee building and leaped from his car. riage. At the same moment an am. bilious urchln ran forward and plped: Hey, mister, kin hold yer horse?" "No, you can'tr' snapped the busy man.
 Wont charge y much," insisted the urchin.
 T don't care about the charge" i'm patiently responded the man, throw ing blanket over his bony steed. My horse will not run away" Gee, mister, I didn't think he'd run awayr'
 Moi" ... "No. thought be might fall down."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Moman,a May.

When a man goes out 10 buy a col lar he comes back with a collar and perhaps a necktie or two. When a woman starts out to buy q collar she returns exhausted with a new silk waist. a pair of gloves. some skirt binding. a cake of soap. a paper of pins. some window curtains. a sewing machine and q refrigerator. = Mark Twain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
sxnnashr.

A Kind hearted HttIe slun girl on . visit s0 the country saw one evening c uother hen about fo gather her brood of chicks under her vinrz The nttle giri rushed up to the ben and sheufed:
 -Bhco. Toa ugiT thl1El How dare yoa sst down ca fhess bezufifni HffIs fkrfsr
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Loe...s a. Lsr.

Drunner settling bfII Ia Eagle House. Hayse'dl-Parsioa my curiosi- y. sir. but what do you stun your beds with ia this hoteIf Landlord proodlyf-Best straw to be had in this hun co11ty. b'goshl Drumna-Ahi That m wsry interesting kncw ngw where the strzv cane frun thst hruks tks camel's haekt-Puck-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
RsaIirm

Advertisements on the scenery- exclaimed the star. That's carrying commercialism really too far"
 "It isx't commerclalIsm." exclaimed the manager. We want the scene to look Ike a real meadow, don't wey'- Londoa Tit-Blts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Mh.n ,hn Ad,n,., Mau.

Mrs. K. while telling Der children about Adam and Eve and the beauties of the garden of Eden. was interrupted by one of the tiny tots saying. '-Oh. mamma. when those Adsmses move sway let ns get that place to live in-- -Deii1eafor
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
An Easy Way.

Tn order to succeed In lIfe.~ said the experienced person. "you must not be afraid to make enemies"
 Then answered the timetable youth. -you would probably advise me to put in some time as a baseball um- plre.--washIngton Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
1h. R.eounl,ion.

Friend Hello. Pat. I scarcely knew you with your whIskers on. Pat The same wid me. me bhoy. didn't know meself when I looked Into the glass except by me voice. London Telegraph.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Quite Natural.

well. how does 1t feel to have a niche in the Temple of Fameg7
 Quite naiural.- replied the now eel. ebrated poet I've always lived in 6 haIl bedroom. m."-Eansas City Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
wh., p;a u..,,

Wife lat dinnerl-cook left us this morning Husband-who cooked the dlnnerf wife-I dld Husband Real. lyf Well. we'll have to get a new cook right away.-Lippineotts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
po.r eeIl,~f

Hewitt He doesn't dare say that bis sou! is his own. Jewett-He has been waIkci over So much that he says he feels ike q beaten pafh.-New York Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
MHnna ,a r.n.

-O1ehaf the world doesa's know hoU the other half IIves.- declared a notorio1s lady gossip.
 That isu't your fauIt.- quietly ob served one of her sudltorx
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Anrioua

Fl feel uneasy about my m0ney' ~why. I didn't know you had any" T haven't. That's the reason I feel ineasy. sy.--SashviIle American.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Most Ex.raordinsrv.

He has cer;ninly raised his family in an old fashioned way"
 "Soy'
 ''why. that mans children actually ask him for advice" = Washington Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
rh. n.hr Min n.. E.n

Hevtst-Does yoGr haby keep roc suakef Jewett-No. ! foosed hlrl. As soon as be uss born got a tob work fng nlghts-Nev York Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14
Rrnks.

"Yes. poor fellow, he's a friend of mine" "IndeedY'
 Same thing in need Catholic Standard and Times
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14

Befors you sst yo7r heart on any hfng uatursiy consider ukether t viI Rdi ts yuur ulffnsfs hnppane~z.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14

There ts more lying done in the mat. ter of congratulations than on any ether subject-Forida Tines UnIo1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14

Books are divisfbie into two classes the books of the hour and the books ef sIl tffney-Ruskin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-14

Theush wruas zsy vin. in vsesog h hrsef.-L@,uxrd
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-06
THE BEST KIND OF ALLIANCE

The welcome given to our fleet bv
tne Japanese was both genuine and
effusive. and the outcome of il is a
strong feeling of international friend
snip that is worth more than any
formal alliance. On our own part.
while we meet Japans good will with
hearty sympathy, we no more desire
TO contract an entangling alliance
with her than with China or. for
that matter, with any foreign power;
neither do we wish to enter into any
treaty other than the ordinary con-
vention concerning trade. naturaliza-
ton or emigration. Such an agree
ment as the last named it now ought
to be possible for our state Depart
ment and the Japanese foreign office
to reach. Neither should 1t be diff
flcult for our government and that
of the Mikado to arrive at an under
standing that the two will co-operate
to assure China "A chance of seIf-de-
Velopment in the direction of repre-
sentative institutions and to safe
guard her from further mutilation
at the hands of European powers.
Neither Germany in Shantung nor
Great Britain in the neighborhood
of Canton nor France on the frontier
of Yunnan must attempt any addi-
tional Acknowledgement of the Middle
Kingdom. York Sun.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-06
GOV. JOHNSON HAS
OVER 10000 MAJORITY
IRv Associated Press ]

ST. Paul, Mimi Nov. 6.-With
complete returns from a majority of
the counties and incomplete reports
from the rest il is estimated that
Governor John A. Johnsons plurality
Will fall little short of % 900, but
viii be well over 10000.
As the statisticians have been
chiefly concerned with pluralities.
there has been no compilation of the
votes from the individual precincts.
so no figures in total vote are obtain
able at this time.
The exact figures viii not be
known until the official canvass is
completed.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-06
A PIONEER
PASSES ON

This morning at an early hour,
one of the most respected and best
known pioneers of the valley passed
away.
n. Thomas Wiley, formerly of this
city, but who has lived for the past
few years on his large hay ranch on
HANNAH creek. 10 miles above White
water, was taken sick with an acute
attack of restricture of the bowels,
and less than three hours after he
was smitten with this dread disease
he breathed his last, surrounded by
his family and friends.
Nearly 20 years ago he took up his
residence in this city, and for a num-
Der of years was employed in the To-
cal shops at the railroad; but gave
this up in favor of a fine farm on
HANNAH creek few years ago. He
is survived by wife and four boys
BENJAMIN. Dillon, Guy and Joseph
all grown up.
The funeral will be held Sunday at
that place, Undertaken Bannister of
this city having charge of the re-
mains.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-06
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BRYAN AND HARMON
EXCHANGED MESSAGE
IBy Associated Press. I

Cincinnati, o., Nov. 6.-Judson
Harmon. the democratic governor
elect of Ohio, has received the fol-
lowing from w. J. Bryan:
please accept my congratulations.
rejoice in your victory and wish
your administration success.-W. J.
Bryan"
Mr.. Harmon answered as follows:
Thanks for your message. Your
good will and good wishes add great
ly to a pleasure which cannot be
complete because my success lacks
the completeness of yours.-Judson
Harmon
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-06
NEW GOLD COINS.
IBy Associated press

Washington. Nov. 6.-The mints
or Philadelphia. San Francisco and
Denver yesterday began coming new
70 gold pieces struck on a different
plan from any heretofore coined in
the world 1t follows an idea ex-
pressed to President Roosevelt by
Or. William Sturgis Bigelow of Bos-
ton, that to permit the coins being
piled to uniform height. a higher,
strong relief might be obtained by
depressing the resign below the field
or face of the coin. instead of raising
1t above as usual in all coinage on
eratlons. This would provide flat
tleld and uniform thickness. the
flat surface taking the wear. and
protecting the relief, the shape of the
depression following the outlines of
the relief The same design will he
used in two and a half dollar pieces
and all will bear the In God We
Trust motto.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-06
men ARE ENTOMBED
BY A Big EXPLOSION
Especial 10 The Sentinel

Benton, H.. Nov. 6.--An explosion
at the mine of Colonel w. p. Bond,
3 miles west of Benton. at 4:3O yes
terday morning wrecked the shaft.
and as result four shot-frers are
entombed
So terrific was the explosion that
a car and pieces of railroad track
We're hurled from the bottom to the
top of the shaft, distance of more
than 500 feet. demolishing steel
tipnle.
1t is impossible to reach the shot
hrers and their fate is unknown.
a large force of men is irving To
clear away the wreckage. but the
work is proceeding slowly
Unless the men are reached soon
they will suffocate.
The daily sentinel., 1908-11-06
BRINGS $4,000 PER ACRE.

X. IL. Bancroft today sold to l.. O.
Skim and Charles q. Hughes five
acres of orchard near PaIisade for
$4,000, or $1,000 per acre. This is
the biggest price brought per acre
for any orchard land sold this fall.