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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
London Letter
By w. G. QUISENBERRY United Press Staff Correspondent)

 London (UP)-Rat-traps by the Londoners, for the dreaded plague carrying black rat has returned. Civic hosts, with an eye to future tourist trade, pooh-poohed. They
 passed it off as newspaper sensa- tionalism.
 Now comes Dr Martin Hinton of the British Museum, who says that there may be no need to get pam icky, but the statement Is perfectly correct. The black rats are back, and there are plenty of them. The black rat comes from the East Indies and Burma. The brown rat, hardier and stronger, is his mortal enemy. Toward the end of the last century, London's brown rats had almost made an end of the plague carrying black ones. But
 sanitary officials, to whom all rats look alike, have waged re lentless
 war on the brown rat. Tn so doing, Dr Hinton says. they have given the almost extinct black rats new
 lease on life.
 Man is not feared by the black
 rat as by his commoner brown
 brother. Thus the black rat is hard to fight. Extremely acrobatic. he can scurry telephone wires onto the roofs of houses. He will enter your bedroom and make a nest in your bed if you let him. Today,
 Dr Hinton says, fully nine-tenths
 of London's rats are black ones. Cupid, smoked herrings and Jo- seph Stalin-an odd mixture, cer- tainly. But they all fit into a little drama of the Scottish fishing in- | dustry.
 Every autumn in Scotland, after
 the herring fleet returns, mar rages are in order. Laddies with
 lassies who have ben busy but happy cleaning and packing thou
 sands of kippered herrings call in their friends and the pastor and the
 business partnership is consolidated for life.
 | The herring season was hardy | under way this year when the Brit
 ish curers decided to stop buying. There was glut of herrings, they
 said, since Russia stopped taking 20 per cent of the catch. Saddened Scots returned home with only a few pounds. Engagements were cancelled and marriages postponed.
 Joseph Stalin's government is
 willing to take 20 per cent of the
 herrings again if Britain will give
 him a satisfactory trade treaty. Prime Minister Bennett of Canada
 is holding up the treaty with ob- jections to Russian timber, vainly. the Scots asked the government to
 buy 10.,000 barrles of herrings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

Q. How did the term "xmas" originate?
 A. The initial letter of the Greek name for Christ is "x" and the coincidence of its cruciform shape led to an early adoption of this letter as the figure and sym bol of Christ.
 Q. What is the derivation of the word "Noel?"
 A. It is the French word for Christmas. from the Latin ''Natalis," natal or birthday.
 O. Where did the custom of bringing in the Yule Log origin
 A. The scandinavians gave us the Yule Log in their Feast of Juul, when great fire was kin dled in honor of Thor. The Goths and Saxons called the festival Jul. and thus we get the words Yule and Yuletide.
 o. What is the special signi- fiance of the use of holly and mis- tletoe at Christmas?
 A. The holly wreath is said to symbolize the crown of thorns. and the red berries represent drops of blood.
 Mistletoe comes straight from the Druids of ancient Briton who celebrated a great feast at the time of the winter solstice. Many of their rites and ceremonies were connected with mistletoe, which the Druids venerated.
 o. How many members com prise the United States supreme court? | A. The chief justice and eight associate justices.
 O. Who were the nominees of the Socialist Labor party for president and vice-president In
 A. Verne L. Reynolds of New York city for president, and J. w., Aiken of Boston for vice-president.
 a. Were the wheels of railroad trains ever made of paper?
 A. For a while some passenger railroad cars were equipped with Allen compressed paper IT -cored wheels which made them ride cas- fer. They were invented in 1876 by R.. N. Allen. They were made of strawboard pressed while wet and than baked and dried in kiln for from 30 to 90 days; then repres- sed and baked again for six months. The paper centers were encased in steel tires and sides. They were never used in freight equipment. c. What is the population, area and capital of Abyssinia? A. Population, 10.000,000; area 350,000 square miles; capital, Ad- dis Ababa.
 c. Who won the John Fritz medal for 1888? A. Daniel Qpwan Jaclxling, for mass production Of copper from llow-grade ores.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
So They Say

All countries are coming sooner or later to some type of organi- zation that will enable those who cannot get proper medical care to obtain it without loss of self-re- spect.
 -Dr Alexander Bruno of France.
 What has happened in the past hundred years is that the indus trial age has superimposed itself on agricultural civilization.
 Premier Mussolini.
 What this country needs is Q brand-new joke book. Judge Harry D. Keidan of De-
 troit.
 If the Mississippi overfiows its banks next spring, you can bet your life someone will pin that on Mos COW. -Corliss Lamond. son of famous
 financier.
 Severity of punishment never yet has proved c deterrent to crime. Clarence Darrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
Selected Poem
EDICT (By Paul Rayson)

EDICT
 (By Paul Rayson) Tinkle, tinkle, little bar, Now we've brandy, Triple Star. Have you furnished up your brass, Reared a pyramid of glass To delight the knowing eye Since our limit Is the sky? Minus peephole, minus guard, Minus that official card, Are you busy as of yore When we had the old swing door? Yes, indeed! But what avail, Elbow room and polished rail! Those who leaned and those who
 stood
 Are long lost brotherhood. Making good her ancient boast, Here walks Carry Nations ghost! Voices join in concord sweet. Yes, but mind you keep your seat. Just remember where you are Quaff, but don't go near the bar!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
SWEDISH STOCK VALUES UP

Stockholm (UP)-The\ stock ex- change values of leading Swedish shares increased in October S2,000,' 900 kronor, according to an esti. mate by the Svensk Finanstidning. Since the beginning of 1883 there has been total increase of 200,- OOO. coo kronor. Practically the en- tire increase in October was due to dinavisl<a KreditaktieboIaget bank
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
Stable Government

It is common thing for students of the science of politics to complain that the American system of government is unduly rigid and inflexible as compared with the parliamentary systems of such democra- cies as England and France. Those sys- tems, it is said, reflect far more directly the wishes of the people. AS soon as government loses the confidence of the masses, it falls.
 All this may be quite true; but recent events in France seem to indicate that parliamentary system can be altogether too flexible One premier follows an- other in dizzy succession in Paris just now. The ill effects of such continual changes are too obvious to need mention ing; one only can add that little more rigidity in government, after the Ameri- can fashion, might be an excellent thing for France just now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

0. How many awards have been made by the Carnegie Hero Fund since its foundation in 1904?
 A. 2,637.
 0. Name the governor of Wyoming. ss
 A. Leslie A. Miller.
 o. What is Dorothy Dix's, real name?
 A. Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer
 If you want Q copy of our bulle- tin i'm Hard Candies and Taffics, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washingmton. Bureau. enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

In 1868 the General Court or- dered Mattatuck and New Haven to build road between the two places. Mattatuck was then only connected with Pennington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

to other parts of the nation. But if we show signs of abolishing the county lines certainly the larger states will be quick to follow our example.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
Questions And Answers
 by The Democrats Washington Information Bureau
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

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The predominating nationalities in Waterbury are Italian, Irish, French Canadian, Lithuanian and German.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
LYWASHINGTON
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN
of "washnstOn Merry-Go-Rouud' and "adOre Merry-GO

Government Has Spent Ten Million Transporting CCC Workers Majority Press Opinion Demands F. D. R. Es plain Gold Policy; CWA HGs Under Consideration Ptdn for Nep U. s. Census in 19S4 OConnof Finds PostGt Savings System Is Far from "Unnecessdryp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

Mattatuck was invested witt town privileges in May, 1886.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
Know Your Waterbury Its History, Facts and General Information
BRASS CITY FACTS

The Waterbury Public Library contains about 142,225 volumes, according to the last city census.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

Huey Long's always quoting Scriptures and in that last Louisiana mixup he was merely trying to make his calling and election sure"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

In December 1853, the first city tax of three cents on the dollar was laid at a special meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

When we get stable dollar again, may. be we'll keep the stable door locked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

Watcrbury's famous trolley strike of 1908 started on a Sum- day morning. January Il, when 15O employees refused to go to work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

Eleceric power consumption In Britain jumped IS per cent in a re- cent month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5 zoo o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

The sllas Bronson Library open ed in 1870.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

The common fence built by the early inhabitants of Waterbury had a gate at. the southwest corner of Bank and Grand streets:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

c. What is the population, area and capital of Abyssinia?
 A. Population, 10.000.000; area 350,000 square miles; capital, Ad- dis Ababa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

c. who won the John Fritz medal for 1888?
 A. Daniel Qpwan Jackling, for mass production Of copper from low-grade ores.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-02
NORTHERN LIGHTS

The 1882 tourist travel to Alaska showed a drop of more than 5C per cent. In 1881, 8,726 tourists visited the Northland; in 1882 3,966 tourists came North.
 * * k *
 H. B. (SOurd Ou h) Ellis, an early day figure at Fairbanks, died last month in California.
 
 Dorman H. Baker Post No. II, American Legion, Fairbanks, is ad vocating construction of the In ternational Highway.
 s: x
 David Edodgson, deck boy on the SS Aleutian, which sank in Southwestern Alaska in 1929, tes- tified in a suit brought by four members of the crew seeking re- payment for loss of their personal belongings. The court dismissed the suits, ruling that there was no evidence offered showing the Aleu- tian was unseaWorthy.
 * x *
 Engel Rice, who has been inter ested in a fox island in the Stik- inc for several years, was recently adjudged insanse at Petersburg and sent to the states.
 ;: ;: < j;
 Dissolution of the partnership of the insurance firm of Charles & Hardcastle, at Ketchikan, was affected recently, Charles taking over the business, having pur-
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emerge between the two dumps of muck on the opposite side.
 Parkinson and Harry Mckee dis played what they said was high grade which they had taken from the tunnel. They have not yet had the ore assayed. Another piece of ore found on the dumps contained huge pieces of free gold Still an- other piece, a small portion of a chunk found near there several years ago by Mckee, has asSayed $16O,OOO a ton, they said.
 Parkinson said that a burros skeleton was found farther up the Canyon Del Orc several years ago On either side of the burro was a bullskin filled with gold ore which brought the finder approximately S19,O00
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JAPAN WITHDRAWS
 hFEN| OBJECTIONS

TOKYO, Feb 2, Japan has with drawn some of it's objections to the League of Nations program for conciliation of the dispute with China, but the government it not hopeful that it's new terms will be acceptable to the League.
 If they are not, Japan will ser iouSly consider withdrawing from the society of nations, a foreign spokesman said.
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Try our fresh Seattle Ice Cream ALASKA SHOP.
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WAKE UP YOUR
 LIVER BILE- WITHOUT cAL0MEL
And You'll Jump Out of Bed in
 the Morning Karin to Go

If you feel sour and sunk ard the world looks punk, don't swallow lot of salts, mineral water, oil, laxative candy or chewing gum and expect them to make you suddenly sweet and buoyant and fuii ol sunsnli.c.
 For they can't do it. They only move the bowels and a mere movement doesn't ret tt tae cause. The reason f0r ynur Gown-ap i-ua. ieeling is your liver. IL should pour out two pounds of liquid bile iuto your bowels daily.
 If this bile is not flowing freely, your food doesn't digest. It just decays in the bowes- Gas bloats up your stomach. Tcu have thick, bad taste and your breath is foul. skin often breaks out in blerlishes. YoH~ hp.s' aches and you feel down snd out Tour "noie system is poisoned.
 # cakes those good, old CARrl....t>'<, LITTLE LIVER PILLS 70 g.t these tac pounds of bile flowing fra.iy and maze yoo feel up and up.' Thy .pntarn wo1t.1'1: harmless, gentle vegetable extracts. arl. .u'- when it comes to making tie u!lo ..cs7 Irac3t.
 Put don't ask for liver pills. Ask tar Carrl-'s iattle Liver Fills. I.nrk for tu- nar,s, tart:r Iitt4e Iivcr Fills 2a .le rei a ."l il.s."t pJhet,tute e l93! C. M ( z:
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Thirsty? fry SYLyIA'S fountain
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tOsT MINE REPORTED FOUND ARIZONA HILLS;
 |ND|ANs GAVE GLUE

Hidden in the faStnesS of the Santa Catalina Mountains of sou thern Arizona for more than two centuries, the famous Escalante mine, more p0pularly known as the mine with the iron door, is be- lieved to have been relocated. The great find, if such it is, has been confirmed by two brothers, Char les and Harry Mckee, and Paul E., / RerkinSOn, all of Phoenix It was made recently, according to an Associated Press report, and eli maXed a search for several years which led thru dusty and faded old documents in Old Mexico to the rugged wilderness surrounding the little town of Oracle, Ariz
 Some time ago an old indian pointed out to Harry Mckee two dumps of muck off to one side -of an Apache trail three miles / south of Oracle. Examination of / he dumps and the ridge separat- ing them convinced Mckee he was near an abandoned mine, prob ably the famous Escalante. But no entrance to the mine could be !, found
 The proSpectOrs were walking along the Indian trail again on the long search. At the head of the Canyon Del Gro, the canyon of gold", they paused. The canyon lies on the opposite side of the ridge from the dumps of muck.
 A short distance down the can Non, virtually hidden by the dense growth of brush. they espied two holes. Investigation revealed they were the collars of vertical shafts. Farther down the canyon they found large pile of muck against the hillside and when this was partly cleared away 8 tunnel lead ing into the mountain was reveal ed. There their progress was stop ped by caved in shaft.
 With cOmpasses they projected the course of the tunnel thru the mountain and found it would
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chased the interest of MT. Hard castle.
 The search for Henry Has brouck, missing for several weeks near Petersburg, is causing con- sternation and half-dozen search parties have been combing the district.
 Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Petersburg Cold Storage Company stockholders were: President, T. s. Elsemore; Vice President, Jacob Hanseth; ; Secretary, Frederick Nelson; Treas urer, J. L. MacKechnie; Sam Gauf- fin will continue as manager.
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Buy that famous Maxwell House coffee also Hill, SchiIIing and M. J. E. at the extreme low price of 39 cents for one pound, three pounds for S1.00. 1t COOPERS.
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so THEY SAY

HANG CHOW, Feb. 2, Fifteen thousand Chinese communists are sweeping from Shensi province in to Szechnan, footing as they go and driving out Chinese authori ties, word from Chung King said.
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CONFER WITH FRANKLIN

WARM SPRINGS, Ga, Feb. 2, - Sen. c. Hull of Tennessee and Editor Walter Lippman were in conference Wednesday with Pres ident- Elect Roosevelt. Both are likely cabinet members, it was said.
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ChesterfeMs gre
 MlZder

WHEN you ask a Chesterfield
 w smoker why that's his brand he generally comes right out fat-footed and says. ."It's because 7Aey're Milder!"
 So we're going to keep on doing everything we know how to keep them that way.
 That's why we look for and buy the mildest and ripest tobaccos we can get. That's why we age them in our ware houses till they're mellow and sweet.
 We believe that even the shreddins of the tobacco. and the quality of the paper it's rolled in, have a lot to do with the even-drawing, mild smoke that people enjoy in Chesterfelds.
 You can bank on this. every method known to science Is used to make Chest er6eld milder, better tasting cigarette that satisfies.
 Chesterfield Radio Pr0graf. Every night ex.
 cept Sunday, Columbia Network.
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Quite number of children are taking advantage of the present snow and ice conditions of the streets, using Third avenue as their coaSting hill.
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THE WEATHER

Seward 32 above, Anchorage Is below, Talkeetna g below, Curry 20 below, Broad Pass "A below, Healy 12 below, Nenana 14 below, Fairbanks below.
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FRESH STOCK OF TURKEYS AT 27 CENTS PER POUND AND SMALL LEGHORNS AT g CENTS A POUND. PAULSTEINER'S MEAT MARKET.
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Haas Candy always an 9pprO- priate gift. Alaska Shop.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-12
MAKE TAXATION HURT

sReaders of The Citizen need not be
| advocates of the general sales tax to ap-
preciate that it would have one desirable
| effect: It would make taxation hurt. 1t
would give every citizen, regardless of in
come, new understanding of the gigantic
cost of the government.
All of US pay taxes in some form. But
comparatively few of US pay them directly
and great many persons who pay in
direct taxes think they are escaping tax
alton altogether.
We pay tax when we cook and eat
meal, turn on the light, attend a movie,
buy clothes, go for ride, or do almost any
thing else. These taxes may be concealed
in the cost Of necessities and pleasures, but
they are there nevertheless.
No business can pick money from the
trees-every cost of operation, whether it
be labor, supplies or taxes, must be passed
on to the customer.
If more of us felt taxes directly, the
chance for really obtaining economical
and efficient government would be tire
mendously improved.
II the sales tax comes, government
extravaganza and expansion will have
again added to the cost of the things we
buy-and when it hurts all the people, they
may then demand lower cost of govern
ment
Before considering a sales tax, how
ever, or any other new and increased tax
ation public officials would do we'll to re-
member that in seeking office at recent
state and national elections President
elect Roosevelt and others, stressed the
need for economy in public affairs, re-
duced taxation in number of Instances,
and promised a 25 per cent cut in the
cost of government
The sales tax seems to be the way
out, but the people will be slow to consent
to new and added taxes and it will be an
ill-adVised program that attempts to force
such burdens on them before pre-electio.i
promises for reduced cost Of government
have been kept.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-12
ODD sUPERsTITIoNS

Superstition rules many people of the
world even in such common practice as
washing clothes Morocco's women are
sure that clothes washed on Tuesday will
shrink, and that Saturdays washing soils
faster Rumania's housewives, on the con-
trary, wash Saturdays, but are sure their
suds would turn to blood if they should at
tempt to wash on Good Friday. English
peasants say death will occur soon in the
family if anyone makes this most tragic of
all our religious anniversaries her wash
day.
Russian women believe that if they
wash clothes at Whitsuntide much-feared
water spirits will show their displeasure.
Only in the United States do women
have no such foolish ideas. Our wives and
mothers make no distinction between the
days. Perhaps it is because manufac-
turers have made it so easy for them to
wash whenever they please. With cleo
trical washers in two-fifths of all the wired
homes, and other power washers in many
thousands of other houses, washday no
longer is astask postponed as long as pos
sible, upsetting the whole home when it
cannot be further avoided. Cleansing is
done swiftly and easily now, and econom-
ically, too.
On the Isle of Skye it is said that if q
man dies and his family does not wash his
clothes, the ghost of woman will appear
and do it for him. That would be wash
day even easier than those in our rightly
equipped homes, but there is no record OF
any "Skye-ites" ever putting the super
Stition to the test.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-12
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The northern disturbance has
moved eastward to the Gulf of st.
Lawrence. with pressure relative
ly low southwark along the At
iantic coast to the eastern Gulf of
Mexico, and another low pressure
area is moving in over the north
|ern Plains States while high pres
sure areas cover most of the re-
mainder of the country. Rains
have been general during the last
"a hours on the west and middle
Gulf coast, and from the East Gulf
States and northern Florida north
ward over the lower Ohio Valley
and Atlantic States, and snow has
occurred in the upper Ohio Valley
and eastern Lake region, and por-
tons of North Dakota. There has
been q decided fall in tempera-
lures from the Lake region south
ward to northern Georgia and the
middle and west Gulf coast, with
readings zero or below in the Lake
Superior region. and below freez-
ing southwark over Tennessee,
Arkansas and central Texas; while
it is warmer this morning in the
northern Rockies and Plains
States.
q. S. KENNEDY,
Official in charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-12
TODAY'S WEATHER


cloudy with occasional rain tonight
and Friday; moderate easterly
winds.
Florida: Occasional rain tonight
and Friday; colder in north portion
tonight and in central portion Fri
day.
Jacksonville TO Florida Straits:
Moderate northeast and east winds
ever north portion. and moderate
east or southeast over south por-
ton and mostly overcast weather
with occasional rain tonight and
Friday.
East Gulf: Moderate shifting
winds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-12
INSULT TO INJURY

During the world war Austria was an
enemy of France, the United States was an
ally of France Last week the French
chamber of Deputies voted TO lend Austria
former enemy SI4,000, 900, and previous
to that had defaulted on the debt to her
friend and ally. One of the deputies
shouted that it was 'monstrous" IN the
senate. a senator. quivering with emotion.
refused to vote the bill, ayowing that
American soldiers fought admirably to
defend onr soil, rs | can testify" American
soldiers not only fought admirably" but
also made the supreme sacrifice as the
''row upon row" of slabs of stone mutely
testify Nevertheless Aastria, the enemy,
il given a helping hand, and America, the
friend, is spurned