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The Newtown bee., 1901-08-23
THE LOCAL NEWS BUDGET.

Mrs Ida Cronke and daughters, Misses Jennie, Madeline and Beryel, Mrs Annie Adams and their friend, Miss Pansy Wilson, all of Cranbury; Mrs G. w. Merrell of Norfolk, Va. |; also Edward Geopple of Wilton were recent guests of Thomas J. Brown.
 George Craft of Black Rock and Miss Ethel Crane of Passaic, N. J., were Sunday guests at T. J. Browns.
 Mrs Jane Schwartz of Schenectady, Mrs Skidmore of Danbury, Mrs L.. Smith and Mrs I. Bradley of Norwalk called at T. J. Browns, last Thursday.
 MT and Mrs Edward McKenna have been entertaining friends from out of town.
 Master Harold Warrington has re- turned to Bridgeport after spending a month with G. Reed.
 Charles Banks has been helping w. Ferris get hay.
 Mrs G. w. Merrell of Norfolk, Va., has taken a number of fine lsnap shots of the Easton Mineral Spring farm and vicinity while visiting at T. J. Browns.
 Master Clarence Rowland of Bridge port spent Sunday with his friend, Clayton Brown.
 Wakeman B. Bradley and force of helpers are getting hay on Mrs M. w. Smiths farm.
 Miss Grace Cantield and brother, Howard, of Bridgeport, are visiting at the Mineral Spring farm.
 H. c. McCollam is building a log
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31

The coming Sampson-Schley trial is the all absorbing topic in Washington at present, and apropos of this sub ject the world is coming more and more to the conclusion expressed by Tolstoi in his "War and Peace' that generals do not win battles. This was never truer than in the Santiago naval victory. It was the years of prepara- tion in ships, guns and men that made our navy superior to the Spanish, just as training makes the prize fighter su- perior to the soft giant of nearly twice his bulk. But on this pension bulk as well as training was with us. A more enlightened age will bestow it's monuments with more discrimination, and we, the least belicose of peoples, will sometime look with wonder atsthe squadron of bronze generals that we have exalted in the public Parks of Washington and say ''Why these espe- cialIy?"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
HEARD IN PASSING

The signs of the times indicate the near coming of q war by employers upon unionism. At every settlement of differences between capitalists and wOrkmen this point is included, and IL is already evident that ill the near fu- ture issue will be joined in whole sale and country way and the question be fought out to finish Bridgeport Farmer.
 Beet sugar companies seem to be failing all along the line. A kansas factory went under a day or two ago, and a company which built factory at Benton Harbor, Mich, costing $32O,- 900, is insolvent. This is the more re- markable in view of the fact mat Michigan has been one of the few states to give bounty to the beet sugar makers. The trouble in Michi- gan is said to be lack of a sufficient supply of beets This s'industry seems to remain in an exceedingly in- fatnile conditiOn.-Hartford Times.
 A bulletin just issued by the census bureau shows that there are a few more females than males ill the state Of New York. The percentage Is 5O.3 females to 497 males. Out of a total population of 7,26S, 1894 there are B. GA, ,7SO males and 3,654, IA females. Of the total population of the state l. 900, ,425, or 26.1 per cent are foreign born, and 112,O13, or 1.5 per cent col ored. Of the colored people 99,232 are negroes. TITO Chinese, 354 Japanese and 5.257 Indians. New York city has 1.O67. .66O native males and 1,099, ,462 females, 63S,O45 foreign born males and 632, ,035 foreign born females, B, 5S7 colored males, of whom 27,132 were negroes, and 33,717 females, of whom 33, ,534 were negroes.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31

Banker Henry Clews, in his weekly letter, says: 'We might have had a September boom had it not been for the adverse effect of the strike aud the corn damage. These destroyed all bullish outside sentiment and left the market entirely dependent upon inside support, which it has had in unmis- takable fashion. There is some talk that the big men intend to put tine market higher. With stocks so close ly held in their control it would be foolish to deny their ability to do SO. But natural conditions are hardly in favor of higher prices at this time. In addition to the reasons cited above the money market is likely to be serious obstacle to any bull campaign. The reserve went down last Saturday to $1S,OOO, 1000, compared with $23,0O0,0O0 a year ago, and is likely to be entirely exhausted before the return movement begins in November. Western banks have considerable. deposits in the re- serve centers, which they will soon draw upon for crop purposes. This weeks statement will probably show a further decline in reserves. Bankers seem perfectly confident of their abil- ity to take care of ordinary crop and business requirements, but any active speculation in stocks would rapidly produce stringency that would auto nlatieally impede a bull market. Ill discussion of gold imports and bond purchases just now is problematical. These resources might be available and they might not. High prices would nse up the available supply of funds more rapidly than low prices. Taking all 'the facts into consideration natural conditions are not just now in
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
ANTS AND THE FLOWERS.

Hike the rest of us, ants have a sweet tooth.3 Now, honey is produced by very many plants in their blossoms, quite extensively, but only for flying customers. They hang out bright col ors and bunch themselves together so that any bee or butterfly that is not totally blind may find them. In the case of the rhododendron they even go so far as to announce. "This way to the bar" For the evening trade they dress in white and are very strongly perfumed. Bees and butterflies and such like crawl in, all bedaubed with pollen from other flowers of the same kind, and thus the plants are cross fertilized, but ants and crawling things climb up and suck honey from clover and then go to the next plant, which may not be clover at all, and so the flower has wasted its honey and it's pollen all for nothing. That is it would if it let the ants do as they wanted. But it doesn't. When an ant comes around all the honey-bearing flowers shake their heads and say, Nothing for you-not to-day. No. no; go on away. Get out now, or I'll set the dog on you" Some defend their blossoms with regular chevaux re frise of brist- les and stickers; some make their stems gummy and hairy: some like the snapdragOn, shut up so tight that an ant cannot get in and make the flower stalk so dingle-dangling and so slip pery that the ant falls off. Some open early and close early. knowing that bees rise betimes while ants are notor- ious slug-a-beds. But that there is a determined purpose to boycott the ants is evident from the fact that amphib- ious plants when they g row in the water where emmets cannot get to them omit the defenses they throw up when they grow on land. On the other hand, some plants, recognizing the fact that ants are great for de- stroying worms and caterpillars, set out cheap lunch for them on the un- der side of the leaves. The acacia even goes so far as to grow hollow thorns as company houses for the ants, as we'll as furnishing them with sweet syrup. But think the smartest trick of all is played by the melampyrum pratense. It knew that the soil on an ant hill was more than usually fertile and well stirred up, so it sat with it's head in it's hands for long time and thought out this plan of action: "Ants like honey. I'll squeeze out little for them. They
 think the world and all of their young ones. I'll make my seeds look like their cocoons, and more than that, I'll
 make them smell like their cocoons. They'll carry lem under ground, and when spring comes they'll sprout.' It worked like charm, and you will find the melampyrum pratense growing on ant hills whare no other plant is al- lowed. It looks like q low-down trick to play, but where there Is so much
 competition 1t doesn't do to be particu- lar. Harvey Sutherland in Ainslee's.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31

The bureaus of statistics in the state and treasury departments and the cen sus office at Washington are relating a story in figures of resources. It will be remembered that Sir William Crookes, president of the British Sci entific association, recently wrote a pamphlet on the possible exhaustion of the food supply of the world, especial ly the wheat crop. He pointed out that the United States will, within short time. become the main depend ence of the world so far as wheat Is concerned, and that with the present methods of farming, which he consid- CTS wasteful, the crop will be subject to scarcity within a hundred years. Possibly, on reading. the report that the corn crop of the present year IS badly injured by drought, he or some of his readers may think that his prophecyIN AaD{nE i1eNpectedly true, for to an4 Englishman corn means wheat. He refers to our Indian corn as maize. Such arguments as this prove, at any rate, that the resources of this country are vast, for If they were not the possibility of famine would have occurred to everybody some time ago. There is no wasteful farming in such countries as Germany, England, China or Japan. It was once said that the English farmer hoes each blade of wheat separately, ties it to a stick, and then sits on a stump in the middle of his farm with a water ing pot, ready to attend to any special blade which needs attention. When one contrasts the English farmers grain fields with the ranches of Dako- ta, Kansas and California, this state ment scarcely seems like hyperbole.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
ONE KIND OF A TiRUsT.

The American Brass Go, which has just scooped in the Holmes, Booth x Haydens Go of Waterbury, and which on the installment plan is getting con- trol of the brass manufacturing busi- ness of the country, is in some re- spects a unique sort of trust. It has absorbed properties up and down the Naugatuck valley from Torrington to Ansenia, with lateral plant at Keno sha, Wis. It is a Connecticut cOrpOr- ation and was created on Capitol hill.
 The peculiar thing about the so- called brass trust is that it wasn't or ganized by professional promoters, and that its stock might be run through q wringer without yielding water. The men who secured the charter, who or ganiZed the company and who now control it are residents of the Nauga- tuck valley and have long been iden- tified with the brass industries of that section. They are men who take personal interest in the community and who are anxious to build up and develop the towns with which they are identified. They have put their money into the brass business and propose to keep it there. They are not like the professional promoters, who first pro- mote and then get out. The man be- LtiiI luG Cnttl lCA was OnQt AtS II DOOlA- CT, now of Ansonia, who at the time represented the Torrington district in the senate. He is the president of the corporation and is 0nes of the ablest business men in western Connecticut He is one of the most influential per sonalities in the industrial life of the Naugatuck valley.
 The brass trust has been financed on a conservative basis. It has shown no disposition to put half a dozen su- perfiu0us ciphers on the amount of its capital stock. It's securities are de- signed to represent intrinsic value rather than wind and water. The American Brass Co has yet got to nb- sorb numerous properties before 1t can get monopoly of the business and it has got for some time at least to meet energetic competition. But the con servative methods which have thus far controlled the Brass Go show that some trusts are different from other trusts Hartford Post
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31

Those persons who speak so lip pahtly about Admiral Schley had bet ter not get within hearing distance or Admiral Watson. He will protect the hero of Santiago bay from slanderous attacks, and if a member of the navy makes any such assertion here is what Watson says will happen: If any naval officer asserts that Admiral Schley is a coward, and the fact comes to my knowledge, will see that the man who makes the statement IS given the opportunity to yindicate his opinion before court martial. 1 will prefer charges against any such an of- fender myself"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
SOMETHING LIKE THE SWITCH.
How an Undertaken Gets Information
 of Death of Hospital Patients.

How an Undertaken Gets Information
 of Death of Hospital Patients.
 Information of the system of tip ping off, undertakers of deaths occur ring at Bellevue hospital has led to an investigation by the federal authori- ties as we'll as by those connected with the hospital 1t has been the custom for undertakers to employ men, even among the employees of the hospital, to give them early infromation of deaths so that they might approach the relatives of the dead and get the order for burials. One undertaken, whose place of business is in Second avenue, is accused of enlisting the services of a letter ef5Tier 1W4la fqelieets9th mail at the hospital. It is the custom of the hospital authorities to send notiffca- tions of deaths of patients immedi- ately they occur. The envelopes in which such notices are inclosed are marked on the outside Death Notice," and it is asserted that lists of the ad- dresses on such envelopes have been made by the letter carrier and left at a nearby saloon. At this saloon the undertaken is alleged to have kept a number of runners in waiting. each of whom was assigned a certain dis trict in the city. The list was scanned by these runners and each man inn mediately went to the address in his district that he saw on the list, and tried to get the order for the funeral Philadelphia Times.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
MERInEN RRANnH
BRIDGEPORT STEAMBOAT co.
Popular Long Islan4 Sound Route. Between New York, Bridgeport and all Stations on Naugatuck Division
 of N V N. H. and H. R. R.

Popular Long ASiuusA SOunu hOuLe. Between New York, Bridgeport and all
 Stations on Naugatuck Division
 of N. Y, N. H. and IT. R. R.
 Steamer Rosedale-Leayes Bridge port daily Sunday excepted) at 7;45 g. m, on arrival df train leaving Wa r farbhry t6! !45 a. niii from III 'stat atfonS 6n York Il q. m. rsA
 Steamer Allan Joy-Leaves Bridge port daily (Saturday excepted) F o'clock midnight, arriving New York in early morning, giving passengers ample time to connect with trains for the west and south. Passengers can remain aboard boat until 9 q. m.
 RETURNING FROM NEW YORK.
 Steamer Allan Joy-Leayes from Pier S1 (new) East river daily (Sun- day excepted) at II a. m., arriving Bridgeport p. in., connecting with afternoon trains for the east and sta tions on Naugatuck division.
 Steamer Rosedale-Leaves from Pier 31 (new) East River daily (Sun- day excepted) at D. m.. and from foot East 31st street. 3: 15 D. m., con- meeting with TAO p. m. train for all stations on Naugatuck division. Sat urdays this steamer leaves New York one hour earlier from both landings.
 Special excursion rates. every Tues day and Friday vi1 steamer Rosedale. round trip soc. other days regular rates.
 SUNDAY SERVICE.
 Commencing Sunday. June g, steamer Rosedale leaves Bridgeport at g a. m., on arrival of Sunday morn ing train from all stations on Nauga- tuck division. for New York and Coney Island; returning leaves New York at : p. m.. arriving at Bridgeport D. m.
 Tickets sold and baggage checked to all stations on N. r., N. HI. and Fl. k. R. Baggage transferred to and from railroad depot free.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
RAILROAD DIRECTORY
HIGHLAND DIVISION.

Trains leave Meadow street station for Boston. Hartford and way stations at 700 and S:3S a. m.; 12:38; 4:05: S:07 p. m.
 Trains arrive at Meadow street sta. ton from Boston, Hartford and way stations at S:05; 11:4O 8. m.: 1:45; 6:13 and 7:45 p. m.
 Trains leave Meadow street station for New York. Fishkill Landing, Dan- bury and way stations at S:13 Q. m., and 1:50 and SIS D. m.
 Trains arrive at Meadow street sta- tion from New York. Fishkill Landing. Danbury and way stations at S:36 .. m., 12:34 and S:04 D.. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS.
 Leave Meadow street station at S:30: 1O:O5, q. m.; 200; 5:O5; FOO p. m.
 Arrive at Meadow street station ae 9:5O; 11:30 a. m.; 4:5O; 6:5O: $50 ?. m.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
NAuGATUCK DIVISION.

For New York-6:35, S:1z. 1o:5O a. m.: 1:3O, PAS. COS p. m.; Sunday. 7:05 a. m.; 5:10 p. m.
 For Bridgeport 6:35, SIP. 10:5O. a. m.; 1:3O, PAS, COS p. m.; Sunday 7:o5 a. m; 5;10 P. n. M N sFor New Haven tvia Derby Juno .tinnl-{i:Sa. S:12, 10.56 a. rhh.; 1!3O. 2:48. esos, TO 1DfixedS ?. mh.; sAinddy.I Eos q l';i For . r Ansonia-6:a5. SIP, 1o:5o q. m. 1: 1:3O. 2:4S, 4:45. eos. 7:2O (mixed) D. m.: Sunday. 7:05 a. m., 5:1O D. m.
 For Watertown-6:45 8:41, 11:17 a m: 1:31, 4:O1; 500. 6:12, 7:O3, 9:O5. Iii 20 p. m.; Sunday. 9:43 a. m.. 500 p.
 For Thomaston. Torrlngton and Winsted- -S:3G, 11:12 a. m.; 3:56, 8:58. 800 D. m.: Sunday, 9:3S q. m.: 7:55 p. n.
 MERIDEN BRANCH.
 Trains Leave Dublin street station for Middletown and way stations at S:50 a. m., and 6:15 D. m.
 Trains arrive at Dublin street sta. ton from Middletown and way stations at 7:50 a. m.. and e4:00 D. m.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
A YOUNG LADY's LIFE SAVED.
At Panama. Colombia. by Chamber
 rhoea Remedy.


 Dr Charles H. Utter. prominent physician, of Panama. Colombia, in a recent letter states: "Last March I had as a patient q young lady sixteen years 1ofl age. who had a very bad at tack, ofneIyseAtsrg,s oEsyerxthing pre- scribed for her proved intellectual and she was growing worse every hour Her parents were sure she would die She had become so weak that she could not turn over in bed. What to do at this critical moment was a study for me. but I thinght of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and as a last resort prescribed it. Within eight hours she was feeling much better; inside of three days she was upon her feet and at the end of one week was entirely we'll" For sale by all druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31

Sir Thomas Lipton, in speaking of the coming yacht race the other day, referred to the racers as American and Irish. Where does England cczne in! Everybody supposed that it was Eng land against America in the coming yacht race.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31

The laws of health require that the bowels move once each day, and one of the penalties for violating this law is piles. Keep you bowels regular by taking dose of Chamberlain's Stom- ach and Liver Tablets when necessary and you will never have that severe punishment inflicted upon you. Price 9 cents. For sale by all druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31

favor of higher prices. Forced manip- ulation may raise the market to aD high CT level, but under such conditions op- eratfons should be conducted with un- usual care, and we should advise sell ing on the rallies"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31
FOR SALE.

No 20 Washington street, the rent Of which is $G45.5O per year; $5.000 will take it. Look at the beautiful place on Pleasant street, also High street. A place with all Improvements; one real nice up-to-date place on Ward. Ridge wood; that place on WatervfIle street fs one of the finest in the city. make me an offer. The place on Belleview avenue will be closed out for less than cost Lots of houses and lots every where. Call at
 D. H. TIERNEY. Real Estate, Insurance and Bond Office
 1eT BANK STREET.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-31

= GA- 9ToR REA. Bsara tha /, Tho Kind You lIaW Always Bongtt s'';s'''' q &>sx7zzzsx
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
THE REALM OF FASHION.

gathered at the waist line. The plas
tron is stitched in horizontal lines, then
attached permanently to the right side
and hooked over onto the left. The
fancy sleeves are made over a smooth
lining. The undersleeves are gathered
top and bottom and ATTACHED to the
lining at each edge. The lace cuffs
are faced over the lower portion, and
the finished upper sleeves are drawn
over the whole. The neck is finished
with a stock of satin. stitched to match
the plastron and finished with points
of lace.
To cut this waist for woman Of
medium size, three and one-eighth
yards of material twenty-one inches
wide, three yards twenty-seven inches
wide, three yards thirry-two inches
wide, or one and seven-eighth yards
forty -four inches wide. will be re-
quired, with one yard of all-over lace
and three-quarter yard of mousseline
to make as illustrated.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
Restoring fogged Plates.

More than 80 years ago, Emerson
Reynolds, an Englishman, made tn,
interesting observation that the laten
image on an exposed photography
plate could not be developed after be
ing exposed to ozone. but that tn,
plate could be used again. The explain
alton reached is that ozone oXidlze,
the salts OF silver that have been re
duced by light. Concluding that ozon,
should be useful in restoring fogget
plates. NJ. Andreoli has partly coveret
two dry plates with tinfoil. exposet
them thus TO brilliant sunlight for tw,
seconds, then ozonized them for fom
minutes, and finally used them. Will
the tlLfoil removed. for Roentgcl
photographs. He finds that the ozon,
restorts the sensItiveness OF the plate
though not precisely to It's orlgina
condition. Il appears probable. how
ever, that with proper manipulation
Photographic plates that have beet
spoileA by age. heat. light or exposur,
ean bl made good again by treatmen
with ozene. aud photographers vii
doubtless be trying the process
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
HUMOROUS.

Blobbs-He's a very bookish young
man, isn't he? Slobbs-Yes; I've no
ticed he never returns any borrowed
ones.
Il haven't half enough money to pay
my debts" well. I'm worse off than
that; l paid mine, but it took every
cent had"
Husband (angrily)-Don't forget
madam, that you are my wife. Wife
Oh, never fear There are some
things one can't forget.
"See that big hen over there" said
the poultry fancier; "she is my star, >
"Ah," exclaimed the cheerful idiot. 81
suppose your star has set"
She-The Newpops' boy is an origi
nal little fellow. isn't he? He-Yes;
and he ought to be copyrighted. One
like him in the world is enough.
First Beggar-He gave me nicke,
and made me look like 80 cents. Sec
ond Beggar-How was that? First
Beggar-I already had quarter.
Nell-How old-fashioned Maude is
Believes; her costumes make hei
look as though she had just stepped
out of the nineteenth century period
Tommy-Pcp, W. at is the difference
between difference of opinion and ar
argument? Tommy's Pop-Just the
difference between courtship and mar
riage, my son.
Hoax-I loaned Borroughs S. last
night; but he's a generous soul. Joa1
Think so? Hoax-Yes; he immedi
ately blew me off for a dinner that
cost him $3.50.
Friend-What became of your new
cook? You said she was poem
Poet-Yes; but l have changed my
opinion. Friend-Why? Poet-Be
cause sent her out one day and sh,
never came back.
Mrs. Newlywed-I'm sorry W.,
haven't more bric-a-brac. Mrs. Matron
leigh-Don't let that worry you. Jusi
wait until you have a family of chill
dren. and they'll see that you have al
the bric-a-brac you want.
Fr1end-What on earth is that ter
rible din? Dental Student-That |,
our class yell. Friend-Who ever con
ceived such a horrible noise? Denta
Student-No one. We just listened t,
our patients a few times.
Living Skeleton-The strong MAI
does a great act. He holds 500
pound dumb bell in each hand, ant
supports six men clear of the ground
Fat Woman-Bosh! His wife tells m,
he can't even support her.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14

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