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The bee., 1901-07-04

charge Of but one man; so, unless the
fog lifted. the trip would have to be
postponed.
Looks S If 'twould stay thick all
day, don't it?" said Mr.. Payne, who
had followed Abner out on the gall
lery. Abner grunted assent. The two
men leaned over the iron rail and peer
ed down into a mist so dense that the
tower seemed to be floating in the
clouds. Suddenly the head keeper
spoke.
Alb be asked, "do you hear any
body callin?"
mo. Wait Il minute. though! Seems
IS If did,
} / do, and heard two or three times.
Sounds like a woman's voice or a
childs"
They both listened. and above the
sounds Of the sea and the bell they
heard a shrill cry.
Luther made a speaking trumpet of
his hands and through it sent a thun-
derous "Hellow
The distant cry was repeated, this
time seemingly by two voices.
"Children. sure!" said Luther. Then
he beloved. whats the matter?"
Help US. We're driftin in dory!"
came the reply.
The two men ran down the winding
stairs, through the various rooms of
the light and came out on the platform
below the lower door. They were still
so feet above the rocks. but an iron
ladder led downward. and they de-
scended swiftly.
The cry was heard again. this time
much nearer.
"What little wind there is LEFT is
BLOWN right toward u.s." said Luther
They'll pass close by. even II they
don't run afoul of the ledge. If they
git inter this surf, it'll be all day with
'emv'
Abner turned quickly, climbed up to
and entered the door of the light and
reappeared with a long coil OF stout
rope. One end of this he tied about his
waist and the other he fastened to the
lowest rung of the iron ladder.
''If they pass anywhere In sight"
he said coolly. Pm gon off ter EN-
You stand by ter pull me in when I'm
ready"
A dim shape moved out of the fog.
perched on the crest of a great roller
1t swung onward and became a dory.
without oars or sail and with two lit
tie figures perched in the stern. Alb
ner saw that it would pass the point
where he stood and strike an Isolated
rock just beyond Without word he |
plunged in and. striking out swiftly, |
seized the gunwale of the dory. He
raised himself cautiously. rested with |
his chest on the gunwale and reached |
out his hands. The dory rose on a big
breaker, descended and upset In a
lather Of foam. Luther. pulling fran
tically on the rope. drew his partner
ashore. The latter had a small boys |
coat gripped in each hand. and the |
boys themselves were inside OF the |
coats.
When the quartet was safe In the liv- |
ing room of the lighthouse and the
sobbing youngsters were getting warm
and dry before the kitchen stove. Lu-
ther came into the room where his as
sistant was changing his clothes and
said in an awestruck whisper:
"Abner. do you know who them chill
dren are?"
"Yes: knew 'em when ! first saw
'em in the dory. They're the Alnsworth
boys"
Yes. sir: that's exactly who they be
brothers of your gal! Blessed If it
don't seem like the hand of Provi-
dence,''
The story tod by the boys was this:
They had the night before pleaded with
their sister to be allowed to get up at
The bee., 1901-07-04

~ a
Ee7k z2&asA Philadelphia to thus i'm
mortalize. I've always
wondered why the Declaration wasn't
( promulgated in Boston"
That's right, OF, better yet, in New
York." said the man from Manhattan.
philadelphia. must have been pretty
slow-dead slow-in those old stage
coach days"
"You fellows make me tired" said
the man from Philadelphia. "Why, at
that time Philadelphia was the swift
est thing in the country. That was
why it was selected by the signers
and
Swift? Huh! Chicago's the swift
est thing that ever happened. If they
had known their business, they would
have chosen Chicago" broke in the
man from the Worlds fair city.
"Chicago! shouted the Bostonian,
the New Yorker and the Philadelphia
in chorus.
''It was a bowling wildernessw
at hadn't even happened Them
at wasn't on the map evenr'
That's right" sneered the Boston
man. philadelphia was very swift at
that time. 1t was four days after the,
Fourth arrived before you people heard
about what had happened and got up
a celebration-four whole days after.
Talk about being sloww
A broad smile of triumph slowly
took possession of the Philadelphian's
face.
"Oh, don't knoww he cried. "If,
Philadelphia was slow, there were 9TH
ers. 1t is true it took US four days bel
fore we woke up and got to celebrat-I
ing, but swift New York didn't get att
it and rip down old George III'sI
statue until five days after the Fourth,
and as for Boston-swift, lightningI
Boston-she didn't even wake up andI
hear about it and get to celebrating
for two whole weeks! Slow? JustI
cut Philadelphia out after this, will u
you" BEN RUsHToN.
The bee., 1901-07-04


Ramsey's Point. Down at the foot Of
the lighthouse the surf hissed. roareG
and creamed over the seaweed covered
rocks. Abner Dawes turned uneasily
in his chair and glanced at the clock
1t was half past and the morning of
the Fourth of July, 1898.
Luther Payne. the old ex-man-of-
wars man and lead light keeper. sat
near hy reading the day before yes
terlay's newspaper. He was eagerly
spelling out every word OF intelligence
from the blockading fleet ut Santiago.
FOR hr bad served under Farragut. and
the United States navy was his hobby,
his pY;de and his idol The breaking
out Of the war with Spain aud Dewey's
victory Ind thrown the old uan into a
tremendous excitement. But for the
pasI Two months Cervera's feet had
claimed al his attention
When the feet Jeff cadz and started
for the West Indies. lie expressed the
opinion that II was dead luck" and
even went SO far as 10 send up TO s.
and order liberal assortment of FIRE
works with which to celebrate its de
struction. Every day since ii had
been penned up in Santiago harbor he
had snorted bis disgust because the
"cowardly Greasers didn't come out
and fight"
"Nothin neww he snorted. I'm
'fraid our ships'll never git a whack at
them Greasers. Plaguy shame, call
it! How's the fog-thick as everT
"Yes, yes; thicker. If anythingw an
swered Abner disgustedly. Guess my
Fourth'll be spent about here"
TOO bad. | know when a feller
makes up his mind ter ask a girl he
wants ter git it over with as quick as
possible. Sorter like havin tooth out.
amt it?"
Abner paid little heed 10 this re-
mark, but opened the door and stepped
out on the iron gallery of the light
house. Sebogan light is built on the
ledge of rocks which. submerged at
high tide. marks the entrance 10 the
harbor of the city of s.. The city
itself is seven miles away. The near
est land TO the light is Ransey's Point.
anu biAdt iiCS thO W lnC NGcl.
Now. the average Young man would
deem Ramsey's Point dreary place in
which to spend the Fourth. but Abner.
who had been looking forward TO the
holiday for week. thought of it as an
ideal spot because Sadie Ainsworth
lived there.
Sadie was an orphan whose father, a
fisherman, had been drowned the year
before, leaving her to care for her two
little brothers. Abner, who became
with her when he first took
the post 'of assistant keeper at Sc
began, was now deeply in love. He
had not spoken to the young lady on
the subject as yet, but had made up
his mind to go over to the Point on the
Fourth of July, pop the question" and
learn his fate.
Luther, whose interest in his subor- |
love affair was second only to
his interest in the navy, had willingly
given the latter permission to take the
day off. but the storm of the day be-
fore and the fog Of today rendered H.
unsafe to leave the lighthouse In
The bee., 1901-07-04
SIN Room to Grow.

Rome was not built in a day." and,
great as dhis republic has become in
a century and a quarter, it may bel
still IN infancy. Growth can come
without expansion, growth in republic
an ideals.
The bee., 1901-07-04

Never seemed git bang plunk"
When had bunch O crackers yard er punk!
Years this happened the boy that
With the crackers the sers old
But the FOurhs the
Come, make ssser;
An there amt efusin. they'd FUSS
Though the between
When they've bunch yard punk!
EARLE HOOKER EATON.
The bee., 1901-07-04
meF ir,St Fourth

; has always seemed
funny to me-" said the
man from Boston, that
signers of the Declara-
tion Of Independence
should have picked out
such a slow place as
Philadelphia to thus i'm
mnrtalize I've alWnVs
The bee., 1901-07-04

ING, dong, din g
dong!" boomed the
bell buoy at the
end of the ledge.
90 90 90 oo-ool"
answered the dis
tant fog horn at
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
Commission Auction.

new though of of to be of
  in
  a q office will  Fridays  a
 
  publicity all as you secondhand dealer sell will seekers will equally receive article that needa q By strict integrity and careful attention to the wants of
  security all i
 
 JOSEPH Aucione The on andET 20 o 10 o'clock Thursday and Fri
  nc B.A or the sale time
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
lBsEN,s WHISPERS.
An American Gentleman's Expe- rfence in Entertaining the
 WeII-KnoyTn ssaIaster."


 One enthusiastic 1bsenite, while still rabid, will content himself in future with admiring the master" through his works, writes Henry Dick. in New Lippincott. Officially called upon to reside in Norway for q season, he, after meeting the playwright on several oc- casions, invited him to pay him a visit. He found Ibsen most difficult guest. He was extremely sensitive and senti- mental and his feelings were con stantly being hurt. The morning after his arrival the guest did not appear at breakfast. Instead message arrived that he wished to see the eldest son of the house. As the eldest son was not present, tAe puzzled host went to see what the difficulty might be. It seemed that Ibsen desired the eldest eon1to act as a barber, that being the custom of the country. His host eN- plained that, in the first place. the eld- est son was absent, and, in the second, that had he been present tue operation would have been fraught with peril, for the eldest son was conspicuously un- skilled. Ibsen was advised, therefore, to seek professional assistance. As there was nothing else 10 do, Ibsen, weeping, departed and had his upper lip attended to professionally
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
FINANCIAL AND TRADE GOSSIP

American insurance syndicates are invading England.
 New York wholesale grocers are planning national combination.
 Much of existing prosperity is due to the enormous outlays of railroad compa nies
 The iron and steel industry is now entering the period of greatest actiy- ity ever known. All mills and furnaces have their producing capacity strained to the utmost.
 The paper and wood pulp industry of the United States represents a capi- talization of S167, 100000, or nearly double that of 1890. Fifty thousand wage-workers are employed.
 The frequency of oil gushers in Texas is attracting the close attention of railroad managers, pipe line build- CTS and bankers. The last gusher is good for 50,0o0 barrels q day. Vast financial schemes are being matched in connection with the mar keting of this product.
 The great iron ore companies of Spain have combined under English capital and 15 immense and modern blast furnaces will be built as quickly as the material can be furnished. England must have cheap steel to meet American competition, and this is the only way to getit
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02

he speculated as to the intrinsic value of the coin, and wondered if the inscription on the back would diminish it's worth from collectors g point of view.
 Nicolini had not long to wonder. for during the very morning that the notice appeared in the papers rare thing happened in Thuddumps. 4 carriage drove up over the rumbling road that was worn by dump carts. and stopped nearly opposite the Italians shanty. A lady stepped from it, and after being directed by some ragged, starving children made her way towards Nicolini's hut
 He received her with all the cour- tesy he had at his command.
 ''You are Mir. Nicolini?'' she asked, as she stepped inside his tiny dwell- ing. And you put this in the paper to-day" She drew from her pocket book a slip of paper on which the advertisement was printed "If you have still the coin may I see it2 I lost one some weeks ago which an- swers to this description. It must be the same, think, for I know only of the existence of one other like it. Both bear the same motto.'
 As she spoke Nicolini regarded her. He had never heard a voice so beau tiful before. It recalled some soft. low tones of the organ and had the cadence of song. She was tall and graceful. clothed entirely in black, with a veil partly hiding her features. But from what Nicolini could see of her face he knew it to be beautiful. She was not a girl, brt woman full- blown, but far from decline. The Italian, with a heart always in touch with romance, watched her as she took the coin in her hand. She pulled aside her veil and disclosed the full glory of her face. Hike stained glass angel in Saint Dominic's churchi'' the old man thought.
 She looked intently at the little token The hand that held it trem- bled, and as she turned it over and read the inscription a mist gathered in her eyes. Pressing both hands to- gether she held the coin tight, and a sob shook her frame.
 '.Yes," she said, turning to Nicolini. "this is mine. I am very thankful to you for advertising it. 1t is very dear to me. am so glad that you found it, and that I have it back again." She pressed bill into his hand. s'If can ever do anything for you you must let me know. l will be glad to help yon.' As she spoke she drew . chain from her neck and fastened the coin to it.
 "Good-by and thank you" She smiled at the old man as he went to open the door for her-a smile that was like golden gleam of bright ness. As he laid his hand on the latch it was pulled from him by some one on the other side. The door swung inward and man stood in the opening. He opened his lips to speak, but his eyes met those of the wom-
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
WATERTOWN J0TTINGS.
Watertown Up to Date With Boot
 black and All Ifof' Man.

Watertown Up to Date With q Boot
 black and All Hot' Man. l Samuel Cruttenden has accepted a position in the shipping department of 1 the Oakville Pin Go.
 The following letters are advertised 1 at the postoffice: Miss Harriet k. Ad- ans, Mrs Rebecca Dovang, Mrs Lottie l Hubbell, Miss Lizzie Keons and Mrs Annie Woodward.
 Mrs Emma Coe and daughter, Cor nelia, of New Hampshire, are spending q few days in town. The various schools about town opened this morning, after q brief va cation. All the teachers returned on Saturday evening. The tramps are again beginning to make their appearance. For every tramp that is housed over night W. J. Miller, the keeper, receives lo cents. Samuel Oxley. for some time em- ployed in Waterbury, has taken his former position 1t the Greenville fac tory. He will shortly move his ia n- fly here.
 Mass was celebrated at St Johns church yesterday morning 1t S:30. The attendance in the various churches yesterday was fair.
 James Mercy, l woodchopper em- ployed in q tract of wood near. Thon- aston, had the misfortune to cut his foot badly last Saturday afternoon with an axe.
 The few about town who were laid up with scarlet fever have nearly re- covered
 IaY,ae lf.T oo,x, l,,, ,os,,,,,oa n,orl- at F. l.. Hitchcock's $, after q short va cation.
 The Edison Kintescope Go of New York, with A. c. Plant as manager, have arranged to give one of their en- tertainments here in the near future, under the auspices of the Foresters. The admission will be 25 cents. Be fore, when entertainments of this na- ture have been given at the town hall, they have without variation been T failure. Let us hope this will be 2 sllccess to parties concerned as well as to ourselves.
 Miss Reidy of Collinsville, who has been visiting her sister in town, re- turned home yesterday.
 The Watertown A. c. will give an- other of their pleasant sociables next Friday evening" The admission will be, as usual. 9 cents. and the pro- ceeds will go towards furnishing neces- sities for the club rooms.
 The warm weather of yesterday brought the skating to terminus for the present.
 No decision has as yet been handed down in the Thornton case.
 An Italian bootblacll and an "all hot man have made their aDDearance in town. ..-.t..
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
Hi. Inbor Inst

MT. and Mrs. Bixtable resided in an apartment house, but as theirs was the lower flat they exercised a kind of su- pervision over the little lawn in front. One morning Mrs. Bixta ble discovered her husband in the rear of the building, engaged in strapping the lawn mower on the handlehar of the bicycle.
 Why, GeraId,'' 7 she said. how ridic- nloust Don't you know
 .sIt isn't ridiculous at all. he re- torted- -Pve carried heavier weights than this"
 ..But-"
 ..I know what I am doing. Miranda. Don't bother me"
 She said nothing more With a vast amount of work he succeeded at last in tying and strapping the instrument across the front of his bicycle and started to trundle the machine out to the road
 Then he made discovery.
 sWhy, Miranda" he exclaimed, tits loo wide to go through any opening we've got"
 ..Iknow it, Gerald" 1" quiet tlyresponded Ais wife. "That's what was trying zs fell you. - Youths GompAnioRs
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
WORTH KNOWING.

Dulled patent-leather shoes may De brightened and cleaned with spir- its of turpentine.
 Mud stains on dark dresses, when they will not yield to the clothes brush, generally disappear when rubbed with raw potato.
 When cleaning windows use par aim instead of water, and they will toaI better and keep clean longer. A very little paraff1n will be needed.
 Wash the bristles of silver and nickel backed brushes in lulewarm water and rinse in clear cold water. Polish the backs with flannel dipped in ammonia.
 4 convenient substitute for a corkscrew, when the latter is not at hand may be found in the use of common screw, with an attached string to pull the cork.
 When stitching with a machine on muslin gauge, or other thin mate rial lay 1t over thin paper. This will prevent pickering, and after the work is done the paper may easily be torn away.
 To clean fine lace try putting it away in wheat four forae4 hours. Unless it be very badly soiled it will then be found quite clean and will only need to be shaken free of the four to look like new.
 ''I had to leave horne." remarked a housekeeper, recently, ''and have fried oysters offered me at break fast at friends table to realize what an exceedingly appetizing breakfast dish they are, particularly at this time of the year."
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
Amor Vincit Orr1nia * s ss
By R. D. WESTON
Copyright, 1901, by Authors syndicate.)
THUDDUMPs it was called. Th

THUDDUNIPS it was called. The name fitted the place as names sel
 dom fit. It lay at the extreme and l ragged edge of the city, and stretched for about three squares, over rub
 bish-heaped lots, into tin-can GOV cred distance where the river drew an unclean streak that brought the settlement to an end.
 Shanties of mixed architecture rose at uneven intervals above the de bris, and goats and dirty children browsed rapturously where the filth was thickest. It was in the most forlorn of these shantieS that Pierre Nicolini lived. He was an Italian and had been a rag picker by trade and now in his old age he piled his profession as near home as possible. and made q meager income of the ''lots.'' With tongs and shovel he pottered forth dai1y-an old bag slung over his back-and spent hours poking and sitting among the rub Dish heaps. Often he returned home with his bag empty and surly snarls for the lucklessness of his fate. He had had long spell of bad luck and was bitterly mumbling to himself about it one day, when some thing bright caught his eye as he sifted ashes. He bounced upon the glittering thing, and after rubbing it off on his coat sleeve and intently studying both sides pronounced it valuable. He took it home and washed it and gave himself mp to considering its worth. It was small gold coin with head faintly stamped on one side. By the charac- ters which surrounded this Nicolini made out that it was a Roman piece of very early date-proba bly, B. C. On the other side the original let tArs had been erased and iii space eneircled by wreath the words Amor Vincit Omnia" were engraved. ''A love token," Nicolini thought to himself. Whoever lost it will be glad to get it back and willing to pay. First I will have to find the owner. l will advertise-and then" he shrugged his shoulders-1I will sell for the most Ican." So he put an advertisement in the Lost and Found columns of the morning papers. He described the coin minutely and quoted the motto that was on it, and did not forget to mention that re- ward would be expected. Then while he waited for the result of this step
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.
Tracy Garrison's Body Recovered at
 S:30 saturday Evening.

Tracy Garrison's Body Recovered at
 S:30 Saturday Evening.
 The remains of Tracy Garrison. the 16-year-old son of Mir and Mrs J. |. Garrison of High street. who lost his life by drowning while skating on .he Mulberry Hill reservoir Saturday :f- ternoon, about ? o'clock. were found Saturday evening at S:30. The re- mains were brought to the home of bis parents and his funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon. The unfor- tunate young man was a student at the Salem school and was well liked by all who knew him. He was especially popular with the boys of the school, who deeply mourn his loss The boys parents are grief stricken over the fa- tality and both MT and Mrs Garrison havelthe sympathy of the entire com munity.
 The Waterbury Military band and orchestra of forty pieces will give I promenade concert and dance at Co- IumbuS hall Thursday evening of this week
 E. P. Noonan. 2 prominent business man of this town. died at his home on Main, street Saturday evening. He leaves widow and two daughters. His funeral will be held tomorrow morning from St. Francis's church. In terment in St James's cemetery.
 Miss Emma Bascombe. who has been visiting Mrs Robert Griffith Of Rubber avenue, has returned to her home in Staten Island, N. '.
 The public and parochia1 schools. which have been closed for the Thanksgiving vacation, reopened this morning.
 A freight train which passed through here yesterday afternoon about 4:30, broke in two near the Maple street crossing. The engineer instantly put on steam and drew the oJner cars out of danger. The portion that was left behind stopped near the Rubber ave nue crossing and was connected again.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02
0AKVILLE HAPPE NINGS.
Resident of Forty Years Ago Visits
 Oakville.


 Mir Gilbert. who was resident of this village forty years ago, was here yesterday. He was surprised at the many changes. He is q real estate agent and has been offering large prices for. property here. He made Robert Babin good offer for his prop erty, but he does not care to sell at present.
 Mrs Anderson of Waterbury spent Sunday in this place, the guest of her son, Alex Anderson.
 William Babin of Waterbury, fore man in Benedict < Burnham's, and his wife. were in this place yesterday yis- iting friends. Mir Babin was once q resident of this place and well liked by all who knew him.
 Fred 4. Jackie of Waterbury spent Sunday in this place.
 Mir Raymond, the evangelist, is cx- pected here 10 hold two weeks series of prayer meetings in the Union church.
 MT and Mrs Bridge Of Hartford have been spending q few days in this Vil- 1ase.
 Mrs Florence Schuelke has returned to Springfield, Mass.
 The Junior auxiliary will hold q meeting in All Saints church next Saturday at 3:15; choir 3:4J.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-02

London expects to have soon in- stalled the biggest, best and cheapest telephone system in the world The charge for unlimited service for bust ness hours will be $2O; for residences, SEQ.
 Arrangements are practically com pleted for running parlor and sleeping cars from Cincinnati to Columbus, o. Sleeping cars for street railways will be-a novelty. It is expected that the running time between Columbus and Cincinnati will be about six hours.