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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
oAKvILLE HAPPENINGS

John Egan of Waterbury, contractor and builder, was insthis place yester- day calling on friends and figuring on some work in his line of business.
 Lawrence Leonard is spending a week in this village. He has been in the Soldiers home at Noroton for some time past. .,ff
 John Wild of New Haven is a guest at the home of MT and Mrs Joseph Geoghegan of. Newton Heights.
 Mrs Cossier, who was injured by falling from balcony, is doing as well as can be expected. 1t will be some time before she can get around again.
 Frank Broderick has gone to New Haven to attend the funeral of his step-mother.
 Men are at work putting up signs in the pin shop lot back of the black smith shop.
 John simon has had new coat of paint put on his house on Newtn- Heights.
 Men are at work connecting wires for electric lights in MT Eyans's house. Mr Evans has an awning put up in his dooryard under which he will serve ice cream.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
A TRUST MAGNATE's MAxIMS.

Recently uttered by Charles M. Schwab, president of the United States Steel cor poration.l
 Brains are wanted, not money.
 The man with exceptional ability is the man for whom everybody is seek. ing.
 I think it is possible that so great a combination might be formed that no man could be found with the admins trative ability, the brains to manage it. But that will not happen for many years.
 The great captains of industry are not looking for money. There is plenty of that. What they want is brains specialized brains; brains that are capable of taking hold and carrying out the plans for which they furnish the capital.
 Great industrial combinations like the United States Steel corporation doubtless decrease the chances of the iron and steel maker with a limited amount of capital to make his way, but they give to the men with brains the greatest opportunity this world has ever known.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
Rage of he Pet
 Dog Fad Ls Again Upon Us.

T>HE dog fad is with us again.
 For year or two the craze for
 the small pets rather Jagged, and it was thought that it might die out altogether, but the spring season has brought it all back with renewed vigor. The fashionable woman must have one of these small pets to carry about with her, and upon them law ishes much more attention than is bestowed upon the majority of chil- dren. But the fashionable and idle woman was ever thus. A century and more ago she fondled dwarfs, mon keys and spaniels and many other queer pets brought to her by cour- tiers returning from strange foreign lands.
 The really fashionable dogs cost a great amount of money, are utterly useless for any practical purpose, and as rule are very ill-tempered. They
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23

Sierra Leone and her human cargo set free to become citizens of Eng lands black colony For the first few years the additions made to the pop ulation in this way were but few, and while the colony numbered 400 blacks at the time it was founded, there were but 500 people there in 1907. But Eng land redoubled her efforts at the sup pression of the slave trade and the colony grew more rapidly, so that by the time the century was half over 4he population numbered more than 25. 900 people, all of whom were blacks. During the past 50 years this has been increased until to-day the people num- Der more than 75,0oO, of whom all but about 300 are blacks
 Sierra Leone lies just north of Lii beria, the little independent. African nation in which America is interested, and just west of the French Soudan. In extent it is one of the smallest of Fneland's many African colonies and covers an area of but some 4,o00 square miles.
 The capitol of the colony, Freetown, is a promising African city of some s0.Oo0 people, and is the chief seaport on the West African coast. Though fts population is almost exclusively African blacks, it is a progressive place, with substantial buildings in the business center, well-kept streets, churches of practically all denomina- tions, a college of some importance that is affiliated with the University of Durham and a police system that rivals many of the smaller cities of Europe. It is the English military headouarters for West African col onies. and a considerable military force is maintained there at all times.
 There are over 70 public schools in the little colony with an average att tendance of close to 1000 pupils. The only railroad in the colony extends from Freetown to a point some 50
 miles in the interior, and is being ex- tended further into the interior. The people are industrious and saving, the savings deposits in the government banks amounting to more than $2o0,- 900 in 1898. William Harvey Brown says of this interesting English col ony:
 all sorts of savage customs and super stftions. were thrust upon this unique col ouy PhIlanthropists have worked assio- uIOusIy in endeayoring to establish na pits ed fairly well Tn religions. most Protest ant denominations, Catholics, and MohaTn-
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
MANY MILES FROM HERE.

London uses up 10000, ,ooo tons of coal annually.
 The population of Rome is now 462,- Ooo-a gain of 161, ,5s2 in ten years.
 Hollanders find it,cheaper to import hay from La Plata than to raise it on their own meadows.
 French Biskra, on the edge of the Sahara desert, is lighted by electric light at night, and contains half doz- en very good hotels.
 Mantua, after nearly 20 centuries, has remembered that it is the birth place of Virgil and set to work to erect a monument to it's great poet. The sum of 1000 has been raised and artists are called on to send plans in competi- ton.
 The town of Nylstrom, South Africa, received it's name 30 years ago. Dur ing trelSing expedition the Boers, it appears, came upon a river, and at once wrote to their friends, saying that they had just reached the Nile.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23

NXZHILE the world is interested w in the rapid development of
 Africa, it is well to remember that there are at least two small spots in the dark continent in which this country is interested, and which were originally settled by Americans. One Is Liberia and the other Sierra Leone. Both were founded as a home for the African negro who had been trans ported from his native land to Amer ica against his wishes
 Sierra Leone was the first of these two African colonies to be estab- ished, and came as direct result of the American revolutionary war. Some 400 runaway slaves had joined the British force in America at the time of the revolution. They had. found it an easy way of escaping from their masters, and had been promised freedom and protection when English arms were successful and the war was over. But the war ended without the success of English arms, and the slaves to remain free had to ice from the country. They sought refuge in Nova Scotia and London. For time they suffered many hardships and then their condition attracted the at tention of Wilberforce, Granville Sharp and other English gentlemen, who undertook to provide for them in return for the aid they had given Eng fish arms in America.
 For this purpose a stock company, entitled the Sierra Leone company, was formed the purpose of which was to establish a colony on the west coast of Africa, and to send to it as colonists these runaway American slaves. There were 400 of them and they formed nucleus around which England began the building of new addition to the British empire.
 In 1900 England placed fleet of swift sailing cruisers on the west coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave trade, and whenever slave ship was captured she was taken to
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23

senate and house of Representatives as the legislative bodies, with. a presi- dent elected every two years, and who has much the same authority, on 9 limited scale, as is granted the presi- dent of the United States.
 For a number of years after the colony was founded the society com tinued its efforts to secure colonists from this country with varying sue cess. Then other interests demanded the attention of the men who had or ganized and pushed the society, and it finally died, leaving the negroes to work out their own salvation on the inhospitable African shores. Just how many of them were sent from this country to Liberia is not known. The present population is now it- tie more than 100000 people, of which it is estimated some 1s,ooo are Amer ico-Liberians.
 In area the little nation covers some 14,360 square miles, with coast line of 500 miles. Of cities it has virtually none. Monrovia, the capital, named after President Monroe, of this coun- try, comes nearest to the possibility of being classed as a city. It has 5000 inhabitants, boasts a great number of churches representing practically every denomination, some insignifi- cant government buildings and few other public buildings of more or less value. Other towns are Roberts port, 1900; Buchanan and Edina, 5000 each; Harper, 5000, and Greenyille, 1000.
 Along the coast the country is low and swampy and fatal to any but ac- climatize natives, but in the interior it rises to a considerable heighth above sea level and is comparatively healthy and well suited to the needs of tropical agriculture, which forms the basis Of industry. During the last half century much internal disorder has prevailed, but one thing can be said in favor of the nation, that it makes an effort to deal honorably with foreign countries. It's public debt amounts to $500, 1000, borrowed in Eng land in 1871, and the unpaid interest, which now amounts to more than the principal. Liberian bonds are of no great commercial value at the pres ent time, and yet the European capi- talists who hold them expect the na- ton will some day pay both princi- pal and interest, and each successive administration promises to make a start at doing SC. A. E. WILLIAMS.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
scotch Wit.

A drunken Irishman was once lodged in the cell of Scotch country police station, when he made a tremendous noise by kicking the cell door with his LAavy hob-nailed boots.
 The constable who had charge of the police station, going to the cell door, opened it little and said:
 Man, ye micht pit afr yer butts, an I'll gie them bitrub, so that yell be when ye come up be- fore the bailie the morn"
 The prisoner, hatteredat the request, at once complied, and saw his mistake only when the constable shut the door upon him, saying coolly:
 ''Ye can kick awa' moo, my man, as lang as ye like. .'-London Spare Mo- ments.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23

Miss Mamie Cullinane of South Main street is seriously ill at her home.
 Joseph Deegan of New Haven was in town this morning calling on friends.
 Harry Rugg was intown yesterday calling on friends.
 w. J. Neary is passing around cigars this morning Ing cause is a young foRs awhiieh was born to Mr and, Mrs Sfal'y atAtise mffofInffIng-o H fslfIg tsfsfS A fair sized audience turned out at the Parish house last night to greet Miss Charlotte Coffyn Wilkinson in her address to the Working Girls club. The address was ably delivered and the lecturer held her audience from start to finish.
 A meeting for the purpose of com pleting arrangements for the field day of the Y. NJ. c. A.. to be held at Hotch- kiss field July 4, will be held at the association rooms tomorrow night. One member from each association which intends to compete will be pres ent
 The Queen of the Forest circle will meet tonight in Foresters' hall. All members are requested to be present.
 l. ". Cobleigh leaves tomorrow to attend the convention of the educa- tional departments of the Y. M. c. A. to be held in that city.
 There was no session of the borough court this morning.
 The borough workmen were busily engaged in giving the gutters around the center . much needed cleaning this morning.
 The Naugatuck Wheel club and Y. NJ. c. A. baseball teams are struggling for supremacy on Hotchkiss field this afternoon.
 The benches on the park should be given a little care now, as it has cost the borough quite sum to put them ill repair after the hard usage they received last fall.
 F. F. Schaffer has returned from few days business trip in New York and Boston.
 Thomas Mermin of Bridgeport was in town this morning on business.
 H. Wales Lines of Meriden was in town yesterday on business.
 The St Francis T. A. B. and Oak vile baseball teams are to play game of baseball at the picnic to be given by Division No 1, A. O. H., at Linden park on May 30.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
NAUGATUCK NEWS
Locals Played a Poor Game of Ball
 YeStardav

Locals Played Poor Game of Ball
 Yesterday.
 A large crowd witnessed the base ball game between the Shelton High school and Naugatuck High school teams at Athletic field yester- day afternoon. The game was marked by poor playing on the part of the lo- cal High school team. The pitching of Sanger, considering that it was his first game, was excellent. The Shelton team seemed to be unable to hit the ball out of the intield at any stage or the game, while the Naugatuck boys seemed to be able to hit the ball, but all their efforts were blocked by the superior bunch of outfielders of the shelton team. The playing of the out fielders of the local High school was away off color, tlfat of Welch in right field being especially so.
 Wheeler of the Shelton team, who was substituted for Ker.ins in the sec ond inning, was excellent, he having nine strike-outs to Sanger's two.
 The local High school team was weakened by some of the regular play CTS being unable to play and the sub stitutes were not up to the standard in the field or at the bat. The lineup and score follow:
 NAUGATUCK HIGH SCHOOL.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
THE CYCLING WORLD.

On bad or narrow road always make room for the heavier vehicle.
 The Touring club of France makes splendid showing with a member ship record of so.ooo riders.
 Ring your bell before passing from the rear team or another cyclist. It can do no harm and may possibly do a great deal of good.
 Tom Cooper says he is going to be cycle racer until he is too old to guide a wheel. He adds that he has been obliged to assert his stand ow- ing to the constant rumors purport- ing to come from him, and claiming to indicate his intention of retiring from she track.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23

popular colors. Many of the pique gowns are strictly tailor made. while some are deliberately trimmed with bands of insertion or open-work em- broidery. Fancy polka dot piques and grass linen in eeru are also num- bered among the popular materials.
 A neat and sensible golf suit Oil the tailor-made order is of white p5que. Tine skirt comes to just below the ankles, with q wide hem and numer- ous rows of stitching. The bodice is
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
Dtanroueh

Parke-I know your wife didn't like it because you brought me home unex- pectedly to dinner last night!
 Lane-Nonsense! Why, you hadn't been gone five minutes before she. re. marked that she was glad it was no one else but you.-Harper Bazar.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
An UnnssaiIable Poaition

Jones-Well, Johnson placed him self in an unassailable position be- fore he had anything to do with the other man.
 Smith-How?
 'He was atgthe other end of the tele. phone. ."-Detroit Free Press.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
Summer Styles for fife
 Athleffcally Inclined Woman.

E QUESTRIANISM is to be the fad
 M of the summer for the athletic
 ally inclined woman. Golf will still hold a place, but it promises to be of second importance only. Tennis will also find a few faithful followers, but cycling is a thing of the past in fashionable circles. The advent of the automobile sounded the death knell of the bicycle. But even
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23
A Nece.sarv weakness

"Woman has too much imagina- tion.'
 "Oh, I don't know; if she couldn't imagine that man is better than he is she wouldn't marry him."-Chi- cago Record.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-23

AB. R. H. 20. A. E. Kerins, s.s.& D. 5 0 O. n i 1 whseler. DiIIon r P s.s- ] lo 8 so ] Hotchkiss, 3b. ..5 1 ? Q Pierce, 1b. .... 5 0 1 12 0 0 Williams, T. f. 4 1 o 0 o 70 l.. Booth, l. f.. 4 O. T. O o Gordon, c. f....4 l. 0 o R.. Booth, 2b... 4 ? ? 70 ? l Totals .42 g q 10 3 The score by innings: R. HE. \. H. S....0 2 0 0 ? 0 0-5 z II $. H. S.....0 0 8 l 13 0-9 $. 3 Batteries Sanger and Hart; Kerins, Wheeler and Dillon. Umpire. Ash more. Time of game, 1:40. Struck out: By Sanger, 2;E by Wheeler. 9. Double plays. Clifford and Sanborn, Patchett and Sanborf The official standing of the teams in the Interscholastic league is as follows:g E sW. IL. PC. N. H. s. .G67 Shelton =. ........... .......4 4 300 D. H. S. .................. , .375 A. Fl. 5. .ol0
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-07
BUBBLES ON TINE STREAM.

See the bubbles, as they float on the stream
They are men! ,.., ,,,,,o,r
You are there ana moNihs s"'
way;
7 behold YOU pass, and then
Eipd myself a peaceful eddy, and stay
There and dream - +ho,,
See the little bubbles bursting ere they
start; ,, &c +ba,,
See the bubbles that have troubles as they
E.cb 10 some ones counterpart,
Each IS doomed to veal or woe
some are carried with the current soiiie
are dashed ,r.
To destruction on the shores; some are
dashed
nv the water, which is Fate
Aud the bubble that is great
0ft 10 wrhirled around forever in some DARK
secluded pool,
While there's many little fool
OF a bubble that goes floating sfhoo'Ai'
lAb the bubbles are but men-some are
E,ercely out against distractions and are
lost,
~ th. stream where all is clear,
And at last
Wiener. Justly or unjustly, it has got
Far away from where 1t started for'h OF
Each fran bubble has to burst and disap-
pear
Where they sparkle now and CLEAN
Others shall appear again;
The bubbles come and go upon the s'i yam
They men. ,,s
IS E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herato'
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-07
Crcnm Pen Soup.

Put three-fourths of a pint of peas
to soak over night i'll quart of
water In the morning, drain, and
put on to cook in cold water; as soon
as the water boils, skim carefully,
cover closely, and let simmer gently
for four or five hours, or until ten
der Rub through a colander to re
move the skins. Put pint and a half
of thinly sliced potatoes in little
cold water; let simmer till dissolved,
rub through colander, and add to
the peas, add mink enough to make
3d. pints in all; return to the fire with
n small head of celery, let boil ten or
fifteen minutes, add cupful of thin,
sweet cream, and salt TO taste
Home Magazine.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-07
CITIES SPEND HUGE SUMS.
the ~orid o$e
rare in Enormous Public
improvements.

In no previous period of the worlds
history have so many cities beeh pusy
at the same time with extensive anu
costly public enterprises. Inc aaily
reader of the news OF all couh'i ieH
cannot fail to have noticed thal 'he
closing wears of the nineteenth CEN
tury and the opening year OF the t"eh-
tieth have been marked by the Begin
ming or the continuance OF muhlclPai
undertakings the total cost OF "hlch
will amount to hundreds OF millions Oh
dollars saws the New YORK lripuhe'
In London and Paris and in other cap
| itals of Europe local railways, uhuel
ground and on the surface, are III
course of construction or Will be peg uh
at an early date. The tendency to i'm
prove the facilities for local transport
tation is widespread and seems now to
have become ire Sistible in many quar-
ters. Progressive communities with
annie resources and conspicuous for
population and advancement are en-
terinp upon nota BILE tasks for the bene-
fit of their citizens and of strangers
within their gates.
| RAND transit is a watchword and a
.allyinr cry both in the eastern and
western hemispheres. and armies OF
wage-earners are toiling in subways,
on elevated roads and on the street
levels in dozens and scores OF we'll
known places here and abroad. But
the principal cities of the giohS are
concerned with other great works
than those which will effect the swift
| distribution of hosts of passengers
Schemes for the construction OF new
docks and piers on the most ambitious
l scale. for the deepening and broaden
l ing of harbor channels and for the
opening of wider avenues OF commerce
j and trade in the beSt-known ports Oh
4 various countries are more numerous
= and are planned on more generous
n lines than in any former era. And the
e provision of more abundant supple:
:, of water for cities which consume
7 hure quantities is drawing million:
e upon millions of dollars from munich
r pal treasures in the United States anc
IS in other countries.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-07
Hundreds of Plays Offered.

The reading committee Of the Play
goers' club, of london, which has un
dertallen to supply George AleNa nder
with a play by an author whose sto-
ries have heretofore not been staged,
up to date, has read over 300 plays.
Mr.. Alexander'S offer to produce
such play by an unknown author
was in the nature of challenge
whereby he wished to disprove the
charge that managers neglected the
works of unknown playwrights. The
committee still has more than !DG
manuscripts which have not been
read.
The secretary Of the committee
SAYS that so far six plays have been
selected. Two of these were by we'll
| known writer's who had not written
a play before. The other four were
| by unknown writer's. Three out OF
the six authors were women.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-07
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

An English clergyman named bacon
is making balloon ascents in and
around London with a view to ascer-
tanning the sources of London fog
In the coolest parts of Siberia a
rainbow may sometimes be seen all
day long in a cloudless sky. 1t Is
supposed to be due to fine particles
of snow in the air.
The Marconi station installed on
the Nantucket lightship has proved
to be very successful and several
transatlantic steamers have Deen
able to communicate successfully
with the shore by its aid.
1t is asserted that the number OF
compound locomotives in use in TINS
country las compared with simple en-
pines) averages rs per cent. OF the
whole number in use in freight anu
passenger traffic.
The danger of living in house that
harbors consumPtives is illustrated
by the fact that of 6,273 patients OF
| ficially examined by the German III
perial board of health 2,177, or 54-f
per cent, belonged to families Vha'
Included other victims of tuberculosis
| An English steamship company mas
issued a circular letter offering free
passages to delegates from LABOR
unions who wish to visit this country
TO ascertain the eXacA conditions oi
labor and wages here, and also "ha'
advantages, if any, we have IN ohs
way of lahor-saving tools.
Recent experiments made TO deter
mine the loss ensuing by exposing
coal to the weather, unprotected III
any way. show, contrary to genera
belief. that it is very small. l. mere
was a gain in the amount OF Oxygen
but a loss of carbon hydrogen aile
nitrogen: the loss of calorlhc power
was slight.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-07

Beat the whites of four eggs until
very stiff, then mix in by degrees
four level tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar, next add two ablespoonfuls
of rich peach sirup drained from
preserved peaches), and stir in light
ly one pint of sweet cream. Whisl1
60 a stiff froth. Everything should
be very cold before beginning, and
keep the bowl containing the cream
in a pan of cracked ice while whip
ping the ingredients. Have ready
round individual sponge cakes. scoop
out the center until the walls and
| bottom are only thr"e-fourths of an
inch thick, and just before serving fill
with the peacn cream. If an especial
| " handsome dessert is wanted, brush
the outside of the basket with white
of egg, and stick all over it hatved
| English walnut meats or pecans.-
| Good Housekeeping.