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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
OAKVILLE HAP PENINGS.

A Number of Visitors in Town to Spend
the Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Patrick Hubbard of
New York city are the guests Of Mr.
and Mrs Dennis Shanahan.
Mrs Charles Ludwig of New Haven
was in this place Saturday calling on
friends.
Mrs NJ. Spellman of Waterbury and
three children spent Friday of last
week at the home of Mrs Spellman's
aunt, Mrs Brophiel.
A business meeting will be held Fri
day evening in st Mary Magdalene's
church.
Howard johnson Of Waterbury was
in this place Sunday visiting his sister,
Miss Lena Johnson of Newton Heights.
Mrs Oliver is the guest of her daugh-
ter, Mrs James Sample.
Mrs Dollar of Roxbury is visiting her
sister, Mrs Sample.
Miss Mary Plunkett of New York
city is the guest of her aunt, Mrs Will
liam Mccormick.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
Enoruoous british Imports.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1h-A report
on the agricultural imports of Great
Britain for 1S96-19O0 inclusive, with
a significant review of the trade con-
ditions and possibilities between the
United States and the United King
dom, has been compiled by Frank Ell.
Hitchcock, chief of the division of for
eign markets, department of agricul-
,ture. The United. Kingdom is the prin-
cipal market for the surplus agricul-
tural produce of exporting countries.
The report says that during the five
years, 1S96-1900 inclusive, the annual
average value of the imports into the
United Kingdom was $2,30S, ia, Al,
of which 81, Ass, 1921, 776, or SO per cent,
were agricultural and $S49, 252, 665, or
81 per cent, were nonagricultural. To
this extraordinary import trade in ag
ricultural produce the United States
was the principal contributor, furnish
ing about SO per cent, or nearly one
third of the supply.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
IS SUBURBAN DEPARTMENT
NAUGATUCk NUGGETS
Firemen's Ball Team Went to Pieces
and Wallingford Won.

Firemen's Ball Team Went to Pieces
and Wallingford Won.
Joseph A. Wall of Stapleton, N. Y,
is visiting Robert r. Griffith of Rubber
avenue.
Mrs J. J. Carroll left today for the
Berkshire hills, where she will spend a
two weeks vacation.
The German school society held their
annual picnic yesterday afternoon at
Webers farm.
st Francis T. A. and B. society will
meet tonight.
The Beacon Falls, fire department
will attend the fremen's convention at
West Haven Wednesday. They will be
accompanied by the Naugatuck drum
corps.
The firemen put up their worst ex-
hibition of ball playing of the season
Saturday afternoon on Hotchkiss field
by going to pieces in the last inning
and allowing Wallingford to crawl
upon their score, thereby beating them
out by a score of ID to L. 1t was
Naugatuck's game up to the last in
ming, when they went to pieces and al
lowed the visitors to score ten runs.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
ORDERED THEIR HAIR CUT.
what Happened to Two American
Newspaper Correspondents
i'm ST. Vincent.

The large corps of newspaper corr
respondents which went down to the
West Indies after the volcano disas-
ters brought back any number of In
teresting stories of their adventures
at St. Vincent and Martinique. The
best of these, perhaps, is one concern
ing two well-known correspondents
who started to explore the streets
of ST. Vincent town, says the Wash
ington Star. One of them went into
hat shop and the other waited out
side for his, companion to- emerge.
While bask6ng in the hot sunlight
a great six-foot West, Indian negro
came up to him and inquired if he
was from the United States steamship
Dixie. The correspondent replied in
the affirmative, whereupon the negro
informed him that he represented the
ST. Vincent board of health, and that
the. correspondent must have his hair
cut mmediately or retnrn to his ship.
The newspaper man smiled scornful-
". The negro did not .bub firmly told
him that he must take him back to
his ship if he, refused no lose his back
locks. And the negro looked las If
he could do it. AT this junctuN the
correspondent friend came out of
the hat store and joined him. The big
negro presented the same u1timatum
to the newcomer, and finally both cor
respondents were escorted down the
street by the alleged health official.
As they turned into an intersecting
thoroughfare the trio met with a po-
Jineman and in q twin 1x1ino the sta l.
wart negro had become but a flying
black streak away down the avenue.
The two mem told the story to the
guardian of the peace, who smiled
sardonica11y. "Why, that man is, a
barber" he said, "asnd keeps "a shop
right down on the next corner"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
).
HAS ANANIAS BEATEN
"a Philadelphia Boy, who Takes the
Laure1s from the Ancient
PrevaricatOr.

One of the two boys who figure in
this tale should get along I'M the
world. His ability to get results with
small provocation would seem to be
great. Evidently he has little affec-
tion for the smaller denominations
of figures, says the Philadelphia
Times. When told by a gentle play
fellow that the latter had been made
a paternal present of goat, he re-
piled:
"Huh! MY pop has awho1e flock of
goats down in his Office"
The other boy seemed Amazed, but
went on with his joyful narrative.
''My papa bought me wagon, too"
he said.
"Wel1, what of it?''' he was asked
ssMy pop had so many wagons, he had
to burn a lot of 'em, because he had
no room for 'em.'
The gentle boy did not believe this.
Moreover, to hear it panied him; for
he had faith in what he learned in
Sunday school,
Don't you know what happened
20 Ananias and Sapphire ?" he asked.
"They were struck dead for lying"
Patiently, this was not, Information
to his companion, who responded
impatiently, perhaps, but without
bravado:
II know it. Tsaw them struck"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
MAPPING A BRAIN.
SjcaI Experts to Discover Com
troll of Limbs.

Eminent surgeons have long en-
deavored to find out precisely what
parts of the brain control the various
muscles and limbs of the body, with
a view to ascertaining therefrom new
ways of treating diseases of the nery-
Gus system. Sufferers from such COM
plants, especially such as cause inter
ruption of the muscular action, may
have reason to bless the memory of
certain great apes, who have cooper
ated unselfishly with, and without be-
ing consulted by, some British scien-
fists and surgeons in a series of pri-
vately conducted experiments to DEM
onstrate new facts about the brain,
says the London Leader.
Though the scientific partnership
was fatal to the apes, they lived adj
mired, and died universally respected,
and their photographs will be handed
down in medical history. Studies of
Nthe brains of the higher apes have
shown that their composition was, suf-
fciently like that of man to justify
the belief that Investigations made on
these brutes would furnish knowledge
about the human brain. To UNDER
stand the experiments thoroughly, it
is well to remember that the brain
may be roughly divided into two great
portions-the frontal and the occipital
what are separated by the assure
of Rolando. This assure extends
across the top of the human head and
down on each side at about the region
of the temples.
All that part of the brain which lies
in front of it-that is, the brain that
is over the eyes and fills out the from
tai region of the heads known as
the frontal lobe. This frontal lobe,
it has been found, does almost all the
work of ordering and controlling the
motion of the body, and the exercise
of its various physical functions, 1t
is the great central telephone ex-
change, or, to use another electric
term, the great power house where
the subtle, intangible fluid of thought
is converted into tangible working
force and thence transmitted at vary
ing pressures along the feed wires of
nerves to the various engines of the
heart, arms. legs, eyes, mouth, nose
and other organs.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
QUIET AT SHENANDOAH.
Troops stilI Keep Guard-The Cost
Mounting Up.

Troops still Keep Guard-The Cost
Mounting Up.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Aug. IL
Heavy rains here have made things
disagreeable for the troops in camp on
the hill outside of Shenandoah. There
was large number of visitors in camp
yesterday from the surrounding towns.
None of the soldiers left the camp, ex-
cept the two companies that are on
provost guard duty at the two railway
stations in the town proper.
The signal corps is perfecting the
signal system. 1t is estimated that
the total cost to the state for trans
porting and maintaining the troops
for the first ten days they have been
in the field was $50, 900. This includes
the pay of officers and men and cost
Of ammunition.
Brigadier General Goblin remained
at headquarters all day. He says he
has received no information of impend-
ing trouble anywhere and knows noth-
ing of any attempt to start collieries.
County officials are still endeavoring
to arrest persons who were in any way
connected with the fatal riot Of Jul
ly 30. Il
Tt is understood that two foreigners
now under arrest charged with rioting
will also have to answer to the charge
of murder.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
greatest crops Ever known.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Nature and the
farmers of the United States have out
done themselves in the wheat, corn
and oats crops of 1902. The most
bountiful harvest in the history of the
nation has already been garnered or is
practically immune. IF the general
prosperity be in proportion to the
wealth gathered from the fields, the
next year will be one of contentment
and comfort for all classes. The cal
culation, based on an average of the
estimates of various statisticians, gives
approximately the following results
for the year: Wheat, 633, 100000 BUSH
els; corn, 1859, 951, 900 bushels; barley,
10000, $50 bushels; rye, 30,350, 800
bushels, and oats, $50. SIS, 724 bushels,
a total of ALPS, 23O,50o bushels Of
oarna IS
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
HE FOUND HIS VOICE.
What the Oxen Wanted Was a Good
s'Cussing'' and They Got 1t
Forthwith!


ssFour or five years ago. said a
northern Michigan farmer who was
talking to a Detroiter the other week,
relates the FreePress, "a Chicago man
happened to be in my neighborhood on
business. Tt somehow came out that
he had son who had just lost his voice,
and, meeting the father, said to him:
"If it is true that your son has lost
his voice you might send him up here
for few weeks
What forY says he.
70 fndhis lost voice., says Il
How can he do tip
I'll set him driving oxen
"I told him had known of lost voices
being restored that way, and, after
shrinking it over, he said he'd send the
son along. The young Teller arrived
the next week, and his was a bad
case. He couldn't speak to be heard
five feet away. / had a yoke of oxen
that were up to all kinds of mean
tricks, and nothing but yelling would
make 'em pull over a hundred pounds
had the young Teller use 'em to draw
up jags of wood and haul fence rails
where they were wanted, and he got
along all right for a, week. Then /
set him to haul some timber out of
the woods, and went into hiding to
see the fun. When he started the oxen
up they barely Strengthened the chain.
He put on the CAD, but it was no use.
What them oxen was used to was yells
and whoops and cuss-words, and they
meant to have 'em or stand right there.
''That chap put on the CAD and
jumped up and down and threw stones
and clubs, but the oxen just looked at
him and chewed their cuds. He worked
at 'em for full hour, gittin' madden
and madden all the time, and there
were tears in his eyes and he was
iumpin' on his hat when he suddenly
busted out swearin'. His voice came
to him all of a sudden, and the way
he did go on was awful to hear. He
called them critters hundred bad
names and he cussed 'em from horns
to hoofs, and even folks goin' by on
the road stopped to listen.
The oxen was too surprised to move
for ten minutes, but all at once they
heaved ahead and went off on the run
with stick of timber 16 feet long. 1t
was a sudden and complete cure for
what allied the young man. He wanted
to stay for week or two longer, to
be sure that he had actually got his
voice back, but I turned him off the
next day. Had to do it, you see. He
had voice on him like two fog horns,
and when he asked the old woman at
supper time to pass the butter that
voice of his shattered four plates and
toppled the tea pot off the tablet"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
Montana RAILROAD Assessments.

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 1.-THE
state board of equalization has an
nounced that it will reduce assess
ments upon the main lines of the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern,
Montana Central and Oregon Short
Line railroads from $4,000 per mile
to $12,800, cut of 20 per cent. The
announcement was made after repre-
sentatives of the roads had been given
a final hearing. The total railroad as
sessments as revised amount to $751;
450,606, a little more than 100 per
cent increase oyer last year. A week
ago the assessment was fixed at SAL
100000
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
WATERFOWL J0TTINGS
Pair of Horses Hitched to Ice Cart
Make a Lively Run.


The horses which are used in deliver
ing ice about town, while standing in
front of B. Ell. Mattoon's residence Sat
urday evening, became frightened by
an automobile and started at a tremen-
dous rate toward French street. They
were brought to halt. however, by
Tom Murphy before they had time to
do much damage.
John Barlow of Waterbury spent
Sunday in town.
The local base ball team went to
Woodbury. Saturday and was defeated
by the score of 8 to 0.
Miss Mary Lynn and Miss Emma
Barlow, who have been visiting friends
in Bridgeport, returned home last even
ing.
Charles Kane of New Britain, for
mer resident here, spent Sunday with
Mrs Flynn.
Miss Denehy of Waterbury officiated
as organist at st Johns church yester-
day, during the absence of Miss Ma
lone, who is enjoying a vacation at the
seashore.
The fremen will meet for drill this
evening.
The Christ church choir boys, who
have been camping at Bantam lake for
the past week, will return home to-
morrow.
A large delegation from here attend
ed the excursion to Coney Island Sat
urday.
Charles Tiffany Of Waterbury spent
Sunday in town.
large number from here attended
the Plainville camp meeting Saturday.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
coIIieries Not Much Damaged.

SHAMOKIN, Pm, Aug. 11.-EdWard
Brennan of this place, state inspector
of the seventh anthracite district, says
that every one of the thirty collieries
in his district will be in condition for
operation as soon as the strike ends.
While a few are flooded, the upper
levels can be operated and eventually
all the levels, He estimates that 70
per cent OF all the men will be able to
procure work at once when the col
lieries are reopened and the remainder
within month or two. He thinks
the total damage to the collieries
caused by the tieup will reach be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
HIGHLAND DIVISION.

Trains leave Meadow street station
for Boston, Hartford and way stations
at 700 and S:3S a. M; 1888, $3.50, S:O7
D. m.
Trains arrive at Meadow street sta
ton from Boston, Hartford and way
stations at sos. 40 a. M; 1:45, $40
and 7:3S p. m.
Trains leave Meadow street station
for New York, Fishkill Landing, Dam
bury and way stations at S:13 a. M,
and 80 and 6:24 p. m.
Trains arrive at Meadow street sta
ton from New York, Fishkill Landing,
Danbury and way stations at S:36 a.
M, 1884 and S:O4 p. m. p fs
SUNDAY TRAINS
Leave Meadow street station at $50,
1905 a. M; 200, sos. TOO p. m.
Arrive at Meadow street station at
$50, 1870 a. M; 4:5O, $50, $50 p. m.
NAUGATUCK DIVISION
For New York-6:35. S:12, 1880 a.
M; 1870, 2:44, Cos p. M; Sunday, 7:05
a. M; $40 p. m.
For Bridgeport 6:35, s:12, 1880 a.
M; 1:3O, 2:44, Cos p. M; Sunday, TOO
a. M; $40 p. ne.
For New Haven (via Derby juno
tion)- 6:35, S:12, 1880 a. m.s 1870, 2:44,
Cos, 7:20 (mixed p. M; Sunday, 7:05
a. M: $40 p. m.
For Ansonia- 6:35, $40, 1880 a. M;
100, 2:44, 4:45, Cos, 7:2O (mixed) p.
M; Sunday, 7:05 a. M; $40 p. m.
For Watertown--6:4S Sal, 11:17 a.
M; 1871, 1856, 500, Gle, ITO. 8:55,
IL: 20 p. M; Sunday, 9:55 a. M; SOB p.
m.
For Thomaston, Torringtonand Win
sted -S:36, 11:12 a. M; $50, 7:O5, $50
p. M; Sunday, GAS a. M: 7:5S p. m.
MERIDEN BRANCH.
Trains leave Dublin street station
for Middletown and way stations at
9:O5 a. M, and GLIB p. m.
For Cheshire 400, S:43, 11:1O a.
M; 80 and 4:04 p. M; Sunday, 1850
a. m. and $50 p. m.
Arrive from Cheshire-9:33 a. M;
1:05, 800, 600, 7:45 p. M; Sunday,
$50 a. M; $50 p. m.
Trains arrive at Dublin street sta
ton. from Middletown and way stations
at 1850 a. M. and 1858 p. m.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
Kind-Hearted Farmer

Ell raised the wages of all my men
this month"; said the farmer.
Indeed" said the man from town.
''Yes, I paid 'em all in potatoes I
raised on my own place. ~ onkers
Statesman
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
AN immense Cottonwood.

a. cottonwood tree recently cut in
the bottoms of the Little Wabash
river, Illinois, was 21 feet in circum-
ference. Tt furnished 5000 feet of
lumber, 12-foot log of the first
limb cutting into 600 feet Timber
man.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11

When hungry Johnny whines and
cries, Give Ready Bits-it satisfies.
Packages 15c. All grocers.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
Hanover Park

Has been greatly improved this sea-
son. The grounds are well adapted
for excursions of all kinds, having all
kinds of amusement features, inelud-
ing Merry Go Round Boats. Switch
back Railway, NaptAa Launch, Sum
mer Theater Baseball Grounds. Ex-
cellent Restaurant Special attention
given to Sunday schools. For par
ticulars address.
MANAGER HANOVER PARK.
AIeriden, Conn.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11

Doctor Pitts makes his hits BY pre-
scribing Ready Bits. Packages 15c.
All grocers.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
Bridgeport Steamboat Company
FOR NEW YORK.
WILLIAM C. PAYNE

WILLIAM III r. n 4 IN =
New Coastwise Steamer, p
Leaves Bridgeport daily Except Sum
day) at 7:45 a. m. on arrival Of early
morning train from stations on Naug-
atuck division, due New York IL a.
m. Returning, leaves New York pier
81 e. r., 300 p. m. and foot East 31st
street 1915 p. m, due Bridgeport 6s3O
D. m. Saturdays, leaves New York
one hour earlier.
STEAMER ALLAN JOY
Leaves Bridgeport daily Except Sat-
urdays) IL O'clock midnight due New
York 400 a. m. Returning leaves
New York pier 81 e. r. daily Except
Sunday at IL a. M, due Bridgeport
800 p. M.
Sundays, steamer William @. Payne
leaves Bridgeport 900 a. M, due New
York II o'clock noon. Returning,
leaves New York 5 p. m., due Bridges
port $50 u. nj.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-11
A .centenarian Celebrates

OSWEGO, N. Y, Aug. IL ~ Mrs.
Thyrza Gray, the oldest woman in
northern New York, celebrated her
hundredth birthday yesterday at the
home of her daughter here Mrs. GRAY
was born in Schoharie county. Her
general health is excellent, and she
expects to live for many years to come
A manly shoulder held her head;
"you are my Ready Bits he said.
EaoI 50 begin housek eeping; 15c.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-20
NON-UNION MEMS CASE
They Want More Wages, but Nothing to
Do with the u. NJ. w.


Do with the u. NJ. w.
Scranton, Pa, Nov. 1S.-The non-un-
ion mine workers, through their attor-
neys, John T. Lenahan and Joseph
O'Brien, last night filed the statement
of their case with the anthracite coal
strike commission. 1t is said the non-
union miners seeking recognition be-
fore the commission number 1900.
They demand 20 per cent. increase Of
wages for all mine hands, but no re-
duction of hours, as they prefer liberty
to work as many hours AS they choose.
They want a mine rate Of 60 cents
for a ton, 2,24O pounds, of anthracite.
They protest against the u. NJ. W..
having anything to do with their de-
mands, or the operators making any
agreement with the U. M. w. that
Twill render it impossible for us to
continue to earn our living by our Ia
bors In and about the mine in which
we are now employed, or to which
such agreement applies, and will sub
ject us or our families to all manner Of
abuse, violence, outrage and probably
murder" and insist that it shall be
IAN indispensable condition to any deal
ing whatever with. any members of the
mine workers union that they shall
be required to desist from all manner
of annoyance tn us and our families
and shall permit us to exercise our
right to earn our living in any lawful
manner we choose" The statement
describes how they have been terror
lied during the strike.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-20

$4,000 lawyers were to quit business
for five months there would be many
quarrels and some deaths. MacVeagh
said that before the strike, In the mines
he represented. there had been un-
broken peace for twenty-three years.
Judge Gray here asked: "In how
large a degree does the success Of a
strike depend upon the existence of
such a reign of terror or such condi-
tions as have been characterized as in
tolerable?"
Il should say" Mitchell replied,
that it's success would not be de-
pendent upon 1t at all. The very condi-
tions alleged" he said, would reduce
the chances Of winning the strike. In
my judgment violence never con-
tributed to the success Of strike be-
cause 1t loses for those on strike the
sentiment of the public"
Judge Gray: ut has an influence on
those who are willing to work in de
terring them from work, has it not?'
MITCHELL: 81 have no doubt it does
deter them to limited degree. I do
not think any of the anthracite men
were deferred from work who would
work, for the reason that in the vi
entities where the largest number of
troops were there were no disturbances
Of our men. So it would indicate that
the men were not on strike because
they feared TO go to work, although a
man may have been deferred because
of ostracism."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-20
CLOSE OF THE DAYS WORK
Mitchell Gives a Sketch of His Career
Question of Dockage.

Mitchell Gives q Sketch of His Career
Question of Dockage.
Mitchell then in reply to questions
gave q history of his career as labor
leader, not losing any opportunity to
illustrate his belief in organized labor
by cases where strikes had been avoid
ed by conferences. He could not see
any reason for children working except
the inhumanity of necessity of their
parents.
Ross took occasion to call attention
to the fact that his company owned 2S4
houses which were rented to the min
ers at an average of So month. $50
you see," remarked Ross, 1--WE haven't
very many houses for the number Of
employees, upward of 1900"
You charge enough for the ones
you do have" was Mitchell's response,
which caused merriment among the
miners in the court room. He went
on to say that the dividend on the
company's stock was 26 per cent.
what benefit is there?" asked Ross,
"to the miner by being paid by the tor
instead of by the carp Mitchell said
that there had been general discomfort
among the miners because of disagree
ments arising from the docking not
only for impurities, but on account Of
the topping" He knew of instances
where docking amounted to 3 or per
cent, although Ross had stated that it
was eight-tenths of a cent.
Shortly after this and without fur
ther feature of particular interest the
commission adjourned for the day.