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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23

a tiger were given and the enthusiasm reached so high a pitch that the cheer ing continued until the president was quite distance away. Mayor Sulli- van also received a cheer as his car riage passed by, and there were cheers for others in the party.
 From Pope park the president con tinued on his drive through the city, passing several of Hartford's large fac tory plants. At the corner of Broad street and Capitol avenue were several hundred children of the parish school who waved flags and gave hearty greeting to Bishop Tierney, who was in one of the carriages with Rev Dr George Williamson Smith, Rev Rock, we'll Harmon Potter and Rev pr Meyer Elkin of the Charter Oak street syna- gogue. Good time was made along the route out Pennington avenue and Woodland street to AsylumSs avenue. where the president and several others entered the house of Executive Secre- tary John T. Robinson for dinner, and where the president passed the night.
 Five thousand "fellow Americans, men and women," as President Roose- velt termed them, gave the president such hearty welcome at the Coliseum last night that he must have felt that all Hartford was glad to see and greet Fthe chief magistrate of the country The hall seats 4,63O people and it is no exaggeration to say that the orderly well dressed crowd which filled the hall from floor to dome numbered several hundred more than its seating scapaci- ty.
 Colonel Greene stepped to the front at S:25 o'clock amid applause with a suggestion of something else, and cries of we want the mayor" and Sullivan, Sullivan,' and took his position beside the table. Holding his silk hat in his left hand and leaning slightly on the table with his right, he waited until the noise subsided and then introduced the president, who de livered his speech.
 The hearty applause which greeted President Roosevelt as he delivered his speech was renewed as he closed, and the band played America" He took his seat rather abruptly, and before the band finished playing the people on the platform crowded around the president, and then large part of the audience in the body of the hall climbed over the reporters chairs and tables and crowded on the platform. 1t was 9:10 o'clock when the president sat down after completing his speech, and ten minutes later he was escorted out of the hall by the Mulberry street en- trance and was taken to his carriage and driven to MT Robinson's house, where dinner was served. The follow ing were seated at the table: Presi dent Roosevelt, Secretary CoTtelyou. Assistant Secretary Barnes, Dr Lung, M c. Latta and Senator P1att, who also is the guest of MT Robinson; Hon Charles F. Brooker of Ansonia. Con- necticut member of the republican na- tionaI committee: Colonel Greene, George H. Day, Lucius F. Robinson and Charles Hopkins Clark and the host.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
LEAP-YEAR BIRTHDAYS.
A Unique Society in Berlin Which Is to Hold Big Celebration
 in 1904.

Herr Monteur, worthy resident of Berlin, is over 70 years old, but will celebrate his eighteenth birth day on February 29, 1904. He is pres ident of the Berlin society of leap year children, the one organization of it's. kind in the world. The mem bers have had no birthday celebra- tion for eight years, the extra Feb ruary day having been omitted in 1900 according to the rules of the reformed calendar. Therefore the society is planning great. celebra- tion on February 29, 1904. A com mittee of arrangements is already at work, and something extraordin- ary may be expected, as on account of the society's curious origin many prominent persons have interested themselves in the matter.
 The month of February in 1886, by the way, was even more interesting than that which will be marked by the unique Berlin celebration. It had no full moon, and in that was the most remarkable in the worlds history, for never before had such a thing occurred. January of that year had two full moons, and so had March, but February had none How extraordinary this event was may be judged from the fact that according to the computation of astronomers it will not occur again for 2,500,000 years.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE.
The View Taken of It by Clerk to Whom an Honest Customer Res
 turned Two Cents.

ssSome folks," said store clerk, according to the New York Sun, 'sare too honest. Now I've had somebody come in to me when the boss was standing by, somebody that had bought something of me the day be- fore, and hand over two cents and say:
 "'You gave me two cents too much change yesterday, and I've brought it back
 '.He couldn't rest, you see, that man, until he'd got that two cents off his conscience and returned it. But in getting rid of that load him self he simply shifted it onto me. Here's the boss standing by when that two cents is returned; and the boss says to himself, with his eye on me:
 'Hm! If you make mistake of two cents, you'd make one of two dollars and so, you see, that super honest mans return of that two cents may do me a lot of harm.
 The meaning of which is, if can make myself clear, that we don't want to be too blamed honest. A man can be too honest and worry himself over trifes that he ought not to bother over.
 "I should say that if the honest man must bring two cents back let him turn it in some time when the boss wasn't 'round.''
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
Science Badied.

A distinguished naturalist recently gave dinner to a number of learned men. At the conclusion of the repast the company went out into the gar- den, in the center of which stood q large glass globe on 9 pedestal. Hap, pening to touch this globe, one of the guests discovered to his amazement that it was much warmer on the shady side than on the side facing the sun. He immediately communicated his dis covery to his friends, and a warm ar gument sprang up. The phenomenon was attributed to many reasons, and the debate dipped into abstruse science. The host, however, had his suspicion as to the correctness of the theories advanced and sent for his gar dener.
 John, can you tell us why this globe is warmer on the shady side than on the sunny side?0 he asked.
 We'll" replied the man slowly, "the act is, I just turned it round, for was lfraid that the heat would crack it! 2 Family Herald:
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS
The Wheeler House at Middlebury
 Burglarized Last Night.

It was reported about town today that the Wheeler home in Middlebury was burglarized early this morning. According to the report the burglar was surprised while going through the rooms of MT Wheeler's hired man. The burglar was in the pantry when the hired man, who delivers milk for his employer surprised him. The burglar was tracked to Union City. As MT Wheeler's hired man knows thu would-be house robber, it is not unlikely that an arrest will be made in a short time.
 Clarence O'Meara has resigned his position in the office of the Malleable Iron Go of Union City.
 The Gun club held it's weekly shoot on West mountain this afternoon.
 In the borough court this morning three strangers were arraigned before Judge Hungerford charged with sleeping in cars belonging to the Con- solidated road. Judgment was suS- pended on condition that the prison CTS leave town immediately.
 Druggist B. F. Brennan and wife returned last night from a weeks va cation spent at Block Island.
 The fire department and Thomaston base ball teams are playing on Hotch- kiss field this afternoon. The Thomas ton boys are said to be players of the gilt edge order and as the strength of the firemen is subject too we'll known to be discussed further, the game will undoubtedly be exciting.
 Richard McCauliffe, clerk at the Naugatuck Drug Co.'S store, left to-day for the shore where he will spend a weeks vacation.
 l.. D. Terrill will hold social and dance at Columbus hall this evening.
 Mrs J. J. Carroll, who has been spending her vacation in Massachus etts, returned home yesterday.
 The I'M c. A. base ball team and the Norwoods of Waterbury will cross bats on Athletic field.
 The civil suit of Grant vs Thomp- son was tried before Justice of the Peace Hamilton this morning. Judg- ment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $2.51, the amount of bill, with costs
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
BUNKER HILL NOTES

The Rev J. N. Lewis will preach al the chapel at p. m. Sunday school at 3 p. m. A. Powell and H. w. Upson took in the excursion to Narragansett Pier Friday.
 Mrs E. c. Jaynes and son of Mat teawan, N. Y., have been spending the past week at A. H. Wells
 Mrs 0. B. Ives of Mount Carmel called on friends here yesterday.
 Mrs Louis Schuelke is visiting in New Haven for few days.
 The Pequots and North End A. O. tomorrow.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
THEIR WATCHES ARE RIGHT
for Cases, Cheap Tdmepieces Are More Accurate.

"Since gun metal has come to be of watches of the cheaper grade there has been a big decrease in the number of complaints about bad timekeepers," !" said local watck dealer, according to the New Orleans Times-Democrat. "The fact is that the watchmaker has been learning few things, and he has been impressed with the importance of protecting the works of watches as much as possible Electricity has been playing havoc with time. Take the men who work in the larger plants and they will tell you that it is almost impossible to keep correct time unless there is some sort of insulation. Gun metal has been extensively used by watchmakers of late because it offers good protection to the interior of the watch. It shuts out a great portion of the electricity which is now so common in the larger places where machinery is used for so many different purposes. Recently watchmakers have been putting a specially designed watch on the market for the men who are en- gagged in working in places where the air is kept charged with electrical cur rent. The men who manipulate the street cars are nearly all supplied with watches specially insulated by the use of gun metal, or rubber, or some other nonconductive material
 ''I was talking to an old motorman a few days ago and he told me that the men in his business now had no trouble whatever on the watch score, but up to a very recent period they had experienced much trouble in rum ming according to the sched edul@because of a strong variance in time, to the influence of electricity. The variance was small probably amounting to a few seconds Non a trip, but it was sufi- cient to throw things out of balance. But the method of insulating watches has solved the problem, and the motor- men and conductors on the street rail- way lines and other employees who work around complicated machinery where there is a constant waste of elec- t;icity do not experinece any interfer- ence with the works of watches"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
wAsHINGToN's, FACE IN STONE
Features Appear dn a Rocky Wall on the Boston Post Road After
 a Blamt

Where the old Boston post road turns toward Orienta Point, just south of Mamaroneck, the rock ad- joining the old Disbrow house was blasted away about Is years ago to improve the grade, says the New York Tribune. ragged, rocky wall was left, and nothing peculiar was noticed in it until last Auugst, when the wife of well-known resident on the point, while driving to the village, suddenly saw the features of again and again, and the more care fully she .scrutinized the rock the more distinctly she saw the features of the father of his country.
 The woman told her friends of her discovery, and they told others, and within a month all Orienta Point and most of Mamaroneck had gazed upon the striking accidental likeness. It is not at all difficult to see when and is in plain view for distance of nearly 100 yards to within one fourth as many feet. The image is about six feet the longest way and about four the other way across.
 The eyes, nose and mouth are nat urally darker spots in the stone, which, being apparently softer than the remainder of the mass, broke put to a greater depth, so the image IS there in bas-relief as well as in color. The outside of the face is al- most perfectly formed by the edges of the broken rock. The image is best lighted from 12 o'clock until l2:30 on sunny days.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
.0AKVILLE HAPPENINGS

F. W. Fletcher left here Thursday for Pleasure Beach.
 Mrs George Boden and her daughter Mildred, and her mother, Mrs Henry Warner, are at Pleasure Beach.
 Louis Brandmeyer has sold his house at Bunkers Hillsto H. Jilson. in this place yesterday, the guest of Frederick Main.
 J. NJ. Hopkins has recovered from his recent illness.
 Mrs Edward Oviatt has returned from New Preston, where she went to attend the funeral of her father, Thom- as Black.
 Miss Vivian Goodrich left here yes terday afternoon for Mantle for a weeks vacation.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
SUBURBAN DEPARTMENT
WATERTOWN JOTTINGS.
Judge Hickox Has Approved of Attor-
 ney Roots Bill.

Judge Hickox Has Approved of Attor- ney Roots Bill. William Kane will move into the tenement in Greenville recently va cated by W. J. Miller, the barber.
 Lawyer Root of Waterbury. who has been appointed conservator over Tru- man Smith, but whom MT Smith wished to remove, presented his bill. for the time which he has been over Smith. Judge of Probate Hickox pro- nounced- the bill to be correct
 The local base ball team is practicing diligently daily now They expect a game with Naugatuck soon.
 The Misses Mary and Louise Me Gowan, who have been spending a week at Woodmont, returned home yes- terday.
 A birthday party was held at the residence of Louis Brandmeyer yester- day in honor of MT Brandmeyers daughter
 The services in the different churches will be at the usual hours tomorrow.
 Henry Harrison is visiting his father in Bristol.
 Some sixty residents in the south part of town have signed a petition for rural free delivery.
 A hearing was held in the probate court yesterday morning on the allow ance of Charles G. Roots bill of $2000 against the estate of Truman J. Smith. Judge Hickox reserved his decision.
 Judge Huntington of Woodbury was in town yesterday on business.
 It is reported that Henry Platt is in failing health.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
Internafinnal Letrers.

Letters in the alphabets of the diff ferent nations vary in number. The Sandwich islanders have 12; the Bur mese, Is; Italian, 23; Bengali, 21; He brew, Syriac, Chaldee and Samaritan. 22 each; Latin, 25; Greek, 24; German, Dutch and English, 26 each; Slavonic, 27; Arabic, 28; Persian and Coptic, 32 each; Georgian, 35; Armenian, 3s; Russian. fl; old Muscovite, 43. San skrit and many of the oriental Ian guages have 50 Educational Journal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
EAST LITCHFIELD.

Miss Adeline Purdy gave a lawn party Friday in honor of her guest, Miss Ella Wall of Hartford
 Miss Louise Shelpher of Waterbury, who has been visiting here, has re- turned home.
 Miss Annie Gormley of Hartford is visiting at David Purdy's.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23
TALE WITH A MORAL.
Neglected Husband Tells How HI. Gets His Wife to Do HIa
 Mending.

s'It is strange that I can't get my wife to mend my clothes.' remarked MT. Briddle, in tone of disgust, rel lates McCal's Magazine.
 You asked herr" said MT. Nor ris, with a slight shrug of his should CTS.
 "Yes; what else should I do?''
 You haven't been married very long, so perhaps you'll take a tip from me" answered MT. Norris, with fatherly air. s'Never ask woman to mend anything; that's fatal.'
 s'Why, what do you mean?"
 .'Do as I do. When I want a shirt mended, for instance, take it in my hand and hunt up my wife. Where's that rag-bag, Mrs. Norris?" I demand ed, in stern voice.
 "tWhat do you want rag-bag for?' she says suspiciously.
 "'I want to throw this shirt away; it's all worn out I reply.
 ''sLet me see. she demands.
 ''But I put the garment behind my back
 '''No, my dear I answer. There is no use in your attempting to do any thing with it.
 "Let me see it. she reiterates.
 "'But it's all worn out, I tell you. "'Now James. you give me that shirtl' she says. in her most peremp- tory tone.
 "I hand over the garment.
 Why, James Norris she cries. with womanly triumph, this is per fectly good shirt. All it needs is-- ssAnd then she monde i+ +',
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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-23

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-23
HAD THE SKIN.
Arrest Of PeddIer for Violating Game
Laws.

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Laws. =
from Thursdays Daily Gazette. :
AS a rule the men who are engaged
in the illegal traffic of game and skins
of animals protected by the law. are
decidedly sly cusses and despite the
vigilance of the game wardens man
age to do a good business dealing in
the interdicted articles. Not a whit
behind them are the fellows who trap
and kill the protected animals and
fowls and between the two, the trap
per and dealer, many violations of the
law are occurring OF which nothing
is ever heard. -
Among the hardest working of the
different deputy game wardens of the
| state is O. L. Smith of this city, who
is constantly IN the go and always
alert for anything doing in his line.
OF late he has been following a num-
Der of trails, but without being able
to run down his quarry, although
well satisfied that he was on the
right track. Last night, however, he
struck what he things is a lead, when
he caught S. Price, a peddler, it
might be said redhanded, and arrest
ed him.
Price gave Lewistown as his home
and stopped at the Boykin House, put
ting his. team in the barn connected
with that establishment. Mr.. Smith
had received a hint and went to the
place.. He found his man and after
a short search discovered a beaver
skin and six deer hides hidden away
under a lot of stuff in one of the man
gers. The warden took possession
of the contraband articles and placed
Price under arrest, accepting a per-
sonal bond for his appearance in the
Justices court this morning.
Mr.. Smith had learned that Price
had two beaverskins, but was able
to find only one, making it appear as
Though he had sold one before the
officer nabbed him.
Price would not say where he OBJ
tanned the skins, contenting himself
with no further statement than that
he could show at the proper time that
he was not guilty of amy violation Of
the law. Just how he expects to do
this is not very apparent, as the
amended law makes the possession Of
a b~eaverskin prima facie evidence
that the possessor killed the animal
that bore it.
The prisoner was arraigned before
Judge Fraser this morning and vas
permitted to go on bonds until to-
morrow morning.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-23
1T WOULDN'T STAND.
Reservoir Built by Great Northern Is
Destroyed.

Destroyed.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
The big reservoir built two years
ago by the Great Northern railroad
It Eight-mile springs was filled for
the first time by the heavy rain of
Thursday afternoon, and the dam only
lasted about half an hour after the
water reached its top, says the River
Press. The e~mbankment, which was
$50 feet long and about Is or 20 feet
high, was of earth rip-rapped with
stones, but it had sunk in the center
So that the crown was lower than the
waste way. When the water began
to pour over the crest it 500 cut out
the dam and went down the narrow
deep coulee to w. S. Stockings ranch,
four miles away, where 1t did consid'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-23
BECOMING INTERESTED.
- #00M1TV0 IN E0. AZ
@ls|city Awakening on the Base
ball Proposition.

Dali proposition.
The fact that Billings has set the
pace for the baseball cranks in east
ern Montana by taking steps to or
ganize a team for the coming season
has caused some of the other towns
this side of the range to come to- the
conclusion that they would like to be
Sin It,"
Red Lodge was the first to lay it.
self out and did so in good shape. An
association has been organized and
considerable money raised toward fit
ting up grounds and maintaining play
ers. Now comes Miles City and says
it will have something to contribute
to the gayety of the season. The
Journal of that city, a sort of crank
on all matters connected with ball
playing and particularly ball playing
in Milesville, declares that The Ga
zette's statement concerning the
prospective championship and it's re-
lation to Billings is decidedly prema-
ture, and is u%ngracious enough to say
that this city has not won a game
since it had Flannery, Zearfoss, ct
al, in 80. After saying that with Red
Lodge organized and hustling all
along the line and miles City, the
daddy of EN- all on the eastern Mon
tana diamond, with the only exclusive
enclosed ball park in this end of the
state, must be considered"
The Journal admits that its team
is not yet up to the standard, but, all
the same will have a "ball team
worthy of competing with any town in
eastern Montana, and that SOON"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-23
Million RoubIes Stolen.

London, May ia Vienna dispatch
from Cracow Galicia says that a mil
lion roubles have been stolen from
the headquarters of the general staff
there. Three generals and several
civil officers, says the dispatch. have
been arrested in connection with the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-23

Bring your shoe repairing to Post
,fice basement. 74-tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-23
against the Western Ranches con

against the Western Ranches COM
pany. The suit has been before the
courts for many years and is upon a
question of some $4,000 in taxes al
legged to be due from the company.
Already both the county and the other
side to the litigation have spent nor
money fighting the case in the courts
than the amount involved.
Parties coming from that direction
today reported having counted IS
head Of dead cattle along the road
leading to the north from the Burling-
ton stockyards. The cattle were some
of those received a few days ago from
Texas by the "cross k" outfit and were
being trailed onto the range north of
Forsyth. Being in thin flesh and weak
as a result of their long ride in the
cars, they were unable to Withstand
the effects of the cold rain that over
took them after they were unloaded
and, as a cowboy expressed it, .just
loS1l011J Aclu uoWA dAu u1OAs
Although tardy, yet generous ans
wer has been made by the elements
for a regular '.soaker." The rain that
began falling yesterday morning con-
tinued throughout the day and all Of
last night and this morning it was
still coming down in the same steady,
gentle manne that characterized yes
terday's downpour. While giving
signs of clearing up, the rain contin-
this afternoon and weather sharps
r free in their predictions of a con-
tinuance we'll into the night. The
fears of a drouth that have been en-
tertained by the grangers and grazers
have given way to satisfaction and
joy, as the ground is now we'll soaked
and all water holes and creek beds are
full. t.5
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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1902-05-02
OUR WIT AND HUM0R
LATEST EFFORTS OF THE FUN
MAKERS OF THE DAY.
Proof That College Education Paws
-Bs-hfal BoY Explains tho Location
OF an Iaward Ia n-ownsr of farrot
Cautions the Old Lady.


II was with silent aiarm that young
William Baker, the most bashful boy
OF his class. noted the steady progress
OF an internal pang. IL became so
acute finally that he could maintain
his composure no longer and he cried
outright.
The gentle school teacher came down
from her chair upon the dais and, plac-
ing her hand kindly upon the boys
head. asked him what was the matter
William only sobbed. lie dare not
designate his trouble by the rude term
under which II was known To school
boys. His better instincts told him that
such language was not suited 10 the
ears OF a lady.
But after hearing much tender sym
pathy and hesltating profoundly. he
managed TO hit upon what seemed 10
him to be a polite phrase OF diagnosis.
And so he raised his fearful eyes and
said:
please. ma'am. I've got a pain In
my abandon"