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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
LIGHTNING ROD MAN.
That Is What His Friends Call
 Charles c. Bennett.
Has Been Struck Fourteen Times Without Receiving Serious In- jury-Attracts Electric Fluid
 on Slight Revocation.

Wanted-By Charles G. Bennett, of tlion, N. r., place where lightning is
 unknown and where the suns rays fail to penetrate.
 MT. Bennett, who is searching for
 this curious cline, is called by his ] friends ''the lightning-rod man." He l has the remarkable distinction of hay ] ing been struck IA times without in l jury. Physicians tell him that he is so charged with magnetism that he att 1 tracts the lightning in the same way as do the rods on barns and houses.
 MT. Bennett is also unusually affect ! ed by the suns rays, and has suffered from sunstroke many times.
 It has been a little more than two 1 years since MT. Bennett discovered 1 that he was not quite like other men. l He was at that time employed as 1 caterer in one of the big hotels in the 1 Adirondacks, and while superintend- ] ing a picnic dinner was suddenly laid 1 low. "A sunstroke" was the verdict, 1 and great was the amazement of all his 1 friends when, after lying prone on his 1 back for few moments, he arose and
 went about his work as chipper as
 though nothing had occurred. 1 The following summer he was again stricken, and the day succeeding this second stroke marked his first adven-
 ture with the lightning. This was l serious enough to send him to noted 1 physician, who, after rigid examina- | tion, told him that he had more elec-
 tricity in his system than ten ordinary
 men, and warned him against ventur-
 ing out in thunderstorm. At first he ridiculed this statement
 and scoffed at the advice, but he soon | found to his sorrow that it was all too 1 true. This was in the summer of 1901,
 and that year the electric storms were
 many and heavy. Nine times in suc-
 cession was MT. Bennett struck, and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04

When the president arrives in Cali fornia on his huge swing around the circle and delivers his speech at the University of California, he will have an Inspiration to tell the truth about the trusts of the country. He will speak in building donated to the Uni versity of California by a man who has consistently and consistently fought the trusts and monopolies of theAcoun- try for the past eight years with both courage and intelligence, and who is no other than Editor Hearst, who pre- sented the university an auditorium, which is a copy of an old Greek the ater and is a magnificent gift. When MT Roosevelt makes his speech there he will speak in this auditorium. 1t should be at once an incentive and an inspiration to tell the truth about the trusts, combines, monopolies and tariff barons who are waxing fat on the sub- stance of the common people of the. na- tion. and tell it a la Hearst as he tells it in his papers. .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04

ready neared and are likely to Exceed
 100000! Mostly poverty stricken, n- literate and undesira ble from the low
 est classes of central Europe. In con-
 templating this immense influx, an ir-
 telligent laboring man remarked this
 morning: Outing off immigration for five years would do more to raise
 wages than anything else."-Troy Times.
 The end proposed by Russia is as
 as pikestaff; the acquisition of China
 and perhaps of Asia. Russia moves slowly, and is aware of her weakness
 and defects. She fears to provoke a
 conflict with us, and she fears far more
 the free energy of our traders and the
 wonderful gift of our people for ruling.
 She will go as fast as she can or as
 slow as she must within these condi-
 t1ons. But there need be no doubt of
 her purpose and progress.-London
 Outlook.
 The new high license law went into l effect in New York city yesterday, and,
 as result, 71S hotel and saloon keep
 CTS in Manhattan and the Bronx will
 go out of business. Notwithsta nding the decrease in the number of certifi- cates issued, the receipts for license fees amounted to $1O,135,78 from
 the three boroughs an increase of $2,- 945,O37 over last year. This amount is
 considerably less than the expectation
 of those who favored the new excise
 bill.-Hartford Times.
 Commissioner Greene is yielding a ! two-handed sword. He snites and 1 spares not. of go the heads of the 1 unfaithful officials in the police de- partment, and the higher ill place the victim of the trenchant blade the keen CT the satisfaction of the headsman in
 the performance of his duty. The num- 1 Der of former commanders of precincts ] who are now walking about like St 1 Denis. with their top pieces in their
 hands and with discovered necks, fur n1shes striking array of horrible ex- ! amples.-New York Tribune.
 l Chicago is going in strongly for cul- 1 ture. One of the leading railroads of
 the city has offered to crease the
 pants" of each of it's employees 12 times a month for nothing In the hope
 that there will be presented to their patrons such pleasing aspect that the sight will be worth paying for and l will attract more than the normal
 number of travellers. The idea is very popular among the travelling public of Chicago. The only complaint heard is from the employees who possess only one 1 pair of the garments.-Norwich Re 1 cord. ''s Ex-President Cleveland, who is Ev. l ing in Princeton, owns a house in the
 nefghborhood which he leases to a uni versity professor, friend of his, for l q very moderate rental. The spring
 rains have been unusually heavy of 1 late, and the professors cellar Is fire.
 quently inundated, greatly to his an 1 noyance. Having found, upon investi- gation, that defect in the construc- l tion of the wall was responsible for the trouble, he called upon his eminent
 landlord to register a protest. "Mr l Cleveland" he complained, 'my cellar
 is full of water" '''WeI," rejoined the
 ex-president. what do you expect for
 the rent you pay-champagne"-Har-
 per's Weekly. :, .-- rs- ,..-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
Candidates for Retlreme mt.

The following words have filed ap- plication for retirement from active service in the office of the secretary of expression. General debility caused by indiscriminate use is the reason assigned in every case: One, genius; two, gentleman; three, hero;
 four, strenuous; five, elegant; six, friend;' seven, genteel; eight, honor able; nine, statesman; ten, immortal. It is to be hoped that the petitioners requests will be granted. Infofma- ton from reliable sources states that many other overworked words are preparing similar applications.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
Not Very CnnanIinr

"Say, I'm in peck of trouble" re- marked the sad-faced man ~:
 Well" rejoined the village sage, "I suppose it's up to me to listen; so let out your mournful wail'' F..
 I'm up to my neck in debt, that's the trouble" said he of the sorrowful countenance. T can't turn a corner without pumping into a. creditor. I owe the grocer, the butcher, the coal man, the tailor, my wife's dressmaker and a dozen others. can see but one way out of it all, and that is via the suicide route"
 You are certainly up against the real thing" remarked the local Solo, mon. "But whatever you do, cut out the suicide act. That would only add the undertaken to an already lengthy list. Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04

around it, but her strength was not sufficient and the elk broke away. Miss Kellogg took advantage of & moments respite to climb tree and sat on the first limb. This angered the elk more than ever, and he gave the tree such bump that Miss Kel- logg fell off.
 She would have been stamped to death by the animals sharp hoofs had it not been that luckily she. fell on the elk's back. Then, with great presence of mind, she grasped the antlers and held on for dear life.
 Away they went, the crazed animal dashing through the trees with the velocity of an express train. Up hills and across valleys the animal sped, jumping over the rocks with tremendous leaps that almost un- seated the frightened rider.
 The elk darted through some thick brush where overhanging branches came low down in order to brush the rider off. But the terrified animal zniscalculated about it's antlers and got caught in the branches. It struggled and struggled, but could not get loose, and it was but the work of moment for the intrepid mountain girl to kill the captive anil nal by cutting it's throat with her hunting knife.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
AndaEumian srectera.

Upon mountain in Andalusis quaint spectral forms are frequently sseen. Whenever there is & heavy mist and persons are ascending the noun tains they appear in all their ghostly splendor, and sometimes so suddenly as to strike disrnay into the hearts of those who see them for the first time. Of course. it is all 8 trick played by the sun. When a mist partially shrouds $he mountain the sun is naturally ob. scured, and then revenges himself by projecting the shadow of any person who Is, ascending the mountain, until it assumes the form of gigantic spec ter.-N. Y. Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
BRAVE MOUNTAIN GIRL.
Miss KselIogg's Wild Ride on the Back of an ELK and Her Almost
 Miraculous Escape.

Among the applicants for the po- sition of game warden for Routt and Rio, Blanco counties, in Colorado, is Miss Emma Kellogg, a young woman of nerve who boasts many an ad- venture.
 The most thrilling experience of which she tells is a wild ride on the back of an elk. While out in the hills one day she came suddenly on an angry bull elk. She had leaned her gun against tree, and before she could get it the elk was upon her.
 She took refuge in a sapling and tried to hold the animals antlers
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04

he suffered from four sun-strokes. The following year he was struck by lightning five times and sun-struck three times. '
 MT. Bennett says that he has always experienced most annoying creeping sensations during thunderstorm, but it was only two years ago that he real ized what powerful magnet he was.
 This was while driving through a country lane during a heavy shower. The day was oppressive, and the storm gathered in force until the sky was li7id. Suddenly the horse dropped dead, struck to the earth Ey bolt, which also laid low the driver. Ben nett declares that he was not uncon- scious more than ten minutes, and when he came back to the world again he felt not whit worse for his shock.
 What w~s, perhaps, the most serious of all this strange mans experience. occurred last summer. He was at the clubhouse. in the midst of elaborate preparations for big spread, when the sky darkened end 8 storm came quickly up. When the first rain fell MT. Bennett was sharpening an Zee pick, and the darkness forced him to win dow. A vivid flash of lightning H. luminated the rlace, and big elm just outside went crashing to the ground The bolt followed the tree to the veranda of the clubhouse, and, glancing on the roof, the bolt took an irregular course and flashed through the door of the dinsng-room, passing through that apartment without do- ing any particular harm, thence to the hallway where MT. Bennett was stand ing. He was at once enveloped in light. He rushed outside and sitting on the porch he clapped both hands to his ears as though to shut out the sound. l Suddenly he swayed and fell uncon- scious: By this time number of the club members had rushed to the scene, and a physician was soon ob- tained. They worked over Bennett for half an hour, and then sent him to the hospital, where he lay as though life 1 less for nearly two hours.
 l A fiutter of the eyelids, g. deep sigh,
 and Bennett sat up, declaring that, ex- cept for a slight headache, he felt per-
 fectly we'll
 Never had he remained so long un- i conscious from a shock, and the doc i tors feared that he would possibly in. & week or so succumb to the after ef-
 fects. But he showed no subsequent
 sign of weakness or disorder.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04

"A subject uppermost in the mind of every large nation to-day is it's navy" says Golfers Weekly. ''The manage ment of the Louisiana purchase expo sition recognizes this, and one of the most interesting, and at the same time most instructive, features will be the United States naval exhibit. On a considerable sheet of water our navy will be shown in peace and at war A fleet of thirty vessels models correct in every detail of the ships they repre- sent, will go through every known naval maneuver. The miniature ships are to be about twenty feet i'll length. Each will have its own electric outfit for propulsion, steering, firing, signal ing and lighting, and will be governed by man seated in the interior, who, although invisible to an audience, can himself see everything going on about him as perfectly as the commander on the bridge of real man-of-war. Every type of ship in our navy will be repre- | sented, the large battleships, such as the Indiana, Massachusetts, Oregon, etc, the cruisers New York, Brooklyn etc., the torpedo boats the torpedo boat destroy SIS and even the submarine type. An exhibftionso the German navy, based OF a similar general plan
 was given in Germany last year."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
MONDAY, MAY 4, 1903.

When this interstate commerce con- mission inquiry is ended, the people of the United States will have been made so thoroughly familiar with the devices of the coal trust and their unlawful ness that legal action should be taken for it's dissolution. MT Baer and his partners in coal monopoly are not en- gagged in a legitimate business enter prise, but a criminal conspiracy, says one writer, and therefore the law should deal with them for the protec- tion of the robbed public. If the coal trust is not then prosecuted by this administrat ation, we will know how emp ty are it's professions of hostility to the combined monopolies of the country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04

'tAll things considered" says Banker Clews in his weekly letter, "the market offers safer and better trading oppor tunitfes than usual. For some weeks to come good stocks are likely to be a purchase upon all sharp declines, or equally good sales upon pronounced advances. It is evidently the policy of the big leaders to allow the market to harden itself by natural processes and thus establish a new basis of con- fdence. There are no indications of an extreme bull market in sight. but good support is noticeable against all bear attacks. The prospects, however, favor increased activity and a higher range of prices. A few individual stocks show exceptional strength, the | indications pointing to a speciality
 market for. the present at least as the most feasible under present conditions. The building and completion of the new stock exchange has been coin cident with the advance of New York city to the foremost rank as a f1nan- cial center of world wide influence and power The building itself, in beauty and completeness of construction, Is 8 further evidence of the great strides
 of our whole. country toward a pros perity never before equalled in the
 worlds history. American energy and
 enterprise are large factors in this re suit, and the members of the New York
 stock exchange may claim no small
 share of praise for their part in the
 progress. The spaciousness and equip
 ment of the new structure invite tht
 trade of the world to a market tha' ! seems destined soon to be the leader
 of the worlds finance''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
HEARD IN PASSING

With cod liver oil at $130 a barrel, most of us will be inclined to select '''Bock" as a standard spring tonic New Haven Union. &
 The fact that MT Cleveland has been making speeches when he might have been fishing tends to encourage the suspicion that the buzzing of presi- dential bumbfebee isn't an unpleasant sound. Hartford Post.
 Aprii's immigratio figures have al-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
Our Balance of Trade.

In 1902 this country was the largest exporter of domestic merchandise in the world, while no longer ago than 1870 her exports were exceeded by three countries, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Tn favorable balance of trade," or excess of exports over imports, the United States also holds first rank among the nations.- N. Y. Sun. v
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
HM S1nu@ fthEl R.

Harry--I hear you do not speak to Miss Rose.
 Reggie-No. she is too offending. I told her I went to a phrenologist and had my head examined and she said there was nothing in it.
 Did she, mean there was nothing in phrenology?" .-'.t -"
 "She said I could draw my own conclusions."-Chic Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04

him agreeable, intelligent and appar- ently sane, his only mania" being that everybody is conspiring against him. ..--t.
 The bishop assented, and was soon conversing amicably with the lunatic, who finally said:
 T see Queen Victoria is married again"
 ."Um-er-well-Oh of course," assented the bishop, after some nat ural hesitation, in view of the queens death.
 "So she's married President Me- Kinley, has she?'' queried the lunatic next. r.. @ This arbitrary mating of two of F the worlds illustrious dead was al- most too much for the bishop to sanction, even in the interests of peace and harmony, but he finally managed to acquiesce with fairly good grace.
 "We1l, who are you, anyway" blurted out the Iunatic.
 "I am minister of the Gospel" replied the bishop. "Humph!" retorted the lunatic; "you look like a parson and you dress like a parson, but you lie like heathen." Can Send Votes by Mail. A voter in Zurich, Switzerland, cam send his vote by mail to tHe election inspectors, on legal blank. Natural Outcome. After executing a painting the artist wants it hung-Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
Sewage, Affects Vegetables.

A law in France prohibits the cuf- ture, onsewage farms, of all vegetables intended to be eaten raw. It is be- 1ieved that the sewage used for manure causes disease microbes, and that these microbes are destroyed when the vege- tables are cooked.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
Women i'm Ruaan e aa.

Women in business on their own ac- count have much in their favor. As a rule they are not speculative, they are far-seeing, they have patience, are more attentive to what they take in hand, and, if they know their business, they can more quickly build up a connection than can man. But they are less sys- tematic in their bookkeeping. .-Dra- nArk' Record
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
How He Eaca De q.

A Dutchman was relating his mar. velous escape from death, when 13 of his companions were drowned by the upsetting of boat and he alone was saved.
 And how did you escape their fate?" asked one of his hearers.
 "I tid not go in te poat," was the Dutchman's placid reply.-London Tit-Bits
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
DECEPTION WAS VAIN.
Why One Canadian Bishop WdIINever Again Depart from the Road of
 Veracious Conversation. t

An eminent Canadian bishop late- ly paid a visit of inspection to 8 lunatic asylum near Toronto. Be- fore introducing the bishop to one of the inmates, the physician in charge warned him not to cross or contradict the unfortunate man. but to agree with all he said. s .~a5
 "If you ,humor him. said the physician, "you will doubtless find
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
Try Again .

Don't be discouraged by one fall.-- 1Atchison Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-08

The well known Assyriologist, DR..
Hugo Winckler. published an account
Of the legislation promulgated by King
Amraphel Of Babylon. which. 20 Far a.
is known at present. was the hrst book
Of laws ever given to the world. King
Amraphel lived 2.2JO years b. c. and
is mentioned in the Bible as contem-
porary OF Abraham. so that his statutes
were drawn up fully FIVE centuries be-
fore the laws OF Moses. They number
2So and contain the following:
IF woman who sells beverages
gives bad value for the money paid
her, she shall be thrown into water.
III wife be spendthrift or IL she
otherwise neglect her duties, her hus-
band may put her away without COM
pensation but il a man put away his
wife for no other reason than that she
has no children he shall return her
whole dowry.
III betrothal be rescinded, the man
shall pay the woman compensation.
7 "A widow with grown up children
may not marry again without permis-
sion from judge. London Express.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-08

Caleb Cushing's peculiar manner OF
dress and his eccentricities were fire.
quently the subject Of newspaper arti-
cles. Although quite a large and port
ly man. bis clothes always seemed to
be two or three sizes too large for him
and OF the cheapest material. He al
ways during both summer and winter
wore large cloth cap pulled close
down on his head and altogether look
ed anything but the brilliant jurist
and diplomat. One day. after reading
an unusually caustic comment upon his
dress. he remarked to the writer, Il
guess by the time that fool II as old a.
am he will care more for comfort
than fashion"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-08

TOOK a large spider from mis- wep
under the basement Of a mill. put him
on a chsD OF wood and set him anoat
on the quiet waters OF the pond says a
naturalist He walked all about the
sides OF his bark. surveying the situa-
ton very carefully. and when the fact
that he was really aioat and about n
yard from shore seemed to be fully
comprehcndcd lie looked out for the
nearest land.
This point fairly settled upon. he inn
mcdiately began TO cast web for IT,
He threw il as far as possible In the
air and with the wind. II soon reached
the shore and made fast 10 the spires
OF grass. Then lie turned himself about
and In true sailor fashion began TO haul
in hand over hand on his cable. Care
fully lie drew upon ii until his bark
BEGAN to move toward shore. AS II
moved the faster. he the faster drew
upon il 10 keep his hawser taut and
from touching the water. Very soon he
reached the shore and quickly lcaping
TO terra firIna sped his way hofneward.
Thinking that he might be special
expert and an exception In that line OF
workmanship TO the rest OF his COM
m Mons. tried several OF them. They
all came 10 shore in like manner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-08

1t Is In the seventeenth century that
the first beginnings Of the platform
must he sought. but these early traces
of its use are very slight. That there
must have been some little employ
ment OF II in demagogic way may be
inferred from the Characters" OF But
Ter, the author Of the ever memorable
"Hudibras." He describes "a leader
OF faction as one who "sets the
psalm. and all his party sing after him.
He IL like a figure In arithmetic-the
more ciphers he stands before the more
lis value amounts to. He Is a great
laranguer. talks himself into author
ity. and. like parrot. climbs with his
bcak" IL Is probable, moreover, that
the first form OF the platform was the
conventicle or meeting house OF the
Puritan or Dissenter. for Butler, In his
character Of The Sed6ious Mar"
says that "if he be preacher he has
the advantage OF all others Of his tribe.
for he has a way to vent sedition by
Wholesale But the platform at this
time was OF no practical account. Such
attempts as there We're outside parlia-
mcnt to influence opinion were made
10y means Of the press, partly by the
book. partly by the pamphlet and part
ly by the journal.-C. Il. Roylance Kent
in Longman's-