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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
LIFE IN A FACTORY TOWN.
EnIaghtening Observations of a City
 agan Who Passed a Week in Laboring Community.

You people who live in the city think you are strenuous; you think your business is exacting; you actually believe that when you die it will be from nervous prostration.''
 The speaker addressed some friends who. likN himself, were homeward bound, says the New York Sun. He continued:
 But you go to your homes, or to your clubs, or to your links, or some where by the sea, and you rest up for the whirl of the next day.
 Did you ever go to a manufacturing town, where everybodS in the place is a factory man, woman, boy or girl? There Is where yod find the tired people.
 The homes. or rather the houses in which the people live, stand unoccupied from morning until night. Every day the occupants walk out in droves and processions to the factory.
 For some reason which cannot ex- plain most of the men quit work in the afternoon before the women stop I suppose one reason for this is that the men belong to unions which won't let them work after certain hour.
 Were you ever in one of these fac tories when the men quit work? The women, those who are wives, say to their husbands who are quitting:
 Go home and put on the potatoes and get the meat and vegetables ready, and will put them under way as soon as come.
 Then, as the men start away, they will hear a parting admonition: You might spread the table and have it ready when come
 The men go out as meek as lambs. They go home from the bench to the drudgery of the house-I don't know as they call it drudgery. but that is what 1t would be to you. The women follow. Perhaps they are happier than some women of the city who go home from shopping or from the matinee.
 The long line trudges homeward and takes up the work of the men. The frugal meal is prepared It may taste eweeter to these people than course dinners to which some of us sit down. hope it does.
 The sound of the summer wind in the gathering darkness of the night may be more musical than the orches- tra to which you listen while you dine. ! hope so. But the meal over, the workers of the day go quickly to bed, for they must be up with the break of day
 have had occasion to spend week in one of these factory towns, and the life. as have described it, left me jaded as no days work in the city ever did. speak from observation only don't say that these people are un- happy. for don't know But do know that after the week spent in the fac tory town of which speak came back to the city more contented man."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01

who know of Coney Island, but not of its new garden spot, Messrs. Thompson & 'Dundy have set apart Wednesday, Aug. g., for the grand carnival day, which will eclipse anything ever seen about New York t
 Scores of special attractions will be put on in the park, and from the min ute the gates are opened until the last electric light is dimmed at night there will be something unique, startling or amusing going on within the grounds. So great will be the expense of bringing all that is new, original and sensational
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
CONFY ISLAND TO BE SCENE OF A MONSTER
 CARNIVAL OF NATIONS
Thousands of Dollars to Be Spent to -,5 4.. :, Fete Day at Luna Park Such Never Has Been Seen Around New York-Great Programme Arranged
 That Will Eclipse New Orleans Mard .... Gras-Scores of Wonderful Open
 Air Attractions
Air Attractions.

in the amusement line to Luna Park for that day that the management has no hope of the receipts even equaling the expense.
 The great carniHal day has been pro- jected as a master stroke in advertis- ing alone, and by bringing thousands of strangers to New York and to Coney Island on that day they feel certain that the praises of Luna Parks won ders will be sounded far and wide in such way as to make 1t the most famed resort in the New World.
 A Holiday For All New York.
 On July 4 more than 142,000 persons paid 10 cents each to enter Luna Park, but it is expected that this record will be eclipsed on Aug. 5, notwithstanding the fact that it is no holiday and comes in the middle of the week. But it will be a holiday for Coney Island and for all New York, and one such as New Workers never dreamed of.
 The far famed Mardi Gras of New Orleans the flower festivals of Lower California and even the carnivals of Rome, Paris and Madrid will seem tame compared with the fete day at Luna Park. No detail in the amuse- ment line has been overlooked, and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
NEGROES MIGRATE TO CITIES.
Increase of COlored Population and Distribution of 1t Through
 out the States.

Booker T. Washington recently gave two reasons for the general migration of the colored population from the country into the cities-the superior educational facilities for colored chil- aren and the better police protection afforded by the cities.
 The increase in the negro population of the United States between 1890 and 1900 was 1850, ,0o0. or at the rate of about IS per cent, the white popula- tion in the same period increasing 21 per cent. But this gain in the colored population is not evenly distributed, the cities generally gaining at the ex- pense of the country districts.
 In Charleston, s. C., the colored pop ulation increased in ten years from 35,000 to 60,000; in Jefferson county, ky, which includes Louisville, the colored population increased from 33,- .000 to 43,000 in ten years; in Shelby county, Tenn, which includes Mem phis, from 1000 to 85,000 in Fulton county, Ga, which includes Atlanta, from 35.000 to ;45,000; in Baltimore, from 67,O00 to 79,O00; in Washington, from 166,00O to 230,o00; in Duval county, Fla, which includes Jackson vile, from 14,ooo to 22 ,0o0; in War ren county, Miss, which includes Vicksburg, from 35.OoO to 45,O00; in St. Louis, from 26,OO0 to 35,O00, and in Galveston, from 1000 to 8,700,
 Indications of the migration of col- ored residents to the large cities may be found in the north as we'll as in the south. In the state of Pennsyl- vania the increase in the eolored pop ulation- in ten years was 49000. Or this, 37,000 was in Philadelphia and Pittsburg alone.
 In New York the increase in the col cred population in ten years was 29,- 900, but of this total 16,000 was in New York county, 1000 in Brooklyn, and 2,000 in Richmond and Queens, and 4,000 in the whole rest of the state.
 Another reason for the increase in the co1ored population of the city, not given by Mir Washington, is the bet ter wages paid the colored people in the cities and their larger opportuni- ties for material advantage.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.
Rleasanf Evening Spent With Miss
 TarreIa as Hostess

B'ATTeM as HOSCeSS.
 Miss Anma Farrell of Church street entertadned about thirty of her friends at her home last evening. Dancing and games were the principal entertain ing features and refreshments were served When the merry party broke at a late hour an unanimous opinion voted Miss Harreu charming host ess and a capable entertainer. Among those present were Miss Edna McDon- nld of Watertown and Fred Rush and Miss Rush of Waterbury.
 Letter Carrier Daniel Walsh is on his vacation, Substitute Giss1ander Is coFerng his route during his ab- sence.
 IA Large number of local people went on tine excursions to Glen Island and North Beach ho-day.
 nhe insurance on the building owned by B. 0. Barnum, which was recently destroyed by fire, has been satisfactorily adjusted and MT Barnum wdu rebuild on the site as soon as pos sdb7e.
 The work of laying the Spring street sewer ds rapidly nearing completion.
 Borough Clerk Near.y has posted no ticeas in regard to the width of tires on wagon wheels. The notices have been putsup in all parts of the borough.
 John E. Mlaher of Arch street is con- fined to the house by a severe illness.
 Nangatuck ys St Josephs of Bridge yort on Hotchkiss field this afternoon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
Telegraphic Shorthand

A complete telegraphic system of shorthand has been laboriously worked out by MT. A. 0. Barono and named Pentelegraphy. Section Pape" It con- sists in reduction of the Morse alpha bet to ten short characters or sounds, which are so manipulated by a key as to express anything and everything by them in such a way as to give the public greater privileges while at the same time immensely reducing the work of the telegraph operator A set of automatic instruments is now being made which will, it is said, make messages so cheap that they will be largely used instead of letters.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS

Miss Hattie Smith of Main street is ill with typhoid fever. Dr Variell of Watertown, who recently returned fronu his tour of Europe, has charge of the case.
 George Ward, formerly salesman in F. c. ;Slade & Sons feed store, is work ing in the company's wagon factory on Falls avenue.
 The Misses Ida McCracken and Anna Witteman of Elizabeth, N. J., are spending a vacation of about a month at the home of MT and Mrs Charles Mosgrove. These young la dies have visited here before and are known to be quite soctable and ever ready for "a good time''
 Among several who went to the ex- cursion of the Waterbury St Joseph's T. A. society to North Beach and that to Glen Island from this locality were Miss Annie Duhame. Mrs Murtha, Miss Mary Murtha and James Lough- lin.
 G. H. Gazley of New York, who has been the guest of his brother on Newton Heights for few days, left Oakville this morning for Paterson, N. J.
 Mrs Terry of Davis street is on the sick list.
 Earl Crockett of Cleveland, Ohio has come to meet his mother, who is pass ing little vacation at Mrs Evertet's s on Knob Hill.
 We. shall give the score and partic- ulars of the baseball game played here this afternoon between the Reynolds Bridge team and that of Oakville in Mondays edition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
Tn proof of it we tell what those who have used it say.

In proof of 1t we tel what those who have used it say.
 MT. Patrick Nolan, of No, 1e8 Railroad Avenue, Bridge port, Conn. :, says: seTo any one troubled with any form of ir- ritation of the skin, I can with confidence recommend Doan's Ointment. I was for a long time bothered with persistent irritation on my body and none of the many preparations and ointments I used did me any good until I procured Doan's Ointment at a Drug Store and applied 1t. It was SO soothing and healing, and acted so promptly that I felt relief from the first, and improved steadily. It Is the best remedy for ir- ritation of the skin there is on the market. v
 Just such emphatic endorse ment can be had right here h Waterbury. Drop into Lakes drug store and ask what his customers report.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
\ WO YEARS ago, when the Pan-
 American Exposition at Buff falo was struggling along, a

falo was struggling along, a
 financial disappointment to its promoters and almost failure so far as the attendance expected was con- cerned, Frederic Thompson, snowman on the famous Midway there, went to the Exposition management, urged them to set aside one day for the Mid way concessionnaires and let them show the country what they could do in the way of bringing crowd to Buffalo.
 The Exposition officials did not look upon the idea with any great degree of enthusiasm, but MT. Thompson, who was the original designer of the Mid way and had drawn the plans for near ly all the buildings in it, finally brought them around to his way of thinking. He told the officials that the show men, by liberal use of printers ink, would bring bigger crowd to Buffalo than ever had been inside the Exposi- ton grounds. They did not believe he could do 1t, but finally gave him per- mission to go ahead.
 Made Record For Attendance.
 The result was almost beyond the be- lief of the officials of the Buffalo Expo
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
WATERTOWN JOTTINGS
Athletic Exercises Held Near the g, Brick Store Last Night.

Athletic Exercises Held Near the @ Brick Store Last Night.
 The excursion to Glen Island was attended by a large number from here. aas s. a- e.5H
 An athletic contest was held near rhe brick store last evening. Run ming races, shot putting and jumping were the principal events entered. In the 10O-yard dash John Planning de feated Howard Wintermute in a pret- ty race. ts.
 The services in the different church es will be held tomorrow as usual. At St Johns church mass will be said at 1O:45 a. m., with benediction after the mass. Rev Father Loftus will of f1ciate.
 The local baseball team which had a game scheduled for to-day with Beth lehem will not play in Bethlehem, but will go to Rockville and play the rep resnetatdve team of that place.
 Mrs James Gillette is very i'll at her home in Chestnut Grove park. Dr Loveland is attending her. MISS Mary ADDoCt ana nephew re- turned from the seashore yesterday.
 The registrars will be in session at the town hall August and IA, from 12 n. to 9 p. m., to receive the names of voters who wish to vote in the cau- cuses. Last year many did not regis ter at all and when the caucuses took place they were not permitted to take part This year it is expected that a larger number will hand in their names.
 John L. Scott is very ill at his home on the Heights.
 Miss Margaret Kane of this place and the Misses Clarhin of Waterbury will leave Monday for Block Island, where they will spend a two weeks vacation.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01

an entire two ring circus troupe has been engaged.
 Two hundred and seventy-f1ve musi- clans under the leadership of Scinta and Cicio will make music all day. Lloyd will. provide Japanese day fire works in the afternoon and a brilliant display of pyrotechnics at night. E ~ Excursions on All Roads.
 Many more novel and interesting open air acts are being enga ged, and when Aug. 5 arrives Thompson > & lDundy will present to their visitors such ,bewildering galaxy of enter
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01

mission in both the circus rings which are built in the Lagoon at either side of the Electric Tower. Will Hill the; king of all high wire artists, will per! form his daredevil act on hundred; foot stretch of cable two hundred feet above the heads of the multitude. Sic Hassan Ben Ali will have, in addition to the regular troupes of Arabs, Turks Hindoos and Cingalese, five other dark skinned nations represented,l
 dervishes, tumblers, swo weird musicians, and f.
 rings, iii addition to th ..
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01

s48s#*t CAhN1V AL NLHll, LUNA EAnh. f f tainments that nothing will be left to be desired. All the railroads and steamboat lines entering New York will run excursions on Aug. 5, and it is expected that the excursion traffic will be greater than ever has been known outside of national holiday or a gala day of unusual interest, such as when Admiral Dewey returned from Manila with his victorious fleet of war ships
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
Fully ExnIainad.

Miss Passion,-What is nightmare like, MT. Crusty?
 MT. Crusty-It's like finding yourself married to a woman who is everlast- ingly asking fool questions.-Ch Chelsea Gazette
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
Getting Scared.

Anxious Wife-Doctor, do you think my husband is any easier?
 Doctor (patting his pockeD-I should say so He has just paid me twice as much as he usually pays me for visit Baltimore American.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
Positive Proof.

Will-Are you sure she is from Phil adelphia?
 Joe-Well, when proposed she said, 'sThis is so sudden!'-Chel Gazette
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
A Distressing Thought.

"And what do you think of papa? asked the beautiful girl.
 ''I try not to think of him." answered the lover, glancing nervously in tie direction of the Chicago Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
Age Marked Down.

Madge-Nellie says she is twenty four.
 Marjorie Yes; twentyfour, marked Aawn frosa thirty nine Judge.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
Joy UnaIlOved.

"What's the big book you've got?"
 ''It's doctors book I found. Now I can find whole lot of new diseases for my dolls to have."-Louisville Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01


 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" the most recent and most costly of all illusions at Luna Park, is proving to be the greatest attraction in the place. Persons who make the trip once in the submarine boat take the trip again and again in an effort to "see how it is done"
 Upon entering the inclosure there lies the boat before the eyes of the spec tators, as natural and complete, as the Holland boat at anchor in the waters of New York bay The passengers de- scend to the interior of the vessel through the manhole. After all are aboard 1t is clamped down, and then be- gins the voyage apparently beneath the waters of the ocean to the north pole.
 The sensations of sinking under the water and moving through it are as natural as though the passenger were on a veritable submarine boat. Fish, coral reefs, wrecks of sunken ships and submarine monsters dart past him and sea water bubbles up around the portholes in a truly realistic manner. The Esquimaux Village and the Aerial Ballet are two attractions in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" that help to make it popular, and 8 host of additional effects will be used on Aug. 5, the day of the Carnival of Nations
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
Rubber from Underground.

Rubber that grows underground is an interesting product of the French Congo. It is obtained just beneath the bark of several plants, the best samples being from the root bark of the Lan- dofphia tholloni, and it is of the finest quality. When the bark is broken the two pieces are held together by the rub Der lining, which is of great elasticity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
HAaENeEck,s WILD ANIMALS.

Before the Chicago Worlds Fair there never had been trained animal show of the size or character of the great Carl Hagenbeck exhibition in this country. MT. Hagenbeck, the greatest of all subduers a13d trainers of fero- cious beasts, was induced to bring his show from Hamburg, Germany. for the Chicago Fair. This he did at enormous expense, and so great was his success in this country that he has remained in the United States ever since.
 The Hagenbeck show, which is now at Luna Park, is one of the greatest attractions at that resort. With new animals and many more of them, the show is greater than that even pre- scented at Chicago. Carl Hagenbeek is an old man now and has practically retired from the animal arena, but all the trainers with the show have been developed under his personal super vision, and the fearlessness they dis play in entering the barred ring while it is filled with lions, tigers, leopards and Rocky Mountain lions is astonishing.
 No imitator of Carl Hagenbeck, or those who have been brought up under him, has ever been able to discover that mysterious secret by which he brings the most ferocious and supposed Iy untamable animals under complete subjection The feats they perform, which once were supposed to be beyond human power, are constant source of wonder and admiration, and four extra groups will be introduced on the Carni- val of Nations Day, Wednesday, Aug 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
TEXAS HORSES ARE
 DELAYED EN ROUTE
EXALTED RULER SIMMONS TAKES OUT INSURANCE POLICY FOR $1o,ooo TO COVER HORSES AND EQUIPMENT IN CASE OF FIRE.

The car loads of horses and vehicles which were expected yesterday from Texas for the horse show, which opens May 26 did not arrive, but telegram was received from MT. Ashbrook stating that they had been expressed and would arrive this morning or this afternoon.
 The stables were prepared for the horses yesterday and everything was in readiness for their coming. Should they arrive today the cars will be switched on the line which runs into the fair grounds and the horses and vehicles will be unloaded there.
 Saturday afternoon Exalted Ruler Sim mons took out an insurance policy for $10.po0 to cover the horses and equip ments, which was in compliance with the agreement between the owners and the managers of the horse show. This is to protect the owners in case Of Ire.
 A meeting of the horse show committee will be held tomorrow night at the Elks hall, and the associate committee, which is formed of citizens, will then make re- port on the prizes for the local events which they have secured. These prizes will then be classed among the twenty eight local events. each event having a first, second and third prize.
 Several Birmingham men are in Ken lucky at large horse sale and 1t is ex- pected that they will bring back with them several fine show horses. Some of the best that can be purchased will be under the hammer at this sale and the Birmingham men are said to be willing to pay good prices provided they can get good horses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
ROBSON TO SPEAK.
Merrlmac Hero Has Place on owenton
 College Programme.

The annual commencement exercises of Owenton college will begin on Sunday, May s1, and continue through the follow ing Wednesday.
 At 1O;3O o'clock on Tuesday morning, June ?, Richmond Pearson Hobson of Greensboro, will deliver an address
 This will be the fifth annual commence ment of the college. The commencement sermon will be delivered by the Rev. A. L. Andrews of Montgomery, pastor of the Dexter Avenue M. D. church. south, of that city.
 On Wednesday, June 3. the members of the graduating class will receive their diplomas and at this time medals will be awarded. This exercise of the commence ment season will be held at 1O:9O o'clock in the morning.