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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
BEAR WAS TOO GREEDY.
Uniaue Animal Story Which Has It's Origin in the Strawberry
 Famine fin Maine.

The failure of the wild strawberry crop this year has brought trouble to many homes in eastern Maine-to the city families who expected to buy the fruit brought in from the country, for making their winter preserves; to the country boys and girls who hoped to secure their circus money from selling what they gathered in the fields, and to the bears, who lay on the first coat ing of fat for the year by foraging among the rocky pastures and gorging themselves upon the ripe berries.
 Early in July, while Mrs. Martha Jordan, of Aurora, Me, was picking some strawberries in her garden, a bear climbed the stone wall at the boundary line and ambled close up to her side, picking the fruit from two adjoining rows, apparently uncon- scious of her presence. As soon as
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
MRS DocKsrADER ATTACKED.
Says Man Struck Her and Tried tc
 Steal Her Chatelaine Bag.

Says Man Struck Her and Tried to
 Steal Her Chatelatne Bag.
 New York, Aug 1O.-What is thought to have been an attempt to -ob Mrs lev ,ader, wife oi the minstrel, was made Saturday after noon while hundreds of people were leaving a Thirty fourth street ferryr boat at Long Islands City. Mrs Dock stader was knocked down and she thinks man made grab for q chat elaine Abag which she caErsed.
 The man, If there. was an attempt at robbery, made his escape In the crowd Mrs Dockstader wore a dia- mond necklace, but no effort was made to get it. Mrs Dockstader, when she fell, struck her nose and she bded for some time. She was un- conscious for an, ,hour. She was re- vived and driven to the Manhattan Beach notel
 Mrs Dockstader came from Pough- keepsie, where her husband was play ing, and went to the Marlbo borough ho. tel. She teIephoned to the Manhat- tan Beach hotel to Mrs Edward Rosen- baum, the wife of the manager of 'The Beauty aud the Beast com pany. to come to town and do some shopping with her. "A.
 When they got through with their shopping rthey started for Long Island City to go to Manhattan Beach. At the Thirty fourth street derry, on the Manhattan side, Mrs Dockstader opened her chatelaine bag to get out her purse. She says she saw a man look over her shoulder at the purse It contained a roll of bills.
 At Long Island City Mrs Rosen- baum went to buy some fruit at a fruit stand opposite the ferry house and Mrs Dockstader followed her.
 Mrs Rosenbaun heard scream from Mrs Dockstader, and turned in time to see her fall. She saws she saw at the same time man run froa, Mrs Dockstader's side and disappear in the crowd.
 The ferryboat was crowded with passengers and when Mrs Dockstader fell there was considerable excite ment. Mrs Rosenbaum and Police man Langley carried Mrs Dockstader to restaurant. Mrs Dockstader had fainted and was bleeding freely from the nose.
 When she recovered she told Mrs Rosenbaum that all she could remegn- Der was that somebody behind her struck her on the back of her head. A man grabbed for her chatelaine bag, she said, but when he didn't reach it he dashed off into the crowd. Then she fell striking her nose on the ground.
 The Long Island City police did not seem to think that any attempt had been made to rob Mrs Dockstader. They said that she had probably been pushed by the crowd.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
Theatrical
 Frater-nal
DoCKsTADER's MINISTRIES.
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DOCKSTADER'S MINISTRIES.
 Polls will be scene of jollity this evening when Lew Dockstader and his great minstrel company will give the performance for which they won so much praise at Manhattan Beach and elsewhere this summer. The perform ance is said to surpass anything ever before attempted in this field; every thing being done on more collosal, thoroughly crisp and original style than heretofore. It is the largest company ever toured, includes two complete military bands and an oper- atic orchestra of twenty pieces, a score of famous humorists, the name of any one of whom would stand first in big operatic or dramatic produc- ton. Dockstader's motto is Min strelsy according to what 1t typif1es," and as American minstrelsy is to rep resent the life of the southern 1darkey, his melody, humor and pathos, NIT Dockstader is right in declaring that 1t should be done in black-face, not alone in the first part, but throughout the entire performance, from rise to fall of curtain. The hum orists of the open ing part of the program will be Neil OBrien, Carroll Johnson and Lew Dockstader. When the curtain rises, it will reveal a display a triumph of the scenic artists ingenuity and talent in a scene entitled 'Hall of Fame" said to be the most magnificent and massive interior ever put on the stage, surpassing anything ever before seen in the operatic or dramatic productions of late years. As the great minstrel band of thirty pieces begins fetching melody, the entire company will assem- ble in this gorgeous palace of green and gold, when will be heard some of the finest and best cultured voices in rendition Of the most popuIaa songs of the day. Prices are g, 90, 75 cents, $1 and $1.5O.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

Aug 19-A. O. H. (Naugatuckl ex- cursion to Hartford, state parade.
 Aug 22-N. D. O. F. first annual ex- cursion to Hanover park.
 Aug 22.-Good Time Social club, grand opening concert and dance, Naugatuck.
 Sept 3-"OtelIo," by Italian Filo- Dramatic society, direction A. Ferraro.
 Sept 7-Central Labor union grand concert, sociable and vaudeville.
 Sept 9-Re-ope of Miss Neilye Reeds select school for dancing.
 Sept 12-19- Brooklyn Athletic clut carnival and prom.
 Sept 19-Gaelic Literary class first concert and dance, Naugatuck.
 Sept 21-Re-open of Prof Bailey dancing academy.
 Sept 24.-Patrick Sarsdeld club, En- met commemoration exercises.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
PLEA AGAINST A PARK.
EIoQuent ArGum ent in Favor of Keeping the Ye1lOvvstone
 a Wilderness.

Not a park, but a wilderness, full of wild beauty and natural disorder, may we keep the place as nature left it, dis turbIng no landslide where it lies, no natural dam of logs and stones heaped here by mountain freshet. no havoc of .windstorm or avalanche. The windfall, with it's shaggy spreading roots full of matted earth and stone, rapidly being covered with grass and moss, and the river bed full of bleached driftwood, each has it's own rare quality of pictur- sequences, its own fitting place in this wild harmony. There is beauty, even in the work of the forest>tlre, which has left whole mountain sides of freshly scorched pine foliage, deep golden red smoldsring in the sunshine, and many Q blackened bitrof forest, longer burned, leaves an impression of somber shad- ows, of silence and death. which cannot be forgotten, writes Ray Stannard Baker, in "A Place of Marvels," in Gen. tury.
 One even comes to ,begrudge this will derness, it's telephone poles, it's roads, and the excellent stone entertainments which keep them from slipping down the mountain sides into the swift streams below, for they detract from it's wild perfection. We may behold na- ture in it's softer and more comedy as- poets almost anywhere, but every year, with the spread of population in our country, 1t becomes more difficult to preserve genuine wilderness places where hill and forest and stream have been left exactly as nature made them. Already our indomitable pioneers have driven the wilderness into the veryfast- nesses of the mountains, so that only remnants now remain. And this great Yellowstone park remnant has been for tunatsly set aside by the government for the enjoyment and inspiration'of the people forever,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
WHALES MYSTERIOUS ENEMY.
Large Marine Creature i'm Alaskan Waters That Waged War Up~
 on the Levi@thana.

While operating a fishery on Admiralty island, southeastern Alaska, last sum- mer, my attention and the attention of the fishing crew were almost daily di- rected to large marine creature that would appear in the main channel of Seymour canal and in our immediate vicinity, writes a correspondent of For est and Stream. ....
 There are large numbers of whales of the species rorqual there, and the mon ster seemed to be their natural enemy. The whales generally travel in schools of two or more, and while at the sur face to blow one would be singled out and attacked by the fish, and 8 battle royal was soon in order.
 It is the nature of the rorqual to make three blows at intervals of from two to three minutes each, and then sound deep and stay beneath the surface for 30 or 40 minutes.
 As 8 whale would come to the surface, there would appear always at the whales right side and just about where his head would connect with the body, great long tail or fin, judged by five fishermen and a number of Indians after seeing 1t about 15 times at various dis tances,' to be about 24 feet long, two and one-ha1f feet wide at the end, and tapering down to the water, where 1t seemed to be about IS inches in diam eter, looking very much like the blade or fan of an o1d-fashioned Dutch wind mill. This great club was used on the back of the unfortunate whale in such a manner that 1t was a wonder to me that every whale attacked was not in stantly killed. It's operator seemed to have perfect control of it's movements, and would bend it back till the end would touch the water, forming horse shoe loop. then with a sweep it would be strengthened and brought over and down on the back of the whale with a whack that could be heard for several miles. If the whale was fortunate enough to submerge his body before the blows came, the spray would fly for a distance of 100 feet from the effect of the strike, making report as loud as a yachts signal gun.
 What seemed most remarkable to me was that no matter which way the at tackled whale went, or how fast (the usual speed is about 14 knots), that great club would follow right along by. its side and deliver those tremendous blows at intervals of about four or five seconds. It would always get in from three to five blows at each of the three times the whale would come to the sur face to blow The whale would gener- ally rid itself of the enemy when 1t took its deep sound, especially if the water was 40 fathoms or more deep.
 During the day the attack was always off shore, but at night the whales would be attacked in the bay and within 400 yards of the fishery.
 do not know of any whales being killed, but there were several that had great holes and sores on their backs.
 Questioning the Indians about 1t, was told that there was only one, that it had been there for many years, and that 1t once attacked an Indian canoe and with one stroke of the great club mashed the canoe into splinters, killing and drowning several of its occupants.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
A Hmrgain.

It was in the raspberry season, and a freckled, barefooted little girl in a torn blue calico gown came tothe door of a country boarding house to sell some berries she had gathered.
 "How much are your berries?" asked the mistress of the house.
 '"They are 15 cents quart, ma'am. But" she added in the same breath, "if you don't want them, you can have them for ten"
 T don't want them, so you may give me three quarts" replied the lady, mer- rily.-Woman's Home Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

water in the form of what the scren~ tists call nymph. This nymph can both walk and swim. As 1t grows it molts and after about the ninth molb tiny wings appear on it's thorax These grow larger until the insect comes forth from the water sand fly. rt then has but one duty, to lay it's eggs This done the sand fly zigzags through the air until its brief life is ended
 The popular idea that the sand flies are blown across the lake to Chicago is wrong, according to the university scientists. The sand fly could not live to be blown that far, and, besides, tho insect always flies against the wind and not with 1t.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
COMING EVENTS

Aug 12-Waterbury Military band promenade.
 Aug 16 oakville Go employees clam bake.
 Aug. 16 -Radnbow Athletic club clambake.
 Aug 17-Drill team of Auxiliary A. o. Fl. first social and dance. Nauga- tuck
 Aug 10-sA. o. Fl. excursion to Hart ford, state parade.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
Re.trict1on.gfn rnamasratson.

The number of Americans who may, enter the Transvaal or Orange River Colony is limited to 50 a month. and each must have a permit, the blank application for which can be had of any British consul. And, too. an afrl- davit must me made that the applicant has sufficient means to support him. self and family after arriving. Con- sideration of such applications is ofteni delayed for weeks, and those who grow impatient and arrive in advance on their permit are generally given the option of leaving the next day or inn prisonment for sixsmonths, with .fina of $2 432
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10


 she realized the character of the wis., itor she dropped her large tin pan. which was about half full of fruit, and ran to the house and locked the door.
 Finding about four quarts of ripe berries, all picked and ready to eat, the bear nosed about the pail for a mo- ment. and, inserting her head under the wire bail, began to fill herself at leisure. No sooner was the last berry gone than the bear discovered that she had made mistake. The wire neck with great ease, but when she tried to remove it she met with trou- ble. She scratched and clawed at the pail and tore the hair from her neck in trying to get released, and, finding. that the pail remained in place as firmly as ever, she staggered over the wall and groped her way toward the west branch of Union river, into which she fell and swan across, in the hope of washing the pail away.
 Meantime Mrs Jordan had escaped from her house by the front door and called the neighbors to her aid. They pursued the bear with shotgalns and dogs. They crossed the branch of the river on bridge below the village, and, putting hounds on the track of the bear, soon overlook her. She was lying dead among a bunch of ferns, having been drowned in about two gall Ions of water which remained in the pail after her swim across the stream. The tai,t wire fitted sn closely over her neck that her nose was forced to the bottom of the pail, and the water did the rest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
NAUGArUoK DIVISION.

Trains leave Bank street station for New York, Bridgeport, New Haven and other places south at 6:85. 7:55. 11:1S a. m.; 1.4O, 3O5, 4:4O, 6:15 ana 500 D. m.
 Trains arrive at Bank street station from New. York Bridgeport, New Ha- ven and way stations at TIA. S.2a o:O5. 1O:55 n. m.: 1:24, $40, 6:3O. e:4S S:4S D. m.; 12:S0 a. m.
 Trains leave Bank street station for Winsted and way stations at S.2S 1O:55 a. m.; $40. 5:20 (Waterville o1l- Iy), GAS and S:4S D. m.
 Trains arrive at Bank street station from Winsted and way stations at 6:S5 7:55, 11:13 a. m.; 3:05, 5:46, (Water- ville) 6:15 p. m.
 watertown and way stations at 6,45. BPS. 11:17 a. m.; 1:30, S:45, 5:10. 6:12, 6:53, S:53 and 11:20 D. m.
 Trains arrive at Bank street station from Watertown and way stations at GAO, TAT, 10:42 a. m.; :OO, 2s56. ,3(l b:51. 6:45. T.45, 11:16 D. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS.
 Leave Bank street station for New York Bridgeport and New Haven at 7:O5. $50 a. m.; 1 40, 5:10 and 500 p nj
 Arrive at Bank street station iron, New York, Bridgeport and New Have,s at a:53 q. n.; 1:24, 7:52, 10:10 D. m.
 Leave bank street station for Water- town and way stations at 0:68 a. r,. and S:03 p. m.
 Arr1ve at Bank street station iron, watertown and way stations ur u:63 a, m. and 4:b8 ?. n.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
MEETINGS. TONIGHT.

OL NuCCAL O9s x cDO4 SOS4Otys Concordia rehearsal.
 Patrick Sarsdeld club. Nutmeg lodge, P. of A.
 Arbutus camp, W. of w..
 Painters and Decorators.
 Magnolia lodge, K. of F.
 Mantow council, I. O. Fl.
 Hellmann Advance corps.
 Waterbury Debating club. :. Townsend lodge, I. O. O. F.
 Waterbury Medical society,".
 Waterbury council, G B. L.
 Waterbury conclawe, f. O. H. St Francis Xavier drum corps. :. Continental lodge, F. and A. N. Lady Trumbull council, D. of l.. Abraham Lincoln camp, s. ofV. Court Cecilia M. Quigley, I. O. F. ( Waterbury tent, No 36, K. o. T. M. z Central Labor union.
 Court America, F. of A.
 Court Fruitful Vine, No 8, F. of A St Joseph's drum corps.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
Queens and Fashions.

Whenever queens or expresses of royal percentage have attempted to in- huence feminine fashion they have al- ways failed, and no better illustration can be given thereof than the fact that in spite of the circumstance that Queen Alexandra dresses beautifully and with the utmost elegance, yet she has never succeeded In setting the fashion. or in even influencing in any way the toilets of English women.-London Letter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
FIRE ALARM.
4-Cor South Main and Hranu sts. b-Scovill Manufacturing Go (P-l 6--Cor Bridge and MagiIl sts.

b-Scoyall Manufacturing Co (P-l
 6-Cor Bridge and MagiIl sts.
 7-Exchange Place.
 12-RoGers &, Bro P)
 13-Cor East Main and Niagara sts. 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott road. 15-Cor Cor High and Walnut sts. 16--Cor Fact Main and Cherry sts. 17-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21--Cor North Elm and ingsbury sts 23--Burton street engine house. Waterbury Manufacturing Go P} % Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts. 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2s-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine sta. 2o-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sts. 81-Cor Bank and Grand sts.
 S2-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor w. Main and Watertown I'd. 85-Conn By & L't'g Co, car h'se (Fa S6-Waterbury Brass Go (P)
 37-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. SS-Cor Grand and Field sts.
 z2-Cor South Main and Clay sts. A8--New Engia1fd Watch Go (P) 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Go. P1 Waterbury Buckle Go. P) 4T-Cor S. Main and Washington sta 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. 52-Cor Franklin and Union sts. Waterbury Clock Go, case fac. .TI 54-Cor Clay and Mill sis.
 E6-Cor Liberty and River sts. b7-No 5 hose house.
 5S-Cor Baldwin and Stone .sts 62-Cor Doolittfe alley and Dublin sts 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. TS-North Willow st, cor Hillside 74--Cor Johnson and wateSvilIe sts. 142-Wolcctt st, beyond Howard. 1892 Cor East Main and Welton sts. 212-The Platt Bros O. P1 2t3-FTammond Buckle Go: (P( 214-Waterbury Clock co-m'v't fac IF9 2f6-Ccr North Main and Grove sts, 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward sts. Cooke and N. Main sis. 272-Grove. bet Central & Holmes avs S11-s. N. E. Telephone Go building Cpl s12-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. B1s-Randolph &s Cloves P) & Atwood (Pl 81S-American Ring Go. P) Yfs-Electrfc Light Station P1 sfs-Ho1mes. Booth 6 Haydens fPy 321-No Hose House 823-Cor Washington ave & Porter ste 924-Cor Charles and Porter sts. 325-Cor Simons st & Washington ave 371-City Lumber & Coal Go. P1 412-Tracy Bros p) 432-Cor Liberty and S. Main sis 451-Steele Ss Johnson Mfg Go. (Py 5s2-Cor Baldwin and Eye sts.
 P) Private.
 SIGNALS.
 1. One stroke calls superintendent to the City hall.
 1-1. Two strokes, fire out, recall.
 1-1-1. Three strokes, 12 m, g D. m.
 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1. Ten strokes quick will indicate a general alarm and will call the entire force into service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
Not the Foundation.

rda-Yes, Charley sapp boasts of be- longing to the Upper crust" May-He does? We'll, it isn't always the upper crust that has the most dough. Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
WHIPPED INTO LINE.
Tvo Girls Lash Preacher Until He Gives Consent to His Daugh-
 ter's Marrihge.

The Toledo (O.) correspondent of the New York World is authority for the statement that Rev. Martin Harris, a Baptist preacher in the Matamora, dis trtct. refused to let his daughter Min
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
SUNDAY TRAINS
MERrDEN BRANCH.

Trains leave Dublin street station for Middletown and way stations at 9s06 a. m. and 615 D. rn.
 Trains arrive at Dublinsstreet station from Middletown and way stations at 7:5O a. m. and 3.E8 D. m.
 Trains leave Dublin sxreer station for New Haven by way of Cheshire at zoo, SAB, 11:10 a. m: 1:5o, 4:o4 D. n.
 Trains arrive at Dublin street sta ton from New Haven by way Of Cheshire at 9:s3 a. m.; 1:05, 3:2O. 8.oQ, 7e4S D.. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
one Kind of ntstinctfon

To Illinois belongs the distinction of being the greatest whisky making state in the union,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
SUNDAY TRAINS.

Leave Dublin street station for New Haven by way of Cheshire at T.5o a.
 m.: 5:5O p. m. Arrive ar Dublin street station from New Haven by way of Cheshire at 1850 8. m.; S:50 D. n.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
TIME TABLE.
HIGHLAND sDIvrsTon.

Trains leave Meadow street station for Boston, Hartford and way stations at 7:oO and S:3S a .m.; l2S8. 3s30, 607 P. fn. z
 Trains arrive at Meadow street Eta- ton from Boston, Hartford and way stations at 8:o5, 11:4O a. rn-; 1:45. 6:20 and Z:3S D. m.
 Trains leave Meadow street station, Tor New York. Ti~hkifl Landing, Dam oury and way stations at 8:13 a: n- and lsS0 and 6:24 D. m. frafns arrive at Meadow street eta-i ton from New York, Tfshkf1i Landing. Danbury and way stations at 8s38 a~l m.; l2.34 and 8:O4 D. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS.
 Leave Meadow street station 4asx&z80. lo:05 a. m-; 2:00, 5:05 and TOO D. m.
 Arrive at Meadow street station at S:oo, ll;S0 a. m.; 4:50. 6:50 and -8:50l D. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
Ikey Was on Hand.

'This, indeed" murmured the poetic maiden, as they sat on the side of the mountain trail, 'is the primeval soli- tudee
 Just then pack peddler came around a bend of the road. and asked if they desired to purchase any suspenders, collar buttons, soap, combs, hair pins or handkerchiefs.
 When he had passed on the unpoetic man turned to her and said:
 "Sollytude? Seems more to me as if it were Ikeytude. He said his name was Isaac Binstein. Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10

One Kind of Distinction. To Illinois belongs the distinction of being the greatest whisky-making state in the union.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
SIGNALS.

i. One stroke calls superintendent to the City hall.
 Fl. Two strokes, fire out, recall.
 1-1-1. Three strokes, l2 m, 9 D. m. 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1. Ten strokes quick will indicate general alarm and will call the entire force into service.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-12-17
BEEBE DRAW

Misses Day and Washburn we're
shopping in Greeley Saturday.
Jake Oster and sister Rica visited
in Greeley Saturday and Sunday.
Philip Berndt of Kersey visited old
friends and neighbors last week.
The teachers are preparing quite
nice program for their Christmas
entertainment.
Rev. Taylor of LsSalle conducted
cottage PRAYER meeting every evening
last week. He also preached a ser
mon at the school house Sunday af-
ternoon.
Hugh Mcmillan. who has been
working at the White Ash coal mine,
had the misfortune to run a pick
through his foot, which will lay him
up for some time.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-12-17
LUCERNE

oscar Bolander is spending few
days in Denver.
James Rayburn is visiting relatives
in Boulder this week.
David Kelley was in Fort Collins
last Monday and Tuesday on business
Mrs. Wyatt of Greeley spent las,
Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs. A. W
Davis.
George Crumb and family have
moved to the farm he recent, pur.
chased southeast Of Greeley.
James S. Clague left for Omaha
thursday with two car loads of fat
lambs for the Christmas market
Tuesday afternoon Mrs, NJ /
houston entertained Mesdames Ipo
Durant, Davis, Bollinger and Uemn.
hill.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-12-17

loved a visit at Maple Park iauch
Wednesday.
Mess!s. Himmineesen and Duhey
transacted business in Lon2mont
Wednesday
Scott Kerr and family returned
from California last week, as dlo
also Charles Kerr and family.
Paul Gregory Of LaSalle was trans
acting business here several days last
week. He was guest at Fairview'
The band boys met Friday even
ing to make arrangements to get
more mempers and decided to engage
Mr.. Hatch to instruct them.
There was good attendance at
the sale and supper Friday evening
Everything was sold and the ladies'
realized nice sum Of money.