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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
TAMIL Y JARS

Hello, Central. Give me 62-1. Hello! That you, George? We'll, don't forget to7get some collars and cuffs. or you will not. have. a clean one in the morning. Yours are all worn out again" Why, Mary, 1t is only a short time since I had a new stock.'' Yes. George I know. 1t, but they must run them through threshfng machine at the laundry. Why not try the Wa terbury Steam laundryY Bertha says VIII gets his collars and cuffs done there and they last twice as long as yours Ta-ta'
 WATERBURY STEAM LAUNDRY,
 v CANAL STREET
 Branch office. 67 Grand street
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
WATERVILLE TALK

Miss Sarah, J. Bowen, sister of Thomas Bowen, has arrived from Swansea, South Wales,
 Joseph Cocker of, Lakeville is visit ing friends in town.
 The Ladies' Aid society of St Paul,s parish vii meet at Mrs Stans- fields on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
 The Young Peoples society of p, PauPs entertained a number of their friends from Oakville last evening.
 Frank Senior has moved to Ansonia.
 Joshua Davis will have to undergo an operation on his arm which was broken some. weeks ago.
 Miss Nellie Minor of Bristol is yis- iting friends on Main street. q
 The holiday festival and sale under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society of Grace M. . D., church opens tonight. They have twelve booths, all prettily and neatly decorated, displaying use ful and fancy articles. Supper will be served from to o'clock for 15 cents. Also an entertainment each evening. Admission is ten cents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
NEWS y FROM ; THE SUBURBAN ; TOWNS
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.
Local Hunters Bringing Home Game
 These Days

Local Hunters Bringing Home Game
 These Days.
 The Naugatuck football team will play the Acorns of Bridgeport on Hotchkiss field Saturday afternoon.
 The A. X. 0. team and the Y. B. B. team will meet on the gridiron Friday afternoon on Hotchkiss field. The ri- valry between these teams is very in- tense and hard fought game may be expected.
 Joseph Edwards andaa Peter Fitzpat- rick, two well known local sportsmen, captured two coons while out hunting yesterday. Robert Loomis, another well known hunter shot grey fox yesterday. For this he received $1 bounty as provided by the state laws.
 F. K. Perry & Son, job printers, will soon vacate their present quar- ters in Reeds court and will move to their new building in Union City. The Naugatuck News Go will occupy the room left vacant by the removal of Perry & Son. and will install a job printing plant of their own.
 A large number of local people went to Waterbury last night to see Ethel Barrymore in her new play, Cousin Kate"
 The Salem Social club will hold their seventh annual dance at Columbus hall Saturday evening. Ford's or chestra will furnish- music and Pro- lessor Baxter will prompt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
Dfsappofnt1ng 10 Look Al.

stance to the 1ayman. There is small quantity of 1t on exhibition at the New York Museum of Natural History, and 1t looks like.a small pinch of light gray snuff in a glass vial It is of mar vicious power. of course, but as it Hes in the carefully guarded case 1t does not look as if it had even a sneeze in it. It is the most disappointing thing that ever had Itself announced to draw crowd Pittsburg Gazette.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14

of some small change several days be- fore their arrest. Judge Horne re- manaed them to jail to await the acA ton of the grand jury.
 Mrs Grace Van Valkenburgh, who is 46 years of age, wealthy and we'll edu- cated, was interested in jati missionary work and used to visit the prisoners once week She was attracted to the man who is now her husband, and who is but 19 years of age, and they became friends. From being friends they be- came lovers, and when he was indicted by the grand jury 1t was she who en- gagged an attorney for him and who be- Attended him.
 His case was tried in the October term of court. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Mrs. Van varisen- burgh, after, his release from jail, pro- cured for him position as hired man on the farm of her father Her love quickened at the farm and the mar riage followed,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
OAKYILLE HAPPENINGS

i E S t <
 Emile Bissemey of. Waterbury, em- ployed as tool maker at the local pin factory, Is having the cellar dug for the new house he will soon erect on the property at Knob Hill sold to him by William c. Hungerferd last sum- 1rDer. The we'll has already been dug and will afford good supply of wa ter for the masonry.
 MT and Mrs Frank Douglas went to Walnut Beach this morning and will spend a few days at their cottage.
 The painters are applying the last coat of paint ito J. H. SinIon's new store.
 Miss Susan Warner has gone to New York to-day where she will sojourn with her sister. Mrs Hunt, for some time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
GricYc, BiSSct & Holland
 58 and 40 Bank St. Telephone 222.
Ihursday~>>Sale Day
 I E SS

f 49c all wool Albatross, 29c yard Women's 49c feeced lined hibbed Vests, long or short sleeves, Pants to match, 39c each Women's 98c muslin Gowns, 75c each women's satin finish Petticoats, from SIPS, $1.19 19c lace Turnover Collars, 121sc each Striped huckabuck Bureau Scarfs, from 65c o9c 25c hemstitched Tray Cloths, stamped or plain, 1Sc each Women's $1.49 white figured n4er- cerized Waists, $1 each Women's 98c tan colored cheviot Waists, 69c each All our Soc Mems fancy Four-in- Hand Ties, half price, 25c each Mems 1Oc Japanette Handker- chiefs, 4 for Z0c Mems heavy mixed brown Hose,
 4 pairs for 25c Mems Collar Button Sets of four gold plated buttons, were 10c, Thursday for 5c set There will be lots of other surprising values not mentioned here which you'll find the RED TICKETS oB to-mor- row.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
WIDOW WEDs PRISONER.
Woman, Wealthy and Forty-six, Finds Nfneteen-Year-OId Ann
 ity in County Jail.

A correspondent of the New York World writes from Lockport, N r., that Mrs. Grace Van Valkenburgh, of wrights Corners. was married to John Black in Buffalo asfcw days ago. At the time Of the wedding the bride groom was a farmhand employed by the brides father, David Hurd When the casual acquaintance Of the two ripened into love Black was an inmate of the Niagara county jail awaiting trial Black and Clarence Peterson were arrested.at Niagara Falls On May i. 1902, on a charge of highway rob- bery.
 The complaint was made by Mi agara Falls citizen, who alleged that the pair held him up and relieved him
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14

The list of extra special values here tomorrow is the result of careful se- lections from all departments of the most wantable kinds of dry goods, with their regular prices cut in man. ner which will induce you to buy if you have the remotest need of any of the several articles on sale.
 The RED TICKETS are the guide Co go by here tomorrow.
 These are some of the list:
 A. brown Cotton, 4Ac yard Dc, yard wide, soft 4inis bleached
 Cotton, 711c yard a5-inch bleached Pillow Gases. from 15c, l2c lO4 cotton fleece Blankets, 43c pair s1.25 large heavy Comfortables
 98c each Huct Towels. Sc each White Goods Remnants half price. s42c all wool, shrunk Skfrting Elan
 nel, S3c yard Dress Flannelettes, sac yard 1Oc Outing Flannel light colors, 6c yd Simpsons silver gray and Mourn
 ing Prints, from Sc. 45sc yard Eman lot Fancy Silks for waists,
 were 75c and S1 yard, for
 Thursday 49c yard
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
CUT HAIR WHILE ASLEEP.
Georgia Girl, in a Fit of somnam bu- lism, Robs Herself of Her Beau
 tifu1 TresSes.

Miss Blanche Pacetti, a pretty girl, of Savannah, Ga, is in mysteries over the loss of her hair, which. 1t is said, was the most beautiful in the state. While in somnambulistic trance the other night Miss Pacetti sheared away her tresses. Her hair reached to her feet and was of fine color and silky texture and was the pride of herself and her parents
 She retired in the evening in perfect health. She has not been somnam bulis-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
Followed ur.

Balloon chasing in motor cars has become fashionable amusement in France A race was held recently when four balloons sailed away, fol- lowed by a dozen automobiles. The fun was fast and furious below and aloft until a sudden change of wind altered the course of the balloons, leaving the bafled motorists In per- pexity. Nothing daanted, they chased about in all directions, two of them finally sighting one balloon on the horizon and arriving just in time for the descent. With cheer for their success, they rushed upon the aston ished aerenauts, only te discover that the balloon was net enc of the com peting ones
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
FOR FEMININE WEARERs.
The Latest Ideas in Coats and Jack.
 cts, Waists for Tailor Suits, Etc.

One sees a number of abbreviated waists, or boleros, which depart from tks jacket form altogether. The long coat is not looked upon with favor at all fn Paris, and, while American women now dress very much as they please, regardless of Paris, so many of tha most beautiful gowns come from the French capital that the styles ad- mired there are more or less in evil idence everywhere, reports the New York Post. Therefore the short jacket A dark gray zibeline gown is made with a five-gored skirt, with a panel front and box plaited founce finishing the side gores and continu- ing in below the other panels. The panel front and the gores where tho 3founce joins are trimmed with narrow velvet bands. The bolero is very short and has box-plaited panels in- serted in the front. CrossWise velvet bands outline a yoke effect. and the bell-shaped sleeves are trimmed with velvet bands. A blouse of silver gray chiffon, pin tucked, is worn with this gown.
 For wear with tailor suits, waists of silk, chiffon or silk muslin, the color of the cloth will be admired for the harmonious effect they help to sustain. Bits of the cloth are frequently intro , duced into the thin material In the form of diamonds or scroll designs Or else bit of trimming correspond ing to the trimming. on the dress is used in the yoke or collar of the blouse.
 Every one is wearing long drapery yeils, and to almost every one the fashion is exceedingly becoming. Some of these veils are as long as three yards, Black, brown, navy blue and dark green are favorite colors, but one sees white, pink, pale blue, yellow and ,mauve. There is an art in adjusting a long veil, and at many of the good shops where wells and yelling are sold instructions are given in the correct way of putting them on.
 Many of the daintiest lace and Oth- CT transparent waists are now being built on foundations of silk muslin. They are naturally difficult to fit, and should never be trusted to any but skilful dressmakers. Waists made on 
 chiffon, which Is necessary since no one would want to wear 8 perfectly transparent garment. The effect is much lighter and daintier than when the usual silk lining is employed.
 Air Currents on the Coast.
 The breeze that daily sweeps land- ward from the ocean has only moder- ate height. A British meteorologist notes that very few measurements have been made, but that a captive balloon used at Coney Island some years ago passed from the cool inward current to the warm outward one at height of 500 to 500 feet, and that at Toulon. in 1893, the sea breeze was found up to about 1 300 feet. the off-shore current being distinct at I ,900't 2,0o0 feet Last year, Ion the west coast of Scotland, Dimes Eound that kites would not rise above 1 BOO feet on sunny afternoons, when the on-shore breeze was blowing. -sci- enca
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14

tic and she knows no reason why she should have arisen in the night. While asleep she walked to table. got her mother's scissors and cut off her hair close to her head, leaving the coil on the table. The scissors she took with her and placed them on the floor by the bed- side.
 WheA Miss Pacetti awoke in the morning she noticed a Strange light ness about her head She raised her hands and was mortified to discover she had lost her hair.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06
LATEST "kNOCK-OUT" TRICK.
Drugs Cigar of Man Whom He Asks
for a Light.

4 new type Of Knockout man is
abroad in Philadelphia. He does not
drug the liquor Of his intended victim.
but employs a method with c1mpara-
lively little risk to it. He tries to pro-
duce stupor through the medium Of a
cigar.
He is a tall. slender man, with a sam
dy mustache and dresses well. He
picks out a man with q cigar. waits
until his intended victim reaches a dark
spot and then approaches him with an
apology and a polite request for a light.
In his right hand, held between his
third fingers, is a tiny bulb containing
some powerful narcotic.
The intended victim proffers his weed
and the other accepts it with his right
hand and lights his cigar. While hold
ing it he dex%terously presses the far end
against the needle of the concealed hulb.
and when he is sure that the point IS
penetrating the cigar squ5eZes. his fin
gers together and the cigar is in condl-
ton TO deprive its owner Of his sCases.
Incl, uL4uef the prelenSe Oh assisting
his victim, the knockout man deity
rifles the unconscious mans pockets.
The impression would pa thai the VIC
tim had been overcome bv heart dis
ease or had succombed to aDoplexy.
The person who encoUnt red this rev
type Of Knockout man Tuesday night
fortunately suspected lhac something
was wrong and asked thu fellow what
he had in his hand. The stranger mum
bled a reply then hurried away.
I followed the man, he explained TO
a reporter, but he escaped me and so
l waited on a corner for 4 car While
there who should come along but the
very fellow, and I determined TO try TO
verify my suspicious. He apparently
did not recognize me, for he politely
asked me for a light, at the same time
producing a fresh cigar. l grabbed his
right hand and discovered that he a
a small hypodermic syringe with a tiny
bulb attachment in his palm. He dash
ed across the street and escaped
Philadelphia Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06
BILL NYE'S GRAVE.
There is a Memorial Window to Him.,
But His Grave is Unmarked.

Four miles away, southwark, at Calv-
airy Episcopal church is Bill Nye's grave
unmarked and unkept. At thu head, a
little tree is growing, and some one
has laid there a rude piece Of stone pick
ed up on the highway. A memorial win
dow was set up in the nearby church
by Mrs. Nye; but the grave itself is
neglected. I am wondering if I could
not set on foot in South Carolina some.
plan to erect a monument at the grave
of this man, whose writings we USED
to read with so much pleasure from
week to week. The story is afioat that
Bill left $50, 900 to his widow, the resulx
or his labOrs with his pen, but all of this
was lost in the breaking Of two k
one in AsheviIle and one in the north
where Mrs. Nye had deposited her
money; and out of the wreck she saved
nothing but the money she recovered
for her home near Fletcher. which is
known in the Nye parlance as my per-
pendicular farm" Rumor also informs
us that for years, Bill made a manfuI
fight against pulmonary troubles, and
when weakened away, died of some
brain disease. During all those years
Of suffering, he continued 20 send out
the merry, sparkling letters to the pa
pers. which made his name famouS
throughout the United States. The facs
is pathetic-he loved to make others
laugh, while he himself was slowly be-
ing consumed by a malady incurable-
| Along side of Nye's grave is the grave
of his daughter, who died here in the
mountains, plucked from the treasured
jewels of his heart, and whom he quiet
ly buried away M the hills, but OF
whose going off he had no word to say
in the letter he was then engaged in
writing, over which the world would
laugh and be merry.-Rev! c. c. Brown,
in The Sumter Item.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06
CIVIL AND MILITARY CLASH.
Generals Bell and Chase Will No,
Accept Services of Court.

Cripple Greek. Colo, October dis
trict Attorney Trowbridge today filed
before Judge Seeds in the district court,
information against Adjutant General
Sheriff Bell and Brigadier General
Chase, charging them with false
arrest. in the case Of Sherman Parker
and three other union miners who were
held Is prisoners in the guard house
about two weeks, no charges being
made against them in court. and who
were released last Thursday night on
Writs of habeaS corpus granted by
Judge Seeds.
When Deputy Sheriff Thomas Under
visited military headquarters for
the purpose Of serving the capiases he
was told that no services would be ac-
cepted by Generals Bells and Chase.
He also told that any further attempts
in that line by the civil authorities
be promptly resented by the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06
BLUE THURSDAY.
RecOllect1ons of a Wall Street Panic
From "The Autobiography of a
Bank Cashier.

The day of ~intensest excitement in my
business career was Thursday, May 9,
1901. Blue Thursday" was the cul-
minating day of a long season of daring
speculation. The market had been go
ing up without check. 1t was a fire.
quent saying that ANY fool could make
money in this market" Consequently,
about all the lambs that ever gamboll-
office boys were playing the bucket
shops.
Then out of a clear sky came the
thunderbolt. AS Northern Pacific be-
gan TO shoot up "a morning pandemo-
mum broke loose. The wires were crazy
with orders. No brain could keep track
Of the transactions, and the tape was
forty minutes behind the sales.
At II O'Clock an elderly lady was
assisted from her carriage and up the
steps of the bank.
Whats the price Of United States
Steel preferred? she asked, with white,
strained face.
"S7."
She would have fallen if her servant
had not held her. She collected herself
and turned to go without any appeal for
unavailing pity. But she said to her
servant, as he supported her to the door,
jackson, | am utterly n completely
ruined; l haven't a dollar to my name
The paying teller stood at his place
firmly, but with ashen face. At 4
o'clock he said to me-, quietly enough.
L am done up, sir. 1 went in with
every cent l had saved, and every dol
lar is wiped out. I'm going home now
to make a clean breast of it to my wife,
and We'll try to start all over again.
1t tool US five years to save what I've
lost in three hours. I ought to have
known better"
Yet, all that wild day he had not
made a single error in his counting
From The Autobiography of a Bank
Cashier" in E~verybody's Magazine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06
AN AIR LINE COMPLETED
ATLANTIC AND WESTERN RAIL-
WAY IN OPERATION.
Lumber Bridge Light Infantry TO
he Saloon People
Confident of Victory.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. @. October ,

Raleigh, \. c.. October ,.
The corporation commission is in
formed thai the Atlantic and Western
railway is completed and in operation.
This a is about two miles in length.
and connects Sanford and JOnesboro.
in Moore county. being an air line.
Governor Aycock directs the adju-
tant general to reorganlze the Lumber
Bridge Light Infantry, which was
Company L. of the Second regiment of
the North Carolina National Guard.
and which vas dropped a couple Of
months ago, upon recommendation OF
the inspector general. The company
will take its place in the Second regi-
ment.
People here are very much interest
ed in knowing whether the grand iuIy
now in session will find some true
bills against Migrants, the city au-
thorities having signally failed TO do
anything with these people.
The official Of the state saloon
league, who is in charge of the anti
dispensary campaign here in Raleigh
was asked today what in his opinion
would be the vote. He replied: I'VE
Will win and defeat the d~ispensary by
2S6 majority. that is the figure as set
down in my book and l do not be-
lleve l will miss the result half a
dozen votes either way.
The action of the directors of the
p~enitentiarv in removing the gang of
convicts which has been at work for
some time for the Goldsboro Lumber
Company at Dover is commended. The
directors took this course as soon as
they found that the cOnvicts were be-
ing made to do such work as free
labor could not be hired to do-that
is work in the wet swamps. cutting
timber. The convicts will be employ
ed elsewhere as the calls upon the
board for conVicts. in various parts OF
the state, are very numerous and
! pressing.
T. S. Fuller, a son Of William w
Fuller, of New York, and a grandson
Of the late Judge Thomas G. Fuller
of Raleigh, has come here to practice
law, having a few weeks ago beer
granted license by the supreme court
1t is learned from the register OF
deeds here that the umbe of farm
mortgages is much less thar usual
and that the cancellations of mort.
cages this year has been good, though
of course, not so good as it was las
year at this time, when tobacco
brought such good Dr1ces.
Some of the cotton arOwerS in speak
ing of that crop this year say tn
bolls are Verv often unusually small
containing only three locks, the propal
number being four.
The gentlemen who desire to secure
the lease Of the Atlantic and Nortl
Carolina railway have by no mean:
given up that project, but think Their
will be developments December 10th
when an adjourned meeting of tn
stockholders will be held.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06
THE NEW HOUSE LEADER.
He Will be Chairman of ~ApprOpria-
tions instead of Ways and Means.

Representative James A. Hemenway.
Iof Indiana. is to be not only chairman
of the big committee on appropria-
ttions, but the actual ioor leader Of the
majority in the next house. is
1.-THE word brought to Washington from
an authoritative source Mr.. Hemen-
ways career in that important place
will depend upon his ability to MAIN
ltain himself and to make good IN
stormy debate, when democratic oppo-
nents hurl themselves against the ad-
iministration party. Mr.. Canno is con-
Ifdent that the Hoosier will give a good
account of himself.
Thus far MI. Hemenway has had an
lextended experience as a rough-and-
tumble debator on the floor, a part
(which Mr.. Cannon himself has been
liable to take with much eclat on oc-
lcasions for several years. But he is
always able to make a clear, concise
land unpretentiouS statement of the
business in hand and, after all, that
loften counts for most, even in such a
turbulent body as the hous of rep
Iresentatives often is. Moreover his rec
lord has been such as to inspire the
parties. which is another factor IN Mr..
Hemenway's favor.
The craftsmanship of ways and
means, which used to carry the actual
las we'll as the nominal floor leadership
In the house, will go to Representa-
tive Payne, of New York. His "a
lpointment has never been in doubt, al
Though in certain quarters contrary
statements have occasionally been
lprinted. The story about Representa-
tive Babcock, of Wisconsin, being
named for the Craftsmanship of ways
land means has again been revived re-
GENTLY and has had a big run, Just now
Figuring in the "boilerplate" matter
furnished by Syndicates to country
Weeklies throughout the west. The
reported promotion of Mr.. Babcock tC
that craftsmanship has nae no founda-
ton in fact. Representative Payne vii
continue to make the motions for daily
adjournment and the like. He IS d
veteran member, has earned his promo
ltion to the craftsmanship Of the way
and means by long service in the
ihouse. and it is contrary to tire best
traditions when republicans are in or
ltrol.
But at the same time the new speak
Ter will confide in Mr.. Hemenway wheI
important plans are to be executed or
1.-The floor. On strenuous days republic
leans will look to him for Their CUE
when legislation of note is under CON
Isideration in which the speaker is con
Icerned, from whatever committee i
imay come, Mr.. Hemenway will be tn;
imam to fight it or aid it, as the speak
Ter and the best interests of the party
may seem to dictate. 1t will really b
Ia high honor for the Indianian, a i
would be for any member. for that mat
tier. Such distinction should make hin
1.-THE most important man in the house
next to the speaker.-Washingto1 Post.