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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
NATERyILLE TALK

Miss Cora Barker has gone to New
Britain for short visit
Conrad Drufa bruised his foot quite
badly while at work in the pin shop
yesterday.
The Crown Hill ball team of Thomas
ton will play the S. p. /. team Satur-
day.
Preparations are being made for the
dedication Of St Michaels church the
end Of this month
James Senior has gone away for his
vacation.
Miss Helen Jackson has returned
from her vacation spent in Vermont
Mrs Charles There has returned from
visit to York state.
There will be lawn fete at Grace
M. E. church tomorrow evening.
George Wedge is cutting down a
large tree on Elm street.
Court WEIGH, F. of a., will celebrate
their tenth anniversary tomorrow night.
Members of other courts residing in
the vile are cordially invited to at
tend.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
STAGE PEOPLE I'm SUMMER.
Some of the Performers Have Hard
Time TidInss the or Season
Over

In summer what becomes of the num-
bers of stage people who return to the
metropolis penniless at the close of the
season? How do they live? These ques-
lions were put to the manager of the
theatrical agency in Broadway, says the
New York Post. tIndulgent landladies,
friends in the country, and parents in
the city solve the summer problem for
hosts of theatrical people, replied the
agent. can actor would sooner starve
than be seen by his mates working at
any other trade About IS per cent.
of those who remain here get trusted
for their summers board and lodging.
They pay up, in most cases, in the course
Of the next season, sending from week
to week to the landlady sufficient to can
eel their summers Indebtedness.
"Of course went on the agent,
they're not all improvident. See that
little girl going out?" He pointed to
petite figure in the ceaseless stream of
applicants. Got plenty of money
enough to last her until the season opens
and bit to spare. They call her stingy
on the road because she won't spend her
money Laugh on her side now. Many
Oh EN- COME mere WlCnOuC rag TO Cne1f
backs for summer and have to wear their
winter clothes or last years suits and
dresses. This one wears good clothes
summer clothes, of the newest pattern,
and promenades on Broadway like a
queen. When she's signed, and the hot
weather is on to stay, she'll go down
to the shore or into the country and en-
joy herself. Dresses we'll, looks well,
lives well. Next winter she'll pay her
hotel bills, with no tincidentaIs'
s'That one over there, the seedy one,
couldn't buy cigar at a clrt-rate store
He'll come out all right, though Never
has a cent, but always at work One
of the summer-stock boys. A little late
this year, though, I'm afraid He's
just in from long tour. Pretty late
for stock, but he's an old stager, and
may land. A good many exc out the
years income by playing summer en-
gagements at various theaters through
out the country. Nearly every city Of
any size has from one to half dozen
stock companies this summer; the sum
mer stock business has grown enor-
mous1y in the last two or three years,
and gives employment to hundreds. Not
enough to go round, though The best
people, as a rule, don't play summer
engagements, although there are excep-
lions. Comparatively few of the hest
play summer stock, unless driven TO ii. 4"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
A NOSE FOR NEWS.
The True Newspaper Reporter Is Like
the Poet, Born, Not
Made.

Poets are born, not made" said the
retired newspaper man to the New Or
leans Times Democrat and might add
that reporters come into this world in
much the same way For instance, the
born reporter will get story if there
Isl one in sight, while he who only has
what I would call mechanical sort of
training, will skim over the same ground
without ever dicovering that anything
out of the ordinary has happened. Not
many years ago I was holding an i'm
portant position on one of the principal
Journals of Chicago. / was one day put
on the city editors desk, and wanting
to test the ability Of two new men on
the staff, I assigned both Of them to the
same story. Of course, neither knew the
other was in the neighborhood, and you
ought to have seen their respective re-
ports. One of them had two-column
story that created a sensation from one
end of the city to the other, while the
other turned in about two sticks of the
dryest stuff I ever remember to have
read am satisfied that both the men
covered the story to the best of their
respective abilities. One of them simply
had a nose for business, and the other
didn't. AS said, reporters are born, not
made by studying journalism in the
abstract The natural born reporter is
at home in a newspaper office can
live on ink and can sleep soundly on the
imposing stone. He sees little news in
dog biting man, but he is quick to
grasp the Importance of an item telling
about a man biting dog"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
EASY MATHEMATICS.
Att1e Problems Growing Out OF the
Every Day Happenings
of Life.

An ice wagon serves IS customers In
the course of day. Each family should
receive Is pounds Of ice, but owing to
the neaYsightedness of the driver the av-
erage weight is only ten, says the De-
troit Free Press. How much does the
wagon gain in one day, and why is it
that the nearsighted collector never
takes three-cent piece for dime?
If one man with lawn mower can
arouse 35 people from sleep atsix o'clock
in the incoming, how many could seven
men with lawn mowers arouse IL they
tried their level best?
It takes a district messenger boy 35
minutes to travel, ITO yards while on
business for the company, but only four
when on his way home. What is his
speed per hour in each case? What is
the per cent compared to chain light
ming?
A has the sum of $12 in his pocket,
when B gives him pointer on the races
by which he can win Ii times his CAPT
tai What did the sum total amount
to, and why was it that A had to borrow
nickel to get home on?
BY adding two quarts and one gill
Of water to his stock mifkman brings
the total amount up to seven quarts
and two gills and swears by the bones
of his ancestors that it is pure quill.
How much milk did he have in the first
place?
A and B buy a lottery ticket COSTING
five dollars, in partnership. contrib
utes $3.50 and contributes $2.10. In
case the ticket draws $50 900 what share
will each one take? Needn't be in any
hurry TO work this out.
A farmer has five miles to drive. He
figures that while he is driving one mile
his hired man ought to hoe three rows
of corn across seven acre lot. He gets
home to find that only seven rows have
been heed in all. What was theaverage
per mile, and how long was the hired
man roosting on the fences?
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.
Big Crowd Turned Out to Attend A.
o. III. Parade.

Big Crowd Turned Out to Attend A.
o. H. Parade.
Nearly 500 people left this town to-
daytfor Hartford where the state field
daA{ of the A. o. III. Is being held.
10th local divisions of the A. 0. H.,
! the Hibernian Rifles and the Ladies'
auxiliary to the A. o. H. are in attend
ance. The members of the A. Q. H.
wore white crash hats and carried
canes. They were led by the L. A. B.
drum corps
The Misses Jennie Stratton, Julia
Brennan and Alice Quish are spending
their vacation at the West Haven
shore.
The crack Danbury team will play
the local invincibles on Hotchkiss field
Labor day.
Miss May Mincaster Of Charleston,
s. c., is visiting DR. and Mrs w. j.
Delaney of Church street
The funeral Of Angelo, the 8 months
old son of Mr. and Mrs Annido OdinHi
of South Main street, took place this
morning at 8 o'clock. The interment
was in st James's cemetery.
The funeral Of Cora A., the IL years
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Willis
Payne Of May park, took place this
afternoon at o'clock from the Parish
house. The interment was in Grove
cemetery.
A. P. Garrigus. ticket agent at the
local passenger station, and wife, left
to-day for a trip up the Hudson river
Before returning home Mr. and Mrs
Garrigus will spend some days in the
Berkshire hills.
The Good Time Social club will give
their first annual dance at Columbus
hall Saturday evening. Ford's unsur-
passed local orchestra will furnish the
music and Prof Baxter will promt
Manager PauIs own little troupe of
Union City business men base ball
players had it rubbed into them again
good and hard yesterday afternoon by
the East Side Business Mems team.
Although the score was not 100 to 0,
as in the first game, nevertheless it was
sufficiently large enough to give Man
ager Paul a terrible nightmare. Look:
East Side Business Men .......... 20
Union City Business Men ....... 5
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
DANGEROUS CHARM IN WOMEN.
Power Possessed to a Remarkable
Degree by the Late Queen
Draga OF Servia.

Experience teaches that charm In a
woman is of even greater worth than
beauty. The worlds history furnishes
innumerable instances of this, and in
the lurid light of the CHASTITY Servian
tragedy Queen Draga stands forth az
the latest example of the wondrous
power of fascination. Like. the poet,
unhappily she must be born, not
made, who possesses this dangerous
and subtle quality. But to a certain
extent it can be cultivated, and Qneen
Draga made a cult of charm and it's
twin, sister, tact, from the cradle to
the grave. She was not strictly beau
tiful, she had no ancestry, she was
very much the senior of the young
king who risked his throne and final
1y gave his life for her; but she pos
sessed to a marvellous degree the power
to sway, to fascinate and to hold those
with whom she came in contact, says the
London World.
And, furthermore, she understood the
art of dressing almost better than any
other woman in Europe. She died In a
peignoir, but its beauty seems to have
impressed even her assassins; and in
life she is said to have never missed an
effect or made an error in the details Of
her dress. In a greater country than
that IN which she rose to the highest po-
sition, Queen Draga would have been
an European power with whom to reck-
on, for no woman can dress to absolute
perfection and sway men and women
alike by her ineffahle charm without be-
coming a danger Happily the ability
TO do both is given only to the very few.
but every woman may well be counseled
to make this her ambition
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
ELECTRICITY IN THE BODY.
Certain Forms OF s4uscular Rheuma-
tism Said to Be Caused
by the Fluid.

It may strike you as raIner strange to
be told that at times your body is moth
ing less than dynamo, fully charged
with electricity. Nevertheless, accord
Ing to Sir James Grant, an eminent
English physician, as result of sud-
den draughts, and the contraction of
ordinary colds, the human body be-
comes charged with electricity to sur
prising degree.
The electricity generated under such
circumstances is not to be despised,
says a writer in the Detroit Tribune. It
is of just as good a quality as that de-
rived from the regular electric battery,
although, of course, it's quantity is too
insignificant to be utilized for any prat :,
IDEAL purpose
The main effect upon the victim is to
make his muscles hard and tense, a fact
which often leads him to imagine that he
is suffering from some kind of muscular
rheumatism Indeed, physicians, after
q superficial examination, sometimes
diagnose the case in the same way. The
trouble, however, is simply that the
muscles have become charged with cleo
trictiy to an unusual degree.
No less strange than the ailment it.
self is the remedy adopted by Sir James
Grant some years ago, and now followed
by many other physicians. Sir James
has been In the habit of treating these
supposed cases of muscular rheumatism
by inserting fine steel needles into the
affected parts, the number Of needles de-
pending upon the extent of the ailment.
The needles, as general rule, are in
serted in the places where the pain is
most intense, and are left there for one
or two minutes. The effect is magical.
At the expiration of the proper time the
patient finds that his muscles, which
before we're as hard and as tense as
though he had caught cramp," are
quite flexible, and he can use them with
out pain.
The reason of this cure is simple. AS
soon as the needles are inserted, the
electrical accumulation is discharged,
passing through the body of the opera
tor, although without causing him any
discomfort.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS

Among those from Oakville who
went to Hartford this morning to wit
ness the state celebration Of the An
Gent Order of iHjbernians We're Mrs
T. D. Shannahan and her mother, Mrs
O,Brien, who is visiting here, Miss
Mary Mu1vihill, William Murtha,
Richard Fitzpatrick and John Lynch.
Mr. and Mrs Emile Jacquat, who
came to Oakyille from Switzerland
some eight years ago, expect to return
there in about two weeks.
Mrs George Beardsley and her
daughter. Miss Gertrude, have gone
to Bridgewater and New Milford to
visit friends for a few days.
Mr. Shields and his SON are making
general improvements around the Oak
vile station.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
Odd work of lightning.

told Point, ON the Kennebec, where
stands the monument erected to Father
Sebastian Rasle, the Jesuit priest who
was killed by the English at the time of
the massacre of the Norridgewock tribe
about 200 years ago, two distinct bolts
struck within second of each other and
played about the granite cross which
surmounts the monument. They finally
darted off to the river without damaging
the structure, but left on the arms of
the cross many fine black streaks, as
delicate as though penciled. Both
stringers of the bridge that crosses a
creek nearby were split cleanly In half,
but not stirred from their places, and
the little bridge now remains as sound
as ever, only it rests upon four stringers
instead of two as before.-Golaen Days.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
WATERFOWL JOTTINGS
Skilton Family Will Hold Annual Re
union Next Week.

skilton Family Wall Hold Annual Re
union Next Week.
Day Woodward of Augusta, Ga, is
spending the summer at his residence
in this place.
The annual reunion of the Skilton
FAMILY will be held at the town hall
next Wednesday, August 26. All mem
bers of that family are invited to at
tend.
Louis NATION has resigned his posi-
ton at ]. ]. KeAty's grocery store.
The "Jolly Four quartet Of we'll
known young men, will give prom"
and dance at town hall next Friday
evening. Tickets are selling rapidly.
At the regular meeting of the local
grange tomorrow evening the program
will be enacted by the Mad River
grange.
The W. B. B. T. will go to Middle.
town Saturday and cross bats with the
strong team of that place.
Fred Doolittle has returned from his
vacation
Fairfield Burr is spending a short
vacation at the residence of A. Fl. SEQ
viii.
Frederick Harmon is taking the place
of Thomas Fray as engineer on the
local train.
H. H. Heminway and family have
returned from a trip through New
Hampshire.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
SIMILARITY OF CRIMINALS.
General characteristics of All Nations
alities Are Very Much
the Same.

With those who are normally COM
stituted from the moral standpoint,
national features and special charac-
teristics of coutnenance are in general
we'll defined. where broad differences
prevail between the races, such as dis
tinguish Spaniards from Germans or
any other northern people. Nor would
a French or Italian face be easily mis-
taken for an English one
But with members of the criminal
classes, especially those of criminal
ancestry, the question Of nationality
is not SO readily determined. Have
lock Ellis. in his work entitled "The
Criminal" says: can interesting
point in connection with criminal
physiognomy is that it is to large
extent independent of nationality
There is sa1neness about all Grim
inal faces amounting to an obsecura-
ton of the ordinary national type"
'<The German criminal says the same
authority, sis not very unlike the Ital-
ian, nor is the French unlike the Eng
lfsh.'' Yet, generally speaking, the
distinction between such countenances
is well marked.
NJ Jolly, French niSologist,
gives it as the result of his observa-
tons that on comparison of GRIM
inal faces of various nations, by
studying the photographs of some 60
English, Irish and American thieves.
it was difficult in many cases to dis
Germ their nationaIstv-
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
PORTO RICo's COASTS.
Curious Discovery as to the Position
of Its North and South
Shores.

The fact is not generally known that
on maps of the largest scale the north
ern and southern coasts of Porto Rico
are not shown in quite the position in
which they were formerly represented.
The difference is SO slight, however,
that it is not appreciable On the small
maps most generally in use, says the
New York Sun.
For some years the coast and geodetic
survey has been giving considerable
time to a survey of all the coasts Of
Porto Rico. 1t has found in the course
of this work several good haybors that
had hitherto been unknown to the
photographer,
One other very interesting discovery
has been made as result Of which the
north shore of the island has been
moved on the map half mile to the
south and the southern shore half
mile to the north.
DR.. Tittmann, the director of the
survey, in recent address briefly ex-
plafned the cause of this unusual pro-
ceeding He said that the visible island
of Porto Rico is really the summit of
d HUuACuIA WAoSC SAop0S SAIcnu 10
great depths beneath the adjacent seas
1t was found that the observations for
ATTITUDES made on the north and south
sides of this summit of the mountain
rising above the sea we're considerably
affected by the local attraction of the
mountain masses which caused defiec-
ton of the plumb line 1t was therefore
necessary to take this DETECTION into
account in charting the island.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
TRIED HARD TO LEARN.
But the Intricacies of Lawn Tennis'
Were Too Much for His
Patience.

He was not well acquainted with the
intricacies of tennis, but had just been
engaged in a set of doubles" He had
been very consistent in the matter Of
serving faults" had been hit on the
nose by swift ball while playing met"
and climbed the fence four times to re-
cover balls which he had sent out of
bounds. His record as to falling over his
partner was brilliant and unparalleled,
says the Washington Star.
When, he retired to the bench think
ing over the six-love score. he jotted
down the following memoranda for the
benefit of beginners at the game:
They tell me the court is Is feet
long, and I forget how wide. 1t ought
to be Is feet wide and as long as the
lay of the land permits. You cannot
pnalte the ball strike within the ridi-
culously small dimensions mentioned
by the books 49,
+, There are some cases when 1t stays
within the court. That is when it
goes into the net. TIE court l find is
composed Of sand and clay, hairpins,
other kinds of pins and sidecombs.
The latter are shed by the ladies. =
The net has weird and peculiar
properties in the way of attraction. A
ball which should easily pass over the
net will be swiftly drawn to its bosom
and fall helpless and palpitating to
the ground. The attraction Of the
pole for the needle and the attraction
of gravitation are easily outdone and
surpassed by the attraction Of the net
for the ball
met" is a noun signifying the per.
son who plays close to the net. The
met man. is supposed to stop tho
balls that come within his reach.
Some of the most painful incidents
connected with the game are associ-
ated with play at the net It is not
difficult for the net man to stop the
ball; frequently otherwise. When
struck squarely by ball that is burn
ing the wind you should affect com
posture of spirits and say that it did
not hurt. You will not be believed
when, with anguish written upon
every feature and tears in your eyes,
you make this statement, but 1t is,
nevertheless, the proper thing to do
The safest way to play a ball at the
net is to lie down very swiftly until
it has passed over you. This play is
somewhat lacking in grace, but makes
for personal comfort.
The ball is composed of felt and
rubber and is filled with compressed
airS 1t is very erratic. When aimed
at certain portion of the course it
will with great precision go some
where else. At times it will fly at you
with the ferocity of tiger and smash
you on the nose. At other times you
may spend half an hour endeavoring
to locate the recess in which it has
coyly hidden out of bounds.
Some of the technical terms Of tho
game and their meanings are as fol-
lows:
Server" the man who makes
faults
Met" the person who plays near
the net and gets hit in the stomach
with the ball %E
Lob" ball so struck that it rises
in the air; person who Iobs the ball
is not necessarily a lobster, although
such is frequently the case.
Team work. in doubles, beauti-
full feature, of the game, consisting in
efforts made to avoid falling over
your partner or stepping on his feet
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-19
DEEP SPOT In THE HUDSON.
Where the Bottom Could Net he
Reached with Fifty Faith
4fgf 0ms of Line.

There are number Of deep places ia
the Hudson, as everyone is aware, but
few know that spots ranging from a
depth of 20 to "a fathoms are frequent
iy met with south of the Highlands,
says an exchange. The deepest spot in
the river is just north OF West Point,
where 50-fathom line failed to touch
bottom. It is in the narrowest part of
the river where, during the revolution,
a chain was placed as an obstruction to
British men of war.
Not long ago it was suggested by
Gen. John M. wilson, chief Of engineers,
that the enormous quantity of stone
taken from Dyckman's Cut could be
dumped into one of these big holes.
A few years ago, when one of the Hud-
son river steamers were wrecked south
of Cornwall, and afterward drifted to
the north dock, which is a little east
of the bottomless hole, diver was sent
down to examine the boat. He barely
escaped with his life The boat rested
on what appeared to be ledge and be-
gan to sink rapidly. The men on the
surface felt the Juggling at the ropes
and knowing that something was wrong,
pulled him to the surface When he
told them of the bottomless pit that
nearly swallowed him, the men all
laughed, but the diver got out of his
apparatus and refused togo downagain.
From Haverstraw to Ossinfng the
depth of the river is not more than seven
fathoms, but off Fort Montgomery,
where another chain was stretched dur
ing the revolution, it is Is fathoms. There
is a hole off Fort Washington which
shows a depth of "a fathoms. At the
base of Gro Nest is a stretch of water
30 fathoms deep. There many soldiers
have been drowned while bathing. Just
south Of this is a spot the bottom OF
which no man knoweth. It is called the
Worlds End" How 1t got the name
is mystery. The Oldest inhabitant
knew of the dangerous spot and called
it by this name.
At Blue Point, a few miles above New
burgh, there is another deep spot, where
scores of skaters have lost their lives.
1t is a curious fact that over these deep
holes only the thinnest, ice forms, and
most of those who go under could have
avoided the localities, had they only
been acquainted with their dangerous
character.
There are many legends connected
with these deep holes in the Hudson, and
stories of the most improbable nature
are frequently told by the old boatmen
who ferry passengers across from West
Point to the Cold Spring.