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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
ROBBED HER HUSBAND.
This Sort Happens Only in Newspaper
 Mems Families. .E

For true story this Is rather re narkable one. John Doe and Richard Roe Git would not do to give their real names) are friends, neighbors and fel- low workers on New York morning | newspaper Late the other night they
 were going home together when Doe
 handed roll of money to Roe, saying: ''I wish you would keep this for me
 until morning. My wife sometimes goes through my pockets before am up, and if she should get this would be LID against it good and hard. My
 landlord says I've got to pay tomorrow
 or get out. @EA Roe took charge of the money, as- suring Doe that 1t would be perfectly safe in his keeping, since Mrs Roe
 never went to his pockets.
 About 8 o'clock in the morning Mrs
 Doe came hurrying over to Mrs Roe. 'NOur landlord is at the house." said she. "and he threatens to dispossess us if he doesn't get his money immediate ly. I don't care to wake John-you know how excitaible he is-I am afraid he might do something impolitic. l have searched his pockets and he has no money, so came as a last resort to l see tf you could lend me $5. I will see to it that you get it right back" Mrs Roe was deeply moved for her friend and neighbor, but she disliked to wake her husband, who is poor sleeper at best and had lately been suffering from extraordinary insomnia. l Still, the exigencies of the case seemed l to demand that she do something. She | therefore went to her husbands vest 1 pocket, as she had never done before, and found the exact amount required.
 Being sure that if Richard were awake
 he would help his friend in this press | ing hour of need she took the money and gave it to Mrs Doe.
 If I were manufacturing this story
 would proceed now to have the two
 wives go to market, or somewhere, so l that they might be absent when the hubsands awoke and came together. I 1 can see complications enough in that I situation to make whole novel. But I the simple truth is that Mrs Roe after l robbing her husband, became so l doubtful as to whether she had done the right thing that she finally awoke l him and relieved her stricken con- l science by confession.
 However, when she learned that the
 money had gone for the purpose for ! which it was intended. she declared l that she would never so through her l husbands pockets again.
 | ''W1hat if it had belonged to some l one else besides Mir Doe?' she asked. | Sure enough! What if ? Brooklyn FapIe
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
TO START A BALKY HORSE.

Recently St Louis paper related this method of starting balky horse from actual observation of an incident as it occurred on the street. Neither the driver nor others could start the horse, and then the following took place: In the crowd was an elderly man in a silk hat and a natty over coat. He watched the unavailing ef- forts of the teamsters, car conductors and policeman to start the horse. Then he stepped out and said, "Here, let me start the brute"
 The crowd gave him plenty of room and likewise the laugh. "Yes, watch him start at-nit," exclaimed the small boy. The man drew off pair of new tan gloves, handed his cane to car conductor, and turning to the crowd said, "Give me piece of string and short stick" The crowd grew interest ed and closed in still grinning. The man fled one end of the string to the stick and then began to wind the other end around the horses ear, as boy winds his top.
 The crowd continued to jeer, but the man paid no attention to it, and as he proceeded to wind the string around the horses ear the beast woke up and tried to pull away. Then he snorted and tried to rear The farther the string went the uneasier the horse be- came. After the last wind had been taken the man thrust the stick through the brow band of the bridle. gave the horse slap on the belly, and shouted, "Geddap, you slabsided hunk of crow bait" The horse snorted, shook his head disgustedly and moved off willing ly enough.
 That's the way we used to start our balky mules, when was freight ing on the Santa Fe trail" the man exclaimed IA horse can think of but one thing at time When he's think ing about the string on his ear he for gets all about baking"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
THE MIDDLE AGED.
FOrty-Five Is No Longer Regarded
 as an Age at Which People Are Thought Old.

If the progress of education, and the consequent general development of the intellect of the individual. the fre- quency of what our grandparents would have called youthful precocity, is remarkable almost as significant is what may be described as the refusal of middle age to accept it's traditional position in the journey of life, says the London Spectator. Half century ago man of AS was regarded almost as elderly, and a woman of the same age was expected to have long since cut herself adrift from all ties bind- ing her to her youth, and to assume: the appearance and department of a sta1d, exemplary matron. All this has changed in particularly interesting way, of which the prominent feature is a seeming contradiction. If the three-year-old child of today is as knowing as was the six-year-old of half century ago, and the ten-year- old boy of to-day is in many respects quite as much man as was his grand father at IS, one might naturally ex- pect that in due gradation the mod ern middle-aged man should be old be- yond his years. But such is not the case. Middle age, so far from hur- rying on into senility, so far even from standing still, would seem ac- tually to have stepped backwards and marched alongside of youth. There is jauntiness, a buoyancy, an elas- ticity about the middle-aged parent of to-day at which our fathers W culd have shaken their. heads as unseemly. The gulf which once separated the middle aged parent from his children has been filled up. The curtain which shrouded the middle-aged man gen. erally from the eyes of youth, and which caused him to be regarded with respect, if not with awe, has been lifted, and in obedience to the same influences which have made the school- master the friend of the schoolboy, and the regimental officer almost the com rade of his men, the middle-aged man of to-day is never so happy as when working or playing upon an equality with and actually in competition with youth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
PREACHER WAS JILTED.
Had Bought Furniture for His Home,
 But the Bride-to-Be Married Another Suitor.

An Ohio correspondent of the Chi cago Chronicle reports that sensa- tion was caused in Spring Valley when it became known that marriage license was issued by Probate Judge Shoup, of Xenia, O., to Hiram Rutan, prosperous young business man, and Emma Farnsworth, a most beautiful and accomplished young lady. Both live in Spring Valley. Invitations had already been issued for the marriage of Miss Farnsworth to Rev. Peter Leclar, a Methodist minister in Bell Brook, it Is said, and their marriage was te take place next Tuesday at the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06

Ohio collects over $4ooO,0oo in H- eenses from 1o,73e saloons.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06

Ladies' Tailored Garments
 It is not necessary to go to New York for the latest creations and new. est designs i'll tailored suits and riding habits. Order tailor-made suits of
 P. BUCK, 27O North Main St, am better prepared than ever to tSssass my large number e2 customers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06

house of Squire Truman, where the young lady made her home.
 Great prepara tions had been made for the wedding, and on Thursday Rev. MT. Leclar, accompanied by the girl, drove to Xenia, where they spent several hours buying furniture and other household articles. Several wagon loads of furniture purchased by the couple were delivered in Spring Valley.
 Rev. MT. Leclar is nearly 60 years old, while his victorious rival is only 30. His wife died less than year ago.
 The deacons, elders and other mem bers of the aged widower's congrega- tion expected to make the day gala one
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
NEST IN CASHIERS HAT.
Home-Seeking Sparrovs Took Grass
 Into Appropriate Home of the "LOmg Green.O

Maybe it was because a bank is a place where 'the long green" is kept, observes the New York Press, that two sparrows fixed on the Bayonne bahk as charming site for a summer home. Or perhaps those sparrows had heard the phrase about "money to throw to the birds" At any rate, they tried to take up their domicile in the home of finance.
 They flew in couple of mornings ago as soon as the doors were opened. They carried fresh green grass in their bills. The cashier made jocular re- mark about carrying ooals to Newcas-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
FIRE ALARM.

4-Cor South Main and Grand sts.
 5-Scovill Manufacturing Go (P.l
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill sts.
 7-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers 6 Bro P)
 13-Cor East Main and Niagara stHs, 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott road 1B-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 Kingsbury sta 23-Burton street engine house. 24-Waterbury Manufacturing Go fPl 25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts. 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts 28-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine sts. 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sts. 31-Cor Bank and Grand sts
 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor w. Main and Watertown rd. 35-Conn By & L't'g Go, car h'se (Pl 36-W&terbury Brass Go P)
 37-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 3S-Cor Grand and Field sts.
 42-Cor South Main and Clay sts. 43-New England Watch Go (Pl 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Go. fP9 46-Waterbury Buckle Co. P) 47-Cor s. Main and Washington ets. 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. 52-Cor Franklin and Union sts. 53-Waterbury Clock Go, case fac. (FR 54-Cor Clay and Mill sts.
 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-No 5 hose house.
 58-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin ssa 72-Cor West Main and Willow sfs 73-North Willow st, cor Hillside 74-Cor Johnson and WatervilIe sts. 142-Wolcott st, beyond Howard. 182-Cor East Main and Welton sts. 212-The Platt Bros Go. (Pl 218-Hammond Buckle Go. pl Clock Oo.nnsvif fac YysS North Main and Groye EFEas 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward Ass Cooke and ". Main ata 272-Grove. bet Central 6 Holmes ave 311-S. N. ID. Telephone Go buiIdine fEsl 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. 318-Randolph & Gloves (P1 314-Plume 6 AtwooS Pl S15-American Ring Go. P) 316-Electric Light Station PD 81S-Holmes. Booth & Haydens (rp Hose House. 323-Cor Washington ave & Porter ste. Charles and Porter sis, 325-Cor Simons st & Washington ava 412-Tracy Bros P) 432-Cor Liberty and s. Main s+s 451-steele & Johnson Mfg Go, fIH 5s2-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts
 P) Private.
 SIGNALS.
 1. One stroke calls superintendenki to the City hall
 II. Two strokes, fire out, recall.
 Ill. Three strokes, 12 m, 9 D. m.
 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1. Ten strokes uuicye, |, will indicate a general alarm ana viii ] call the entire force into service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
Longevity in Europe.

Of European nations, the Norwe- an and Swedish are the longest
 ed, the Spaniards the shortest. Ac- erding to foreign statistical re-
 Tn recently issued, the average du- ton of life is as follows; Sweden nd Norway, 50 years; Britain, 45 Fears and months; Belgian, A gears and months; France, 43 years and 6 months; Austria, 39 years and a months; Prussia and Italy, 39 years; Batavia, 36 years, and Spain, 32 years and months. Chicago Chronicle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
This L@ No Joke.

"Did it ever occur to you" began the man who. thinks it's up to him to start something.
 Did what ever occur to me?" asked the easy mark, who swallows the bait, hook and all.
 That the things people want to know the most is usually none of their business" continued the party of the 6rst party-C Cincinnati Enquirer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
Rainfall Spells Prosperity.

In parts of Australia, where the average rainfall is not more than ten inches, a square mile of land will SUD- port only eight or nine sheep. In Buenos Ayres, the same area, with 34 inches of rain, supports 2,56O sheep.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06

''I have been troubled for some time with indigestion and sour stomach" |" says Mrs Sarah W. Curtis of Lee, Mass, land have been taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets wAsch have helped me very much so that now I can eat many things that before I could not" If you have any trouble with your stomach why not take these tab lets and get well? For sale by all druggists.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
Miscellaneous natters.

President Buchanan. OF the Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers or Ameri-
ca. has ordered a general strike
A plan 10 corner the December wheat
market In St Louis by buying up all
possible insurance is said 10 be con-
templated.
Dowie's Restoration fiOst' left
New York for Chicago. weary and
hungry. the net results OF their work
being the baptism Of y New Workers.
The refusal Of the request OF Ball
ington Booth for a family gathering
for prayer around the dead body OF
his sister. Mrs. Booth-Tucker. has
caused a widening Of the breach be
tween members of the Booth family.
Frank Hayden choked to death on
n dOughnut in Chicago while passers-
by thought he was maniac.
Two hold-up men robbed Assistant
Cashier Melville Wheeler. of the tele-
phone company at Knoxville. Tenn. OF
$1,000.
a bloody battle between band OF
Indians under Eagle Feather. a gradu-
ate of the Carlisle School. and a num-
Der of whites near New Castle. Wyo..
resulted in the death OF two white men
and the killing of a number OF In
dams.
The date fixed for the first OF the
postal case hearings IS November %.
Postmaster General PAYNE estimates
the deficit OF the postal service for
the fiscal year ending June 30. 1905,
at SS.613. 700.
Rear-AdmiraI O'Ncil in his annual
report says the greatest need OF the
| Bureau Of Ordnance is a larger sup
| ply Of guns.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14

+ ] had been 81 Tucson nearly week
when one cod morning after COG
night Qt sgss February = I went co"a
snto the Santa Cruz Valley and took
tie road that WsndS-where there -
ksareiy room Tor ft-betwee1 the base
OF Tucson Mountain and re rlFer.
steep. broken ellis, perhaps a hundred
feet high. were On my right hand. ana
he deep bed q the shallow river lay
below ne on my left Eere ] was er-
5oysnx tie sur add keeping my eyes
open. when q set OF iouc. clear bird
notes in a descending scale feD upon
any ears from overhead stopped
pulled myself together. and said. "A
canyon wren" ! remembered DE-
scripfion of that descending scale The
snexf instant a SNAIL hawk took wing
from the spot Or the clsn when the
notes had seemed 50 fall Ny MIDI
sxaTered. but only for moment 40.
no. said. at IA not Ia any hawk
throat 20 produce sounds OF that quail
n.y. and I waited. A rock wren began
tssIinx bet rpck Srens did ncf cconl
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
LseoR wosLo.

Ogden Utah has passed an eight
hour ordinance.
Laborine mon ~ Pittsburg. Pa. are
founding q hospital
a Bible class Tor c-canized workmen
has been started in Atlanta. Ca.
Striking miners af Bilbao Snain. DO
stroved the electric light and telephone
plants.
In thirty-onc years tho brass workers
OF England have gained Sl3 100000 IN
wages.
Tho most thoroughly organized
skilled radesmen in Germany are the
printers.
The membership 81 the international
brotherhood Of Stationary Firemen has
Increased - 900 In the last two years.
Fourteen hundred brickmakers have
been laid on I'm Cook County. IT.. and
told there VIII be 10 more work until
iatc next spring.
Three active members 81 tho london
Society ~ Comn0sitOrs ore candidates
FOR Parliament from different London
districts.
Coal miners 80 Tennessee have agreed
20 have Judge q. j.. Clark. az Chatta-
nooga. 10 arbitrate their differences
with the operators
Owners Of the big meat concerns nj
Cincinnati have refused al demands
81 the butchers for "a ten per cent raise
and other concessions
The Boxmakers' Union. OF Jersey
/ City. y. J.. has started a cooperative
box factory. employing its own mem
bers and paying the highest union
wages.
Strikers az Bilboa. Spain. as a result
Of compromise will no longer be
obliged 10 buy food AZ the company s
stores or be herded ia the company
/ barracks.
Within the next three years the
brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemel
expect 60 revolutionize the wage sys
tenn for 100000 firemen on all railroads
IN the United States. Canada and Mex
leo.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
At The North.

Chicago street railway men probably
will 20 ON strike.
Miss Hoyt. niece OF n Montana ranch
owner has elopcd with a Chinamsn-
Samuel Parks. in New York. was
sentenced 20 two years and three
months i'm prison for eXtOrtion.
Engineer Pepper was killcd and
number OF students wounded by an eX-
ploding boiler at the Ohio Agric',ltu-
raj College
Lewis Nixon testified at the ship
building Trust hearing that the trust
had s.. 600 working capital on hand.
and that borrowed. at the time the
statement for listing stock vas issued.
announcing cash balance on hand OF
Sl.5O3 600
The Probate Court al New Haven,
Conn. decided the sealed letter be-
queathing $4,000 20 Honorable and
ATS ". J. Bryan was written by Philo
\ Bennett after the execution % his
will. and therefore is not part of that
document
The Federal District Court at Butte.
Mont. decided in favor OF Senator W.
4. Clark the suit brought by the
United States involving $1,000 900
worth OF timber land.
William l.. Elkins. the multi-mil-
lionaire and traction magnate. is dead
al Philadelphia. aged al years.
The Probate Court az New Haven.
Conn. decided that Hon. William j..
Bryan shall act us executor OF The viii
a. the late Philo s. Bennett
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany declared a semiannual dividend
OF 3 per cent. on approximately $3.50
600 900 capitalization.
Many steel mills I'm the Pittsburg
district resumed operations.
Tho National CITY Bank of New
York has ordered $1,000 900 Cd gold
from Europe
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14

with NE az that moment. Then. 81 a
very different voice a wren. presuIn-
ably the one / was 81 search 81. began
frettiDg. unseen, somewhere above ny
head. and then. silence. I waited and
waited. Finally I tried an old frlck-
7 started OF. II the bird was watch
ing me, as likely enough he was. a
movement. 20 leave his ne.gnborhood
souId perhaps excite him pieasuraniy.
And 20 IL did: or 20 Il seemed: FOR al
most az once the song wa gwen out
aDd repeated: a hurrled introductory
phrase. and then he fuller. longer.
more liquid notes. tripping quietly
down the scale. - Bradford Torrsy. IN
the Atlantic.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14

Chattanooga, Tenn. Specialize
National Association of Boiler-makers,
with 1925 delegates. representing
boilermaking firms OF the United States
and Canada. assembled in It's fifteenth
annual convention. The addresses Of
welcome were responded to by w. IL.
s. Bateman, OF Philadelphia. and
President O'Brien. OF ST. Louis. The
delegates were entertained ON Look
out Mountain during the afternoo2-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
From Across The Sea

The German garrison at Warm bad.
Darmalond. i'm Northwest Africa. have
been massacrcd by tribesmen.
Mrs DE Ia Mar. the noted Aueri-
can beauty married James L. Hart
maker IN Paris.
DR.. Otto schmidt. OF Cologne claims
20 have discovered a serum cure for
cancer.
a basis OF permanent peace between
the Central American republics has
just been arranged
Great Britain's case in the Nene-
zuelan arbitration was closed at The
Hague.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters OF General INTEREST In
Short Paragraphs.
Down iu Dixie.

FIRE in Senator Millard's mine. sum
NIT. Mountain.
Magistrate Elijah Upton killed
Thomas Stewart near Bowling Green.
Ky. in a dispute that grew out OF the
election.
The jury in the case OF State Sena-
tor Frank ~. Farris. OF Missouri.
charged with legislative bribery. tailed
TO agree.
I'D TO October IS. according Go the
Census Bureaus estimate. $500
bales OF cotton OF the new crop had
been ginned.
John Sharp Williams. OF MISSISSIPPI
ri. has been unanimously chosen by
Democratic members OF the HOUSE a.
minority leader
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
Killed at Playhouse

Wallace, Idaho. Special.-Two per
sons were killed and two wounded In
a shooting ARRAY at the entrance OF
the Wallace Opera House Tuesday
night. The shooting took place just as
the theatergoers were leaving the
.heater The dead: DR.. w. Il. Fins
shot through head; William Cum.
miner, shot three times. The wound
ed: Chief Of Police McGoyern. shot
through hand; Opera House Police
man Rose. shot In leg
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
Al The National Capital.

The battleship Maine has been hur-
riedly ordered 10 Colon. Isthmns IL
Panama.
The Republican members 81 the
House OF Representatives. in cnrcus.
nominated Representative Joseph c..
Cannon. of Illinois. for Speaker
The President conferred with Rcnub-
hcan Senators about the work of the
extra session
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
Ire Versatile American

HIS Ene1 o ausround mental activity
q ]. !" !. !.
T., that
= he
building unalashed
u "a : n
IT,
cane 90 cogzc
IN n
anda
n
butcher"
guide
auub
beside There probably
a IN ali
intelligence information and there
= Magazine
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14

The large collection Of Bibles and
objects illustrating the Bible donated
by Sr =. Brainard Pratt 70 the Con-
gregational Library IL still being IN
creased by his efforts. The library Is
steadily becoming snriebed by books.
mapnscripEs and documents 81 iSo'
port2nce. .<ss,>
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
he Annual Waste
From Forest Fires
Pv II. VI. Suter

annually at least hfty
q Milo Of
S1 d J ). d. !. J.
of
4 va cl are y
10 of counted the
OF trees
which
fo- clte
!
OF intermediate between tie far reaching
growth many cases 81 lnie5 ~
future
Maine ana te A-rol
Crr Is 10 s--1ll tenn
i those which have recently hu
Mode
c-ev lsi q
3
prevailed ID
damage ~
than
August
nd rlle and
Monthly Review O. Reviews
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
Effective Coon TrspsIno.

Aubdon Phillips Of Glover, VI. re-
Gently sent away over thirty hand
some coon skins. most OF them OF his
own trapping. with an order to make
them into a coat
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-14
II II II
Love is the handspring
By the Rev. Lyman Abbott

Official that sefnrest is the
Fl !: q. ]. ]. !:
OF Love r.
n r Of Industry 5 and the wife
III wheels OF Industry
81 thatc
OF the
n the merchant az his
the TIE teacher
unknown barrer
heard Il felt children
Here IS chance is "
dependent that IN
farm OF o lae'O't.
manage store railroad paat pcIure or
laTswhatever 90 the
children IN IBIS primary
preparation Tor some LIE We Ln" no' VIZ"
3lereaft r.--Af