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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

WANTED-Contrac or jobbing by . W competent carpenter. all work prompt y attended to. Martin Soborg. 50 Cherry avenue. City.s 5-6-u
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

WANTED-Thres first class all round W machinsts at once. for permanent positions. Apply stating experience and wages desired. Box l55 New Haven, Conn.
 7-l.H
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

WANTED The people to know that W paint tin roofs with paint that gives satisfaction and saves roof and money for patrons. Plenty of references that you know. Richardson. 10 Burton street.
 4-z5-3m
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

WANTED-5c men at Roseland avenue W sewer job, shoveIlers and rock mon. at once. Call at Job. z-1-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

NOR SALE-The farm and old home- Il stead of the late Charles E. Warner. also factory equipped with steam engine. boiler and hydraulic cider press. Will sell hall building now being used as school house. All located in the ce&ter of Oak. vile. Apply Charles L. Warner. Admin. istrator. Oakville. Conn. Tel. 43-2. or 43-4 Watertown. 5-25tf
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

xhs D.ah for Wsalth- If psppss op1A Ioaz1 np< Co eafs fof
 uun1Rh Q - Guo enU-01eaU
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05
IATE WANTS.

Wo RENT-Four rooms on third flosr, j. g West Farm street. Inquire on first floor. 7-5-6
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

EoR SALE-Two furnished cottages at I Walnut Beach. and one. two and three family house in City. also building lot at a bargain if sold before June 18th. j. E. Sandiford. Real Estate. No. loo Bank street. Tel. l44-4.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

EOR SALE-House and lot 43 cossett Il street. Artificial sidewalks and drive. ways made and repaired. also general job. ping of mason work. Peter B. Carey. g cossett street. Telephone 279.2 4-l7.n
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

EoR SALE-Two family house and barn. I lot one hundred feet front by i5o feet deep with fruit trees. on Tracy avenue. will sell it at sacrifice. Call and sec us The United States Land Corporation. l7 Bank street. Waterbury. Conn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05

EOR RENT-Tenement of 5 rooms. all I improvements, at 20 Luke street. Inquire on the premises. 75-4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05

of locomotives, and these, In turn, are sub
divided into numberless classticatlons. ac-
cordIng to the number of driving wheels,
pilot wheels. and trailers. 5,s5 5s9
There. are fairly countless varieties, OF cars;
under freight cars there are box cars. fla =
ca RS, Tank cars cattle cars refrigerator cars,
and many others, each rated in order OF its
capacity. 81 {5
Tiny Tom Thumbs descendants have OUT
grown their forefather's dwarf ON. and are
a Eighty teeming ra ces of Goliaths There
are now we'll fifty thousand locomotives.
efn3thes United States all ofthem busy, cours-$
ing over the 2l3. 9O4 miles OF track which have
been laid to satisfy the growing demand for
railway Communication Over these tracks
las year were hauled, as nearly as the
combined available reports of the railroads
Indicate, ma tier of 4750, OK, 900 passengers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05
~HE secret Of success In life SAID
tf58s Dlsra ell, is for a ma n to be ready
for his opportunity'wlienitc comes"

men GSSuAo -
Ana most successes are buill upon timely
recognition Of an opportunity; frequently OF
an opportunltylong existent but never before
recognized.
lsOpportunity. says the old proverb.
Y" knocks once at every mans door.
j The wit who added that when Opportunity
called most men were away from home
simply meant that few men recognize a sue
cess opportunity when It appears.
Win Success by SEEING Chance.
Take the great heroes Of history, finance,
science -s Lincoln, Wellington, Napoleon.
George Stephenson. John D. Rockefeller,
George Childs, Thomas Upton, and scores
and scores of others. What life chances had
they that might not have been embraced BY
many, or that less astute strivers might not
have found Ill arranged for successful han
ding. The story is the same as regards
countless brilliant financial successes Of the
day.
Pullman grew rich because he made the
most comfortable cars known to humanity.
But how many other men travelling IN un-
comfortable cars had missed the opportun-
ity he grasped Marshall Field found his OPP
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Find Out Why You Tell.

employees in the department store5and this
particular young man was laid off. He grtl1ns
bled Of course. and didn't knowSwhy4 he
should be selected, but every one else knew
the reason. It wfls clear case OF Incidence.
Extravaganza Proves Ruin.
A good natured American who had q keen
idea Of what the public needs. opened a bak-
cry, ice cream, and confectionery store in
one Of the western cities. Itso happened that
the right store had opened at the3right time,
and in the right place. Twas a success from
the start and profitable beyond the expecta-
lions Of It's originator, III sss9
Three years afterwards he was Ssbld Oil by.
the sheriff. Such a climatic such q business
surprised those who were not intimat ely ac-
5quainted with the man, but his associates
could explain it quite easily. His. sudden
success wentsto his head. He discarded his
modest lla bits and began a life of;pleasure.
Cigars at three for dollar and unlimited
champagne became daily necessities. Ex-
,pensive suppers were quite the common
thing. or course he could otplaysand work
at the same time. He neglected his business.
He kept taking money away from II, and
ceased to put his energy and brains into It.
The inevlta BILE happened.
It would be we'll for those who meet with
failure to endeavor to make an intelligent
study Of the causes Of that failure. Donot
be too ready to blame your failure on your
environments, on your associates, on your
lack of capital, and above all do not at
tribute It to bad luck. Seek the true cause.
Find out II 1t does not come about through
lack of ambition, through Incidence, through
lov.rconndence. lack of preparation, extrav-
agance, lack OF knowledge, intemperance, In
competence, or tactlessness.
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Era Of Modern Loco Beginning to Open. E

1., he nifty thousand locomotives OF Amer.
lea are celebrating the birthday OF their
illustrlous progenitor, the tiny I" Tom
Thumb" which was as diininutive in
the race OF the iron horse as was his
equally renowned human prototype.
seventy-five years ago with much travail
and trouble, was bcgotten and brought forth
the little locomotive Weighing four tons
which has propagated a teemlng stock OF
sleek, black. steel stceds, many $4,000
pounds each, which speed over the race
courses OF a continent on 213,DOa miles OF
track.
AT It's prodigiops birth there seemed 10 be
no good fairies to cndow the new Invention
with gifts either OF beauty or power. Yet
after all GONE benevolent godmother must
have watched over It's arrival and sped Its
course to good fortune, for while there were
difficulties nNlmerabe and undrearned OF
By It's great father Peter Cooper, ncverthe-
less they all were In time surmounted 80
that'even during the life OF this proud par
ent the strange li,tlh monster gave promise
OF future falne and usefulness.
\ siIa
Tom Thumb Mere Plaything.
The first successful locomotive. christened
Tom Thumb, was, indeed. a tiny creature in
comparison TO the stca1ning giants that
race from shore to shore today, trailing long
PROFESSIONS OF luxurious big cars, and Its
own light weight OF about four tons. drew
with much uncertainty and no less labor a
handful of frightened passengers over few
miles OF uneven roadbed.
The locomotive in England had ante-dated
American experiments by several years, and
was represented In the United States In 1922
by the Stourbridge Lion as the machine was
called in the coal regions OF Pennsylvania.
1t is said that the Lion proved TO be more OF
u. jay than specimen king OF beasts. and
after some unsuccessful trials was relega.ed
to the scrap heap. while the expense It had
involved for the coal company was charged
to profit and loss.
While this tragical and untiniely fate was
scarcely calculated to infusc zeal or con-
iidence into the minds OF future capitalists
who We're besought TO, experiment with loco
motives. Cooper showed himself the sort OF
exception that overrdes difficulties. and re-
NAMED fast and loyal TO his idea that there
were lImItlcss possibilities In such an in
ventIon II i, could be applied to Baltimore,
where he was an extensive land owner. Much
Of the manifold opposition which arose came
from the Baltimorcans themselves. who
avowed that the roadbcd as planned was too
crooked. that the grades were too steep,
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resultis the period OF time in which is in
scluded the entire rallroading history Of the
country,
There Is only seventy-flve years between
the dark little days Of Tom Thumb. which Pc
ter Cooper ran in Baltimore In 1880, and the
5halcyon era of the flery.fyers which ma ke the
trip between New York and Chicago IN
eighteen hours.
@ BY the time their grandsire's hundred 9th IN
niversary will be celebrated such miracles
8 Of fuller perfection will have been attained
that they In turn will dwarfthe present day
wonders into an nsignifica nee that rivals the
doughty, yetginfantile. deeds OF their fore
fathers, whereby Peter Cooper name was
inscribed in the hall Of fame reared in the
memories of those grateful to great American
pioneers of invention.
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Cooper's Efforts Bring Success.

COOper'S ktfOrtS BRING ouCCess.
DESPITE these severe arguments, set forth
with all the weight of conservatism Cooper
dauntlessly persisted. and fortunately iiho
the means to put his beliefs to ipracticai
test In 1890 his flrst born arrived. fash ioned
according to his own plans. This ne sent sen!
from New York to Baltimore by sailboat, ana
upon It's arrival discovered to his dismay that
there were no wheels upon which to mount
his peculiar prodigy. One ROSS Winans,
however, supplied the lacking necesslties ana
the trial trip was made.
The issue afforded the people q capital
chance to laugh. The little locomotive OBJ
stinatcly refused to move, wheels or NO
wheels, and give the cnrpers a fine opportu-
nifty to drive home their objections I Coop
er's expense, the Joke passing current that
the visionary enthusiast had nm idea he
could haul passengers and freight with
stationary engine.
Nothing daunted, the philanthropist de-
cidcd that the failure was due to defects that
were easy OF cure IL given into the keeping
OF competent mechanics Thus he secured
the services Of George W.Johnson and James
Muiholland, who were charged to remodel
The machine regardless Of cost and who thus
became the mechanical fathers Of the first
really practicable locomotive Of America
They finished their work In their crude ma
chine shops and christcned their progeny
Tom Thumb. Tom Thumb was destined to
be the father OF a brawny race iron heroes,
and he early showed his mettle.
Transforms Wild erness into Cities.
Peter Cooper might well have glowed with
parental pride as this vigorous little child Of
his brain made the trip from Baltimore to
Ellicotts Mails without break in n hour and
a quarter and the return trip in ffty-seven
minutes. One horse was Its computed power
and the weight 1t drew was something less
than five tons. Its velocity was about twelve
miles an houf.
This was the beginning. The primitive
little boorof Tom Thumb which Peter
Cooper fathcred seventy-tiye years ago sig
nified not only newly discovered and I'M
proved means Of transportation; it was the
medium of transforming isolation into popu-
lous cities. II opened UP close communica-
ton that brought New York and Washing
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BY j. Coleman.

portunity in storekeeping. How many had
passed by the same opportunity, at the same
time. or failed to improve It
"a Chauncey Jerome, maker Of the first brass
clocks. seized an opportunity long waiting
FOR come one So did Ichabo IYnshburn.
blacksmith's apprentice, who, learning that
England had q monopoly Of the steel wire
used IN pianos. while no good wire was then
made In the United States, grasped the wait
Ing opportunity with such skill that his
700 workmen finally turned out twelve tons
Of good American wire each day. Col. Will
lam L. Strong, later head Of a great WOODEN
house In Ohio, left salary Of So, 600 a year
to take one of $1,000. His later success
proved the opportunity he recognized Of
regal kind.
Opportunity Better than Salary.
- TO seize upon an opportunity is OF the
utmost Importance Prof, Sargent of tfar-
ward not long since declared, !" even though
the remuneration may seem small and In
adequate 1t is not to the value of his SER
Vices to which a young man should look, but
to the opportunity offered" MI
Years ago Prof. Sargent seized his own
opportunity when. as a student, he gained
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05
Do Not Be Indispensable.

Within few weeks was promoted-to
the head of another department The salary
was not changed I protested, butit did no
good. was required to work seven days a
week-nine hours q dny-eleyen on Sunday
for the same pay had received in}the other
two Jobs.
Then realized. had made mistake in not
going to the other firm, but 1t was too late
got angry and threatened to quit. Ny EN-
poyer was sorry. Retrenchment was neces-
sary. He could not Increase salaries then.
but may be later.
Anyhow worked fourteen months. seven
days a week--without a day.o and without
a vacation. ThenI asked for more pay.
They switched me to another department.
with two men above meat the same pay.
Then quit.
After nine years OF hard work / walked
out without prospects--and nothing to show
for having refused a dozen jobs-under per-
suaslon from the frm--when offered more
money. 4 Y,
His Salary Doubled at Last.
The moment quit the firm was after me
hot foot ! was abused as deserter who
had thrown them down, Iaccepted another
job-at a slightly increased salaryr-andE
after short time my old employer bid me
back,
Then ] got my revenge Il demanded ex-
actly double what he had paid me before,
STIMULATING eight hours DAY ana six days
a week. ] got the job and still hold it,
"a incidentally 1t did not pay The !lrm either
They beat me out of possibly ST. 4 week
for eight years, am now getting SIS a
week more than | would have dared ask,
tIfIhold the job six years I'll be ahead OF the
game. Also I shall demand an increase
shortly. In addition, my respect for the
firm has been ruined, I know my services
are Invaluable, and out of revenge for hav-
ing been beaten out OF what earned shall
demand more than ! earn.
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It was impossible In that position 10 become
known outside the office The head got al
the credit.
Quits, and Then Goes Back.
For two years toied there. Then came
n fiatterlng offer to accept Il posltto ~ :.
rival company at my specially. dla no.
want to hold up my employers by tell'he
them ! had received an offer OF more pay
l thought IL they really appreciated my serV-
ices they would have increased my pay 80
without any warning or " bidding Tor my
services / resigned.
The Bhutter that followed my resignation
was N1attcring to my vanity. The firm did
not want to lose me- The head of the con-
cernltook me out to dinner and-oyer the din
ner--lie rebukcd me for quitting, i told him,
truthfully, that much preferred to stay
with the firm, but that It had shown me no
upprecation-had used my best services to
its own advantages and without reward to
me- had robbed me of my chance of promo
ton because ! would do the firm moro good
in another capacity and yet had not Increased
my salary.
Then no made me an offer. lie guaranteed
that Ii would stay with his firm for thirty
days longer would be promoted, told him
already, had done business with the rival
and was no longer free to accept any OFFER
he might make.
He asked me X I would stay II he--person-
ally, through personal friendship with the
head OF the rival flrrn--would secure my re-
lease from my agreement. ! told him would
He represented to the rival firm that was
injurlng my own prospects by quitting, and
the other Arm gave me a release from my
promise. Later learned that It did not
impress them fayorably and that. indeed,
they We're prejudiced against me because Of
this act, MI y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05
Era of LOGON olive Just Opening.

Yet even these fertile figures but outline
4 the great story OF the locomotive in America.
Advance and progress still proceed The
American locomotive has but passed by Ave
years the three score years and ten allotted
man his span Of life The iron horse has
only begun to i've. Add only five years to.the
! lie of a man who has lived all the holy writ
appoints for one earthly residence, and the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05

and 300, 600. 900 net pounds offreight. Such
Is the great oak that grew from Peter Coop
er's little acorn--a marvel OF figures that
might stagger the belief OF the most vision
airy Of dreanlers In Cooper's day, and which
convey In their <unadorned fact a livelier
picture Of progress than could be painted
by the most talented of brushes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05
By A. NJ. krecker.

ton together by hours INST cad Of days and the
Atlantic coast and the Pacific by days in /
stead Of months. II unified the United
States into a corporate nation which super
seded the disconnected federation of states
having little In common
Surely some prophetic vision must have IL
lumned Peter Cooper's eye, else one would
look In vain for an elqcdation Of the rea-
sons that prompted the merchant prince
and philanthropist, neither mechanic nor In
ventor, to espouse the cause OF an invention
which the most expert opinion of the period
pronounced valueless.
Baldwin Develops Locomotive.
The laughter that was directed upon tiny
Tom Thumb was blunted III the first budding
days OF his youth By a sod little wall OF
success that has waxed ever loftier and
nrmer. In a short time came Matthew bald
win, pioneer Of the great American locomo-
tive builders, early hero in the brief, bril-
liant period OF three-quarters' OF century
wherein American lnven,iveness, American
enterprise, and mocha meal genius have DE-
tyeoped locomotive building from an expert
ment into a marvelously mammoth system
which Is perhaps the true foundation OF the
nation's indus trial supremacy.
Matthew Baldwin Is most famous as the
founder Of the house that still bears ms
name. the greatest company OF locomotive
builders in the world but by trade ne was
maker Of watches Later he made BOOK
binders tools and cylinders for calico print
Ing. His first engine was small upright,
stationary Continuance for driving the ma
chinery in his shop His first locomotiVe,t the
Old 1ronsdes, had its trial trip In, November
1899. It's weight was a little over five tons
The Baldwins got he first foreign recogni-#
ton for american locomotive building when
In 1910 they were awarded an order by AUS
5ttrIa Since then they have built locomotives
for nearlyaevery land in the world The iron
nts~which now come boldly forth from
their famous shops urten weigh 100000
pounds and fit from town to@town at the
rate Of sixty and seventy miles or more IN
hour. n ss
nany Types Of Engines Made.
Not alone, however, In the Increased size
4 Of the locomotive, nor It's larger carrying
r capacity, or It's swifter speed,Sis the story
of the remarkable development untolded.
No less marvellous Is the varied service
that endows the train equipment of today.
4 Thus. there are four entirely different types
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- f you want to succeed In this world, do
not consider yourself indlspensable-and
/ beyond that, never be Indispensable.
i The man who thinks a firm cannot get
along without him is sure to be fired
and the man who really is invaluable to a
firm is almost as certain to be one of the
poorest paid, hardest worked drudges in the
shop.
These things know by my own expert
ence and from observing others. The man
who knows the shop from top to bottom, VINO
can do anything. fit into any shaped hole.
and pull the firm through any emergency
Is usually the poorly paid drudge, the man
who doesn't know the business at all, but is
brilliant In one special line, is the man VINO
Is head OF that department and drawing the
best salary.
Inmy own case I started at the bottom
and learned the business Thoroughly IN every
detail and every department, thought II
wonld help me. that ought TO know all
about our line. Instead Of helping me. It
made me the hardest worked. and incl
dentally. one OF the poorest paid men in the
shon-that Is Of the men who held any sort
of responsible position
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and that not enough steam could be applied
ana maintained TO make possible the hand
ling Of heavy loads.
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Refused to Desert Employers.

was In one department, and more than
made good there, Iachleyed some little rep
utation and some outside reputation 30
much. in fact, that received several offers
at Increased salary, TO go away as a special
list III thatline 1regarded myself as valua-
,ble to my Arm, and thought the firm would
,apprecat my value, It did. had worked
my way almost to the top OF my department
the next vacancy meant that would be the
head, when suddenly there was startling
weakness in another department. was
called upon to All this place, dragged from
my first success, and thrown, at the same
salary, into a lower place in another depart
ment Ia help out made good there.
knew that line almost as we'll as my first. and
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By G.. W..

achieved some Office reputation in that line,
It was impossible in that position to become
known outside the office The head got al
the credit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05

HUNDREDS Of thousands OF persons
are eagerly in search Of the secret
of success: but comparatively few
ever pause to consider that II they
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-05-26
RICHES 1 CHI D R.|
ALFRED DE RorHscHILD HAsIN...
COME OF OVER S. A MINUTE. "a
Wealthy Englishman II Extremely
Popular-Owns Private Circus !.
and Entertains Guests with
IN y Unique Ideas.

London. Charles de Roths-
child 10 one of those men who have
solved the problem of how to be happy,
though unmarried. Few people seem
to get more enjoyment out of life than
he. Possessed OF a great fortune, MS
entertainments are among the features
of the London season, and those about
to begin at his town house in Seamore
place are arousing the most agreeable
anticipations. There is no more popu'
lar host in Mayfair.
."Mr. Alfred" as he is universally
called, is 81 years old; dapper little
man and the most exquisitely attired
member of the Rothschild clan., Like
all of them, he is an astute man OF
business. He is also a distinguished
amateur musician, connoisseur IN ART
and a dilletante in many things. with
an income that works out little more
than IS a minute, he has relaxed none
of his practical interest in the great
financial operations for which the
house is famous. He is generally at
his Office by ten every morning, re,
naming. there with an interval FOL
luncheon until the afternoon.
When not occupying his town resi-
dence or detained by some social en-
gagement, the financier travels every
evening in his. own private railway
car to Halton house, his magnificent
country seat, near Tring. He is gen.
orally accompanied by his private
band, and one of his secretaries and g
couple of Wallets. The band, which II