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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
The Smallest Screws

THE smallest screws in the world are those
made in watch factories. They are cut
from steel wire by machine; but as the chips
fall from the knife it looks if the operator
was simply cutting up the wire for his own
diversion. One thing is certain: screws
can be seen, and yet a screw is made by every
third operation
The fourth jewel wheel screw is next to in
visible to the naked eye resembling speck
of dust. With glass, however, it can be made
out quite distinctly. 1t has two hundred and
sixty threads to an inch. These little screws
are four one-thousandths of an inch in diam
eter, and the heads are double in size. 1t has
hold one hundred thousand of them.
About one million of them are manufactured
in the course of month; but no attempt is
ever made to count them. In determining the
number, one hundred of them are placed on
very delicate balance, and the number of the
whole quantity calculated from the weight of
these All the small parts of the watch are
counted in this way, probably fifty out of the
hundred and twenty.
When they have been cut, the screws are
hardened and put into frames, about one hun
dred to the frame, heads up. This is done very
rapidly, but entirely by the sense of touch in
stead of by sight, SO that blind man with a
little experience could perform the task.
The next step in the process is to polish the
heads in automatic machine, ten thousand
at time. The plate on which this is done is
covered with oil and a grinding compound
and on this the machine moves them very
rapidly, by reversing motion, until they are
in perfect condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24

worries and woods used in every
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Describes what consti tutes mu-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24

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JOHN II o N E Y
W ELL s REA-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

The treasury department is decid- edly pleased with the foreign gold outlook as it is There has been a total of $23,000,O0O in gold engaged abroad and the trade balance with Europe will increase when the wheat and cotton crops move abroad. Gov ernor Frantz of Oklahoma had a talk with the secretary ot the treasury while he was here last week and, he says that there is d million bale crop of cotton to be moved from Oklahoma beside about 35,O00.O00 bushels of wheat The furry in New York did not of course affect the material pros perity of that part of the country, but like so many other agricultural sec tions. the scarcity of ready money and the contraction of credit clogged the wheels of commerce just when they should have been moving the most rapidly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

hriquette fuel on the torpedo boat Riddle, opens up a new and interest Ing vista in the fuel problem and promises the coal mines a new lease of life, says a Washington writer Els inmates made by competent scientists in the past year put a period of .75 years for the life of the existing hard coal mines at the present rate of consumption. This was assuming that there was no new way found of util- izing fuel for the production of light, heat and power. But the fuel di- vision of the geological survey has been working on the problem and has found out a number of important things of which the test of briquette fuel is one of the concrete demonstra- tions. Briquettes are blocks of fuel made from slack coal or low grade coal mixed with small percentage of pitch or other substance to- hold it together and shaped under great pressure. They have never been used in this country heretofore because coal was too cheap and plenty. But now that the end of the coal is with in measurable distance. it is comfort ing to know that they can be made and will do the work In fact it is said that they proved better for steam producing on the Riddle than first class coal that was used under one of the other boilers. There are millions of tons of slack coal on the dumps of the coal mines in this country. All of this has hitherto been considered waste. Now it is a valuable asset. But the fuel experts have discovered another thing in their investigation. and that is that the gas engine is more economical than the steam en- zine of the same horse power. It has found also that more and better gas for engine purposes can be made from low grade coal and Ignite, heretofore absolutely useless for fuel, than can be made from the best high grade coal This opens up an almost limit less field of fuel that exists in most parts of the United States and that has always been considered valueless, All these discoveries will tend to pro- long the life of the coal mines and ought to reduce the price of coal to the householder. They probably will not, but it is something even to know that they should.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04
HEARD IN PASSING.

High prices cant be laid to short crops this year. The fact that q mil lion cases of eggs are in cold storage in Chicago shows that the hen also has done her part in piling up pros perity and that prices should come down before the eggs spoil and the dealers suffer loss.-Bridgepor Post.
 Police Judge Peter Klees of Aurora III, who weighs 565 pounds and wants to reduce his weight. has been put on a diet of peanuts for 60 days, and his medical directors promise him the loss of some hundredweights. He might lose several and still be comfortably fat.-Bridgeport Stand ard.
 Federal Judge Grosscup of Chicago has been served with a warrant charging him with manslaughter. He is a director in the Matoop Electric railway. It is the first time in history when a federal judge has been placed under arrest on such a charge He gave a bond of $5O00.- Middletown Press.
 By the birth of little son and heir to Prince and Princess Alex ander of Teck the number of un- married English princes is now in- creased to II. and if to these are added the two sons of Prince and Princes Louis of Battenberg there may be said to be 13 princes for whom wives will have to be found at some time.
 An early American peacemaker was Elihu Burritt, the blacksmith scholar of Connecticut. It was mainly to his efforts that the Paris peace congress of 1S49 practically owed its existence. Though now al- most forgotten. the same principles were discussed and the same proposi- | tions laid down as obtained at the Hague in 1S99.-Exchange
 The biggest tomato patch in the Tinted States. if not in the world. is | in Clark county. Missouri. just south of the Des Moines river. In this patch there are 110 acres of tomatoes. and 1 it is exactly mile in length and 1 about one-third of q mile in width. The rows. if stretched out in a straight line. would extend for sl- nose onA hundred miles es--American ! Farmer
 IL is only at rare intervals the country is reminded that ex-Senator | Ednunds. of Vermont and Philadel- ] nhia. and John A Kasson. of Iowa, still live. They are both natives of Vermont and in the public service. Nr Edmunds in the United States senate and Mr Kasson in the house l and diplomatic service Mir Ed Eunds is now n years old and Mir | EaSsan 's SS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

The acute stage of the financial crisis has passed. hysteria has suh- sided and the situation now appears well under control, says Banker Clews. This does not mean that an immediate recovery Is to be expected
 Recuperation will he slow and irregu- lar: the causes for the recent collapse being too deep seated and complex 10 indulge in any false hopes in that re- spect. It is now fully recognized that the crisis was chiefly due 10 the eN- haustion of floating capital. Aoit- tionaI sources of weakness were the overextension of credit the overpro- ductton of securities. the impairment of confidence by corporate misman- arement. and the occasional interfer- enCe cf national and state govern msnts in corporation affairs. Wall street has now amply discounted all of these drawbacks. having done so in three successive stages hy means of the breaks in March. August and Oc- toher. Tn the financial district the situation is gradually fighting itself
 After liquidation on a tremendous scale the surest and most natural re- Ilef came through gold imports. over s25. .000. .000 having thus far been engaged. Tha other form of relief that Of clearing house cartifcates- though artificial vas equally emci- ent- This latter ex7edient has been resortei 10 in many of the leading cIearing hous=s in different parts of the country and has done much to re- store the equilibrium. go. too. has Secretary Co-relyou's prudent and liberal action as wsI as the generous sssistance of our leading barkerz
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04
LIVING TO BE 100 YEARS.
Dr Starr Says He Never Used Tobacco
 or Intoxicants.

Dr William Starr of Washington has just celebrated his tooth birth day anniversary. He enjoys good physical health and Is in possession of unimpaired men, tai faculties. Naturally the question of ho one should live if the object in live is to reach the century mark was broached at the meeting of the Oldest Inhabitants as- sociation. Dr Starr ascribed his longevity to his having never used to- bacco or intoxicants and to having always eaten moderately and gone to bed at sundown.
 Any light that can be thrown upon the problem of prolonging life must be interesting to most human beings, but is ever any real light thrown upon it? Dr Starr is a centenarian. He never used stimulants and always went to bed with the chickens. His conclusion is that other people would live to be very old if they would follow his regimen. But at the same time venerable Pennsylvania physi- clan assures Us that it's a well ac- cepted fact that longevity is largely matter of what turfmen call conformation. The person who is destined to live beyond the allotted years has short legs and a long trunk. He has heavy palm and short fin gers. His brain is deep set,' his lungs are large and his eyes are blue or hazel.
 If the physician is right we should not go to bed at sundown and forego participation in all Tevelry at night lest we die because we are long-leg- ged. and die without having lived. There is no real comfort in either the statement of Dr Starr or that of the Pennsylvania savant. Few persons would retire at sundown even if fair lv certain of longevity as reward. If. on the other hand. the length of our legs and our life have relative bearing we would better pursue pleas ure with all the speed that is in us, and take no thought for the morrow, keeping. of course. within such bounds that we may have reasonable hopes of finding ourselves among the sheep upon the morning after judg- ment day.
 All systems for defeating the reaper fail because there is fat med ical lexicon of diseases between ''ab- sCess" and "zymosis." any one of which may do for us to-day or to. morrow. to say nothing of the motor car of Dives. the block system. forked 1 lightning and family differences. The mortality tables of the life in. s1Irance companies tell us what oul expectancy" is at a given age. but the life insurance agent points out tc us that man goeth forth in the morning fourishing like a iimso1 | weed and in the evening the under. tsksr hath him in the ice box ShOri legs and hazel eyes mean very little since the accidental causes Of death are so numerous Rising and rstiT. ing with the sun zvsfls nothing and 2 causes us to miss the evening which { is the need of cur toll during the day light hours IL is better for our hap piuess to honor our father and moth CT and exercise the vfTtus of noder. alton i1 all things and trust that Our days nay be long ia the land. than to follow the advice Of some one whC
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

The first fruits of the army test ride are becoming manifest in that twelve officers who are admittedly sound in head but possibly not so in wind and limb have been ordered be- fore a retiring board. The move marks new departure in the army. Heretofore it has been the custom to subject officers over the rank of cap tain to physical examination for promotion. and there are large number of officers who are good technical men and who have not any manifest physical defect who prob ably could not stand the fifteen mile horseback ride that number of the officers have recently undergone. In fact it is said that if the new system is kept in force it will mean the elim- ination from the active list of fully ten per cent of the officers who come up for promotion It will strike some of the old established desk men in the war department, men who never expected to see an examination board again till they were ready to go on the retired list voluntarily. It is creating a great deal of apprehension among all the officers who have reached middle age. Of course there is a great deal of fault found among the men who are the victims of the new order, but it will make far moro rapid promotion and is accordingly welcomed by the younger men.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04
WHY NAPOLEON LOST.
Told by Professor Wheeler of Yale at
 Lecture in Foot Guard Hall.

Napoieons defeat at waterloo was due to his failure to have just 10000 more men. says Professor A. M. Wheeler of Yale, who lectured at Foot Guard hall, Wednesday night. This lecture was the first one in a series of entertainments for the bene- fit of the work for boys undertaken by the Fourth Congregational church. Mayor Henney introduced Professor Wheeler and spoke in support of the plan the Fourth church is following out in regard to the city boys.
 History as it is. and not embellish- ed with sentimental nonsense or par tisan deductions, is what Professor Wheeler gives his hearers. The much discussed campaign of Waterloo he has given long study and he tears of the superfuous trimmings to the story of that great combat, and heed ing not writers or critics, he draws us his own picture of events.
 Sarcastically be holds up Yelling ton and even emphasizes his charac- terization of him by his compliment taTy references to him as defensive officer. All theories that are based on Napoleon's failing physical and mental powers, upon his sluggishness or upon the lack of that brilliancy that characterized his earlier cam- paigns. were swept away by Profes- sor Wheeler. who points out that the emperor's brilliancy as a strategist and tactician was never before so con- =s- The y---NGru1r h1 Napoleon's defeat was due to his fail- uTe to have 20.OOO more men whom he could have used at Ligny and have completed the overthrow of Butcher along the lines he had SO clevely map ped out without having had to call on Ney for them and thereby having had that number marching and coun- terma-ching between Ney and himself and not firing shot. He would have beaten both Wellington and Butcher in detail. says Professor Wheeler. As it was the allies retTeated from Quatre Bras and Ligny in parallel lines and nothing could prevent their junction
 Butcher did not start earlier in the last days fight to join Wellington be- cause the IstteT's misTepresentations ss to his power to cooperate earlier } in the battle had aroused his suspi- cious and till he was actually satisfied that Wellington was going to put up q fight he would not go Professor Wheeler puts emphasis on Yelling tons attempt in his report to take all the credit for the victory. when there was plenty of glory to go round and its subsequent effect upon the reIa- fions between England and Prussia
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04
rnnnecticmt Patents.

James H Hunt. Greenwich. cover ing for mangin rolls. Helena 4 SchwaTZ. Waterbury. Clamping de vice for curtain stretchers: Charles L. Smalley. Starney- hot head for explosive engines. Waiter P Walter. Stamford. adjusJs ble top for launch es. For copy 0- any of above patents send 10 cents iu postage stamps with date of this DaPer TO C \. Snow & Co. Washington. D C
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

has lived to be 100 because his ap- pointed hour has not arrived. What doth it profit man to abstain from eating his cake, in the hope of having it, when his vermiform appendix may go upon a strike and cut him down in the morning of life quite regardless of how carefully he has lived?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM.

4-Cor South Main and Grand sts. 5-Scovill Manufacturing Co. CPD 6-Cor Bridge and Magill sts.
 7-Exchange Place.
 8-Euclid and Roseland avenues. 12-Rogers & Bro. (P) 13-Cor East Main and Niagara sts 14--Cor East Main and Wolcott sts 15-Cor High and Walnut streets. 16-Cor East Main and Cherry sts. 17--Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm, Kingsbury sts 23-Burton street engine house. 24-Waterbury Mfg Co. (P) 25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2S-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 I'd, 36-Waterbury 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 Co. (P) 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Go (P) 46--Waterbury Buckle Go. (P) 47-Cor S. Main and Washington sts, 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. 52-Cor Franklin and Union sts. 53-W'bury Clock Co, case f'ty. (Pl 54-Rose Hill house.
 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 5S-Cor Luke street and Sylan ave. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin st 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 73-Cor N Willow st and Hillside av 74-Cor Johnson and Waterville sta 142-Wolcott st above Howard. 153-Cor Walnut and Wood sts. 162-Cor East Main and WeIton sta 173-Poli's theater. 212-The Platt Bros. 6 Go. (P) 213-Shoe Hardware Co. (PD 2l4-W'bury Clock mvt. factory. tP) 216-Cor Cherry and North Elm sta 2s1--cor Round Hill and Ward sta 253-Farm street. COT St Paul. 254-Cor Etna and North Main sts. 261-Junc Cooke and N. Main sts. 263-Cor Abbott and Phoenix ayea 272-Groye, Central and Holmes ay. 311-S. N. E. Tel Co building (Pl 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. 313-Randolph 6 Cloves. (P) 314-Plume & Atwood (P)
 s15-American Ring Co. (P1 3l6-Electric Light Station. TP 3Is-Holmes. Booth 6 Haydens. fpy 3z1-Cor Bank and Washington ay. 322--Cor Green and N. Leonard sts s23-Cor wash'ton ave Portland st 3z4-Cor Charles and Porter sts. sz5-Cor Lafayette. Washington sv. 327-Riverside Park, near brewery. 5Tl-City Lumber and Coal Co. (PN 41z-Traey Brox tPl
 t23-Cor Clay and Mill sts.
 t3z-Cor Liberty and s. Main sts. G51-StesIe & Johnson Mfg Co. TPl sT2-Cor Baldwin and Wilmington sts 5sz-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts- T42-Cor Ridgewood and W'viIIs sts
 (P1 Private
 SIGNALS.
 l. O7s stroke calls superintendent u
 the City hall
 H. Two strokes, fire out. recall iii Three strokes I2 m D. n f-I-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1- Ten strokes
 quick viH indicate a general sIsra
 and vf1 call the entire force inu
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

The postmaster of Gasc0nado. Mir. Daniel 4 Bugh. says I cannot say r0o much for your Kidney and Blad- der Pills. I feel like 8 new man" De Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills are sold by the Buckingham pharmacy KODOL is offered 0n guaranteed nrsn for the relief Of heat burn fat vIeues. sour stomach helChing of gas. nausea. and all stomach troables- IT
 liessts what you eat IL will make ron healthy. Sold by the Buckfngham pharmacy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

Cuba has accumulated a national debt and is threatened with a general strike. But she will have to come to the front with'a war scare and a fin ancial panic before she can be consid- cred a real addition to the family of nations.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04
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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1907.

It is announced that Gladys Van derbilt will have to marry her foreign count three times to make the union legal. Well, says one writer, it is comfort to think that she will only have to be divorced once to make it 1ep91
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04
Trains Leave Bank Street Station as
 Follows.

FOR BRIDGEPORT AND NEW YORK -6:35 500 e:40, l1:l2 a m.; l:lI 2:49, 4:l5, 6:I2 p. m.; Sundays, 7:o5, s:o5 a. m.; l:o5. 5:i5p m. FOR INSIGNIA AND NEW HAVEN 6:35, 500 9:40. ll:is a. m, i:i4. 2:49, 4:l5. 6:l2, ?. m.; Sundays, 7:o5, SOS a. m., l:05, 5:l5 ID m. FOR wATERTowN-e:45. s;s2. u:1s a. m. FOR THoMAsToN. ToRRINGToN AND WINSTED-6:il, SIPS. I0:56 a. m., 1 20 3:53, 6:5s s:5i p m; Sundays, e:53 a. m. !; s:l2p m
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04
AND UPWARDS ON EASY WEEKLy
 PAYMENTS.
At This Time Of the Year

there are sudden changes of temper
 ature from warmth to cold. The
 cooking stove fails 10 furnish enough heat to make the house comfortable. The furnace heat, if needed at once,
 reuuires something more than wood and hard coal 10 get quick results,
 Browns Quickfire Charcoal and Otto- coke used in the furnace makes hre
 that warns the house in q marvel ously short time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

It is hardly 10 bs supposed that the long suffering hoasshoEder will ever gst any benefit from it. but the report just received at the navy de- pzrtment of the successful trial of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

At Beuson'S "Wednesday morning rou cam buy a Buffet with Oval Plate Mirror. beautifully carved frame. made to sell at S35. for S1s.Jg. Ex- ira large stock Of Budets at PIices in proPoFlion-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04

Take soue good reliable znl safe d. xestsnt Ike KODOL for dyspeps5s EODOL is the best remedy known to- day for heart burn beichlng and all tro1blsS arising from a disorierei digestion It is pleasant to take and a1aris relief promp1ly- Sold by the B1ckinghzm pAzrUaeT-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-04
HIGHLAND DIVISION.
Trains Leave West Main Street Sta
 tsnr, EaIlnxxc.

Iralns Leave west Main Street Sta
 ton as Follows: FOR HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, WILL LIMANTIC. WORCESTER PROvI- DESCE, PUTNAM AND BOSTON 7:i0, s:S7, (to Hartford) a. m.: 12:l5. 3:l5, 7:34 p. m. ito Hartford and Springheld,) FOR DANBURY-s:3 a. m.; 2:06, 7.OO P. FOR PoUGHKEEPsIE-s:s5 a. m; a:o5 p. ID.
 Sunday Trains. FOR BRISToL-(Conneeting with suburban trains)-ss:30. slO:3o a m; BPS, sa;S3 6:s3 pm.
 sConnecting for Springfield, Worcester. and Boston.