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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
Brevities
THE HALL OF FAME.

Lord Charles Beresford, the British admiral, so well known to Americans has given his consent for his daugh. ter's conversion to the Catholic faith. l It is said in Pittsburg that Mir. Car. negie has In view plan to give sub' stantial aid to the cities and towns that are struggling to support Carnegie 1 libraries.
 The kaiser has tried pretty much ey- } kerything but business. He is a com poser, painter, sculptor, maker of armies, a preacher, and now he has an art store.
 Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Can ada, on his retirement from office will write history of the Dominion. In his early years he did considerable newspaper writing. He is master of the English language.
 Louis Madelin, lecturer of the Ali ance Franchise in the United States for ] the coming year, will lecture in the i United States and Canada on historical subjects at the leading universities and expects to return to Paris in May.
 Clark Williams, who has been ap- pointed by Governor Hughes as su- perintendent of banks of New York ! state, is vice president of the Columbia 1 Trust company of New York. MT. Will Hams was graduated from Williams college in 1892.
 Rev. John Green Brady, three times 1 governor of Alaska, has lost what mon- ey he had, and at fifty-eight he has ! got to begin again. He risked his all in the Reynolds enterprises in Alaska, which were wrecked by the failure of i the Reynolds bank at Valdez.
 Abbas H., the khedive of Egypt, is one of the most cultured of oriental ] rulers and is thoroughly European in his tastes and habits. He is an expert linguist, a devotee of music, a con- poser, a practical agriculturist, tee 1 totaler and about the only Egyptian man who is not cigarette smoker. i Both the president and Mrs. Roose- welt are fond of music, and each of their six children inherits the love and has had the advantages of the best teachers. Mrs. LongwOrth is perhaps | the best musician in the family, being a graceful performer on the piano and i able to accompany Mir. Longworth in his almost professional skill on the violin.
 Louis Gold, one of the best known builders and real estate men in Brook lyn, has had a most interesting career. He was born in the province of Wilma, Russia, and fled Russian persecution and emigrated with a number of others to Argentina. There he was held in peonage, from which he escaped and came to the United States. Today he is rated as one of the Brooklyn mil lionaires, although he is only thirty two years of age.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
The Traveller Guessed We'll.

A captiOus traveller in northern Arkansas stopped by a fence to criti- else a scar eOrnfield which met his dis approval. Mighty small corn you have there.." he shouted to the man who was experimenting tho growth from shady corner.
 Yep" said the ArkanSan- Planted the small kind"
 Looks mighty yellow to me for this time of year"
 Yep. Planted the yellow kind"
 Well" said the traveller severely. 'T can't understand your method Ot farming. You won't get over half a crop there"
 Nope" said the Arkansan cheer fully. You are shore a good g1esser. stranger. Half a crop exactly. that's mine planted this on shares--- Youths Companion
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
At the Matinee.

The orchestra finished with a crash. paused a moment and then. as the lights were darkened. started a sprightly curtain raiser.
 There was an increased commotiOn throughout inc house-peOple hurrying 10 their seats, taking off wraps. try ing to get in a last word before the curtain rose and a flutter of excite. ment and expectancy which always precedes the raising of the curtain. Aboyc the confusion two voices were audible behind me
 Now. look at Mrs. DeMar. She al- ways waits until the last minute to take of her hat"
 "I have noticed that. Did you ever see any one who liked to show or as much as she dps:'
 'Ycs. and 'hcy say her husband is just working himself 10 death
 of course that is always the way. Now. for ny part. I don't think it shows good taste tO dress that way just for a matinee A plain tailor made gown with a pretty blouse is a great dea. more sensible.
 'It surely is oh. for pity's sake. there Is Mrs. Leland, wouldn't want tO show myself after all the scandal they have had"
 Well. should say not But there Eoes the curtain. and ve will have to keep stilI-
 But they didn't-ChicagO Record. Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
The Erinue of Art,

Elihu Vedder, the painter, lives in Rome, where he has beautiful apart ment, and in Capri, where his white villa looks down on the sea,
 "Elihu yedder," said New York il, lustrator the other day, "is as bohe, milan as ever. Fame has not spoiled him. I visited him last year, and his bohemian ways were delightful.
 You know they tell a story of a visit that he once paid to Alma-Tade ma in London in that glittering house which Mrs. ATS money, made in grateful, comforting cocoa, bought.
 "The morning after his arrival, very early, before even the servants were up, Yedder began thunderous knock ing on his hosts sandalwood floor.
 "Alma-Tadema turned in his gold bed, threw back the lace coverlet and satup.
 "Who's there? What is it? he cried in a startled voice.
 "T say, Tadema,' shouted Vedder where do you keep the scissors that you trim your cuffs with? ?"-Washing. ton Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
AN EVENING ATTACK.
The Easy Way Travellers Arc Held Up
 In Savage Europe.

The Easy Way Travellers Arc Hold Up
 In Savage Europe.
 The Balkans can boast of cities which are miniature replicas of Lon don and Paris, declares MT. Harry De Windt, the author of Through Sav- age Europe" These are civilized cen ters. But the remoter districts are. as of yore, hotbeds of outlawry and brig andage. where you must. travel with a revolver in each pocket and your life in your hand, and of this fact MT. De 1 Windt had unpleasant proof.
 In the district called Ropitza an cid erly Turk urged us to pass the night at squalid inn where our driver had taken us. Failing to persuade us, the old villain disappeared and so effec- lively piled our driver with sliwowitz that he could not sit up on the box un- til sunset It was therefore dark be- fore we could set out, along narrow road, hewn through dense pine forest.
 But the game little team dashed along and must have covered about mile when there came violent lurch, followed by crash, and I found my se'e in the dusty road within an inch or so of unpleasantly active iron heels. The driver had been hurled by the shock clean over the horses heads and lay motionless.
 Fortunately my companion, like n.y. self, was uninjured, and we set to work to repair the damage and assist the plunging and terrified ponies to regain their legs.
 A pine tree which had fallen across the track was the cause of the disas- ter, but the carriage was luckily intact, and only a trace was broken, which I hastened to repair with the aid of rope and jackknife. Then curious thing happened.
 Look behind youw suddenly ex- claimed my friend, and I turned has, tily, to discover perhaps twenty silent, shadowy forms, which had apparently sprung out of the earth around us.
 There was no "Your money or your life" business about this strange band, but its methods were quite as effec- tual. "You will give us 200 dinars'- about fS-"and we will help you shift that tree," said the spokesman in Ser vian, and I instantly recognized the voice as one I had heard that after noon in the inn.
 Resistance was of course useless, for a match was kindled by the speak CT ostensibly to light cigarette, but probably to reveal the gleam of fire arms in every mans belt They num- bered more than twenty, we only three, and one of our number half stu pefied with drink and terror.
 There was nothing for it but to pay up and look pleasant, and, having re- moved the barrier, obviously placed there by themselves, the robbers van ished as rapidly and silently as they had appeared on the scene.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
EDITORIAL FILINGS.

Mrs. Stusvesant Fish bemoans the fact that it is 50 expensive to De rich. " If she only knew what it is to be poOr,-Detroit Journal.
 Tho prizes of commodities have ad- vanced to the polnt at which even wild oats come higher than formerly Louisville Coarier-JournaL
 Geronimo is now posing as an old man full of sorrows and regrets. Had he obtained his deserts years ago he would ie a dead man fuH of govern meHt Washington PoSt.
 The Beaver County Association of CndeTtakers has raised the price of funerals 10 peE cent. With the cost of living "u the jump and tho price of funerals increasing. what is a poor man expected to do:-Phiadelphia In- tUirer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
ENGLISH TECHNICS.

Of LondOn's population 2S0,OO0 are members of some sort of clubs.
 Measurements made in London schools prove that the children of the well to do are better grown for their age than the children of the poor.
 Asked by London police court mag istrate recently how often her husband assaulted her. a woman replied, Not very often-only three or four days a week"
 There are only three enGravers of shorthand in England. One lives at Bath. As q joke he has suggested to his two London fellow workers the propriety of trades union.
 In England and Wales there are about l.GCO.OOO persons over sixty-fve years of age. and in the course of a year moyc than a fourth of that num- Ter are compelled to accept poor re- lief.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
NEW YORK CITY.

The board of estimate of the city says the municipality will spend $15,- OOO,O0O more in 1908 than during the present year.
 Daily in New York city 49,500 per sons pay the street car lines , cents for the privilege of hanging fast to straps for from three to fifty miles.
 Most of the new houses being built in the borough of Brooklyn are of frame construction, costing on an aver age $4, 100 each, while a majority of those in the Bronx are of brick, each one costing about $G,500.
 What was an almost impossible waste of two miles of rocks and brush a quarter of century ago is now one of New York's most fashionable thor oughfares. possessing natural beauties and artistic structures not surpassed in the city. Ii is Riverside drive.-New York Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
Truly Admirable.

An Illinois politician who once deliv. cred what seemed to him an excellent and striking speech on the trust ques ton was most anxious to ascertain its effect upon the Democratic part of his audience, these for the most part being Irish.
 "Was the speech to your liking, PatT' he asked an old friend in the audience
 Sure, it were a grand speech" aver red Pat in a tone of such sincere admi. ration that the politician felt moved to investigate further.
 "Was there any part of it more than another that seemed to hold you?" the speaker asked.
 "Well, now that ye ask me, I'll tell ye," responded the Celt- What took me most, sir. was yere perseverance, the way ye wint over the same thing ag'in and ag'in."-Harper's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
A sFshs mi-szss.

Chltto HaEiD was pleading in Wash lngiOn for the I1lians' right Co roam in nOmad fashion. like their fathers
 They teI us Co trust tO f0rtGna." |" Chifto TIarjo sad. and then we'll get our rights But we arc tired OE trust Inz to fortune Fortune has used us Indlans as II usai the pale face in- struetrpss at ihe Indian school in isq5--
 Chittg Har5o smiled and went on:
 This fzstrEctress found a hOrsesaOe. and to get Eaod fortune pat 1t under her pillow. along wfth her false teeth la the nsoruzz- Ia the hurry Of dress Izz ske s1tsrItufei the shoe for the tech and .isd Bot discover her mistake III her zfEzzae1 hEsband asked her ia t51es of b1zTgr at hreakfas1 wh1t vas the natter win her nSzth--
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19

Iy. q trusted you, though It has been apparent for some time that other firms were getting the best of us on big contracts. think, Sutton. that the partnership had best be dissolved"
 T admit that appearances are against me-" said the junior, but l did not give out those or any other figures
 "Sure not" put in Henry. Kincaid frownod.
 How dared you follow us in herey he thundered
 Thought you wanted me-" was the calm response. MT. Sutton didn't copy that stuff. It was little man with a nanny goat beard. He came in to see Mir. Evans while the push were to lunch There was only me and him here, and this fellow comes in, and he goes in the office and bangs the ma chine for fair. Then he goes out, and Mr Evans chases me over to Graves (I Sitgreayes with the money he got for margin One of the kids over there says Mr. Evans cant play the market any better than he does the ponies"
 IIincaid caught Henry by the collar and helped him hurriedly out of the office. Then he locked the door, and the three employees in the main office could hear only the hum of angry voices, though Henry had an explana- tion Probably Kincaid knew what the boy had picked up through the frecmasonry of office boys. Evans was betting on the market and on the races with no success. He had overdrawn his share of the profits of the tirm and in his pressing ed of ready mon- ey he had sold inf. -IatiOn to his part ners' undoing.
 It must have been the right explana- tion, for later on 'Kincaid apologized to Miss Childers for his suspicious, and the three men left the office
 Phoebe threw her arms about Hen rvs neck and planted half a dozen kisses upon the freckled cheek.
 You have saved my reputation and my happiness" she whispered to the blushing boy as she released him. 'I shall never forget it."
 Henry winked at Dighton.
 T guess that's something you cant dO," he eXulted.
 For answer Phoebe slipped an arm about Dighton's neck. But he may" she laughed, flor we are to be married soon'
 "Stung," murmured Henry, "but all the same I'm glad I knew about that bum B. I guess I'll wait and marry your daughter when she grows up."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
His Salt Water Pond,

Thomas W. Mulford, the Alameda ly proud of his place and the diversity of the crops he could command from it's soil. MulfOrd maintained that the produce of his acres was sufficient to supply every want of an epicure. Once, years ago, while entertaining a party of barley buyers of the famous Guin- ness stout malthouse of Dublin, which concern bought the crops of barley raised by Mulford, he spread a Mul. ford feast. There were oysters on the table and clans in the chowder, trout from the skillet and shad on the plank; the olive trees that furnished the oil shaded the dining room win dow; the wheat and the beet sugar fields lay within the vista. Little brothers of the sucking pig grunted complacently in the sty while their kin were served roasted for the edi- fication of Dublin palates. The slopes near the house bore the grapes from which the claret and sauterne were made. It was easy to believe in the nuts. ralsins, oranges and lemons. and MulfOrd paraded his little coffee shrub for the Irishmen.
 It was complete course dinner, nothing lacking. The Dublin gentle men were polite, but they raised their eyebrows over the juxtaposition of trout. shad and oysters. After the meal was over Mulford continued his demonstration He showed his fresh water fish pond. and then he said:
 "Gcntlcmen. I'll now show you my salt water pond"
 He took the party down to the lower portion of his ranch and pointed out san Francisco bay.-San Francisco Call
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
H U nor
IT WAS NOT TO BE.

Angelina Would Have to Go Hungry if
 She Married Rastus.
 As their wedding day approached they sat down one evening to figure a bit on household expenses. He got out pencil and paper and put down coal and wood and gas and rent, but as they came to provisions a worried look appeared on his face. .. "Ah spec it's gwine ter cost heap ter feed us, Angelina" he remarked, with deep sigh, as he paused to sharp en his pencil.
 Huh! Doan' you spec An kin cook widout wastin'?" she asked. "Yo jes' go on now an put down wot we'll hab fo' one Sunday dinnah, an yG'.l dun see it ain't gwine ter cost sich heap, 'kase Ah'll make wot's left ober las all week. Go on, Rastus, an den we'll fig ger on de price later. Now, one five pound chicken"
 "Uh-huh, nah lub."
 "One quart ob potatoes"
 "Uh-huh, nah empress"
 "One loaf ob bread"
 "Uh-huh, angel ob paradise"
 "One can ob tomatoes" "Uh-huh, nah pearl"
 "One can ob con-"
 "Uh-huh, nah rosebud"
 "A quart ob onions" "Uh-huh, queen ob kings"
 "One dozen bananas"
 "Uh-huh, gem of rubies."
 "A pot ob coffee"
 "Uh-huh, nah pink dove"
 An mince pie. We'll, An reckon dat's about all. An now"-
 "Hop on, dar, Angelina!' he inter rupted as he looked over the list. "Yo's dun made a big mistake yere."
 Flows dat?" she asked.
 "Why," he said, "yo's only dun nam ed wot An ginerally eats mahself fo' Sunday dinnah. Wot yo' gwine ter hab?'
 She looked at him speechless with as- tonishment for a moment or two; then, realizing that with his appetite they could never marry on $14 per week, she uttered a shriek that was heard all over the neighborhood and swooned at his feet.-A. B. Lewis in Judge.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
Tb.rn R.nd.Irh M.nt.d

Can yOu put me in 70 way to be- come a successfuI rugEe to an amount that nay throw an air of dignity over ths trznsactton and divert the atten- tio1 of the gaping public from the eaoruItT of the ofsnse to that of the "HFrom a Letter of John Ran dol7h of Roenoks to Dr. Jsha BEOek- ezbEUzgh
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
snrr~ H. srok..

Really. Miss Prinm. you ought to Cns married" l" remarked Wedderiy- -To1'I sOo8 be in the sp5nSter class if yoa do1't hurry up and catch on
 ~Oh. don't wOrTy about ne. Mfr. We3- derly,- replied Miss Prinm- If ] were as easy to psezss as your wife ] vo1Id have been married long ago-- Loadoa Telee-zpA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
A Rrak

What a queer remark that ms- made about the bride!' said the f. wedding guest
 What was ftg- asked the other
 "He said: How natural she look Don't you think sor"
 Force of habit He's an undertaken Catholic Standard and Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
M---. SaEm

Grigz-The Hea of pour letting your wife n rguHd saying she made s man of y9u- YOu dGn't bear ny wife saying that BrirES-No. but beard her telling my wife that she dId ker best
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19

The prePzrztso1 q AznVzs fo- paint CTS Es a I1cr1fiFs trz1s
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-19
HEAT IS DEADLY
TWENTY DEATHS IN THtRTY-SiX
HOURS FROM OPPRESSIVE
HEAT AT PlTTSsURG.

Pittsburg. July 17.-Tcn fatalities
u., 90 the intense humidity and OPP
prcssivc heat wave occurred here to.
day. making over score of deaths
within the past 36 hours The max.
imum temperature reeistore dtolay
by ule United States weather bu-
reau was 81 degrees This record.
however. was taken ON the 2ith floor
Of the Farmers Bank building. and
street thermometers registered from 4
to Il degrees higher.
Many persons were prustrated. The
suffering in the mills and manufactur.
ing district is worse tnan has been
experienced in years Last night and
early today people could not slcer and
thronged the streets and parks for
breath of air
Showers are again predicted Nr to.
night and some relief is hoped for.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-19
OPERA TRoUPEs AFFECTED BY
LOSS OF PARTY RATE.
EACH ACTOR WITH TICKET
George Brennan OF the "Clansman''
Company Tells Of the Hardships
and Disadvantages the New
Law lncurs.
Ardmorcite Special.

Ardmorcite Special.
New York. July lS.-From the man.
ayers sanctum To the outer darkness
inhabited by the office boy and the
hungry actor irost-in the heart
Of midsummer-ha struck Broadway.
The cause of woe is the ruling of the
Interstate Commerce Commission abol-
ishing theatrical party rates. Especial
ly will the Companies that travel
South be crippled.
Actors and actorincs hereafter must
each be armed with an individual
passage ticket or thousand-mile book
If the former they will hc Obliged
to pay three cents per mile straight
as against the two cents per mile
party rate of last year Mileage books
will cut the rate to two and half
cents, but to get This advantage the
manager must have a long purse.
Speaking Of this matter. George -
Brennan of The Clansman" company,
said
THE action Of tn eoSuthen Traffic
Association rings the death knell
Of the moneyless manager. Never
again will it be possible to travel the
Southern circuit on a shOe-string
Take. for example. an opera company
of fifty people travelling on an average
of a thousand miles a week Before
starting out their manager must buy
them fifty l0OO.mile books; that Is,
he must advance $3.50 to the rail
road company before he can give his
first performance Moreover, he is pay
ing cent mile more than he used
to, the old rate for fifty or more per
sons having been only "A cent and u
half per mile This represents an add
ed outlay of $500 per week or 100000
for season Of forty weeks. Thus
the increased railroad fare may easily
eat up the profits Of the season.
There are other hardships. Can you
imagine the manager of a travelling
company that gets into a town just
before "A performance and leaves i'm
mediately afterward asking at the
station agents window for fifty indi-
ydual mileage books? And this five
minutes before train time? Fifty sta
tistical records of age, height, com
pleXon color of eyes, and the rest
of the fol-deOl, fifty stampings and
punchings of fifty tickets while the
iron horse paws and snorts with i'm
patience to be OF Conductors too,
will swear under their breath. Their
work will be multiplied fifty fold with
out a cent extra to pay.
THE Clansman' company will feel
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-19
ONE ON ROOSEVELT.
Smooth Kansas lad Gave the Presi.
dent Worst Of A Baruain


I can't forbcar mentioning MIR
Rooscyclts souvenirs They repre-
sent his democracy far better than
rcams of "reminiscences could. MIR
Mckinley once had three carloads OF
such tokens hitchcd onto his special
train; but Mr. Roosevelt must alto.
gcthcr have at least three train loads
Hc cannot stop to pat a dog ON the
head without that animal being immc.
diatcly Grated mp boy its fond owner
aud shipped 20 "r Washington.
II. c. Horses and saddles enough to
iit ont q brigade. chairs badges. ur.
keys. guinea pigs. snakes from trav.
cling sidcshow. canes. vases every.
thing that the generosity of the Ameri.
can nation can conceive has been
given to him at one time or another.
lie used to gct flowers and bouquets
by tho hushcl generally presented by
some of the young ladies Of the town.
and these offerings would finally pile
up to such an extent that the porter
wonld bc compelled to open the car
window and throw them uut to make
way for those at the next town IN
amusing Incident in this connection
occurred at little Kansas Own
The presidential train was just pull.
ing out Of tine depot when through
the crowd came a barefoot hoy. run
ming with AN his might and carrying
"a holuct In his hand. lie yelled
Roosevelt saw him. so did the whole
populacc. "W,ll' said the president.
Il can't run away like this and insult
the boy" So he pulled the bell rope
and brought the train to a stop.
The yomgstcr came up br,athlcss.
ly and delivered the roses. Roosevelt
smiled and handed him a dollar. and
the incident was closed. Later. as the
train was speeding un it's way, his
"dcc-hghtcd' smile was a bit troubled
and l" called in the porter.
Jerry he said, 'it seems 10 me
these flowers are rather wthcrcd.
aren't they The boy must have had
a hard time getting through the
crowd.
We'll they ought to be withered. 3"
was the answer THAT there bouquet
has been on this train for three days,
and ! just threw it out Of the window
back at that town
There is a boy somewhere In Kan.
sas who will be a captain of indus
try one of these days Robert Lee
Dunn In Success Magazine.