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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16

first I had been inclined to give him his way. But the more I considered the matter, the stronger seemed to be- come tho force of the obicctions-It takes a far bigger man than was Bur bank at that stage of his growth not to be cheapened by "steeple-chssing for votes" also. the coming of the candidate causes jealousy and heart burning over matters of precedence. reception and entertainment among the local celebrities. and so he often leaves the party Iukewarm where he found it enthusiastic Further. it uses up local campaign money that ought to be spent in hiring workers at the polls. which Is the polite phrase for votebuying as "retaining{ee- Is the polite phrase for bribe.
 I decided against the tour and for the highly expensive but always ad- mirable and profitable pilgrimage plan
 Burbznk's own home was at Riv. ingtOn. and I should have had him visited there. had 1t not been on a singletrack branch railway which could not handle without danger and discomfort the scores of thousands we were planning to cary to and from him daily. So. it vas given out that he purposed as far as possible 10 withdraw from the strife Of the cam Tsizn and to aEzit the results in the dignihed calm in which he wished the voters 10 determine it He took after Woodruff had carefully selected fla -retired- h0ass in the coun- try
 And it vas ia the open country. A farm garden sdFo1zsd it oa the one side. a wheat fed on the Osher. a large orchard to she rear. The broad uea6or in fru1t gave p5s1ty of ron for delszatiozs visiting fhe -stzndzrd bearer cf the 1arry of Bstriofisz- ia
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16
AFIRE IN MIDAIR.
New York Aeronaut's Trick
 Cannon Set Him Ablaze.
SHOT FROM BIC GUN IN CLOUDLAND
Eugene Raymond, Performing won- drous Act 1000 Feet skyward, Nearly Lost His Life When
 Fireworks Went Wrong.

BELLEvILLE, \. J., July 16.-Eu. gene Raymond, a young aeronaut of New York, went up in a balloon at Hillside park, near here, to be shot from cannon, which was to give the illusion of smoke and flame. He came down a mile from the park with his clothing on fire, his hair singed off and his face and body badly burned, while the people in the park, unconscious of the tragedy which they were seeing in midair. applauded the realism of the delusion which they thought they were witnG ssing.
 Most of the spectators in the crowded park went home without knowing that they had seen an accident. and even the managers of the park did not know that the aeronaut had been hurt until early in the morning. when they receiv. cd word from the Pnssaic General hos pltal, where he had been taken. It Is not yet known at the hospital how seri- ous will be the outcome of the acci- dent which the unconscious crowd | cheered.
 The trick which Raymond went up to perform Is a not uncommon one. A sheet metal cannon about fifteen feet long was attached to the bag of com mon hot air balloon. Raymond was supposed to get In the cannon. holding a parachute in front of him. and to re lease a spring which would shoot him out into the air and allow him to drop slowly as the parachute opened. To give the effect of a real firing of the cannon there was a small amount of fireworks powder In the breech of the imitation gun. which was to go or at the same time that he left the gun and to give the Illusion that he had really been shot out.
 When Raymond started out to do his trick the fair weather had brought oui a large crowd. which waited around snxiOusly as the big bag filled with ho' air from the fire beneath 1t and had to be restrained by men who held the ropes attached Co the balloon When  the bag was full Raymond climbed in side the cannon. the men let go of the ropes. the balloon shot up and the crowd below cheered- The hot air bag had reached a height of neariy T.o0l feet before Raymond released the spring
 I At that height the balloon looked tc the crowd about the sire Of one of the toy baIIoo7S which the vendors had been selling through the park. SDd- denIy there was a fash Of flame from it. a little speck shot out and what al that heighf appeared to be q tiny para col apened and wifh the speck hanging af the snd of It descended slowly tO ward the earth The erO-d cbeerei q the mzn a the cad of the parzchufs foated toward the grognd he cheer' Iax redoubled when thsy noticed tha' fks snoke of the explosion stin eiunz arpund hin. He aHzhtet far szt o'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16

sight of the crowd, and the people went home congratulating themselves on having seen most successful ascen' sion and descension.
 They did not know what had hap pened in midair 1000 feet above them. When the balloon had reached a suf- tcient height to allow the parachute to open Raymond released the spring and lighted the fashlight powder at his feet The powder for some reason went off the wrong way, and when he emerged from the mouth of the can non with the parachute his clothing was all afiame. His hair and eye lashes had been burned of, his shoes were being eaten off by the flames, bis face and body were badly burned ahd his clothing was blazing.
 As his body shot down toward the earth the wind famed the flames and scorched the aeronaut's body. There was a moment of suspense as to the parachute, then 1t opened and his de. scent grew slower. From that time on 1t was a close struggle with death in midair. It seemed to be two to one chance that he would not reach the ground alive. There was one danger that the flames which enveloped him would burn his hands so that he would have to let go and fall more than Q mile to the ground and another that the fire would eat into the parachute and let him drop like a piece of lead from the great height to the earth be low
 As he fell a slight wind which was blowing caught the parachute and blew 1t toward the west. It had gone nearly a mile from where 1t started when 1t finally reached the earth in q vacant lot at the corner of Center and Miller streets. in Nutley. Near the place where the balloon anu the half conscious aeronaut had struck is the home of II. E. Winfield. The family had been sitting outside and saw the parachute as it dropped. The moment Raymond struck the field Mr. Winfield ran to his assistance and found hin in a terrible plight His hair had beer almost entirely burned o1. the flames had eaten off his shoes and the rest of his clothing was smoldering.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16
Burning the candIs.

So Parker shot himself. did her unused one of Marshal Fields whole sale salesmen- Yes answered the silk buyer. sadly. What on earth did ks do Ii forz- Queried the salesman. ~Oh. I don't know: he vas hitting a pretty fast pace" answered the other. Burning the candle at both ends. chr remarked the salesman "Yes. guess hats vhat you'd call it. admitted the buyer. For a fsv moments both men were silent then the salesman looked up- Funny. isn't it. that when a fel- ior barns hls candle al both ends hs nsTsr thinks of blowing oEf the eaz<ls: if's alwxTs his brzinzL-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16
CHAPTER XIX. David Sent Out Against Goliath.

was almost master of myself again when, a week later. I got aboard the car in which Carlotta and I were talk ing our friends to look on at the oppo- sition's convention at St Louis.
 When we arrived. went at once toNconfer with Merriweather in a room at the Southern hotel which no one knew he had. Simpson has under. rather than over. 800 delegates" was his first item of good news. It takes $50 to nominate. As his sort of boom always musters its greatest strength on the first ballot, I'm putting my money two to one against him"
 And Scarborough" I asked, won. dering at my indifference to this fore shadowing of triumph.
 My men talk him to every incom- ing delegation. It's well known that he don't want the nomination and has forbidden his friends to vote for him and has pledged them to work against him. Then, too. the bosses and the boys don't like him-to put 1t mildly. But I think we're making every one feel he's the only man they can put up, with z chance to beat Burbank |"
 My wife and our friends and I dined at the Southern that night. As we were about to leave, the streets began to All. Ard presently through the close-packed masses came at a walk an open carriage-the storm center of a roar that almost drowned the music of the four or five bands. The electric lights made the scene bright as day.
 Who is hey asked the woman at my side-Mrs. Sandys.
 She was looking at the man in that carriage-there were four. but there was no mistaking him. He was seat cd. was giving not the slightest heed to the cheering thrOng His soft black hat vas pulled well down over ms orows; his handsome profile was stern, his face pale. If that crowd had been hurting curses at him and preparing to tear him limb from limb ee would not have looked different. He vas smooth-shzven. which made him seem younger than I knew him 10 be. -snd over him was the glamour of the world-that-ought-to-be in which he lived and had the power 10 compel others to live as long as they were under the spell of his personality.
 That. replied tO Mrs sandys, ifs Senator Scarborough of Indiana
 What's he so stern ab0uts~
 I'm sure don't knOu-perhaps to kide his joy
 But did knoz. and my remark was the impulsive fling of envy. He had found out several weeks before. vhat a strong undercurrent vas run ni1g toward him He vas faced by a eilsnma-If he did not go to the con ventioa st would be said that he had stayed away deliberately. and ke vould be nominated: If he went. to trT to prevent his nOminatio7. the t1thasizsm Of his admirers and fsl- E uld give the exeuss Ger Ea-c-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16

stants thought drove the wild notion from my mind. He could not strike that deadly blow at his party.
 Fellow delegates" said he-a clear CT, more musical voice than his I have never heard-'I thank you for this honor. As you know, l opposed the platform you saw fit to adopt. have nothing to retract. do not like 1t. But after all, candidate must be his own platform. And l bring my public record as proof of my pledge that" he paused and the silence was tremendous. He went on, each word distinct and by itself-"if I am elected-a long pause-'I shall obey the constitution" pause-T shall enforce the laws!"
 He was descending the aisle be- fore the silence was broken-a feeble, rippling applause, significant of disap- pointment at what seemed an anti climax He had merely repeated in condensed form the oath of office which a president takes at his in- auguration. But somehow-no doubt, 1t was the magic of his voice and his manner and superb presence-those simple words kept on ringing; and all at once-full half a minute must have elapsed, long time in such circum- stances-all at once the enormous meaning of the two phrases boomed into the brains of those thousands: If this man is elected, there will be president without fear or favor, and he will really obey the constitution, will really enforce the laws! That little speech, though only repetition of an oath embodied in our century old supreme law. was firebrand to light the torch of revolution, of revolu. ton back toward what the republic used to be before differences of wealth divided its people into upper middle corporate combinations made equality before the law a mockery, before the development of our vast material re- sources restored to the intelligent and energetic few their power over the careless and purposeless many.
 As the multitude realized his mean ing-I doubt if many times in all his tory such a sight and sound has burst upon mortal ears and eyes. For the moment I was daunted; 1t was i'm possible not to think that here was | the whole people, not to feel that Scarborough had been chosen presi- dent and was about to fulfill his pledge. Daunted yet thrilled, too. For, at bottom, are we not all pas sionate dreamers of abstract right and justice?
 Then I remembered; and I said to myself: "He has defied the interests. David has gone out against Goliath but the Davids do not win nowadays. l will elect Burbank"
 But where was the elation that thought would have set to swelling in the me of less than two weeks before? And then I began clearly to see that, for me at least. the prize, to be prized. must be fairly won from start to goal; and to be enjoyed, must glad den eyes that would in turn gladden. me with the approval and sympathy which only woman can give and without which man is alone and in- deed forlorn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16
CHAPTER XVIII. A Dangerous Pause.


 I took train for my friend Sandys' country place near Cleveland, forbid ding Woodruff of Burbank or my sec retaries to communicate with me. Sandys had no interest in politics. his fortune was in real estate, and, therefore, did not tempt or force him into relations with political machines.
 Early in the morning after my ar rival got away from the others and. with stag-hound who remembered me with favor from my past visit, struck into woods that had never been despoiled by man. As tramped on and on, my mind seemed to revive, and I tried to take up the plots and schemes that had been all-important yesterday. But could not. Instead, as any sane man must when he and nature are alone and face to face, I fell to marveHng that could burn up myself, the best of me, the best years of my one life. in such fever of folly and fraud as this political career of mine. seemed to be in lucid interval between paroxysms of in sanity. reviewed the men and things of my world as one recalls the ab- surd and repellent visions of a night mare. l shrank from passing from this mood of wakefulness and reason back into the unreal realities lof what had for years been my allin-all. wandered hour after hour, sometimes imagining that I was flying from the life loathed, again that somewhere in those cool, green, golden-lighted mazes I should f1nd-my lost youth, and her. For, how could think of it without thinking of her also? It had been lighted by her; it had gone with her; it lived in memory, illum- tned by her
 The beautiful, beautiful world-that- oughtto-be! The hideous, the horri- ble world that is!
 I did not return to the house until almost dinner-time. 'I have to go away tomorrow morning" I announc- ed after dinner. For I felt that. if uiu uol ny dt OuCC, sHouiu lOSe dli heart for the task which must be fin ished.
 Why" protested Sandys. you came to stay until we all started with you for St. Louis."
 T must go:" I repeated. did not care to invent an excuse; could not give the reason. Had followed my impulse, l should have gone at once, that night
 By noon the next day I had again thrown myself into the vexed polit- ical ocean whose incessant buffetings give the swimmers small chance to think of anything beyond the next oncoming wave.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16

his rural seclusion" to hear his simple, spontaneous words of well come. But for all the remote aspect of the place. 1t was only five minutes drive and ten minutes walk from station through which four big rail- roads passed. One of the out.build- ings was changed into a telegraph of- fee from which accounts of the en- thusiasm of the delegations and of his speeches could be sent to the whole country. On his desk in his little study stood private-wire telephone that, without danger of leakage. would put him in direct communica- tion either with my study at Fredonia or with Doc Woodruff's privatest pri- vate room in the party national head quarters at Chicago. Thus, our statesman, though he seemed to be aloof. was in the very thick of the fray; and the tens of thousands of his fellow citizens, though they seemed to come almost on their own invita- tion inspired by uncomfortable en- thusiasm for the great statesman, were in fact free excursionists-and a very troublesome. critical, expensive lot they were. But-the public was impressed. It sits in its seat in the theater of action and believes that the play is real. and ignores and forgets the fact that there is a behindthe scenes.
 The party distributed from various centers tons of literature" And in addition to meetings arranged by state and local committees, series of huge demonstrations was held in the cities of every doubtful state. Besides the party's regular speakers. we hired as many independent" orators as we could. But all these other branches of the public side of the campaign were subsidiary to the work at the retreat" It might bo called the headquarters of the rank and file of thel party-those millions of principle" voters and workers who were for Babcock because he was the standard-bcarer of their party. No money no bribcs. no patronage have to be given 10 them: but. it costs several millions to raise that mass to the pitch Of hot enthusiasm which will make each individual in it eer- tain to go to the polls oa election day and take his neIghboTs. instead of staying at home and hoping the party won't lose.
 Burbank's vork was. therefore. highly important Bat the seat Of the real campaign was WoodrufTs s privatest private room in the Chicago headquarters. For. there were laid and were put in the way Of execution the plans for acquiring these ele ments that. In the doubtful states. have the balance of power between the two opposing and about even ly matched masses of principle voters just now recall talk had with my wife about that time. She took no interest in politics and rarely spoke of political mztterx-and both Of us discouraged political talk be- fore the children One day she said 10 me. This campaign of yours and Mr- Burbznk's must be costing an sE- f1l Iot Of money
 "A good desI-
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 -This Is a Dig country. ard Yo1 can't stir t u2 politically for noth- ing Why 6o yoz ssk
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uneI. Sam. Passurae..

Uncle Sam, unlike Job. the rich man of the east. does not own many cattle and horses. or sheep and goats, but he furnishes an enor- nous amount of grazing land for those who do have herds and nocks. says the Wall Street Journal The total number of grown stock al- lowed to graze upon national forest lands during the season of 1901 in- cluded l.3ss.ooo cattle and horses and I,ss5. .0z0 sheep and goats.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16

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CHAPTER xx.
Pilgrims and Patriots.

From St. Louis went direct to But. bank.
 His heart had been set upon grand speech-making tour. He was fond of wandering about, showing himself to cheering crowds; and he had a deep, and by no means unwarranted, confi- dence in his platform magnetism. At
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By the use of concrete a tall HgAt house vas constructed in a short pe- riod of time al the Point de Ia Coubre. at the mouth Of the Gironde river. in France. The building is zzs feet high and about ss feet ia diameter st the base- u vas finished in nine months after the beginning of the work. and cost sso.oso. The haste vss dus to fhe fact that the sez thrsstsnst ts vssh away the old structure
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CHICAGO. July 16.-word was re- ceived in Chicago that the wedding of Senator Beveridge and Miss Catherine Eddy of Chicago will take place on Aug. : at the American embassy in Berlin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16
Iar. stock Markets.

cATTLE-supply liberal: market steady prime, t10l16.l0. choice. &.D9e6; veal calves T.Soas
 HOGs-Rsceipts fair; market slow and lower: prime. heavies. G.soqtS: mediums. FE; Workers and pigs. S-o: roughs. H5 dsis.
 SHEEP AND LAMBS = Supply light: market lower: prime wethers s3.49d6.0; culls and common. t193: lambs. S6I.A
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C.. From Corn.taIl...

BEATRICE. Neb-. July 1G.-The city has just opened gns plant where the fuel is manufactured from corncobs. cornsfaIks and other farm refuse. The gas sells at SLID per 1000 feet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
c,osiur stock Quotation..

Money on call nominally at s%d4 per cent Prime mercantile paper. 5ha6 per cent. Exchanges. $173. .sls. 20: balances, A- 959045.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
TO. CURE THAT COLD
Local Druggist's Suggestion.

Said Druggist E. G. Fowler. This Is the season for coughs end colds. and for the benefit of Montgomery people we want to tell them the best means for cure.
 Don't dose the stomach with cough syrups. It's no use; they only soothe a little-upset the stomach and do not heal.
 "The best cure we know Is vinol. which contains in highly concentrated form all of the healing. curative ele- ments taken from genuine fresh cods' flyers, without drop of oil to upset the stomach and retard its work. It contains no sickening drugs whatever. Vinol heals, cures and strengthens the sore lungs and bronchial tubes, It makes rich. red blood. builds up the appetite and creates strength; Tn fact 1t Is the best remedy we have ever sold in our store for chronic coughs. colds, bronchitis, and all lung affec- tions.
 We ask every person in Montgomery who has chronic cough or hard cold to try Vinol on our guarantee to re- turn their money If they are not satis- fled" E. G. Fowler, Druggist.
 Note.-Whlle We are sold agents for Vinol in Montgomery. it is now for sale at the leading drug store in nearly ev- cry town and city In the country. Look for the Vinol agency In your town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
HAGOOD-MEADOWS.
Wedding of Popular Young Persons at
 LOWndesbOrO.

Lowndesboro, April 4.-(Special)- At the beautiful colonial home of her father, MT. R. Meadows. Miss Allne Meadows and Dr. Robert Bragg Ha good were married last evening.
 pr. J. !. Hagood. brother of the meath a bower of roses in the spacious hall which was elaborately decorated with smilax and palms.
 Promptly at o'clock the bridal par ty proceeded by the ribbon bearers. little Ransom and Roberta Meadows, descended the broad stairway to the strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, played by Miss Jewell Dick son. The attendants were Miss Carrie Robson of Furman, with MT. William Miss Lucy Lull of Wetumpka. with MT H. H. Hagood of Birmingham.
 The bride wore a beautiful robe of white net and lace and carried white roses The bridesmaids wore white chiffon and carried pink roses.
 After the ceremony a delightful re- ception was given to the friends and visitors present
 The bride Is known TOT her classic beauty and charming personality She is a graduate of Judson College and has host of friends throughout the State.
 pr. Hagood is man of excellent at tainments and is held in high esteem here.
 Many handsome presents were re- ceived and A number of relatives and friends from a distance were in at tendance.