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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-14
TO OPPOSE LICENSE
Board of Education Votes 10 Ob- feet to One on Porter Street.

The board of education held rec ord meeting last evening. It met at z o'clock for the convenience of those who wished to attend the concert and everything was over in half an hour. Commissioner Finton J. Phelan pre- sided and there were present Cum- missioners I. Chase, c. A. Monagan and Henry o. Wood.
 The board voted to inform the board of aldermen that the old Lo- cust street school lot needs looking after. Some time ago the board gave the use of the lot to the city for park purposes and now thinks that 1t at least ought to take care of it.
 The addition to the Duggan school was accepted.
 It was voted to make repairs on the Barnard and Russell schools and to advertise for bids for putting in improved sanitaries in the Washing ton school
 The following applied for positions as teachers in the grades: Helen M. Colloty, Mary E. Lane, Rosanna A. Gray and Elizabeth M Kane. For drawing teacher, Harriet Jacobson. In kindergarten: Sadie A. Upson, s. E. Siviter, Evelyn R. Loomis and Caroline E. Gilliland. The applica- tions were filed. City Attorney J. P. Kellogg communicated to the board to the effect that 1t can go ahead and sell the lot occupied by the old South Brooklyn district school The board was in doubt about authority , in the matter.
 Thomas Hanlon has filed an appli- cation for a transfer of his saloon license to the old Porter building di- rectly opposite the Crosby High school. This matter came before the board and it was decided to op- pose the granting of the transfer and that Commissioner Phelan shall at tend the hearing before the county commissioners next Thursday fore noon. It was the opinion of the board that in view of the proximity of three schools in the nefghborhood, St Mary's, Crosby and the Croft, the place is an improper one for saloon
 purpose. The board then adjourned.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-14
BRooKIYn BRIEFS

Boys serge suits, pure wool, $3.97, at Upson, Singleton & Co.'S.
 It is understood that George Robarts, for several years an agent for the Hellmann Brewing Go, but who recently resigned his position because of i'll health, has become the owner of the Turkish bath establish- ment on Leavenworth street.
 The manager of the business team which Is to represent Water bury on the diamond this summer endeavored to sign Matthew Dunphy, but the Brooklynite did not think he was fast enough so he decided not to play.
 The item in the Democrat last evening regarding the new saloon on Town Plot set the natives talking. Judging from the comments the per- son who tries to get license to con- duct grog shop on the hill has chance in million of receiving the favor of the commissioners. Even the Brooklynites are interested in the matter and last evening dis cussed the subject considerably.
 A dog which was something of a curiosity was shot on Bank street this morning. Though the animal was small one, because of some disease its stomach had grown to such an alarming extent that the cur was not able to ambulate. No one seemed to know who was the owner. consequently as the canine appar- ently was suffering the officer de- cided to kill 1t. Several persons who saw the dog declared they never saw anything like 1t before.
 There are several business men in Brooklyn who have been consld- erably inconvenienced because of the freight strike. One of them was at the Naugatuck station this morn- ing endeavoring to locate some goods which he should have received three weeks ago. Though the merchant disc had been billed in. notwith- standing the efforts of the merchant, who has been trying to place 1t for several days, he was still unsuccess- full. It only goes to show that the freight situation Is still in bad shape and Brooklynites realize 1t as fully as the men up town.
La Junta tribune., 1907-03-09

Nh esly last veek aheut - Chasllee
father had seen. anA ~ knew - -
o3e brcauss ChArile haA said thsy o.
ried those queer littie hghts with tAen-
And now this cue had eome fog thmne
p,et:y belds- He fest asife s,ne - tt
beszanse of what his mamma hAl sid
wliss, s... put the box In the fireplace
that no burglar would think OF hook
ing there for IT, Robbie wondered u
this burglar would think 10 But. Of
r,ursc. he wouldn't. for hadn't his
riamnia said particularly that on.
wouldn't. Stili. be might and they
were such pretty beads. and his mann
ma had seemed TO like them 50 much
II would be y shame II be should nal
them and carry them Oh and mamma
should never see them again.
Robbie reached softly for his g,,n-
Yes. there IL Was. And there. just bs.-
yond IL. was the sword And then sud
denly he couidA't see the beam creep
ing up and down aud round the ROOM
but in place VI II n quite small but
dazzling light MAS right In front of his
wide staring eyes. and he heard voice
no. at all pleasant " kind. though IL
was low. saying: Don't yer make n
noise. Kill. Not a sound. or III The
unfinished threat was quite as terrible
as II the burglar had gone Into minute
particulars Of what he would do. But
that unusual light In front of his eyes
aud the voice had completely unnervesl
Robbie. and he had no Intention Of
making u nolse-in fact. he couldn't
have made one IL he had tried 30
when the burglar whispered hoarseiy.
where's them spSrklerS hid:" Robbie
was speechiexs. For another instant
the bright light stared him In the face
and then wavesssi away and wandered
on over the room.
u .lan't s'lsose the Kid knows" Rob
bie heard the man mutter. Now was
the time for him tn reach for his gun
and send the burglar scampering. but
swo-l and gun We're quite forgotten In
the fearful fascination OF watching ths
wandering beam of light and the dim
figure behind IL. Into this corner and
tLit the beam fen. the speckled char
ger suddenly coming Into relief and
then disappearing as the ray rested ON
II u moment and then passed on.
"Molgiif "a hid 'em In the fireplace"
speci!ated the burglar softly, and Rob
bic's heart sank. The pretty heads
was,iL In. lost after all.
"Ah. What's thatr" the man whis-
prsci sharpiy. sS'rethinE by the nre-
place had clicked In fi,~ stiiln-ss-a
shsri, click like that Of \ revolver. and
swiftly the beam Of the lantern sought
the spot, \, TIN. same Instant Robbte's
La Junta tribune., 1907-03-09

saw his m.tAer hold up 10 the light
string OF very pretty beads-very- very
pretty beads. Robbie thorsit. f1r they
sipsrslsI Ia the light very mtici as be
hs&l seen some je~iroi,s sparkling in
the sunshine away back last siis.,s:er--
sparklesi with such tsssutifui n.tie
E.,si,es OF blue aul violet and orange
AMI crimson that you almost wanted 10
shut your eyes To keep out the dazzle
The string OF beads must have been
soEle,hlns re-y Nee. Robbie was sure.
fSr his mammals exclamstiens OF pleas
ure when they were handed To her
from the tree had attracted his notict
for = moment. In spite Of the lively
stunt Sambo WAS at the time perform
ing. lie had seen the tseads sparkling
then and had thought Ire ~"ild like 10
have some just Ike them. They would
look pretty tied aro,iad the sperkie'i
La Junta tribune., 1907-03-09


eyes caught dimiy the CLEAN of .
raised weapon in the burglars other
hand.
Hobbies gaze followed to where the
trembling beam rested Whether. hav-
ing heard the burglar mention the fire-
place and knowing the concealed jew
el- were now LA extrenie peril. Sambo
had concluded ID WAS time for him To
take hand In the affalr. or whether
for other and less sentimental reasons.
Il Is certain he had become an actor la
the scene. for. with a click of his wound
up spring. on he had started. and
down there on the tiled hearth In the
wavering light Of the lantern he was
industriously scrsping away at his
not-ls~s a.kile and vigorously stunning
through his srotesaue dance.
The burgisr uttered . relieved little
laugh. sure. ! Thought twas some
enc Robbie heard him nsutter. The
man stosi for n moupent watching the
droIl manikin. = grin ~ his rOogh fes
tures. Then ~ moved tow ard the fir,--
place again.
II cxnsot be asserted positively that
the pr~s~n~e Of TIE bsrviar ssd the
peril of the pretty ipeads now caused
the heart 81 the falthfuI Sambo to burst
with c;notion. hat c~rtsinly q strang-
thing h'a,eDesi for just as the burglar
was again stepping toward the ore
place the siicst adding ceased. and
there was . buxx and whir and vibrant
twanx asif . doz~a clo~k springs hat
suddenly started to rattle and hum I'm
unmusicai chorus Something In little
Sambo's bssom had given way and re-
leased the coiIei springs that controlled
him. and II was ths-e that were max
iag a will tattoo as they unweund with
a rush against wall and thing. TIE
commotion hsd not ceased when there
wss tise sound of ssuBe - byuoslIng
Suf ef bed IN o. U<xs rssrs- ~s<;. wten
. half s9s<Aerra go. the b~usaf turn
~ and - - - wi.4sw thrvukh
which ~ hsA csI0be1
Asd psw Rs6s&e bsdDeB peU0dly ~
- osber HttSe lssys - - soRe<t- a.
beis . pssIe ss1lv - V1ee q - ~
osoAs ~ fssbes oss1na ~. ~ -
- ssnss esve - - NE - ssve -
oaoas's saslng - Usvsey bsnaA
La Junta tribune., 1907-03-09

- au night affair. There were some
ontsess that needed reforming. and he
Osusa - that they got reformed when
- grew up.
0saAie rousesi again when his father
- nseher softly entered fhe nursery
nnM bsur later.
usvsafs wo1hl never think cf iook-
~ ~ u bsre.- he heard his mother
- = . ~ eSoe- -. Robert sreDt
- bssusseuo. Aoa yvs're surA
- - sire - - oe- - s46A
- 0uoAse. aonon @uate Wtos awn0A
La Junta tribune., 1907-03-09
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By Jane. Raymond Perry
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
THE PRIMARY

Both the advocates and the oppo'
Sents of the primary election plan
have subsided for the present.
The surplus steam on both sides
scenes to hava been bio wn off and
calm prevails.
The people of Kansas have made
up their minds Oh this question and
they care but little what the politlc-
ians do. They are going to try the
primary system next year or they
are going to vote independent. The
fixers had better take heed. They
have worked the voters for many
years and fixed up many a nausea
ting dose that has been swallowed
with many grimaces to be sure, ye
swallowed. Now they have declar
ed a strike and sounded note OF
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15

ing. At present writing no news
has been received as to the work OF
the hound.
1t does not seem possible for
burglars to enter a store In a little
village like Moran and haul away a
large bulk of merchandise and not
got caught some where.
tn seems Moran is destined to
spring into great noterity for us
rag .dies and roberies. 1t used 10
be celebrated for the frequency ano
destruction Of its fires but now 1t Is
gaining prominence ia new line
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
WHEN THE HEART TURNS
HOMEWARD

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
A well known and prosperous
physician of Central Illinois died
not long ago. Death was not un-
expected. Has appr oacA was recog'
nized by the physicians own skill,
as we'll as by those about him and
he met the end TRANQUILITY sur
rounded by his family and friends.
As the last hour drew near the
diving man was asked If
there was any last request
he wished to make-anything that
he desired to be done by his heirs
and successor which would please
him in leaving this life to know
would be done.
He answered that on the old farm
back in Maine, where his boyhood
was spent, there was a large red
stone around which he aud the other
children used to play and that it
would please him to have that stone
placed above his grave.
As he wished so it was done.
The three-ton boulder of red gran
ite from the Maine hills was brought
to the Illinois prairies and now rests,
his name chiseled 10 its rugged side,
above the grave of the man whose
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15

though she may fall away behind
in others. In France the peasants
usually live in little huts with dirt
floors and without windows; their
lives are, drudgery, from the cradle
to-the grave; they are meager, half
starved people, who do their work
on diet of soup; the ability to-
read and write is so unusual that.
one who is so accomplished as TO
understand book is regarded as
prodigy.
Contrast the French peasant,
illiterate. poverty stricken, "a
brother 10 the OK" with the high
headed, eeergetic, optimistic, pros
porous American farmer-the bone
and sinew of the land, and then
have done with talk about the re-
6nement and culture of la belle
France.
If we would have French ar,
Italian painting and Iausic, or an
cient Greek sculpture, we must
have the conditions prevailing in
those countries and times, and the
average healthy American would
rather wait until we have attained
eminence as painters or stone cutters
or organ grinders than renounce
the good little republic he lives in ,
to go abroad and revel in culture.
Let the slow centuries 60 ahead
with the sand papering process;
maybe some of out descendants will
be able to paint or scuIp or sing
Emporia Gazette.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
EINANENCIAL SITUATION

The situation in financial circles
in the west remains about the seme'
The cashiers checks are fTeciY
taken in place OF currency, a"u
every one seems o be aeluns @4oe s
very we'll without money. oii'' II
becomes little incohvenlent at
times. A large stream OF go'd Is
pouring into this couniry from the
old world, as much as $40, 900, 600
some days, and much of the yeiio"
METALS still under contract to be
sbippsd shortly. The government
A;s,s are coming gold as fast as
they can and Immediately ois!rlLe-
ting it among the banks. Cold is
beginning to come west and 1t Looks
ike it will be but a short time Aow
till things will loosen up and bust
ness will resume It's usual channels
The railroads have arlzen TO the
occasion and have authorized thelr
agents to take personal checks fol
tickets. After confidence is once
fully established the people Will hnc
i, takes very little real cash to trans
act the ordinary business of life'
There is no reason for uaeaslness
or mistrust,
Ifeverybody will keep cool, ant
put up with the little inconvenience
es of the situation for but a shor
time all will be well, The banks Of
this city are all it splendid condl
ton and are doing all in their pow
or to relieve the strain, but they car
do little till there is aloosenlng VI
IN the east. However the signs al
indicate a speedy betterment In th'
eastern banks.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15

waning.
It is the primary system or a
Democratc administration for Kan
sss, next time.
Ltisnaw tune for the political
fxcrs 10 make faces and gulp do@n
their medicine. The voters will
not stand for any more machine
tickets. Bsst'or not, the primary
system is going to be tired in Kan
as. Next ySar is the time to try
it by general agreement before the
lee isla uIe meets and enacts prim-
afy laws. Then if it does not work
IN a more satisfactory manner than
the old corrupt delegate plan, no
primary law will be necessary.
Line up boys for the primary al d
don't stand out in the cold and
Kick.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
NOT GOOD

The old soldier preference Law
seems to be a dead letter so fai
as any benefit the old soldiers mag
receive from it, according to a re-
cent court discission.
The court holds the law constltH
tional, but makes the appointiCt
officer sole judge of the qualihca
tions of the soldier applicant
That may be good law but it de
feats the objectCf the act.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
ROBBERY AT MORAN

Monday night robbers broke into
the general store of Adams Bros.
& Co., effecting an entrance at
rear, window. Clothing and silks
were taken to the estimated value
of $500.
The goods were necessarily
of bulky nature and must
nave been hauled away in a
vehicle OF some kind, yet no sus'
picious wagon tracks were to be
seen. ]. H. Dennis keeper of the
A H. T. A. bloodhound was called
and reached Moran Tuesday even
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
THE MERCHANTS CARNIVAL

The ladies who organized and
nut on the entertainment last week
uuder the above caption have sue
cecded in gaining for themselves a
vary unenviable reputation among
the business men of this city. The
merchants who contributed so gen
erous.y to this enterprise did SO
under the belief and in some cases,
the positive assurance, that at least
the great bulk of the proceeds was
TO 20 for the benefit of this chaiit-
able institution. Instead of that the
ladies pocketed the bulk of the
money and paid to the Orphans
home but $50 from The hundreds
donated by the merchants and col
lected at the door.
1t was an unjust deal and these
ladies should turn over all Of this
money to the benevolent save q
modest little recompense for thell
lime, and we think when they Learn
nov the merchants look, upon tht
Transaction they will do so.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15

heart turned back, in the final hour,
to the scenes and joys of childhood,
of which it stood in his memory as
the emblem.
The Incident is not singular, but
typical of the way In which the hu-
man soul, when the last hour OF
earthly living draws near, turns
back to the familiar things of the
DAYS when earthly living began, and
clipgs to them and their memories
as a little child clings to its mother.
Men have come from half around
the globe, enduring pain and DIS
comfort in every degree, merely
that they might die amid scenes
familiar and loved in childhood, In
the old town, on the old farm or In
the old house. Aud however
wandering his death falis, and al
though it may find him with hear
at ease, there is ptobably no mar
before whose dying eyes there
does not come some vision o.
the homely things and familiar face'
he knew as little child.
Here is a mystery whose mean
ling is undeclared by men. Per
haps the soul, through confidence i,
the light of faith, and so unafrai'
of the dark before 1t, yet turns bacl
to stay itself upon the things frs
known when il came from the darl
from which we all come and int
whicn we all go, even as blr'
Aitting from the night through
lighted hall and out into the nigh
again.
Perhaps the wheel of earthly lif'
lturns full circle, and that the ap
pointed place and state for tn
lflight into worlds unknown Is tha
! at which began the earthly pilgrim
age. Perhaps this is one OF th'
me anings of the saying, Except s.
1be as little children"
| We do not and We cannot know
But we do know, and it isa know
IIege which gives to all men q kin
ship, that when the last hour ap
proaches and the light of eartl
fades before the dying eyes, tn
heart of man turns homeward, an'
fnds, it may be, in the home o
childhood a type of that hous'
eternal In the heavens to which hi
hope and faith aspire.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15

The Holslnger Brothers of Rosepale
planted four acres of tomatoes last
spring, the varieties being Stoe and
Beauty. This field was planted on
May in hills and prat OF It mass
close to 500 bushels per acre. They
sold over 1000 one-thlrd bushsl bask-
cts for something like 81 100 aud still
had several hundred baskets Of green
ones left. This shows what kansas
soil will do even IL the sessen isn't
favorable. Whether you SOW wheat
or alfalfa or plant tomatoes, II you
do your part Kansas wrll do hers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
THE GILDED LIFE

There are many Eastern people,
among them being divers editorial
brethern, who would be expatriat,s
il they could afford it.
They consent to grace this
country with their presence merely
because in this country it is possible
to make a good living and some
hing over, while the chances are
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15

against folks in older countri es.
Had these people plenty of money,
and the wings of birds, they would
fly far from these bargain counter
shores, to those glad lands where
people know how to live.
Every once in while the pre-
judice against the United States as
permanent camping ground Gro ps
out in the writings of certain New
York editors; thus, we find in
recent issue of paper if that city
casual reference to the alleged fact
that life in France is far more re-
fined, the people more cultured ana
idyllic in general way than they
can be in this country until the
leaden-footed centuries have passed
over the nation, and sand papered
away the rough edges, and all this
sort Of thing.
1t is probably true that in art and
science and literature the celebrated
capital of France is far and away
superior to any American city, but
Paris isn't France, and New York
lisn't the United States. And ma
tions are judged nowadays by other
things than book and art galleries
| All that there is of progress anC
civilization isn't measured by thu
little tape lines of critics and aes
} tneles.
The ancient Greeks knew moro o
sculpture than any modern Ameri
cans, but they had no telephone
| Or daily newspapers or street cars
they hadn't even shoes; and when ;
grand old master ran thorn int
/ his foot he had to pull it out will
his teeth, for nobody knew anythinI
of surgery.
Il Cicero was a better orator thar
,lW. J. Bryan or Benz Tillman o
/
Governor Hoch but he would hav
tainted if he had received tele
gram, and il he ha | stepped into al
elevator he would have thought tha
the building was falling. He wor
an old nightgown instead of dres
suit, and shaved himself with ;
stone hatchet.
Il Nichaelangelo was better artis
than c. d. Gibson or r. E. Out
calf, but ne didn't know movlnI
picture machine from a twine
binder, and he didn't make as mucl
in his lifetime as either of then
makes in a month.
All of which appears quite re
mote from this subject of New
YerEer and their warnings fol
other lands, but it has some slight
bearing upon that theme; for the
American who goes to France [for
instance1 will find that his native
land excels In a few things, even
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
ALTOONA DEPOT

The old shack at Altoona by
courtesy called a depot burned to
The ground Tuesday. Considerable
freight and express matter was lost.
Altoona deserved of the Missouri
Pacific better depot, anyway.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15

Petitions for street paving are
still coming in. Oh, well, l sup
pose we might as well run in debt
for street inprovments as for gas
wildcatting in cond .mned territory.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15

WANT every body to know that Cot.
Foote OF Chanute ia one of the best
Stock Auctioneers in this country.
Will cry one sale at half the usual
price. Reference John Fesler at O..
K. feed yard, who has known me 20
years. Phone Sc3 Coats Livery barn,
S. Grant.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15

Just little cool, the first of tie
week. After the beautiful warm
fall the slight cold has an unwonted
pinch.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
DUCK COATS.

We wish to call your attention this department. We've some
s values id good Cashier and Personal
checks are good any other money here
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-15
Underwear

We've splendid Winter Underwear at the most reason
able prices, ranging from 3se up