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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20
ROBBINS FOR OFFICE
C. A. R. Men of Waterbury Want
 Him Elevated,

Wadhams post, c, A. R. is very much interested in the meeting of veterans of the civil war which will be held in New Haven Wednesday and Thursday of this week and in ad- dition to send a number of regular delegates it is hinted that a great many others will go down to do mis- sionary work in the interest or George Robbins, whom his associates have picked out as candidate for senior vice department commander. MT Robbins was active in the inter est of the union at time when 1t re- quired something besides talk to be of any use to the country and his comrades have not forgotten this and feel that they would like to see him honored by being placed at tAe head of the organization that numbers so many of the men who fought in the federal army. All they ask this time is second place and if they get that they know the other will come as a matter of course. Among those who will be in the Elm City to talk and vote for MT Robbins are John Egan, John Higgins, John Stevens. Howard Northrop, William Tysoe. MT Rob- bins himself is also delegate and between the whole of them they ought to be able to bring the honor to Waterbury. The town gave a good account of itself during the war and when the boys go down to New Haven, meet their comrades in arms and tell them what they are after, there is every reason to believe that all the delegates will be with them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20
poIIs. Wsn, EIah,.lieur p.r.

PoIIce want Ei9ht-F7ouF pay.
 The New Tcrk police TOW want an oi9ht-hcur day. Several hundred of. them recently met and orxanirss . unicn- The usn also viIl make c. sand for ths thrss pl.toon us,sa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20
A BRONZE MEDAL
Is What is Awaiting Thomas B.
 B0ckWitch.

City Clerk William H. Sandland. who was the person who brought the attention of the Carnegie hero fund commission to the act of Thomas Bockwitch, who has been awarded a bronze neral for saving the life of Harold Ashburn at Lakewood on New Years day, is in receipt of the fol lowing letter from the commission: City Clerk William H. Sandland:
 Dear Sir:--In acknowledgment of your courtesy in reporting to the Carnegie hero fund commission the case of Thomas B. Bockwitch, beg to enclose herewith carbon copy of my letter of even date, addressed to MT Bockwitch, relative to the action taken by the commission upon his case. Yours very truly,
 F. M. WILMOT, Manager.
 A copy of the following letter was also inclosed:
 Thomas B. Bockwitch, 63 North
 Leonard Street, Waterbury, Conn:
 Dear Sir: Through the courtesy of w. H. Sandland, city clerk at Wa. terbury. Conn, the attention of the Carnegie hero fund commission has been called to an act performed by you, by which, on January 1, 1906 you saved Harold c. Ashborn from death by drowning in the lake al Forest park, Waterbury, Conn. Your case, after thorough investigation was considered by the commission al a meeting held on May 15, and have the pleasure of informing you that in recognition of your heroisn on that occasion the commission awarded you bronze medal.
 I will be obliged if you will kindly advise me promptly, by mail, wheth CT or not you wish to accept the com missions award. If your reply is af firmative the medal will be prompt, delivered to you as soon as 1t is re ceived. Yours very truly,
 F. M. WILMOT, Manager.
 Bockwitch will accept the medal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20
BRooELYn BRIEFa

William Bantler of North Leon. ard street, Is spending few days in Stamford.
 Routine business was all that was transacted at the meeting of the Brooklyn Athletic club yesterday. Mir and Mrs Peter Clark of An- sonia visited the formers father. Patrick Clark of North Leonard street, yesterday.
 The Misses Katharine and Vir- ginia Cummings, Molly Kelly and Anna O'Meara with Martin Donahue and Matthew Kennedy of Torrington, visited friends in this section yester- day.
 | The Brooklyn Athletic club team must have had keen satisfaction in rubbing 1t into the Pastimes yester- day, especially since Bob" Moran was on the slab for the latter. Bob" was going to play in Brooklyn but later changed his mind. Conse- quently yesterday Manager Michaer Madden must have felt elated at the way the game went.
 -"Happy Jack Holihan" Is one of the amateurs who will appear at Eagles hall this evening to endeavor to capture the s5 note which Is awarded the person who makes the biggest hit. Jack" will appear in Irish specialties and in addition to doing some digging, will give the sailors hornpipe. A number of Brooklynites will be on hand to cheer their favorite who Is likely to be counted in on the money.
 William McGinniss of Bank street caught a runaway Saturday during the noon hour. A farmers horse which had been standing on North Leonard street became fright ened and galloped down the street onto Bank at pretty fast clip. Az 1t swung into Bank street, the wagon collided with the curb but the ani- final kept on going. Though several made efforts to stop it. none was suc- lcessful until McGinniss nabbed 1t as 1t was crossing the Bank street bridge.
 The St Thomas cadets baseball Iteam played It's first game of the sea- son Saturday afternoon and was de- feated by the nine representing the Waterbury Brass concern by the score lof 8 to 2 after a hard fought 15- inning contest. The game was play ed on the factory diamond which has been fitted up at the expense of the company. It was a good game to watch and though witnessed by only a few spectators. the players did the best they knew how. It was good start for the cadets and before the season is over should give q fair account of itself.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20
TIMELY TOPICS.

Dodge did such shoe business Sat urday night that he is in need of an- other night clerk at once. R. R. Harder & Co has boys suits in every style and make, straight or Knickerbocker. Extra stamps with tea, coffee or groceries at A. & P. Tea Co.'S this week.
 If you want a handsome new suit at low price, look up the ones at Weinstein's cloak rooms.
 Bread and other baked goods that will make you come again at Trott Baking Co.'S.
 White Mountain refrigerators and free ice with them at Langley's Fur niture store. Great May sale at Curran's on ac- count of the backward condition of the weather. Miller & Peck is displaying fine line of wall papers. special in room mouldings and plate rails. Big grocery sale until Friday at the Public market. Best flour Is only $5 barrel. The newest ideas in parasols are now on display at Reid & Hughes. Fancy boxed writing paper.
 Duesler Bros have fine large rhu- barb at 4c a pound or three pounds for 10c.
 | Phelan the tea man will give a butter crock with each pound of 50c tea this week.
 A. Mailhiot has line of boys pants and waists at 25c. Some are worth 39c.
 Charles H. Davis has a blacksmith and wagon building business for sale.
 If you want to have your snap shots enlarged, bring them to the Curtis Art Go.
 Grieve. Bisset & Holland have all the new wash fabrics in stock and are perfectly willing to show them.
 Tomorrow between and o'clock the Model market will sell 7c bread at 4c and 4c bread at Pc. | Try some of the Woodruff Grocery lCo's delicatessen and bakery goods. Their potato salad is good.
 Look in at F. P. Becton's for a nice line of graduation gifts. The Iprices will be agreeable.
 Cowles is selling ladies and misses chiffon and straw hats at 5Oc each.
 Browns and blues are the prevail ing colors for mems suits this spring. Mahon has all kinds.
 spearo has the proper kind of clothing for men and women, the with style and wearing qualities.
 The Waterbury Carpet house makes a fine offer this week. Ak minister carpet made, laid and lined, s1 a yard.
 French's bakery will send a team Ito Morningside, Bunker Hill and Oakville daily, commencing to-mor- row.
 The belt is a necessary part of a mans summer wardrobe. At Wen. gels Toggery, 25c to 8.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20
BOY FELL HvT(lCANAL
Body Found Yesterday Mofning
 Wedged Between Logs.

Another life went out ir the waters of the Manhan canal Saturday after noon when Giuseppi Marlnelll, the eight year old son of Mir and Mrs Fillipo Marinelli of Spring street, who with a few companions, went down that way to see the men working on the railroad. While amusing them- selves near the spot where the trestle bridge is being put up some distance below the old ice house, young Marinfl- Ii slipped from plank and was pre- cipitated Into the water. His terrific screams when he saw himself going into the water attracted the attention of his companions and others and an effort was made to save him, but without avail. It appears that he didn't come up at all and so there was no chance to help him. A crowd soon collected and the search was kept up until 7:45 o'clock yesterday morning when the body was finally located wedged in between some logs. Medical Examiner Crane viewed the remains after which they were removed to the family residence from where the fun- eral took place this afternoon with service at the church of Our Lady of Lourdes and interment in Calvary cemetery.
 The boy attended the Margaret Croft school and was the oldest of four chil- dren. He was bright clever little fellow and his sad death is great %<> te ncyaoafo1lv kiQ mother who remained on the ground practically all the time until the body was taken from the water The police department did what they could to. help in the search for the body, but as the city is not obliged to do any thing more than maintain order in such places the service rendered didn't amount to anything as far as the &C., i tual work was concerned. It has often been said that the city government should be provided with grappling irons and whenever a drowning IS re- ported take up the search and keep | at it until the body Is found. It is pretty hard to leave job of this kind | to the family of the victim. but that
 is the way 1t always has been in this | city and it never will re any different
 until somebody in authority calls the
 attention of the city fathers to the need of doing something in that direct
 ton. There was lots of volunteers
 yesterday and many did enough to entitle them to Carnegie medals. This
 is the first drowning accident of the
 season in Waterbury and 1t should
 serve as warning to people to keep
 sharp lookout for the movements of their boys and see they give the diff ferent swimming pools wide berth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20

AT Sc. Women's fast black cot ton hose, value 1z 1-2c.
 This sale Sc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20
spor, of tn. Infau, J.p.n.s. c;n.

Sport cf the Infant Japanese ciri.
 Little girls make a play of one thing that in after years becomes la- Dor, labor of love though it Ia So soon as a girl is old enough. perhaps three or four. her dolly Is tied to her back in ths same way that she was fastened to her nurses back when she was q bahy. She carries this about while at play, and as she grows older q larger doll is used until she has grown accustomed to the weight and is able to carry her baby brother or sis ter, thus relieving her mother. who perhaps works in the rice fields or ia a tea gsrden.-Laurs B. Starr. in the Circle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20
ca.ting About For a President.

Casting About For a President.
 PITTSBURG, May 20.-William El. lis Corey's resignation, 1t is said, is practically assured, and the United States Steel corporation is casting about for another practical steel manu- facturer for president. E. J. Burlington of Chicago. president of the Illinois Steel company, is spoken of.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-07-05

But one Of the two worst things
about profanity is that it is immo-
raj, root, branch, tree and fruit. Ca
tEring as it does to all that is low in
man, hand and bond servant as it is
to all the hosts of sin, profanity dis
lntegrates the unity Of individual
personality. No man can be profane
without d~ishonoring God and dam
aging himself. We cannot give vent
IN word to the evil that is in US
without spreading contamination not
only through our own lives but also
through the lives of men and women
all about US. Profanity is unclean,
it strikes at the foundations of NOR
ality. 1t undermines the sense Of
honor and destroys the faculty of
cool, deliberate judgment; under 40
circumstances is it susceptible of
justification and it's immortality is I'M
questionably a fact. '
But the last and the worst charge
that may be upheld against profanity
is that it is ungodly. Thou shall
love the Lord Thy God with all thy
heart and mind and soul" says our
Father. The curse is heartless and
it destroys our finer faculties do we
DIV Z lAlC O1ICA lLS bll6lL1lS III
fiuence the power of mental appre-
citation of the glories of God will be
lost. 1t is soulless to the last ex-
IRENE. How can a man be cody
while cursing the children of God
in the name of the Father who has
given them life? How can a man
be godly when the springs of sin are
rushing from his mouth? All, no,
Profanity is ungodly. 1t shames God
and disgraces 1t Teyiles the
Father and degrades His sons. God
is good but profanity is evil. Cod is
kind but the curse is verbal murder.
God is truth but the curse cares not
for truth.
Unnecessary, unmanly, indecent,
immoral and ungodly profanity is
the most frequent as the most insidi-
Gus of the sins of the tongue. And
yet bad as it is when used by men,
it is most abhorrent when coming
from the lips of a woman. Not that
it is morally any worse, but that it
sounds worse. If you really want
to become positively assured of the
h~orridness of profanity you need but
hear a woman curse.
We need to-day a strict insistence
upon cleanliness Of language. No
man can be a friend of Jesus who is
ungodly in his talk. Christ proved
divinely the possibility of 'forceful
| speaking without the use of profan-
ity. And to-day men are most force
full, most manly, most convincing
when they do not swear.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-07-05
Silent Christians.

In a volume of Bible expositions,
issued recently, DR.. Alex. Maclaren
has a sermon on Silent Christians
which we could wish might be
preached in every church throughout
the kingdom. He asks the pertinent
question:
How many men and women are
there sitting in these pews who, il
I asked them the question, Did you
ever tell anybody about Jesus
Christi would say, No, never!' J
know this, that in regard to all the
recognized and associated forms OF
Christian work which cluster round o
Christian congregation, it is the same
handful of people that do them all
1t is just like the bits of glass in a
kaleidoscope-there are not many OF
them though you can shake them Ut
into a great number of patterns, but
they are always the very same
bits. Be sure of this, that
a religion which is dumb will very
soon tend to lose its possession OF the
truth. That is one part of the pun
ishment.
There is no greater revival needed
than that of personal witnessing to.
and personal service for, Christ
amongst those that bear His name,
A church full of speaking Christians
would speedily solve the problem OF
Observation-Disclosures Christian.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-07-05

NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Milkmaid Saves Two Boys.

Mary .Hollister, a. milkmaid en-
ployed on a farm near Budd's Lake,
saved two boys, Clarence Hubbard
and James G. Douglas, from drown
ing in the lake. Miss HOLSTER had
lived in New York and became an ac-
complished swimmer at a public bath
on the East River. The boys were
members of a fishing party from Pat
erson. Young Hubbard lost one of
the oars overheard, and when Doug
las tried to o it the boat was
upset and the boys, neither of whom
could swim, were left struggling in
the water. Their cries for help were
heard by Miss HOLSTER, who was
milking a cow near by. She ran to
the bank, where another boat was
moored, and rowed to the boys as
%sistance. When Miss Hollister
pulled Hubbard into her boat Doug
las lost his hold on the edge of the
overturned skiff and sank. Miss Hol-
lister waited a moment, and when he
failed to reappear, told Hubbard to
remain quiet. She then dived into
tho water, bringing Douglas, who
was almost unconscious, to the sur
face.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-07-05
KANSA TURKEYS.
They Are the Best Grasshopper Gath
ererS Ever Invented.

Machines for gathering grasshop.
pers hare been invented and tried,
but the most successful gras5hopper
gatherer is the turkey. 1t has the
advantage of being a very profitable
one, too.
A ranclman in Western Kansas
raised turkeys enough last year to
keep eighty acres free from damage
by this insect pest. Next year this
rancnman intends raising turkeys
extensively for this purpose, and
nearly all of his neighbors are plan
ming to do the anne.
If there were 100 turkeys in each
quarter section in this alfalfa belt
there would not be enough grasshop-
pers left to damage any crops. And
without considering the good that
turkeys do, turkey raising is a profit
able industry where insects are so
plentiful. After they attain the age
of three or foul weeks, says Country
Life in America, they can obtain their
whole living in the fields and cost
the farmers nothing until late fall.
Turkey raising promises to become
a permanent Kansas industry. The
grasshoppers with which they have to
contend trere is not q migrating one,
but is native, increasing from year to
year. The turkeys, however, range
over large fields and thrive on the
boppers.-New York Sun.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-07-05
Pull Your Boat Up Stream.

To drift with the current or to
pull against it-this is the problem
which is born anew with each new
day. Some of our daily duties are
easy to perform. We turn to them
as easily and naturally as water seeks
a level. There is no conscious eX.
penditure of will-power. There is no
resistance in our nature that must
be overcome. But these are the du-
ties of the day in whose performance
there is found the least merit.
Fortunately for Us We cannot, or
at least dare not, always drift. Each
day has it's tasks which test the will
and try the heart. Their perform
ance requires stern determination.
They afford the best discipline and
develop the latent powers of the soul.
Inclination is not always-in fact, not
often-a true test of the thing we
ought to do first.
Sometimes it has been a source OF
wonder to find a preacher very ready
in the use of language, and yet max
ing no Roadway in his chosen pTofeS.
sion. In more than one case the eX.
PLANTATION has been found in a dislike
of study and reading on his part. Tt
talk has been with him as easy as
to drift. To study-well, he has beer
unwilling to pull against the current
and he has failed.
To pull against the current devel'
ops muscle, lung and nerve. 1t in
creases the power of resistance and
endurance. To do the thing we dis
like because we ought to do it, is tc
give the will the place it deserves tc
occupy. 1t is to make conscience a
master, and make US conscious Of
our own powe~.
The hills of God are up aiream,
not down. The mount of victory is
never reached by drifting. The ay
of success lies in the pull" not the
vulgar pull" of the 1nancier and
politician, but the pull against the
current.-Pittsburg Christian Ad-
vocate. a
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-07-05
The Real Question.

Flows the family?" asked the
man who rode on the monthly ticket,
as a friend sat down beside him in
the smoker.
ooh, $3.50, $3.50. 1 guess they'll
pull through" the answer came with
a sigh.
whats the matter? Anything
new?" queried the monthly ticket
man.
"Yes-cook left" sighed the sub
urbanite.
Cook left, eh? Why was that?."
queried the other.
"She wanted more money!" came
the sad reply.
Wanted more money, Ell? Well,
this servant-girl question is a puG-
cling one, amt it? l wonder if any
body will ever solve it," ventured
his friend.
That isn't worrying me much.
I've solved it," admitted the other.
You have" cried the monthly
ticket man why man, I thought
it was impossible"
mo, hardly that" sighed the
other. THE servant-girl question,
Jones, is merely, How much?"-
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-07-05

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-Rowing four
miles in the twilight down a broad
ening hill-ridged river, while $4,000
persons cheered deliriously, the var
slty Fights Of Cornell and Columbia
fought such a battle as no two racing
crews ever fought before.
Cornell won by a magnificent burst
OF speed in the last ten strokes, the
nose of her shell sweeping across the
finish line three feet ahead of the New
Workers. But from the first dip of
the oars at the head of the course I'M
til the winning Ithacans dropped their
sweeps and fell back, half ~senseless,
in their victory, not twenty-five feet
separated eithep shell, and at the end
the Columbians were so close up that
the great crowd on the banks thought
the triumph was theirs.
Unusual picturesqueness was added
to the scene by the fact that dark
ness closed SO quickly that the glare
OF the great ~searchlight from the
United States monitor Arkansas was
thrown over the crews at the finish
to aid the judges in their decision.
A gallant third in this wonderful
heart-breaking struggle rowed the
much-Vaunted Annapolis team.
All the way from the first mile
post 1t had been anybody'srace. From
any part of the observation train at
the finish it still seemed like any
body's race, with the majority be-
lieving that a dead heat had been
rowed.
Thus for the eighth time has Cor
pn11 uynn fha JJyora;fu Gbol1o.~o C,-
in this the thirteenth annual contest.
Yet the big race" was only one of
three, the climax of a series of water
contests that held $4,000 persons on
the shores of the Hudson River for
more than three hours.
The first contest for the Kennedy
Challenge Trophy vas the race of the
university tours. There were only
four entered and the standing was:
Syracuse, first; Cornell, second;
Pennsylvania, third, and Columbia,
fourth.
The second race was of the fresh
men Fights. 1t was won by the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and was the
first time the boys from the Badger
State have taken the Stewards Cup
since 1900. The other freshmen
crews came in as follows: Syracuse,
second; Pennsylvania, third; Column
bia, fourth, and Cornell, fifth.
In the great throng that gathered
for the ace Annapolis was a general
fayorite. Uncle Sam did his best to
cheer his sailors. He sent three mon
itors-the Florida, Arkansas and Ne
vada-up the Hudson, and they came
to anchor in the morning neal the
line of the finish. Flags were broken
out from stem to stern and made q
brave showing among the gayly dec
GRATED craft which hedged the course
below the bridge.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-07-05
DOMESTIC.

Formal announcement "a made
of the proposal to build a four-track
elevated monorail road between New
ark and Jersey City.
The Wisconsin Assembly passed
a bill permitting policy holders of
mutual life insurance companies to
vote for directors by mail, proxy or
in person.
George A. Won Lingen, sixty-eight
years old, German Consul at Balti-
more since 1876, is dead. He al
head of a shipping firm.
One of the best known bookmakers
in the country, William NJ. Ayres,
was killed by an electric a as he
was leaving the race track at Seattle.
Subpoenas were issued by Federal
Judge Lands, at Chicago, to compel
the officials of the Standard Oil Com
pany to testify as to the Trusts finan-
cial condition.
Charged with participating in the
murder of George w. Mabust, Lee
Clifton and Clinton Fallaw and Isaac
Taylor have been arrested at Bates
burg, S. c.
Wall Street was greatly cheered
by a re~assuring interview given out
by William Rockefeller, in which he
said he saw no signs of business reac-
ton in the near future.
Harvard College held her 271st
commencement exercises at Cam
bridge, Mass.
Much damage to property was done
by a windstorm at Cleveland, Okla,
and Tulsa, l. T.
Telephone girls at Butte, Mont,
struck in sympathy with the linemen.
Burglars robbed the p~ostofice at
Ch%iltonville, Mass, of $3.50 in money
and stamps.
The new scout cruiser Chester,
with a contract speed of twenty-four
knots, was launched at Bath, Me.
Governor Conner, of Alabama, has
signed the commission of John H.
Bankhead as United States Senator,
succeeding John T. Morgan.