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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18

when the two sides will have their innings in court. This is matter that is more important that 1t seems, It is not every day that federal of- ficial arises and defies the president But this virtually is what Judge Lan- dis has done. It remains to be seen which is the stronger, the judge of the president. The controversy has already brought Judge Landis into the public eye, much as Folk of Mis- souri was brought, and it would not be surprising if the matter developed into a national fight that would make Landis presidential possibility when the nominating convention meets.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
snain.. PonuIar Rsvsrans.

"Horchata de chufa" is the singular name of the most popular drink in Madrid Ttss Is made from a nut called ~chufS.- yielding a milky liquid when reduced 10 a pulp. This is d. luted with water and forms a most cooling and refreshing drink. How ever. it is an acquired taste. Very few like 1t at the first trial The horchata may be made from different kinds of nuts The alno8d is used also. Strange to relate the ho-chata de ehufa Is al- ways sold where mating Is kept for sale. % that when you SPY a roll of the latter Outside the store door II is a sufscieut indication that fn that par ticalar place y0u may procure q glass of the b9rchsta- Tn spite cf inquiries. I was unable to discover the origin of the singular coubz1atioa of articles on saies-Lo1doa TruEh
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM.

4-Cor South Main and Grand sts.
 5-Scovill Manufacturing Go. (P)
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill sts.
 7-Exchange Place.
 S-Euclid and RoselaId avenues. 12-Rogers 6 Bro. (P)
 13-Cor East Main and Niagara sts. 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott sts. 15-Cor High and Walnut streets, 16-Cor East Main and Cherry sts. 17-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm. Kingsbury sts. 23-Burton street engine house.. 24-Waterbury Mfg Go. (P) .. 25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts. 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2S-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine sts. 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sts. 31-Cor Bank and Grand sts. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor W. Main and Watertown I'd. 35-Conn. R. & L. Go car house (P) 36-Waterbury Brass Go. (P) 37-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 3S-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay sts. !. :. 43-New England Watch Go. (P) 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Co tP) 46-Waterbury Buckle Go. (P) 47-Cor s. Main and Washington sts. 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. 52-Cor Franklin and Union sta. 53-W'bury Clock Go. case f'ty. (P) 54-Rose Hill house.
 66-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 5s-Cor Luke street and Sylan ave. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin st. 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 73-Cor N Willow st and Hillside av. 74-Cor Johnson and Waterville sta 142-Wolcott st above Howard. 153-Cor Walnut and Wood sts. 162-Cor East Main and Welton sts 173-Poli's theater.
 212-The Platt Bros. & Co. (P) 213-Shoe Hardware Co. (P)
 214-Wbury Clock mvt. factory. (Pl 216-Cor Cherry. and North Elm sts 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward sta 253-Farm street. cor St Paul. 254-Cor Etna and North Main sts. 261-Junc Cooke and N. Main sts. 263-Cor Abbott and Phoenix aveA 2T2-Groye. Central and Holmes av. 311-s. N. E. Tel Co building (Pl sI2-cor Bank and Meadow sts. l313-Randolph & Cloves. (P) i314-Plume 6 Atwood (P) i315-American Ring Co. CPl
 s16-Electric Light Station. CP
 s1s-Holmes. Booth & Haydens. tpl 3s1-Cor Bank and Washington av. 3z2-cor Green and N. Leonard sts. | 3z5-Cor wssh'ton ave Portland st Isz4-Cor Charles and Porter sts. szs-Cor Lafayette. Washington av. szT-Riverside Park. near brewery. sT1-City Lumber and Coal Co. (Pl tI2-Tracy Bro< tP1
 t75-Cor Clay and Min sts.
 Isz-Cor Liberty and s. Main sts. Is1-Steele & Johnson N'fg Co. fP, sTz-Cor Baldwin and W'hington sts ssz-cor Baldwin and Rye sfs-
 TIz-Cor Ridgs-ood and WpvilIs sts.
 lP1 Private -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
That outburst of Congressman Lil-

That outburst of Congressman Lll- ley about graft in the committee on naval affairs seems to have caught the crowd that are willing to be caught. Lilley is making a great grand stand play just at present. He talked in the same way the other night at the republican club that is being fitted up gorgeously, with bookcases, mind you, and pool tables, and it is possible, card tables, all these things that too often catch the young voter, that cares not how he votes. where he votes, or perhaps how often he votes, so long as he gets what he wants and good time. Lil- lev threatens to tell some things about democrats, but if he had any thing real damaging on his mind 1t probably would have been out long ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18

There is a fight brewing that will
 he worth watching beFw.sd the ad-
 ministration as represented by Pres ident Roosevelt and the department
 of justice and Judge M. Landis of Chicago. IL is over the immunity
 plea of the Chicago and Alton rail-
 road. It will be remembered with
 little effort that Judge Landis was the man who imposed the s29.24O.- GOO fines on the Standard Oil Com pany for taking rebates from the Chi cago and Alton road. It was large ly by the testimony Of the Alton ofi- cials coupled with the books of the company which were turned over to the government that the conviction of the Standard was secured The officials of the Alton claimed that they had secured immunity from prosecution by aiding the govern ment. turning states evidence. as it were. Judge Landis took different view of the matter. and the road vas about to be prosecuted for paying re- bates when Special Attorney s4ms. the counsel for the gOyernneat in the case. received a letter from Washing ton directing him fIstly to grant the immunity It seems that neither Nr Sims nor Judge Landis was in favor of letting the case % in this slipshOd way. and the whole matter has been held over to the 24th of this month,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
NOTICE.

The Bureau of Assessment of the City of Waterbury, in the matter of the assessment and determination of benefits accruing to all parties inter ested by the paving of North Wil- low street. from Ridgewood sreet 10 Cloves terrace, as the same was ac- cepted by the Board of Aldermen, July 1, 1907, approved July ?, 1907, made report to the Board of Alder men, setting forth that they caused reasonable notice to be given to all persons interested in the proposed public improvement, in all respects pursuant to the provisions of the charter of said City. to appear before them and be heard in reference there to. and that they fully heard at the time and place specified in said notice all persons who appeared before them. And thereupon. they did assess and determine that William Reither pay t0 the City of Waterbury for benefits accruing to him by the afoTesaid puh. lie improvement. the sum of S15.0
 And they did further assess and de tsrnine that the assessment levied against Daniel E. Fitzpatrick. hy said Bureau August 2. IoO7, and con. hrned and adopted by the BOsrd Of AIdermen September 2. 1907. sh0uh read sTs.50 instead of s1s3o.
 Report sccepfed, assessment oi benefits confirmed and adopted by ths Board of Abierpnsa September IS f10- srr-oFpd San+amter Is rnT7 psyahls Ocober 1, 1a07. at the 5fscs Of the CoIIector of Taxes. City Hal BuIIdizx
 Attest.
 WILLIAM H sANDLASD.
 elT-2 ciy Clsri
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
The Other Way Around

The loyalty of the Scottish highland CT to his kilt is picturesque thing. He will never admit that it makes him cold, and highlanders who were suffer ing from cold in the ordinary dress of civilization have been known to substi- ute the kilt for it in order to get warm, though this would be much like removing ones coat and waistcoat and rolling up ones shirt sleeves for the same purpose.
 It is said that a stranger, seeing a soldier in full highlander uniform shiv. ering in a cold wind, asked him:
 Sandy, are you cold with the kilt?''
 "Na, na, mon," the soldier answered indignantly, but I'm nigh kilt with the cauld."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
BORROWED BOOKS.
The Way Their Return Prioked an
 Artists Conscience,

In the course of some "reminiscences of Sir Edward Burne-Jones a corre- spondent of the Westminster Gazette remarks: Those who are not offend ed' by the paradoxes of Charles Lamb would have delighted in Burne-Jones' play of humor and imagination. Let me justify my reference to Charles Lamb.
 I once returned to Burne-Jones some books which be had lent me thirty years before. writing to him to the ef- feet that if it was base to keep bor- rowed books so long 1t was heroic to return them after such long posses sion as might we'll breed the sense of ownership. In reply he said:
 "The return of those books has sim ply staggered me. It has also pained me. for 1t seems to raise the standard of morality fin these matters and per haps to sting the susceptible con- sciences of book borrowers. I have many borrowed books on my shelves. would rather the owners should die than that should have to think about these things and return them. I have two costly volumes that were lent to me before that little incident of ours, which. you may remember. was in Red Lion square. hope the owner is no more. for I simply will not give them up. And you slve made me un- easy and have helped to turn an ami able rascal into q confirmed villain" !"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
HIS SYMPATHY.
It Would Have Been Worth More Only
 He Lacked Presence of Mind.

ne Lacked Presence of Mind.
 In the criminal court in Baltimore a darky was on trial for stealing : watch, which he had pawned. He was identified by the owner as the person who grabbed the watch out of his pock- ct, yet the darky claimed to be innO- cent. When asked how he came in possession of the watch he said:
 "I was standing on the corner when a man comes up to me and says he is hard up and hasn't a cent 10 buy food with, and he wants to sell me this watch for 8. knew I could get S4 on it in pawn, and I felt sorry for him and bought the watch for 8 and pawn ed it for s4. That's how I got the watch"
 The prosecutor then asked, if he had bought the watch for S3. knowing he could pawn it for s4, simply to help the man along because he felt sorry for him. why he did not advise him to pawn it himself. and then he would have had S4 instead of s.
 Well you sec" said the prisoner, T didn't have the presence of mind to do dat"-Judee's Library.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. IS, 1907.

The editors of our two daily con- temporaries are making heroic efforts to keep the trolley strike issue out Of the coming mayoralty campaign. At least they are trying to fool their readers into thinking so, but per son with half an eye ought to be able to see in this case. It looks as though Candidate Sewell gave them the cue in that first coming out speech of his, and they have been coaxing and coaching the subject ever since.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
SPECULATIVE ON SHIPS.
How Underwriters Gamble on Overdus
 Vessels Posted at Lloyds.

How Underwriters Gamble on overdus
 Vessels Posted at Lloyds.
 When a ship is overdue, an oppor- tunity is sometimes afforded for a gamble at Lloyds It can be readily understood that underwriters who are interested in the "overdues" are only too willing to get rid of the risk by paying a premium on the insured rate to those who are willing, on their terms, to relieve them of their respon- abilities. The premium varies with the chances of the vessel turning up. The smaller the chances the higher the premium and vice versa.
 The rates paying on "oyerdues" serve as accurate barometers of the probabilities or otherwise of the ship ever being heard of again. These un- derwriters who speculate on "over- dues" are generally known by the sig nificant name of doctors" The insur- ance on an overdue" may pass through many channels before the ship Is, on the one hand, posted" at Lloyds as missing" or, on the other hand, she arrives in safety.
 A ship is never "posted' until the committee is thoroughly satisfied that her case is hopeless and until the own CT is of the same opinion. Before posting" e notice is put up for a week inviting any information con- cerning the vessel. If this elicits no news. the committee at its next meet ing votes the ship as missing" and a notice is posted accordingly. The loss Is then settled and paid for. It may be incidentally remarked that post Ing" at Lloyds constitutes legal death certificate for any one on board the missing ships.-London Express.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18

canal, the work itself was never touch ed. When NJ. de Lesseps undertook the task of cutting the canal he thought at first to follow the idea of Napoleon and restore the ancient waterway, but this plan was abandoned and the pres ent plan determined upon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18
SIGNALS.

1. ozs stroke calls superIutsrd.at to
 the City hall I-1- Two strokes. fire out. recall. i-1-1- Three strokes IF n spu. i-1-1s1-1-i-l-1-1-1 Ten strokes
 quick vill indicate general alarm
 and vill call the entire force Into
 service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18

Ex-President Cleveland said his married life was ''one long, sweet dream Perhaps it was. The ma jority of married people are not blessed that way. There are jars and petty annoyances that all are subject to. Late meals. difficulties in making and waiting for slow fires cause many troubles.
 BROWNS QUICKFIRE CHARCOAL will solve them. Have a bag handy at all times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18

"There is nothing half so sweet in life as loves young dream.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-18

That is the way shirts aud ...rs goods are sent home by u& Ivory as' .lcie is properly laundered. Nothing uneven about our work. It is good to-day. good tomorrow and Sooo eV' cry day in the year. Gentlemen who are very particular should seld .Aelr Shirts, Collars and Cuffs to the lead ing laundry.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
THOMAS :. RYAN WILL RETIRE
Financier Worth S1Oo.oOo,ooo Disposes
of His Enormous interests.

Financer Worth $10o.0Oo,ooo Disposes
Of His Enormous interests.
New York, June 3.-ThOmas F. Ryan
has ended his days of activity in Wall
street. His departure for Europe sig
nalized his breaking away from the
personal management of the many gi-
gantic corporations with which he has
been associated for the last 25 years.
The news of Mr.. Ryan's retirement
was confirmed in Wall street by men
who know him intimately and who
have closely watched his movements
in the stock market during the last
year.
There is a Wall street tradition that
Mr.. Ryan's ambition, after he had be-
come an important factor in the finan-
cial world, was to accumulate $780,
100000 This he has accomplished.
His fortune is estimated by those in a
position to know at considerably over
that figure.
Nj. Ryan, according to Inside" in
formation in Wall street, will now en-
JOY retired life on his magnificent es-
tate in Nelson county, Va. That he
may direct his energies toward becOm-
ing a United States senator from Vir-
ginia is considered a strong possibility
ISe has long held that ambition, and his
friends expect that he will realize it.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05

Heavy, impure blood makes muddy,
Pimply complexion, headaches, nausea,
indigestion. Thin blood makes you
weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Blood
Bitters makes the blood rich, red, pure
restores perfect health.
Stops itching instantly. Cures piles,
eczema, salt rheum, letter, itch, hives,
herpes, scabies--Doan's Ointment. At
any drug store.
For a mild, easy action of the bowels,
a single dose of Doan's Regulets is
enough. Treatment cures habitual
constipation. 25 cents a box. Ask
your druggist for them.
CDR. Thomas Eclectric Oil is the
remedy for that often fatal disease
Group. Has been used with success in
our family for eight years. Mrs. L.
Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
THE SPHINX.
Nothing by Which We Can Accurately
Tell Its Age.

Tell Its Age.
The great sphinx of GiZeh bears no
inscription by which we can tell its
date. In 1916 Caviglia, who in mod
ern times was the first to clear away
the sand, found between its paws
stella of the reign of ThOthmes ~,
and therefore it was believed that the
sphinx was carved by that monarch.
But in 1858 the excavations of Mari
cite uncovered a stella bearing the
name of CheOps, on which is a refer
ence to the sphinx. The inscription is
evidently of late period, but is sup
posed to be an exact copy of an an
cient carving, and the translation seem
ed to place the sphinx earlier than the
pyramids and consequently to prove it
the most aucient piece of work in the
world. Still! there remained four lines
carved on the base which could not
be read, but NJ. Daressy deciphered
them, and it appears that the inscrip-
ton is in two parts. In the earlier
lines there is no mention of the sphinx,
but the lines which date from the Per-
sian occupation mention the repair of
the sphinx. There is, therefore, moth
ing by which we can tell the date of
the monument, and the only evidence
we have is the headdress of the COlos
sus. Its hood is ornamented behind
with three bands, a large one between
| two smaller bands. Now, this is q
fashion which only existed toward the
end of the twelfth dynasty in the
reigns of Usurtesen III. and Amenem
het III. As this family showed mucl
zeal for the god Harmaklin, whose por
trait the sphinx is, it is probable tina
the monument is the work of Amenem
het III.-LondOn Globe.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
GIRL GETS HERO MEDAL
Saved Aged Man From Being Run
Down BY Train.

Saved Aged Man From Being Run
Down BY Train.
Washington, June IA medal OF
honor has been awarded to Miss Mary
Guinan, of MiddletOwn, N. Y, by Pres
ident Roosevelt for distinguished dar-
ing in rlsking her own life to save
that of John c. Runyan, an aged man,
who was in imminent danger of being
run down by an Erie railroad train.
Mr.. Runyan, who is "A years of age,
attempted to cross the railroad track
in front of an approaching train, not
observing that another train was com
ing on an adjoining track from the Op-
posite direction. He had crossed the
space between the tracks before he
realized his danger and then became
bewildered by his apparent inability
to avoid being run down. Miss Guinan,
realizing that his confusion might cost
him his life. spTang to his aid. She
seized and held him firmly between the
two trains as they rushed by. AS soon
as the trains had passed she led the
old man to the sidewalk. A measure
ment was subsequently made and
showed that the space between the
swaying trains was barely -36 inches
wide.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
LIGHTNING STRIKES BALLOON
Military Aeronaut Meets With Fatal
Accident.

Rome, June 3.-A tragic incident
took place during a review of the
troops by King Victor Emmanuel and
Queen Helena. AS a part of the ma
nouvres a military balloon was sent up
to a height of 700 feet, with Captain
Uilivelli in the car. A storm which had
been coming up burst suddenly and
thousands of spectators were Mortified
to see a flash of lightning strike the gas
bag. There was an enormous burst of
flame and a terrific detonation, and a
collapsed balloon, with its dangling
car, fell to the earth. Crowds Of per-
sons rushed in the direction where the
balloon had fallen.
Captain Uilivelli was found alive but
unconscious. He was placed in an Gu-
tomobile and rushed to a hospital,
where he died.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
Parson,s RrldaI kIss causes Divorce.

FdTSoH DTiddt Mss OduSSs OlNoTCcs
Des Moines, June S.-Alleging that
for years she has been subjected to
taunts and cruel persecution because
of having permitted the officiating
clergyman to give her congratula-
tory kiss upon the night of her we'd
ding, Mrs Grace Hogan began an ac-
ton of divorce. Mrs. Hogan declares
that the well-intentioned kiss has been
the hoodoo of her welded existence,
that her husband has talked about 1t
night and day, and that she never
wants to kiss OF be kissed again.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
FOR DIRECT VOTE

Governor Stokes Signs Resolution Re-
garding U. S. Senators.
Trenton, N. N, May Ex-Governor
Stokes has signed e. joint resolution
providing for the election of United
States Senators by direct vote of
the people.
A similar resolution has been intro
duced in the Legislature as often as it
has met for ten years and promptly
pigeon holed in committee. Last
winter Senator Gebhardt, a Democrat,
made lively fight for the adoption OF
the resolution, and it went through.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
Lost His Life Trylnq to Save Hat.

Johnstown, Pa, June 3. - An un-
known man, whose body has not been
recovered, was drowned in the Cone
maugh river. His hat blew into the
river, and going after it, the victim was
caught in the current and swept away.
While crossing the Pennsylvania rail
road tracks at Ehrenfeid, Leo Mulve-
hill, q 14-year-old boy. was struck and
instantly killed by q fast train.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05

A man who is in perfect health, SO
be can do an honest days work when
necessary, has much for which he
should be thankful. Mr.. L. O. BOD
gers, of Branchton, Pa. writes that
he was not only able TO work, but he
couldn't stoop over to tie bis own
shoes. Six bottles OF Foley's Kidney
Cure made new man of him. He
says Success TO Foley's Kidney Cure.
Sold by Benton N. Weldon, Smyrna,
and w. 4. Keys, Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
FORGED TO GET FOOD
Mother of Five Children, Deserted BY
Husband, Confessed.

Mother of Five Children, Deserted BY
Husband, Confessed.
Harrisburg. Pa, May 30.-While at
tempting to pass a forged check on
the Hummelstown National bank
Mrs Joseph Bricker, of Nationwide
Dauphin county. was arrested at the
Mechanics bank, in this city. Mrs.
Bricker was taken to the police sta
tion, where she confessed to having
forged the names of two residents of
Middletown on checks for small sums,
which she had cashed. She stated that
she and her five small children were
deserted by her husband a few days
ago. and that she forged the checks to
obtain food for herself and children.
Her brother offered to make good the
forged checks and she was released.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
PENNsYs BIG DIVIDEND
Nearly s11,ooo,ooo Distributed Among
45,496 Stockholders.


1896 Stockholders.
Philadelphia, June 1.-The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company has just paid
the largest dividend in it's history.
The great army of 1896 stockhold
ers entitled to the distribution, nearly
one-hRlf of whom were women, have
received their checks. Collectively the
amount received was just $10.906,7 ,7S4,
representing the semi-yearly dividend
of 31z per cent. declared by the direc-
tors several weeks ago.
The As, ,496 shareholders is the larg-
est number ever entered on the books
of the company, and is just double the
number of record 10 years ago. The
average number of stocks per share
holder is 1877 shares.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
EnterprIse sanIs roller euiItx.

Pittsburg. May 81. Thomas w.
Harvey, former teller of the Enter
prise National banl, Of Allegheny, was
found guilty on SS counts for making
false entries and not guilty on three
counts charging mIsapplication Of the
funds of the bank.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05
The Emerald Isle.

Ireland is called the Emerald Isle
because of the richness Of its verdure,
the term being first used by DR.. VIII
liam brennan. the author of "Glendal-
lOch" and other poems. published in
the latter part of the eighteenth cen
tury.
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05

Beautiful carpet designs on one
side, in red, green, etc, in plain
white on the other. Come 40 yards
s. sP4.5d tRs e roll. oGll- at' Worth $1,000
Smyrna times., 1907-06-05

"Treatyse of Fysshynge With an
Angle" was the first book on angling
printed in English. 1t appeared in
I44O.