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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30
A MIND READER.
His Analysis of the Character of the
 New Boarder.

His AnalysIs of the Character of the New Boarder. T can tell you all about yoursclf," ," said the boarding house Sherlock Holmes to the new boarder after the Inndiady had Aitroduced them across he roast mutton.
 The boarding house sleuth prided himself on his keen observation of hu- man nature nnd his ability to make de- iuctions therefrom.
 You're a mind reader. are your" asked the new boardcr.
 ITO great extent" replied tho sleuth. For instance. l never met you before. brx know you are from the east"
 Good guess" said the new boarder.
 "You come from family of extraor- dinary ability and good antecedents, although none of your family possesses great wealth"
 The new boarder smiled his approval.
 "A peculiar thing about you is that your beard is of remarkable toughness. Your face. on the contrary. is very tender. so that you experience great iifficulty in shaving. Few razors are made of fire enough steel to overcome the texture of your beard"
 True again." said the new boarder. although don't know how you guess ed 1t. but my beard Is the toughest I have ever encountered
 Also you are a rough and ready hu- morist. able to snap out funny re- mark in almost any situation that can nrise."
 Say" said the new boarder, you make me feel uncanny. How do you 10 this stunt of character reading?"
 The btNrding house Sherlock smiled broadly and speared French fried"
 "It's this way" he elucidated. "Sim- pie enough when explained. like all really great detective work. knew you were from the east by the way you worked the salt shaker Westerners pick up the salt shaker with the right hand and plunge it at the food East erners seize the shaker with the left hand. invert it and tap it briskly on the bottom with the right hand"
 The boarders gasped in admiration of the sleuth's genius.
 Il knew you came from remarkable family because that's the kind we all come from. concluded your relatives were not overburdened with wealth or you wouldn't be living in this hashery. I knew your whiskers were remark ably tough. for every man living thinks he has the toughest whiskers going. The barber tells him SO. Somehow or other man takes it as high compA- ment to be told his whiskers are the toughest the barber ever tackled. Then It helps reconcile the victim to having bis face torn off
 Lastly. I knew you were a humorist on the same broad and general prin- cip!e. Every American thinks he is second Bill Nye with. additions and Improvements. The small boy at the ball game yells Get basketr when ball is fumbled. When the street car conductor says. Plenty of room up in front" half dozen wits reply. Plenty of room. but it's all taken When you find a citizen of this great republic who doesn't think he's jolly wag. you've discovered something"
 The new boarder was silent in men, tai cogitation. Kansas City Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30
READING THE STARS.
An Authors Mastery of the Science ot
 Navigation. =


 Navigation. = By the end of the week, teaching myself writes Jack London in Har- per's Weekly of his mastery of the sci ence of navigation, q was able to do divers things. For instance, shot the North star. at night, of course-got its altitude, corrected for index error. dip. etc. and found our latitude. And this latitude agreed with the latitude of the previous noon corrected by dead reck- oning up to that moment Proud? Well. l was even prouder with my next miracle. was going to turn in at 9 o'clock. 1 worked out the problem self instructed and learned what star of the first magnitude would be pass ing the meridian around half past 8. This star proved to be Alpha Crucis. had never heard of the star before. looked 1t up on the star map. It was one of the stars of the Southern Cross. What. thought I. Have we been sailing with the Southern Cross in the sky of nights and pever known 1t? Dolts that we are. Gudgeons and moles. I couldn't believe it. l went over the problem again and verified 1t. Charmi- an had the wheel from S till 10 that evening. told her to keep her eyes open and look due south for the South ern Cross, and when the stars came out there shone the Southern Cross low on the horizon. Proud: No medicine man nor high priest was.ever prouder. Fur thermoFe. with the prayer wheel I shot Alpha Crucis and from It's altitude worked out our latitude, and still fur thermore I shot the North star. too, and 1t agreed with what had been told me by the Southern Cross. Proud: Why. the language of the stars was mine. and listened and heard them telling me my way over the deep"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30
A LECTURE FOR HIM.
Why the Bright Little Woman Scored
 Her ThoushtIsss Husband. issf

Why the Bright Little Woman Scored
 Her ThoushtIsss Husband. ifg VI
 A bright little woman was recently overheard lecturlIis her husband as follows: -
 "Now I'll tell you why l wouldn't go Into the restaurant and have cup O: coffee with you while we we're wait ing for the train. didn't like the way you asked me. Not half m hour before you said to Mir. Puffer. Come, let's get cigar and away you went, holding his arm and not giving him a chance to decline.
 "when we met John Howdy on our way to luncheon yor said: lust In time. John. Come take lunch with us,' : And then tonight, when we had to wait m hour for the train. you looked at your watch. turned on me and said in a questioning way. Would you like cup of cotfeey And I did want It. was tired and little hungry. but l would have falnted before would have accepted such an invitation. And you went away little bit vexed with me and had your coffee and bread and butter by yourself and didn't enjoy them very much. In effect you said to me. If you want cup of coffee. if you really want 1t. will buy 1t for you
 You are the best husband in the world. but do as nearly as all the best husbands do.
 "Why do you men seem to dole out things to your wives when you fairly throw them to the men you know? Why didn't you invite me heartily as you invite men? Why didn't you say. Come. let's get little coffee and something and take me straight away with you?
 "You wouldn't say to a man. Would you like me to go and buy you a clgarY Then why do you always issue your little invitations to treats in that way to me?
 Indeed. if men would only act to- ward their wives as. heartily. cordially and frankly as they do toward the men whom they meet they would find cheerier companions at home than they could at the club" = San Francisco Chronicle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30
pois.ier's High Priced Autograph.

Doissier's High Priced Autograph.
 A good Boissier-Renan anecdote is told by French paper. One day Bois- sier arrived at Reran's home with . beaming face. saying: Now I'll te.. you piece of news that will humiliate you My autograph has fetched high CT price than yours" That does not surprise mo" Renan said serenely. "And where did you hear this" It then turned out that at an auction day or two before Renan autograph had been sold for 3 francs and Boissier for E. Well" Ren.n went on. now let me tell you the reason. There were three faults in the spelling of your letter. which is now lying here on my writing table A friend of mine was at the auction and made a higher bid for the letter after noticing the artificial gems that adorned your prose. He brought 1t to me in order that might return it to you instead of reaching the public. which might get bad impress sion of the accomplishments of mem. bers of the French academy"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30

NOVELTY CHECK SUITINGS- Stylish goods that sell regularly at S1 yard, Bargain Day Price. ..74c a yd 60-INCH ALL WOOL STORM SERGE--Durable and dressy, regular price $1 a yard, Bar gain Day Price. ....... .69c a yd ALL WOOL DRESS FLANNELS- 36 inches wide, in black, grey, red and navy blue, regular price 39c yd, Bargain Day Price
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30
GRlEVE, BISSET, & HOLLAND, s3S.4O Bank Street. Tel 5S3
 Waterbury's Busy Corner Store.
BARGAIN DAY TOMORROW.

Our bargain days all the attributes that's why you'll always find crowds regular shoppers here Thursday Moth ing sale but goods of the dependabe qualities that uine bargains of the word Come tomorrow and BARGAIN DAY SPECIALS IN NEW BARGAIN DAY SPECIALS WON
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30
Got Near lt.

A primary teacher was presenting to her class selections from the story of Hiawatha preparatory to taking Up the "Hiawatha Primer" The story was prefaced by few remarks in regard to the poet and his love for children In reviewing the lesson she asked: How many remember the name of the poet who wrote this story?" Up went many hands.
 You may tell US. Sarah."' added the teacher. noticing the little Rone wildly waving her hand in her intense eager ness to respond.
 "Mr. Longlegs." said the child, with evident pride. Lippincott's.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30

 dependable qualities that are gen ,rd. Come tomorrow and see. 1 BARGAIN DAY SPECIALS IN W0M- EMS GLOVES AND RIBBONS. WOMEN'S SOLUTION LENGTH KID GLOVES-In tans and black, an extra special for Bar gain Day. ........ .$1.l0 a pair 5-INCH TAFFETA RIBBONS-In black, white, pink, blue, red and green, regular price 25c a yd, Bargain Day Price. ..... .19c a yd WOMEN'S 2-CLASP LIS l. B GLOVES-In black, white and tan colors, regular price soc, Bargain Day Price. ..35c a pair BARGAIN DAY SPECIALS IN HO-
 SIERY AND UNDERWEAR. WOMEN'S EXTRA SIZE SHAPED VESTS-Low neck, with short sleeves or sleeveless, sizes and 9, regular price 29c each, Bar gain Day Price. ..23c each BARGAIN DAY SPECIALS IN DO.
 MESTICS.
 CROCHET BED SPREADS-Full size, hemmed, regular price $1.39 Bargain Day ..98c each 11-4 WHITE OR GRAY COTTON BLANKETS-Full size, regular price 9Sc, Bargain Day .85c a pair BARGAIN DAY SPECIALS IN UP.
 HOLSTERY DEPARTMENT. .COLORED CROSS STRIPE SCRIM CURTAINS-Good quality scrim, yards long, AS inches wide, regular price S9c a pair, Bar gain Day. ........ .59c a pair RUFFLED MUSLIN CURTAINS PA yards long, regular price 35c a pair, Bargain Day. .23c a pair BARGAIN DAY SPECIALS IN UN-
 DERWEAR DEPARTMENT. WOMEN'S CORSET COVERS Square neck, trimmed with em- broidery edgings, regular price 25c each, Bargain Day Price .ss.... TIC e6Cn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30

Kodol will. without doubt. make your stomach strong and will almos; instantly relieve you of all the smyp- toms of indigestion. Get a bottle of it to-day. It is sold here by Buckins- ham pharmacy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-30
BARGAIN DAY SPECIALS IN WASH
 GOODS .t~.....

FLEECED RAMONA CLOTHS-In pretty colors and designs for dressing sacques and kimonas,
 regular price 17c a yd, Bargain Day Price ..........11c a VI APRON GINGHAMS-Good strong quality, all staple checks, regu- lar price 7c yd, Bargain Day Price. .4s4c a VI
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
TIE
General Dem and

of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because it's com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial IN effect
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt. in action.
In supplying that demand with it's ex-
eellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get it's beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
HEALTH AND INCOME.
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one a lot
to make money.
With the loss of health ones in
come is liable to shrink, if not en-
tirely dwindle away.
When a young lady has to make
/ her own living, good health is her
best asset.
II am alone in the world" writes a
Chicago girl, dependent on my own
efforts for my living. / am clerk, and
about two years ago through close APP
plication to work and boarding
house diet, l became a nervous in
valid, and got so bad off it was almost
impossible for me to stay in the office
half day at time.
"A friend suggested to me the idea
of trying Grape-Nuts, which l did,
making this food large part of at
least two meals day.
To-day / am free from brain-tire,
dyspepsia and all the ills of an over
worked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts /
owe the recovery of my health, and
the ability to retain my position and
income. There's a Reason.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-The Road to
Wellville, (" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28

to snatch a substantial meal of cocoa
and chocolate eclairs as it is to the
man with the dropping mustache who
regales himself each noon on coffee
and sinkers." The bacilli are no re-
spector of persons. DR.. Stiles, in
discussing the result of his tests,
says:
This is question which must
necessarily appeal to every RESPONSE
BILE individual who seriously considers
the matter of eating clean and whole
some food. When we consider the
great number and variety of organ
isms studied in relation to these
cracked mugs the question of house
hold sanitation becomes more i'm
perative than ever, and study of
the sanitary conditions in private and
public life would in many instances
furnish startling results.
Many of our hotels, public res
taurants and cafes are particular to
see that splendid serving rooms are
provided and deliberately furnished,
which from exterior appearances
seem to be all that could be desired
for the welfare and comfort of their
guests, but let one go behind the
scenes in many places and note the
changed conditions. The picture may
be entirely different from that ex-
pected
1.-THE sanitary aspect of refrigera-
tors and iceboKes during hot weather
may develop conditions beyond hui
man liberation. Why people do not
| take better care of these places of
storage is difficult to say. However,
| it is a regrettable factthat many such
places often contain highly objection
able material, and if not intended for
immediate use it often contaminates
and ruins the entire contents of the
| icebox.
I'm concluding it seems highly de-
sirable to eliminate the use of cracked
dishes for the reception of food mate
rails, and to make an appeal for a
more careful observance of the
known hygienic measures to protect
our food from unnecessary and un-
desirable contamination"
DIR, Pasquale Grillo takes sharp is
sue with DR.. Wiley. "Of course there
are germs in cracked china, he said,
las there arelin everything else in the
universe. And it may be that some
of these are bad instead Of good. The
proportion of bad germs to good ones
is as to 00,0O0,000. The bad
germ may kill you; the good ones
may be eaten by the spoonful without
harmful results. A healthy person
will eat many billions day. or at q
single meal, without getting so much
as suggestion of the stomach
ache"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
Sensational Murders of a
Hot Summer; Their Motives

of Bath Beach, Brooklyn shot
and killed his wife at No 1749 street rage
killed. daughter wounded at
caburg ~ Gusavus Eberhard of New York strongly suspected
still robbery
Recorder at Metuchen,
killed Archibald whom he had sentenced to
JAIL
2Haze murdered body thrown pond Troy
Y. jealousy, supposedly.
Philadelphia him in
bottle of ale;
of the Holy
Trinity Brook hot wife,
June Blackmeyer killed his mother-in
Hundred
despair
husbands attack their neighbours lit
tie daughter baby
humiliation.
killed DR. Martin w Auspz No 157
Ninety-third
Brooklyn, shot
wife
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Millions of Germs in Cracks of Dishes
Or Wiley Experiments ChnaWare Taken From the Quk Lunch Rooms AMI
Of Appendicitis Chemist BmeS UnCean Condition For
Many In1ammatOy Diseases Urges Better Household Sanitation

Washington, d. C.-To those who
leave their offices each noon to snatch
q hasty lunch, the Government has a
word of advice to offer 1t is this.
Whenever a restaurateur offers you a
cracked mug and Clipped, seamy
plate on which food is served, flee it
as you would the pestilence. In the
recesses of those cracks Turk thou
sands of bacteria, and they draw no
distinction between the millionaire
employer and his $40 week steno-
grapher
The Bureau of Chemistry, at the
head of which is DR.. Harvey w. Wi
ley, has just concluded experiments
on cracked china utensils taken from
the lunch rooms of Washington. The
conditions they find to exist in the
restaurants here are duplicated in
every big city. In New York and Chi
cago, where trade at quick lunch"
establishments is much greater, far
larger population of germs is be-
lieved to have taken up it's abode in
the cracks and crevices of the table
service.
The examination of the chinaware
by the Government came about as a
result of a crusade being waged
against unhealthful kitchens and
serving rooms in the District of Col
umbia. With the approval of Secre-
tary Wilson and DR.. Wiley the Gov
eminent chemists were turned loose
ON the trail They discovered mill
ions of germs in the cracks.
DIR. George W. Stiles, bacteriologi-
cal chemist of the department, had
charge of the tests. Several dozen
cracked mugs, plates and saucers TAX
en- at random from the counters OF
lunch rooms and from the cafes OF
hotels were examined. The result
was that DR.. Stiles discovered twenty
three distinct species of organisms
lurking in the cracks and seams In
the final test it was found that these
organisms ranged in number from
4S6 to 14,5S0,000 to every square
inch.
Nearly all of the bacteria belonged
to the family of bacillus coli.
The bacillus coli is blamed as the
cause of many inflammatory diseases,
among which is appendicitis.
Many of the other bacilli found in
the cracked chinaware are due to un-
clean conditions. These may not be
noticeable, and the kitchens of the
less, but the impossibility of cleans
ing the utensils thoroughly when they
are cracked leaves the bacilli to in
crease and multiply.
The presence of the breeders OF
disease is just as much a menace to
the girl who has left her typewriter
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
EUROPE GROWS COLDER.
Temperature of the Continent Con-
stantly Becoming Lower.

Temperature of the Continent Con-
stantly Becoming Lower.
Some months ago there appeared
In these columns some tables worked
up by Camille Flammarion to show
changes of a meteorological charac-
ter which seem to have taken place
In Europe. Writing again, he states
that from actual figures obtained
within the past few years he has be-
come certain that the temperature of
Europe has been falling. France has
been suffering for a long time from
an excess of cold weather, the Their
mometrical readings at Paris having
been one degree below the normal
height.
Other readings show even less ia
vorable results. The fall is more no
ticeable during the spring than dur
ing other periods of the year. Similar
phenomena are recorded in Great
Britain, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Aus
tria and Germany. In the days OF
Philip Auguste, in the thirteenth
century, the wines of Etampes and
Beauvals were the favorite bever-
ages at court. Henry W., a pro.
nounced bon vivant, frequently ex.
pressed his fondness for the product
of the Suresnes grape. At the pres.
ent day there is not vineyard Of
Importance north of Paris, and as fol-
the petit vim now made at Suresnes
1t has become the drink only of The
| poorer classes.
In the middle of the sixteenth cen
fury Macon was celebrated for it
muscated wines, whereas the musca
tel grape at this moment can scarce
ly be made to thrive there. Ancien
chronicles mention the cultivation O
the vine in Northern Brittany, wher,
now even apples are not plentiful
Again, it is to be remarked that tree
which once fiourished in the nortl
of France are at present found in tn,
extreme south, and considerabl,
number have disappeared altogether
Languedoc no longer grows tn,
lemon; there is not an orange lief
in Rousillon. The Lombardy polar
so familiar and picturesque in OLE
French line engravings, is now no
where to be found on French soil
These are facts which, putting sta
tistics out of the question, serve tt
illustrate the changes wrought b,
temperature in the great fruit pro
ducing country of France hiladel
phia Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
Big Gooseber1y Pies.

Yesterday was the anniversary of
the time honored Gooseberry Fair at
Tollesbury, and feature of the sur
vival has always been the baking of
huge gooseberry pies. The object
was to give a welcome home to faith
ers and brothers who have been
away on racing or pleasure yachts or
fishing, and each family used to pre-
pare huge pie for it's Homecoming
seafarers in speciality large dishes.
There have been Tollesbury pies that
peck of fruit, and tradition even re-
lates that one pie was so large that
the local baker had to remove one or
two bricks to get it into his oven.-
From the London Standard.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
Among the Workers.

Kalamazoo, Mich, has thirty labol
organizations.
Aberdeen IS. ID musicians hay,
lately been organized.
Stationary firemen recently organ
lied new union at Tacoma. Wash,
The Fall River MASS Spinners
Union has reached its fftieth birth
day
In Italy the membership of trade
unions decreased from 240,699 il
1902 to 204,271 In 1907.
Germany has altogether thirty
three labor colonies where the unem
ployed can obtain work as a right.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
disqualified.


Hayes time was hours SIS min
utes Al seconds, unofficial time.
Never in the history of an athletic
event, either in this country or in
those of the teams competing here,
las anything been witnessed equalling
the spectacle at the finish of the Mar
athon race. A short time before
Dorando. the leader on entering the
stadium, appeared within sight of the
structure his approach was announced
by the megaphone men to the crowd
Italy, it was announced, had passed
South Africa, and was coming in to
the finish ahead.
For five minutes there was a tense
hush within the stadium II was 5.26
o'clock D. m. when Dorando finally
appeared at the entrance He was
pitiful wreck, with drawn face and
lettering legs. He was hardly able
to support himself and friends fol-
lowing closely behind stood ready to
prevent his falling. One hundred
and fifty yards from the finish he fell
in heap. but his friends lifted him
up and he started on again, only to
fall once more, a few yards beyond.
Brandy and other stimulants were
administered to Dorando, and when
1t was seen that he was in such con-
dition that the few remaining yards
were beyond his ability to gain he
was swallowed up in throng of ex-
cited officers and attendants and the
whole group moved over the finish
line with Hayes still running strongly
more than 100 yards away
After Hayes came Hefferon, tired
but in fairly good shape, with For
shaw and then Welton in the order
named. Immediately a great uproar
arose, followed by the protest of the
Americans at the manner in which
Dorando finished. There was hur-
ried conference of the officers, and
then came the announcement that
Hayes was the real victor, with Hef-
feron second and Forshaw third.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
Bad as the Egg.

A witty as well as soft answer
will sometimes turn away wrath. A
candidate, in the midst of stirring
address, was struck by a rotten egg
full in the face. Pausing to wipe
away the contents of the missile, he
calmly continued
Il have always commended that my
opponents arguments were very un-
sound!"
The crowd roared, and he was no
longer molested.