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his conviction that the machine was of prac.
tical design and construction, and that in
the hands of an intelligent man, it could be
worked with great benefit of and saving to
planters.
Probably the harvester will require GER
tain notifications before it is thoroughly
adapted to practical estate use, but if de-
veloped, and put on the market at o reason
able price, such a machine would, of course,
result in an enormous saving of labour on
large estates. This should especially re-
commend it to the consideration of planters
in British Guiana.-Ib5d
, 1908-08-01

Mes4rs. Wolstenholme & Holland, of L;v-
erpooD, write as follows, On June ~ last, in
reference to the sales OF West Indian Sea
Island cotton
Since our last report holidays have rather
intorfered with the market.
About 40 bales West Indian Sea Islands
have been sold at fairly steady prices. The
sales include about so bales St. Croix, 20
Anguilla, and 80 ST. Kits, at 144d. to 1851,
the remaining 70 bales being stains at 69d.
to I'd.
Spinners are only likely to buy from hand
to mouth until more is known ABOUT the
American Sea Island growing crop
AgrjcultMrdl Neos, jul 1Hh
, 1908-08-01

he added, on any of his expeditions to the
North. Some of the foods he will carry
with him, in addition to his supply OF penn
mican, tea, and pilot biscuit, the three sta
pie foods for use in the Arctic, are canned
peaches and pears. .,
ri always see to it that every person with
me has a dessert on Sunday" said Comman-
der Peary, "and that is why L am taxing
peaches and pears"
The scientific equipment to De used in
this expedition is now on board the Roose-
Welt, and is probably the most complete ever
taken to the polar regions, consisting as 1t
does of all the instruments needed in me.
neurological, astronomical, and tidal obsor'
~vatiOns.
, 1908-08-01

I'D in the ceremonies, which were attend
ed by dramatic scenes of fanaticism, but the
rain did not come.-E6id.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12

they have played this season, while their opponents have been at the game right along. The batteries were: c, M. R.. Clifford and Quinn; B. F. Shoe Go, Hoppy and Lewis.
 There seems. to be great deal of kicking" done by those who own property on North Main street be- cause the borough is doing the sprinkling on that street and the property owners will be assessed for payment of the same, and that is just the reason that the kick" has been registered. John Green has been at every meeting of the board or warden and burgesses held for the past two months and at each meeting he has declared that because he de- r1ves no benefits from what he has to pay for he thinks it is an injustice. But the members of the board are of the opinion that this is one way to preserve the road and when Burgess Freeman made motion to relieve this property owner from the pay ment of this assessment at the last meeting of the board, the scheme fell nat, for no one seconded the motion, and 1t is probable that the sprinkling will be continued as before regard less of the remonstrances that have been made against the practice.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12
0AKVlLlE HAPPENINGS

Edward O'Brien of Wood street is spending few days with relatives in Terryville.
 Miss Margaret Shanahan of Tor rington is spending a few days with relatives here.
 The largest snapping turtle ever seen in this vicinity was captured in Steele brook this morning by T. F. Allen of Falls avenue.
 The condition of Miss Clara Place, who has been quite sick for the past two weeks at her home on Davis street, is reported to be about the same
 The supper given last evening by the members of All Saints was very largely attended. The affLir was in charge of the men of the parish and is said to be the most successful ever given. E
 A large number of people from Oakville attended the Yard-Hickcox wedding in Watertown yesterday af- ternoon. Miss May Fitzpatrick or Main street, classmate pf the bride, was one of the bridesmaids
 H. F. Shade is arranging for the installation of large engine at his factory on Falls avenue. Owing to the constantly increasing business of the factory the present engine is not large enough to do the required work
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12
BOSS OF THE WHOLE SHOW.

Preparations for registering the commands of President Roosevelt at Chicago are progressing rapidly and nearing conclusion. The conces- sion in the case of Louisiana is the only one that has been made-ad- hitting the anti-Taft delegates on equal terms with the delegates for Taft. with half a vote each. Other wise the hard and fast rule has been followed. to shut out every anti Taft man for whose seat a contest ant could he produced. and to let in every Taft man who cared 10 make a contest.
 There has not been such a specs- acle of rOugh-riding dictatorship since the late Mark Hanna forced the nomination of Mckinley in 1896 at St Louis. The tactics to-day are the same as those used I2 years ago. Hanna procured the defeat of glori- ous Tom Reed through his control of the national committee which enabled him 10 exclude all the Reed delegates from the southern states and put in contestants whom his agents had procured through bogus or 'bOlting conventions.
 NIT Roosevelt. who we know is a practical man because he has said so. follows in Hanna's footsteps There are no anti-Taft delegates getting into the convention who can be kept out of the convention. Manager Hitchcock reports 700 votes for Taft On the first haIIof This may be too large a figure. but a few more or less make no mater ial di1eTence-Boston Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12
SECRETARY IN POLITICS.

The present administration has been a fortunate one for private sec retaries, as Mir Cortelyou's career illustrates. Robert Wynne, who used to be private secretary of the treasury, also reached cabinet position through Mir Roosevelt. And now. according to the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, the president may name his private secretary, William Loeb, Jr., to succeed MT Taft at the head of the war department.
 The reason of the rise of the private secretaryship to a place of national prominence as a nest and nursery for fiedgling cabinet officers is that Mir Roosevelt's administration more than that of many of h.s prede- cessors. has been a personal admin istration. If Mir Rooseveit's will has not always been law. 1t is largely because it has been often changeable. He may not succeed in awing the world with the big stick, put 1t forms an excellent baton to conduct a cab inet concert.
 One result of making the cabinet officers subordinate officials under the direction Of the president. in- stead of statesmen of individuality and independent initiative. is tha. the people. as a rule. do not know who is in the cabinet
 Secretary Taft. of coarss. Is we'll known. but 1t is rather as a candi- date for the presidency than as sec retsry of war. Secretary Root has dropped into ''innocuous desuetude. |" Co use famous phrase of bygone administration Secretary ,1ortelyou became well known as q campaign fund collector. General Bonaparte's name is remembered be- eause of the fame of the great Ma poleon.
 Great men have been American cabinet members. such as Jefferson. Webster. Clay and Calhoun But in the old days. while the presidents especially Andrew JackSjn-wers often fond of having their own way. the fashion uas to summon as n7- tfonaI counseIors the elder statesmen. under the chief executives bushel Houston Democrat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12
WATERFOWL jOTTlNGS


 Thomas Fray visited in Bridgeport yesterday.
 Miss Flag is visiting with her sis ter, Mrs Thomas Britton.
 An ice cream and cake saie will be held at the parish rooms tomorrow afternoon.
 The annual meeting of the Pythian Hall Stock Go will be held Tuesday evening, June 30. -.a
 Thomas Mccarthy, Jr, is working for John Hoskins around the Will. liam Curtiss place.
 From July to the 1 16th the Christ church choir boys will spend their summer outing at Highland lake, Winsted. MT Cunningham has all ready received large amount of money to defray expenses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12
BISHOP TIERNEY's PLEDGR

It would have been we'll for all of Ansonia If 1t could have heard Bishop Tierney's address on temper ance as given in this city yesterday, not because majority of Ansonians are incorporate, but because he has ideas on the temperance question which seem to be rather more sane and practical than are some times applied-especially for young people. One of the strongest points which he makes, we believe, is that in favor of child's signing a pledge to ab- stain from intoxicating liquors of all kinds until he is 25 years of age. A great many insist that this pledge be for life. The bishop believes that young man who will keep the pledge until he is 25 will keep it for another 25, and perhaps for the rest of his life. At any rate, if a man keeps temperate until his habits of life become fixed. and until he has a chance. by personal observation and by study. to determine rhe effect of liquors upon the human system, he is at least better qualified to know when to drink-if at all-and when 10 stop drinking, which, of course, should be before he begins.
 The limited temperance pledge has the further advantage of winning a larger number of signers. That is, a great many will sign a pledge which is for definite number of years, when they would hesitate to pledge themselves to any cause whatever for life. In this way the bishops plan is unique. And yet. when 1t is considered that he would make the limit of abstinence so far advanced as score and five years. 1t is easy to see there is nothing lenient about 1t. It is a good stiff sentence to clean habits. such as the thoughtful will ponder we'll before taking and such as cannot be broken by .hem with out a conscious step backward.
 Doubtless there are. many who ad- here to their VOWS of ''T will never" do this or that, and 1t is possible that the person who would keep a twen- ty-five year agreement would as easily keep one for life: but there Is something about life sentence that makes one afraid. unless he is abso- lutely sure of just where he stands and pretty sure where he Is going to stand in the future-s thing which none can tell. The bishop has set the thumb-screvs up a bit harder on the temperance question by means of his plan. and he has done tt at a time when much thought fs being given to the cause of prohibition throughout the country.-Ansonia Evening Sem tinei.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12
SET WOMAN ON FIRE.
Lad Arrested as He Stands Watch
 ing Men Beat Out Flames.


 New York, June 12.--An act of cruelty, scarcely eoualled, the DO lice say, in their experience, was perpetrated in the Bronx yesterday when a boy of Is, scarce month in this country, 8 ole up to sleep ing woman In Rose Hill park and deliberately lit a bonfire under her, His victim was burned so badly that her life is despaired of.
 The woman was Miss Catherine Mccormick, 3S years old, of No 407 High street, Mt Vernon. The boy who was accused of the crime, by persons who declared they saw his act, was Francisco De Casiano, liv- ing with his brother and two sis ters at No 2,231 Arthur avenue, the Bronx. The boy, who is said by his neighbors to be somewhat dull witted, was shipped here from ltaN a month ago by his parents, who still live abroad Since his arriva! he has been helping his brother on an ice delivery route on Jerome avenue.
 The boy was taken last night to the rooms of the Children's society, where he was said to exhibit some of the characteristics extensively commented on by Professor Lom- broso, the great Italian criminolog- ist, who recently warned Americans through the World, that the chief factors in the recent great increase in crime in America were related to the rush of foreign immigration.
 Miss Mccormick went toA the Bronx yesterday to visit friends, and, having some time to wait for a train at the Fordham station, walked over into Rose Hill park, the small public plaza opposite the rail- road station, and took seat on one of the benches. Being tired, she fell asleep.
 She was spied by the Derasiano boy, who. according to his brother, should have been on his ice route. Francesca, according to Richard Thatcher, of No 346 East One Hun dred and Ninety-fourth street, watched the slumbering woman for a few minutes, then gathered up a bundle of old newspapers and s.ealthily approached her.
 The boy paused near the bench to see if the woman was awake, and finding she did not stir, slyly stopped, placed the papers directly under her and then set fire to the pile
 In an instant the papers were ablaze and the flames had commu- nicated 10 the light summer cloth ing of the sleeping woman. She awoke with a scream and, leaping to her feet, sought frantically to beat out the flames, which by this time had enveloped her entire fig ure
 Principal James Harvey, of the public school at Webster avenue and One Hundred and Eighty-ninth streets, was in restaurant facing the park with three of his teachers Vogel, H. Hine and A. AL bright. They dashed across the lawn, tore off part of Miss McCor- mick's blazing clothing and rolled her on the grass. She was just able to whisper her name and address to Dr Stewart of Fordham hospital and then she tainted. At the hos pital she was found to have prob ably mortal burns.
 Thatcher pointed out the Derasi- ono boy to the police, who arrested him as he stood. still watching the men rolling his victim in the grass The bluecoats hurried the boy away from the threatening crowd that had gathered. In the Morrisania court he refused to make any statement.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12
Fortune Teller Gets Stay.

Chicago. June 12.-Herman Bil- lik. the Bohemian fortune teller. condemned tO death for the murder Of i've members of the VzraI fam ilT- vas to-day granted a stay of execution until he vss afforded an to appeal his case to fhs supreme court of the United States.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12

IT yoa are roox1nE Tor oosroerA rT the Democrat want sdrs for re- rzlfs: 25 uords 2 dzys for z5 esztA
The broad ax., 1908-01-25
How the World Grows.

In a little more than a hundred
years, according to government figures,
the population OF the world has grown
from 64o,OO0OOO to LOGO, 100000, an
increase Of $50 per cent. At the end Of
so many hundreds Of centuries, in 9TH
er words, there were In the world In
1900 only 640,O00,OOO Of persons, and
IL log years, from 1900 to 1906, to this
number had been added 960O00,000.
The total commerce Of the world in
1900 was about $500, OOO. 900; in 1900
It was more than $4,000. 000,O 600. 9th
er figures show that in wealth and the
growth Of various industrial agencies
the increase has been far swifter than
that Of population.
The OverpopulatiOn Of the world is
not 4 present menace to the thinkers
Of today, but the thinkers Of a period
when there were less than half as
many people in the world as there are
now seriously debated the imminence
Of the catastrophe that the overcrowd-
ing Of the earth would produee.-BOs-
ton Globe.
The broad ax., 1908-01-25
FLIPPANT FILINGS.

In our opinion the only sane motto
for our coins is abide With Us."-St
Joseph News-Press.
The water wagon appeals TO many
because it has a rounded top that
makes it difficult for one to hold on
Cleveland Leader.
First thing we know the japanese
win be insisting that the feet is In the
Pacific by their own invitation
Youngstown Telegram.
Andrew Carnegie's gifts Of money
exceed those Of John d. Rockefeller;
but, then, Andy has no SIS, 100000 fine
to pay.-Detroit Free Press.
The United States coast survey has
discovered 1.4OO uncharted islands In
the Philippine archipelago. And just
when we were beginning to hope that
the worst was over! - Philadelphia
North American.
The broad ax., 1908-01-25
0revitieS
THE HALL OF FAME.

Clifford Pinchot, head Of the forest
service, is diligently working to the
end Of having forestry taught In the
public schools.
william and Samuel Muncy, twins,
aged eighty-nine years, celebrated their
birthday at Babylon, N. Y. Both men
have always been total abstainers.
Senator Philander Chase Knox has
a storehouse OF high class literature at
his fingers end-more so, II is said.
than any other senator at Washington.
DR.. Charles F. Whitney, former as
sistant medical examiner Of the pen-
sion Office, has been appointed medical
referee to succeed the late DR.. Sam
Houston, and DR.. Addison S. Helton
has been appointed as his assistant.
The former is from Illinois and the
latter from Kentucky.
c. B. Williams Of Bondville, VT,
claims the distinction of being the old
est postmaster in the United States.
Mr.. Williams was born in Bondville In
1880. His commission as postmaster,
dated Dec. Is, 1851. was rendered him
one month after he reached his major
ity. He has held the Office ever since.
Hon Frank Pierce, the Utah lawyer
lately appointed first assistant secre-
tary OF the interior, was born in Yer
mont and is a graduate Of an eastern
college. he includes former President
Pierce In his family tree, but to no
other than his professional resources
and attainments is he Indebted for his
preferment. He is a scholar, not a pol
itician.
1t is proposed to name Representa-
tive Denver, Democrat, from the Sixth
congressional district Of Ohio, for tenn
porary chairman of the Democratic
national convention next July because
Mr.. Denver is the son Of General Den
yer, a Democratic representative in
the Thirty-fourth congress from Cali
fornia, for whom the city Of Denver
was named.
Frank Pixley, the noted librettist.
who, with Gustav Luders, has turned
out many musical comedy successes,
was recently made the recipient Of the
greatest honor the Portuguese society
can confer, that Of chevalier. This Is
the second honor Of that nature that
has been conferred upon Mr.. Pixley.
Some time ago he was made q fellow
Of the Royal Geographical society Of
London in appreciation Of his share In
the contributions Of stage literature.
The broad ax., 1908-01-25
HOME HINTS.

To clean silver with deep engraving
use a paste made of whiting and am
monia. Apply with a brush.
To avoid washing the molding board
lay over 1t a sheet Of heavy glazed
wrapping paper. If well Toured,
doughs are less liable to stick to it than
to the board.
Never use soap In washing silk stock
ings. Bran In water is the proper fluid
to use-four tablespoonfuls to a quart
of water. Rinse In several clear wa
tiers, pressing the water out Dry stock
ings In the sun.
The housekeeper has often noticed
that cooking utensils and knives fire.
quently retain the Odor Of mackerel
and other fish after a thorough wash
ing. Rub the utensils and knives and
forks with fresh earth.
The broad ax., 1908-01-25
Selections
EVANS BIG FLEET.
The Way Il Would Have Toyed With
the Spanish Armada.

The Way Il Would Have Toysd With
the Spanish Armada.
Speaking Of the feet Of American
battleships now on its way to Pacific
waters as an armada" as some writ.
ers appear fond Of doing, is comparing
very great things with things very
small. 1t is true that the Spanish ar
NADIA in 1888, to which aIlusion of
course is made, filed a large place in
history and was a very spectacular af-
fair in its day. but its power as COM
pared with that Of the feet under Adj
miral Evans was the power of a crow
compared with that Of an eagle. The
"invincible armaSa" Of Spain, which
set out to invade and capture England
IN 1888, was a formidable demonstra-
ton Of naval power for that period.
though 1t met with complete disaster.
The armada consisted Of about 40
vessels, some Of them Of great size.
but all wooden and without any pro-
lection against even the feeble artil-
lery Of that day. They carried in all
2,431 guns and more than 1900 men,
besides the working crews. As the sol
diers could not help work the ships,
they were really in the way and much
more helpless on shipboard than mod
ern marines. The cannon which
formed the armament Of the ships
were mere toys compared with those
Of the present day. Finally the ships
we're all sailing ships, cumbrously
built, hard to naneuver and liable to
be put out Of action by adverse winds
Torpedo boats and monitors were IN
known at that day.
The American feet consists Of six
teen first class battleships, eight ar
mored cruisers, nine protected crTiis-
ers, six gunboats, six torpedo boat
destroyers and three monitors. The
ships carry a total Of 2,1S4 guns, any
one Of which could sink. the biggest
ships in the Spanish armada with one
shot from a distance that the heaviest
gun in the Spanish feet could not COW
er half the way. The concentrated fire
Of all the ships In the Spanish feet
would not make a dent in the armored
sides Of one Of the American ships,
while a single broadside from the lat
ter would sink or disable the entire
armada. Finally the American ships,
being worked by steam and electricity,
are entirely independent OF wind and
weather. After they had steamed
through the Spanish armada once.
from end to end. coming out scathIess,
there would be nothing left Of the ar
mada.-Kennebec Journal