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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-24
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM.

4-Cor South Main and Grand sts.
 6-Scovill Manufacturing Co. (Pl
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill sts.
 7-Exchange Place. |
 8-Euclid and Roseland avenuea 12-Rogers & Bro. (P) l3-Cor East Main and Niagara sta 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott sta l5-Cor High and Walnut streets. l6-Cor East Main and Cherry sta 17-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm. Kingsbury sta 23-Burton street engine house. 24-Waterbury Mfg Co. (P) 25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke stA 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 28-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine stS, 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow stz. s1-Cor Bank and Grand sts. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor w. Main and Watertown I'd. 85-Conn. R. & L. Co car house (Pl S6-Waterbury Brass Co. (PD a7-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 3S-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay sts. i3-New England Watch Co. (P) 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Co tPy 46-Waterbury Buckle Co. (P) 47-Cor s. Main and Washington sta 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. 62-Cor Franklin and Union sts. 5S-W'bury Clock Go, case fly. (PD 64-Rose Hill house. 56-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. l62-Cor East Main and Welton sta l73-Poli's theater.
 il2-The Platt Bros. & Co. fP) 213-Shoe Hardware Co. (Pb al4-W'bury Clock mvt. factory. fp, a16-Cor Cherry and North Elm sta 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward sta 253-Farm street. cor St Paul.
 254-Cor Etna and North Matn sta i6l-yunc Cooke and N. Main sta 263-Cor Abbott and Phoenix avea 272-Groye. Central and Holmes av. e11-S. N. E. Tel Co building (Pl s12-Cor Bank and Meadow sta.
 313-Randolph & Gloves. (Pl sl4-ftume ~ AIWOoQ tPD 315-American Ring Co. (P1
 slg-RlectTic Light Station. rp ! sls-Hoimes. Booth & Haydens fw, is2l-Cor Bank and Washington av s22-Cor Green and N. Leonard sta s23-cor Wash'ton ave Portland st 324-Cor Charles and Porter sts. | 325-Cor Lafayette. Washington ay. 327-Riverside Park. near brewery.
 s7i-City Lumber and Coal Co. lPl
 412-Traey Bros tPl | t23-Cor Clay and Mill sts.
 t32-Cor Liberty and s. Main sts. | i5l-Steele G Johnson Mfg Co. (Pi s72-Cor Baldwin and Wilmington stI ' 5s2-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts. ' 742-Cor Ridgevooa and W'ville stn M sIGNALS- |. One s,rcKe calls superintendent u
 the City hall.
 i-i. Two strokes. fire out. recall
 i-i-I. Three strokes 1z m ?. TnL N ii-l-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1. Ten strokes
 quick will indicate a general alarm
 and will call the entire force ints
 servics-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-24
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS:

Tonight and Tomorrow Morning.
 Sun sets 6:12, rises 5:51; moon rises 1:14 q. m; 7:23 a. m., moon at last quarter; planet Mercury visible low in east before sunrise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
A DESERVED COMPLIMENT.

No higher compliment has ever been
paid to the laboring men of this coun-
try than the one given them recently
by John Burns, the famous English
labor leader, in the course of speech
made by him in the house of COM
mons. He said that the main disad-
vantages under which the British I'M
employed labored as compared to the
unemployed in America was that the
Britons drank more liquor than their
Transatlantic brethren.
There can be little doubt that this
Is So Mr.. Burns is we'll qualified to
express an opinion on the subject. He
has spent much time In this country
and is keenly alive to the conditions
prevailing among the laboring men in
the United States as we'll as among
those in the United Kingdom. And
his recent comparison between them
speaks volumes for the gerater good
sense and intelligence of the American
working man.
When a laborer Is out of work be-
cause of a scarcity of employment for
various reasons. or temporary shut
downs of shops and manufacturing
plants, the very last thing he should
do Is to seek consolation in the cup
that cheers" according to the philoso-
ply of Omar Khayyam and few
other more or less distinguished poets
and romancers. Never was there a
greater fallacy than to term the drink
ing bowl the "cup that cheers" A
draught from It is undoubtedly i'm
mediately stimulating but continued
indulgence in 1t is not only an expen-
sive drain on the funds of the laborer,
employed or unemployed. or any other
man, but the ultimate results are the
uniting of men for any sort of work
when opportunity affords 1t to them
The man who Is always sober, whether
he be employed or not, is the man who
will win out in the long run. And
the unemployed man who is noted for
his sobriety will be quickly given a
preference over the imbiber, when
there is a demand for workers and
work to be done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
PREDICTIONS.

Any number of persons who have
faith in the judgment of the prominent
political leaders of the country. or even
faith in their own political judgments,
are going to get sadly fooled as the
result of the voting today. And this
may be set down as being as safe pre-
diction as 1t is a simple one.
There are 483 votes in the electoral
college OF this number. 242 are neces-
sary for a choice. Mr.. Hitchcock. the
chairman of the Republican national
committee, is certain that Mr.. Taft will
have 325 votes in the electoral college.
Mr.. Mack. the chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee. insists with
just as much force that Mr.. Bryan will
have S33 electoral votes. Harper's
Weekly. independent in it's general
tendencies but Republican in the lean
ings of its editor, Colonel Harvey, ex-
cept as to things where Mr.. Roosevelt
is concerned. guesses that Mr.. Taft will
have no less than 1913 in the electoral
college. Four years ago Harper's
Weekly predicted that Mr.. Roosevelt
would receive 314 electoral votes and he
got 1876.
All of these three predictions on the
outcome OIL To-Day voting may De set
down as indicating veritable landslides,
either to the Republican or the Demo-
cratic candidate. And there have been
no outward indications throughout the
country that this is to be the case.
Walter Wellman, one of the prominent
analytical political experts of the coun-
try, who has labored hard as a news
paper reporter for the Chicago Record
Herald in various sections Of the coun-
try which are styled as doubtful" is
out with a guess that Mr.. Taft will be
elected but will not have more than 260
electoral votes. or a majority of only
Is votes. To those who have studied
the campaign at all and without par
tisan prejudice or a desire to be overly
optimistic 1t is likely that Mr.. Well
mans prediction will come the nearer
to being correct. There is every indi-
cation that the count of the votes will
be one of the closest that has prevailed in
presidential election. No better evil
dence of this Is found than in the re-
fusal of the experienced political news
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
FOREIGN MACHINERY MARKET.

"Of the many matters brought to
the attention of the National Machine
Tool Builders association at its recent
New York convention, the question of
maintaining and extending foreign
markets n machinery lines was easily
OF first interest" says the current Iron
Trade Review. 1.-The report of Captain
Godfrey L. Garden on his investiga-
tions of the situation in leading Euro
pean countries disclosed a number of
surprising facts and apparently
brought the builders of machinery to
a realization of the vigorous efforts
necessary If American trade in that
section is to assume its proper proper
tons. For this reason, If for no other.
his address may be considered as one
of the most important to which the
association has ever listened.
"In one way the report of Captain
Garden was highly gratifying. He
stated that in the manufacture of
high grade machine tools America in
the past decade and a half has easily
led the world 1t was also encour-
aging to have the word of an expert
that, owing to our opportunities for
specialization, American manufacture
ers now and probably for some time
will continue to enjoy an important
advantage over foreign makers, whose
restricted market compelpS them to
turn out extensive lines.
while this contrasts strikingly
with the work of the United States
to date a six months investigation by
one epresentative-the latter is GER
tainly to be welcomed as start in the
right direction, and it is to be hoped
that through the efforts of the special
committee appointed by the National
Tool Builders association, this work
can be continued and extended. Judged
by what has already been done, this
field offers most important possibili-
ties, failure to take advantage of
which would be nothing less than
criminal"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

paper writer's, who have been touring
the country with the Republican and
Democratic candidates, to hazard opin-
ions as to how the election will turn
out. At the end of other similar cam
paigns these newspaper men have been
free with expressing their opinions as
to the results from the personal know
ledge of conditions that have prevailed
at the many places visited by them.
And they have been remarkably accur-
ate in hitting the nail fair and square
on the head. But this year they are
not making predictions and this makes
1t almost certain that there will be no
landslides.
As to the results in Kansas there Is
an equally diversified opinion among
the gentlemen who have had charge OF
the campaigns for both the leading
parties. Mr.. Dolley. the chairman of
the Republican state committee, de-
clares that Mr.. Taft and the entire Re-
publican state ticket will be elected by a
majority of at least 1000 and that the
legislature will be safely Republican by
good majority. Mr.. Martin, the
chairman of the Democratic state
committee, says that Mr.. Bryan will
carry Kansas by $4,000 majority and
that Democratic state ticket will be
elected by an equally large majority.
He also asserts that the legislature VIII
be Democratic by a small majority. An
experienced and unprejudiced newspa-
per man in the state, who is keenly
alive to the political conditions and has
been for a number of years. believes that
Mr.. Taft will carry the state by ma
jority of at least 5000 and that Mr..
Stubs will win the governorship by
majority of from 10000 to $1,000. He
places the legislature as doubtful but
with the chances of its having small
Republican majority. And the chances
are that these last mentioned predic-
lions are nearest correct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
JAYHAWKER JOTS

Sherman Ward of Plainville killed a
rattlesnake last week and then cut or
its head with a corn knife. In hand
ling the dismembered head Mr.. Ward
was bitten and came near dying from
the effects.
Probably the clock which holds the
best record in this state. TO- faithful
service is the property of Mr.. Hamil-
ton, who lives east of Fort Scott. 1t
was purchased sixty years ago. by Mr.
Hamilton's father and has been run
ming with unusual regularity and pre-
cision ever since.
A Horton woman has found way
to keep cider sweet. Since there are
lots of apples this year and plenty OF
cider will be made. her prescription
is worthy of attention. This is her
method: Insert a bent tube alright
into the bung, with the other end in a
pail of water. This will allow the car
bonic acid gas of the cider to pass off
without admitting any air into the
barrel. A handy way is to fill the
cask nearly full to the wooden faucet
and roll the barrel 50 that the bung
is down. Get a common rubber tube
and slip it over the end of the plug in
the faucet, with the other end in the
pail. Then turn the plug so that the
gas from the barrel can reach the
pail.
Some of the business men in town
are preparing to renew their youth.
marble-playing contest for old
heads only IN being arranged for
The contest is to be limited to the
youth" who have not played the ma
tional game of marbles for the past
two decades, no questions asked as TO
the amount of fur on the chins. The
games have not definitely been ar
ranged for but arrangements will be
consummated soon. In the meantime
the old heads will carry pocketfuls OF
marbles and the spaces which inter-
veno between waiting on customers
will be utilized in the selections OF
flaws" looking up the meaning OF
"rouncers," "clearances," dubs,
went" and "miggie" terms in general
A German monologua artist in
Minneapolis the other night, the Mes
senger says, caused much merriment
by relating how he went into the
peach orchard to pick apples, climbed
a pear tree and reached for a tomato,
when a watermelon dropped on his
head. Something of this nature oc-
Cured in real life in Marysville. Mr..
Calhoun had corn planted between
peach trees. The stalks grew seven
teen feet high, with the first ears
twelve feet above ground. and he had
to climb the peach trees to get the
corn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

miniature cyclone hit 1t Just right. Well.
well hadn't, happened to think So
DON'T" said the girl. Don't, pleaser.
The man solemnly consulted Ills watch.
If we hurry" he observed. 81 can get
you home and catch my train 60
Isabel caught his sleeve.
NO" she whispered softly, I'D rather
you would miss it."
ars-a as.on aunt JuIa was speaking OF his
cns,,.fs ei, s. q inVnth AFTER oedraggled
- ~ ., r So - 49, ZIG occupants or GER
don't understand how Foster man.
aSvu - SO qulckly, sne said. Il find
he must have made an excellent impress
sion the minute he met Isabel."-(Copy-
$500 ASc'' oy associated Literary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

Joe sibley. the Pennsylvania con-
gresham and crony of the Standard
oil crowd, will certainly not go down
in history, II he is mentioned in it at
all, as a man gifted with any great
degree of common sense. No better
evidence OF this is to be found than
his suggestion to Mr.. Archbold, that
the Standard OIL company could do
we'll to provide itself with an efficient
literary bureau and that none better
could be secured than by the obtaining
of a permanent and healthy control
of the Associated Press. This is
enough to make even the most cynical
sort of a dog smile. The Standard Oil
company had and has quite as much
chance of buying up the favor of the
Associated Press as have a few ami
mails IN Africa who are developing in
size and strength of continued life.
About the last thing on the face Of
the earth that corrupting influences
can buy Is the favor and support of
the Associated Press. It is not a cor
poration owned and controlled BY a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

lFrom the Philadelphia Record-1
Sometimes the best hunting dog won
work for scent.
The man who has nothing to lose can
afford to take the greatest chances.
Two heads are better than one. except
in the matter of keeping a secret.
The machinist may be the most virtuous
of men, and yet he has his vises.
The bleached blonde may have ngnt
head and at the same time a heavy neart.
We frequently smoke the cigars a man
ofrers MS when we wouldn't accept his adj
vice. -.
weather" Joax-''Yes. CRATE weather Tor
the coal man."
The girl who dreams that some IeiloW
is eIopirlg with her allows her imagination
to run away with her.
She-"They say there are germs in kiss,
es Now what do you suppose a girl
could catch that wag?" He-"A husband"
Blobbs-"Biones lives on cheek" Slobbs
You astonish me- thought he was
business man." BIobbs-"He Is. He's a
manufacturer of shaving soap"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
HUAOR or THE Day

Miss Pinkleigh Cat the reception)-I n,n-
pose you are acquainted with war in all
indeed. I'm still in the Bachelor rantSso,
Cleveland News.
Gentlemen" announced the cba,-r,,,
ensued IAN automatic cheering m s1Ienos
which interim those Who desiTe m during
cure lunch. Post.
Logical .supposition. - New Reporter
1breathlessly)-1ve got a hot story! CITY
Editor Qanguidly)-From the weather
salesmanzWhat kind of brush would
yon Ike? Boy.Have you got any with
Me- Rieggy sapp1I'd like to. be fashionable,
the brain flag? Miss Rose-First get he
brains' Reggy.-Chicago Daily News.
find out for, YOU from Mrs Smith She
pelongs to the Current Events club, and
knows Just what's happening" Judge.
that I'm entertainin' another little bow?
Ma-Certainly. dear. Tommy-All right:
gimme some cake for him. then.-Phila-
delphia Press.
our forefathers who framed the Con-
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum. II am
sometimes tempted to believe that they
knew as much about the Constitution as
some of the lawyers who have since in
terpreted u."-Washington Star
'Kncker-Taft will also decline to re-
ceive corporation contributions Booker
Pretty, soon walters will be the only ones
who Will accept them.-New York Sun
why do poets wear long harp well.
how many poets do you know with the
price of haircut?'-Boston Globe
When man loses faith in himself the
rest or the world doesn't delay long in do
ing the same thinR-Florida Times Union
Barber-You and your brother are such
young men often wonder why you're so
bald. Young Man-If you'll promise not to
say anything about it. I'll tell you. Bar
lwhispering)-Our hair fell out.-Comic
Cuts.
Knicker-Is it a completely eouipped
mousse. Bocker-Y es: 1t has a cyclone
cellar. a flood roof and a campaign porch.
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

When a man marries a woman for
her money he seldom, if ever, regrets
the money,
The difference between jobs and
positions is largely a matter as TO the
size of salaries. .------.----.-... ---- e.
X X
Some folks would starve to death
if they followed the Doctors advice
not to eat when they are worried.
4 X
A man is always sure of having MS
Jokes appreciated If he tells them to
a young woman with pretty teeth.
y
Many a man turns down
candidacy for office not because he
would not like to head the ticket but
from his disclination to foot the bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

Coneyville has fallen into line and
enjoyed its first BLUE Sunday" two
days ago. That Is, the theaters, picture
show houses and all other places of
amusement were closed. Topeka has
been experiencing the same sort of a
sTblueness'' for some time now and no
body seems to be a bit the worse for 1t,
unless it may be the theatrical men
and the proprietors of other amuse-
ment resorts, but then even they have
not been complaining much lately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

Chicago and Chicagoans have ever
been noted for their nerve which often
touches the sublime. But never has It
been displayed In such a pure. unadul-
terated form as It will be soon. A fow-
er show is to be held there which is to
be distinguished by having the word
'nationar' attached to it. At this show
the Chicago amateur and professional
horticulturists propose to select a ma
1ionel flower for the United States. Mr..
Roosevelt. at least, ought to be con-
,nulked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

Just about as the votes are going to
press, hguratively speaking, William
Allen White. Of Emporia, announces
that the fight which has been made on
the new state tax law is only a SUBJ
terfuge. and that the worm under the
leaf Of the rose is a plan of the rail-
roads to defeat Mr.. Bristow for the
United States senate. It's a little late
in the day for this important discovery
TO be made, isn't it7 If it had only
been brought to light sooner 1t might
have been thrashed out to the satisfac-
ton of all concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

If the campaigns, national and
state, and especially in Kansas. had
started out with as warm an ex-
change of views and charges with
their counter charges as those with
which 1t finished. what then would
have been the ending. The mind of
man cannot well imagine the degree
Of heat which would have prevailed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
AT DAYBREAK.

The last pale star that fingers
Along the trail OF night
FADES as the rosy fingers
Reach slowly up to light
High in the azure spaces
The torch of gold and make
Ihe world in sleeps embraces
Its bl1ssful dreams forsake.
Out OF the east a glory
Comes flooding hill and vale;
Out OF the west a story
Or fragrance breathes- the gale;
Sllvery dew that glitters
On seas of waving green;
Silvery wordS-the twitters
Of birds the boughs between:
Silvery steps the dances
OF brooks that laugh and run:
Sllvery. too. the chances
They scatter in the sun.
The skies a crimson wonder
OF roses. and the earth
In beauty lying under
The spell of song and mirth.
God from His throne has spoken
The blissful word above:
Dawn land again His token
Of life, of light and Lowell
Frank Dempster Sherman, in the New
York Sum-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

Some singers of Republican cam
paign songs were rotten-egged the
other day while filing the air with
melodies at Troy. In the report of
the occurrence It is naively sug-
gested that perhaps the campaign
songs were offensive to the members
OF the egg brigade. 1t is also most
reasonable to suppose that the
missiles of the egg brigade were de-
cidedly offensive to the singers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
And stin another libel suit has been

And still another libel suit has been
begun against the ubiquitous Mr..
Hearst. Jacob ]. Kern, the Democratic
candidate for public prosecutor for
Cook county, Illinois, demands 100000
for certain editorial attention that has
been paid to him by Mr.. Hearst
through his Chicago papers. Probably
the owner of the Independence party
looks on this suit as a veritable trifie. a
mere bagatelle. for Governor Haskell
wants twice this sum to satisfy his
honor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

Mr.. Taft declares that he is sure of
New York and that the Empire state is
the most Republican part of the
United States, even more Republican
than Pennsylvania" Perhaps this is
true but the political history of the
country does not show it always to
havA heAn 40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
rFrom the New York Press.I

from the New York Press.I
There's hardly any pleasure equal to
spreading bad news about your friends.
Women have more religion than men
because they don't need it so much
The reason man can excuse his own
extravagance is he can't forgive his FAM
ily's.
When a man is more of limb of Satan
than ANYTHING else his family call 1t tenn
permanent
A woman is so loyal she can believe in
her husband even when he is running for
a public office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

Evidence is at hand that even as far
away as Europe the signs Of an ap-
preaching era OF prosperity in this
country are clearly discernible. The
number Of immigrants coming to these
shores is increasing daily and will soon
be up to the record breaking figures OF
eighteen months and two years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03

few men. 1t is a cooperative organiza-
ton under the control and man
agement of several hundred of the
most important newspapers in the
United States of all political faiths.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives tho full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganizatlon for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
poBA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-03
A DISTINGUISHED COMPANY.

Major McClaughry. warden of the
government penitentiary near Leaven-
worth. sends us his annual report for
the year ending June 80, 1908, and in
looking 1t over we find there are Is
bankers, four lawyers, four physicians
and one preacher but nary a editor
doing time in that institution.-El
Dorado Republican.