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This Weeks Athletic Contests

The athletic contests for this week will
be:
August 13-North Capitol at Virginia
avenue; Rosedale at Juvenile Court; 9Th
and l. streets at Ross School; Industrial
Home School at Towers School; Cardozo
and 14th and c streets at Howard School
August 1j-Henry School. Dennison
School. Curtis School and Arthur School
at Henry School; ketcham School, Ed
lnonds School Ludlow School and Gar
held Park at Towers School; Garrison
School, Stevens School, Phillips School.
Bell School and Birney School at Ma
gruder' School
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You Ought to Have Schneider's

meal, particularly now. 1t nourishes and
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The Benefits of Beer Drinking
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malt and hops are preserved in it's pro-
duCtion- Phone Abner-Drury Brew. Co.
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We Always Quote Lowest Prices

on quality lumber. millwOrk etc. Phone
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au12-d. eSu,3
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Chris. Xander's Pride of Va. Port
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North Carolina Siding, 81. SO Per 100
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INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE
POPULARITY OF PUBLIC PLAY
GROUNDS DEMONSTRATED.
Average Daily Number Using the
Apparatus for Exercising Over
7,7OO-This Weeks Contests.

Despite the rather humid weather,
which isn't particularly suited to play
grounding, the attendance at these open
air gymnasiums has continued to in
crease, if not each week, still with per-
sistence that is gratifying TO the men at
the head of the Fairgrounds movement.
The attendance for the first five weeks
of the season has been as follows:
First week, 39,377; second week, 1904;
| third week, 1921; fourth week, 40 49,;
fifth week, 5O,654.
This shows a total attendance of 22.,
216 during the twenty-nine days. being
1855 a day. 1t Will be seen that the
fourth week. which marks the admis-
sion of large boys. shows a marked de-
crease in attendance. but this is due
probably to the rather rainy weather of
the week.
Heretofore the playground with the
largest attendance in the city has always
been North Capitol but the figures this
year show that on Virginia avenue has
now become the largest playground, hay
ing total attendance during the first
flve weeks of the summer term of 1910.
Attendance at Fairgrounds.
The attendance by Fairgrounds has
been as follows: Arthur School, 1926:
Bell School. 4.12i: Birney School, 1885,;
Curtis School. $685.: Cardozo School
tgirls>. S,319; Cardozo School (boys). s.lS4:
Dennison School. .364; Edmonds School,
3.SS3: Fifth and l. School, 5,4o7; Four
teenth and c School. :j.43. Garfield Park
il"'46; Garrison School, 4,231 Giddings
School: 2.4O9; Henry school, 1851; How
ard School. 12,419; Industrial Home School
tslris,, SE; Industrial Home School
(boysl. 1854: Juvenile Court. 1914: Jeffer-
son School small childrem, 1924; Jeffer-
son School school dasgs children. 1852; ketch-
Magruder School, 5.CS4: North Capitol
and l.. 12.2S9; Neighborhood House
School. 1892; Neighborhood House Club.
1.311; Phillips School. 1894 Ross School.
600; Rosedale School. 11,1O4; Stevens
School. 5.32S: Towers School (girls). 6.1sS;
Tower" School (boys). 4,61S; Virginia ave
nue. and 10th street, 1910; bathing
beach, 6,1S4.
The attendance at the bathing beach
shows a total of 61S4 for the twenty-nine
days. being an average of 213 per day.
The attendance by weeks has been as fol-
lows:
First week. 49,: second week. 1.643:
third week, 1,313; fourth week, 1872; fifth
week ga
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Huntington
A BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY.

A BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY.
 Mrs Phillip Jones celebrated her 79th birthday anniversary at her home, last Friday afternoon, August 2S. A num- Der of her friends and neighbors were present to assist in the festivities. The afternoon was spent very pleasant ly with social chat. A fine luncheon was served. Mrs Jones'received num- Der of very pretty and costly remem- brances. As her guests departed they all wished her many happy returns of the day.
 E. A. Beers enjoyed fishing trip to Stratford, last Saturday, and remained there with friends over Sunday. Mrs Beers spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs Percy Card, in Nichols.
 Miss Ethel Beardsley of Derby has been spending few days with her parents, MT and Mrs John L. Boards ley.
 Miss Helen Conklin of West Corn wall has been spending the summer months with Mrs T. H. Wilson.
 Jake Hamke is making extensive al- terations and repairs on his house at the foot of Booths Hill.
 Mrs W. s. Powell and daughter, Mil
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Plattsville.
HOYDEN'S HILL.

MT and Mrs Fred Jennings have wis., ited MT and Mrs Albert Bulkley of Southport.
 The Misses Agnes and Mabel Nc Levey of Bridgeport have visited their sister, Mrs Willis Hutchinson, of Con- gress street.
 Mrs Eli Jennings has entertained her mother, Mrs Peck, and daughter, Daisy, of Bethel.
 Mrs Mcleod and daughter of Bridge port have visited her sister, Mrs Mi chael Knapp. ,.s,.
 Mrs William Relyea entertained Miss Riley of Bridgeport, last Friday.
 MT and Mrs E. B. Sherwood and son, Clarence, have visited her niece, Mrs Bradley Jennings. and also at her brothers, Wilbur Jennings.
 Miss Daisy Knapp is being enter tained at Bridgeport.
 Services at the Methodist church will be resumed, Sunday, after vacation of couple of weeks.
 Clinton Sherwoodi is running his fa- ther's milk route for short time.
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Easton.
GRANGE ENTHUSIASM.


 The next meeting of the Grange, September 8, will be Sisters night. in charge of the following committee Mrs J. H. Candee, Mrs Mildred Ferris, Mrs Ira Andrews and Mrs Clarence Andrews.
 MT and Mrs Walter Wiley and daugh- ter, Alice, of Baltimore, Md, spent a few days, last week, at J. Z. Mellen's. Paul Svihra, who is working for Ar thur J. Livermore in the construction of his new fish pond spent Sunday at his home in Bridgeport.
 In spite of the unpleasant weather there was an attendance of "A at the last Grange meeting and an interesting program presented by the lecturer. Rev John L. Maddox returned, Satur- day, from his vacation and preached at the Congregational church, Sunday morning. Rev John c. Collens of New Haven spoke in the evening. MT Mad dox will spend September at J. Z. Mel lens.
 Mir and Mrs H. W. Osborn, Mir and Mrs Jesse Wheeler and Mir and Mrs c. s. Gillette are spending the week at Fairfield Beach.
 Mrs Z. c. Beard and son, Harold, of Shelton, spent last week with Mrs Emily Turney.
 Louis Staples is visiting at F. E. Silliman's.
 Schools will begin Tuesday, Septem- Der 8.
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Roxbury.
AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN.

Mary Humphrey, who has been at the training school for nurses, the past year, at Waltham, Mass, returned on Saturday after spending a two months vacation in town.
 The event or the week will be the dance given by the Shepaug club in the Town hall, Friday evening. September 4.
 Myron Thomas returned from Yer mont on Wednesday, bringing in a car load of cows and sheep.
 Miss Olga Craven has her brother, Charles Craven, from Mexico, making her short visit.
 A number of people from here at tended the concert given in Washing ton, Friday evening. by the Washing ton and Litchfield Glee club, conducted by Prof Arthur Woodruff.
 Mir and Mrs William Nevins, who have spent the summer at Overlook farm, returned on Monday to their home in Yonkers.
 John Humphrey. who is visiting at Rev w. D. Humphreys, has been quite i'll, the past week, and under the care of Dr H. B. Griswold. .'..
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Georgetown.
THE VILLAGE AND VICINITY.

THE VlLLAGE AND VICINITY.
 John W. Ferris and daughter, Alice, and Miss Bessie Lockwood started for Bellville, N. J., Saturday, to visit Mir and Mrs R. O. Bennett.
 MT and Mrs w. H. Hunter returned, Friday, after very pleasant vacation.
 E. B. Hatchman of New Haven was the guest of Miss Jennie Olmstead, Sunday.
 Mir and Mrs Claude Parks and family returned, Sunday. after spending sev- eral days with relatives in Danbury.
 Mrs Arthur Smith and Charles Ben nett have been suffering with the humps.
 Miss Florence Driscoll is visiting her grandmother.
 Mrs A. E. Wood is improving under the care of nurse.
 Master Clinton Jennings is enter taining a cousin from New York.
 MT and Mrs Stephen Harris and daughter spent Sunday with her sister. Mrs Clarence Burr, of Little Boston. Jim Pinkney of New Jersey is visit ing his parents, Mir and Mrs E. A. Pinkney, of Little Boston.
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dred. of New Milford. have been guests for several days of Mrs T. H. Wilson.
 Mir Garbonne of Bridgeport. who owns the Frawley property near the old Huntington fair grounds, Is erect ing q cement block bungalow there.
 Mrs George A, Quick and daughter, Eva May, have returned home from a weeks visit with Mrs Quick's brother, Henry Davis, in New Haven.
 Miss Ethel Tonkins of Ansonia Is to teach the school at Booths Hill this year. and will begin her school on Tues day, September 8.
 Mrs r, J. Booth Is to have a new ye- randa built across the front side of her house
 Floyd Booth has fine pair of three year old Devon steers. purchased of Charles II, Jennings of White Hills.
 All the summer guests at Mir and Mrs Louis Tappen's of Booths Hill have returned to their homes in New York.
 Mrs Caroline Morse of New Haven has been the guest, the past week, of Mir and Mrs N. J. Hayes.
 Mrs John B. Shelton, who has been critically Ill with typhoid fever at the home of MT and Mrs John Nc Sheehey, is now gaining slowly.
 George D. Nichols and family of Booths Hill. who chaperoned party of young people, have returned. after a weeks stay at the shore at Milford Point.
 While George D. Nichols and family were at the shore Mir Nichols went out fishing one day and captured 59 nice flat fish and also captured a fish called Shacle Head fish, which measured 27 inches. He captured this fish with clam fork.
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Bridgewater.

CONGREGATIOINAL CHURCH
 NOTES.
 A progressive supper will be given, Friday evening, at the Grange hall by the ladies of the Congregational church.
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Mir and Mrs Jesse Humphrey of Nor. ris and Mir and Mrs John Green of Wa. tertown were at J. Hunts on Sunday.
 Miss Sophia Flower has come home from Bridgewater.
 Kenneth Bird is at his fathers for g few days.
 Miss Mildred Judd is still suffering with blood poisoning in her finger.
 It is reported that William s. Blake. man is improving.
 Mir and Mrs Richard Magee are spending a few days at the shore. MT Magee will attend the reunion of his regiment in Bridgeport while away.
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SouthviIIe
NEWsY NOTES.

NEWSY NOTES.
 D. Barnum, who has been sick, is able to be out again.
 MT and Mrs c. Carlson are enter taining friends from out of town. Mrs M. Northrop and Henry enter tained friends from New Milford, last Sunday. |
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The NeWtOWn Bee.
 gewtogn. Friday. September {, 1908.
Bethlehem.

THE CLARK-CRANE WEDDING.
 A very quiet home wedding occurred at the residence of Mir and Mrs Edward N. Crane on Sunday, August 30. at 10 a. m.. when their daughter, Miss Me- dora Crane and Edward Clark of Wood bury were married by Rev George Eastland, pastor of the Methodist church.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18

than plain steel, brick and mortar, but
which possesses the same strength, or
perhaps more strength than these con.
ventional articles for constructing sky.
scrapers.
That the foundations Of large city
are elastic after fashion was proven
by notable instance which came to
the attention of the Chicago building
commission and the police few years
ago. A salvage company was engaged
In tearing down a structure adjacent
to the Womens Temple. Suddenly
one morning when most of the debris
from the wrecked structure had been
carted away the occupants of offices
IN the Women's Temple felt the edi-
fce sag to the south-in the direction
of the site of the wrecked building.
The entire structure on the south
side wrinkled in spots. Cracks, some
of them two inches wide, opened, caus-
ing the belief that disaster was i'm
mtnent. Such was not the case how.
ever, and when massive stone edi-
flee was erected on the site of the old
building the Women's Temple resumed
Its natural posture.
Experts who were put to work upon
the incident in the interest of science
determined that the stratum Of bedrock,
being elastic, had recOiled from the
strain which the wrecked building put
upon it, therefore causing n movement
of the foundations of the Temple.
When the newly erected buildings
weight was put upon the site of the
old structure normal conditions wsTe
resumed once more.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
Republicans Garry Maine.

Portland-Thc Republicans carried
Maine by about 5000 plurality as
against 2G.5lG in the last Presidential
year, and S.OGi in 1906. Al midnight
returns for governor, i6S out o! Jl9
cities, towns and plantations. give Bert
NJ. Fernald (Ropublican. T2,ll7; Oba-
diah Gardner OEcmOcraD, Ga ,99".
Same place in 1904 gave COBB Ire
publicam, 75,331; Davis CDcmocrau
49,41G.
Remaining places in 1901 gave Cobb
$50; Davis. 7@O.
The missing towns, which are small,
four years ago cast l,G3O Republican
votes and 13O Democratic.
The Democratic vote increased more
than 1900 over that of 1904, while the
Republican vote fell off about $500.
The Republican plurality is the small
est recorded in Presidential! year in
twenty-five years.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
ZA1 HlZlZG. .MW Nz11~ ~Ss

sure For that reason the aldermen
clamped the ban on buildings mile
high.
Then the wind pressure upon large
buildings must be taken into consider
alton by the corps of experts engaged
in operations in New York.
On building 1000 feet high the
wind pressure on each wall is 5000
TONS which on four walls adds $4,000
tons, and including the roof pressure
there is 10000 tons added weight.
which increases the total number of
tons on the whole structure to $4,000
tons This is an enormous weight,
and far out Of the conception of the
ordinary human mind which does not
have to deal with such monstrous pro.
positions.
The monstrosity OF the entire propo
sition is made almost impossible by
the physical limitations of the earth
strata and general texture of the coun
try In the neighborhood of New York.
For that reason experts have figured
by complicated processes that the big
gest building which New York will
construct in the future will not be
over 1000 feet in height.
The work of devising engineering
schemes which will lessen the fearful
weight eXerted upon the earth's crust
is now the object of the biggest work
ers IN this line, and millions of dollars
would be paid the man Or firm that
could bring forth some contrvance or
new material to lessen the strain.
What is most needed is some sort
OF material which is of less weight
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
iOII2lZ7 BUzZLZNT cIXzy-7NO cZQRXJ OR W4RH
A GZz4RZZR QTA ZZZE HGH

to rest additional weight upon the
foundations of the city, for that is
what the strata is-a foundation.
In the crowded portions Of Greater
New York the largest lot is about 200
feet square, that being probably the
biggest plot Of precious ground OBJ
tainable in the downtown district of
Gotham. Placing building 1000
feet high upon this piece Of Mother
Earth, the cost would be in the neigh
borhood OF $6O,0OO,OOO. 1t would
weigh $4,000 tons. according to esti-
mates which have been furnished the
New York board of aldermen by some
of the greatest engineering experts in
the world
The tonnage of the American navy
is about 250,000 tons. Hence you
might place two navies the size of the
one possessed by America on top of
a 2O0-foot plot of ground and the
weight would be the same as that Of
200-foOt building. The strain on
the earth's crust is a terrible one.
and in time it is declared the crust
would give way under the fearful pres
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
GOV. HUGHES IS
REN0M|NATEO
CANS ON FIRST BALLOT
TUESDAY.
OPPOSITION WAS WEAK
JAMES w. WaDSWCRTH, JR.,
COULD ONLY MUSTER 151
VOTES OUT OF 1909.

Saratoga. y. Y.-The Republican
state ticket:
Governor, Charles Z. Hughes of New
York trcnominatcd).
I.ieutenan, Governor, Horace White
of Onondaga.
Secretary of State, Samuel S. Koe-
mig of New York.
Attorney General. Edward r. OMal-
ley of Erie.
Comptroller, Charles II. Gaus of AL
bany.
State Treasurer, Thomas b. Dunn
of Monroe
Associate Judge of the Court of Ap-
peals. Albert Hai4ht of Erie (renoml-
nated).
Charles Evans Hughes of New York
was nominated today by the Republi-
can state convention by an overwhelm-
ing majority and on the first ballot to
succeed himself as governor OF the
state of New York
He received - ont of possible
1909 votes as against l5l for James
W. Wadsworth, Jr.. of Livingston
county, speaker OF the state assembly,
and 3 for former Congressman John
~. stewart OF montgomery.
The nomination was made unanl-
nous on motion of State Committee
man William Barnes of Albany. who
has been perhaps the bttercst and
most OutspOkcn opponent of the gov
ernor's denomination.
The governors denomination fol
lowed the utter failure of desperate
struggle on the part of a number Of
the county leaders. who for -four days
have spared no effort to discover a
candidate upon whom they could unite
to defeat him.
The remainder of the ticket was
made up in the good Old fashioned
way"
Senator White. who was chosen as a
candidate fer lieutenant governor was
''in the running" for the Sovcrnorship
until the early afternoon. when after
meeting Of his delegation he re
quested his friends not to present his
name
1t was the 1S5 votes of all but one
district in New York county that car
riod the governors total beyond the
800. a majority of the convention, re
quired to nominate.
The nine votes of Nassau county
had brought the Hughes total 10 1898.
Amid a brcathlcss hush, in which wa;
incarnat" all the intensity of bitter
ness and suspense which up to that
moment had characterized the strug-
gle to prevent the denomination of
Hughes, the secretary of the conycn-
tion called "NCw York.
Herbert Parsons, president of the
New York county committee. ros" in
his place. his slender figure alert and
tense with tn" excitement of the cru
cial moment and said:
"Nrw York county, second assem-
bly, district gives four for Wadsw0rth,
the balanc" Of tho county, 1885, for
Charles f. Hughes"
\ thousand pencil in two seconds
had footed the Hughes total to 51S, in
AS many heart beats every person in
the great hall knew that the baitle
was over and the place was instantly
n bcdlam OF cheering.
The convention went wild with the
first real surprise Of The roll call. when
Saratoga returned eleven for Charles
Z. Hughes. for Saratoga is the famous
home of racing.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18

which will prevent any such ideas be-
ing made of practical use. Desire for
their own safety caused Gotham city
fathers to squelch the plan and 1t is
considered probable that the tallest
building which New York will ever
see will not be more than 1000 feet in
height, and perhaps a limit of 1000
feet may be put upon the height of
these gigantic monuments to modern
industry.
When you stop to consider the whole
proposition the truth begins to dawn.
An edfce of 1000 feet possesses
weight Of $4,000 tons. and therefore
q structure mile tall would weigh
1900 ,OO9 tons, and under this terrible
strain Manhattan would collapse,
scientists tell us.
There have been no ARCHITECTURAL
plans which will so shift the weight
of any building that the strain upon
the strata when erected to the height
of one mile will allow it to stand in
the Erst-conceived position without
shifting. Therefore the reasons for
not Eavng a one-mile-high structure
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
He Had Another Name For It..

J. f. Johnson, the new United states
Senator from Alabama, is an ardent az
riculturist One day, shortly after re
firing from the govcrnorship and re
turning to his home in Birmingham, he
donned his overalls and went to work
in the garden.
A society lady, newcomer, entered
the yard TO call on Mrs. Johnston. Her
ring at the door not being answered,
she walked into the garden.
How long have you worked for the
Johnstons?" she inquired of the man
she found there.
"A good many years. madam.
'Do they pay you weli?'
about all ! get out of it is my
clothes and my keep"
why, then. come and work for me,
she said "I'll do that and pay you so
much month besides"
II thank you. madam he replied,
but | signed up with Mrs. Johnston
for life"
"Why, no such contract is binding.
That Is peOnase.'
Il have always called it marriage"
replied the Scnator.-SucceSs Maga-
zine.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
James j. Hills Birthday Party.

St Paul.-James J. Hill of the Great
Northern railway on Wednesday cele-
bratcd his seventeen birthday ami
vcrsary, and in honor of the event the
railroad magnate was banluctcd by the
employees Of the Great Northern. who
have been in the service since 1850 or
prior to that time. There were eighty
eligible to attend the banquet. An in
teresting feature of the occasion was
the trip to Lake MinnetOnka, which
was taken from ST. Paul behind the
first locomotive brought TO the state
of Minnesota
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
Taft's Itinerary.

ChicagO.-Ten days of travelling.
with almost constant speaking, has
been arranged for William II. Taft, Re
publican candidate for President. The
trip will be mace on special train
starting from some Illinois point, prob,
ably Chicago, about September 18th.
The tour will extend as far north as
Minneapolis and Fargo. North Dakota
as far south as sevaral points in Kan
sas. and west 10 Denver. Mr. Taft
will be back to Chicago in time to
speak before the deep waterways CON
yentiOn on October 7th.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
Let Him Of' Easy.

Lola-L5st night Young Borem de-
clared he would Willingly 90 to the
ends OF the earth or ne.
Grace-And wi; did you say?
Lola-I finally got him to make a
start for home and let it 20 at that
Chicago News.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-09-18
Bait.
on. OF worms

Yeast-Did he run out OF WORMS
while fishing. you saw
Crimsonbeak-Ics
''And what did he du2'
FINISHED mp with the snakes IN the
bottle e"'-Yonkers Statesman