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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
THE BUILDING BUSINESS.
Architects and Contractors Have
 Penty of Work Ahead.


 A permit has been granted to Mrs M. Pronovost for the erection of 8 new house on Simons avenue. The work will be done by the day.
 Joseph Manganaro is building the foundation for a new house or Plaza avenue for Architect Joseph T. Smith. It will be of frame, 25x5C feet, with all improvements. John Van Horsten has been award. ed the contract for the carpenter work for the new house on the Pros pect road for K. L. Green It will be of frame, 2SX34 feet, with all con. veniences.
 Plans of Architect c. J. Bailey are now being figured for a new three family house to be erected on Oak street for Jacob Aronberg. It will be of frame, 24x36 feet, with a tin roof modern plumbing, etc.
 The Barlow Bros Co have been awarded the contract. for the plumb ing and heating for s. H. Carroll's new frame block on the Bunker Hill road. The George s. Chatfield Co are the masons and Joseph T. Smith is the architect.
 The Fidelity Construction Go and the George s. Chatfield Go, are building a new house on Grand street for Mrs Marcella Reddig. Il will contain two stores and two ten ements, and is now all roofed in James Mecca did the foundation work.
 E. c. Smith has been awarded the contract for the erection of new stable on Elmwood avenue for Fred erick Gillmor The plans were drawn by E. J. Richmond and pro- vide for a frame stable, with the exterior succeed, 22x2S feet, with all improvements.
 John Van Horsten has the con- tract and work has been started on a new house at the corner of Grand view avenue and Delaware street for L. R. Carter It will be of frame, 26x54 feet, arranged for two fam flies of six rooms each, with all modern improvements.
 Architect E. E. Benedict has been commissioned to prepare plans for an addition to the William l.. Gilbert home in Winsted. The new part will be three stories high, of brick, and will be used for play rooms, manual training rooms, an assembly hall, gymnasium and class rooms. The plans will be prepared at once.
 Joseph Barbara has been awarded the contract for the concrete steps and walks Owen Carey the carpenter work, the Charles Thatcher Co the plumbing and hot water heating and the Austin 6 Woodruff Co the paint ing and decorating in connection With the alterations to John O'Don- nell's residence on West Grove street. Joseph T. Smith is the architect.
 M J. Daily & Sons, Inc, have been awarded the contract for the auto matic sprinklers for the new factory building being erected in Waterville for the Blake & Johnson Manufactur- ing Co. The plumbing and heating have not been let The Tracy Bros Go are the contractors, the George S. Chatfield Co have the mason work and the Berlin Construction Co the iron work The foundation work will be started at once. Griggs {
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09

DUBLIN STREET STATION. FOR MERIDEN AND MIDDLETowN- lo:5o .. m, 6:l0 p. m ". G. BIERD c. c. COLBY Gen. Supt Asst Gen Pass Agt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09

There is every reason, however, to take a cheerful view of the future says Banker Clews. While the elec- ton has been largely discounted. an important stimulus has been given 10 recovery which later on will as sert itself. It is quite possible that the stock market will show some ir- regularity owing to the great temp tation to take profits. The unsettled condition at international politics in Europe also effects our security markets. because American stocks are the best on which to realize
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09

Connecticut schools, in which a regu- larly prescribed course of typewrit- ing is taught. Contestants must be entered by the school they attended or from which they graduated.
 The contest is under the supervis- ion of the executive board, who has appointed Edward H. Eldridge of Simmons college, Boston, Mass, chairman of the contest committee Mr Eldridge has had experience in serving on committees of this kind. and can be relied upon to see that the contest will be conducted in an impartial manner.
 For information and application blanks regarding the conditions of entering the contest. etc, apply to x. R. Stone. Yale Business college. New Haven, or H. C. Post. Water bury Business college, Waterbury, Conn. There is no entrance fee.
 The cup will be on exhibition in this city in a few days.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM.

1-Cor South Main and 0rand sta. 6-Scovill Manufacturing Co. (Pl 6-Cor bridge and Magill stA 7-Exchange Place. S-Euciid and Roseland avenusa 12-Rogers & Bro. (P)
 13-Cor East Main and Niagara sta l4-Cor East Main and Wolcott sta. 16-Cor High and Walnut strseta l6-Cor East Main and Cherry sta i7-Cor East Main and Cole sts, 21-Cor North Elm. Xingsbury stA 38-Burton street engine house, 34-Waterbury Mfg Co. (P)
 36-Cor North Main and North sts, 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke stx 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 28-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine sts 29--Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sts 31--Cor Bank and Grand sts. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sta. e4-Cor W. Main and Watertown I'd. 1b-Conn. R. & l.. Co car house lPI 86-Waterbury Brass Co. (P) S7-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 38-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-C0r South Main and Clay sta 43-New England Watch Go. (Pl 46-Benedtct & Burnham Mfg Go fPA 46-Waterbury Buckle Co. (Pl 47-Cor s. Main and Washing gton .,a 61--Cor Baldwin and River sts 62-Cor Franklin and Union sts 63-W'bury Clock Co, case fty. fp. 64-Rose Hill house. 66-Cor Liberty aud River sts 57-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts 6S-Cor Luke street and Sylan ~. s2-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin sf 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 59-Cor N Willow ct and Hillside ay. 74-Cor Johnson and Water vilIe Fl. 142-Wolcott st above Howard. 153-Cor Walnut and Wood sts. 162-Cor East Main and Welton .ta l73-Poli's theater.
 312-The Platt Bros. & Cd. fp, 21S-Shoe Hardware Co. (Pl 314-Wbury Clock mvt. factory ID, 316-Cor Cherry and North Elm .t. 234-Cor Fleet and Hill 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward s,. 253-Farm street. cor St Paul. 254-Cor Etna and North Main s,. sSd-yunc Cooke and N. Main sts. s5S-Cor Abbott and Phoenix ave-. s.z-Sroye; central and Holmes av. s12-Cor Bank and Meadow st. 313-Randolph & Cloves. fPI S14-P,ume & Atwood ID, s15-Anerican Ring co fp, 216-Electric Light Station fv S1S-Holmes, Booth 6 Hayd.ns =, 321--Cor Bank and Washinrton .rS 322-Cor Green and N. Leonara ~. v. 323-Cor Wash'ton ave Portlanas s. \. 324-Cor Charles and Porter ate 332-Cor Bank and Fifth. 342-Cor Highland av and " Ma. S2o-Cor Lafayette. Washtngton an 327-Riverside Park. near brewsrv' 371-City Lumber and Coal Co. lFi 412-Tracy Bros (P) 423-Cor Clay and Mill sts. 432-Cor Liberty and 8. Main sts 451-Steele & Johnson Mfg Co fpA 672-Cor Baldwin and W'hington st. 6S2-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts. 342-Cor Ridgewooo and W'yilIs =.
 5IGNAIA. I. One stroke calls superintendent ta
 the City hall.
 1-l. Two strokes. Ire out, recall. 1-1-1. Three strokes 12 n D. m. l-1-1-f-1-1-1-1-1-1. Ten strorenl
 quick will indicate a general alarI
 and will call the entire force int1
 earvica.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09

Those anxious ones that are look.
 ing for a cause for the great repub.
 lican victory last week are on the
 wrong track. Colonel Osborn and q few more of the gold democrats must
 know by this time that when they left
 the democratic party in 1896 that
 they gave it a death blow. It will
 take more than one campaign with Tom Waller on the democratic stump to right the wrong those bolters ac- complished twelve years ago. There
 are democrats in Waterbury, and elsewhere, it is presumed, that will never again vote the democratic ticket until the men who disrupted the party get in line for all time with the party they have been helping, al though claiming to be democrats. The alleged democrats that knifed Bryan on three different occasions are the real cause of democratic de- feat, for undoubtedly they defeated Bryan last Tuesday as well as on two former occasions. Bryan's real friends in Waterbury could hardly be expected to vote straight under the circumstances, and particularly so when a Waterbury man was a can didate for governor. A man who ap- parently knew what he was talking about says that 1000 republicans voted against George L. Lilley in Wa terbury last Tuesday. If this be so how many democrats must have voted against Robertson who repudi- ated Bryan in 1896 to give Lilley his 1866 majority. It is easy enough to see who is responsible for demo- cratic defeat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1908.

An unusual number of students from other countries have been in at tendance this season upon the sum- mer school of the University of Grenoble, France, for the special study of the French language, litera- ture and history. Since July 1, 525 have been registered, while for the scholastic year, in attendance upon the regular lectures of the faculties of letters, law, medicine, pharmacy and the sciences, the number will reach more than 1000. Among these is a good representation from the United States, including teachers, graduates, professors and their fam lilies, and half score of American Rhodes scholarship" students at Oxford, who find themselves we'll placed there for certain summer work. The vacation courses were begun in 1896 and the attendance has been increasing year by year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
Railroad Time Table.

Going South. FOR BRIDGEPORT AND NEW YORK e:27, 7:56, 9:t0, a. m.; 2:45, 4:10: sos p. m. SUNDAYS, :00, $40 a. m; 1.o5, sos p. m.
 FOR ANSoNIA AND NEW HAVEN --6:s7, 7:56. $40, II 10 a. m. (via Naugatuck Jc); 2;4b, 4:10, sos, 7:50 p. m. SUNDAYS zoo, $40 a. m.; 1;05, 5:os p. m.
 Going North. FOR THoMASToN. ToRRINGToN AND TWISTED -6:42. s:21. 1e:5s a m.; 3;55 FOO, s:56 p. m. SUNDAYS, 9:4s a. m; s:o7 pm.
 FOR wATERTowN-s:4 s:s7, ii;l5 a. m; 6:lt, 7:o5 p. m.
 Going East. FOR HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, wIL. LIMANTIC. WORCESTER PROvI- DENCE. PUTNAM AND BOSTON, 7:10, s:S5a m.; 1915, S:15, 7:3s tto Hartford and Springfield), p m.
 Going West. FOR DANBURY-s:SS D. m; s:oi, 7.oo p FOR PoUGHKEEPsIE-s:ss a. m. s:o1 D m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS. FOR BRISToL-(Connectng with suburban trains)-ss:so. slo:3o a m.; 2:25, H;33 6:sI .Connecting for Springfield. Worcester. and Boston.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
Don Get Roped In

to buy TRUNK of inferior quality at high price when we can offer you the very best make, constructed of hard wood and patent locks for much lower price. We are leaders in the TRUNK LINE and our great sales speak volumes as to the excellence of our goods.
 We have a splendid new stock of UMBRELLAS for the wise and thrift ty to choose from, made with para gon frames and waterproof cover- ings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-09
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure. E. w. GROvES'S signature on each box. 25c.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23
cheatins the Teie,hon..

1t has just been discovered that a
new kind Of free toll service graft has
been worked on the telephone compa-
MES Of Lansing. Mich A few days
ago the travelling representative Of q
business concern located In a distant
city came into town, canyassed the
trade industriously and landed several
orders of good size.
After his days work was done he
went to the telephone and asked for
Long distance" After the usual pre.
liminaries he called for his brother in
tho distant city. The brother could
not be located
X Well, then, perhaps the operator
could get his sister. No. his sister also
was out. He was sorry, but would call
again later, and left the booth, with.
out having to pay toll, of course, a. be
did not get his party.
The next day he departed for past
ures new, and the telephone company
was none the wiser. But the house
had received correct report Of sthe
business done by the drummer tfiat
day, and the toll was saved for him.
self or the house. The brothers name
stood for the amount Of his sales and
the sisters for the character of the or.
der.-American Telephone Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23
"A suh.tl,itu,te.

Irish wit is as excellent as 1t Is pro.
verbal. A writer In the Mariners Ad-
vocate tells the story of ship doctor
on an English liner who notified the
death watch steward, Hibernian, that
a man had died in stateroom 45. The
usual instructions to bury the body
were given. Some hours later the doc
tor peepedf into the room and found
that the body was still there.
He called the matter to the attention
Of the Irishman, who replied:
II thought you said room 40. wint
in there and seen wan Of thin In a
bunk. Are ye dead?' says 1. No. says
he, but I'm pretty near dead So !
was getting ready to bury him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23

tremely neat In their personal habits,
The ant performs scrupulous toilet
every day. She uses brushes, combs,
sponges and other implements In
Keeping herself tidy, and never fears
misplacing them, since nature has
conveniently attached them in perma.
nent positions on her body. A hobo"
ant was never seen, for the insect
hates dirt like a Dutch housewife.
Working in the earth inevitably be-
louis her person, but she takes
wash and a rundown so often that
lew particles of foreign matter cling
long to her hairy self, says Harper's.
One Of the ants toilet implements
is the tongue. Around the sides OF
this organ curves a series OF hard
ridges which makes 1t suitable for use
as both sponge and brush. Ants
lick themselves clean with their
tongues. like dogs and cats. The
natural comb on the leg is another
important toilet implement. 1t is on
the tibia, and has short handle, a
stih back and 65 elastic teeth. It is
fine-toothed comb, and there Is
coarse-toothed comb of As teeth on
the leg, right opposite. There are
other combs In handy positions, as
the serrated upper Jaws. through
which the ant may draw her legs and
SO clean them. Also the mouth Sc.
cretes liquid which might be com
pared to hair tonic. and which is
rubbed on the members drawn
through the mandIbles.
Ants wash about the same as hu-
man beings. before beginning the
days work or retiring to sleep. or
when the accumulation Of dirt makes
them uncomfortable. Sometimes an
ant quits in the midst Of a busy
stunt of nest building. leaves her Eel.
low-workers and goes of in cor
ner to clean herself. She combs and
brushes diligently until she feels that
She is in decent state, and then re-
Joins her laboring companions. A
study Of the toilet process in arti-
fetal nests with glass sides shows
how thorough and conscientious the
insect is in her personal care. There
are numberless attitudes during the
process When cleaning the,head and
fore parts of the body, the ant often
sits upon the two hind legs and turns
the head to one side. The fore leg
is raised and passed over the face,
while the head is slowly turned to
expose both sides to treatment. The
opposite leg may be brought into use.
For combing the back hair the head
is dropped low and the leg comb
sweeps through the tufts OF hair from
the neck forward. AT intervals the
leg is drawn through the jaws to
moisten it or wipe of the comb
New Haven Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23
and in the Fifth avenue mansion, but

and In the Fifth avenue mansion, but
every detail of the home comes under
the direct supervision of the mistress.
She has hours as rigidly kept as a
fashionable practitioners when she re-
ceives the butler. 1.-THE house mother"
sweet Highland way of talking of
the prosaic office Of housekeeper. and
other heads of domestic departments,
the grooms and the gardeners and the
stewards.
Mrs. Carnegie is fond of outdoor life
and intensely interested in all that
means better health for rich and poor.
But she has never gone In for athletics
nor anything which might be called
fads. She is devoted to music and,
like her husband. she prefers organ
music to any other variety. 1t has
been observed that recently large por-
ton Of Mr.. CarnegiSs bensfactions are
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23

1t may be for q Journey Of twenty-five
hundred miles.
One Ice field poured down by the
mountains Into Dlsko Bay is one thou
sand feet thick and eighteen thousand
broad. 1t flows forty seven feet in a
day. and, therefore, in one year will
throw off into the sea the inconceivable
quantity Of three hundred thousand
million cubic feet of Ice. And on the
Danish part of Greenlands west coast
there are twenty nords that give birth
to bergs from an ice-bound country one
hundred and twenty thousand square
miles in extent Thus one is not sur
prised to hear Of towering Ice island
stranded in Melville Bay, Weighing two
thousand million tons. Think Of any
thing that floats at all being aground
in water more than half mile deep!
On Its great fields and precipitous
slopes were many polar bears and
thousands Of seals which had taken
passage. 30 to speak, for Southern Lab
rador.
These bergs, in procession or in lone
ly grandeur, are the seas worst terror
and so far human science has devised
no means Of detecting them in fog and
darkness. The Newfoundland fisher
men say they are able to smell" bergs,
thereby saving craft and life alike.
What they mean. Of course, is that the
berg's approach IL marked by sudden
cooling Of the air. But there is fame
and fortune In store for the man who
will invent some contrivance to give
timely warning of the proximity of
this danger. which Is the most terrible
known to navigation. No other agency
can oyerwhelm the modern steel-built
liner, with her many water-tight bulk
heads. She defes the most furious
storm; the risk Of fire Is inconsider-
able; and even after collision one or
other of the participants may limp into
port. But imagine twenty-thousand
ton ocean flyer hurting her vast bulk
at twenty knots an hour against the
mighty Ice ramparts looming through
the fog athwart her racing bows. The
first impact is bad enough; but insidi-
Gus sun action and corrosive salt
water have rotted the lofty preclpices,
and from height Of seven hundred
feet crash thousands Of tons of ice,
utterly overwhelming the grandest ship
that ever left port.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23
You've had lots of fiirtatlons."

There you know you're wrong"
WELL" she hesltated. I'm not sure
whether they're flirtations or only wor.
ries, but, anyhow. there they are"
"a Irritation is worry"
How do you known she asked.
Here's thing that looks like feath-
er duster. wonder what that means?"
"a clean sweep" he said. THE world
10 NINE"
"well, maybe, u she went on. "Jupi-
ter, Mercury and the; sun are all nice
and big"
Il seem to possess all the planets |
suppose you think want the earth?''
"You can make speeches and you are
going to die long way from your
birthplace"
"And all aione7 Is there. mo one who
will throw out the life line to meY'
Don't be foolish, for this is serious.
/ wish could remember whether or
not it is good thing to have sticking.
out lines on the line OF head"
Give me the benefit Of the doubt.
Now. tell me more about the heart"
II never go back, !" she said definite
lly., i've finished with your heart"
sReally7" he asked, drawing away
his hand. What are you going to do
with it-chuck it?''
Please give me your hand again"
mo. I'd rather have yours he said.
II know l could read you frst-ra.e
fortune. Let's see It."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23
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Fay.foIk.

Fay-foIk.
Some nights ! try to keep awake
To see how fairies really look;
You have to watch SO sharp and
still
So says my mammals FairytBook.
I squint my eyes tiny space;
And then ! see them. one by one,
Come trooping in from Fairyland
With funny little hop and run.
They nod and whisper to themselves
Then scamper OF across the floor
As II they'd never, never seen
A little boy like me before.
Yet. II you ask me how they look.
Somehow / cannot seem to tell:
For pretty soon they're slipped away,
And then-I hear the breakfast bell:
Laura Simmons, In Ltppincott's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23

taking the shape of fine pipe organs
for poor churches. Mrs. Carnegie was
his inspiration. She frequently dwells
on the divine property of music In
soothing sorrow and uplifting the soul,
and she has often remarked that she
pities a congregation which Is suffer
Ing from a wheezy organ from the bot
tom OF her heart. Whenever she hears
of an afflicted organ. she takes the mat
ter in hand. She investigates in a
quiet. systematic way the resources of
the congregation. and when she finds
that good musical instrument entails
too heavy demand, she influences Mr..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23

Two stout old Germans were enjoy.
ing their pipes and .placldly listening
to the strains Of the summer garden
orchestra. One of them in tipping his
chair back stepped on parlor match,
which exploded with bang.
dot was not on the program" be
said. turning to his companion.
"yat vas not?''
IVY, dot match"
"Vat match?',
DE match walked on"
"vell. didn't see. no match. Vat
aboud it2'
IVY, Z walked on match, and II
went bang, and ! said 1t vas not on
the program"
The other picked up his program and
read 1t through very carefully,s'I dom,
see 1t en- the program" he said. =
well, said 1t vas not on the pro
gram. didn't II"
"yell. vat has 1t got to do NIT the
program anyway Egsplain yourself,
Ladies' Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-23

"Icebergs aheadw The concerts stop
In the liners sumptuous music room.
There Is rush on deck to admire the
group of crystal islands A ray catch
es pinnacle and peak, piercing the mist
and lighting the vast masses with SHIN
mering hues-sky blue and emerald,
dove gray and faint rose. Cascades
dow down the thawing slopes, and slow
green rollers break on mighty buttress-
e. with gentle foam and rising spray.
Ono berg follows another in stately
march and form fantastic. Here is a
ruined Norman cathedral, choired and
lowered. Next follows an Arab tent,
pitched in limitess sea Of green. Now
mosque of green marble with dia-
mond domes and minarets. Chinese
pagodas and Nile pyramids. too; with
great battle ships. sculptured by the
sun out Of Greenland's ice cap Of half
a million square miles.
Beautiful" cry the women, waving
handkerchiefs and turning to the cap
tain for information. He smiles lit
tie, recalling last nights terrible vigil
In dense fog when these careless hun
dreds were sleeping with no thought of
the colossal specters Of the sea. Such
ponderous silent foes from the north
true Thor hammers. weighing billion
tons, before whose impact mans might
lest fabric is only an egg shell; cratic
In movement. too. travelling south into
line even with Southern Spain; and
likely to split and explode, casting I'D
waves that would engulf the greatest
ship, stranding and blocking harbors.
because seven-eighths Of their towering
height Is beneath the sea!
And here Is sinister peril. A vessel
may seem to be clearing the monster.
when suddenly submarine spur will
tear great hole in her and drag her
within reach Of great topping ice mass
es weighing thousands of tons. Down
the Labrador current come these mon
strous bergs on an oceanic river 1900
miles long and ninety wide-a girdle
of death to thousand ships, gemmed
and studded with crystal isles of de
struction.
Where They Come From.
Whence have they come? They are
the broken of ends of long sinuous
glaciers that have worked their way
down from Greenland's icy mountains
Most North Atlantic bergs slip into the
sea from the north part OF Western
Greenland, and enter Bafin Bay above
Disko Island. When they put to sea