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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-04
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for
 Our Busy Readers.

our busy NcuuSfs'
 Hartford-The newly formed Lake club last night unfurled the first Taft and Sherman banner in this part of the state.
 i Bristol-An old fashioned desk, owned for many years by President Martin Van Buren, and kept by him during his life at his old home at Kinderhool- l-on-the-Hudson, is the property now of Martin Van Allen of Chestnut street and has attracted a good deal of attention. Newtown - The Congregational church in this town is preparing to celebrate the centennial of its edifice by exercises this fall. The present church edifice was erected in 1908 and the church society was founded in 1715. The church has now about 157 members. Rev Alexander Steele is the pastor.
 Milford-In the opinion of the medical examiner, Carmine Carval- laro, aged years. of New Haven, died Sunday from concussion of the brain, brought about by a fall he incurred while playing leap-frog. l While at the game the boy fell on his head. He was put to bed in a sleepy state and did not regain con | sciousness.
 New Haven-The supreme court of errors yesterday concluded its years work at New Haven and the meeting was made the occasion for | the presentation of a silver inSstand to Judge William Hamcrsley by his associates, as he is about to retire from the bench. Judge Hemersley. who was born September 9, 1888, will reach the age limit next month.
 Hartford-The Connecticut Edi. torial association held its annual midsummer outing yesterday al various points between Hartford and Stafford Springs and had a good time at that. The reason the association was enabled to cover so much ter ritory was due to the fact that Man ager Bristol kindly gave the mem bers the trolley system for the day and threw in a car and a crew tC run 1t.
 Putnam-Joseph Dussaume oI North Grosyenordale was killed yes terday while at work on the dan at the West Thompson reservoir Dussaume with other labOrers wal trying to put a large timber in posi- tion when in some manner 1t fell knocking Dussaume down and fall ing across his chest crushing it. H. lived only a short time after the ae cident He was g years old. an, married.
 Pomfret-A force of men com menced yesterday on the now dam ti be built for the Danielson COttoi company half a mile above Cottoi bridge. in the town Of Pomfret. Tn dam will be 250 feet long and tvelv feet high The water power plan to be erected in the vicinity. POwe will be transmitted over a high ten sion line to DanieIson for the opera tfoE of the machinery in the new ad dition of the cotton company has m der way.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-04
BR00KLYN BRIEFS

Miss Isabelle Dempsey of New York is the guest of Miss Helen De- vine of Bank street.
 Daniel T. Shannahan and son. Thomas, left to-day for trip to Ireland where they will spend six months.
 Frank Johnson, student at the McGill university, is spending vaca- tion at his home on Bank street. Since the close of school Mir Johnson has been in Montreal.
 Miss Nora Mahaney of Bank street will participate in the enter tainment to be given in the Litch- field opera house tomorrow evening under the auspices of St Michael's parish.
 John Henderson, Jr, has finally agreed to have the dispute between himself and the city over his Clark street property settled by arbitration. Here's hoping that the differences will be settled soon.
 Michael Brennan, clerk in Smiths drug store, and George Mad den, conductor on the trolley cars. | left this morning for vacation at Asbury Park. They will be joined tomorrow by Francis Shields. Although Manager Smith of the Brooklyn business mems team in- tended to play only one more game this season and that with the letter carriers, he has acceded to the re- quest of the Naugatuck clerks for a game Friday afternoon.
 Last evening an automobile driv- en by William Eggleton of 320 North Willow street ran into one of the horses of the Adams Express Co. One of the horses forelegs was frac- tured but the animal was not other wise injured. The horse. hitched to one of the delivery wagons. was just coming from in front of the express office and was about to cross Bank street when the machine ran into it. Oscar Boulanger was driving the horse.
 A hearing on the application of ! George ZaTroski 10 sell intoxicating 1 liquors at the corner of Bank and North Leonard streets will be held | in the court house building to-mor. row morning. Several residents from this section will appear before the ! county commissioners to make a re. monstrance against the application and the Brooklyn Improvement SO. eiety will be represented by Attorney James M. Lynch. The saloon, if tn, l license be granted. will be in tn, Murphy block where there was [ wine emporium until a few week. ; ago.
 Thomas Corcorrey, a youth re siding at 1030 Bank street. almosi bled to death yesterday afternoon when he severed the artery of hii right arm near the wrist. The youti was playing with some other boy near his home when he fell and ! piece of jagged glass ripped open fhi arm. Immediately the blood spurt ed out. The boys companions wer' unable to do anything for the Iniure, youth but they called a grocerymai
 who happened to be delivering good
 nearby. The driver carried the bo.
 10 Dr George RusselI's oflce wherv
 the injury was dressed just about Il lthe nick of time.
 Although 1t is rumored that tn tboard Of safety has practically decid led who will captain the BaIdwfi
 street engine house. nevertheless it by no means certain that the con ] missfo1ers have selected the man
 James Cavanaugh. driver Of th
 steamer ia the Brooklyn house, said to te the lucky fellow. and ur
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-04
Dixie Il. Wins Motor Boat Race.

Huntington. N. Y.. Aug. 4. - The American motor boat Dixie II. won the international motor boat race. defeat ing the British boat Wolseley sid- deley by forty-nine seconds over thir- ty mile course. The Dixie HIS time was 1 hour minutes 57 seconds. Her average speed was PIT nautical miles per hour. The Wolseley Siddeley was second, the U. S. A. third and the Den fourth. The British boat Daimler II. withdrew after covering eight miles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-04
Our ch.s. Players e.a. sri.on.,

Oxford. Aug. "A chess match last ing a week between Messrs. Miller, Hughes and Whitaker of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and four OK ford university players, Messrs. Rough ton, Lob. Petrie and Waterfield. the first interuniversity match ever played over a board. resulted in an American victory of 11hs points against 61s points for the Britishers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-04
EMERSON STILL CHAMPION.

Chicago. III. Aug 4.-Nat Emer- son of Cincinnati yesterday success fully defended his title of western tennis champion against L. Harry wefdner of Chicago. al the courts of the KenwoOd Country club The eontes- vas one of the hardest fought in the history of these tour nanents. requiring five sets and 57 games The score vas s-10s so, 3-s. e-1, 1-s.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-04

2:17A, 2;13h.
 2:17 class. pacing; purse $1,000. Isineta, b m, by Barolite
 tLoomis) ... ... ....1 l Gold Coin, oh g tRobinson) ..2 2 The Emperor, oh (Goldston) 8 3 Brownell, ch ,(Sunderlin) 4dis Prince Onward, b g (Foley) dis
 Time-2:07A, 2:09A, 2:I01s.
 2:09 class, trotting; purse $2,000. Sterling Mckinney, ch S, by
 Mckinney, dam by Direc-
 tor tGeers) .... .. ....5 1 1 Jack Leyburn, oh g(Grady).1 2 ? 2 Nahma, m (Burgess) ...3 3 3 May Earl, m (Bowerman). 4 0ctoo, br g .(McLane) ....2 3dis
 Time-2:07a, 2:06A, 2:07 A 2:07
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-04
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
 June 10, 1908.

Going South. FOR BRIDGEPORT AND NEW YORK-6:30, 7:56, $40, 1I:0s a. m.; 2:44, 4:15, 6:0S p. m; SUNDAYS, 7:00, SOS a. m; 1905, 5:10 p. m. FOR ANSONIA AND NEW HAVEN -6:3o, 7:56, $40. 1I:0s a. m. (via Naugatuck Jc); a:44. 4:15. 6:0S, 7:50 p. m.; SUNDAYS, 7:00. S:05 a. m.: 1905. 5:10 D. m.
 Going North. FOR THoMAsToN. ToRRINGToN AND WINSTED-6:42, s:27, 10:5s a. m.; 3:55, 7;00, s:56 D. m; SUNDAYS, 9:55 a. m.; s:14I D. m. FOR wATERTOwN-6:47, s:sk 11:15 a. m.; 6:15. 7:05 ?. m.
 Going East. FOR HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, wILLIMANTIC, WORCESTER. PROVIDENCE, PUTNAM AND BOSTON-7:10, s:43 a. m.; l2:15. 3:15. 1884 (to Hartford and Springheld). p. m.
 Going West. FOR DANBURY-s:35 a. m.: z:o6, 1900 p. m.
 FOR PoUGHKEEPsIE-s:s5 .. m.:| 2:05 D. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-04
THE ERIE RACES.

Ere, Pa, Aug 4.-Ine Erie races, generally conceded to be the ban ner meeting in the Lake Erie circuit. opened yesterday The attendance was large and the racing good.
 Interest centered in the 2:14 pace. the keenest contested race of the day. It was also the best of the afternoon. Goldie billiard was fa- vorite in the opening betting with Princess Hal second choice. Hoosiei Prince third choice and Anita fourth choice
 Before the race Hoosier Prince became favorite. Goldie billiard won the first and second heats and took the latter so handily in 2:13A that she looked like sure winner. Prin- cess Hal 90 the third in a hard drive with Goldie billiard and the next two heats went to the daugh> ter of Star Hal, who was forced out in each heat by Anita. Helen Fur ner, winner of the 2:30 trot in straight heats was surprise, as was also Color Bearer, winner of the 2:27 pace. Summaries: First Race-2:14 Pace-7Purse $500. Princess Hal, b m.
 by Star Hal (MitchelD .. .. 3 3 l Goldie DIllard, ch
 m. by Hal billiard (Bosca) -... .t.11 1 'a-e II z The Airship. b m
 (Hopkins) =. . 9~7 5 7 bun) .... ...14 10 1S 2 Baron H., Jr, blk s
 (Rowland) .. .. ? IF s 6 St Patrick, r g (Rhodes) .. =. 4 g 4 Cousin Neil. oh m
 Crank =. ... .12 5 6 10 4 Sir Dair, b g (Hay- Sapphire Belle. g m
 (Depka) =. ... 8 13 $ Billy Briro, b g (Lang) .. .. dis Allie H., oh m
 (King) .. ..13 II dis Lambert J.. ,br S
 CDoble) .. ....5 6 10 dr Hoosier Prince. rg (Donovanl =. III II ar Nicko. oh (Van-
 houten) e. ... 6 14 dr
 Time-2:15A, 2:13A. 2:13& 2:15h; 2:14&.
 2:30 Trot--Purse $500. Helen Turner. b m, by Con-
 ques. Star (PackerD ....1 1 Mary Lee. b m (Brown) ..2 Miss Dott, b m (Stoner) A 2 Marigold. b m (Judd) ...5 Ora Margrave, b m (Kin- !. Miss Betterment, oh m Uang) .. .......6 Paul Wilson. blk g (StahD ,
 Time-2:21A, 2:22. 2:21A. 2:22 Pace-Purse $500. Color Bearer. .br m, by Ha-
 brane (WhiteD ..... II Direct Hal. Jr. (Rodney) 8 Maggie H.. b m (Bouga) ..2 3 Direct Chimes. b (ErnesD 6 Rhonis Directly. b g (King) 4 Alta Coast. D m, Dempsey 5 dis
 Time-2:1sh, 2:19h, 2:2Ok.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-04
THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

Kalamazoo, Mich. Aug 4.-The Grand Circuit trotiers this week are on the fast mile track of Kalamazoo. a city prominently linked with trot- ters for half a century.
 Pop Geers was the bright partieu- lar star yesterday when the floral collar was slipped around the neck of Sterling Mckinney after the fourth heat of the 2:Os stake for trotters. He had soundly beaten the supposed ly invincible Jack Leyburn-
 The presence of Minor Heir. win ner of the Chamber of Commerce stake at Detroit. in the 2:16 pace, and the absence of The Eel robbed 1t of the semblance of a contest. but the race resulted in a new record. The summaries:
 2:16 class. pacing; purse s2,00o. Minor Heir. b s. by Heir at
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
GENERAL SHIPPING NEWS.

Sable Island. N &. May 3.--Steamer Finland from Antwerp for New York was reported by Marconigram 691 miles east of Sandy Hook at ;50 a. m; will dock 7;30 a. m. Tuesday.
 steamer Minneapolis, from London for New York was reported by Marconi gram 650 miles east of Sandy Hook at
 New York May 3,--Arrived. Steamer Arglntina, Trieste, Patras, Palermo and Fayal.
 Wilhelm IT., from New York for Ply mouth, Cherbourg and Bremen, was PIP miles west at 5;50 D. m; will reach Plymouth noon Monday
 Steamer Minnehaha, fron>New York for London, was i30 miles southwest at 0:1O n m. will reach London early Tuesday morning, from New york for Dover and Antwerp was 200 miles west at 11t2) a. m; will reach Dover 63O ?. m. Monday
 Klldonan May 3.--Passed steamer Grampain Boston for Glasgow,
 Queenstown. May 3.-Arrived; Steam CT Etruria, New York for Liverpool tand proceeded). Steamer st. Louis, NeITw York
 Queenstown. May B = Sailed steamer Mauretania, New York.
 Neville, May 2--sailed steamer Furnessla, New York derland, New York,
 Montreal, Que. May 3.-ArrlVed steamers ottawa. Liverpool; Corinthlan | Glasgow Nirginian, Liverpool
 Sailed steamer Corsican, Liverpool.
 Quebec May 3.--steamer Lake Erie Liverpool
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
DE CHAULNES DEATH
Young Duke Was Found Dying in Opium Club and Taken
 to His Hotel.
POLICE KEPT STORY SECRET
Facts Have Not Been Published in Paris--Antl-Oplum Cam
 pnlgn on.

Paris, May 3,--It now transpires that the death of the Due de Chaulnes followed immediately q visit by the unfortunate young mah to an opium club. The matter was carefully kept ecrct by the police, an official of whom helped to remove tho duke in dying condition to the Hotel Lang nam; but tho fact was made known 10 me this week by Q member of the Chaunes fGmily,
 The story my informant told Is one of the saddest in the history of Paris society
 As has alrcad been related in the New York Times, the duke died in the Hotel Langham hy the sidc of his wifo. She knew hc was III when he was put to he'd; but she was not aware that hc was Ia a dangerous condition l until it was too late for any medical treatment to be effective. It was not until after hls death that the duchess knew the immediate cause of her hus- bands illness.
 II appears that the Due de Chaul- nes accompanied by an intimate friend of his sister, the Duchess dU2cs, left the Hotel Langham shortly after dinner and went to a fashionable opium establishment only few doors from the hotel, in Rue Eouchardon.
 An hour later the proprietor of the house became alarmed at the dukes condition He apparently had fallen into q syncopc, his heart action had already ceased. and he appeared to be dying The proprietor sought in vain to revive the duke. Finally he rushed from the house in quest of a physician The first man he encoun- tered happened to be a high police official who knew the duke very well. The official returned with the pro- prletor. and they together with the dukes friend, carried the dying man back Co the Iangham The fresh air revived him slightly and hla appear ance was such when he reached the hotel that hls friends told the duchess . her husband was not seriously III.
 The duke was at once put to bed and within an hour he had breathed his last
 This story has not vet been publish, cd In Paris, but it is known that since the dukes death the police of Parh have received strong hint from hlgr quarters 10 undertake a fresh cam palgn against opium clubs and othe resorts where victims of the drul habit indulge themselves Such campaign was begun several month ago as the result Of scandal in th
 navy growing out of the addiction O Il certain young officer to the opium
 habit but tho campaign was allowet \ 10 drop. and now there are more den in Paris than ever
 I The day preceding tho death of th I Due de Chaulncs he gave an import \ ant order for antique furniture. y T won't take the things now,' h T said: put them aside awhile. A II present am using all my spare cas \ to pay my debts.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
MOTORING ON THE FARM.
Big Machines for Crop Work--huh'
 obouts for Going to Market.

The saving effected by the modern | powerful gasolene engine on the farm | Is estimated to be from 20 10 oo per cent. over horse man or steam power
 When not running the engine IS not | fuel, and its keep through | the winter when in storage is nothing If does not cat its head off and It takes very little storage space.
 Manufacturers have made special lines of farm engines in various slzes' ranging from five to one hundred horse power, both for stationery work ana portable use.
 Upward of 5O,OoO such engines have been sold to American farmers in the last two years and the demand Tor the present year will exceed any past record.
 There is a gasolene farm engine adapted for dragging heavy gangs or plouehs across long fields, followed by harrows, cultlvators, seeders and har- vesters.
 In fact the land can be titled, plant ed and the crops harvested with ma chine of this sort without the aid of single horse and with very little hired help,
 in the great Northwest the portable gasolcne threshing outfits are conspicu- ous features at tho harvest season. They arc much lighter than tho oIn steam threshlng plants, are self-pro- pelllng and on rubber tires. so that they can be run easily and auickly from farm to farm
 The farm help problem is thus being partly solved In the great Northwest Even In the new Northwest of Canada scores of these machines have been put in operation in the last year. The great wheat crop could not be harvest cd and throshed without such appil- ances.
 The gasolene motor Is no less im- portant in marketing products. Ihe modern touring cars and runapouts sold to farmers are for utility first and pleasure afterward'
 By their aid one farmer says that he realized $500 more in one season for his articles than if he had sold them in the old way, taking the market prices as they varied from day to day, An other farmer having a lot of fancy poultry made in one trip $75 more thar the regular profits through rushing . load to market during a day of higF prices.
 The farmers wives and daughters have learned to operate the machines and if Is not unusual to see them ped ding farm produce from automobile In many of the western towns an( cities, Some of them run in from te, , to twenty miles and sell their produce before noon and get back again in tn early afternoon -Cassler's Magazine.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
IN SPIGOTTY LAND.
How the Panamnns Got Their Talked
 Rcpubllc Tit Nickname.

Get carriage" said the man in the white duck suit, as we stood on the steps Of the Tivoli hotel and it will cost youu 20 cents, Splgotty I'd get driver who can talk English, too. if l were you. instead of SpiRotty driver II might save a row if you want to mako more than one trip"
 Spigotty?' l asked, Whats Spig- otty?"
 Why, he replied, surprised at my ignorance, "a spigotty is native, of course"
 This was my first morning on the isthmus Before noon l had added the word to my vocabulary, for every : American down there has cast aside | the cumbrous "Panamnnian What ever ia native is Spgotty. It s the broad, comprehensive term which the men who are digging the canal have applied to the small brown persons who inhabit the republic of Panama their products, habits customs, money and morals. So far as the money ia concerned, 1t Is synonymous with "tin" money or monkey" money, and means that what the Splgotty folks fondly call a dollar, the same having been minted for them in Philadelphia by our paternal and protective gov ernment at cost, Is worth DO cents. It is a good term, too, for most of the things Panamanian look Spigotty, If you can imagine that. Ii comes from the earliest days of the American in- vasion to dig the canal, when there was nothing along what Is now the populous, busy and clean canal zone left by the French, much rustcd French machinery, yellow fever, mos duitoes, dirt and dissolution, The enr- ly Americans found the Panama peo. plc naughty in the possession of thcli new republic, which had been made , over night for them by our aforesaid paternal and protective government we needing republic there smaller 1T extent than Columbia, but most anX ious to reap the benefits of intimate association with these curious people from tho north, who insisted on dig ging ditch across the isthmus wher there was already a railroad there, t' ' say nothing of good cayuco travelling . on the Chagres river part of the way and a trail that could be used at pinch.
 All Americans are alike. They q - not bother to learn foreign language
 when they go to a foreign country . but they force the natives to lear
 American. So, when the panaman l. ians presented themselves, if the
 could talk English, they prefaced thei a attempts to cheat the Americans ou
 of something--it really made littl
 difference what--with the statemen
 accompanied by eloquent gesture e "Splk q English" If they couldn'
 they said NO spik d English" On - or tho other was the universal oper
 ing of q conversation, and those earl I- Americans soon classed the whole rae 6 of men who could or could not "Spi
 q Eng" as "Spkties" and from thf l- grew the harmonious and descriptiN ct Splgotty, C, Blythe in tt
 Saturday Evening Post,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04

directed toward the settlement of the greatest problems American life can offer
 It has seldom happened that a man with judicial temperament and train ing has also developed an eHtraordl- nary executive capacity. This, to me- is the most surprising thing in See rctary Taft He thinks deeply, ap- breaches every problem from the standpoint of a judge and then he acts like lightning, He does nothing, apparently from impulse, He may smile and smile, but back of the hearty laugh which infects a roomfuI is a thinking machine which never stops.--Raymond, in the Chicago Tri- bune.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
CHAMBERS ARE DwINDMNG..
Switzerland Will Lose Its Beauty
 Not Now, But Soon.

Arc the glaciers of Switzerland doomed to eventual and relatively early extinction within a hundred years? The question Is of sentiment al interest to every one who has had the privilege of spending even a few days in the Alpine country and tramp ing over its wonderful frozen rivers. For the answer the sentimcntalist must look to the scientist, so Prof. F. Ray Lankestcr's pronouncemcnt on the subject Is of special importance. Hc is, to be sure. q biologist while glaciers are. scientifically. considered meteorological and geological But Prof. I.anEcslers scientific attain mcnts extend beyond the limits of his speciality, and besides, he is in pos ltion to know the best expert opinion of glacialists on the probable longevity of their charges.
 There is no doubt, he says, that the latter half of the nineteenth century saw a great dwlndling, a drawing back of the lower end or snout, not only of the Swiss glaciers but of slac- iers in other parts of the world-as' | for instance, in Alaska, and m the Himalayas." In Switzerland, where inc glaciers are closer to civilization than anywhere else, this wasting away has spread the idea that they are to be with us but a little while. one afternoon last summer the professor heard citizen of Geneva, In group of hotel guests watching the wonder ful sunset effects on Mont Blanc and in tho valley of ChamoniX, discourslne as follows:
 "Ah. yes. Look at them whilst you may and wonder at them those glac' rIers of the Alps. They are but th' remnants, the roots of the vast glac for which once filled the whole )f thi vale of Chamonix and spread do"i into the valley of the Rhone an' n,owod ont with the slow movem mt fla huge mass the deep rock basin tho Lake Leman. Every year the dwIndle. as they have dwindled fo ages past. and soon-perhaps no more than another hundred wear hence-thoy will have disappeared ut terly from human sight and know ledge
 This melancholy prophecy led Pro
 lessor Lankester to look tho matte
 up on his own hook. His conclus ions, stated briefly, arc that the pres ont recession of the Swiss glaciers
 simply one of the negative phases c rhythmic extension and retractio which has been going on among thef { for centuries York Globe an Commercial Advertiser.