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SOCIETY NOTICES
insecure olsaoroav.
, I. ‘ December 27th,
y invited.
Fraternaily yours.
88hr M. wraoox. sac'y.
Association
8 ”M038 BTEWNU MIG“!
. Vice-President
do 8:51 a. m.; g :31 p. m.
ms“... Manufacturers
ed Convocation of butler
,8. As Mr, will b. “dd .8 “I
1010, at 8
A?“ Work. M. I. M. decree.
. Masons cordially and frater-
{ Businege Department
' Branch Office. Norwaik
'-..~Editor'l Residence
. lty Editor's Resist-loos
more a candidate for
cry large following in order to are
8 a disastrous division in the chan-
of the other two. He might be able
lfi) land some of the representatives
0, in the nominating caucuses were
. keley."-Ansonia Sentinel.‘
Wm...— .
in a Connecticut court the other day,
Connecticut lawyer didn't know
hat “best lt,‘ meant when the some-
uir-ed. and the judge on the bench
sted the lawyer as to the meaning of
be two words. Singular, most folks
ill think, that a practicing attorney
Uftuiiled. —~Norwich Record
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J; RIGHT TO THE POINT
net the government.
do. but from which it
itch eitame.—-Atlaonta Georgian.
Scranton Tribune-Republican” , '
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; Sickness is only “error" in the doc
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kiss eikhteen hands high, welsh-
We hltve yet to see in print an au-
Aised statement from Congressman-
“ Juli!“ denying that he“ may be-
the .United’s
head’sencte. against Bulkeleyr and
Man. He would not have to am-
id! mature years should have to~he
d what such an expression as that
Attorney General Wickershasn says
is has been a banner year for frauds
This is one
13 showing a tremendous yearly in-
so in which the action takes no
received
lipstructed to vote for "anyone but!
hat familiar phrase crept into evi- ‘
nce "Beat who?" he innocently :iu ,
~When Dr. Wiley marries the sofa
not. we have a suspicion that he
ill be a trifle careful about com-
bining at the cooking around home.
«use of the Christian Scientists, and
whd want admit it in’ the case of a
c6143.. at fossil—~St. Louis Globe-Demo-
A diluent-i farmer claims to have a
vi huh ion’s’ar piers ht new:
imp can use better do it. to
in the Tombs Court today. aauinst two
and abrasions as the result of an en-
, men. George Lee and Joseph Frescod.
' bunks. the captain said. from the lime
‘ CENTRAL new ENGLAND FINAN-
’ Mitchell and. his wife were taken to
. tilts bison with. diatinotnsss a tissue‘
m or misuse
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Judge Baldwin. governorolect , is"
‘ now engaged in writing his increase.
to be delivered before the general as—
sembly when it opens for its biennial
‘s‘esslon early next month.
it in mi!" that the Judge not
very busy on the document after his
return from his southern trip.
Whether the message will be long or
short. snappy or profound. no one
would dare to predict today. it is
safe to say that the Judge will not.
alldw any of his gubernatorial littdl“
ances to. slip out before the dot-farm
tion is unfolded before the legislature.
Judge ilnldwin last night save a
dinner at his home. it Wall street. to
his newly appointed staff All were
present except Louis E Stoddard, who
is in i'ittsburg on songs-at of the ill
ness of his fatheoln.
Others who Were present were Ed-
win S Thomas, the executive secre-
tary-to-bo. and Adjustant General
George M. Cole. with Quarter-master
General John '1‘. Moran of. Hartford,
Surgeomtleuersl Dr. William F. Verdi
of New Haven. Commissary-General
Frank M. (‘bapin oi New Hartford,
Paymaster-(ieneral Christopher L. Av-
ery of Groton. ‘Judge Advocate-Gen
‘ oral Samuel H. Fisher of New ilavsu, l
Aides- -decamp Edwaid T Lyons of
Hartford Charles B. l’lnuey of Staf-
ford Sm Moutonant-Commander
Oshomp A. Buy of New Haven
‘mloninuxronn DEAD.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ' 27.—-Major.
William P Huxford, U S. A.. retired.
‘ who for the past 28 years had been re;
corner of the military order of the
Loyal Legion, died at his home here
last night. aged 86. years. Major Hux-
ford waaa native of New York. lie en-
listed at the age of 17 years, in the
Fourth Michigan Regiment. later loin-
ing the ltlhnd New Tork regiment. in
which he rose to the rank of captain.
and afterward the Forty-second United
States infantry. For meritorious con-
duct in the attack on Port Hudson in
1863 he was retired a. brovet manor in
1867. He participated in the battles of
Bull Run. Yorktown seven days‘ light
and the siege of Richmond. is the last
engagement he was shot and left for
dead.‘ but recovered to be made a pris-
oner at Malvorn Hill. He was confined
for two months in Libby Prison. He
served as registrar of the Loyal Lo
plan from 1886 to 1888 and recorder
from. that time to the present.
BOAT CAPTAIN ABBAU LTED.
NEW YORK. Dec. 27.-~(‘.spi. John
Day skipper of the three-mauled
schooner G. J. Cherry. which arrived
.it this port Monday from Charleston.
8 C. lumbereladcn was complainant
negro members of his crew. whom he
charged with assault. Day had cuts
counter 'wlth the sailors. The two
showed an inordinate lore for their
the schooner left the South Carolinan
port. grid when he reprimanded them
they set upon and beat him. The no-
groes warn subdued after shots had
been fired at them. The mntinous sali-
ors were held in 81000 bail for exam-
'nation.
W
lAL PLAN.
NEW'EAV‘EN. Dec. 27r—The New
York. New Haven and Hartford Rall-
road Company has sent in to the “up
State' Public Service Commission of
New York a petition for some media
mtion of its plan for the financial re-
irgauisatien of he Central New Eac-
Eand system. c plan as modified
will provide for a sweeping first mori-
tage of all the property in the system
except the Dutchcss County line.
which has a ‘mdrtgaze of $350,000. The
reorganisation will begin as soon as
he changes are allowed by the New
r'oflt Commission
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ENGINEER SHOOTS HIS WiFE.
PITTSBURG, Pit, Dec. 27 “In tho
iresence of his mother. one hundred
ears old, James Mitchell, aged 60
L Plitsburg and Lake Erie railroad
engineer. today shot and fatally
sounded his wife and' fired two bul-
ants into his head. from a revolver.
When Mrs. Mitchell was preparing
u'eakfast. Mitchell. it is alleged. en
cred the kitchen of their home in
illeraden. and began shooting. ‘llla
nether was sitting at a table. and
endeavored to prevent the tragedy.
.he hospital.
some various assess.
There is a famous echo on the Rhine
iota-sen Cabinets and biases which
repeats a word seventeen times. while
a the sepaloher of Natalie. the itlfa
Stalin. in‘ the fission Champasns
here is an echo which remain five
times in different keys and will also
lie-which r sires two ends
W.ibis to n
as who on the‘ north aided
in y church. “int Basses.“lilfiaiand.
eats wen y use a ea.
18 it t -p r
. iii-Water men
ill.
urged new by setting i.
ll
around the
‘- of white metal: upon
Queer Timssl‘m in Iottie Conatruau
ed ly a named Watchmakar.
The first mechanical device for tell
lag the time was the sun dial. 0f use
only on line days; a substitute was
necessary. and the sand sla‘ss follow~
ed.‘ Latercau‘e the water clock. a
curious device in use among the Ecypv
tisua. Chaldcsna. Babylonians and oth-
er ancient peoples of the East. This
was the first approach to a clock as
we now understand the term. It coa-
slated of a basin of water not In some
public place. At one and of the basis
was a spout, from which the waist
dropped uniformly into a receiver hav-
ing sraduutldns for marking the hours.
somewhat after the fashion of a then
mometer.
The clocks of today do not surpass
or oven equal those of the fourteen-
th and fifteenth centuries in the won-
der or beauty of their construction.
Clocks are common things. Every
householder has at least one. We
do not have to depend upon the great
timepiece of church helfry or of town
Relatively like everything else in this
modern day, because of its common
character. the clock has lost something
in importance. Still the charms en-
dures of creating unusual types.
For inathnce, in the very modern city
of Chicago the spirit of the old clock-
makers lives in the person of one
Franz Bohacok. a native of Patzau.
Bohemia. Twenty years of careful pa~
tient labor havo seen his efforts crown
on by the completion of what is one of
the most remarkable timepieces ever
seen in America in it the maker has
combined the artistic spirit of the
craftsman of the Middle Ages with the
accuracy of the twentieth- -century man
of science.
Bohaceks clock. made up of more
than 1.000 parts, is two stories high
its «weights are so heavy that two wind-
laaaes must be employed to wind them
up. It is a very elaborate affair alto-
gether. and yet every part has a spe
clflc reason for being. it has live dials.
The first of those is that of the main
ary clockmmerely for telling the time
of day. The second also is for that
purpose. only in place of 12 numbers
there are 24, somewhat in the style of
the old one-hand italian clocks. (in
the next dial the day of the week, the
day of the month and the month of the
year and three hands. The fourth dial
six feet in diameter,
solar system. with the sun in the
center and the various plants revolv-
ing about. These celestial bodies trav.
oi in exact accord with the real solar
system itself, The fifth and last dial
marks time. in exact or practically ex-
act, harmony with the laws of asiron
only. As every one knows. the year
consists of 365 days. 6 hours. 48 min-
utes. 46 seconds. Each month. 13 in
number. has therefore. 28 days. and
each day consists of 24 hours, 4 min-
utes. 54 seconds. 0n iiohacelt‘e clock.
a second, as measured by ordinary
clocks. is (100841276 of a second longer.
This is not precisely right. being in a
day 85-100 of a. second slow~a slight
discrepancy. all things considered.
This clock has many other romarlo
able features besides those already
mentioned. There are figures that re
present various events in American
history. There are figures for allvihe
Presidents of the United States, and
one hold in reserve. These figures ap-
pear at appropriate momenta. This
remarkable timepiece has many other
extraordinary features which lack of
space will not permit “‘0 be chronicled
here.
Another Bohemian, Joseph Beyona
glass cutter by trade. resident in the
country of his birth. has employed
glass as a medium for building a clock.
With the exception of the spring ev
ory portion is of crystal glass The
three bands. hour. minute and sec
end as wall as the apparatus for strik-
in; are all of glass. This clock is ill
inches high
An itaiian. Sirio Tibursi. of Fabrb
and, ltsly. has tried his hand at a clock
made solely of wicker work and pop-
lar twins. The mechanism is similar
to that of a tower clock with the or
caption of the striking parts. with
which it is not equipped. it stands
eight feet high and will run 2 hours
with one winding.
Another nationality and another sort
of timepiece are represented by a
straw clock of a German shoemaker
it is built wholly of this one material.
of which several thousand pieces were
used in the construction. There are
eight pendulums. The mechanism is
wound up by the pressing of a button.
when it will run for five hours. The
hands are set by means of another
button. No spri is'used. The waisht
of this inseuious it of craftsmanship
is seven ounces.
The flower clock, while not so novel
as some others. is still a very inter-
eating type of the unusual clock. The
thesis floral clock of which England
can boast bench to run in the summer
of 1907. and was started by the Hay»
areas of Bridllnsteh. where it is locat
ed. Ten thousand plants make up the
dial which is 12 feet in diameter. sat
in a circular bed 19 feet wide. The dial
numbers. the minutes and the fifth
minutes are marked off. each by a d
tarsal kind of plant.
A clock in a bottle is the unusual
device of a German wsmhmsitar. H.
li.osln of (laminar. near Madaburs.
maker took a strobe excitement
ha cylinder «caveat msasuriiil
til miiiliu'blers It." inched “All“...
lvss. . The opening of V, "
li'lddflill‘ld "’1 . ' '
1 One Ghost Vessel,
represents the i
who“
be .
an: m holder.
ad a round lets. completes! closing. the
cocaine. is cover was fattonv
ed the arms in n inclined, position.
these belusiatendsd to serve for the
support of he dis1.'l‘ils dial made a
mound glass plate. bavins‘ a diameter
of 20 centime res (’l 8'! inches). The
figures are out skeleton fashion. and
cemented to the alone. This arrange-
ment permits the use of the timepiece
for a night clock by niacin: a light be-
hind the dial. The figures. which his»
sure two centimeters (0 79 inch) in
length. are sufficiently plain. On at
her or a staff which passes through
the cover on the neck of the bottle oar-
ries at its lowar extreme and a conical
wheel. soared in the motion wheels, by
means of which the needs may be
turned. Another arbor enters the inter
ior of the bottle until it reaches the
movement, where it is connected with
it by means of a hollow square, reach-
ing the main‘sprlnu barrel and serving
for the winding.
The bottle is made of transparent
glass. exposing to view all the parts
in the interior. its height measures
25 centimeters (9.84 inches), and its
interior diameter seven centimeters
(2.76 inches). The whole is placed on
on a disk. to which it is fastened by
three brackets. two of which are
shown in the illustration.
As to the biggest clock. Jersey City.
N. J., claims the honor of possessing
the largest specimen in America. it
crowns a factory building not far from
the terminal of the hennaylvania Rail
road. The dial, which is 40 feet 6 in-
ches in diameter. is made- of yellow
pine boards. Each board is six inches
wide. The minute hand with its count
terbalance weighs 640 pounds Alone
the hour hand tips the scales at a near
tor of a ion. The dial numbers are
60 inches high and half that width.
The dial works weighs 830 pounds
They are fitted with roller bearings ~—
Sciontiiic American.
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DEMON SHIPS
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But Real snip-
eometimea Go Crazy
There Is an old Cornish legend of a
phantom ship which is seen in or on
, l‘orthcurne harbor. and which. unlike
most ghosts. has a terrifying habit of
pursuing any vessel which it sights.
if it catches its victim there is a col-
lision. but no roar of lnrushing water.
At the moment of contact the ghost
ship vanishes into this air. and the
puzzled crew of the other vessel rub
their eyes in terrified amazement.
To anyone who knows the legend
the vessel is. however. doomed. Be,
fore the next New Year day she will
be sunk in collision with another ves-
sel, or a rock.
One wonders whether the original of
this phantom at all resembled that no-
table and appropriately named yacht.
Satlnita. Salinita was a fine and very
powerful cutter. which originally be-
longed to bir. c. 0. Clarke, and after‘
wards in Sir Maurice Fluxerald.
Satanlta was always a bard-weather
craft. but let the bread be the least
heavier than she liked. she would be
seized with that seemed more like do-
moniacai possession than anything
else. and. oven with four men hanging
on her helm she would sometimes take
charge and rush right up into the
wind.
She was the cause of several sari.
ous accidents. the worst of which hap
bound at the Mudhoolt club's regatta in
1584. On that occasion she was be
having in most perfect fashion when
suddenly and without the slightest
warning, she flung all control. and.
Just as a race but will sometimes
“savage" an opponent. she dashed in
a mad fury at Valkyrie ii and sank her
like a stone. Well was Satanlta called
the "demon" yacht.‘
list It is not only sailing ships that
act at times in a strange and unac-
countable manner. About five years
no the British warships Pique. itin-
tine. Rosario and Britoniart entered
Kin-Klan: harbor and dropped anchor
in slnsle file. Presently a steamer
which had been discharging her cargo.
unancbored and boxes to steam out.
She was Just abreast of the warships
when she suddenly made straight for
the Pique. The warship's officers and
men saw the man it the steamer's
wheel doing all he knew to keep her
on. but she flail refined to answer
her helm and earn flushing into the
Pique. erasable: thd' boats and devils.
After clearing her. the want for the
Matias. but luckily. did not strike her
full. However. she nu’t'ried Mutlna's
bowsprit clear away. Not yet sails.
fled. she made a rush at the Rosario.
but. by superhumanefforta on both
ships, the mad steamer was prevented
from doing more than areas the third
warship.
Something of the same kind was
seen in the Thames a few years use
when the British stumble Poplar.
turning to enter dock. was struck. and
out down to the valet line by the
“such vessel Cordilleras. She at
once beans to fill and the captain or.
dared full speed ahead for the purpose
of beenhinl her.
. instead of urchins for the beach. the
Poplar made a sudden rush in a steal
circle out into the river. smashih in-
to everything as: was across. . on.
as it filled wi a spirit of reread».
she made for the vessel which had so
terribly damned bar. ’
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wuss rat out LAliJv
" Too much candy a
little Robert pa ill
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NEW HAVEN. Dec 87 welt was
learned today that several options
have. been given by local oyster
growers to the Sealphipt Osyter com-
pany tor the purchase of their prey»
attics butao far none of the oyster»
men has sold out here in New Ha-
ven. it developed today that the Saab.
shipt Oyster company is not the only
syndicate thht is at work trying to
gather up oyster properties in this
city. Besides theSsaisblpt company
there is a syndicate being formed by
Andrew Radel and still another is
working to not control of oyster pl‘Oi)‘
orties. This last one is headed by
Jacob Okers of Oakdsle. i. 1.. one of
the bixgest oyster men in the business.
One of the City Point oyster growers
today told a reporter that his concern
had been approached by representa-
tives of the oyster syndicates and
options had been given. Whether a
sale would result he was unable to
say just now. It is understood that
the Sealshlpt company in buying up
the oyster properties is paying half of
the purchase price in cash and the soil-
er is taking the other half payment in
stock in the company.
“FAKES” MADE HIM BANKER.
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New Charles Dillingham Started Van-’
derilp on His Great career. l
(Mason Peters, in New York Morning]
Telegraph.)
manager. is really responsible for the
beginning of Frank Vandariip's ca-
reer." said a Chicago man at the
Knickerbocker. “Vandcrlip is the
president of the National City bank.
the Standard Oil company's powerful
lever in the financial affairs of the en-
tire world. and if it had not been for
‘Charicy‘ Dillingham the present bank
president might be still a hotel re-
porter. Here is the story of Mr. Dil-
iingham's part in changing the dos-
tiny of a great man: a
"Vsndcrlip and Dillingbam were
hotel reporters on rival newspapers
in Chicago. Vanderilp was slow so-
ing. matter of fact. and truthful. i
mean by this that he reported actual
occurrences and interviewed real poo
pie. illlllngham got stories every day.
even if he innnufactured them out of
whole cloth. lie. knew all the hotel
clerks intimately. and when news was
dull would ask some clerk to place
on the register the. name of some
mvthicai personage. such as the 'Hon.
Monlmorenry l-‘lts Herbert K. 0. BS.
The following day Diliinghams paper:
would have a column interview with;
the lion. Fits Herbert. and of course.
Vanderilp's paper would be ‘acooped.’
The clerks liked Dilllnxham and aided
him in his schemes.
"Finally Vanderilp missed so many
his stories as a result of Dilllnsham's
plots that a chance was made. and
Vanderiip was shifted to the financial
page. He soon became financial edi-
tor, later was assistant secretary of
ihe United States treasury, and now isl
the president of the largest bank in
the western hemisphere. So you see.
Charley Dillingham's ability to write
‘fake’ stories is really the cause of the
beginning of the career of Frank Van-
derle as financier."
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SOME FREAKB IN INVENTIONB.
Among the strangest of recent in-
ventions recorded in this country are
specially constructed spectacles for
chickens. to prevent them from pock-
lug out each others eyes.
Then there is an inventor who con»
elders that much valuable energy is
waside by men in lifting their hats to
female acquaintances. and therefore.
has devised a self-tipping list. This
hilt is provided in the cmwu with a
clock gearing. which is set into motion
by a pendulum. When the wearer
hows the pendulum swings and. the
gear being released. it raises and tips
the but
A man who really wanted to bone-
fit maak d patented a sheet- iron cabs
feline w ch works by‘ clockwork. and
which has a bellows inside, which
swells up its tail and causes sounds to
issue forth which would wake an en-
tire neisbborhood. The cat's claws
are of steel. and when the animal is
wound up and placed on a real it is
ready to deal blows to every midnight
prowling cat.
Still another man was given a patent
for s pastebosrd eat covered with
phosphorous. so that it shines in the
dark. it is used for frishtenlss off
rats and mice.
Perhaps one of the most astonish-
ing invention on record was the device
of a Frenchman who suggested the
laying down of hose auction tubes
from the coast out to various points in
the open sea. When war b eke out
and hostile fleets approached t a com.
machinery on shore would be set to
work. the enemy's vessels would be
causbt by the irresistable suction.
drawn to the ends of the tubes. and
there held nrmly as prisoners. The
one essential part of this idea which
seemed to be missing was the machin-
‘sry which was pains to draw a 25»
(hidden warship backwards, with its
use sets at “full steam ahead“.
hoof tbs sleet applications of else-
trinity is the electric will said to here
been furnished hya (lei is used
hstat-var weather. . d
“Charles Dillingbam, the theatrical .
Christmas
SALE
Big Reductions in All Depart.
ments civil-3 to 1-2 Less
than Regular Prices
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We name a few of the Method. will start the excitement (0'
morrow morning. '
Fancy Goods. Novelties Ladies' Neckwear, Leather Goods, nooks.
fancy boxed Suspenders and ’Armlets. Stationery. Men'aTies. Silver.
wear. Renaissance Scarfs and Centerpieces, liric-a-lirac, Toilet Arti- ,
clos. China. etc.
The lots are so numerous that it would be impossible to begin,
to quote prices.
All specially arranged for easy selection.
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16c
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