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The Press., 1885-05-14

Who says it's unhealthy to sleep in feath- CTS? Looking at the spring chicken, and see how tough he is.
The Press., 1885-05-14

Males Money tho great Cough cure. .25c. soc. .k G
 Glemn's Sulphur Soap heals < beauties. aso, GeemamCOEm Remover kills corns Bunions Msirs lsais and Mhiskes Dye-Black and Brown. soc E1lkeaT6oe1AchAgle cureinl Mfnutss2sc Beans Rheumasae P1lls are sure cure. Soc
The Press., 1885-05-14

II of Stafford Street, known the Edwin Wocott farm and belonging to the estate of the late T.. P. Marcy, deceased. Pleasantly located, about < mile from stafford Springs Contains about 32 acres with good condition, and well blinded and painted. Also barn and sheds in good repair. Well fenced. Two good wells of water Good apple and other fruit trees grape vines, etc. wood lot of 30 about mile distant, estimated to cut I500O feet of lumber, 300 railroad ties and 300 cords of wood, will be sold with the farm by itself. If desired the house and will be sold by itself, the property other wise divided to suit purchaser For terms inquire of John A. Nichols, near premises, or of
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The Press., 1885-05-14

you are overworked in body or mind and feel "run down !" or tired out.'' then is the time to use vegetine. Itis just the thing to restore your strength.
The Press., 1885-05-14
PorAskA promptly relieves sore throats and colds

DIANO TUNiNG-Mr. Frank Kitther u wishes to inform the people of Stafford and vi- cinity that he is ready to tune Pianos, Organs etc., at all times, and also give lessons in music Piano. Organ, Guitar, etc. Residence opposite the Foxville schooI house. FRANK KITTNER
 Stafford Springs, Conn. 16ap3m
The Press., 1885-05-14

PorAsxA is recommended to all singers.
The Press., 1885-05-14

LNARM FOR SALE.-House, Barn and 67 I acres of land, 3h miles from stafford Springs. Has wood upon it sufficient to half pay for it, after reserving enough for home
 Inquire at photograph room. E. L. BURR.
, 1885-05-14
A Question for the Doctors.

Every now and then facts come 10
light which seem to conflict strangely
with the theories of the doctors. For
instance, at Howdon, England, a dirty,
desolate village on Tyneside, a boy was
born who Mt the time of his birth had
the following extraordinary number OF
grandparents and great grandparents
alive; The grandfather and grand
mother on the fathers side were hearty
and well, and so were both parents OF
the grandfather and the mother of the
grandmother. The grandfather and
grandmother on the mothers side were
active and strong, and SO were both
parents of the grandmother. The boy
thus had four grandparents and five
great-grandparents alive, each of whom
was in active work, earning his or her
own livelihood. lal1'
Yet the village where these hale and
hearty grandsires and granddames live
and flourish is one of the most unsani-
tary in England. Open sewer run down
the center of some of the streets. I'm.
til n few years ago the water supply
was from one shallow well Only ono
solitary scavenger is employed on half
time for cleaning, repairing, and main.
tanning all the streets. Houses have
been condemned wholesale as unfit fol-
human %habitation, 10 the intense dis
gust of the people. Yet, notwithstand-
ing all these adverse conditions, these
families live and thrive as vigorously
as Jews in their Ghetto. What do the
doctors make Of thatl
, 1885-05-14
A CELESTIAL BURIAL
A Salt Lake Chinaman Inferred with the
Ceremony of His Native Land
fealf LAKE Herald

A Salt Lake chinaman Inferred with the
Ceremony Of His Native Land
iealt Lake Heraldl
About 2 O'Clock on Sunday afternoon
he citizens in the neighborhood of the
precincts of Plum valley were enliyened
by the strains Of music by the fireman's
band, under the leadership of Fro
fessor Gushing. They were discoursing
airs on the occasion of the funeral sery-
ices of one Chin Choo, al aged China
man who had died and who was about
to be laid away by his fellow heathens
in good style. Shortly after the strains
Of music had died away the procession
came down into Second South, filed
right to Main street, up a block and east
and north 10 the southeast corner of
the city cemetery q. ne
In the lead of the procession we're
some of the d~ignitaries of the Use Zip
company in carriages, then tramped a
number Of ~hag-bearers, with colors of
red, white, black, green, yellow and
pink, variously distributed and in all
manner of jagged and unseemly shapes.
The hearse, with a heather in the seat
with the driver, distributing slips Of
paper Ito keep away the DEVIL then a
number Of Chinese on foot, and bring
ing up the rear was a wagon containing
a Chinese band of three instruments,
which played an incessant, rattle, racket
and din from the starting point 20 tue
graveyard. .Hr
Arrived at the cemetery, the cere-
monies were gone through with in true
Oriental style, and to many who
witnessed them were amusing, nonsens-
ical, and ridiculousT yet they were
observed and carried on with all the seri-
business and solemnity imaginable by the
penny colored mourners. The custom
airy roast pig, joss paper and burning
candles were among the accessories, and
the way in which they were manipulated
was enough to make the first mentioned
laugh.
A bottle of corn juice, or juice of a
stimulating nature-probably bug juice
WIS passed around, and the smaeking
lips and blinking eyes told the lockers
on that il was a relish; slices and
chunks of the brown porker and last
springs rooster were cast with lavish
hand into the yawning gulf which al
ready held the corpse of Chin Choo A
disposition was also made of the dear
departed's" loose change, clothing and
other minor ct ~ceteras, when the earth
was piled in and the ceremony Of the
burial was at an end. A large number
of citizens were attracted by the novelty
of the proceeding.
, 1885-05-14
LOCAL
Unbranded News Notes Picked VI
About the CITY.

A new school district will be organized
in Lower Horse Greek.
Nearly all the pews in the Cougrega-
tional church have been rented
The arrivals on yesterdays trains TO
this city were unusually large
+. s. Swan arrived yesterday with two
car loads Of saddle horses. from the Big
Piney, Wyo.
The Guthrie brothers sent two freight
wagons yesterday, loaded with supplies,
to their ranch on the La Bonita.
One car load of stock horses for the
Little Venture Cattle company, arrived
to day from Grand Island, Neb.
There will be service and the celebra-
ton Of the Holy Communion in st.
Mark'B church this morning, at II
O'Clock.
Next Sunday evening Rev. X. +. Field
will commence Il series oflectures for the
especial benefit Of young men. They
promise to prove interesting.
1t is somewhat doubtful whether or
not the now being erected by
the G. A. r. post, will be completed in
time for the memorial services on May 30.
The report of the young man who took
laughing gas recently, while having a
tooth extracted, was somewhat Of a joke.
However. it did not happen in the Office
Of DR.. Buchanan.
G. W. Goodau, Of Columbus, Neb., ar
rived yesterday, with three car loads Of
stock cattle. The cattle were unloaded in
the stobk yards to be fed, and will be
shipped 10 Carbon to-day
j. K. Jeffry and Ed. F. Stahl were out
hunting yesterday. They succeeded in
getting their share of ducks and snipes-
Parties are out every day and succeed in
getting a large amount Of game.
The Signal Service office reports that
the highest temperature yesterday was
G4', lowest. 400; mean temperature, So
mean humidity, rs per cent; highest We
locity Of wind % miles per hour.
The rate on wool by the Union Pacific
from Shoshone and all points north and
west thereof on the Oregon Short line, to
Council Bluffs OF Omaha, will be 50 per
100 pounds, taking effect at once and ex-
piring December 81, 1885, if not sooner
repealed. tNFf
President Cleveland has made a good
beginning in Wyoming, by appointing
two first class Democrats as postmasters
in Cheyenne and Rawlins. If he will gil
all the other federal Offices with Demo
caats Of equal capacity and integrity, the
people will rise up and call him blessed.
, 1885-05-14

First it makes a break or ripple on the
surface; something is then drifted and
entangled on it-maybe a log of wood
a dead tree, a mass of weeds; then
birds bring their food of fishes, seeds
etc, and leave the bones there; sand,
gravel and broken shells accumulate
around it, and it begins to appear above
water. Seeds drifting on the ocean arc
next arrested in their progress; dead
wood, decayed leaves, fishbones form a
sod; the seed terminates, and rapidly,
too, with the heat and rains Of
the tropics-generally the mangrovei
this becomes a bush, then a tree, its
roots grasp the surrounding soil, and it
becomes the nucleus of a mangrove
island, waiting for some passing dis
eoverer to name i'll
l have watched with real interest the
progress Of these islets from year to
year, first the ripple, then the collection
of leaves, sand and shells, then the first
shoot of the mangrove, then the sea
shells, the hermit crab and the surface
ocean shell, all soon to become a coral
island.
, 1885-05-14
asoo-Aore Vineyard.

Leaving the city of Sacramento the
road follows the Central Pacific as far
as Roseyille. It then strikes north to
Maryville, from there to Chico, passing
towns with names Ceres, Cana and Soto
until it to Yina, where we
stopped over night to look at one Of the
56, 900 acre ranches Of Senator stan
ford. The valley is well watered, not
only by the Sacramento, but by in
Vulnerable small rivers and creeks that
empty into it from both sides. The
Sierra Nevada is a high wall on the
east; the inner Coast Range on the west.
This vast estate of SO, 900 acres is all
in one tract and lies on both sides of the
Sacramento, and is watered by Deer
creek and other streams. Farm-houses
and stables are scattered all over it,
and it would take a whole week to ride
around it. Thirty eight hundred acres
of this land are planted in grapes, and
three years from to-day it will produce
more wine than any other vineyard in
the world. It is hard to tell what
Senator Stanford will do with all of his
wine. At the age of . years each acre
will produce five tons Of grapes, and
each ton 100 gallons of wine. Let some
one cipher out how many gallons this
will be to the $500 acres, and how
many tubs it will require to hold them,
and how much Of an army it will take
to pluck the grapes. Talk of California;
There is no end to her riches.
, 1885-05-14
Personal mENT1os.

A. @. Law, of Chicago. is in the city.
J. j. Hickman, of Kentucky, is in the
city
Superintendent Deuel. vent east yester-
day. t'laM 300 TR77a q
L. Holman, of St. Louis, is at the Inter
Ocean.
G. P. Organ returned yesterday from
Denver.
II. Donzelmann returned yesterday from
Rawlins.
Harry b. Rice and bride went east this
morning.
@. Butterfeld, of Kansas City, is in
the city. =
w. w. Palmer, of Chicago. is at the
Inter Ocean.
John II. Durbin has returned from his
northern trip.
L. s. Swan, of Green river, is at the
Inter Ocean.
Mr. Willing, of Lanmie Plains, is at
the club house.
H.. NJ. French, of St. Louis, is at the
Railroad house.
G. W. Stewart. Rsu. left yesterday for
an eastern visit.
James NJ, Ballentine, Of idaho, is at
the Inter Ocean.
T. r. Bennett, of Topeka, is booked at
the Inter Ocean.
j. II. Collins, of Denver, is autographed
at the Inter Ocean. gf mfEW
b. II. Kern and wife, of New York,
are at the Inter Ocean.
c. Stoddard left last evening for his
ranch in johnson county.
Ralph d. Haynes. of Colorado. is in
the city looking after his cattle interests.
Mr.. and Mn. J. u. Friend, of Milwau-
kee, have a suit Of rooms at the Inter
Ocean.
John. A. Evins, the surveyor, is out of
the city On present. He will return
shortly.
J. T. Hubbard, of Horse creek, is in
the city and left his autograph at the
Inter Ocean.
Abe Idelman. Ed Roberts and William
Lindenmier Jr.. leave on the morning
train for Fort Collins
Geo. W. Roberts. of the Omaha Her
aid, is in the city Mr.. Roberts is one Of
the best known newspaper men in the
wesG
Nm. +. b. Steacy arrived in the city
last evening and will make this her future
home. Ms. Steacy is Barkalow Bros.
general agent at this city fill
Thomas Fisher returned from Denver
Monday evening. He jumped from the
train as il neared the city and received
serious bruises, and as u consequence is
confined to his room.
, 1885-05-14

d..
The following is a list Of the best ten
novels, as given by a number Of New
York literary. men. The figures show
the votes each work received:
Scarlet Letter, 80; Romola, "a; Adam
Bede, 81; Les Miserables, 81; Ivanhoe,
90; David Copperfield, %; Henry
Esmond, 90; On the Heights, 81; vii
helm, 20; Uncle Toms Cabin, 10. .ai
The next in order are Jane Eyre
''The Newcomes," Vanity Fair, :
Heart of Midlothian" and Tale of Two
Cities" Edward Everett Hale's list is
Robinson Crusoe,' Uncle Toms
Cabin, Jane Eyre" "a Tale of Two
Cities" arabian Nights, T" 'The New
comes 'Ivanhoe,V Pride and Pre-
jndice,' 'RomolaV and Dumas. Three
Guardsmen'-the last simply to SHOW
the value of pure narrative.
, 1885-05-14

Washington Cor. Baltimore Americana
Tricycling in Washington is steadily
growing in popular favor. 1t has some
devoted supporters in fashionable cir
cles. There is a tricycle. club whose
president is an assistant secretary Of
state. The ladies find that graceful fig
ures show to good advantage OIL a tri-
cycle, and the result is that you may
see, almost any day, n half-a-dozen
cycle parties out on the road. Some
times three or four bicyclists and a
couple or more tricyclists go together.
One well-known gentleman here has a
family tricycle., on which his wife sits
by his side, while two children are
perched up behind. Double tricycles
are very m
, 1885-05-14
A Fortunate Cir~amstapce.

Valley Springs DAk.) Enterprise.
We are informed that Mn. Matte
johnson, who lives four miles west of town
was doing her general Homework when
her little daughter Annie. . years old, got
hold of bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, and instead of taking half a tea
spoonful as n general dose, drank the
entire bottle. 1t cured her cough and she
is doing well.
Mr. johnson was fortunate in having
procured Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
and the above circumstance shows conclu-
sively that It is perfectly harmless even to
small children in doses Of sixty times
what should be given. Remember, it
cured her, and has cured thousands of
Others, who gladly testify to its great val
ne, All druggists
, 1885-05-14
NTfT


"AAFF NF"NfH &NA" y NN|"
One morning we heard singing and
found that the squaavs were Singing
down from their quarters, yearly a mile
distant. We had not received a hint OF
Tie honor to be conferred, and were
mSstiHed when they all halted in front
OF our house. They had come 10 give
us n dance. Ii was an unusual occur
renee, for the women rarely take part
in any but the most mental services.
4 they were headed by Mrs. Long Back,
the wife of tie chief of the scouts. She
was distinguished as the leader by n
tah dress hat that had been the prope rty
of some society man when he wore
civilian dress in the states. They began
going around after each other in a Jog
ging, numbering sort of movement and
singing n humdrum song in a minor
key. Much of the fnery we had seen
at the genuine war dance was borrowed
from the warriors for the occasion. 1t
was festooned over the figures OF the
women already we'll covered with
blankets, and the weight was not cal
culated to add materially to their grace.
The ranking lady had a saber which her
chief had received as a present and this
she waved over the others in command.
One woman carried her 6 weeks old
papoose on her back, and his little,
lolling head rolled from side to side as
the mother trottcd round and round
after the others
During the dance one of the officers
colored servants rushed out, and in his
excitement almost ran his head into the
charmed precincts. An Infatuated
sluaw, to whom all this mummery was
the grayest and most momentous Of con
Germs, few at him, brandis hing a toma-
hawk over his head. He had no need Ia
cry. ''Oh, that this too. too solid flesh
wonld meltv' for his of vanish
ing was little short of actual evapora-
ton into air. Neither his master nor
any one else saw him for t~wenty-fouI
hours afterwards.
hen the women stopped their cir
cumvolutions, for want of breath, We
appeared on the porch and made signs
Of thanks. They received them with
placid dissatisfaction, but the mort
substantial recognition of the generals
thanks, in the shape Of a beef, they ac-
knowledged more warmly. .r
, 1885-05-14


How many persons have reflected
upon the expense which changes of
weather in the civil ed temperature
zon occasion To say nothing of the
rim Of fine clothing by su den show
ers, let us consider what a cost is in
nic,el upon the community by unpleas-
ant weather which Is foreseen.
IN umbrella lasts in respectable con-
ditlon through n certain number of
rainy days, according to its 4nality.
Let US take 100 rainy days as an aver
ago. OF us also suppose. for n guess,
that on u DAY which is rainy all over
the country, LOO, 600 umbrellas are
brought into use.
Then each of these umbrellas has lost
l per cent say > cents, of its original
valne, and in the aggregate the UNI
brellas used are not worth so much by
$50, 900 at night as they were in the
morning. These amounts are mere
guesses, but they serve to show the
principle,
, 1885-05-14
70 soaissusAs
A Ysw isuls. which writer. WIN Do well
TO Heed

L"LL
TO Heed
Ella wheeivr wncor.la
There a few rules that all young on
old writers will find to their advantage
to observe. The first is: Make your
article, whether prose or verse, as brief
rs possible. In this busy z when
people are obliged to post themsel es
upon such q variety of topics, when the
headlines only of the leading dailies are
often all We find time to read OF current
events, and when our magazines seem
fairly bursting from their covers with
the Quantity Of their diversified con-
tents. IL becomes necessary for the
wiscst and most gifted to condense their
ideas II they would command attention.
The majority Of reading people will
pass n poem OF n column in length, bnt
will pause to enjoy a some of fourteen
lines, even when not lovers Of poetry.
A long story is ignored. while the short,
column sketch Is sought after to while
away an idle moment. The editors OF
literary periodicals understand this. and
therefore a lengthy article is often re-
jected without even an examination.
No matter what its merits, their read
ers do not want it, and they know ii.
Another rule worth observing is, save
your trongest idea or phrase for the
climax of your article. This leaves your
critic or reader with a good impression
OF your power, and makes him look for
your name again And so you gain a
point. Many a writer ruins a good ar.
ticle and spoils a pleasant impression
which he has made by a weak or unsus-
tanned ending.
And, finally, if you feel that you have
anything to say TO the world of import
ance to it or yourself keep on saying it
until the world listens. So sure as there
is any truth or strength in what you
have to offer so surely will you win an
audience at last The world is selfish,
AMI it desires to be amused and enter
tanned. II is over on the alert for new
singers and new orators. II it lies in
your power to do anything well, and IL
you are brief, forcible and persistent,
you will be heard and recognized at
last.
i once heard a public speaker say, 'If
a man talks to an audience an hour,
and has not made an impression, he had
better conclude that no is boring in the
wrong place, or that something ails the
gimlet.' So, If, after years Of persist.
ent e@ort TO win some recognition and
success in literature, you find yourself
no nearer the goal, you may be justified
In supposing you have mistaken your
calling.
, 1885-05-14

Sure cure for blind. bleeding and itch
ing piles, One box has cured the worst
cases Of twenty years standing. No one
need suffer five minutes after uaing Will
Jams Indian Pile Ointment 1t absorbs
tumors, alIays itching, acts as poultice,
gives instant relief Prepared only for
piles, itching Of the private parts, nothing
else. Hon. J. NJ. Coffenbury, Of Cleve-
land, says: 81 have used scores Of pile
cures. and il affords me pleasure to say
that | have never found anything which
gives such immediate and permanent re-
lief as DR.. Williams Indian Pile 0int-
ment." Sold by druggists and mailed on
receipt ofprice, 81. Gray & Pearse Agents.
, 1885-05-14

There are nc such things as white
teeth, as can be proved by contrasting
those called white with snow, raw cot
ton. or marble. Roughly, teeth can be
divided, as regards color, into blue,
gray and yellow, with hundreds Of diff
ferent shades. The apparent white
ness is due to the complexion and the
hue OF the lips; and the "glistening
worries Of the negro ARE, as a rule, so
exceedingly yellow that they would dis
figure a white person. 1t is the black
skin, hair and eyes that make them
look white.
, 1885-05-14

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal is
Natures Own Ture Laxative, This plea
sent liquid fruit remedy may be had Of
Hunt & Whipple druggists Sample bot
ties free and large bottles at fifty cents or
one dollar. IL is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, to
cleanse the system, to act on the Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels gently yetthoroughly;
% dispel Headaches, Colds and Feyers; to
cure Constipation, Indigestion and kind
red ills.
, 1885-05-14
uTALls

lRoxana l. Gordon In Austin SUM-
Times change: the two 60 divers ways
The evening shades increase,
On him, old in fame and praise,
On her In household peace.
Tn echo of the false, sweet words
He sang SO long G
Has passed as pass the summer birds
Before the winters snow,
But rs to-eight the angels hand n
Loo-ens the silver chord,
And calls her to hat other land
or loves supreme reward,
She hears but cne sound. silent long,
A whisper soft and low,
The echo OF tho false sweet song
He sang 50 long ago.
, 1885-05-14
had Air Of Tenement Houses.
IExchnneel

OF the air we breathe there are two
kinds-tho breath we take in, which is,
or ought to be, pure air, composed on
the whole, Of oxygen and nitrogen, with
a minute portion of carbonic acid, and
the breath we give out, which is an i'm
pure air, to which has been added,
among other matters which will not
supiort life, m excess of carbonic acid.
This carbonic acid gas when warm is
lighter than the air and ascends. When
at the same temperature as common air
it is heavier than that air and deseends,
lying around the floor, just as it lies
often in the bottom Of old wells or
brewers watts, as a stratum of poison,
killing occasionally the men who de-
scend into it.
Hence, 4 word of admonition is adj
drcss,d to those who think nothing Of
sleeping on the floor.
The poor in all great cities are too apt
in times OF distress to pawn their bed
stends. Those who 90 about doing
charitable work among them should
nayer let this happen. Keep the bed
stead, whatever else may go; save the
sleeper from the carbonic acid stratum
which lies close on the floor in cold
Wputhcr. .U.
, 1885-05-14
The Luster of Pearls

Pearls deteriorate by age, contact
with acids, gas and noxious vapors OF
all sorts. This is especially true Of
pierced pearls. Various means for re-
storing them have been tried, but ex-
perience shows them to be useless.
The best way to preserve pearls is to
wipe them with clean linen cloth after
being worn and deposit them, wrapped
in linen, in a closed box or casket.
, 1885-05-14
an ELEGANT suHsTIruTE.

For oils, salts, pills and all kinds of
bitter, nauseous medicines is the very
agreeable liquid fruit remedy Syrup Of
Figs Recommended by leading physi-
class. Manufactured only by the Califor-
MIA Fig Syrup company, San francisco,
Cal. For sale by w. N. Hunt.
, 1885-05-14

They certainly do quarrel, Mrs.
Crapsey."
"Pshawl l don't believe a word Of
it. Why, they fairly dote on each
other"
''But heard her call him an old fool
myself" UIs.ll I.u. t.
why, bless you, that's nothing"
ut ANTI
Ga, no; that's only a way she has Of
being loving and cheerful"
, 1885-05-14

1t is a fact not generally known that
Eng,ish manufacturers arr eager to get
American samples Of carpet for their
guides. American patterns now regu-
lnrly appear in British goods the follow
lnn srasnn.