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A chestnut found in many local col umns "Interesting matter is unavoided- y crowded out of this issue"
 Our San Francisco correspondent this week IS shocked, as are all the western letter writers, over New England's late blizzard, which was only terrible because unusual, a fact that western sympathisers overlook. When big snow storm comes only once in hundred years it is of course an 'event." Were this a locality of earth quakes, cyclones, and cloudbursts, we might better preserve our tranquility over Natures throes, but the good dame so sel dom indulges ill her vagaries here, that when she does 1t is a genuine surprise party. But how wonderfully sympathetic our western neighbOrs are at such times Dakotah telegraphs to New York offering to contribute of her abundance to the bliz. gard sufferers of the east
 But under the guise of sympathy is seen the little boomlet. California, the south, the Mississippi valley, the Virginias, the northeast-they all want emigrants, and there is no emigration like that from New England, bringing capital as well as the tireless energy and rugged sense that, as all the rest of the country has found out, is produced ill the condition nearest to perfection in the northeast section of the country.
 So every letter to the eastern press is a "boomer" for some locality. The writers, being from the east, know all the outs of eastern climate and eastern geology, and are quite sure to speak of them. They al- so know of the little things that stand in the way of making perfect paradise of | their new found homes, but they fail to mention them. The fact is-there IS no section that is perfect in Its adaptations to the needs and comforts of man. There is one thing to be said of New England: it develops a pushing, driving, energetic, liberty loving and nature loving race. It Is constantly giving of this element to the rest of the country, and yet re; aims its l prestige. Find in any section of the south or west a notable enterprise, and the chances are that New England hands and heads are.o have been connected with it. We don't begrudge the rest of the country the help in brains or capital they have had from us, but they must notAdFaw the pond too low For experlence has shown that many of these boastful sections will need to keep replenishing from the same source. The rugged hillsides and bracing breezes of New England are as fitted to lift up the best mental and physical types of man. hood as the listless atmosphere and soft skies of other climes are to pull down and enervate' them. There are sections adapt ed to grow men. For nearly century the newer states have been drawing on New England, and we have only to trace the parentage or birth of the most distin. guished sons of the west to find that there IS reason why she should wish to draw yet more heavily from this source But the fact is getting impressed upon those who remain that New England is not only (
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ChampioM Short Hand Writer.
 Mr. A. 5. White, the well. known author of "White's Photography" famous as the Champion Shorthand Writer of the World, received the first prizes in the in. ternational contests at London, Edinburgh, Paris and Berlin he came near being per- manently disabled by rheumatism. His recovery by the use of 8 remedy infallible in curing rheumatism and all blood diseases is told in letter from his office, O2 Washo ington st., Chicago, dated June 20, 1887. He writes:
 "Your remedy has done wonderful ser- vice for me. For the past five years have been troubled with rheumatic pains. My right hand had become almost use- less and was gradually losing speed as 2 shorthand writer. A friend of mine, Dr. Dederich, advised me of your remedy. I used dozen bottles of s. s. and am now entirely recovered. l shall never cease to commend your excellent medicines, and wish you much success.
 "Yours truly, A. s. WHITE"
 And here is another witness:
 "BENToN, Ark, August, 25th, 1887. Last spring was dangerously afflicted with erysipelas, and my life was despaired of by my physicians. As a last hope tried s. s. s. and soon found relief, and in two weeks was able to attend to my business. I rsed five bottles.
 "S. H. WITTHoME, Ed. Saline Courier. |" Treatise OH Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC O., Drawer 5. Atlanta. Ga.
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ssNot RnIk. bud Rusiness E,,

is the way western man put it in expressing to friend his complete satisfaction in the use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets So small and yet so effectual, they bid fair tc supplant entirely the old-style pill. An ever ready remedyfor Sick and Bilious Headache, BiIiousness, Constipation and all blood dis. orders. Mild in action, wonderful in effect
 Put up in vials, convenient to carry. 1heil use attended with no discomfort! These ster ling merits account for their great popularity
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have had catarrh for twenty years, and used all kinds of remedies without relief. Mir. Smith, druggist, of Little Falls, recommended Ely's Cream Balm. The effect of the first ap- plication was magical, it allayed the lnhamma- ton and the next morning my head was as clear as bell. One bottle has done me SC much good that am convinced it's use will effect a permanent cure. It is soothing, pleas ant and easy to apply, and strongly urge its use by all sufferers. Terry, Little Falls N Y
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good place to emigrate from, but good place to stay in.

70. H. Newell, son of Henry Newell of Stafford Springs, sends the Willimantic Journal this information on postal card Travares, Fla, Aplil Q, 1888.
 TraYares burned to the ground, all the business portion, IF buildings Loss over $100, 900; partial insurance. The fire was in less than one hour all was down.
 As Mir. Newell was engaged in mercan- tile business in Travares, his store must have been destroyed, although he doesn't Ray ao
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Volume 3l. Number 5.
SPOILED DINNER"

The New York Sun publishes this ques' ] tion and answer about a ''boiled dinDer. l To the Editor of the Sun: Will you kindly publish a bill of fare of an old-fashioned boil l ed dinner and oblige MRS. JAMES H. V. At this season of the year New Eng
 land boiled dinner consists of hrlskei kpiece of corntd beef, boiled or 1afher sim: mere d twelve minutes to the pound and
 and served with spring greens instead oi cabbage. The meat and greens are cooked separately so are the carrots, tnrnlps and 1 potatoes.
 The healthiest and at the same time the cheapest greens are the wholesome dande- lion which may be had for the picking. The mistake most housewives make Is Tn boiling this vegetable The water in which they are boiled Is invariably thrown away. This is a mistak as it contains much ot the health giving properties of the plant.
 The best way to cook them is to cut the daudelion moderately fine and cook 1t ln frying-pan with little of the 4corned- beef water. Add a thin alice of bacon or ham, cover, ard cook fifteen minutes.
 Along the hedges and ln neglected places the tender shoots of the dock are now to be found. They are very wholesome and require but little cooking.
 fuSS1EP WILL ACuS 0ONAA "~-~ thick, oar-shapfd leaves no longer than a quarter of an inch, will soon show their heads above ground. As vegetable 1t clnnot be surpassed, and if more univers- ally used gardeners would soon cease their compl ints against it. They should look upon it as a blessing, instead of calling 1t an obnoxious weed Later in the season, when more fully developed, the heshy stems are gathered, tied into punches, cook ed aud served as asparagus. 1n this form pussly is charming tid-bit.
 In a few weeks more the goose foot--Or lambs quarter, as it is called by some may be gathered It is easily recognized by it's dark green, heshy leaves, strewn with sllvery dust-like formation.
 Probably one of the most delightful of spring greens is the stinglng nettle. Gath CT them with gloves on, trim off the young nettles, and you have dish of very ac- ceptable greens.
 In swampy places may soon be gathert d tue cowslip, with yellow buttercup il overs. They should be cooked as are tho dalde lions, and should any moisture remain add a little dissolved flour to absorb 1t.
 The quickest way to prepare boiled dinner Is to buy a can of corned beef, heat it fifteen minutes, open the can and turn it out in dish, surround it with the greens alternated with little mounds of boiled car rots, turnips, potatoes, and baked beets..
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HI MAbu gs

Barnum said. "The American people like to be humbugged." This may be true in the line of entertainment, but not where life is at gering disease, looking death in the face and seeking to evade his awful grasp, does not like to be trihed with. So with confidence we place before our readers Natures great rem- edy, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, a sure relief for that long train of diseases re- ulting from impure blood, such "s Consump- ton, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Liver Complaint, Kidney Disorder, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Scrofula and General Debility. Time tried and thoroughly tested, it stands without @ rival Any druggist.
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"A GREEN OLD AcE.r

Few Men or Women Reach 1t, But Near. 1y All Might-The Remarkable Ex-
 perience of am OctOgenarian. "There is only one thing dread,'' s&:i the late Charles Sumner, "and that is the coming on of old age."
 Nr. Sumner was a brave man. and could
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was a brave man. and could

face danger unflinchingly but to watch the hairs whiton, tue lines of pain and care grow deep in the face, to feel the strength and activity go- ing and death coming on, were more than he could bear. Alas how many others feel the same to- day. Pains loss of sleer,
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Ugly and hateful, but couldn't help it. Everything went wrong with me, and thought hadn't friend in the world; dyspepsia caused this, and for months couldn't eat anything, and just suffered in misery till used Sulphur Bitters Three bottles cured me.-D. Leiois, g BOsodOia Street, Boston, Mass.
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A Sensible Man would use Kemp'ss Balsam cases of Coughs, Colds, Asthma Bronchitis, Group and all Throat and Lung troubles than any other medicine. The proprietor has authorized any druggist to give you sample bottle free to convince you of the merits of this great remedy. Large bottles 5Oc and $1.
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GeoTgie Gull of infuenza)-"No,I don't feel we'll. Bofe of my eyes is leakin', and one of my noses don't go."
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

H E. EATEN. 37 Wells-st., Hart IA ford, Conn.,, Dyeing and Carpet Beating Works. Mrs. J. A. Simonds, agent, Stafford pringi DEAL ESTATE and Personal Proper 1O ty bought sold and exchanged on very reasona ble terms at Smiledges Real Estate Agency Stafford Springs, Conn.
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A chestnut found in many local col umns: "Interesting matter is unavoided- y crowded out of this issue"
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EDWARD CONNOLLY, dealer in
 kL aGI kinds of Cut stone Work. for Buildings. Monumental Work and Masonry. Guar ries at Stafford, Conn.,, and Mt. Tom, Mass. Yard 29s Main-st., HolYoke, Mass.
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Loved to Have His Teeth Pulled.

There resides on Wylic avenue an old
colo,cd man named Edward Benson, bet
Ter known as "Uncle Ned" who, it Is
said. contrary to the experience OF other
children during their infantilc years,
enjoyed pleasant sensation during his
teething period, aud who on merging
into manhood experienced the same de-
lightful sensation Oh having us teeth
extracted So great was the pleasure
experienced by the operation that he WIS.,
tied a dentist and had one tooth after
another extracted. taking an exquisite
delight in whas would be torture to
otbers, Until every tooth was out Of his
head, when he began to look about for
other means of torturing his gumA
Finally he hit upon spring clothes.piB
which he attaches to and presses upon
his gums like vice, from which he aQ-
parently derives the most intense feeling
of pleasure. Since his parting with hls
teeth hc has lived entirely on soft food,
not q particle of solid food having passed
his ups for forty-tivo years. --PsaSurg
L a. or.
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Fashions in Hair Dressing.

Notwithstanding prediction of changes
in hair dressing, the usual style OF
coiffure is characterized by simplicity.
Little that is elaborate finds favor, and
moderate quantities of hair arranged in
an easy, graceful manner are for the
most part still seen, even on full dress
occasions. In the place of intricate and
complex disposal of braids and loops,
there is very general preference for
coils simply ad djusted, and if the hair is
braided, it is made to lie in easy fashion,
as if its arrangement had been of little
matter. The. "huffy" style is again very
popular for dressing the locks over the
forehead, the soft, ethereal halo taking
the place very largely OF the fiat rings and
short, thick coils. The natural.looking
waves of hair, parted in the middle, are
not abandoned, the style being particu-
larly becoming to women Of certain cast
of features. The hair dressed in classic
fashion is the mode for ladies attired in
artistic tea-gowns, and for receptions
and balls, where stately brocades and
luxurious Pompadour velvets are dis
PLAYED, the high coiffure, Ia Maria An
toinette, is the height of style.-Ns~
York Post.
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Tons of Diamonds.

Surely even Sindbad the Sailor never
venturcd to compute his diamonds by the
ton. Six and a half tons of diamonds,
valued at about e40, 900, 900, are reported
to have been extracted from four African
mines alone in the course of the last few
years. The other great diamond field of
the world is India, also British posses
sion. Everybody knows that Amster-
dam has hitherto been the center OF the
diamond cutting industry of the world;
and in former times there was a good
reason for this, as in London, at least,
the industry was extinct. But every.
body probably does not know that of
la.e years efforts have been successfully
made to reintroducc diamond cutting in
England, and that English cutters have
beaten the Dutch in several recent prize
competitions. Considering the enormous
value of the trale-the United States
alone, tits calculated, requires e3, OeO, 600
worth of cut diamonds per annum-care
should be taken that English diamonds
should be cut in England, and not be
sent either to Amsterdam or to Antwerp
and Paris, which have lately endeavored
to secure portion Of the Dutch trade
Eoglist Puper.
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The pretty mode of yelling the flow.

The pretty mode of yelling the flow.
ers on hats and dress bonnets is stylish
one, which gives very delicate effect to
pretty youthful lace.
The American brocades are command
ing much attention from the admirers Of
beautiful and artistic fabrics. Some of
them are most exquisite.
Tortoise shell used to be material
which ouly the rich could indulge in,
bnt at present back comb or hair orna-
ment may be had for reasonable sum.
Full pinked ruffles are very stylish as
q trimming on evening dresses. The
rose plating sometimes called shell
plating furnishing the bottom of the
skirt.
The girdle has become thing Of lux
ury and very lavish embroidery is expend-
ed upon it. Spaugles and gold thread
are generally used upon it in most gener-
GUS profusion.
Braided costumes are getting to the
point of elaboration not seen for many
years in street costumes. The braided
undorskirt is very stylish but also very
expensive and heavy.
Eastern luxury is seen in many OF the
beautiful color effects this season. Metal
galloons and braids called Byzantine
trimming, add to this effect by their
beauty and costliness.
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Women In English P0stOffice.

The number of women now employed
throughout the United Kingdom as
telcgrapher<, counter women, sorters,
etc, according to the Postmsster-Gen.
erals report, is 1881. There are $50
female Gle. ks in the central establish.
lishmcnts OF London, Edinburgh and
Dublin, and thirly-s;x women thus en-
ploved throughout the provinces. When
Mr.. Fawce;t tir.t bee anne Postmaster
General the initial salary OF the second
class female clerk in the savings bank
was $40; by his urgent appeal the initial
salary was raised, beyond his expecta.
tions, to Gus for London clcrkships, with
q yearly increase Of e3 to ESQ. In Edin.
burgh and Dublin the salary begins al
$50 and raises to $50. Promotion to a
higher class of service obtains higher
salaries. The highest salay earned by
women in the general postoitlce is $500.
1t is satisfactory to find that in the Gov.
crnment reports The work Of the women
clerks is referred 10 rs particularly good,
and equal to that of the men, their sal.
aries being, hpwever, but one third OF
what is paid to meu.-Bro0kln Citizen.
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For time they lived in clover, but when
the crash came Salm- Salm barely escaped
being executed with his master. Doubt
less he would have been but for the en-
ergetio intercession of his wife, who
went on horseback, unattended, all the
way from Qucretaro to San Luis Potosi,
and on her knees bcsought the Indian
President, Juarez, to spare both the
Emperor and his aid. She could not
save the former, but the royal family OF
Austria were duly grateful. So it was
to her advantage to return to Europe,
where the Prince was appointed a major
in the Grenadicr Guards of Prussia.
After he was killed at Gravelotte his
irrepressible widow raised a hospital
brigade, which really accomplished a
great deal of good during the war.
Aftcrward she married Mr.. Charles
Heneage, an attache of the British Lega-
ton at Berlin. But Nine. Agnes Lc
Clerq- -Salm- Salm- Heneage did not find
the scion of John Bull so plant and
manageable as her gentle German hus-
band, and the pair soon separated. She
died about four years ago, having met
with more adventures than any woman
of her day.-Lstter from MEXICO.
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POPULAR SCIENCE

Venus, the morning stal is brighter
than it ever appeared to any man now
living, and nearer the earth than Il WILL
be again for $40 years.
A company in Buenos Ayres has re-
Gently ordered the material for COM
plete system of telephones from Paris
Over two thousand subscribers have
been obtained, and the company pro-
poses to erect tower in the river, which
will serve as o maritime telephone sta-
ton.
An attempt to infuse new vigor into
the degcnerating potato by crossing the
cultivated varieties with the wild plant
has been for two or three seasons In
progress at Reading, England, and has
proven very successful thus far. The
hybrid plants produce good yield of
tubers of excellent form and quality.
The turbine water wheel connected
with the mammoth artesian we'll In the
rear of the Ponce de Leon Hotel, at 81.
Augustine, Fla, was put in operation
not long ago. The trial resulted very
satisfactorily, the great wheel making
$50 revolutions per minute, and success
fully demonstrating that the power
afforded by artesian wells can be prac-
tically utilized. The wheel is used for
running the dynsmos and for other pur-
poses about the hotel. .
The process of making type from pa
per has been patented in England. The
invention in its present state of perfec-
ton has been found fully adequate to-
succeed the large wooden type now in
general use. The pulverized paper pulp
Is mixed with patafine oil or linseed
drying oil and pressed into form in
molds. Heat under pressure consolidates
the pulp by means of the adhesive quail
ties of the oily mixture. Paper type b
less expensive and more durable than
that cut in wood. ..-- 81
The Russian weather observing system
Is the most extensive on the globe, and
embraces remarkable climatic contrasts.
It has two principal observatories and
255 subordinate stations, and its latest
report gives rainfall observations for $50
localities. Many of tho stations have
lately been added, and one OF these,
Werchoiansk in Siberia, is now recorded
as the coolest point known on earth.
The mean temperature for the year 1885
was 80 degrees below zero F. for January
and December it was 82.9 degrees below,
and for July it rosa to 60.8 degrees above
zero. The 10 vest temperature in July
was 39.2 degrees above; while in January
fall to ss.6 degrees below zero was ex-
perienced.
The explosive power of naphtha and
similar iluminants is being examined
into by Coroner Ashbridge, of Philadel.
phia, with results which heconsiders re-
mar kable. He was In New York
recently, and told a reporter something
about the experiments. There was an
explosion of naphtha," he :aid, "by
which number of workmen were killed
and burned. With view to collecting
information for the coroner, we made .
series of tests These show that naphtha
is most highly dangerous thing to
handle. I have been astonished by It's
explosive power, and so have the scien-z
tific men who have assisted me in the
tests. We found that four drops was as
much as we could explode with safety
in nv Office in Philadelphia. If we had
used more at time the windows and
walls would have suffered"
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The Horses Of the World.

Given the important roles which cav
airy aad artillery play in tho art of mod
eru warfare, it may be interesting to
know The tot,! nrmbcr o. animals which
tho leading countries of the world can
throw into the field OF battle. Here,
according to the latest statistics, is the
list: Russia, a1,570, 600 horses; America,
$500, 900; the Argentine Republic
1000, 900; Austria, $500, oou; Germany;
$3.50, 900; France, 9, ,SOA 900 horses and
800, O0O mules; England, 2,790, 900;
Canada, 2,6a4, 600; Spain, 650, 900
horses and $4,000 mules; Italy,
1000, 900 horses; Belgium, 3S3, 900;
Denmark, 100000; Australia, 301,'
900; Holland, 1s5, 1000, and Portugal.
SO, 600 hoses and 50, nNo Mules It will
be remarked TINT Russia head, the list By
an enormous majority. .--Pt3 Ma? 60
.st,s.