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The Press., 1888-08-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Should your available cash and groceries give out simultaneously, do not humiliate yourself by getting credit at the grocer's. Send in to your neighbors and borrow the necessaries of life in small quantities until your finances come to.
 Do not attempt to take the weeds out of your lawn with your husbands razor.
 Nothing should be thrown away. Even an old tomato can when polished up and painted, with few strips of ribbon neatly and tastefully adjusted, can be made use ful as prize for a progressive euchre party.
 Keep scrap book of all the funny items you read in the papers, as the time will come when they will be available for the comic weeklies. be made over into crazy quilt, which cut up into strips to furnish necktics for for your children.
 If you are a resident in the country en- deavor to have handsome servants. This will attract the attention of the volunteer fire department, and will receive the con stant attendance of a squad of police who are often of use in keeping your neigh. bors tramps off your grounds.
 There is no need for s thrifty mans buy. ing a new hat. If you need new beaver or derby visit to a crowded restaurant will throw many little opportunities in your way which may be valuable if ob served with neatness and dispatch.
 There is only one way to keep the boys from stealing your cherries.
 Save your used matches. It frequently happens that you cannot find your pencil when you wish to iot down a memorandum, and burned matches are always useful for this purpose.
 Toothpicks must not be served with soup. They are neither useful nor orna- mental.
 Endeavor always to have tact. For in. stance, if caller inadvertently smashes q vase, smile sweetly and say "Oh, pray don't mention it. Its of no consequence, I assure you" But never say this when the positions are reversed.
 Your lawn should always be kept nicely trimmed, but it is senseless extravaga anec to trim your lawn with point lace.
The Press., 1888-08-09

A BRIDGE FOR THE NosE.-Dr. H. D.
 Burrell, surgeon of the City and Carney hospitals, 1t is who has made the discovery in the way of furnishing bridge for the noee At the time spoken of above an otherwise fine looking woman, from Che of the thriving towns of the state, with a not at all pleasant apology for a nose, ap- piled to Dr. Burrell for relief. Her de- formity was such that she was compelled to live most secluded life, rarely going out, save at night for needed exercise. It occurred to Dr. Burrell that an improve ment might be made on previous opera tions, and that by adding properly shaped piece of bone from 9 living animal, a natural shaped nose could be made. An appoint ment wass given the woman at Carney hos pital, and an operation was performed by cutting out the side of the mutilated mem- Der and turning it completely over. A young chicken was then killed, and a piece of the breast bone of proper shape united to the root of the nose on the skull by silver wires. Then the flesh of the old nose was properly stretched over the bone and secured by ligatures. Tampl1ius oi cotton were put in to give the nostrils the proper shape. The new bone became properly united with its attachment, the wound healed, and the operation, thus far, is a perfect success. The patient has now a fine Roman rose, and the only scar is 6 nearly imperceptible line at one side ol the newly made organ.--BoSto1a Herald.
The Press., 1888-08-09

No medicine in the world is in better re- pute or more widely known than Ayers Sarsa- parilla. As a safe and certain remedy for all manner of blood disorders, lending physicians and druggists everywhere recommend it in preference to my other.
The Press., 1888-08-09
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 THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

REFLECT upon yout present. blessings, of which every man hath many, not on your past misfortunes.
 ONE hundred years ago railways, steam boats and telegraphs were all unknown, and there was little machinery in use ot any sort The mortar and pestle, the sad dle bags and the tindef- box were things of daily use. What a cohtrast with our sur roundings now
 THE best way to hasg up broom is to screw large picture ring into the top oi the handle.
 Moisture is the graatest eeAemy of the D a1c, and it cannot be tco carefully guard ed against. ...
 OLD mems eyes are like old mems memo. ries, they are strongest for things long way of.
 MUSCULAR CHR1sTIANITY. Healthy, or strong minded religion, which braces a man to fight the battle of life bravely and manfully. The expression was first used by Charles Kingsley.
 Cop has placed the genius of women ill their hearts because the works of this genius are always works of love.
 CHRISTIANS are callea in the Bible saints, believers, disciples and brethren.
 
 THE four-fold office of Christ is enum- erated in Isaiah B :22.
 DISORDER, says Franklin, breakfasts with plenty, dimes with poverty, sups with mis- cry and sleeps with death. .e-
 LIFE is never all work or all sorrow, and happy hours, helpful pleasures, are merci fully given like wayside springs to pill grims trudging wearily along.
 As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time.
 GOLD CHAIN AN EMBLEM OF AUTHORITY. The custom of investing persons with au- thority by placing geld chain around their necks is of great antiquity. Pharaoh (Genius Al :42) put gola chain about his (Joseph's) neck when he set him over all the land of Egypt.
 CRoNY.-This word is from the Teuton- ic knonen, to whisper, to tell secrets.
The Press., 1888-08-09
REGENT EXPERIMENTS AT THE AGRICULTU
 RAJ EXPERIMENT STATION.

RAL EXPERIMENT STATlON.
 Several practical tests of native fertil- izers in the growth of grasses have been made at the state agricultural experiment station. These innovations are generally distrusted by the farmers, the experiment. CTS find, and they have little encourage ment except the pleasure of the work and the ambition for discovery. Still they hope to reach results with some of their "home mixtures" that will compel the attention of the agricultural farmer. The June bull letin of the station states that these home mixtures compare favorably with the best commercial fertilizers, and in nearly all cases have a higher value than the factory made article they are not so finely ground as the article in the factory, which gives them further value tho factory article us- ually exceeds valuation by % per cent. but this Is not usually the case with the home made fertilizer. About 130 varities of grasses are grown in a garden near the sta tion. A series of photographs will be made of them, to be distributed among worthy farmers to instruct them on tue common varieties, and their adaptability to certain soils. This is considered as the first step toward retaining the old pastures in Con. necticut, and will encourage sheep raising Several experiments on fodder stuits have been made at the station, and tests have been made of several manufactured foods. A chicken food called the "egg producer" has been tested, and it has been proved that such things are worthless. A great many other experiments are being made, and farmers in distant parts of the state are making tests for the station. As an exterminator for the potato bug white arsenic is becoming substitute for Paris green, care being taken to sprinkle it with lampblack, so that it will not be taken fol Gal lo1at11q
The Press., 1888-08-09
Safe and EfTective.

Brandreth's Pills are the safest and most effective remedy for Indigestion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation, Biliousness, Headache, Dizziness, Malaria, or any disease arising from an impure state of the blood. They have been in use in this country for over fifty years, and the thousands of unim- peachable testimonials from those who have used them, and their constantly increasing sale, is incontrovertible evidence that they perform all that is claimed for them.
 Brandreth's Pills are purely vegetable, ab- soluteIy harmless and safe to take at any time.
 Sold in every drug and medicine store, either plain or sugar-coated.
The Press., 1888-08-09

NEW ANEopoTE OF GREELEY. Our esteemed contemporary, the Tribune, has some very interesting and suggestive re- marks on a subject which just now seems to engage Q good deal of attention
 "One daily hears talk about the Mail and Express on account of it's daily relig- ious quotation at the head of it's editorial page. A gentleman who is connected with the paper said yesterday 1t has often been said that religious people would not give liberal support to a newspaper which should plant itself squarely on religious ground. Whether or not this is true you may gather from the fact that Colonel Shepard recently received check for $6000 from one gentleman, who requested him to send 1000 copies of the paper to 1000 clergymen for year.
 This reminds us of an occurrence that happened several years ago in the Tribune office. The young man who was then the principal assistant editor had inserted a leading article which concluded with the words "In religion, as in everything else, honesty is the best policy" When Mir Greeley came in that morning he rebuked his subordinate for publishing what he con- sidered a piece of can't While he was speaking a package was handed in contain ing a handsome engrossed certificate of life membership in the American Bible So- ciety for Horace Greedy, with a note from the gentleman who had paid S250 for the certificate, stating that he had been moved to pay such an honor to MT. Greeley by the noble and beautiful sentiment tn that days Tribune, declaring honesty to be tho best policy in religion as in everything.- NeaO York Stta.
 It is a matter of general interest to note that the fiftieth anniversary of the ordina- tion of the presiding bishop of this diocese will occur on the second day of September next. On that day in the year 1888, John Williams, now Right Reverend Bishop of Connecticut, was ordained deacon in Christ church, Middletown, Conn, by Bishop Brownwell, whom he has since succeeded, both as bishop of Connecticut, and as pre-. siding bishop of the American church. His episcopate will yet be extended, we trust, through many years, but it Is already laden with honors and filled with successful la bors for the church.
The Press., 1888-08-09
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LOCAL TOPICs-pENN,D AND sCIssORED.

- Hartford Times Ernest Kendall, of Rockville, the young man recently arrest ed for stealing horse from Frank Pinney, has been bound over for trial in the su- perior court, and is now in Holland jail in default of bail. A few days before his ar- rest, a valuable COW belonging to Leverett Charter, of Ellington, was found to have been shot and killed in a pasture, in a mysterious manner. The matter was at once placed in the hands of Detective Off Ger W. Frank Fay of Rockville, who made an examination of the dead animal and found nine wounds made by bullets from rifle or pistol. He also found two car tTidges, one exploded and another unex- ploded, a few feet from where the COW was found. The cartridges were of the kind known as rim-fre 32. One young Ken dall's person at the time of his arrest was found 32 rim-fre revolver and number of cartridges, such as Officer Fay has in his possession. It is also ascertained that the revolver was stolen by young Kendall from a house not far from the scene of the shooting. Kendall was seen by two diff ferent persons on the road leading to the pasture on the day in question. Early last spring, and while young Kendall was employed on a farm in Rockville owned by Cyrus White, three valuable yearling heifers belonging to MT. White were taken sick and died in few hours. Dr. O. ". Finley, of Rockville, was called, and made chemical examination of the animals stomachs, and subjected them to what is known as Marshs test, and found unmis. takable presence of arsenic in large quan. titles. About the same time MT. White had COW which had both of her front legs broken by a blow from club or some other heavy instrument, and shortly after fire was started several times in the barn, and once an attempt was made 10 burn the dwelling house on the farm. All this occurred while Kendall was employed on the farm, but suspicion did not rest on Kendall at the time. In conversation with Detective Fay, your correspondent learned these facts. Mir. Fay expressed his ability to prove Kendall's connection with all the offenses. Kendall will be tried in the September term of the superior court in Holland County.
The Press., 1888-08-09
Stafford Telephone Directory.

oLaMOFd I6IUpMOhB DIFtCIOFy' H. s. HANcox, Norwich, Sup't. Norwich District. Stafford Central Office in Stafford National Bank Building, Stafford Springs, Miss FANNY L. SPARROW manager.
 SUBSCRIBERS-STAFFoRD SPRINGS. Buck, E. A., store. The Press office. Converse, Julius, residence. Rawitser Bros., res. Cooley, w. H., residence. l" '' office. Dennis, E. O., office Smith 6 Cooley, office Holmes, c. J., office. Smith. Dr. F. L. Harwood, c. F., residence. list Nat. Bank of s. s. Mclaughlin, Jas, residence. Sparrow, F. L. Mineral Springs Co. Towne t& Eaton, stable Newton, Dr. c. B. Warren Woolen Co. N. U. N. R.. R. Western Union Tel.
 Watts, Dr. P. R.
 sTAFFoRDVILAE. A. s. Eaton, store tpay station)
 KNOXVILLE. Phoen'x Woolen Co.
 oRcUTTyILLE Ellis. Converse 6 Go.
 STAFFORD HOLLOW. H. O. Holt, store, (pay station9
 GLEEYILLE
The Press., 1888-08-09

-Chas. T. Smith, of Boston, a guest of the Hooker House at Willtmantic, was in- stantly killed by the hotel elevator last Saturday morning. He was an invalid, and had used the elevator n good deal for amusement, operating it himself, in spite of admonitions and warnings. Upon this occasion it is thought that he had fallen from faintness or some other cause, and as he consistently left the door open his head had projected in such manner that in passing floor his neck was broken, and his jaw bone and skull fractured.
The Press., 1888-08-09

PERHAPS ITS NOT BAD.-Let me tell you how I write mean letters and bitter edi- torials, my boy. Sometimes when a man has pitched into me and ''cut me up rough" and I want to pulverize him and wear his gory scalp at my girdle and hang his hide on my fence, write the letter or the editorial that is to do the business. I write something that will drive sleep from his eyes and peace from his soul for six weeks. Oh, I do hold him over a slow fire and roast him. Gall and aqua-fortis drip from my blistering pen. Then I don't mail the letter and I don't print the edi- torial. There's always plenty of time to cruelty a man. The vilest criminal is en- titled to a little reprieve. | put the man uscript away ill a drawer. Next day l look at it. The ink is cold; read it over and say "I don't know about this. There's good deal of bludgeon and bow ie-knife journalism in that. I'll hold if over day longer" The next day I read it again. laugh and say "Pshaw r and I can feel my cheeks getting a little hot. The fact is I am ashamed ever wrote it, and hope that nobody has seen it, and have half forgotten the article or letter that filled my soul with rage. I haven't been hurt. haven't hurt anybody, and the world goes right along, making twen- ty -four hours day, as usual and I am all the happier. Try it, my boy. Put of your bitter remarks until tomorrow. Bob Burdette.
 And there are very few people who haven't done the same thing.
 F. ss
The Press., 1888-08-09

NEW FIRST-CLASS LAUNDRY on East IN Main-st Good work at low prices. Liberal discount for family washings. Shirts, 10c; collars
 Pc: cuffs, 4c. understands, Sc. GEORGE SING.
 Stafford Springs. 22mar6m
The Press., 1888-08-09
How to Reduce Your Expenses.

You can do it easily, and you will not have to deprive yourself of 8 singe comfort; on the contrary, you.will enjoy life more than ever. How can you accomplish this result Easily cut down your doctors bills. When you lose your appetite, and become bilious and constipated, and therefore low-spirited, don't rush off to the family physician for a prescription, or, on the other hand, wait un- til you are sick abed before doing anything at all; but just go to the druggists and for twenty five cents get supply of Dr. Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets. Take them as directed, and our word for it, your unpleas- ant symptoms will disappear as if by magic, you will have no big doctors bill to pay, and everybody interested (except the doctor) will feel happy. ..
 Much injury is done by the use of irrltat- ing, gripping compounds taken as purgatlves. In Ayers Pills, the patient has mild but ef- fctive cathartic, that can be confidently recom- mended alike for the most delicate patient as we'll as the most robust.
 Hay fever sufferers ought to know of it's efficacy. Ely's Cream Balm was recommend ed to me as preventive to Hay Fever. Have been using it since the 9th of August and have found it specific for that much dreaded dis ease. For ten years I have been great sui ferer from August 9th till frost, and have tried many alleged remedies, but Ely's Cream Balm is the only preventive have ever found F. B. Ainsworth, Publisher, Indianapo is, Ind. s
 A GREAT SURPRISE is in store for all who use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, the great guaranteed remedy. Would you be- lieve that it is sold on it's merits and that any druggist is authorized by the proprietor of this wonderful remedy to give you sample bottle free? It never fails to cure acute or chronic coughs. All druggists sell Kemp's Balsam Large bottles 5Oc and $1.
The Press., 1888-08-09

CIMONDS & BURDETT, SOlici- O tatOr of Patents, Hartford Trust Co.,. Block. Wm. E. Simonds, Chas. L. Burdett.
The Press., 1888-08-09

-EX-AIderman Myron Sears of Norwlch, prominent citizen, died on Monday, aged 67. He was born in Ashford and has pass ed a considerable portion of his life in Nor wich, also has done business in Michigan and North Adams, Mass. The Norwich Bulletin says: ''In business his integrity was never questioned. He was of sound judgment and good financier." Bradley NJ, Sears, prominent citizen of Vernon, is his son.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF W. C. T. U.

The tenth annual convention of the W. C. T. U.
will be held at Hope, May 10th to 18th.
Mrs. Chace, the state president, will come from
Kansas to conduct the meeting, and Mrs. Merri-
wether, of Tennessee, will also be in attendance
and deliver lecture. May Hilton may possibly
be there. The delegates from the Little Rock
union are Mrs A. j. Thompson Mrs. L. W. Coy,
and Miss Henley.
The citizens of Hope are preparing to entertain
all who will be in attendance. The railroads are
offering one and one-third rates, round trip. Let
all who can 60 and help to make this convention a
grand success in every way.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05

It may not be generally known that the Kings
Daughters are forming F." tens to work for desti-
tute women and would be glad to have all friendly
to the movement confer with DR.. Cady. Whilst
there are many laudabe enterprises that claim ano
receive sympathy and aid, this one must appea
direct to the heart of every true woman. We give
below poem, by Mrs. M. L. Dickinson, called
''The Kings Daughters. -
Princesses are they of a royal line?
Soft clad in purple? Nay, not so, not So
The heirs of one whose kingdom is divine
They walk in white, and meekly, as they go,
Whose robes of scarlet have been made like snow.
Princesses still, in ermne, white like WOOL
Cleansed by the Kings own touch from spot stain;
Emptied of self; of His own life so full
That overlooking a world in pain
They bless and serve, and in their service reign.
For them the place of honor at the feast?
And close at His right hand the highest seat?
Nay; 'mong His little ones to be the least,
To feed His hungry souls their bread and meat
And theirs the lowliest place at His dear feet.
Swift from their clasp should drop all scepters down,
To free their hands, Gods healing cups to bear;
Swift from their brows lift cen royal crown,
Lest His name in their foreheads written fair
Be hidden, and some sad soul miss it there
Their joy should be to bear His cross and shame;
Their cure, to pour DER others wounds bam
Their rest to labor grandly "In His Name;"
To bring troubled souls His blessed calm;
To change earth's cries of anguish to psalm.
How shall we know them If their lips are dumb?
lives are eloquent with duets that sing;
Along their track His kingdom swift shall comet
Wherer they pass new hopes be blossoming
And new souls find the Father in the King
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05
THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE.

On Thursday, 3D. inst, the Womans Exchange
reached it's first birthday; and the first birthday
means great deal to womankind. We all know
with what joy it is hailed how earnestly it is
looked forward to, and with what pride. Well the
board of managers feel some of this same pride in
this first birthday of the Womans Exchange.
Just one year since we first met, small band
of women, and determined with much fear and
many misgivings to start an exchange for woman's
work,-not an alms-gving house for dispensing
charity, but liberal business enterprise for COM
petent working women, where needy and capable
women would find place and help to sell their
industries. This we have done, thanks to the
kind patronage of an ever liberal people. We feel
that we can safely say that the exchange is estab-
lished, and we believe now the want of it would
be much felt.
While we have had very many smiles and many
words OF cheer, by the way, we have met with dis
appointments and whole shower-baths of interro-
cation marks, such as this one, for instance:
"What do you all do with the money you make?"
and when we try to explain that most of it goes to
consignors, and that the small amount of our COM
missions does not yet make us self-supportng,
they look as if they thought us daft at least on
one subject - Woman's Exchange. For the
benefit of the credulous as well as for the encour-
agement of our good friends and supporters, we
give the figures:
FIRST SIX MONTHS
Total sales $l157 IS
Paid consgnors ................. 102S 4S
Ill 81
SECOND SIX MONTHS.
Aoe'h safes $3l6 5O
ldu eohslBhors ZUoo III
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-26
Old Age.

A medical man compares an old man
to an old wagon; with light loading
and careful usage it will last for years.,
hut one heavy load or sudden strain
will break it and ruin it for ever.
Many people reach the age OF fifty or
sixty or seventy. measurably free from
most of the pains and intirmitics OF
age. cherry in heart and sound IN
health. ripe in wisdom and experience
with sympathics mellowed BY age. and
with reasonable prospects and oppor-
tunitics for continued usefulness in the
world for considerable time Let
such persons be thankful, but let them
also be careful. An old constitution is
like an old bone, broken with ease.
mcnded with difficulty. A young tree
bends to the gale. III old ono snaps
and falls before the blast. A single
hard lift, an hour Of heating work, an
evening of exposure to rain or damp. .
severe chill. an excess of food. the
usual indulgence of an appetite or pas
sion, sudden fit of anger. an improper
dose of medicine. any Of these or similar
things may cut of valuable life in an
hour, and leave the fair hopes Of nse-
fulness and enjoyment but . shapcless
wreck. Scottish american.