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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01

the brawls and riots, crime and itiga-
ton of our land. 1t peoples our streets
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01

nESiuENCE on naIiroau avenue, cppo-fte n,yu
School Building.
The Press., 1888-03-15
WHAT A BLIZZARD IS.

A blizzard IS simply a strong, cold wind moving unchecked over leagues of light, unpAckrd snow. It sweeps up that winch had previously fallen, carries it away in the color of a vast shaken herce distributes tt so that almost each atmospheric atom has it's little particle, and drives along all
 with steady fury. Whether fr,-rh snow Is falling can seldom be determined by people out in a real blizzard, A far as [ he eye can see upward, sud that ia but a little space, the hurry of minute pellets across an unrevesled sky prevails, and the hurrying Sameness on every side is varIed only by occasional tall and bendiDg wraiths
 where the whlrls in shifting columnA A confusion of the senses, comparable to none produced otherwise, appals one submitted to the enormous and blinding force of such snow filled wind, and scarcely n distinct thought remains except that the awful cold forbId- crouohing for rest and shelter To our persoual kpowl. dge, cue m such a storm keeps with difficulty upon & railway rr-ck lift, three feet ab. we the surround. tug prairie, and may be lost by five steps he wroUg way after tumbling down from the embankment, which, being white, be- comes instantly invisible. It is reo rded on good authority that bands of teamsters haltiug with theIr horses have been Snowed over thirty feet deep by bl,zzards, and have survived by beating out breathing chambers till the cessation of the storm rn- sbled them to dig to upptir ar. The for nation of drift about halted man or horse or sleigh is sometimes wonderfully speedy, and the drift once establish, d, grows by virtue of its obstructiv-uoes. In some we'll authenticated casrs lJst persons have been found by the drifts over them and dug out alive in others The spring has revealed corpnes still unthaw, d amonR the last white relics of winter. In bliz- yards people have often been unable to see across the street of a northwest town, aud sometimes men lose their direction in try tug to reach the oppnsite side of . well built way. Toronto Globe.
The Press., 1888-03-15

I've lost a child--O, tell me, did YOU meet My little darling in the sunny stree, With wind-blown hair, bright eyes and hs ing
 feet,
 Like swift-winged birds q ''How large was she 2'r whv, just tiny thing, 'Tis such short time since used to sing Low sleepy songs, and feel her soft arms cling |, About my neck. How old is she ?'' Why, really forgct Just old enough to love and kiss and pet, Only Q merry little maid, and yet
 Not quite child. Ik aAarna bnt yaatarday | saw her - naainR her playmates in .a laughing row If you had met her you would surely know
 Her smiling face. You thought her older, more than twelve, you
 say? That c mot be until another Nay Opens the buds and brings the happy day
 That gave her life ''Is that the child almost R wom n grownl She holds her girlish head high as your own.. Some one will find her though she goes alone
 You need not fear" I know she's tall and cares no more for toys That's Harry with her, making all this noise {; Why don't he go and play with other boys
 I'd like to know2 'Tis five years since her twelfth birthday was
 green With tender leaves and all the months between Have slipped away till she is seventeen--
 The child is lost
 -Loufs HaII fn March W9ds Lssoks
The Press., 1888-03-15
SPRINGS, CONN. MARCH

Hartford Courant: The revision of our recent history proceeds apace. Last year General Jackson. off South Caroline an- nounced in public discourse that p,,@ ter
 ity would recognize Jefferson Davis r ather than Abraham Lincoln as the typical con. @titntional American president of the years 1861-'65- words to that effect. This year Charles T. OFarrell of Virginia who tells us in his autobiographicsl sketch in the Congressional Directory that he 'senaiafea in the cavalry service of the con. federate states as aprivate, passed through all the grades of sergeant to colonel, and at the surrender of Lee was in comm nd of all the confederate cavalry in the Shen- andoah valley ;''-announces that Abra- nam Lincoln signed the gemanc patton proclamation only with doubt and hesi- rancy. The Charleston, s. O., News and Courier goes still farther. It says that Abraham Lincoln was only the unwilling agent in an illusory emancipation, that the negroes owe no gratitude to him for his part in the matter, and that, if they want to erect statue to anybody, they should select Jefferson Davis rather than Mr. Lincoln for that honor. .>- s.
The Press., 1888-03-15
issued Every Thursday Evening.

tramped away through the falling shadows to lay the living and the dead together in that waiting mothers arms. We followed silently, with uncovered heads -.
 When the Federal officer in command heard that the children were lost, he offer ed to disarm his men, stack their guns with ours aud join in the seafch. And more than once that night our pickets were chal- lenged from the other side aud anxious in- quirles made for the little ones When the answer went back across the hush aud the silence of the night we could feel, though we could not see, the look that swept over the faces of our foes. And that l'ok mad, us all akin !-Hartt0eU Moore, in Mdrch Wide AtUdke
The Press., 1888-03-15

No The choicest fruit and he best chickens must be sold butter must be used spsringiy, and the greater part of the eggs must be sold. The whole family must necessarily share fin the fru- gality, although there is usually jar of preserves and plate of cake left for com pany. Will some one who Is a stranger to the necessary economy of farm life strlke the balance between outgoes andincomes, and tell us whether the mother can always have her hair smooth, her dress made iu the newest fashion and trim and neat, with an immaculate white collar at her throat The mother who put up the boys lunch had a pal, and had not a few cents to spare to buy a basket. She bad got the breakfast, fed the hens and pigs, Akimmed the milk, selected the pears, and counted the eggs for sale, and hsd an ironIug or baking to be done before dinner, and oon- +sequently oould not stop 10 envelope each
 article in fresh, white Paper 1; neither could she diminish the eggs by extracting two of them for his dinner. Perhaps shc might have cut the slices of bread more evenly
 had not the press of cares and labors rem dered her oblivious to the grsceful details farmers are usually the most c'ntented and
 happy class of laboren, aud from such
 small and frugal homes large proportion
 of our great men come and cbildren rear
 ed in such homes, with scanty literary ad-
 vsutagea, are very frequently in advance
 of village children, who attend scbool'besr-
 ly ail the time.--FdrnteT's Wife, ia Yer
 mont Watchnaan.
The Press., 1888-03-15

NEE. q French word meaning born. II ;s nsed to designate the maiden name of 6 married lady, as Madame Philipon; ''et Roland.
 IrTHoaRAPH Literally, writing on stone was invented bv G. rman named Senne' fielder about 1796. It waa introduced into England about the year 1900, but did not come into general use until 1877. MT, Alderman of the Strand, first popuIarlzeO it. k, ,.,
 G1BBoN seems to have had the title ot his great book, the Decline and Fall oi the Roman Empire, suggested by Thom sons lines z ...s
 The sage historic Muse Should next conduct as through the deeps o1
 Time,
 Show us how empires grew, declined and fsD
 EARN comes from an old Teutonic word for harvest, implying to reap the fruit oi one's labor. In Dutch the word for har- vest is es-ne, and eT7aG9s IS to reap. In German eTnte means harvest, in Bavarlan 0ru is harvest, and Gr1sen signifies both to reap and to earn wages (g'arnen.)
 CHANcE-Strauss, in The Old Faith and the New, says, "Chance is the result of hitherto undiscovered causes.
 HANDsoME-This word originally had nothing to do with the meaning beautiful ,r good looking. It meaht simply that which was ready to the hand, handy. Af- rewards it was applied to any one who was handy or dexterous. So that hand some man was one who was ready to turn his hand to anything.
 GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY OF THR LAW In 1766,s soon after Lord Mansfield had overruled several ancient legal decisions, and introduced many innovations in the practice, Mir. Wilbraham, at dinner of judges and counsel in Serjeants' Hall, gave as a toast, "The glorious uncertainty of law" This WIS the origin of the phrase.
 THERE is respect due to mankind which should incline even the wisest of men to follow innocent customs.
 Coop manners is the art of making the people feel at ease with whom we converse.
 PUPIL The original meaning of this word is a fatherless child, either boy or a girl.
 FROM PILLAR TO Posr-This is corrup- ton of an old proverb signifying to go from bad to worse. The original was "To go from post C. @. whipping posD to pi iory."
 HARvEr-We get this word from the Saxon Hserfest, which Bailey thinks orig iginallg meant herb-feast.
 H1c JAcRT, Latin phrase often seen on on tombs. It's meaning is ''here lies" or "here he lies"
 MRR1No-This is Spanish word, signi- flying moving from one breeding ground or pasture to another" It is applied to a migratory herd of sheep, the wool of which IS of remarkably fine texture.
The Press., 1888-03-15

A recent writer-aud she writes as one whom any boy would love-tells how she saw 8 mother put mp lunch for her boy to take to school, and then she tells very prettily how daintily she would have put up that lunch, and know she would do just as she saId. But she did not go far enough. Now if were going to put up a lunch for boy thirteen years old, wouldn't take little pail, nor yet a ne at httle covered basket; would just take the market basket. if the family wasn't going to use it that day, aud would cut up a loaf of bread, and trim of every brt of the crust to keep the boy from lying about it, and telling me that he ate it aud dIdn't lire it over the fence. when he came home
 I would cut that loaf into slices and spread on the butter until it began to fall of, then | would stack on the sugar aS long as it would hold Then I would load in a c Iuple of links of sausage and Home slabs nf ham, dainty cluster of hard boiled eggs-say half dozen-all the cake there was in the house, and All up the rest of the space with pie, and then stuff two of nis pockets full of apples to eat during school hours, and i'll the rest of his ok ats with nuts, and give him five ecuts to buy "taffy." Then if that boy came home tt four o'clock and said he didu't have though luncheon, and couldn't be have A piece, would give hum the keys 10 the c-llar, cupboard, pantry, cake chest, aud frulf closet, aud, yielding to dark despair, go out to the barn and hang myself. We were a boy myself, once. .-B'trdettc.
The Press., 1888-03-15

C-H-o-oI C-H-o-oil C-H-o-olli - Don't snseze, neeze, hawk, hawk, spit blow, and disgust everybody with your offensive breath. If you have crid, watery discharges from tho nose and eyes. throat disease, causing chok- ing sensatlons, cough, ringing noises in head. splitting headache and other symptoms of nasal catarrh, remember that the manufac- turers of Dr. Sage's 0atarrh Remedy offer, in good faith, $500 reward for case of oatarrh which they cannot cure The RemedY Ia sold by all druggists at only 50 cents. LII
The Press., 1888-03-15
LOCAL ropICs-PENN'D AND sCIssORED.
OwGN rMYs

sz---phe tax list ia now complete and in the hands of CoIlsctor John Brown. Those who pay taxes to amount of over $40 each
The Press., 1888-03-15
AUCTION SEASON or 1888
You will still and the ever reliable

THROUGH removed from ttthe Borough ?
 am still in Stafford, and in the Auction Business az usual, and do most respectfully request contnu- ance of the patronage which has been my endeayer to build in honest and impartial manner for the past seven yeaTs. P O. address West Stafford, Conn residence formerly owned and. occupied by Orwell DimOck, about two miles from the SpEings and on Any one wishing my service avoid the trouble of driving over by sending me letter. Upon receipt will hitch right up and call and see you at your home or at The Press on8ee fwhere yoH can get your ton bills printed at tme), ard arrange about the sale, terms, &c.. without extra charge Yours truly. F. MAITLAND PRESTON.
 1aj8w West stafford, Conn
The Press., 1888-03-15

The Boston Star says Dr. Kaufmann'a great book on diseasee, it's causes and home cure, with fne colored plates, Is the best work ever published. copy will be sent free to any body who sends three 2 cent stamps, to pay postage to A.-P. ordway A .o., Boston, ,Msas
The Press., 1888-03-15

Ayers Hair Yigor stimulates the hair to a vigorous growth. It contains all that can be supplied to make the hair beautiful and abun- dant, removes dandruG, and renders the.iair flexible and aaezgE
 NtaA8sa Kes6p6 s 1EFs6l q yel.s sD. StaKord Censral O1ace In staaord National Bank Building, Stafford SprinRB, Msg FANNY SPARROW, manager. s& @3t ssr@.
 sUBscRIBRRs-sTAFFoRD SPRINGS. Dr. Richards residence. Jas. Mclaughlin residence E. A. Buck dE Co.'S store. [. The Press office Dr J. $. Clark, office Dr.C.B. Newton, residence Julius Converse, residence N. L. N R. R. depot W. H. Cooley, residence RaWitser Bros residence Towne& Blair, ,Liv'y yStable. ' |" office E. c. Dennis ofRce. Smith & Cooleys office R. $. Hicks. residence. " |" Glyn Mill. c. J. Holmes, office. Dr. F. L. Smith, residence Mineral Springs Co. office Stafford National Bank W.U. Telegraph Co. office Warren Woolen Co.,, office IF. Harwood, residence Fanny Sparrow, residence. B. & o. Telegraph 0face STAFFORD HOLLOW. R. 8. Beebe's store {pay station) HYDEvILLE. .: Chss. Hotts oflce. (Phenlx Woolen Col sTAFF0RDVILLE.
 A. s. Eaton's store (pay Station). 6. B. Amadon's ofice.
 OROUTTVILLE. Mill of Ellis, Converse & Co.
The Press., 1888-03-15

The above extract from Mrs. H. Annette PDole's "Dinuer Fails and Lunch Bask- -ts," in Good Housekeeping, called out the following vigorous comment from N Vermont ftrmer's wife and brief remarks from Burdette in his rollicking vein of hu- nonr
The Press., 1888-03-15

s8ay~A CRHe B11Ab %Rg&@ lUxclseu CLEARINGHOUSE interest in Gnrley vile. Mansfield, has re- gently been declded bt Judge I1oomis, who tried it at Rockvitsl several weeks ago. Mrs.sDelia E. Covel bought . hoase and lot of the late o. s. ChafFee, obtaining warranty deed. There was well on the premises, and after taking possession ot her property ahe noticed that her neighbor, o. s. Dodge, was ln the habit of going to the we'll to obtain water at all times, night and day, for himself, his horse, etc. This became nuisance and upon remonstrat- ing with Dodge he claimed he had a right to go there as he had gained right by adverse use in having gone to the well for water for more than thirty years by per- mission of the former owner. Mrs. Covel then took the crank of the pump aud thereupon Dodge tore down the pump and proceeded to get the water with pail and rope. Upon this suit was brought against Dodge. The court decides that he had no right there and awarded Mrs. Covel $25 damages and her costs. John M. Hail ot
 Wllllmantic was counsel for plaintiff and Charles Phelps of Rockville fnr defendant.
The Press., 1888-03-15

The grand hs' IS $B36, 315 less 's0ldleta7 exemption" ($l9, ,308 S6I6 sO15 Tax 2 cent, mills on dollar, netting SIC. .472 26. 200 polls at $I -$20D I 75 Communications at$2 $35O. Total state aud town tax $1l, ,022. 2.26.
The Press., 1888-03-15

The proposed straight road between New York and Boston has behind it men who mean business-to all appearances.
 Many have had their faith in it weakened because the newspapers say 80 little about it. Their silence, however, is no indica- tion that the projectors are weakening, but may be attributed to the uncertainty of the location of the line. No paper will be fast to boom project that will not benefit its own locality, but instead may be 8 det- riment. The announced plan of the pro- iectors of this road is to secure the short est possible line between its points of terminus. 1t will be built for through traffic, aud will not go out of the way to hll any local business. Lay straight line on the map from Boston to New York and 1t will touch or go very. near Stamford and Middletown in this state, going very lir- tie north of WllllmaRtic. Of course to get over the mountain ranges of the state slight deviations must be made here aud there from the proposed straight hue, and it IS quite likely that Rs between two routes of equal distance and grade preference will be gwen one promising most business, and to the locality that has not already road ead- ing east aud west. So we shall know aud hear more of the road as the plans unfold and the line is located. Because then will be awakened the local pride of the papers of the favored towns it traverses, and dog en. villages here and there will regard themselves as embryo CIties, and those having local papers will make the most of these as monthpieces of rosy anticipations.
 What if Stafford should be one of them
The Press., 1888-03-15
TIE LOST CHILD.

I've lost a child-O, tell me, did YOU meet My little darling in the sunny stree, With wind blown hair, bright eyes and hy ing
 feot
The Press., 1888-03-15

HI. S E EEDp Attorney at Law, office in O Stafford Ma tional Bauk building, EastMain-st.
The Press., 1888-03-15
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

A E. EATEN. S7 Wells-st., Hart A AA1o ford, Conn.,, Dyeing and, Carpet Beating
The Press., 1888-03-15
(Prepared for The Press.) THINGS WORTH KNOWMGs

NEE. a French word meaning born. It is used to designate the maiden name of married lady, as Madame Philipons nee
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
A Saint Still or Salary.
From the st. James Gazette.


4 canonized saint who has been dead
more than fourteen centuries, but Still
continues to draw an annual salary tol
services rendered, is certainly an extra
ordinary phenomenon. The SAINT is
Saint Antony, and his paymaster is the
state of Brazil. 80 at least, says the Allge-
meme Deutsch Zeltung, the organ OF the
German colony in Rio. The OLD
Egyptian hermit is officially ecognlzed
and described in Brazil as the
"renante Colonel honorario dc
exercitio Brizilieno, glorioso Santo
Antonio'-the honorary Lieutenant
Colonel of the Brazilian army, the
glorious Saint Antony. The sum of $24O,-
GOO is paid to him annually as his due
military stipend, and the saint receives
it through the hands of the prior of the
Monastery de Santo Antonio on the
MORO. By what means the money
p sses from the prior's hands into those
of the saint has not yet been made
clear.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
The Owl Ate Them.

James McFadden, who was employed
on Ed. LaRue's ranch, near Box Spring
Mountain, is something of naturalist,
says the Riverside Press Recently Nc
taddeG captured a snow owl (sirlx
n1vea). The bird was beautiful specl-
men of that species. From tip to tip OF
wing 1t measured four and a halt feet
The owl was white on the breast, and
the wings were light brown notified
with white. The talons were large and
the legs powerful. When the owl was
captured it was engaged in devourlng a
Langshan cock.
Last Monday morning Mr.. LaRue
brought the owl to Riverside, and eX-
hibited it in his iewelry store. While
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. LaRue's watch re-
pairer, was at work inspecting the IN
testines of an alarm clock, Mr.. LaRue
left the store and was gone Tor some
time. On his return Mr. LaRue missed
tray of gold and silver watches. A
thorough search failed to reveal where
the missing watches were.
While Mr.. LaRue was excitedlv hunt
ing Tor the timepieces, Mr.. Patterson
heard a muffled ticking. Putting his ear
to the breast of the owl the ticking was
Rue decapitated the bird, and on open
my It's 0Sop HdSuS duu SCOIIIdCh p1VP0i'
he discovered thirteen gold and silver
watches. Six of the watches were IN
excellent state of preservation, while
seven of the number were In various
STAGES of assimilation.
On opening the gizzard, Mr.. LaRue
| made a remarkable discovery. Here
was a Waterbury watch. The sides of
the watch bad been digested, but the
hands and face were still intact. The
hands indicated 11:45. This was the
! Identical time when Mr.. McFadden
captured the owl devouring the Lang
| shan cock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
From the English Mechanic.

At recent meeting of the Physical
Society, c V. Boys described and per
formed some experiments on soap-bub-
bles, and by their aid demonstrated in a
remarkable manner the phenona ofsur-
face tension, diffusion and the magnetic
properties of gases. By blowing one
bubble inside another, he showed that
there is no electrical force inside closed
conductor. A peculiar property ofsoap-
bubbles is their refusal to come into
contact when knocked against each 9th
er; they may receive violent shocks and
still remain separate II, however, an
electrical body be brought in the vlcin-
ity, they Immediately coalesce. So SEN
sitive are they TO electrical attraction,
that potential difference due to one
Leclanche cell between the two bubbles
causes them to unite They may thus
serve as a very delicate electroscope.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
Lung Troubles and Wasting

Diseases can be cured, if properly treated in
time, as shown by the following statement
from D. c. FREEMAN, Sydney: Having
been great sufferer from pulmonary at
tacks, and gradually wasting away for the
past two years, it affords me pleasure to
testify that SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil with Lime and Soda has given me great
relief, and [ cheerfully recommend it to all
suffering in similar way to myself In adj
dition, would say that it is very pleasant
to take"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
Don't You Know

That you cannot afford to neglect that
catarrh? Don't you know that it may lead
Don't you know that it can be easily cured ?
Don't you know that while the thousand
and one nostrums you have tried have ut
terly tailed that DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
is a certain cure? 1t has stood the test OF
years, and there are hundreds of thousands
of grateful men and women in all parts OF
the country who can testify to its efficacy
All druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
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FULL STAFF OF
EXPERIENCED PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS.
Many CRRONIC DISEASES Sue.
cessfulIy Treated without
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WE obtain our knowledge of the patients dis
" by the application, to the practice of
medicine, of well-established principles of modern
science. The most ample resources for treating
lingering or chronic diseases, and the greatest
skill, are thus placed within the easy reach of
invalids, however distant they may reside. Write
and describe your symptoms, inclosing ten cents
in stamps, and complete treatise, on your par
ticular disease, will be sent you, with our opin-
ion as to its nature and durability.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
Can a Man Swallow a Ca .non-ball i?

Well "that depends" He can if his
throat is large enough and the cannon-ball
not too large. The question really seems
worthy of some consideration in view ofthe
size of some of the pills that are prescribed
for suffering humanity. Why not throw
them Ito the dogs" and take DR.. Pierce
Pleasant Purgative Pellets? Small sugar
coated, purely vegetable, perfectly harm
less. in glass, and always fresh.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
Making Both Ends Meet.

"We must curtail expenses, said the
husband to his sweet wife. Indeed,
and / don't see how anybody
could be more saving than [ am.
We've got family of four
of our own and two servants,
and yet manage to get along, my dress
bills and all, with only little over $500
month" "Wen, you must get them
to raise your salary. You have the least
management about you of any person I
ever saw. Oh, if l only we're man p