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Middletown transcript., 1891-04-30
A Married Woman,s WIN.

lfa woman makes a will before
marriage the fact of her marriage
makes the will worthless. This is the
common-law rule, and still prevails
in the large majority of states. In
Vermont and perhaps some others
marriage does not necessarily inYali-
date woman's will, but unless one is
certain of the point in her own state
she should attend to the matter by
making new will Immediately after
marriage. and, if possible, secure her
husbands consent to it written and
signed on the document itself. This
consent is not everywhere necessary,
but is always wise. In Massachusetts,
it is absolutely necessary if by its
terms the will cuts off any claim
which our law gives to widower on
the estate Of his wife. A mans will,
at common law and in the majority Of
states now, is not invalidated by his
marriage alone, but if
child is born the concurrence of the
two events makes his will also worth
less, and he must write another.-The
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FOR ALL WHO DIE.

The following poem was regarded by
Edgar A. Peo as the most beautiful ant
touching OF its kind in the language:
II hath been said for all who die,
There is tear,
Some paining, bleeding heart to sigh
Over every bier;
But in that hour of pain and dread
Who will draw near
Around my humble couch and shed
One farewell tear?N
Who'll watch the fast departing ray
In deep despair,
And soothe the spirit on its way
With holy prayer?
What mourner round my couch will come
In words OF woe
And follow me to my long home
solemn and slow
When lying on my earthly bed
In icy sleep
Who then by pure affection led
Will come and weep?
By the pale moon implant the rose
Upon my breast
And bid 1t cheer my dark repose,
My lonely rest?
Could but know when am sleeping
Low in the ground
One faithful heart would then be keeping
Watch all around,
AS If some gem lay shrlned beneath
That cold sOd'S gloom,
'Twould mitigate the pangs OF death
And light the tomb.
Yes in that hour il could feel
From the halls of glee
And beauty's pressure one would steal
In secrecy
And come and sit and stand by me
In nights deep noon,
Oh, / would ask of memory
No other boon.
But ah, a lonelier fate is mine,
A deeper woe.
From all I've loved in youths sweet time
1soun must go.
Draw round me my pale robes OF white
In q dark spot
To sleep thro' deaths long, dreamless
night.
Lone and for got.
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Early Girls,

One of the latest absurdities of the
day is the manner in which young
school girls, from fifteen to seventeen,
are allowed to emulate their elder
sisters in indulging in social dissipa.
tions. During the recent season
there haYe not only been dancing
classes, but also private cotillions and
dinner parties given for children who
should either be asleep or in the
nursery. IF dinner parties are to be
given for the " doves, as the "sub.
buds are often called; what is left
for them when they really are in
troduced into society
1t is no wonder that some of the de.
butantes of the last few seasons have
been found to be we'll versed in the
ways of the world, and ready to 90
quite as far as the elders, when it is
considered that the bloom of maiden-
ly freshness has been taken off at in.
Vulnerable cotillons, dances, sleighing
parties and dinners. Mothers would
do well to refuse to allow their
daughters SO much, social liberty
while they are at school. for they will
find if this continues that their "buds,"
when presented to full grown society,
lack the nameless charm that ingen-
uousness alone gives to young girls
Boston Gazette,
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-30
OUR NEW BABY.

| We got new baby up It our house,
Coined las night. still Is er mouse.
Found it layin' up side o. mother,
Pa he says It's little brother.
Pa says wen tn baby gifts old
As me It won't mind any cold.
But now tn doors mus be KEEP closed.
Cos pore little brother g purt' nigh frozed
'Taint got no close ner any hair.
Ner nothin but des red anywhere.
Eyes es red, too, keeps I'M shut
So IS th' light won't hurt I'M, but
Pa says It in day er two
He'll open IN des like me, Ell you.
Pa says he rether had er girl,
Reg'ler young Wisconsin pearl.
But reck'ns he'll git er heap o. joy
Out that little frcckl'd boy.
Can't talk er nothin'. des says goo.m
Do know Il he means me, er who.
spose he's talkin It ma, like nuff
Beggfn' her fer cents N stuff.
Jane Ann says t she do know
IF she'll stay er Il she'll go;
Says my aunts IN 'lations all
Come a trapsfn', one N all,
Eatin' eve thin out o. sight,
Keeps her cookfn' day IN night.
Ma she's des es white es milk,
Hans des like er piece o. silk.
Hain't got no name, poro little boy
Ner any ball ner book ner toy.
IN Jane Ann says It he's homely,s sin.
II nobody else ID took him in.
Pore little brother t's des er shame
II he amt even got no anne,
Looks SO tiny d so forlorn,
Guess he's sorry It he was born.
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PRICE, 8 CENTS.

Italian and 7 Russian ships. The
Duilio and Dandolo of the Italian
navy, each OF 10,960 tons displace-
ment. and each including in its arma-
ment four 172 inch rifles, are good
representatives of foreign practice. II
is with such ships as these that our
new vessels may be called upon TO
cope.
But figures alone are deceptive.
Immense advances in naval engineer
ing have been made here and abroad
during the last few years. Eighteen
inch armor of nickel steel is far super
ior to the plates supplied to the ships
now in commission. Two TO four
inches advantage could safely be al
lowed in rating the armor Of the new
ships. The speed will undoubtedly
be far better. comparatively, than in
the older ships, although it may be
rated at less. Thus the Italia sue
ceeded in attaining 17-8 knots on her
speed trial. But if put in commits
sion. it would not be surprising if
falling off of several knots were to
ensue; at least this is the lesson of
every practical trial of the great
navies during number of years.
Again, modern ammunition is far
In advance of the work of even five
years ago. The value of the largest
Armstrong guns, such as are used on
the Italian ships cited, is utterly prob
lematical. The tendency now is to
abandon the larger calibers and en-
deavor to secure sufficiently good re-
suits with smaller pieces. In the
shock of accident, heated by the COM
bustion of their charges, with every
vent rapidly scored by escaping por-
tions of the charge, the large built up
guns rapidly deterioate. It is more
than probable that the modern 13
inch guns of the American ships
would excel in fighting power the
heavier pieces of the Italian ships.
The shallowness of our harbors and
he narrowness OF the entrances there.
@ protect our cities and coast to some
,xtent. The Italia and Lepanto draw
80 feet, and could not we'll get past
sandy Hook at the entrance of New
ork Harbor, many miles from the
'ity. theoretically they might lie
'fshore and send shells into New
FORK, but whether they could do so
With any practical results is doubtful.
l large number of shots would be re-
uired to do extensive damage, and it
uncertain how many discharges a
q inch gun may stand before dis
element. 1t would not do to send a
hip across to fire in a bombardment
comparatively small number of shots
efore being reduced to the smaller
ieces and machine guns for protec-
ion, its career as an offensive element
hus terminating. Scientific Ameri-
an,
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Not long since a prominent New
burg, N. Y, divine was called upon by
woman who inquired if he's would
marry her. He answered that he
would most certainly. Shortly after
this the lady again visited him and
informed him that she was ready.
The minister said very we'll and
inquired where the groom was. To
his horror the woman announced that
he was the party who had said he
would marry her, and that she was
ready to fulfil her part of the contractl
Of course, the good minister explained
that he understood she meant for him
to marry her to some other person, lot
to take her himself, and she departed
highly indignant.
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Had Been worried Eighteen Years. y

1t should have read married." but
the proof-reader observed that it
amounted to about the same thing,
and so did not draw his blue pencil
through the error. Unfortunately
there was considerable truth in bis
observation. Thousands of husbands
are almost constantly worried to des-
pair by the i'll health that aflicts
their wives, and often robs life of its
comfort and happiness. There is but
one safe and sure way TO change all
this for the better. The ladies should
use DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
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aS- The Gauze Door Range in which / am
making a drive is Il complete stow. Baking
bread in it will not mold and meats cooked
are rich and juicy. Call and see the above
named stove
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Wayman McCheery has started a
home for bachelors That isn't exactly
what he calls it, but that is really
what it is. A place where single men
may be encouraged to remain single,
by having thrown around them all
the luxury and convenience Of bach.
elor's hall. The rules and regulations
are exceedingly simple, and are to the
effect that " all the bachelors admit
ted to the place shall be of the mas
culine persuasion" Aside from that.
the inmates of the bacelor's home will
have the utmost freedom of action and
will be at liberty to burn as much gas,
threw as many cigar stumps on the
carpet and come in as late as they
please. Louis Republic.
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Coal Holds. Shovels, &c.

eS- Coal Hods, Shovels, Pokers, Zinc, Stove
Boards, Pipe Elbows. Dampers, Collars, and
and large stock of all kinds kept in q first
class hardware, stove and tin store.
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Roofing. Scouting. &c.

aS- Roofing, spout ting and all kinds of tin
aud iron work, and repairing of heaters,
cook and coal stoy eS at short notice. Re
pairs furnished for any stove made, of which
give special and prompt attention.
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Spring Announcement! (!
Hardware. Cutlery. &c.
Ranges. Stoves. &c.

r HAVE a full and complete line of Hard
l. ware and Cutlery, ana shall at all times
aim to keep my stock complete.
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Every ingredient employed in pro.
ducing Hoods Sarsaparilla is strictly
pure, and is the best of its kind
it is possible to buy. All the roots
and herbs are carefully selected, per.
sonally examined, and only the best
retained. So that from the time of
purchase until Hoods Sarsaparilla is
prepared, everything is carefully
watched with view to attaining the
best result. Why don't you try it?
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MONEY UNEMPLOYED OF waiting investment
can be made to earn you Interest if deposi-
ted with this company
INTEREST PAID ON deposits of money as fol-
lows: per cent on deposits payable on de-
mand, by check, same as banks; 2% per
cent on deposits payable after 10 days
nouce per cent on deposits payable after
3O days notice. Special rates for large sums
TO remain for year or longer,
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the accounts OF
Ladies. also to those of Executors, Admins
traitors, Trustees, Guardians and Receivers.
The Company acts by authority OF law as
Executor. Administrator, Guardian, Re-
ce1ver ana Agent, and executes trusts OF
every description
correspondence solicited and full informa-
ton furnished concerning any branch OF
the Company's business, Satisfaction guar
anteed. sendtor pamphlet.
Benz. NIELDS, JAS. B. CLARKSON,
President. Treas a Sec.
Ii. =. hoBINSON. JNO. S. ROSSELL,
Vice President Trust Officer
DIRECTORS
BenJanln Nields, Jos. III. Chandler, NJ d
Henly Y. Robinson, j. Davis Sister,
Phlliip Plunkett, William NJ Field,
James A. Hart, Charles E. Fritz,
Henry +: Dure, Archibald A. Capelle,
w m. r. Bancroft. VIM. r. Brinckle
W IN. d McClary, SamuelG. Simmons,
mayl-ly
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Paints Varnishas &c

as- Ready-mixed Paints in any quantity
Walnut, Cherry, Mahogany and Maple Oil
stain, Varnishes-Coach. Furniture and Fin
ishing in any quantity.
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RS- ANY article in Tinware that have not
in stock am always prepared to make at
shortnotice also give prompt attention
to repairing of Tinware.
Iextend an invitation to the public my
friends and patrons TO call and examine my
stock and prices.
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Lamps, Agate Ware. &c.

eS- make q speciality in lamps, lamp
goods, agate. ware, Japanned tin ware and
pressed ware.
Middletown transcript., 1891-04-30

The following poem was regarded by
Edgar A. Peo as the most beautiful and
touching OF its kind in the language:
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-24

t'Wonder what Warren Stuart thinks
o. his gal now, Ell? She's bad enough,
guess. / guess young men who throw
away such girls us Halle Arnold for a
kitchen gal is sure to get beat. She is
list as bad as can be, and is now locked
up in Jail for thief"
There was one family to whom the
news of Helen's fall came like thun-
ierbolt. 1t was the Stuarts. When
Mrs. Stuart first heard of it she burst
into tears, and said:
ats all our fault, Jacob! it's all
out fault we drove her to do it."
Il don't see how we are to blame"
said the farmer, trying to find some
way of relieving himself from any obli-
CATION to the friendless girl.
1--WE drove her away with her poor.
! little, crippled brother, out into the
! world. The temptation was too great.
, Oh, who could blame her? 1t was her
mothers bracelet sold at the sale"
II can," said the farmer; "nice mess
we like to got into, AN it's blessin'
we got rid of her just when we did, or
we'd had a thief in our family. She
had the wool completely pulled over
Warren's eyes"
| Mrs. Stuart wept a few moments in
, silence, and then said:
! "But think, Jacob, of the poor, friend
! less child. for she is scarcely more than
| a child, and of the charge she has upon
! her"
"Oh, yes, l know
"What do you suppose has become of
little Amos?"
Il don't know, 1 guess he'll be
taken care Of"
AT this moment Clarence entered the
room. He had just come in at noon
from blowing. This was on Monday,
! the day after Mothers Tartrum's and
Grundy's issue of information. Clar-
ence had not been to church and had
only been told an hour ago by Henry
Stuckley, who was riding down the lane
and called him to come to the fence and
rest. The honest face of the boy was
red with anger.
Father" he gasped, "have you
heard about HelenP"
What about her?" demanded the
father, gruf1ly.
"She's been arrested for stealin'."
"Well, what of it?''
Its a lie! that's ALL" thundered
Clarence, in a voice full of fury.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-24
In a Pound of Tea.

A man who argues that one pound of
tea makes four hundred small or three
hundred ordinary-sized cups states his
case as follows: Tea testers ordinarily
use a silver fve-cent piece for weighing
the exact quantity required for a cup.
AS there are about twenty-five five-cent
pieces to an ounce, and as there are
sixteen ounces to pound, it follows
that one pound of tea will actually
make four hundred cups, according to
the standard of strength ordinarily re-
CURED by professional testers. The
cups used for this purpose contain,
however, one-fourth less than the aver
age domestic teacups. 1t will, there
fore, be seen that after making due
allowance for the difference in the size
Of the cups the number will be very
close to three hundred.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-24

"Have you gone crazy?" asked hi
father, in amazcmcnt.
''No, I've not; but who ever says that
Helen Lakcman stole that bracelet is a
liar! don't care who they are"
well, Judge Arnold swore she did,"
said the father, triumphantly.
Then Judge Arnold swore to pos
tive falschood."
That's grave accusation, sir; what
object has Judge Arnold?"
"A big one, and he's set up job in
the matter, rs sure as l live; the old
thief"
Clarence, behave yourself" said the
father. Have some respect for your
mother and myself, if you have none
for yourself. 1 would like to know
what object Arnold could have"
His girl is half dead after Warren,
and Helen had cut her out; now, if
they can blight her name so that War
rem will not have her, that freckled-
face, red-hcaded Hal Arnold may have
a show"
"Oh, hush! you simpleton."
Il am no simpleton at all, father.
know more about this than you. I'll
prove it yet, before it's over with. The
last thing brother Warren said to me
was to see that Helen was not imposed
upon, for his sake. He foresaw the
, prosecutions that were coming on that
poor girls head, and tried to prepare
against them. First, Mrs. Arnold went
traipsing all over the country with a
pack of lies and caused you to dis
charge her, then when the poor girl
was driven from shelter, with her Grip
pied brother, rain-storm raging and a
: dark night coming on, she set her trap
to catch her. Helen stopped at the
house for shelter, and the next day was
! arrested"
You are making fool of yourself,
Clarence" said Mr.. Stuart.
"Well, Ill make a bigger fool out O.
myself than ever have"
''What do you mean?"
81 mean I'm goin' to see Helen out
in this. Old King James Arnold will
find before long that the girl he thought
so friendless has two friends-I am
one, and brother Warren the other"
Mr.. Stuart was completely dunn
founded at Clarence's announcement
Helen is in Jail for lack of bonds; il
it was Tom Scuttle for wife beatin' yor
would be ready to go on his bond. Bu
will go on Helen's bond"
Clarence turned and walked away
In the hall he met his sister Rose, hel
eyes red with weeping.
"Oh, brother, am so glad You ar
going to help poor Helen. Do go a
once-let me go with you"
"You shall. I'm going to take m.
own horse and buggy. an so to New
ton this evening""
81 will see mother"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-24
A LIVING COFFIN.
An Incident That MARRIED the First Voyage
of an Old Sailor Man.

An Incident That MARRIED the First Voyage
of an Old Sailor Man.
ST made my first voyage in 1885,"
said the mate of the Argenta at St.
John, N B., one day last summer, as
the New York Sun reports the story.
81 shipped In brig bound from here to
Glasgow with deals and rough spars. 1
was almost a man grown and had
served q year in a sail loft, SO that l
could splice and cut and sew sails, but
I shipped as ordinary seaman at ten
shillings a month less than the other
seamen. The second night out it came
on to blow and we were rousted out to
take in sail. Before the wind was
passed I was in my bunk in the fore
castle-a house on deck, like the Ar
genta's-sitting there, and on the other
side was another man sitting there
looking at me very hard. All at once
he points his finger at me and says:
"'You murdered me wife!'
~ says: You're liar! never saw
your WIFE I was pretty fresh for q
boy, you know; but he took me all
aback, unexpected like, just as when
the customs-house officer yesterday
asked me where Greenland was.
"Wen, there he sat, staring at me
very sober, and pretty soon he points
his finger at me again and says, solemn
like:
"'You murdered me wife
"'You're a bloomin' liar / says,
again. 4 never saw your wife
"With that he begins telling he's
going ashore to see n man he calls by
name that used to live near St. John in
those days, and turns to slowing his
clothes in a bag, and we could see he
was in the deliriums. He worked in a
terrible hurry, singing out to a man he
said was outside in a dory waiting for
him to hold fast minute and he'd
make haste, and just then comes the
mate and bawls for all hands to reef top
sails, as was saying to you.
''That was my first night aloft, you
know, and / never thought no more
about his saying I'd murdered his wife
till got back to my bunk, after turn
ing two reefs in the topsails. Then
saw he was gone.
'Next morning the second mate calls
to me when Icame on deck.
"'Do you want to see the coffin of the
man what said you murdered his wife?
says he.
"'Yes, SIR says 1.
"'Come aft here and look over the
rail, then,' says he. So I went and
looked, and there was a shark about as
big as that yawl swimming along under
the counter, waiting for another of us. u
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-24
BRAVE DEED OF A GIRL.
How a Slxteen-Year-Old Miss Dragged q
Panther to Death.

How a Slxteen-Year-Old Miss Dragged q
Panther to Death.
A most remarkable story of frontier
bravery, the heroine being Miss Pauline
Collier, q young lady sixteen years Of
age, comes from Childress, a new town
in the Panhandle country, this State,
says a letter from San Antonio, Tex.
Miss Collier is pupil in the Childress
district school, and although she lives
ten miles from that town she makes
the trip back and forth each day on a
spirited Texan pony. One morning last
week she left home at an early hour
and was riding leisurely along when
she espied an enormous panther imme-
diately in front of her, crouched In the
short prairie grass, ready for fatal
spring. With admirable presence OF
mind Miss Collier seized the lariat
hanging at her saddle-bow, and with
great deXterity the animals neck was
encircled with the deadly coil At a
word from its mistress the pony which
Miss Collier was riding sprang away at
a gallop, dragging the savage but help
less monster to its death. Upon be-
coming satisfied that the animals life
was extinct the young lady undid the
rope from the pommel of her saddle,
leaving the panther stretched upon the
prairie behind her. Proceeding on her
way to school she met John Perry in
company with several cowboys and re-
lated the story. They went to the spot
where the dead panther lay and pro-
ceeded to denude it of its hide, which
will be made into a robe and presented
to the young lady. The panther
weighed two hundred and ten pounds.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-24
CHAPTER XIV.

CLARENCE AND ROSE FORM BRAVE RESOLU.
TION, AND CARRY 1T OUT.
The news of Helen Lakeman's arrest
spread like wild fire all over the Sandy
Fork neighborhood. Mrs. Arnold, with
her head high in the air, in her en-
leavors to see under her glasses, was
ready to answer any and all questions
in regard to the matter. Mothers Tar
tram and Grundy called on her for
their supply of news, and started about
from house to house to peddle it out.
The next Sunday, there being preach
ng at the Sandy Fork school-house, the
news was scattered generally. Mother
Tartrum, who sat next to Mrs. Evans,
said:
Didn't you hear about that Lake
man gal? She stole some money ut
Judge Arnold's."
Money heard it was a bracelet"
Not was money"
"Who told you?"
Mother Grundy."
"Who told her?"
"Mrs. Arnold"
81 think there must have been some
mistake about it," said Mrs. Evans.
I'D like to know how?" said Mother
Tartrum, there can't be no mistake
about it."
.'Oh, the bracelet must have been
lost and put among Helen's things by
mistake"
''No it wasn't" said the tattler,
shaking her head; mo, it wasn't; she
stole it, know she stole it."
"But Helen was such good girl.
There can't be any doubt as to her in
nocence."
You think that thing was good
galP" asked Mother Tartrum, who
seemed a special agent to Islander
Helen.
Yes"
"Well, she came to Mrs. Arnold's
way in the night with strange man.
DO you call that nice gal? She's the
she's the worst gal we had in the
neighborhood." The eyes of Mother
Tartrum sparkled with indignation, and
the hairy mole on her cheek trembled
with anger.
''Is that SOP" asked Mrs. Evans.
"I guess it is; Mrs. Arnold tells it."
Not three seats away Mother Grundy
was harranguing Mrs. Taylor.