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Last December the medicine firm of J. c. Aver & Co.,, of Lowell, Mass, offered one hundred dollars in prizes to persons who should most nearly correctly answer two questions relative, to a canvassing trip then about to be undertaken by their travelling agent, MT. Frank s. Davis. The questions were these: 1st. In what or der will Mir. Davis visit the different towns and cities in Connecticut l? 2d. How long will 1t take Mir. Davis to make the can- vass? The trip was completed May %, and the following prizes have been award ed: Henry H. Flint, Bristol, $40; Dr. c. G. Wood, New Haven, SEQ; J. F. Bald win, SImsbury, $1O; CHI. Rogers, Mood us, $5; Myron N. Simpson, $5; Mrs. Eu- gene Gaylor, Willimantic, $5; Lizzie E.. Flint, Willimantic, $5; Willie J. Mo Grath, Ansonia, $5; Sidney A. Bagnal, Pittsbury, N. Y., $5. It goes without saying that the prizes will be promptly paid. There is nothing doubtful about the promises the medicines of J. c. Aver < Go.
 There is one medicine that will cure im- mediately. We refer to De Witt's Collie and Cholera Cure for all summer com plaints. No delay, no disappointment, no failure. W.D. Heald, Stafford Springs j; G. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
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FREE P1LLs.-Send your address to H.
 Bucklen < Co.,, Chicago, and get free sample box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and partic- ularly effective in the cure of COnstipa- tion and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious sub stance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giv- invigorate the system. Regular size, 25c, per box. Sold by K. Taft, druggist. 1
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To prevent pale and delicate children from lapsing into chronic invalids later ir life, they should take Ayers Sarsaparilla together with plenty of wholesome food and outdoor exercise. What they need to build up the system is good red blood
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Sold by Druggists, 75

A rural exchange says that "the towr croaker is dying out." This is good news there is room for him in every cemetery in the country.
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Lady Henry Somerset: "In 184O, when Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Gar rison, those flaming heralds of emancipa- tion, came from Boston, Mass., as dele gates to a great meeting in London, Mrs. Lucretia Mott, of Philadelphia, that fa- nous Quaker lady than whom a nobler type has never been produced on either side of the water, came with them. She, too, had been elected a delegate to the English meeting, but our sturdy Britons refused her credentials, and, because she was woman, she was relegated to the gallery as a mere ;looker-on, and the two brilliant American men. whose names are now immortal, and whose work rendered the continuance of African slavery impos- 8 ble in the great republic, declined to sit as delegates with men who had shown such injustice, and went themselves to the gallery with their sister, whose name -disavowed in that circle of reformers- has become star of the first magnitude in the galaxy. of the great reformers. That was fifty-five years ago, and to-day we welcome shipload of American wo- men who are among the most thoroughly equipped and best-known women reform workers of the world; and the British mind is so enlarged that more than two hundred pulpits and mission halls were opened to them recently in conservative old London. And they will speak tc thronging audiences in the largest audit oriums that the worlds capital can fur dish"
 Catholic Temperance Advocate. The Old Rumseller.
 Twas nigh to bar that had long beer made, ... ..7 .<-.
 Leaned a rumseller old in tho liquor trade
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Customer-''I notice some shoes in the window that you have labeled Temper ance Shoes What kind of shoes are they?"
 Dealer" -"They are warranted not to be tight"
 BUoKLEN's 'ARN1CA SALvE.-The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains, cOrns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c. per box. Sold by E.. K. Taft.
 Farmer-"What'st the matter?"
 Tramp-"I'm famishin' fer drink"
 Farmer" -"There's a fine spring right over the fence behind you"
 Tramp-"That's what's the matter. l hain't had nothin' but water to drink fer the last two days"
 ALL FREE.-Those who have used Dr. Kings New Discovery know it's value, ,and those who have not have now an OppOrtu- ty to try it Free. Call on the advertised druggist and get trial bottle, Free. Send
  & Co.,, Chicago, and get sample box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills, Free, as well as copy of the Guide to Health and Household Instructor, Free. All of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you nothing. B. K. Taft's Drugstore.
 Charles Reade: If you wish to please people you must always begin by under standing them.
 @1OO Reward $1OO.
 The readers Of this paper will be pleased tc learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease, requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catharrh Cure is taken internally, acting di- rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation o the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na- ture in doing it's work. The prOprietOrs hayes much faith in it's curative powers, that they o6 fer One Hundred Dollars for any case that il fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, o. ES Sold by Druggists, 75c
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY. E ~ H. HOBBY, Piano Tuner and Oo Dealer in Pianos and Organs, Mansfield, Conn. ~-+ TIT E. PATTEN, 37 Wells-st., Hart H. ford, Conn.,. Dyeing and Carpet Beating Works. Miss M I. Russell, agent, Stafford Springs DEFER SHAHAN, Resident Ag't I for Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.,, of New York. Residence, West-st., Stafford Springs d1y ID F. TAYLOR, Dealer in Pianos, ID. Organs, and all kinds of Musical Merchan- disc. Wilmington Avenue.
 NURTIS x JOHNSON, Archi- O tects, Room 10, Goodwin Building 223 Asy- lum Street, Hartford, Conn. T. A. Curtis. Wm. D. Johnson. | ~ HI. KING, Attorney at Law. Of- Oo flee, Natl Bank building, room No
 Y w. CHANDLER, Insurance and eJ Real Estate Agency, Stafford Springs. Of flee at residence on Westford Avenue.
 Y H. REED, Attorney at Law, office ey in Stafford National Bank Building, East Matn-st.
 TOHN G. WIGHTMAN, Carriage | O Manufacturer. Repairing in all its branches. stantly on hand Factory at Stafford Hollow. WM. A. COMINS, Horse and OK w ShOeing, Machine Forg1ngs and Repairing done to order. Also builder and repairer of all styles of Wagons. South-st., Stafford Springs. WTM. WOBBECKE, Merchant w Tailor, Room i, Warren's Block, Stafford Springs, Conn.
 | A GENCY of Holland County Mutual | "A Fire Insurance Co. at J. W. CHANDELIERS office at residence, Westford-av., Stafford Springs.
 H $. STEVENSON, Attorney at
 11s Law. Warren block, Stafford Springs. ~ T. PRESTON, Counsellor at | Oe Law, Notary Public and Real Estate Agent | Wil1inotOn. Conn.
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Thew. 0. T. U. of Plymouth and Ter ryville, Conn. the former of which has had stno-license'' for nineteen years-have designed a temperance centennial souv- enir, ofwhich they may justly be proud whenever they present it to friends Cor enemies !'')A with their compliments. On Ahe opposite pages are contrasting Etemperance facts, those of one hundred years ago over against those of 1895. One hundred years ago the "churches paid for liquor. to be drank on public oc- casions !; there were no total abstinence societies there was no temperance litera- turs; no fegfsfation on the subject; no buildings were dedicated to temperance, and in 1789 the first temperance society was formed in Ltchfield. Conn.,, when two hundred farmers pledged themselves not to use distilled liquors during the farming season. At the present time.- unfermented wine in 8 majority of church es, and their doors opened to temperance workers; the w. c. T. U. in nearly every foreign country, and with five mission aries in the foreign field; two hundred and fifty million pages of temperance lit erature published annually; the scientific temperance law in every state of the union but two; temperance publishing houses, headquarters, etc., and the na. tional temperance hospital and great wo
 mans temperance temple, and, to crowr all, the polyglot petition, representing seven million people and fifty languages This little lesson in comparison Gin nut shelr' is full of inspiration and uncontro
 vertible testimony for 'the cause"
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The anti-cigarette league has been es- tablished in all of the ninety-five grammar schools. of New York city. The league now numbers forty thousand public school
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Twenty-one temperance associations have been formed in India during the past winter, with an enrolment of two thous- and new members.
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making wall superior in every respect to Ordi- nary plaster. Especially useful for small repairs because it only needs to be mixed with water, and will dry and harden in a few hours, will not crack or peel, and stay where it is laid. Any mason can use it.
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A good work has been begun in Chica- go for homeless women, under the name of the Model Workshop and Lodging House Association. The enterprise is supported by thirty-three of the women's clubs of the city. For fifteen cents a night a woman can have the privileges of bath, a clean gown, use of sitting room and library, besides comfortable bed. If penniless she can pay for lodging by houseWork and sewing.
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If you are call and get my prices. They are low as the lowest, quality considered.
 Have just now a steam saw mill running neal West Stafford. Can cut frame or Chestnut timber and plank to order.
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w. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT.

Judge Kimball, of the Washington CD. C.Ipolice court, in a recent temperance address made this statement: For the year 1894 the government issued 228, ,OOO liquor licenses, which is saloon for each 998 people. The estimated annual con- sumption of intoxicating liquor in the United States is per capita four gallons of whisky, one gallon of wine, and forty six gallons of beer.
 The Independent Order of Good Tem- plars recently held meeting of the inter- national supreme lodge in Boston. About eight hundred thousand members now stand firm for the principles of unqualified total abstinence. Two hundred thousand children and young people are also grow ing np in this society without knowl, edge of the taste of alcohol.
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Highest in Leavening Power-Lae U.s Govt Report R>!a!,!I. >!!,!. RaxiRg FS%asgT
 ABSOLUTELY PURE

Customer-"I notice some shoes in the window that you have labeled Temper ance Shoes What kind of shoes are they?"
 Dealer-'They are warranted not to be
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05
What Dr.. MacTaggart
HAS DONE AND Is DOING.

The Doctor wishes the public TO understandt
that he is not soliciting the ordinary run "
cases hut desires lust such diseases TO treat
that other physicians cannot succeed @ WIN ,roDp or
at least fail to cure. When you suner from
such consult HIM consultation IS treel, nav s
him thoroughly diagnose your case, ana tleH men
what he tells you can be relied upon as latI
beyond refutation. Some may say, "Why 20 W W
DR.. MacTaggart when we have as good docIoTs i,s
here as anyWhere?" Yes, so you nave IN Inell
line of practice, but not in those specialtleS
that Dr. MacTaggart Is schooled and praCl!Ceu
IN yr'''' In supporf of this unqualified assertion
read his testimonials only read them, nro Duo
investigate the truthfulnesS OF them WneIe
are the physicians who can remove cancers
without pain and cure 1t beyond peradventuret! t
He does it. Where can you fnd anotner pnS :
sician in Pennsylvania who can remove tuliot - ,
of even SO pounds weight without the use ..
the knife, without pain, and without leaving
scar? DR.. MacTaggart does It. what physl-
clan can cure nstulas without cutting or causo
Inc tbe least main or soreness during treatment!
DR.. MacTaggart does it successHiy u rova asese e.
yond dispute that the science OF medicine ~
speciaIties particularly. is advancing VIII VIII
rapid strides far In the lead OF the, regular
practiOner. A-io-i''
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05
CURRENT TOPICS

The dumb" piano is new inven-
tion nm which young ladies can learn
music without making any sound
PARIS has a fat mems club, mem-
bership In which Is acquired py TIP
ming the beam at 100 kilogramnmes'
or 220 pounds,
II is said that the Indian Government
intends TO reward all those who TOOK
mart in the Chitral campaign with Six
months extra pay,
The milk of the reindeer and ls
oheaea nroduct are said to be most ex-
celIent for all lung diseases. The ma
lives who live largely on the same
are remarkably free from all forms
of disease and among the hardest and
most robust people in the world.
Lovers of birds and their songs must
have noticed that the robins note mas
changed. The bird is now souhuihs
his high love-note. The cry Is sih-
nIe and would scarcely attract atten-
tion hut it is full of meaning ano
nossesses a rare sweetness ana rlcn'
ness.
Raoked by Lord Roseberry, an ex'
,odition viii soon be undertaken into
The entirely unknown country petweei
TrinoIi and Alexandria. Here were
once the gardens of the Hesperides
and here fiourishe1 the Greek city am
colony of Cyrene, the ruins OF Whici
are now about to be excavated'
The imperial marquee, where Em
naror william viii entertain his l,Zo
euests at the grand banquet In mono
of the Inauguration of the baitic can
al, is constructed or wood, IN tne snap
of a man-of-war, II is an exact ~
production Of the German naa aa
frigate Niobe, which has peem see s'o
An New York waters, ana is iuiy a. =,
ged. Judging from the soIul.y oi =
construction, it is believed thae II w.
eventually be utilized as na'-
school, -. .',--
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

If there is a reader Of this paper
who has bit of land and has no
strawberry patch thereon, let MIN
remedy that omission the coming sea-
son. II he has had no experience, the
questions he will naturally ask are as
follows; How and when shall plant
them? What varieties shall I plant?
How many shall plant TO turnlsh
generous supply for family OF siXI
Taking all things into consideration
the best time for planting Is as early
in the spring as the ground can pe
worked though they may De success
fully planted all through the spring
summer and early autumn. fian'
them in the spring. Plant them IN
rows three and one-half or four feet
anart. the latter preferable, and ABOUT
| ffteen inches apart in the rows Inc
ground should have received gen.
| erous supply of fertilizer in some rorln
| and should be thoroughly and deeply
worked. Keep the cultivator running
| occasionally between the rows TO Keep
| the weeds down and use the noe anu
tbe hand for the same purpose IN the
rows The runners will soon peglI
IN grow and in the autumn you Will
have a solid matted row OF plants
leaving a narrow strip between IN,
rows for convenience in working ane
nicking. When the ground has trozei
solidly in the winter, give them
mulch of coarse stable manure sudN
or refuse of any kind, to protect then
from the frequent freezing and thaw
ing which will otherwise take plac'
Uncover them in the spring, leaVlh
the mulch between the rows where
! will, before the season is over becoin
| incorDorated in the soil.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05
PERSONAL MENTION.

George Gould is said to have aspira-
tions TO enter New Jersey politics, be-
come a State Senator and gradually
work his way up to the United States
Senate.
Arthur Balfour, becoming tired of
golf. and has taken to the bicycle.
The British Parliament, 1t is said, IS
watching Mr., Balfour's experiments
in wheeling with deep interest -
Franz Defregger, the famous Ger
man artist, passed his siXtieth birth
day in his villa near Bozen few
days ago. He is now at work on
great altar piece--St. Joseph-for
new church of Bozen.
Uncle Dick" Oglesby, the Illinois
Ex-Governor, who told visitor the
other day that he was ian old piece
of household furniture old-fash,oned
and worn-out," is past seventy, but
hearty.
1t Is thirty years since Gen. BucK-
ner surrendered to Grant at Fort
Donelson The veteran soldier walks
about Louisville, nowadays, corncoo
pipe In mouth, waiting for summons
to represent Kentucky IN the Sehaoa'
New GorR WoTlu'
On her way back from Cape Martin to
Farnborough the ex-Empress Eugene
STAYED for time in Paris. She drove
through the Tuileries Gardens, ana
visited again the site of what was once
the royal abode where she entertain"
ed nearly every sovereign in Europe
Queen Victorias elderly cousin, the
Duke of Cambride, has inexorably re
fused to permit any bicycling to b'
indulged in Hyde Park, Of which ht
is the Ranger. The Government nae
granted the necessary authorization
wigthout counting on Duke George
who never until now has made use
the authority conferred by the ONO
of Ranger, which everybody regards
as a mere sinecuIe.
DIR. Won Behber, a German meteor
; ologist, has determined how not ar
: the clothes we wear. When me ou'
, side temperature is so degrees Fan
renheit the temperature on the cos
: Is 71.2 degrees, that between the COG
= and the waistcoat 1876 degrees, pe
y tween the waistcoat and the SHIRT 70
= degrees, between shirt and undershil
~ degrees, and between the wooie
undershirt and the skin sO.9 degree
"Meriden Is proud Of having anon
bor veterans a man who helped
IS defend Fort Sumter" says the Har
D. ford Times. He Is John Doran. WI
l. in 1850, was working in Southingt,o
10 and who. in company with anoth
g. man. went on a pleasure trip
N charleston. OF the irave STUNT
at defenders only seven are living, /
'y clrding the Meriden man, Two
a them, named Costello and Johnso
i've at Washington '-''.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05
CONSULTATION FREE.

Many years experience has taught h'm thqt
nearly all ailments can be cured OF greaIy
helnpd The diseases he treats are COnSump-
tion, all Bronchial Affections, Loss OF Manhood
Crooked Limbs Wry Necks, BarrennesS, ScT0-
mia salt RheIim, syphilis, Eye and Ear Di-
seases, Skin Diseases, Neuralgia, Brights pl-
sease Ulcers and Old Sores OF every descrlp-
tion. Rheumatism, either acute or chronic,
Sick Headache, Epilepsy GastritS, Congestl0n'
Canker, Tonsiltis, Deafness st. Nltus Dance'
Imnediment OF Speech, Loss Of Voice, Stutter-
ing, Cancer OF the stomach, Piles, Janndlce,
Constipation, Biliousness, Dysentery, Cnronc
DiarrhCea, Chllls and Fever, Fistula, Bilious
Collie, Paralysis. Heart Disease lntestihal
Worms and Liver Complaints. ,,,
However, 1t must be remembered that ne VIII
not undertake to treat all cases, tU ony utoSe
which he is positive can be cured or greatly re-
lieved, and win tell you at ONE which, "
either can be accomplished. ,,
DR. Md0TA GG1 RT is the only specialist thls
side of New York, Philadelphia and Bu1alo
who makes an exclusive speciality OF treating
| Chronic Cases and the Diseas or women;
| Those who have been suffering foryearS SnOulu
call at once and learn whether their allment
! can be cured or not. No cases received unless
| they can be cured or greatly helped.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05


q leather pocket to go over the point,
70 keep the sulky from going forward
30 fast as to interfere with the stride
Of the trotter. The only harness re-
luired Is composed of the surcingle
breaststrap and bride, which the in-
ventor thinks will be Of great beneht
in permitting freer use OF the shoul-
ders and chest A still more import
ant advantage is the saving OF dis
tance at the turns, since the new
sulky can be driven over any course
close to the rail without danger OF an
upset. In case the horse rears, the
wheels cannot run forward, as they
do with the vehicle now in use, and
Mr.. Small says that the driver VIII
have more control of the animal from
the novel position Of the seat. The
stirrups are on the shafts, and there
Is an attachment for securing the
check rein, which does away with the
water hook, so that in case of acci-
dent the driver will be in no danger
from that appliance.
The notion Of putting the wheels
beside the horse is not entirely new,
for a sulky on that plan was built a
few years ago, and was exhibited IL
| New York. That was before the small
wheel had come into use for harness
racing, and the contrivance seemed
TO be SO clumsy, with the driver perch
ed high in the air, that 1t attracted
no attention. The vehicle was taker
to Parkville Farm, on the Coney Is
land Boulevard, and the inventor ha
evidently abandoned the idea of plac
ing it on the market, as he has lei
this looking device remain Their
ever since. I,I