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The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

brl.
of Mel
charming
head was W.
sent from Cali1>
brother, F. A. Terril,,
she carried bouquet of
maid of honor was Miss Ber..
cousin of the bride. The best.
Willis 81. Lyon and the ushers M
Lewis 81. Greene of st L-uis, Arth.
Curtis of Stepney, B. w. Byington, w
.. Ewald, 7. o. Cummings and N. A
Sherman. A reception followed at the
nome OF the brides parents, 1923 North
Main street. The parlors were richly
decorated with palms and chrysanthe-
NUNS. The presents were elegant and
numerous. Mr. and Mrs Terrill left on
the 3 30 train for New York for a brief
wedding tour. On their return they will
make their home for the present with the
BRIDES parents. Both the bride and
groom are active workers in Christ
church Sunday school, who handsomely
them, as did also the officers
md associates OF Mr. Terrill in the City
National bank, where he is employed.
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

W.. charles Lake, who has been gun
-, "s !. s,ovlx improving. Mrs 1.%s.
~, - has been Il her old home Tor AAie"
| !
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

Arthur T. Nettleton has arrived at Mr.
and Mrs G. b. Peck's, where he expects
to pass the winter. Mr. Nettleton left st
Paul on November 4. he reports busi-
ness In the Northwest at the present time
as being very good. The volume Of bus
mess transacted has reached nearly the
point Of the boom times Of 90.
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

Ma Annie Smith has returned 20 -
Amos Hawiey's alter an a0s''
oral weeks.
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

pnv.,c,.ps universally recommena
..ar.s hveienic coffee. Grocers sea NJ
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22
RIGHT IN TT.

he 1s and no mistake. So are we and we claim
that our display OF wall paper is as artistic
ana extensive as can be seen anywhere
within many milesof Bridgeport. We get the
best from the leading manufacturers. and
have set the pace at too rapid a clip tor any
local competition. There's as much OF the ar
tistic quality in wall paper these days as
there used to be in valued pictures. The ant
OF wall decoration Is steadily advancing
with the progress OF education a.d. general
refinement. You can see the highest devel
opment yet attained right here in our well
known store, where visitors are always made
cOmfOrfahly xUolnoroA "
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

tiess "a long time." The nor
1i :, sscorations - At the cnuIsn .samum being G'
a. a.,u, the popular chrys ysan.ns ss the sing re
t;fui, tne ps An innovation was '.s the
prom,nen.,, a,,orus Of IS voices. unora oHrao,orel
ing g.,,n ol s Of oreanist Wilkins. thew a
:sai ieaus narty entered the enA ...s.r
the priosa ai;ons p from .sThe Rose Maas
sang ss.sus EN- the ceremony was 10 plUs .mn.
ana ns Wnns the following beausl'u. .na
they sang sne ,nman thought TRANSCEND
s.n.e1 ms, in prayer pei'''
p throne. ,a that knows NO
l-,,.+ theirs may be tne
ending; ae. eyermore dost join IN ono
nertect Lite. be Thou .asn aasaatast @ faith.
Pser charity and steaoAs endurance,
OF tenoe, so,,a and quiet, brave enu .s,n nor
OF patient nup ,i,'a ,,,,st that tears nor pun
death. .,4h,v
,ov which srishtens es1'n's
Grant them the JOY ~n
SORROW; ,,,on ca,ms all earth
c,antthem the peace Wh'o
ly strife, unknown NOR
.na TO ,ife,s day the giorlo''
row ,non eternal love ana INC
Ins' advanced to the altar a'.eIs .as
The Drlue Ether. Wilson F. Greene, ,wu
gave her away. The 0n y Cone, rector
> man was Rev Herbert D. ,.,ns oors, used. r
-.-..t church, two rings os,te on 70 the strai
op.,.s NV rartv left the church TSs ~ bride '
ai pal psa,.sohu's march. Luz '.e ON
'eiss ~ gown of white n,osse los
cath Of orange p.Uss, oo
-,rnia by tne :
and in her
nride roses.
Nha G. Jo
4. ~uan
Mel
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

H.v,ey and laughter. Miss
Mrs Essne' s taken rooms in the Beers
Grace, ns's ,.s, 7seassdby :: $. Andrews.
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22
NOTES FROM ST PAUL's,

The new books for the addition to st
Paufs Sunday school library have arriv-
ed and will be ready for use Sunday.
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CHlLDREN'S FASHIONS.
Some Sessonable Suggestions on Dresse
and Bonnets.


and Bonnets.
A quaint little costume for child of
four years is made of white cashmere.
The skirt is plain, save for three bands
of satin ribbon. The waist is close
fitting, and yoke is outlined by rib
bon bands matching the skirt. From
the shoulders to elbows the sleeves are
trimmed with the ribbon. Over the
sleeve tops and across the front and
back is set very deep fall of openwork
embroidery or Irish point lace. A bow
of ribbon on either shoulder and a rib
bon sash are worn with it.
A child of five years has dress with
skirt made of cam bric elaborately en-
broidered. The waist is gathered into
a yoke and belt, the sleeves are full
puffs to the elbows with wide ru files
of embroidery below. An Eton jacket
of velvet and a very wide velvet sash
tied with long loops and ends, make
an appropriate and dressy finish.
A dainty dress for doll has velvet
petticoat and silk skirt with an en-
broidered edge. The waist of silk is
close-ftting, and an Eton jacket OF
velvet is worn with it. The sleeves are
large and have close bands at the
wrists. A sailor hat with a wing is
set on over the yellow curls.
A bonnet for little girl is made
with the crown of solid embroidery.
The brim is of open work embroidery
and lace, and is slightly plated over
the top and falls almost straight down
either side of the front Ribbon
strings are tied in bow under the
chin.
A hat for tiny girl is made of plait-
ings of taffeta a set one over another to
form a brim. The crown has an up
right trimming of the plating and
there are very large bows on either
side.-N. Y. Ledger.
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TOLD OF PEOPLE.

Henry Miller and Charles Lex, two
California men, own more than 14,0OO,-
900 acres of land in three states. This
Joined would make property half the
size of New York.
Sunsberg, the champion chess player
of the world, is an inveterate smoker.
His favorite tobacco takes the form of
green cigars, and during one game he
will consume six or seven from his case.
DIR. Andree has selected his compan-
ions for the balloon expedition to the
north pole. One is the meteorologist'
Tkhom, of Stockholm; the other is
Neils Strindberg, an amanuensis in the
Stockholm university.
Otto, the insane king of Bavaria, has
lust celebrated his 46th birthday-that
is. It was celebrated throughout his
country by a religious service. Since
his accession to the throne the mad SOW
ereiqn has never left the castle OF
Fuerstenried, which is surrounded by
high walls.
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TALLesT IN The WORLD.
some Structures That Almost Reach ths
Clouds

Clouds
The tallest chimney was built at
Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland, 1857
to 1859, for r. Townsend. 1t was
the highest chimney in the world
ASA feet and one of the loftiest ma
sonry structures in existence. 1t is,
independent of its size, one of the best
specimens of substan tial, well-made
brick work in existence. IN Europe
there are only two church steeples
that exceed this structure in height
namely, that Of the Cologne cathedral
$50 feet) and that of the Strasbur0
cathedral (46s feet). The great pyra-
mid of Tizeh was originally 4so feet,
although not so high at present The
United States out-tops them all with
it's Washington monument $50 feet
high, and the tower of the Philadel-
phia public buildings, which is 537 feet
high.
The Eitfel tower at Paris, France,
surpasses all other terrestrial metal
structures with its altitude of nearly
!, 900 feet The great tower of Lon-
don, England, il course of construc-
ton from designs of Henry Davey, c.
E., will out-top all metal structures,
being built of steel, and its extreme
height will be 1850 feet when fin
ished.
The highest and most remarkable
metal chimney in the world is erected
at the imperial foundry at Halsbrucke,
near Frieberg, in Saxony. The height
of this structure is 452. 6 feet, and 1874
feet in internal diameter, and is situ-
ated on the right bank of the Mulde,
at an elevation of 219 feet above that
Of the foundry works, so that its total
height above the sea is no less than
711,7 feet The works are situated on
the left bank Of the river, and the fur
mace gases are conveyed across the
river TO the chimney on a bridge
through pipe B. 227l6 feet in length.
The highest artificial structure in
America is the water works tower at
Eden park Cincinnati. The floor of
the tower, reached by elevators, is 5ss
feet above the Ohio river. The base is
i04 feet above the stream. If the
height Of the elevator shaft be added
10 the observation floor, the grand to-
tai height is $50 feet
The highest office building in the
world is the Manhattan Life Insurance
Co., of New York city. Its height
lbove She sidewalk is 347 feet, and its
foundations 60 down 50 feet below the
same, being about 20 feet below the
lide water level. making total of 100
feet The foundation piers consist of
ifteen masonry piers and are carried
BY the same number of caissons. The
after were sunk 10 bed rock by the
pneumatic process Inc cantilever
Iystem was used for the foundations
MACHINERY.
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Those Lily White Hands.

1t is blessed good thing, I reckon,
that it takes heap of various and sun
dry different sorts of people to make up
the world. AS for me, l love these good,
plain American people around Rocky
Creek. They are always honest enough
and brave enough to be natural and
true. They are my fellow-citizens, my
neighbors and my friends. We have all
come down together from the aristoc-
racy of honest hearts and hard
knuckles But now in regards to their
business-they must tend to that for
themselves. l haven't got the turn nor
the time to look after it for them. Life
is too short and time is too skeerce, and
l am too everlastin busy. 1t takes all
nv time to keep up the corners and
make the edges cut at home. And have
to stay out late and git up soon in
oriorment to do that. hope old man
Asey Strlbblin is out Of debt and ahead
of the hounds, with meat in the smoke
house, and meal in the barrel, and
money in his flanks. But don't know
q blame thing about it u is none OF
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His Idea of Distance.

A Windham county (Connecticut)
man, who rounded out seventy-f We
years of his life without ever going
more than twenty miles from his
birthplace, was one day answering the
questions of a distinguished visitor
who had come on to the old town from
far beyond the Mississippi valley to
learn of the childhood of his father
and mother, who were born in Wind
ham county The old native gave the
westerner just the details the latter
was seeking.
"And I suppose you have always
lived around here?"' said the man from
beyond the Mississippi.
"Oh, no." replied the native, 81 was
born two miles from re."-Philadel-
phia Record.
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HOAR AND THE JOKER.
Mistaken Revenge of Colored Man on the
stntesman From the BRckbay.

Mistaken Revenge of Colored Man on the
Statesman From the Backbay.
sherman Hoar took painful part
in an incident, star part at that,
which, while grief-inspirng in all its
phases, couldn't be called fight Nor
was it exactly with member of con-
gress, although the foe had close busi-
ness relations with the house.
"Hoar was very young, and to his
disgust, very much resembled in per-
sonal appearance one of the head
pages of the house This head page
WAS a great practical joker, and the
butt of much of his humor was a sleepy
darly who had charge of the house
washroom. This Congo was prone to
sit in chair in the washroom and
slumber. The funny head page would
sly up to him as he slumbered and tip
him over ON the floor This was a
joke. Before the Congo could recover
himself for vengeance the head page
would be back in the house, beyond
whose green baize portals no humble
black man might pursue his prey.
Zone afternoon the humorous page
tipped over the sleepy colored man
several times 1t gave the head page
great Joy. The victim of all this fun
lusted for revenge, He would give a
weeks salary for an opportunity to
play return game with his tor
mentor.
ut was four o'clock in the after
noon when, opening his eyes after a
cat nap, he beheld his prosecutor bend
Ing above a wash basin refreshing
his face. The bedeviiled Congo's joy
was unconfned, The Lord had deliv-
cred his enemy into his hands.
1.-THE Negro is not an originator. At
best, he is only an imitator. In this
supreme hour of triumph our poor
black friend could think of nothing
better than to creep to the unsuspeet-
ing tyrant and kick him. This he did,
and he threw all the force of his trop
ical nature into the caress. He kicked
the enemy soundly and roundly, ano
then stood back to enjoy his victory.
'sThe force of this rear end collision
drove the victims head against th,
| WGii With dlidHlhB ioiSSs ~ was Nv
unnatural that he should look up H'
| did so, and the darkey was horrifieC
when he recognized the features o
Sherman Hoar, representative from
/ the Boston Backbay district The dar
key did not faint, for the reason tina
darkies never faint. But he grew sew
eral shades lighter at the thought o
what he had done.
.'Hoar, on his part, could not fin'
words to express his Indignant aston
ishment At last the poor darke.
managed to explain, in the most hum
BILE and contrite fashion, that he hat
mistaken Hoar for the head page, win
oppressed him. Hoar granted him for
giyeness, although in his proud hear
he regarded the explanation as
| greater insult than the assault. Afte
that, too, Hoar bathed his face at hi
hotel. He did not care to take furthe
risks in the house washroom, for tn
kick had not diminish his resemblance
| to the pape IN Y Herald
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TARSNEY AND TURPlN.
Episode of the Deaf Pensioner Who At
tended "a Government Telephone.

Episode of the Deaf Pensioner Who At
tended Government Telephone.
perhaps as funny scrap as ever
came off in congress since the day
when Joe Black burn is credited with
twealing the nose and pulling the ear
of Chandler, of New Hampshire, was
the encounter between Dan Waugh, OF
Indiana, and Turpin, of Alabama. This
was in the house in the Fifty y-second
congress.
''Tarsney, of Missouri, was making a
speech on pensions. Turpin, of Ala.
bama, eager to point moral and adorn
a tale, arose and asked Tarsney ques.
ton.
Don't you know asked Turpin OF
Tarsney, that there is a man now in
the employ of the government-at-
tending the telephone, in fact, at the
interior department-who draws pen
sion on the ground that he is totally
deaf?'
"'No,' replied Tarsney, but ! pre-.
sumo it's So
49, 1t is true went on Turpin. The
man draws pension for total deaf
ness occasioned by discharge of artil-
lery, and yet attends to the telephone
over at the interior department. He's
from Indiana
In the name of Indiana shouted
Waugh, breaking into the debate and
evidently very much excited at having
his state thus invidiously referred TO,
in the name of Indiana ! pronounce
that statement false
without another word, Turpin
started for Waugh, while Waugh,
nothing 10th for battle, hastened down
the aisle to meet him. The two belli-
gerents met in front OF the clerks
desk. They struck at each other sew.
eral times, but in a way to make the
hearts of such as Corbett and Fitzsim.
mons ache. Sherman Horr, of Massa.
chusetts, in the enthusiasm Of youth,
and his anxiety TO preserve the peace
and prevent general disgrace, rushed
to part the combatants and got all the
lieks. Every blow struck him, and he
came out of the melee very sore and
tousled indeed. AS usual, both gen.
tlemen apologized to each other and to
the house, and the pension story of the
deaf man who attended the telephone
was allowed to drop."-N. Y. Herald
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The Last Pull at Poke.


Old man Poke Nettleton, which he
was the husband of Aunt Pliny, you
understand, was likewise also one of
them ''pecurious children" He was a
right tolerable good man in the com
mon way, but tough enough for wedge
wood, and green-by gracious he was
SO green till you could rake it off with
a shuck. And then old man Poke was
terrible hard drinker till he went
down under the water. You see, Aunt
Pliny is Baptist from High Log all
the way, whilst old man Poke called
himself a debt-payin dram-drinkin
Meth odist.
"As to me, was borned and brung
up in a Baptist family, Rufus" said
Aunt Pliny to me one Saturday evenin
when old man Poke had went home as
mellow as a Maypop. 81 was fed and
raised on Baptist milk, and Baptist po-
tatoes, and Baptist bread and Baptist
bacon, and, thank goodness I'm Bap-
tist all the way. And if it ever comes
to pass that l can put Poke into notion
to jine the Baptist Church and go down
under the water he will be a new and
different man. He is member of the
Methodist Church now and he has been
sprinkled, but it will take somethin
more than little sprinkle to wash
away the sins of Poke Nettleton. That
mought maybe sorter do for women and
children, but if Poke don't go down
heels and head under the water he is a
lost and ruint man."
Well, naturally of course in the run
of time Aunt Pliny-woman like
brought old man Poke around to her
way of thinkin, and the very next Sun
day he went over with her into the
Baptist Church. And then on the fol-
lowing Tuesday they had baptizin at
the big ford over on Murder Creek, and
old man Poke went down under the
water. 1t so come to pass that met
the crowd along the road on their re-
turn back from the creek, and soon as
Aunt Pliny saw me she opened up and
let in:
"He is clean man now, Rufus
thank the Lord Poke Nettleton is a
clean man. He has went down under
the water, and his sins are washed away
White as snow, Rufus, white as snow.
You can tell the sheriff and the police
they have put their hands on Poke Not.
tleton for the last time. No more
eussin and no more comm up drunk al
our house. He is on the rock now
Rufus-safe on the rock which fadeth
not away"
To be certainly l was in hopes that
Aunt Pliny was right but had some
serious doubts in the case. didn't dis
pute her word in regards to old man
Poke bein safe on the rock and white as
snow, though didn't know how long
he would stay clean and keep his feet
under him. But from that Tuesday
| evenin, when he went down under the
waters of Murder Creek, to his dyir
day the old man never cussed an oath
nor took drop of sperits. don't know
for certain whether it was the water ol
Aunt Pliny or the good Lord-or al
three put together-but at any rates
when the last final shower come, and
old man Poke Nettleton had to take ou
and go in he was safe on the rock and
white as snow" RUFUS SANDERS.
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The Honest One.

A small boy gives his views on very
pertinent subject in these graphic
words:
"Some boys is honester than others,
and there's no way to tell them apart
except you pretend to forget your
xnife, and watch 'em jump for It, The
one that jumps last is the honest one"
-Tit-Rits
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Thought He meaut Her Complexion.

Mrs. Brown-Don't you like Miss
Smith, Mr.. Jones?
Jones-No, do not.
Mrs. Brown-Why, isn't she pretty?
Jones-Yes, she is pretty enough, but
she is too taciturn. l don't like a lady
too taciturn.
Mrs. Brown (after little refection)
Perhaps you are right A blonde
would suit you better than these taci-
turn Completed girls. Texas Siftings.
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The oornfed Philosophor.

mo man." remarked the youth who
would be oracular, 'can achieve sue
cess without achieving enmities"
Certainly" assented the Cornfed
Philosopher Even if there is no one
else to be at enmity with, he is bound
TO hate those who helped him IN his
struggling days indianapolis Jour
mol
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Very Nonsi,lerate.

Mistress (midnight)-I don't intend
to come down stairs to let you in this
time of night again.
New Girl Creassuringly)-You won't
have to. mum. One of me friends took
an impression of your lock and he's
maxim nice key for me-N Y.
tV.aIrI,t
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with me oncst
upon a. I'll m Q T..
And the longer
| live, and the
more t h in X
a b o u t it, the
palmer I can see
wherein the old
lady spoke a
tremendous big
COB of tru t h &.
Everybod / S
more or less Gu
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rious to some extent. 1t must be a
family disease with the human race,
but some people have 1t a whole lot
worse and give up to it sight more
than others
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Notbing Haif-Wav About him.

''Gilson seems TO be changed
man"
Eyes, he is For merly he was toe
busy at work TO take exercise and
now he is too busy taking exercise tc
do any work. Judge
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Hia nesrrintinn.

A little boy whose elder sister is
much interested in photography and
who gives the family the benefit of
MANY observations about her work
was taken TO the courthouse to see the
end of certain trial. lie came home
and told his mother about it. The
Judge made a speech to the jury he
said, land then sent them into little
dark room to develop. op."-Boston Tran
script
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Meissonier's statue has been dedi-
Gated in Paris. It stands in the in
fanta's garden of the Louvre, facing
the church of St Germain PAuxerrois-
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Discouraged.

81 have half a notion to give up try.
ing to be man." sighed the new wom
an.
''Whatp shrieked the others.
"There is no use trying. | have
made the most strenuous efforts pos
sible TO feel half scared to death when
I go into a dry goods store, and | just
can't do it. indianapolis journal
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The greatest amount OF specific
,eat is contained by water. The least
sy bismuth.
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Zine nnlIcacv.

She-He is a man of the finest deli
,acy OF feeling, don't care what you
.ay about him.
He-That's so. lie only touched me
Tor a quarter when he might have
made it a dollar.-Detroit Free Press.
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my business. And I haven't got the

my business. And I haven't got the
time to go and find out. 1t Is thou
sand wonders to me that he has got a
shelter to sleep under. II spent as
much time runnin about and lest pill
ferin around" tendin to other peoples
business for them as he does my home
would now be over the hills and far
away in the Poor House.
Now you maybe mought think that 1
am one of them pecurious children my.
sely, but If old man Asey will only
tend to his own business right and
proper | can manage my own without
any help from him. haven't got so
very much, but it is all mine. l want
horned into 1t, and didn't marry it,
and l didn't steal it. By gracious, l
made it--made it with my own mutton
head and my own lily-white hands.
One More "Pecurious Child"
Old Misses Nettleton (Aunt Pliny, as
everybody calls herr, which lives over
on Huckleberry Ridge, is one more of
them pecurious children. She is the
onlyest one like her on the broad bosom
of the ea4th, reckon. She is way past
seventy years old, but she never saw
the moon in day time till one day last
week. 1t was somethin new and mar
velsome to Aunt Pliny. She always
thought that the sun was made for day
and the moon for night, and then to see
the moon in broad, open day time was
quite altogether too many for her. She
thought the world was comm to an end
right away Immediately, if not sooner.
She was out in the garden when she
saw the marvelsome sight, and from
there she flew into the house and went
to prayin to beat six bits.
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Rubber, spun glass, steel and ivory
are the most elastic substances.
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PLAIN RUFF SANDERS.
With His Mutton Head" and His
Lilly White Hands,"
The Old Folks Raisin Some "Mighty Pc
curious Children" Nowadays-You Can
Always Get the News at the strib-
bin Place-The Last Pull at
Old Man Poke.
Copyright, 1897

Copyright, 1881
"The old folks are raisin mighty pe-
curious children nowadays" said Aunt
Nancy Newton in a general family talk