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Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
LADY JANET.s GHOST.
How sho Was Saved in the End oy Bil
 Nell Of tho Trouts.

How Sho Was Saved in the End oy Big
 Nell Of tho Trouts.
 Lady Janet Gordon, by marriage Lindsay, was condemned for the mur- der of her husband to perpetual inn prisonment on top of the Ravens rock, q stupendous cliff that rises above the River Ericht, Here, says the legend, every day, before touching food, "she had to spin Q thread long enough to reach from her prison till 1t touched the river" Her life was protractcd tin she was over one hundred, but even when she died the murdercss could not rest and "her ghost was seen to sit and spin, and often the keen angler, as he fisbed the Ericht below the Ravens rock, was startled by seeing a shadowy thread coming slowly down till it touched the water, when it disappeared and the scared fisherman knew that the lady's task was over for the day" Year after year went on and the lady, who had in her veins Q drop of the Stuart blood-roysl, continued to spin until "the black day of CIlloden, ,"when the Stuart cause was lost forever and many of the brave Strathardlc lads who had escaped returned to hide in their native glen. Among others came Big Neil of the Trouts, so called from being very expert angler.
 He chose as his hiding-place a hole under some large powders on the bank of the river, q little above the Ravens rock, where he kept himself and some comrades who were also in hiding close by well supplied with trout. But a severe thunderstorm passed over Upper Strathardle, fol- lowed by such deluge of rain that it brought down the river in one breast of water. Neil of the Trouts lay in his den, no doubt thinking it would put the river in good fishing ply, when the wa ter poured in. When he got out the rushing torrent was so strong that it swept him away down the stream.
 Just as he gave himself up for lost the eddy swept him under the Ravens rock and he saw a thin thread hanging down from the cliff and, as a drowning man will clutch a straw, he grasped it and 70 his astonishment it held and he found it strong enough to bear his weight and cheek his onward course and by its help he slowly drew himself to the bank. As he stepped ashore he heard a wild scream of joy overheard and, looking up, he saw the Lady of the Rock standing on the top of the cliff with her distaff in her hand, from which hung the thread that had saved his life. Her task was done, her punishment over. She had saved the life of a gallant follower of the Stuarts, her own royal race.
 Itis hardly, we presume, possible that the penal spinning of the Lady of Strathardle should be q faint and far away echo from the legend celebrated by Tennyson in The Lady of Shalott." London Literary World
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
ENVELOPE FLAPS.
Old EaEs Said to Be Used to Make Them
 Adhesive.

Adhesive,
 Envelope-lclSers will do well to pause and ponder on the fact that a man has died in consequence of in dulging in the popular but disgusting trick of moistening the adhesive en- velope with the tongue, advises Oak land Echoes. Some will say; How can gum arabic poison any person2' Gum arabic? Are they so innocent as to believe that this article, raised to a prohibitive price by the Egyptian war and subsequent closure of the Soudan, isused on the envelopes? Do they sec that ancient nag hobbliDg down the street? There is the parent of their gum arabic; and in few weeks time when that decYepit animal has made his bow to the knacker, and yielded up his hoofs to the glue-boiler, perhaps they may have a lick at his remains on the envelope they are dispatching to a friend or. sweetheart.
 And should some taint of animal poison turk amid that "gum, they may coon require other, and black -bOrdered, envelopes to be licked for them when their mourning cards are sent out. Perhaps no more unpleasant part of a visit to a statiouer's shop is when, hav- ing folded the small purchase in a fiimsy envelope the tradesman raises it to his lips, opens a hippopotamus mouth, pro trudes tongue which looks at least two sizes too large for its habitation, and then with n smirl hands the damp deicacy to his customer. May he, of all men, be warned by the premature departure of a fellow-lickcr, and may all who send literary missives to their friends rest assured that the recipients of these envelopes would feel better pleased if these coverings had been closed without any exhibition of moist anatomy.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
The Largest nowldor.

The very largest cratic powder yet recognized and measured within the limits of the United States is block of granite lying near the town of Madi. son, N. II. Prof. Crosby, of the Boston Institute of Technology, gives the fol- lowing as it's maximum dimensions; Length, sS feet; width, 45 feet 9 inches; height, 30 feet, contents, 90,OOO cubic ect; probable weight 15, ,3OO,O 900 pounds, )r T Bh0 tons.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
CHARACTER IN CANES.
What to Do and What Not to Do with
 Them.


 You know, said a discerning gen tleman, it used to be said that man who carried cane every day was an idler, dawdler-worthles for all prac- tical purposes.
 If you let mo see how a fellow han dlc5 Q cane, I'll tell you whether he is worthless or not. It's not in the fact of carrying cane, but how it is car ried, that the significance lies.
 When a man comes into my office with a cane in his hand I watch him closely. If he sits and twirls it idly and aimlessly about on his fingers he is a worthless idler But if he walks in, puts it up against the wall and pro- ceeds to business, there is something in him. You may hope for him. If he holds it firmly while he is talking to you and does not twirl it about, he's all right The fellow who plays with his cane, swings it around, marks fig ures on the carpet with it, punches the furniture with the tip, isn't fit for much else.
 "Ycs, decent, hard-worlSing, straight forward fellow can carry cane all the time, and they do so, many of them, and the act does not indicate that they are idlers. But the fellow who goes around swinging the cane and playing with it is a nuisance anywhere you put him
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23

at Rome on September 20, was cast by a new method by which the whole process was finished in four months, instead of the twenty required by the old system of casting, Twenty-Five tons of bronze were used for the statue.
 RUsKIN, according to a new anecdote, attended an exhibition of impression istic paintings some time ago, and sec ing an acquaintance said: Leave this place Don't let your eyes dwell on these impertinent, insolcnt daubs. It is sin to prostitute noble calling in such a way; it really makes me feel i'll. |"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
The Poor Loye Art.

Those persons who profess to believe that among the poorer and more ig- noraut classes art is not appreciated should note the facs that when some years ago Toynbee hall, London, held an exhibition of paintings for the dwellers in Whitechapel no less than 5O,OOO visited in Ave weeks The ex- pertinent was tried in New York in 1890, and in forty-one days the exhibi- ton was visited by over 36,OOO persons. The next year 5O,OOO came in six weeks, and this year the attendance for thirty three days was fO5,GgO.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
sIr WaIter Scott, Lawyer,

An old man in Glasgow told James T. Fields that he had once carried a law case to Sir Walter Scott for adjustment. "Uow did he manage it?" asked Mir. Fields. "Oh, beautifuIyw returned the old client, "he told me n bonny story about 8 coo and a calf in Dundee, md then he sent me over the way to a brither lawyer, who, he told me, had a larger head for sich affairs than him. sell, But it was a braw story that he told me about the cattle O Dundee, and it makes me laugh to this day when think on'tp
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
IN MANY STRANGE COUNTRIES.

A PRIEST was recently poisoned at the altar at Friedheim, in the Prussian province of Posen, by poison put in the wine in the chalice.
 THE married women of China wear their hair ip coil at the back of the head; the unmarried women have the coil at the side of the head, and stick white flower in it,
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
Mrs. Fogg-"I am really alarm

Mrs. Fogg-"I am really alarmed about young Henderson. He has been missing all day; and yet when last saw him he talked quite rationally.' Fogg-"Did he? That's bad sign; certainly he must have been out of his mind. ."-Boston Transcript.
 Canon Whitely, the veteran vicar of Bedhngton, preached asermon in which he showed the foolishness of stalking money when chances of winning were small. Two pitmen were discussing the sermon afterward, when one of them was heard to say he felt sure "the vicar must have betted lot hisself in his time, or he wouldna ha' knowed sa much aboot it ,'S- Household Words.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
The Elepbaut as 1. p,av,e,,ow.

A man who has travelled in India a great deal says that an elephant is a better playfellow for boy than dog. The native boys make the elephants take them in swimming. They climb on the elephants back and ride in tri. umph to the best swimming hole The elephant walks into deep water and keeps right on walking until there's
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
ADVOCATES do the devils drudgery

HYPocRITEs do the devils drudgery. Mathew Henry.
 HOVE prudence very little if it is not moral.-J oubert
 No PEACE was ever won from fate by subterfuge. e.-Ruskin.
 WISDOM and goodness to the vile seem yile.-Shakespeare.
 RECKON any matter of trial to thee among thy gains.-T. Adam
 ONE of the poets-whichi Is itP-speaks of an everlasting uow.--Southey.
 MCsIc washes away from the soul the dust of everyday He.--Auerbaeh.
 WHAr destiny sends, bearl Whoever r~rseveres will he crowned = Herder
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
Trnut nnd NInslr.

Trout fishing is rather difficult sport on account of the shyness of the fish, but in one particular place near Geneva, where the Rhone leaves the lake, they can be easily caught with nets. Chemical works manufacturing great quantities of musli-like artificial perfumes have recently been located there. and since they began work the fish have collected in regular shoals near the drains coming from the fac tory. Fishermen haul them out in al most incredible quantities.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
Smart smuggIcrs.

A novel way of smuggling has been brought to light by the French au- thorities on the Franco-Swiss frontier. It has been discovered that about twenty-two thousand watches, valued at two million francs, have entered France in the space of six months without having paid the duty. great portion of these were packed in tins of a condensed milk company
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
She Received with Her Bonnet On

The late Empress Augusta of Ger many, when she received at her castle those guests not well known to her, invariably appeared before them in a cloal, and bonnet. Lady Isabel Stew art, not long before the death of the empress, called upon her. and found her dressed as for an afternoon drive. but the bonnet she wore shone gay with diamond ornaments and flowers. re- member, too, that when our charming singer, Mime. Albani Gyc, was com handed for an audience, she was little startled, on being ushered into the room, to find the empress lying on a sofa robcd from head to foot in the brightest red and wearing a red bonnet. Her majesty had . singularly fragile appearance, but her face bore the i'm press of intellect and amiability She talked on this occasion of England, say ing how much she admired the coun- try and it's institutions. It was won derful how well posted up she seemed to be in the politics of the three king doms. When her guests bade her adieu the empress had a pretty custom of pre- senting each in turn with bunch of
 'ol"ts or rosos.--Woman at Home.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-23
GATHERED IN THE ART WORLD

Rosa BoNHEUR, at the age of seventy three, is painting large picture repre- senting fight between two stallions
 ENGLAND is enthusiastic over new animal painter, Miss Maud Earl, who is expected to prove second Rosa Bonheur.
 MR. WHISTLER took the seventh prize of $500 at the recent international ex- hibition at Venice, the only prize awarded to an Epglish-spea5ing artist, The first prize of S9,OOO went to Paolo Michetti.
 GARIBALDrs colossal equestrian stat ue, to be erected on Mount Janiculuin
The Press., 1895-05-30
HOME NEWS.
.OCAL NOTICES.

tMatter under this head cents per Ine.) F-When you want a good Fast Black Cotton Hose for ladies and children buy the Gordon dyed. For sale at A. w. Walkers.
 A. w. Walker is showing 8 large line of Ladies' Wrappers in all prices. A new lot of Lawn Wrappers received this week.
 -Capes and Coats for ladies and chil- dren, the latest styles, at E. l.. Burr's.
 A. w. Walker offers this week Fancy Colored Welt Pique, large assortment, at 123c. per yard. Call and examine or send for samples.
 -Only 39c. for Shirt Waists, dark print and lawns, at B. L. Burr's.
 -''The flowers that bloom in spring" :" will look all the better if placed in hand some Jardinere. You can purchase 8 nice one for 10 cents at Anthony Adams. ,
 Ladies Silk Waists, also lawn and cambric, at E. l.. Burr's.
 A. w. Walker is showing large line of Lace Curtains, and all kinds of Fancy Laces and other goods for sash curtains. Call and examine.
 Dress Trimmings, Silks, Velvets and Gimp can be found at E. L. Burrs.
 - Something new! Celery Cigars. Good for the Nerves. Try them. At F. E. .Fitzpatricks and at HurleyBro's. 2m*
 Large line of Infants ClOaks, Dresses and Bonnets at A. w. Walkers.
 New Millinery received every week, including all the latest novelties in trim mings and styles at Miss RusselPs.
The Press., 1895-05-30
(CorrespOndence.)

Presiding Elder Thorndike preached in the M. E. church last Sunday at 1.30 D. m.
 Mrs. A. J. Royce has returned from a visit to her daughter in Somers.
 Alfred Maynard is repairing his barn, J. N. Bissell doing the work.
 Chester Kellogg of your borough vis- ited friends on Pine Hill last week.
 Mrs. J. N. Bissel has been quite un- we'll for the past two weeks.
 Frank Carpenter of Eastlake, Flor ida, has been spending 8 few days at Isaiah Hiscox's.
 s. P. Smith of Warren called on friends in town last Sunday.
The Press., 1895-05-30
ASHFORD.

WeBGIOfu COrreBpOmUenC6o
 MT. Drummond has put a veranda on his house.
 Dwight Lamb recently killed black snake nearly eight feet long:
 Charlie Wooliscroft recently shot 8 large wild goose on Fred Jules pond.
 The beef case against Dr. w. c. c. Ball has caused considerable comment here, as elsewhere. He is a man gener- ally liked here by those acquainted with him, and supposed to be man above the general average, and surely above such an act as accused of, and we hope the case is not as bad as reported.
The Press., 1895-05-30


 Benjamin Gager of Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly of Somers, and Miss Lillian Pease, a Somers teacher, and daughter of Col. Amos Pease, one of the best known citizens of Holland county, were married at Miss Pease's home in Somers last Thursday evening. Rev. Sydney Wilton of Brooklyn performed the ceremony. The best man was George II. Vanderbilt of Brooklyn, and the bridesmaid was Etta Fuller, niece of the bride. Arthur Gager of Philadelphia, brother of the groom, and Frank Moore of Somers were ushers. Guests were present from Hartford, New York, Philadelphia, Springfield and many other places.
 MT. and Mrs. Sherman are taking a weeks drive through the eastern part of the state, spending little time at Mash apaug Lake. (Correspondence.)
 Rev. MT. Womer, of Somersville, oc-
The Press., 1895-05-30

Rockville to stay for the present with her sons.
 - Mrs. Clifford Crowningshield and daughter from Thompsonville were guests of her brother, s. H. Smith, Monday. Harvey Snow recently lost valua- ble COW.
 Mrs. Abbie Fenton from Hampden is making an extended visit with her sisters family, Mrs. M. A. Gold.
 Il. A. Kibbe and s. H. Perry from day.
 70. D. Glazier entertained his cousin, Frank L. Wood, from Worcester, Mass, Monday and Tuesday. MT. w. has since gone to New Haven to work as machin- ist.
 Mrs. Langtry from Springfield made calls on old time friends Monday.
 70. O. Smith, from Wallingford, and R. A. Taft, from Ellington, were guests of E. L. Smith one day last week.
 stafrOrdvfle.
 (COrrespondence) Arthur West has removed to South Manchester, where he is employed in the silk mill.
 The Epworth League held cottage meeting at the house of Harland Durham at Hydeville on Tuesday evening of this week, Thirty-nine were present; it was a very interesting meeting.
 Mir. George L. Adams and wife of Attleboro, Mass, were at the M. E. par sonage over Sunday, returning on Tues day morning.
 The Staffordville Band are engaged to furnish music for decoration day in Union. They supplied the music last year for that place. ~-s Rev. H. D. Adams of Staffordville will preach in the schoolhouse at Stafford Village next Sunday, June 2d, at 3.3O P. m., if pleasant All are cordially invited to be present.
 Hydeville.
 School closed last Tuesday, (May 28th.) Leroy Agard, teacher. Maud Beard was neither tardy nor absent during the term Arthur Sherman was absent one day.
The Press., 1895-05-30

cupied the pulpit last Sabbath, and preached an excellent sermon from James 3: 3-6.
 Decoration day will be observed by appropriate exercises. Rev. MT. Baker, of Hampden, will deliver an address in the church at o'clock, after which con- veyances will be provided to carry the veterans to the cemeteries to decorate the graves of their comrades.
 Mrs. Robert Pease is at Mantle.
 Mrs. Joseph Washburn, of OrCutt- vile, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Lydia Adams.
 Mir. and Mrs. Childs, of New Lon- don, are visiting their nephew, Charles Cooley.
 Edward Benton and sister, Miss Mary Benton, of Holland, spent last Sabbath with friends in town.
 MT. and Mrs. Horatio H. Brainerd, of Springfield, have been spending a few days at Wm. ,Brainerd's.
 Albert Arnold, of Broad Brook, was in town Monday.
 Miss E. c. Pease was the guest of Springfield friends over the Sabbath.
 Mrs. Daniel Avery, of West Stafford, is visiting her son, B. D. Avery, and fam fly.
 A. l.. Adams has exchanged horses with JyL. Avery, and is now the possess or of steed that outrivals Parson Will liams' "Jane."
 The Thompson house, owned by Hon. H. R. Kibbe, is being torn down, and on it's site will be erected modern structure.
 A special committee was appointed by the grange at it's last meeting to deco rate on memorial day the graves of de- ceased members.
The Press., 1895-05-30
MONSON.

Postmaster Gilbert w. Harrington, who has been ill for about two weeks with appendicitis, had an operation performed Thursday afternoon. Dr. Seelye of Spring field performed the operation, assisted by local physicians.
The Press., 1895-05-30
ELLINGTON. Crystal Lake Correspondence.)

GCrySCM Lake COrroSpOnu0nCe.)
 Mrs. John Chamberlain, who former ly lived east of the lake, and her sister, Mrs. Putnam, visited friends in this vicin- ity last week. All were glad to see these ladies who, although advanced in years, walked all the way from East Longmead- Ow.
 -Philo Kibbe is at Ellington Street working for his uncle, George Kibbe.
 Mrs. Parrish visited her daughter, Mrs. Benton, at the borough one day last week.
 Elder Seth Woodruff, who has sup piled the Advent pulpit at Crystal Lake many times, and is highly esteemed here, visited Orrin Newell, and also friends in West Stafford last week.
 Mrs. Burpee, formerly of Rockville, now of Waterbury, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Fletcher, a few days since.
 Miss Lottie Eastwood was Mrs. Taft's guest Saturday and Sunday.
 Archie Webber visited his grand mother, Mrs. Dimock, returning to Mass achusetts Sunday, on his wheel.
 John Johnson with his wife and daugh- ter were at Mr. and Mrs. Neffs the same day.
 Andrew Baker was st Crystal Lake last week doing joiner work for M. H. Dimock.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. H. Dimock, and also Ira H. Lewis, Esq, attended church ir West Stafford last Sunday. Also Willie Maynard and his sister Julia, of Somers. vile, called on Crystal Lake friends.
The Press., 1895-05-30
COVENTRY.
A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man.
 ager of Coventry Local Register. Copies of the Local Register for sale at the post office, South Coventry.

 A. s. PARKER Local Editor and Business Man
 ager of Coventry Local Register.
 Copies of the Local Register for sale at the post office, South Coventry.
 South Coventry.
 The family of H. F. Dimock was ex- pected here yesterday.
 Mrs. Joseph Stewart is absent from home caring for her mother, who is great ly depressed by the recent death of her eldest daughter. -Dr.W. l.. Higgins brother is in town and again accompanies the doctor on his rounds.
 Program for memorial day: Nathan Hale post, G. A. R., assemblies at Kolb's hall at 6. 80 a. m., then marches to the Catholic cemetery, from thence goes to north parish, where the several grave yards will be visited, and thence repairs to the church, where Leon Austin of Am herst college will deliver an oration. Re- turning to this parish the soldiers will place flowers on the graves of former comrades, after which, at p. m., Rev. Father Gibbon of St. Mary's church will address the audience in the Methodist church.
 The new coat of white paint with green blinds, on the Samuel Wilson house, is continuation of the style liked by it's former owner.
 E. A. Tracy's new stone store house is in process of construction.
 The union service at the Methodist church Sunday was well attended, and the speaker left no doubt in the mind of the nearer as to his hatred of negro slav- cry and loyalty to the United States gov ernment.
 Emil Loundon is greatly improving the Morrow place under the naples.
 Walter E. Payne of Rockville and MT. and Mrs. Will Kingsbury of New London were in town Sunday.
 Mrs. Barrows is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. P. Topliff, who is still confined to her room by illness.
 J. V. B. Prince and wife came to town Monday for the summer.
 Mrs. Renselear Barber of Dover Me-, is the guest of Mrs. J. M. Wood.
 The place of John Wood, near the lake, is an illustration of what the intel ligent use of spare minutes will accom- plish.
 The clumps of fine ferns under the shadow of graceful birches, the blossoming American hawthorns and other glimpses of wooded beauty which the passer by discovers on the recently purchased prop erty of H. F. Dimock, which beauty has been hidden by tangled undergrowth and rail fence, is surprise to all.
 The grounds around the Nathan Hale monument have been turfed, the sidewalk put in shape, and now is heard the fre- quent ejaculation If the state only owned the whole frontage '"
The Press., 1895-05-30


 The Rockville city council has appro- priated $15O,OOO for the construction of a system of public sewers and voted that the money be obtained by issuing sewer bonds running thirty years at per cent. interest, and that the officers take steps to create sinking fund.
 - Bishop Williams of Middletown con- firmed a class of eight persons at St. Johns Episcopal church Sunday evening. The church will build new rectory this summer on their lot adjoining at cost of $250O About $500 will also be expended in repairs. The society has 5000 on hand and expects to raise the balance by subscription. The church has reduced it's debt to $185O and is in a very prosper ous condition.