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The Newtown bee., 1895-12-20
A DAY OF ACCIDENTS.

A DAY OF ACCIDENTS.
 Saturday seemed day of accidents, Thomas Wells cut his hand while split ting wood for Lewis Goodsell and Lewis Edwards cut his foot while chopping.
 While Daniel Edwards was loading hay, Thursday, his horses became fright ened and ran some distance, breaking some parts of the harness, but doing no serious damage.
 Miss Carrie Sims from New Canaan has George Sims, at the Depot.
 Rev Dr Merwin was In New York City on business during the first three days of the week.
 Mrs Mary Beers, at the Depot, has been on the sick list.
 Merchant B. Hawley went to New York on Tuesday where he spent a couple of day9 In the marts of trade looking af- ter stock for his store here.
 Mrs George Sims at the Depot, who has been quite i'll for two weeks past, is somewhat improved in health. Mrs Plumb Hawley, who has made an extended visit with relatives and friends at Nichols, returns to her home. this week.
 Blacksmith John T. Porter is bound to keep abreast of the times and In order that all work may receive prompt and careful attention has hired an assistant, Stephen Ring by name, to assist him In shoeing and general smithing. Mr Ring comes highly recommended as black smith3whO can do first class work whether it be shoeing horses or oxen or iron work on wagons. With this increase of help Mr Porter solicits liberal share of the public patronage, believing that by satis- | factory work he can merit It. R. B. Rockwell has been on the sioh list.
 Nrs N. FArrand from Long Hnl was . guest of Nrs R. B. Rockwell on Saturday of last week.
 Impressivs funeral ssrvices wers held over the remains Of Mrs Hannsh II. Hall Thursday afternoon-at 2 o'clock, Rev DI Nerwin o6lciating. A large ateendance Was present to pay thei4 last tribute o1 respect @ hof memory. Rev 4r Xer. Win'e xounaxks and the sineing of the qgartee ven especially sppropriAte 2
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
TOOTH WORMS.
The Chinese Dentist Looks for Them
when His Patients Teeth Ache.

The Chinese Dentist Looks for Them
when His Patients Teeth Ache.
1t would seem that in dentistry as wen
as in ways that are dark "the heather
Chinese is peculiar" and in the Journal Of
the British Dental Association for Janu
airy c. Robbins has communicated some
curious essays on the subject written in
English by Chinese students at the Anglo
Chinese college, FoochOw. They describe
in quaint language the performance of the
dentists, who are usually itinerants of the
Sequah order.
They appear to have three methods Of
treatment: First. extraction, the pa
tents attention being distracted and his
lamentations overpowered by the beating
of loud gong; second, the application of
arsenic to kill an exposed pulp and, third,
the extraction of tooth worms" This
latter operation, usually performed by
women. is very frequently resorted to.
and undoubtedly worms are produced
from the tooth, as these amateur dentists
adopt the same principle as the lithotom-
list in the story-who used always to pro-
vide against finding his diagnosis had been
mistaken by taking a pebble of suitable
selves introduce these worms, which are
usually concealed under their Ions finger
nails A Chinese student describes the
operation thus 1--WE give his own words:
Now let me advert to the practice of
arresting the tooth worms One of my rel
atives was once attacked by a severe cold,
and after the cold was broken up by re-
storing activity to the skin he had a neu-
ralgia which gave him such an intense
suffering that he could neither eat nor
repose. but moaned with a voice so audible
and so plaintiVe that it sent a thrill to the
heart of every one in the house. On the
second day his suffering increased TO
remarkable degree; indeed, it is impossible
even at this distant period to reflect with
out horror on the miseries of his tooth
ache state. Finally he submitted to the
operation of a woman dentist whose
agency was to arrest tooth worms. Her
general operation is as follows: A chop
stick and silver pin are the only instru-
ments she requires in her normal act. She
conceives an inclination of discerning her
hrickery. She brings the chopstick in
contact with the diseased tooth and eau
tiously pokes it through with a pin in
search of the odious worms. After a
while scrapes out lump of yellow minute
worms on the chopsticlI and immerses it
in a cup of water Each lump consists
Of from ten to fifteen worms. and some
times 200 or 800 worms are scraped il the
patient makes an exact bargain at first
that the fee should be betrayed accord
ing to the number of worms scraped. The
general fee is 400 cash Us 2D. and only
the poor may take advantage Of being in
penury TO pay 200 cash
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11

Mrs. Jacoby of Mariana has more than
900 Jars of jellies and preserves.
w. S. Pope, Jr., of sneads is enclosing
loo acres of land near Sneads, with the
view Of raising stock.
The steamship Olivette and Florida will
leave Tampa and go to Boston for business
as soon as the summer season opens there.
A. y. Williams, dealer in general mer-
chandise at MOrristoWn, near Wiliston,
failed Thursday. The amount of labili-
ties Is 5000
+. L. Moore of Washington. who owns
property at Melbourne, offers to donate a
fountain to the town II the citizens will
have 1t properly placed in position.
W. E. Wilder has twelve acres in oats
three acres in alfalfa clover, six acres in
cucumbers and tire acres in watermelons
at his prairie farm east of Arcadia
II. b. Plant, president of the Plant In
Xestment Company, donated SIS to the
Lake City fire department to aid them in
the purchase of silver mounted hose
reel.
Messrs. Gilmore & Davis are erecting an
addition to the Capital City Bank build
ing. They have also contracted to remodel
ana add a second story to the Methodist
district parsonage.
The two new steamers for the Plant sys-
tenn are now being built by Cramp &
sons, philadelphia. They will be ready in
the tall, but it has not yet been decided as
TO where they viii be used.
The store of Roddenbery & Singletarv al
Grand Ridge was broken into and robbed
Tuesday night. Something like $50 worth
OF goods were taken and So in money.
There is no clue to the robber.
The cedar mill at Cedar Keys belonging
10 F. A. Wolfe x Co. was sold by Capt
J. r. Mitchell at auction sale Monday and
was bid in for $40 by w. II. Anderson The
house and lot was also sold at Bronson
and was bought by Mr.. Anderson for $40
The phosphate company at Arcadia has
made new scale of wages equalizing the
pay of men of all grades. Some have had
their wages raised while others have had
their pay reduced. The company win paw
their employees monthly instead of weekly
hereafter.
]. B. King of Orlando brother-in-law of
the Messrs. Battey, will locate at Fort
Myers. Mr.. King had two fine orange
groves in Orange county consisting of
1900 bearing trees. and he pronounces them
dead beyond doubt This years crop and
fourteen years of labor is gone.
Frank Watson of Bronson came to a
sudden and sad death last Saturday.
While racing his horse with several COM
paniOns, in the hammock, he was thrown
and sustained injuries from which hs
died before DR., Bean, who was summoned
could reach him. 1t is said the boys We're
drinking.
An incensed Bradford county farmer re-
Gently posted the following notice upon a
fence surrounding a certain field: IF any
man or woman's COW or oXens gets into
these oats, his or her tail Will be cut off.
as the case may be. I am a Christian man
and pay my taxes, and darn a man who
lets his critters run loose"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
SOUTHERN SONGS.
a Number of FavOrItes written by
Northern Composers.
From the Washington Posl

From the Washington Post.
Dixie" is as lively and popular an air
to-day as it ever was. and its reputation
is not confined to the American continent.
1t is played in Europe, and ranks with the
finest of the simple airs in touching the
emotions of the people. and wherever it
is played by a big, strong band the audi
tors cannot help keeping time to the music
1t is well-known in all the capitalists of
Europe, and never fails to awaken Wig
orous applause.
Nine-tenths of the best songs known as
southern melodies we're written by north
ern men, and the southern soldiers dur
ing the war were keen enough to sieze
Dixie and appropriate it as their most
captivating air. Foster, an Ohio. wrote
more of the genuinely beautiful planta-
ton songs than any man in his line, his
three best compositions being "Old Folks
at Home, MY Old Kentucky Home
Goodnight" and "Massa's in de Cold
Cold Ground" Foster, like all northern
men who have written similar songs, did
not understand thoroughly the negro dia-
lect, but his ideas were all right and his
compositions were fun of sentiment and
pathos. OF all the southern dialect song
writers, VIII S. Hays of Kentucky, easily
takes first rank. His Roll Out-Heave
dat Cotton" river steamboat song, is
perhaps his most clever effort.
Foster fell into the error of making the
negro say "Massa" instead of "Marster."
Some of the old slaves brought directly
from Africa doubtless pronounced the
word "Massa," and perhaps a small per-
centage of the coast negroes may have
done so, but the average darby says
'Marster," with a broad accent and his
abbreviation in the days of slavery was
always MARS" In his Texas Steer"
Hoyt has also fallen into the same error.
In his song of "Dixie's Land" Dan EN-
NETT the minstrel, proved that he was
quite familiar with the negro dialect 1t
was very hastily composed, and was got
ten up within three days to be tried at
performance at which Emmett was to
do one of his popular walk arounds. That
was his great act in his palmy, prosper
Gus days, when he was so well known to
the lovers of minstrelsy. Emmett was
never performer on a banjo. He used
to fiddle very WELL and ten years ago he
had the reputation of being an expert on
the fife, which instrument he frequently
used at the performances. 1t is said that
even now he can handle a fife with con-
siderable skill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
LoNG-soUGHT SLEEP AT LAST.
Farmer Jones Goes $50 Days and
Nights without Rest.

Elwood, Ind, Special in New York World
David Jones. wealthy farmer resid-
ing near here, failed on the night of
Sept. 20 last to sleep. and from that time
on, night after night, could not get any
rest. He lost few pounds of flesh, but
was able to continue work
Noted medical men vainly tried to af-
ford him relief. Last Friday he began
to feel drowsy and that night slept half
an hour. He has since been sleeping a
little each night, and it is now thought
that he soon will be all right again. He
went 1852 days and nights without sleep
Three years ago he went 80 days and
nights. He has lost only ten pounds dur
ing the long, sleepless period now APP
parently at an end.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Knights of Pythias are agitating
the building of $4,000 opera house at
Abbeville.
DR.. c. L. Clawson of Chester has brought
suit against Mayor J. c. James, ndivid-
ually, for 5000 damages for false i'm
prisonment.
The grocery store of R. B. Lowry at
Yorkville has been closed under fore
closure of a chattel mortgage held by r.
Kirk Lowry.
Mrs. McClintock Of Chester has sued
that town for 81 900 damages. She having
fallen over distractions on the sidewalk
and seriously injured her ankle.
Friday while party of men were SEEMING
for shad near the cat hole landing in the
Edisto near St. George, Allen Aiken and
Alex Stephens, both colored, We're acct
dentally drowned.
The secretary of state has granted a
charter to she German-American Building
and Loan Association of Charleston The
required amount Of capital stock has been
subscribed and paid in.
n. H. johnson of Marlboro county is
now making first-class brick of sand
ana rosin for pillars and outside work.
Flso Tor casts posts and columns or
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
Speaker Crisp's vote of Thanks.

From the washington Star
1t was intended by the republican mem
bers of the House that the resolution COM
plirnenting Mr. Crisp on his administration
of the speakers office should be offered by
Mr.. Reed, but the ex-speaker declined.
and they were presented by Mr.. Cannon.
of illinois, When later in the day the
resolution was put upon its adoption, Mr..
Reed was one of four republicans who
failed to rise to their feet to Indicate
their approval Mr.. Boutelle was not
within the range of vision, or there would
doubtless have been five dissenting repub-
leans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
An Oddly of the Income Tax.
Washington Letter in Chicago Times-Her


aid.
The income tax is raising some odd
questions here, as elsewhere. Congress-
man Fielder, of New Jersey, who was
elected to ill the unexpired term of f.
F. Mcdonald, deceased, has very gracious
ly made over the total salary received by
him since he took the oath of congress-
man, $1,000 to his predecessors widow.
The how dye do" part of it arises from
the construction of the income tax law by
Commissioner Miller and Speaker Crisp,
both of whom hold that Congressman
Fielder must pay ? per cent. on the
amount. and that Mrs. Mcdonald also
must pay per cent. on the same amount
the law holding that all incomes no mat
ter whether earned or bequeathed, are
taxable. So it will be seen that the gov
eminent, like the man with the double
ended eel trap in the river, catches 'em
a-comin' and gWine."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
e Devil.g havIng los Id fun

The Devils having lots of fun
to-day, his mind is bent
On having people swear that they
In every possible little way.
VIII mind the rules of Lent.
He loves to hear folks boldly swear
That they will bravely esever
The bonds which bind them fast to sin
He knows-and grins a fiendish grin
They'll soon be worse than ever
New York Herald,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
MERCHANTS AND MINERS
TRANSPORTATION co,

RATES Or PASSAGE.
TO NEW YORk-SLeamer and Rail-
Cabin, Limited 5 Days, $3.50: Cabin, I'm.
limited, 5000; Excursion, $500; Interma.
date, Sl4.75.
TO BOSToN-Steamer and Rail-Cabln.
Unlimited, s22.00; intermediate. Limited ]
Days, $500.
TO ON-Steamer-Cabin, Limited
10 Days, 5000; Excursion, $500: Interme.
date, Limited 10 Days, $500.
TO WASHINGTON-Stea and Rail-.
Cabin, $3.50.
TO PHILADELPHIA-St and
Rail-Cabin, 7S0; intermediate, $3.50
TO A-Steamer-Cabin,
$500; intermediate. s11.50.
TO BALTIMORE-Cabin $500; Excurs
sion, $500; intermediate, $1,000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11

When Dublin Cathedral was reopened
after restoration at the expense of a Mr..
Wise, the archbishop took for his text,
go thou and do like Wise. Tit bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11

The steamships of this company are ap-
pointed to sail from Savannah for Baltic
more as follows-standard time:
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Il. Nickerson, Jr,
TUESDAY, March u, at $50 p. m.
BERKSHIRE, Capt. J. w. Kirwan,
THURSDAY, March IA, at 500 p. m
WILLIAM CRANE, Capt w. ]. Bond,
SATURDAY, March It, at 10 D. m.
D. H MILLER. Capt. James, TUESDAY,
March 49, at 1890 p. m.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAY
THURSDAY and SATURDAY.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.
W. p. TURNER, A. d. STEBBINa
G. p. A. A. T. NJ
J. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices. Baltimore, Md.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-11
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA BRIEFLY PARA
GRAPHED.

Masked Assassins Enter Mans
House and shoot Him I'm the Pres
ence Of His Wife and Daughter.
A Negro sent TO the PenitentiHry
for Life for Murder-A Negroes AP-
peaIs to Gov. Atkinson TO save
Her SON From the Gibbet.
The Press., 1895-12-19
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Farmer (loquitor )-So ye've landed at last We'll, A'se proud to see you. All just tell the lad to louse the horses out of the conveyance He's deaf, but An soon incense him. My missus has been only very middHng. She's keeping better now but she's very useless (help- less). What a meat there is ill yon field the year When them Irish beasts come, they was as lean as paddocks, and now they re as fat as butther. It's getting sare logged up, however; we began to ploo out a part of the field, and then rued it and gave over. Yon great saugh tree has mashed the dike.. It's bad for the land when the dikes is down, the beasts carries all the management into the paintings. This cundith has got properly stopped with mud. Gif A was just to rummel (stir) it a bit with a stick it would soon hush ava. There's mint grawing here, A can feel it.
 Tashl A'se gotten a stang from a wesp. There's wesp est here. It's strong 'un, and the beet is coming out thick It's very kittleso1ne and can kersome thing, is 8 wesp stang. One of Jobbies lads, the Tom one, has got venomed hand. He was stung by slew worm, and his arm swelled up, so he got 1t charmed by an Irishman. Them from Cennaught is best. They spits and bFeathes oil the wound. Ave heared tell gif all triehman draws ring round a tead with his finger it can't stir, and them Irish beasts is tarrible for banish- ing snakes, A was once just about sit ting down in some spratty grass in yon der slack, when an adder cumned ont and fiased Ut me. My word A did run Eels is kind of adder. r.-Gentleman' s AFa1asItn
The Press., 1895-12-19
Allen c. Thurman,s Memory.

"Among men of remal kable memo ries will give a prominent place to the Old Roman, Allen G. Thurman" said Lawyer Mills. "To mention slight in oident of his powers: When was asso- eiated with him ill prosecuting what is known as the tally sheet cases in Ohio, I was peculiarly impressed by the great ness of MT. Thurman, by his strength of intellect, profusion of thought and mag niflcent. accomplishments as a lawyer. was also greatly impressed by his fine scholarship, and have this illustration of the accuracy of his learning: While one of the attorneys engaged i'll the case referred to was addressing the jury he professed to make a quotation from Shakespeare-'t to make assurance doubly sure.' MT. Thurman, with affected in dignation, turned to me and said, I thought he used to be a schoolmaster , I said, Yes. Well, in that case, he said, The ought to know better. Shake speare never said that. What do you mean, judge?' I asked in surprise. T mean, sa he, that Shakespeare never wrote "make assurance doubly sure. '' What he wrote was make assurance double sure - I myself had doubts as to the correctness of this criticism, but afterward verified it by examining the standard editions of Shakespeare ''- Chicago Inter Ocean
The Press., 1895-12-19
,JaDaneSe Missions.

The Japanese are the happiest people in the world. I have looked into the faces of thousands of this strange little people, and scarcely one ill hundred shows lines of sin and discontent, and as go by the temples that have been beacon lights to these simple hearts for so many centuries I say in my own heart, What farce this missionary business! What we call civilization brings to this people all of our vices and none of our virtues Now with all the millions that have been spent in Japan on missions say to you, and with ev- cry regard for truth, there are not 100 actual native Christians in Japan. be-
 ieve in the Christian religion, but not for this oriental mind. Tokyo Cor. Iowa State Register
The Press., 1895-12-19
WILT THoU eE LoNGY

Wilt thou be longi The workful day is o'er. The wind croons softly to the sleeping sea. At the old spot upon the lonely shore wait for thee Home to his nest the swift gray gull is wing
 ing. Through the still dusk hear the sailors song. Night to the weary rest from toll is bringing
 Wilt thou be longS Wilt thou be longf The darkness gathers fast The daisies fold their fringes on the lea. Time is so feeting, and youth will not last
 Oh. come to mel In the clear west silver star is burning, But sad misgivings all my bosom throng. With anxious heart watch for thy returning
 Wilt thou be long?
 -E. Matheson in Chambers Journal.
The Press., 1895-12-19

WHERE DID I GET THIS DREADFUL. ooUGH2 No matter; the great question is, How shall get rid of it2 Use THE PINEoLA BALsAM, soothing combination of the remedies nature has put in the pine and other balsamic trees. It cures the inflammation and tickling in the throat, and if taken in time will prevent the spread of the disease to the lungs Ely's Pineola Balsam is strongly recommended In cases of asthma. Twenty-Five cents Is the price. Tell the neighbors about 1t. 3
The Press., 1895-12-19
Cycle Slang.

What a lot of slang verbiage has grown out of the bicycle! The youth who talks boastfully and erratically is called down by the apt suggestion of the bicycle young woman with the remark,
 Freddie, your lamp is out" The "road hog" is borrowed from old New England nomenclature, but "scorching" IS of the bicycles own lingo and means an undue haste in driving wheel. The exhausted bicyclist on the road and needing refreshments suggests, "Let's stop here and pump up,'' referring to the Jagged condition of the pneumatic.
 Bicycle girls are "bloomers, D and "here comes my bloomer" is equivalent to here comes my girl. A policeman is "a header" and the cyclometer is "the ticker" :" '' He has lost his tire'' is equiv- alent to having tacks in your head" or "being off your trolley" and no doubt there is plenty more of the same.-Lew- iston Journal
The Press., 1895-12-19

A. B. Kilpat1ick, of Fillmore, Cal, had the misfortune to have his leg caught be- tween cart and stone and badly bruis. ed. Ordinarily he would have been laid up for two or three weeks, but says After using one bottle of Cham berlain's Pain Balm began to feel better, and in three days was entirely well. The pe- culiar soothing qualities which Chamber lain's Pain Palm possesses I have never noticed in any other linment. 1 take pleasure in recommending it." This lini- ment is alse of great value for rheumatism and lame back. For sale by wv. La throp, Stafford Springs; c. L. Phillips. South Coventry.
The Press., 1895-12-19

A genuine ghost-story has yet to be at tested; but not so a genuine blood puri- fer. Over and over again it has been proved that Ayers Sarsaparilla stands alone among medicines as the most re- liable tonic-alteratiye in pharmacy. It stood alone at the Worlds Fair.
The Press., 1895-12-19

Wife-Here's an account of a man who shot himself rather than suffer the bangs "findigestion. Husband-Thef fool! Why didn't he take De Witt's Little Early Risers? I used to suffer as bad as he did before commenced to take these lit tie pills. w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs: G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1895-12-19

There IS more Catarrh in this section Of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For great many years doctors pro nounced 1t local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable sci- ence has proven catarrh to be constitutional disease, and. therefore, requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F, J. Cheney 6 Co.,, Toledo Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market It is taken internally In doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon ful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous suIIaces of the system. They oner one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials Address
 FJ. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O. " Sold by Druggists, ste.
The Press., 1895-12-19

The Russians have singular method of extorttng disclosures from prisoners. In their food is mixed a drug which has the effect of rendering them delirious, terrogated, when secrets ara divulged.