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The Press., 1897-05-20
The Trade In Planta.

Prior to 1875 there were only half q dozen greenhouses in the country n1ak- ing business of raising plants for the market, and most of these were devoted exclusively to flower culture. Private estates owned small hothouses, where 8 limited number of choice flowers, grapes and apricots were raised, but they were very crudely constructed compared with our modern structures, and the system of culture was simple and gen. erally unsatisfactory. The cut flower trade in New York began to assume considerable importance eight years ago, and to meet the ready demand for the flowers in the middle of winter greenhouses quickly sprang up in the suburbs. The cost of construction de- creased, and the expenses of propagat- ing the flowers were approximately re- duced, making the business very remu- nerative to the growers. A new era in flower culture was inaugurated. Enor- nous glass houses were erected in the country, and where a few dozen men were formerly employed thousands soon sought and obtained profitable work. = George K. Walsh in Lippincott's.
The Press., 1897-05-20
Cleaning EyeglAsses.

"Spectacles and eyeglasses are as much benefited by bath now and then as people are, '" remarked we'll known optician. "It is strange how many peo- pie there are who think that their glasses only need an occasional wiping. Now, the fact is glasses require actual baths as frequently as does the ordinary per- son. The process is as simple as you want to make it. My plan, however, is to take the glasses to a washbowl and give them a good soaking in warm wa- ter. Then apply soap freely and rub it off by the use of a soft tooth or nail brush. After that give them polish with any of the usual tooth powders and then clean them with tissue paper, which is much better for the purpose than chamois skin or anything else that I know of.
 "The ordinary cleaning is all right as far as it goes, but it is not sufficient Many person has done great injury to his eyes by neglecting to properly clean his glasses. have had mum. Der of patients come to me with conn plaints about what they called gradual diminution of their sight. An examina- tion revealed the fact that it was won- derful that they could see at all, for their glasses were gummed over and had been fearfully neglected. A little soap and water, to which few drops of ann monia were added, did the business. "- Washington Star
The Press., 1897-05-20
May IF, 1867.


 The Catholics have their new church in this village, we'll under way. The plans are made for a good ediflce. Itis to be of stone, with gothic windows, S5 feet wide, and including a vestry eighty feet in length. The interior Is to be finished in chestnut. The building is located on the corner of High and Church streets
 Rev. Thomas Atwood, who has been preaching of late for the Baptist church in Wilmington, has accepted their call and gone thither as spastor.
 It has been reported that Rev. Dr, El- dridge of Norfolk was the longest settled minister in the state. Itappears, how ever, that we have two clergyman in this country who have been longer settled, Rev. Aborn Marsh of Tollsnd, now in the thirty fifth year of his active ministry and Rev. Dr. Calhoun of North Coventry who has been settled over the Congrega- tional church in that place over forty eight years. The Jackson bridge over the river be- tween Holland and Wilmington, which was carried away by the freshet few weeks since, has been replaced by the selectmen
 BORN Stafford Springs, May 10th, 1867, son (George H. to Charles Tucker.
 sMARR1ED-Hampton, May Sth, 1867, Charles c. Green of Wilmington and Julia Baker of Hampton.
The Press., 1897-05-20
A n1nvlnr Inlro n1 roa.

A lake of ice 10 miles long, of vary ing width and enormous depth, moving at the rate of 60 feet day-suoh is the Muir glacier, on the coast of northwest ern Alaska.
 It's surface is billowed into rounded hills and beetling precipices, like an ocean in fierce gale. At its center it is splintered into turrets and pinnaclea of amethyst turquoise and sapphire tinted ice, with spires of dead white crystals. Countless crevasses of im- mense depth seam all its surface, and at the bottoms of these frightful gaps streams of pure, clear water find their way.
 From this vast mass of ice gigantic icebergs constantly break away seaward as the glacier emerges from a narrow gateway into the open bay. So huge arc these falls as to imperil ships miles out in the bay by the enormous waves they roioo
The Press., 1897-05-20
Detroit Free Press.)
HIS MOTHERS GIFT.

He came up to me at Broadway and Thirty y-fourth-st. one evening, and asked if I knew of a pawnshop in the neighbor- hood. I told him I thought there was one only two blocks away, and he wiped q tear from his eye and pointed to a par eel under his arm and said = | . t.A
 'It Is my mothers gift-a Bibie-the last thing lefkto me to raise money on. Yes, motheEpfaced this book in my hands as started. .sout in life fifteen. years ago, and I hoped I would always be guided by by its noble precepts."
 ''And now you must pawn it ?" I ask Fed.
 T must. It's the only thing have left, and must eat and sleep. I cannot tell you how it wrings my heart to have this gift go into the hands of a pawn broker. If could only meet gentle man'-
 "A gentleman who'd advance you $1 on the book and hold it for you ?"
 That's it-that's it !" he cheerfully ex- claimed. "Yes, if he'd advance me $1 on it could start out in life anew, and in 8 week 1 could pay the debt and have my relic back. You appear to be kind hearted man?"
 "Yes, am.''
 "And you don't want to see my mothers gift go to pawnshop ?"
 "No." z 
 "And you will advance me $1 on it?"
 "Not mueh'i- Pm looking around for a policeman to give you the collar That trick has been played on me three times, and am getting tired of paying $1 for a 5O-ce1t Bible."
 "Sifl' exclaimed the man, as he began to back away, "it is evident that you do not reverence your mother"
 f'Not in this shape-no."
 ''And you have no love for the,good book !'
 'Not at 100 per cent profit"
 "And sentiment, sir, you have no senti- ment and you are bad man, sir-and ifI ever catch you on side street I'll fput head on you and send you to the hospital for week !''
The Press., 1897-05-20
Electric Railroad Statistics.

Electric railways in Europe formed the subject of some interesting statistics recently embodied in a report sent to the United States government by Vice Consul J. F. Monaghan, at Chemnitz, Germany. According to these, the num- ber of such railways was increased during the year 1895 from 70 to III, while the total length was raised from about 436 to 660 miles, the number of cars from 1,236 to ], TAT, and the horse- power from little over 18,000 to lit- tie oyer 25,000. Of all the European countries, Germany, according to MT. Monaghan's figures, stood at the head, with about 250 miles to her credit, and an equipment of 867 oars and 7.194 horsepower. The other countries fol- lowed in the order given below:
The Press., 1897-05-20
Number 8.
A Happy Meeting,

A most touching scene was witnessed in the streets of Paris recently. A little girl of about years of age was rolling her hoop. The hoop rolled up against gentleman sitting on a bench, and the child, going up to him to get it, looked at him involuntarily and suddenly cried out, "Oh, if there isn't the gentleman of mammals miniatureW
 This exclamation of course attracted the attention of passersby and of a young woman, who immediately came up to the child, and, giving a glance at the gentleman tainted away. He appeared stupofied and stared from the child to her mother as if he were losing his senses, but when he saw the latter uncon- scious on the ground he caught her up, clasped her in his arms and covered her with kisses. She soon regained her senses and fell weeping on the gentle mans bosom. An officer, coming up, led them off, with the little girl, and, calling a carriage, put them in. but the bystanders had already learned their history from their different exclama- tions.
 Five years before, they were married,
 
 with every prospect of happiness before them, but the husband, being young, was led astray by dissipated associates and becoming jealous of his wife treated her so unkindly that she finally left him and took humble lodging in a differ ent quarter of the city, where she soon after gave birth to little daughter and since that time had supported herself and child by her needle. The husband had sought his wife in vain and had at last come to the sad conclusion that she had put an end to her existence. This thought had such an effect upon his mind as to cure him not only of his jealousy, but of his vices, and he had since been living most exemplary life, consecrating all his thoughts to the memory of his lost wife.-New York Ledger
The Press., 1897-05-20

The great Music Hall organ, so long the pride of Boston, and now for thirteen years taken down and packed away, is being set up again, but only to be sold al auction. When 1t was dedicated in 1863 it was spoken of as likely to stand for centuries. In fact, 1t was removed in about twenty years to make room for an orchestra. The instrument was built by Walcker of Ludwigsburg, Germany, and cost when erected in Music Hall, $60, ,0O0. It weighed seventy tons, had four manuals eighty-nine stops, and 5,474 pipes. It was: all things considered, one of the most wonderful works of the kind ever seen in America
The Press., 1897-05-20
BorewInmklnR.

Screws are now made altogether by machinery. The rods or wires from which the screws are manufactured are received by 8 machine which stamps the head, cuts the groove in the top and then makes the spiral by cutting out the material in a gradually decreasing cone until finally the point is reached. Watch screws are made of 8 size so minute that, to the unaided eye, they resemble grains of sand, but when view ed through microscope are seen to be perfect in every respect, even to the groove on the ton.
The Press., 1897-05-20
The orirlna1 Color of Flowers:.

Some scientific papers have endeavor- ed to show that in the early ages all flowers were yellow, and the various colors we now have have simply follow ed the introduction of insects-that flowers have, in other words, been made beautiful in order to render them attractive to insects, to encourage their visits, so that the cross fertilization of the flowers might be better effected. As morphology teaches us that the petals of flowers are nothing but modified leaves, says a writer in Msehan' s Monthly, we might imagine that the earlier attempts at inf1orescence would be green and not yellow.
The Press., 1897-05-20

It has long been suspected that when a clergyman, in the course of his sermon, asks any one in the congregation who chooses to answer some questions he has -propounded, he doesn't really expect any one to do so. This was proved at a watch-night service at St. Paul's Church, Brixton; England. The vicar, the Rev. Carnegie Brown, was preaching a sermon on the Prodigal Son, in the course of which he said "Last year some people came to watch-night service from neigh boring public-house, and some of them were drunk. Is there any one here like that tonight ?'' "Yes," said a respect able looking man seated in the aisle, ''I'm here, and Pm drunk" The effect on the congregation was electrical. The preach CT was startled for moment, but, after saying, "Poor fellow, poor fellow" pro- eeeded with his discourse. "I tell you I'm drunk" said the intruder. "Hold your tongue" said the vicar. 1T am speaking now, and must not be inter- rupted."
The Press., 1897-05-20
w. c. T. U.
Convention Call.

A mother hen calls her chickens to some special crumb every little while, and our leaders must often rally their comrades to some specific work. The general lines do not suffice-there must be special pressure brought to bear-a clear sounding note of invitation, and the chicks who have been chirping in the grass or struggling here and there in pur- suit of some worm that did not material ize, or some fly that eluded them, will all make tracks with great alacrity toward the center where the cheerful mother stands, resourceful, kindly and impertur- bable+, The next thing is the thing for each one. <. The twelfth annual convention of the Holland County Woman's Christian Tenn perance Union will be held on Thursday, May 27th, at the Methodist church of Stafford Springs. s. The, county officers are as follows President, Mrs. C.5F. Fitch of Rockville ]; vice president, Mrs. J. s. Koonssof Mans field; secretary, Mrs. Lima McPherson of Rockville; treasurer, Miss G. A. Wash burn of Stafford Springs.
 The morning and afternoon sessions of the convention will be of interest to all white ribboners and friends.
 MORNING. 10 O15-Devotional service, led by Mrs. J.. H. James, Rockville. | y10:30-Convention Greeting c. B. Forbes, state president.
 Welcome-Miss c. A. Washburn, Staf- ford Springs.
 Response-Miss c. Pike, Mansfield.
 Roll call answered by text. Appointment of committees. Minutes of last convention.
 Reports of unions.
 Reports of juvenile organizations. Music.
 Reports of superintendents.
 White Ribbon Banner MissM. l.. Herr | Norwich. Business.
 Noontide prayer.
 Adiournment-bask collation..
 AFTERNOON. | 1.30-Praise service. Minutes of morning session. l Election of officers. Music. Address-Mrs. Margaret D. Ellis, New Jersey. Offering. Reports of committees.
 Presentation of county banner. Business.
 Adjournment.
 The churches, the societies of the Chrie+iop Fndoovor Eorror+h Too,,,,o Temple of Honor, Catholic Total Absti- hence, Woman's Relief Corps, and the thriving local Current Events Club are cordially invited, and all individuals are included, and not excluded, from this county gathering. Mrs. Mary M. Andrews. corresponding7 secretary of the Conn. w. c. T. U., has also been invited as a guest to the con- vention.
 Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, frequent visitor, and well-known in Connecticut, was for fifteen consecutive years corre- spending secretary of the New Jersey w. c. T. U. Last fall she disengaged her. self from the.rputine duties of the state tos enter into the wider field of that of the National ". c. T. ,U., and, too, to be more free to pursue that branch of the work for which she Is so eminently fitted, that of.arbusing neighborhoods to more exalted view of the manifold duties that lie at the door of each individual worker If each is faithful to the little tasks that lie at his or her hand to perform.
 Mrs. Ellis is much beloved as a faithful and efficient worker, ranking among the finest speakers, since
 sy}''Life means be sufel fia ! ! Both head< andeheart-both active, both {, complete, .tAnd both in earnest"
The Press., 1897-05-20

Sick stomach means sick man For woman).
 Why not be wellP
 Sick stomach comes from poor food, poor nourishment means poor health, poor comfort. Shaker Digestive Cordial means health and we'll stomach.
 If we could examine our stomach we wbuld understand why it, is that so little will put it out of order.
 But, unless we are doctors, we never see our stomach. We only feel~i 1t. We would feel it less if we took Shaker Digestive Cordial.
 Shaker Digestive Cordial makes your stomach digest all the nourishing food you eat, relieves all the symptoms of in- digestion, acts as tonic and soon makes you we'll and strong again.
 The more you take, the less you will feel of your stomach.
 At druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents..
The Press., 1897-05-20
How,s Thisl.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY 6 CO, Props. Toledo, o. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all his business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm.
 WEST 6 TRAUx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o. WALDING, KINNAN dC MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
 gists, Toledo, O.
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces o1 the system. Price, 75c. per bottles Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
The Press., 1897-05-20

DID You EVER try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles P If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to.the relief and cure of all Female Com plaints, exeIting wonderful direct influ- ence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If''you have Loss of Appetite, Constipation, Headache, Painting Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Exeitable, Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and Strength are guaranteed by it's use. Fifty cents and $1.00 at B. K. Taft's Dug Store. 8
The Press., 1897-05-20

An English paper tells of real Mrs. Burlington. She walked into the office of the Judge of Probate and asked Are you the Judge of Reprqbates ?" I am the Judge of Probate, " was the reply. Well, that's it, expect, quoth the lady. ''You see, my husband died detested, and left me several little infidels, and want to be appointed their executioner ["
The Press., 1897-05-20

Boston Transcript: One of the first things that child learns, in family where there. are smalle,s children, is to be very efficient in: the nanagement of those other children. One small boy, aged three, has a sister, aged nearly two, who has propensity for up- setting her mothers spool-basket. For this offense she has had to. be corrected several times, and her brother has become aware of the enormity of the offense Recently the mother heard terrible up- roar in her room, where the children were together, and going in to see what was the matter, foundsthe little girl weeping, while the boy,l looking very conscious of virtue and radiant with efficiency, said ;: ''She tipped over the pool-basket, mamma -7but she's all banked !"
The Press., 1897-05-20

With this showing it is suggestive to compare the position of the United States, in which, according to the latest available figures, there were 12, 183 miles of road, with 8 total of 4,971 cars. It is not without reason evidently that the United States is considered the home of the electric railroad. Gam ada comes next in order, with 450 miles of road and 1 ,150 cars. rs.-Oassier's Mag
The Press., 1897-05-20

You have noticed when you have been in England that all the bank notes are always clean and fresh or that most of them are. We'll, the reason is that the Bank of England burns the ones received and issues new ones. The average life of bank note is only five or six daya
The Press., 1897-05-20

GREAT TRIUMPH.-In Instant relief and a permanent cure by the great remedy, Otto's Cure for Lung and throat diseases. Why will you irritate your throat and lungs with a hacking cough when B. K 1. Taft, Stafford Springs, w. P. Fuller, 'Sonlers, Odell & Jones, StaffordvilIe, sole agents, will furnish you free sample bottle of this guaranteed remedy Its success is simply wonderful, as your druggist will tell you. Sample free, Large bottles soc and ,25cs %-s., ss~.s K ;,
The Press., 1897-05-20

The barbers of India are so delft and light of touch that they can shave a man without awakening him.
The Press., 1897-05-20

It isn't what one knows that mak es him great, but what he learns from others.
The Press., 1897-05-20
HOW IS THIS !?

 Just received, lot of Haxall Flour, which I will sell for Five Dollars a Barrel.
 Also Molasses' at 25c, 35c and 45c. 2illsbury Flour, $5.45 St. Louis ( Diadem, 5.25
 Coffee, 2Oc., 25c., 3Oc., 35c., 4Oc. ID.
 Tea, black, 3Oc., 4Oc., 5Oc., 6Oc.
 " green, 3Oc., 4Oc., 5Oc., 6Oc. ' Grandma's Pancake Flour (8p'k'gs), 25c. Pork, per lb., Sc. Tomato Catsup, pint bottles, 18c. Pickles, per gal, 23c. Can Tomatoes, 3 for 25c. Corn, 8" 25c. Cookies, your choice per 'lb., Sc. Quaker Oats, lbs. for 25c.
 GEO. BAILEY.
The Press., 1897-05-20
ITEMS FROM THE STAFFORD
 NEWS LETTER.

[Itis our intention to print under this hend from week to week, items Of interest from the old Stanford News Letter
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-25

setting forth tho time when such work
was done aud the amount. character
and actual cost thereof, together with
the name or names OF the person OF per-
sons who performed such work; and
such affidavit, when made and filed as
herein provided, shall be prims iacie
evidence Of the facts therein stated.
The failure to make aud file such afli-
davit as herein provided shall, in any
contest. suit or proceedings touching
the title to such claim, throw the burd, n
OF proof upon the owner or owners OF
such claim to show that such work has
been done according to law.
Sec. 0. All laws and parts Of laws in
conflict with any OF the provisions oi
this act are hereby repealed, and this
net shall take effect and be in force from
and after it's passage.
The above act was approved by tie
governor March 18th. 1851.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-25

territory, the locator or locators thereof
shall cause the surface boundaries Of
such claim TO be plainly marked by
eight substantial posts or stone monu-
ments, each projecting at least three
feet sbove the surface Of the ground, to
wit: One at each corner OF said claim
and one at the center oi each end aud
side line thereof, each of which posts or
monuments shall be plainly marked 80
as to show the name OF such claim aud
the direction thereof from each post or
monument"
Sec. 7. The owner or owners OF lands
within this territory, the title to which
has been vested by letters patent from
the United States government, filed in
the office Of the county recorder OF the
county in which such lands we're situ
ed, may make such rules aud regula
tions, not inconsistent with the laws of
the United States and Of this territory,
as they msy see III. governing the scqui'
sltion et mining claims thereon, which
published rules and regulations, when
so filed, shall be binding upon all par
tics. Such rules aud regulations may
De changed and supplemented and GER
titled copy thereof shall he taken aud
rec, iyed as evidence in any suit, or pro
ceudings concerning mining Ga ms in
ruch lands. from time to tune by other
rules aud regulations published IN like
manner; provided, that snch change
shall not affect rights acquired prior
thereto.
Sec. 8. Tue owner or owners OF any
unpateuted mining claim In this terri.
tory, located under the laws Of the
United States and Of this territory
shall within Sky days from aud atter
lbs time within which the assossmont
work required by law to be d,be upon
such claim, should have been done and
performed. cause 10 be filed with th,
recorder oi the county IN which suct
mii.ug elgim is situated. 81 aalda,
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-25
TnUlH rs MIGHTY.

The below letter explains itself and proves what have
all along said that the BEST Patent is Mr. Greenwalds
best grade of -four and that the sole agents for
White Oaks
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-25
OLD PEOPLE.

Old people who require medicine TO
regulate the bowels aud Lidneys will
find the true remedy Ia Electric Bittefs.
This medicine does not stimulate aud
contains no whiSkey nor other intoIi.
cant. but acts as tonic or alternative. II
acts mildly on the stomach aod bowels,
adding strength aud tone to the organs,
thereby aiding Nature in the perform
ancc Of its functions. Electric Biiters
is an excellent appetizer aud aids dl.
gee ion. Old People find II Just exact.
ly what they need. Price 81 cents and
81 90 per bottle Of DR.. NJ. @. Puden's
drug store.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-25
TALIAFERRO BROS

Likely that's the reason were
selling so many Mems and Wo
mems 81. so and s.. 90 shoes jus
now.