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The Press., 1897-06-17
A Variation.

Having recently recovered from an attack of typhoid fever, which caused the loss of her hair, young woman of this city is obliged to wear wig. In 8 moment of frolio she took it off and hung it on the chandelier.
 "Take it off the gas jet, QuiokP" ex- claimed her husband.
 "Why?''
 ''It may make you light headed. !"
 She gazed at him in deep admiration and said:
 "That's just splendidl You are ever and ever SO cleverl I'm going to re- member that and tell it to mother when she comes :"
 When the visit occurred, she waited until there was a Hull in the conversa- tion, and with great delibe1ation hung the wig on the chandelier as before. Then she coughed until she had attract ed her mothers attention
 "What made you do that?' was the natural inquiry.
 "Ohp' exclaimed the daughter. "How very reckless of me. shouldn't t think of doing such thing.
 "Why not?" inquired her husband, coming to her rescue.
 Because r-a--that is to say, for the reason that it may make me dizzy. |"
 She never made reference to the calm fortitude with which her mother met the sally, but she did have something very caustio to say about the egotism of man who laughs immoderately over his own attempts at humor. Washing ton Star
The Press., 1897-06-17
w. C. T. U.
The Ballot and the Nursery.
CHARLOTTE PERKINS sTETsoN, NEW YORK.

"Home duties" are alleged by most of the indifferent or opposed to woman suf- part in ''public affairs.' How if it can be shown that ''home duties" cannot be properly performed until they are treated as 'public affairs ?"
 The care of the health, the morals, the education of children, these surely are "home duties." Just as surely do they come under the head of ''public affairs, , because none of them can be maintai ned ministrative power.
 Health is not a private matter. Until the public health is preserved by proper systems of sanitation, by through, honest ing, sewerage and the destruction of waste matter, including garbage full and pure water supply; proper ventilation and provision of light and air in all buildings; pure food and wise and full provision for bathing, exercise, etc. until the pub lie health is thus insured, private health cannot be protected by all the mother love in the world. Mother love cannot detect microbes, but the milk inspector can and, though we may consider the milk question as ''outside the home, , remember it is inside the baby !'
 The education of our children is pub lie question. Who shall teach them, what they shall be taught, how the teachers shall be trained and paid, how the build ing in which so many youthful years are spent shall be planned, furnished, decorat- ed; these things are in the hands of the voters of America.
 As to morals, if any question in life is public question: it is that of morals. If the moral status of the community is low, the mother may pour out her life like water in the effort to keep her children pure, and fail. When the power of con- bined motherhood, acting through the legitimate methods of free government sees to it that the community is as safe and clean as the home, the individual | mOCn0r may OT6aGno easier aDOuG her OWL precious ones. No man liveth unto him. self nor dieth unto himself, ,and no womer either. The interest we hold nearest tC our hearts, the most personal, tho most sacred, these of all others most need the administrative action of our combined in telligence.
 We admit the force of free institution in the more superficial and mechanical matters of life, and leave these vitally important functions of maternal care tc be managed by the feeble and primitive methods of unorganized, ungoverned private enterprise.
 The best motherhood requires the bal Il lot to enforce it's will
The Press., 1897-06-17

A large wildcat that had gone hungry three days sneaked down the big beech ridge above Balygump, Me, with it's face screwed into as ugly sheer as ever wildcat wore Beyond the ridge, where the ground sank into a gullylike swamp, the wildcat found fat porcu- pine on the ground. The cat evidently found the porcupine tempting to look on, for it promptly went on the hunt with all the craft it could exercise. Be- hind hummock, along snow ridge, over fallen log and through sprin- kling of bush tops the cat made it's way and approached the porcupine. Then 1t sprang and gripped its claws on It's prey. It sought to roll the porcupine over SO as to bite it on the belly. It succeeded only partially, and filled it's jaws full of short quills from the porcupine's side. The porcupine died quickly, but the wildcat, with its jaws distended with the Quills, could not eat the meat, being able only to lap up little of the blood.
 The agony to the wildcat was so great after awhile that the brute rolled over and over in the snow, finally forcing a quill through an eye and into it's brain. New York Sun.
The Press., 1897-06-17

There is a good deal of soreness over the ranking of the Grand Army of the Re- public, and in fact all other veterans, on the occasion of the Grant monument dedication, by the militia, the public school boys and companies belonging to military schools, so that the old soldiers had to stand four hours in line before they could fall in. The responsibility for this disposition seems to be fixed on the grand marshal of the procession, Gen. Grenville M Dodge, who as 8 veteran himself ought to have looked out for the veterans and given them proper honor. He was quoted as saying that he consult ed with IT. s. Clarkson, commander-in- chief of the Grand Army, and that the arrangement was in accordance with Clark sons request. But now Clarkson denies 1t in a letter to a member of the New York commandery of the Loyal Legion, and he agrees with the Legion that in all military parades in which the Grand Army is expected to take part, it shall be given the right of the line. The old soldiers feel that while the West Point cadets and d the soldiers of the regular army were in place as the escorting column, the volun- teer veterans of the Union should not have been ''tacked on the end of the whole thing" This position of the Grand Army is nothing more than their self-re- spect demands. They merited the first place in the honor paid their old general and Grant would not have been pleased with the slight put upon them. Spring field ReDublicGa,.
The Press., 1897-06-17
HE WANTED TO "PUT DOWN
 THE REBELLION"

"When the war was on," remarked an x-Congressman to "Star" writer. land I felt pretty sure that 1t was to be no ninety company and see what could do towards settling it. I lived in community whose men were all willing to take few risks in that line as myself, and it wasn't any trouble at all to pick up enough mon for a company. I had any number of enthu- siasts in my command, but one boy about sixteen years old had more enthu 3lasm than all of us combined He wasn't very handsome and he wasn't very good, but he was full of hurrah, and that was what was wanted, because I felt that hard times were before us and all the surplus effervescence would be worked off as as soon as we got into the field.
 "This particular young fellow thought would be about the first to cave, for he talked like man that was more mouth than sand, and can't say that had much confidence in him except for tenn porary purposes. Well, got the com- pany together in short order, and it wasn't very long until we were ordered to the front with the regiment. One night short ly after we got into fighting country, we came within range of the Johnnies. They were somewhere on the other side of small stream, with bridge over 1t and my company was sent forward to protect the bridge. As we moved forward there was no sign of the enemy, and we didn't ex- denly we sprung him in clump of woods not three hundred yards in front of us.
 "I thre W my men into line of battle at once to storm the woods, for 1t was not big, and I knew that not any more men than l had could be hidden there, and I was at that time ready to fight four or five times as many men as I might meet. waited, however, for some sign before making move, when all at once long line of light shot out from the woods and the bullets spattered all around us, and two or three of our men went down.
 This had cooling effect, ,and conclud- | let the boys return the fire They did it with will, too, and in very short time the woods were still and the enemy had got out. I ordered my men to stop firing, and the order was obeyed, except as to one man down about the middle of the line who kept on banging away, regardless. I spotted him and made rush down his way.
 Here, you blamed fool,' exclaimed, what do mean by firing Don't you hear the order to cease p
 "It was my young enthusiast about | five paces in advance of the line, and ht banged away again and dropped his gun
 "What do you mean by that?' I said getting hot
 Excuse me, cap, ; he responded, with the easy familiarity to the volunteer, but lined this army to put down the rebel. lion, and dod bob my skin if ain't goin' to do it as soon as I can, and right here too, if you give me half chance, and he pulled up his gun, aud had to threat en him with my sword before could quiet him. It wasn't bravado, either," cDntin- ued the captain, "for the first man to fall had dropped dead at his feet in the rank in front of him, and, what is more, it hadn't been an hour before the scrap that the man killed and the young fellow had had squabble for the placein the front rank held by the man who went down."
The Press., 1897-06-17

If the small bottle of Shaker Digestive Cordial does you no good, don't buy a large one.
 Prove all things hold fast that which is good" It not good for every body, only for the thin, pale, sick, weak and weary. For those who are starving for want of digested food. For those who cannot get fat or strong, because their stomachs do not work as they ought to.
 These are the people, millions of them, whom Shaker Digestive Cordial will cure.
 Food makes strength, muscle, brain, blood, energy after it is digested. If not digested, it will do you no good at all.
 Shaker Digestive helps your stomach to digest your food and cures indigestion permanently. When you've tried small bottle, you can tell.
 : Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents.
The Press., 1897-06-17
THE COMPETITION.

Begins from this date, and the winners of the four prize scholarships will be an- nounced In the issue of September 9. Every young man or woman who secures as many as 10 new subscribers for THE PRESS will receive THE PRESS free for one year. Thus no one whose success In this work amounts to anything worthy of recognition will go unrewarded, but there will be prizes practically for everybody.
The Press., 1897-06-17
FOUR FRET SCHOLARSHIPS
 To Be Awarded by Eastman Business College.
To the Four Persons who Se- cure the Largest Number of Votes in the Con-
 test Explained
 Below.

Get Your Friends to Subscribe for "The
 Press " and Secure a Free Scholarship.
 The next twelve issues of TIE PRESS will undoubtedly be of increased interest to every young lady and gentleman in Holland county who is ambitious to get a good start In business life.
 We have just concluded an arrange ment whereby we are enabled to offer to each of four young persons free scholar ship in the celebrated Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, the New York Business Institute, 125th street, New York City, or the National Correspondence Schools through which they give instruction by mail. These in- stitutiNRs are known in every section of the world. Their graduates are thor oughly equipped for business pursuits, and are numbered by tens of thousands.
 There are always among our readers a number of young people who would like to study BOOKKEEPING, SHORT HAND, PREVENTING, TELEGRA- PLY, and such other studies as are em- braced in the courses of instruction offered.
The Press., 1897-06-17
As Good as He Gave.

The Viscountess Sherbrooke, wife of Robert Lowe, was in the habit of say ing whatever came into her mind at the moment. The French ambassador one day said to her somewhat patronizing- ly: "You know, England is said to be land of shopkeepers I had no idea of finding. there such great military dis plays. ]" as'Ah, she replied, "the-people of different countries do not understand each other. Now, I have actually been under the impression that the French were a great military nation. ''
The Press., 1897-06-17
A $35 SCHOLARSHIP.

Good for term of twelve weeks per sonal instruction Cat the College) in the ACADEMIC, BUSINESS, SHORT HAND, EVERYTHING, TELE- GRAPH and PENMANSHIP depart ments or in any one of them (wlthout books.) If the student prefer, Instruc- ton by Mail in Bookkeeping and Short hand of the same value will be given.
The Press., 1897-06-17
Kindred Occunntiona.

"What is your maw doinP" asked the severe old lady, as they met on the street corner.
 "Maw's home makin a quilt, said the giddy girl with tho picture hat
 "Oh, she isl She's home maxim 8 quilt and you are out makin spread. |" Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Press., 1897-06-17
A $30 SCHOLARSHIP.

Good for complete course in Short hand (without books) including Princl- ples, with practical work in Correspond ence and Reporting, instruction exclu- sively by mall or personal instruction of the same value Qimited to ten weeks) in any department of the College, with out books
The Press., 1897-06-17

ELECTRIC BITTERs. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but per haps more generally needed when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious levers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, In- digestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. soc. and $1.OO per bottle, at E. K. Taft's Drug Store. 1
The Press., 1897-06-17
A $25 soHoLARsH1p.

Good for a complete course in Book keeping (without books) including both Single and Double entry, principles and practical work, instruction by mall; or personal instruction of the same value Qimited to eight weeks) in any depart ment of the College, without books.
The Press., 1897-06-17
VOTES ALLOWED FOR SUBSCRIPTION.
COMMISSION ALSO ALLOWED.

For every new subscriber for one year, a commission of % cents will be allowed, and 10 cents will be- allowed for every new subscriber for six months. Com mission only allowed on new subscribers
 As THE PRESS allows commission on new subscriptiOns,a all persons who enter the contest for one of the prizes will have an opportunity to earn some money by this means.
The Press., 1897-06-17

THAT CATARRH IS A LOCAL AFFECTION of the nasal passages, is a fact establish ed by physicians, and this authority should carry more weight than assertions of incompetent parties that catarrh is a blood affection Ely's Cream Balm is a local remedy composed of harmless medi- cants and free of mercury or any injurious drug. It will cure catarrh. Applied di- rectly to the inflamed membrane, trestores it to it's healthy condition.
The Press., 1897-06-17
FOUR EDUCATIONAL PRIZES.

The following statement made by Mir Clement c. Gaines, President of the Col lege, explains what the different scholar ships are and what their value Is as prizes
The Press., 1897-06-17

June IA, 1867.
 Dr. Smith has taken possession of his new office in Converse Block.
 The pulpit of the Congregational church in this village was occupied last Sunday by Rev. L. T. Spaulding of West Stafford. At the close of the service a request for dismissal was read from the pastor, Rev. A. w. Ide. To most of the congregation this was surprise indeed. No action has been taken by the church.
 The Stafford Quadrille band, Geo. w. Andrews leader, is establishing quite a local reputation.
 The Rev. Dr. CHI. Calhoun D. D., 78, of Coventry died on Friday night.
The Press., 1897-06-17
A $15 soHoLARsHIP.

Good for a term of ten weeks, cor respondence instruction, in Shorthand, including lesson papers but no books or personal instruction of the same value Qimited to one month) in any department of the College, without books.
 These prizes are easily obtained, and the four young persons who make the most telling efforts and appeal to their friends for help will win them THE PRESS wants to add 600 subscribers to its list within the next three months. To accomplish this end it offers the scholarships to the four ladies or gentle men who secure the greatest number of votes. The contest, which Is started to- day, will close on the Saturday following August %, 1897.
 VOTES ALLOWED FOR SUBSCRIPTION.
 For every new subscription or renewal for one year, accompanied by $1.25 in cash, votes will be given.
 For every new subscription for six months, paying 65 cents, votes will be given.
The Press., 1897-06-17

The trap rocks of New Jersey and the dolerites of Staten Islands are the strong est stones in the United States, their crushing resistance being 24,O0O pounds to the cubic inch.
The Press., 1897-06-17
A Culinary Item.

Cannibal King (approvingly)-Y rum, you cooked this last touring bicy- clist perfectly.
 Cannibal Cook (complacently) )-Well, your highness, when began operations. he attempted to scorch, but I put stop to anything of that sort. Brooklyn Eagle
The Press., 1897-06-17
&zezz1z> ezSzz<zl .s,s,

for anybody" isn't good enough for us, when it comes to soda water. We want every one of our customers to really feel that the soda they get here is better than the best that other stores are capable of producing. You know this Is so, we know that it Is so, but there are those who do not know 1t till they try 1t.
 E. K. TAFT.
The Press., 1897-06-17
ITEMS FROM THE STAFFORD
 NEWS LETTER.
June IA, 1867.

Tt is our intention to print under this head from week to week, items of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
The Press., 1897-06-17

The myrtle plant has always been re- garded as an emblem of love. Among the Greeks and Romans 1t was planted Sn Cesmetsriea.
The Press., 1897-06-17
 Tram Sire tn an

As family medicine, Bacon's Celery King for the Nerves passes from sire to son as legacy. If you Kidney, Liver or Blood disorder, Constipation, Headache, Rheumatism, this specific will cure you. E. R. Taft, Stafford Springs; w. P. Full Ter, Somers Odell & Jones, Staffordville, are sole agents, and are distributing san- pies free. Lar ge packages soc and 25e.
The Press., 1897-06-17

Get Your Friends to Subscribe for "The
 Preas y and socnrn a Free sohnlnrahin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-27
GRAINS UPWARD COURSE.
A sHARP ADVANCE ar THE OPEN
ING OF THE MARKET.

This was Due t. q Large Short Interest In
September wheat at Chicago, and was Met
BY Selling Orders, Beth Domestic and
ForeiGn-An Increased Activity In Corn.
Tho wheat market was very strong again
yesterday morning, but the excited trading
on the Produce Exchange all occurred In the
first hour, and was chiefly in tho September
option. The market here was largely governed
by that Of Chicago. where q large short interest
was said to have been discovered In the option
named. Tho opening price here was ~ cents
higher than tho closing OF the day before, and
the active demand sent IL up ia ccntssmore, to
Sl.o3N, In the first ten minutes after the Ex-
change opened.
Tho rapid advance was met by selling orders,
both domestic and foreign, and their execution
started q decline which continued with little in
terrupion to the close of business. The final
sale was made at q decline OF u Of q cent from
Of III cents. Tho fluctuations IA tho Decombor
option were smaller, but the price closed " cent
higher after an extreme advance Of . cents,
with no sales below the opening figure, 9sM
cents.
The sharp advance at the opening was
pricee by cable from Liverpool, and to the ro-
duced estimate OF the Drop made in the weekly
summary Of o publication which Ia regarded as
q good autthGrsty on the subject by far the
position Of the Chicago speoulators, Accom-.
had been liberal selling for foreign account
como time, and AZ far 40 could DO learned en-
gagements for ave boatloads Of wheat and Of.
teS Tho Of corn %n. were sI{st tho on M ,O onss MADE nt.r,,, t.,
the corn market and the september option in
that staple showed an advance at one time Of
cents at BE- The December option made a nnsss
advance of IN centa.
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sational returns were numerous. but his game
is erratic. Love outgencralled his opponent as
soon as he discovered his weakness in not being
able to get the lob balls. He alternately lobbcd
and drove and kept Bell running back and forth
till ho was exhausted. On the other hand, Boil
seemed, to return without any idea Of placing
the ball.
Mrs. Eustico Smith, former champion of Can.
ada, won her set from Miss Davis. Mrs, Smiths
playing has improved since last year, when she
suCcumbed to Miss Atkinson.
The handicap singles commenced this after
Mattho., easily disposed, Of their American
rivals. Ackerlcy and Snyder. Tate, OF whom
much was expected, gave way 10 Sisson, n new
conner. What proved TO be the most interesting
Who owed S' if forty tS' and md' William gifien 3 B. f Beii. The fhs'f lst:
ter had been playing all day. and made a bril-
liant showing against Fischer. who was rated
as the fourth American player last year., Each
won II set, AM the deciding game proved to be
q see-saw, ending with the score - in Fischer's
favor. AT the finish Bell was exhausted. Sum-
mary:
Novice Observation-Disclosures. McGaw, Upper
beat j. K. Taussig. ST. Louis Law School. aud CliTord
wright Clitago University, 0-i 5-7, SIS Oh aries
Toronto University. beat u. q. sisson, Cuba, N. Y,
aud Charles D. Aeterley; Cuba: \. r. 40. 50. %
Wagner OF Buf alo drew n bye.
emi Flnals-Porter and Wagner beat McGaw and
l.. De Witt, 6-S. Ga.
OF Toronto beat Miss VI, Davis OF oAkville, Ct, o-l,
Handicap Neutrality-suspicious. c. Mo
CUBA. plus half is, 6-3. 6-a;R h. Matthew's, Toronto
scratch, heat oliver b. Snyder, Toledo. plus 80. 6-9,
s srsi oi bear, E E; y aG Tatne4 81 rS HRsSsfl GsHt Sms. G iasFS
rerTolia, scratch. rs. o-i; q. o. wagner. Bufsio
li-v; Edwi Fischer. New York, owe 20, beat Wi
liam d. Bell OF Toronto University. 81. e-3. 70.
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SARATOGA. Aug. 26.-There was q large at
tendance at to-day's opening OF the Saratoga
Oxen Air Horse Show OH the grounds OF the
Saratoga Racing Association. The Judges wero
Richard F.. Carmen and James T.. Hyde OF New
York and Frank VI. Ware Of Boston, and prizes
were awarded as follows:
Road.ters-H. Iathrop, Albany. nrst; II. n. BrookL.
Cnhocs, second, Miss Edi'h Van Bueren, Englnwood.
third.
Harness Classes-So. III. '. Bell. New York, first;
T. c. Davis, Albany, second; q. King 4 Son. New
York. third, No. 2-William Fl. Clark. New York
nrst: q. King 4 Son. View York, second; J. +.
BAndouine. New York. third.
Tanicms-J, F. Bsuduuinc. New York, nrst and
third +. c. Davis. Albany, second.
Ponies In Harness-Smilh Brothers. Springfield,
o.. nr-t and second.
Saddle Horses-william H. Clark. Naw York. FIRST;
third.
Two and Three Year Old Saddle Horses-Mrs. y.
LAthrop. SARATOGA. first and second.
Ladies' Harness Horses-MisS Gleason, Saratoga.
frst; Mrs, r.: Benjamin.. New York, second; Mrs. J.
y King. New York. third.
Huntrrs-s. s. Howlands. New York. arst.
Best PAR in Saratoga Township. A. Manning
INST, Mrs. d. S. Lathrop second.