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A DAY LONG TO BE REMEMBERED.

A DAY LONG TO BE REMEMBERED.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton held their memorial celebration
Tuesday at Roger Sherman hall (the
new name for our Town haN), unwilling
the tablet in honor of the memory of
Roger Sherman, who was native of
New Milford. 1t is unnecessary for me
to make long item of this as history
and the Declaration of American indie
pendence tells better what the Hon Roger
Sherman did. And it is familiar to most
every one who reads at all. Suffice to
say the day was all that mortal could
wish for the occasion. A very large
crowd Of interested people were In the
hall to listen to the very able orators of
the day commencing with the address by
Mrs Sarah T. Kinney, State Regent of
the D. A. R., followed by the Hon
Joseph r. Hawley, United States senator
from Connecticut, and also by Hon
George r. Hear, United States senator
from Massachusetts, all of whom were
attentively listened to and which were
able and interesting to the audience.
The New Milford band furnished excel
lent music for the occasion and on the
whole the program was successfully
carried out and made quite day for
New Milford long to be remembered.
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Extensive improvements have been
made on the interior at the popular New
England house. Decorator John Han.
non has been putting up ..the metal cell.
lings on the office and In several of the
rooms. He has also been putting on
fine wall paper, and the effect is very
pleasing. Decorator Harmon, as well az
Mr. Pixley, have been warmly congrat-
ulated ON the result.
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LONG HILL.
WHO CAN BEAT THIS ?

" 0~@1F
Our genial butcher, Frank SquinobaI,
has crab apple tree in full bloom. quite
a novelty for this time Of year. He also
picked ripe strawberries, the first of
the month, from his strawberry patch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-26
The TELEGRAPH in Persia. 2

The overland telegraph line which
connects England with her great In
dian empire passes through Persia, and
has recently been subjected to an inter
ruption Of a quite serious character,
due to the fanaticism of the populace.
It seems that there has been terrible
drought, which the subjects OF the
Shah, instead of sttributing to Provi-
dence, ascribed on the contrary to the
telegraph poles, and, above all, to the
posts and signs of the survey depart
ment of the company. Accordingly all
the obnoxious poles, wires and survey
signs were destroyed by a priest-led
mob. Strangely enough, heavy rain
fell Immediately afterward; and now,
in spite of Ithe severe punishment in
ficted by the Teheran Government up
on the ring-feaders, the masses of the
population through Persia are firmly
convinced that telegraph and survey
posts are productive of drought and In
ventions of Satan.
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as the piazza. American climate and
social conditions are such that it is
possible to make constant use of the
piazza during almost all of the year,
even in the northern latitudes. The
wide growth in popularity Of the piazza
is nowhere more strikingly shown than
in the farmhouse. A. decade or two ago
one might ride mile upon mile in the
country without seeing single farm.
house with piazza; but now almost
every new one erected makes some
pretentions in this line.
It is safe to say that not single
villa or detached house, aside from the
smallest and cheapest home for the
laboring man, is built in this day with.
out piazza. Often even small house
will have two. It is, therefore, i'm.
portant to consider the subject in q
general way. The size and style of
the veranda must depend upon the de.
sign of the house, it's height, the shape
of the roof, etcetera. In very warm
climate, or at the seashore, where
people expect to live large portion Of
the time out Of doors, almost every
thing gives way to the piazza, and the
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The skirt and is daintily decorated with
black embroiderel-edged chiffon. The
!ull fronts and back of waist are ar
:anged over glove-ftted Innings that
close in centre-front, the full right
'front.' tapping over the closing and be-
ing secured invisibly under the lace
IN the left lining. The back lies
smoothly across the shoulders with the
slight fulness laid in close overlapping
Dlaits. The high standing band at
neck and crush girdle that encircles
the waist are of black satin. The
fashionable sleeves have an under and
upper portion upon which the material
is arranged to form a short puff that is
shirred in the centre and decorated
with a plating Of the chiffon. The
wrists are bell-shaped and finished
with fall of lace.
The pattern can be successfully car
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four distinct processes-cutting, head
ing, pointing and smoothing. There
are 100 of these machines ranged along
the sides of the manufacturing room,
each one turning out 800 pins per min
ute. Not all the machines are like
the one described, but this is the new
est, most ,up-to-date and most rapid in
it's operations. Back in o corner of
the room are some of the old hand ma
chimes of decade ago, capable, under
the direction of skilled workman, of
turning out one-tenth as much as the
most improved modern machines.
In the square wooden boxes beneath
the machines we have what may prop
erly be described as pin, looking
very much as it does when it leaves the
factory, although it has number of
processes to go through still. The
next step takes the pins to the whiten-
ing room. Here they are first placed
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fitted lining, and the closing is in CEN
tre-back with buttons and buttonholes.
The full fronts, that blouse slightly,
are laid in single box-plaits, with side
plaits of the gingham showing at each
side of the vest, with facing OF white
pique in centre-front. The back is laid
in box-plaits at each side of the clos
ing, q smooth yoke portion OF pique
being applied on back and front. The
bretelles are trimmed with rows OF
braid. The standing collar is faced
with material and rolls over at the top;
the fronts being slashed in the centre:
Modified puffs are gathered top and
bottom, and arranged upon sleeves that
are comfortably fitted to the arm.
The circular skirt falls in ripping
folds at the sides and back; gathers ad'
iusting the fulness at the top, while
the-front fits smoothly. The style is
desirable for growing girls, and can be
made up in silk, wool or wash fabrics.
To make this costume for a miss OF
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Where and How Well-Known Remedies
Originated.
The fact that certain herbs and plants
produce certain effects upon the human
system and alleviate or cure certain
ills dates back to time immemorial.
Perhaps the most ancient of medicines
properly authenticated, that isis
hops, which was used in the dual cap
acity of an intoxicating beverage and
as medicine in 1000 B: G. This is
attested by pictures of the plant on
Egyptian monuments of that date.
Creosote was discovered in 1880 by
Reichenbach, who extracted it from the
tar of wood.
Potassium was discovered in 1907
by Sir Humphrey Davy.
Alcohol was first distinguished as an
elementary substance by Albucasis in
the twelfth century.
Scheele discovered glycerine in 1889.
Nuz vomica, which is nearly as old,
is the seed of tree indigenous to In
dia and Ceylon.
Peppermint is native to Europe, and
its use as a medicine dates back to the
Middle Ages.
: Myrrh, which comes from Arabia
and Persia, was used as medicine in
the time of Solomon.
Hemlock, the extract of which killed
Socrates, is native OF Italy and
Greece.
Iodine was discovered in 1912 by
Courtois, and was first employed in a
hospital in London in 1925.
Ipecac comes from South America,
and it's qualities are first mentioned in
164s by Spanish writer, who refers
to it as Brazilian medicine.
Ergot is the product Of the diseased
seeds of common rye, and is one OF
Hahneman's discoveries.
Aconite grows in Siberia and Central
Asia, and was first used as a medicine
by Storck in 1862.
Hasheesh, or Indian hemp, is o
resinous substance produced from the
tops of the plants in India. It has
been used, as has opium, since Indian
history began.
Caffeine, the active principle of cof-
fee, was found by Runge in 1920. Or
dinary coffee contains about one per
cent, Java coffee 4 2-5 per cent. and
Martinique 20 per cent.
A-nica halls from Europe and Asia,
but the medicine is made from artificial
plants grown for that purpose in Ger
many and France. New York Journal.
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Ms BY THE BILLION.
|GNlOUS MECHANISM EMPLOYED
4 IN THEIR MANUFACTURE.

lit Takes From Ten to Sixteen Different
Processes to Make One Ptn-Turn-
ing Out 800 a NIinute-Women Are
Employed as Inspectors and Sorters.
What becomes of all the pins? 1t is
an old question, and one that has never
been answered. Take it in everyday
life. Nobody ever willfully destroys
or throws away pin. On the con-
trary, all tradition is in favor of care in
preserving these useful little articles.
The connection between good luck and
pins is brought out by an ancient An
glo-Saxon saw, which runs:
See pin and pick it up,
And all the day you'll have good luck
See pin and let it lay,
! Bad luck you'll have then all the day.
This may be little weak in gram
mar, but the point is obvious enough.
Every student of household supersti-
tidn knows, too, that to come upon a
pin lying with the point toward one
means bad luck, while the opposite end
is an equally potent harbinger OF good
fortune. And so long story might be
made of the romantic and historical as
kociations of the pin, but lest this
prove tender subject for school-mas-
ters, it may be we'll to turn to the
more prosaic and practical side of pin
ology.
sCan anything be more simple than
the making of pin?' you say, and
you hold one up to look at it. There
is nothing to it except body, head and
point. You may be surprised, then,
to learn that this pin in the course Of
its manufacture passed through from
ten to sixteen processes, iourneying
from basement to roof of a great fac
tory in which are employed hundreds
of skilled operatives, all giving their
rm1nds and 1ouscles to the task of turn
ing out so simple an object as the
ordinary pin. And besides the human
workers the industry engages dozens
of different kinds of machines, operat-
ing with the mysterious and almost in
telligent action which makes modern
machinery so highly interesting.
, 1t is estimated that nine-tenths of
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plan of the house is made to yield pre-
cedence to the veranda itself, thus re-
versing the usual order. But this is
the exceptional case, and need not be
dwelt upon here.
The general run of modern houses
have piazzas from six to eight feet in
width. A very wide piazza has tend
enoy to make a house seem squstty.
But if it is too narrow the effect is even
worse, for then it does not appear to
be an integral part Of the house; it
looks like mere excrescence, and de-
stroys the entire effect Of the building.
It must be remembered that the YER
anda, more than any one feature, gives
character to the house, and consequent
ly it must be in perfect accord with the
general style. Whenever it is possi-
Bile q piazza should extend upon two
sides of house. 1t should preferably
have an eastern exposure. There
need be no fear that a piazza will prove
tco sunny. It should get the full rays
Of the sun, even at midday, rather
than catch the chilling breezes from
the north. A hardy vine, carefully
trained over wire rack, or quick
growing annual like the morning glory,
will provide q sufficient screen for COM
fort or for privacy. If for any reason
these cannot be had, the pretty Japan
ese split bamboo screen affords an ad-
mirable substitute.
The accompanying plan shows a
style of veranda that is occasionally
adopted with excellent effect. The
roof is carried up in an unbroken
sweep to join the main. roof of the
house. This gives an extremely pic
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-26
why Orange Blossoms Are Worn.

Much uncertainty exists as to why
the orange blossom has been so much
worn by brides, but the general
opinion seems to be that it was adopted
as an emblem of fruitfulness. Accord
ing to some authorities the practice
has been derived from the Saracens,
among whom the orange blossom was
regarded as q symbol of prosperous
marriage, a circumstance which is
partly to be accounted for by the fact
that, in the East, the orange tree
bears ripe fruit and blossoms at the
same time.-New York Ledger.
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american pins are made in Connec-
t, and the largest pin factory in

Au6TlCdu pins dIe udue LII SOuueC-
/, and the largest pin factory in
country is in that State. The
hber of pins turned out by this one
tory in the course of the year, if
placed end to end, would form line
reaching three times around the earth.
The total production of the country is
about twice this number, or nearly
enough to extend in straight line
from the earth to the moon.
The pins make their appearance at
the factory in the form of coiled wire
packed in barrels. The ordinary pin
is made from brass wire, though iron
is used for the cheapest grades. The
first step in the transformation process
is the Strengthening Of the wire. The
coils are placed on revolving racks and
fed from these into machine from the
vise-ike grasp Of which the wire
emerges perfectly straight. Thence it
goes directly to the pin machines,
where the most interesting step in the
work of manufacture goes on. The
pin machine, like the printing press,
combines in one compact piece of me-
chanism a number of interesting pro-
cesses.
In the Machine.
As the wire is fed into the machinery
it encounters a sharp knife, which
cuts it off into uniform lengths of what
ever size may be desired. AS each lit
tie length of wire drops from the knife
it falls upon wheel, perhaps ten
inches in diameter, set upright in the
frame of the machine. The edge of
this wheel is notched into number of
little grooves, each one just large
enough to hold one of the bits of wire.
The embryo pins settle into these
grooves and are carried along by the
revolving wheel until an iron thumb
and finger seizes and holds them firm
ly, while an automatic hammer, by a
single smart blow, puts head on one
end. Then they fall upon another
grooved wheel, which revolves hori-
zontally and looks like a miniature
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The inspectors sit in a row before
table. The papers of pins are spread
out before them, and they deftly re-
move all blunt and injured pins, in
serting fresh ones in the places. By
their work of handling thousands OF
pins every day their eyes become Won
derfully trained, so that they can de-
tect the slightest flaw. Of the pins
that they throw out one will be found
to have little hook on the point, an
other an ill-shaped head, but the i'm
perfections are 80 slight that the Or
dinary person, unframed to such
work, would not detect one in a hun
dred. A paper of pins of standard
size contains twelve rows, with thirty
pins in q row. So deftly and quickly
does the inspector do her work that
she handles thousands of pins in the
course of an hour, yet she almost
never overlooks one that contains an
imperfection.
After leaving the inspectors, the
papers are folded, labeled and packed
in cases, ready for shipment. 1t may
have been only two or three hours
since the little pin now reposing in it's
neat case, along with hundreds of its
fellows, was part of a coil of wire
many rods in length, but during that
time it has passed through dozen
different operations and twice that
number of pairs of hands.
The process described is that
through which the ordinary pin, what
may be called the house pin, passes,
but, of course, there are endless vari-
ations on this usual form. Some of
the brass pins are allowed to retain
their original color, and these, OF
course, do not pass through the nick
cling baths. Instead, they are boiled
in another solution. Then there is
the murderous hatpin and others
which it is desirable to have dark
color. These are subjected to the
treatment known as japanning. From
the manufacturing room they go to the
basement, where they are placed in q
revolving cylinder half filled with the
hot japanning mixture. When re-
moved from here they are hung on
racks and placed in big ovens under
all intense heat, where they are allowed
to t.bake" for an hour or more. Then
they are removed, cleaned in sawdust
and henceforth treated like the others.
Safety Pins.
Safety pins require more hand la-
Dor than any other kind, and are made
by separate process. The point is
sharpened while the pin is still a
straight piece of wire. Then it passes
through machine which deftly winds
it about an upright steel rod, thus
making the spring. The heads are
made separately by machine which
stamps them out of long strips of wire,
and the two parts are firmly joined by
q clamping machine.
No machine has yet been invented
that will stick safety pins into the pa
pers, and this part of the work is done
by hand. Here again experience lends
speed, however, and q girl who is an
expert can mount 100 gross Of safetiea
in day.
The statement that 800 workmen and
more than 100 rapid working ma
chimes, capable of turning out 800 or
more pins per minute, are employed
in a single factory gives no adequate
impression of the great mountain OF
pins that is required to supply the
market every year.-Washington Star.
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Fancy Waist With Slashed Bolero.

Describing the double-column illus
nation, May Manton says: Green,
black and cream lace are cleverly ar
ranged in this exquisite model, the bo-
lero of which is uniquely slashed, re-
vealing the bright-hued material be-
meath. The fanciful tabs falling
deeply over the sleeves are continu-
alton of the bolero which is bordered
on the free edges with a quilting of
black satin ribbon. The waist is pro-
vided with glove-ftted Innings, closing
through the centre-front, over which
the pretty fulness is arranged by we'll
regulated gathers at neck and waist
line. A crush belt, of the usual
depth in front, encircles the waist,
but gradually widens toward the CEN
tre-back, where it closes between
tucked shirred edges and extends
above the waist line. A standing COL
lar completes the neck, concealed by a
crush stock of silk with a haring COL
lar above. The sleeves, of moderate
dimensions, have the slight fulness at
the top regulated by gathers, while
stylish faring cuffs complete the
wrists. Handsome combinations can
be effectively developed in the mode,
which is suitable for the most dressy
occasions and is one of the advanced
styles of the season.
To make this basque for lady in
the medium size will require two and
one-half yards of forty-four-inch ma
EAria1
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Remarkable Flight of Meteors,

Professor Brooks, Director OF the Smith
Observatory, Rochester, N. Y, while taking
observations Of Mercury between and
o'clock Thursday afternoon observed
through the large telescope a wonderful
flight Of meteors. They were intensely
white, many Of them having the appear
ance Of Vega or some other bright star
when seen through a large telescope in day
time. The direction Of motion was toward
the sun. During the passage Of the meteors,
which lasted half an hour, over one hum
dred were seen, at times two or three
meteors passing through the telescope field
together,
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silken fringe in which our grand
mothers were wont to delight. This
on the black glace dress looks quantity
oldfashioned, while it is really the
latest novelty, and gray cashmere
dresses are to be admired when
trimmed with fringe to match. Fringes
may, however, not be written down
among the revival of the fttest, for
they are not really decorative, they
gather the dust of ages with singular
avidity, and they cannot be credited
with the charm of cheapness.
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led out in all manner of dress fabrics,
but is particularly desirable for sheer
and pliable materials such as barege,
grenadine, organdy, crepe-de-chine,
etc., with lace chiffon or mousseline as
decoration.
To make this waist for lady in the
medium size will require two and one
fourth yards of forty-four-inch ma
terial,
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Braids and Fringes.

The loudest cry of fashion is for
braiding. There is scarcely walking
costume worthy of being admired
which boasts not braid in some form
or other-narrow or wide, straight or
curled, in continuous rows or in broken
lines, while the boleros and Eton
coats, and even the jackets which reach
to the hips, are entirely covered with
traceries of braid. The combination
of ribbon velvet with braid is new and
effective, and the only trimming which
tries to seriously rival braid for ordi-
nary everyday wear is the inch-wide
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Where Woman Has Rights.

The only spot in the world where
women are paid the same salary as
men for identical work in the State
schools is Wyoming, in the United
States, where they have had the vote
for nearly thirty years, and an agita-
tion for the same equalization of pay
is now presenting hopeful activity in
New Zealand, where also women vote
for members of Parliament.
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Steel Ornaments.

Steel ornaments promise to become
as popular as they were several years
ago. Fortunate is the woman who
has the habit of saving things, for she
can take out her steel ornaments OF
any description, don them, and rest
assured that she is doing the correct
thing. Steel combs are much worn,
and look we'll against either dark or
light hair. Velvet bands for the neck,
thickly sewed with steel, are also in
high favor.
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A Custom of the Rothschilds.

It is the custom in the Rothschild
family to purchase six pearls, each
costing $500, at the birth of each girl
baby. Upon each birthday six more
pearls are sdded to the original nest
egg, so that when the young woman
makes her debut into society a casket
of magnificent gems is presented to
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JAPANESE FOR MEXICO.
The Large Concessions offered to orienta
ColonistS.

Colonists.
The steamer City OF Para, which saleo
recently from San Francisco for South
American ports, carried with her party OF
forty Japanese on their way to the e,s pig
Mexican free grant. Their leader is Okena
Eeato, an army officer, who has been thor
oughly educated in European colleges.
"Our countrymen get this land tor ten
cents an acre, with freedom from all kinds
of taxation for the first ten years, ne said
last night. II think the proposition n one
that will bring q population OF 10000 jap
anese into Mexico inside of the next two
years. Steamers are being chartered for this
traffic alone. Our colony, which borders
on San Benito, below Acapulco, Is now In
process Of formation. These men with me
now will bring the number Of theSe on the
ground up to about 300, but there will be
5000 more by July. =