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Fairfield County.
BR0OKFTELD.
LOCAL NEWS BUDGET.

Misses Helen and Gertrude Beehler of
Stamford have been guests of their uncle,
". j. Beehler, at Mrs Henry L. Sturte-
wants.
a son of Philo Blsokman was seriously
bitten, last week, by neighbours dog,
and has been in critical condition. He
was bitten through the hand. DR. Smith
attended him and cauterized the wound.
Theodore Burdick and family Of New
Milford have been spending the week
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs Charles
Burdick.
Miss Ada Cotton of Bridgeport will
spend the summer with her mother, Mrs
Lizzie Cotton.
DR. j. r. Smith has been entertaining
his father and mother, the past week.
Miss Lulu Yaples and John Wixgom
were united in marriage, last week, by
Judge Jennings. They have been the re-
cipients of warm congratulations.
William Corbin of Waterbury is spend
ing his vacation with his parents.
George Woodruff and Miss Matte
Bioomer spent day, last week, with
friends in Danbury.
A party Of Brookfield boys went to
Waterbury on their wheels, last week,
for an outing.
The picnic and clam bake, which was
to have been held, last week Thursday at
Southvjlle, has been postponed till Au-
gust II. R. T. Clarke and Harmon Lock.
wood are prime movers ia the affair.
Mrs John Lennott, who has been in
Brooklyn hospital for a month, is conva-
lescenG.
Richard Barrett of Danbury is spend
ing month with Dennis Mcmahon.
T. E. Crosby has been the guest of his
daughter, Mrs Charles jackson, in New
town,
Miss Ruth Taylor of Waterbury ID
spending a week with her grandmother,
Mrs Lucy Taylor, Of Longmeadow hill.
NJ. T. Kane has left the employ of the
Union Pacific Tea Co., and is now work
ing for Bridgeport concern.
William W. Chaplin is quite poorly and
under the care Of DR. King of New Mil
ford.
Lewis J. Covill now represents the
Glenwood nurseries.
The Lenox Shear Co. have been repair
ing their dam.
Charles B. Cummings, Merchant Beeh-
ler's hustling clerk, has been passing his
vacation with his parents at Bulls
Bridge.
Mrs Sarah J. Knapp has returned home
after months soiourn In Danbury.
Mrs Amos Taylor and family of Brook
Ign are boarding at Mrs Emmons Haw-
ley's.
Mrs Kellogg of Breeze hill has house
full of boarders.
Frank Kellogg rides new Thomas BIZ
cycle.
Miss Abbie G. Green, who has been
spending week in Danbury, has return
ed.
Mrs McNamara is entertaining her sis.
ter, Mrs Bannon, of Troy, N. Y.
A special meeting of the school board
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at full speed and whipped them both,
although the little American boat was at
the same time under the fire of the shore
batteries and the guns of the V7zcaya.
Tho elimination of Wainwright's as
toniahing fearlessne8s was reached when
he actually engaged the big Spanish
cruiser, and maintained the action I'M
til supported by our men-of-war. A
portrait Of Commander VAIN
wright and picture of his ship are con-
tanned in the Issue of Harper's Weekly
for July 8.
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FAIRFIELD.
HOYDEN'S HILL.

Miss Ethel Wisner has been with her
sister, Mrs Ernest Hall, of Jenning's
Woods.
E. B. Sherwood has purchased COW
of A. Hickok. of Burr street.
Miss Ada Jennings Is visiting Miss
Irene Wakeley of Chestnut Hill.
Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Jennings and
little son have visited friends on the
Hill.
Mrs Frances Beardsley and grandson,
Clarence Hurd of Shelton, spent part
of last week with Mr. and Mrs E. B.
Sherwood.
Mira Leavitt of Long Hill has been q
guest OF her brother, Leroy Clarke.
Charles Jennings and men have COM
menced to mnnd the cross road, which
was badly needed.
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A BARN BURNED.

One Of the barn owned by Mr. Went
worth was destroyed by fire Saturday
afternoon. Fortunately the wind WAS
such that with the aid of those who soon
arrived, the fire was confined TO the one
building. The horses and carriages
were removed successfully before tse
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E. c. Blanks, of IewisviIle, Texas.
WHITES that one box of .Dewitt's Witch
Hazel Salve was worth 5000 to him.
IL cured his piles OF ten years standing.
He advises others to try it. 1t also
cures eczema. skin diseases and obstinate
sores. E. F. Hawley, Newtown; S. C.
Bun q Co., Sandy Hook; A. B. Blake
man, Botsford; b. HaRley C Co.,
Stepney.
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LIEUT. WAINWRIGHT.

The thrilling incidents On the south
ern coast of Cuba during the last fort
night viii make the peges OF the future
histories Of the Spanish war read like d
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"a 9 ia.
Bears the a Tho Kind You Have AMgg BgaEts
Of 1aX Azzc<eSS
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WESTON.

PERSONAL CHAT.
Announcement is made of the engage
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-08-05

friends in this place for a few days. Ht
is on his Way to Kansas.
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of which S15,150 tons went to the Unit
ed States, 666, 391 tons to Great Britain.
and 1852 tons to continental Europe;
showing that of the total exports more
than 55 per cent. went to the United
States.
At the current values in New York
or hemp a cents per pound) and OF
raw sugar 1885 cents per pound, the
exports of these two products alone
from these islands to the United
states, during the ten years under re-
view, amounted to $50, 263, 722. so. or an
average of nearly 1926. 1872 per year.
Data as to cigars, tobacco, copra,
woods, hides, shells, indigo, coffee, etc,
are not. now obtainable; but a conser-
vative estimate would so raise the
above figures as to show United States
imports from these islands to average
about 81. 900, 900 per month.
There is but one railway In the ISL
ands-from Manila to Dagupin-a dis
lance OF 1913 miles. 1t is single track
and well built, steel rails being used
its entire length, the bridges being OF
stone or iron, and the station buildings
substantial. English engines are used
which make 40 miles per hour. The
government assisted in the construc-
ton of the road by making valuable
concessions of land with right of way
its entire length. and by guaranteeing
8 per cent. per year upon the stock of
the road for a period of SO years, when
it is to become state property. The
road has paid more than 10 per cent.
per annum TO shareholders. The
Compania Transatlantica manila
LIVERPOOL maintains a monthly serv-
ice TO Europe, and there are four lines
of steamers to Hong Kong, and many
local lines plying between Manila and
he provinces. the largest having IS
steamers of 25. 900 tonnage.
There are about $4,000 Europeans res
ident in the islands (the total popu-
lation is nearly 5000, Oe0). Of course. not
counting the troops. Some IL. 900 are
established in Manila. the center of the
colonial government. English, Span
ish and German houses are engaged
in trade, advancing nom TO the ma
tives on their crops. Such business
involve risks and necessitate
large capital in the beginning, but the
profits are immense. The land is fer
tile and productive. and lacks only in
telligent cultivation. Abaca tmanila
hemp) is one Of the chief sources OF
wealth OF the country. Sugar cane
does not give as satisfactory returns,
owing largely to the ignorance of
planters. The average production is
LIS. lss.s 81 tons. The sugar goes almost
entirely to Japan. England and the
united states IL Is OF poor quality
and very cheap. The cultivation OF
tobacco Is one OF the most important
industries. although II is capable of
much greater development. The ma
tive coffee. although not equal TO the
mocha or bourbon varieties. has a fine
aroma. II goes chiefly TO Spain. CO.
Goa trees grow in abundance. and the
oil is used for lighting houses and
streets. The indigo is famous for its
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THE PART OF SPIES

IL was just prior TO the breaking out
OF actual hostilIties between this coun-
try and Spain that the military attache
OF the Spanish legation at Washington
was compelled TO leave this country be-
cause IL was known he had been seek
ing to learn certain facts relative to
the strength Of our forts and their de-
fensive equipment. This man was Lieu
tenant Sobral, and i'm plain and uncom-
promising English. he was a spy, or
member of the Spanish secret service,
which implies the same thing.
Before he left this country he had
been elected from several forts along
the South Atlantic coast. where he had
been found ~endeavoring TO gain access
To- those mysteries which no man. I'M
less he wears the blue OF the United
States army. can righteously know
aught OF. even In times of peace. This
was h first intimation this country
had that Spain would Introduce here
the same system of espionage she en-
ploys at home. Following Sobral's ex-
pulsion from the country came tho
knowledge that Spanish spies were
working In Washington. watching
every move mad there: that they
rHdFDntu AT hty est, anu IN New
York city, where they maintained n
strict surveillance over the members of
the Cuban tunta.
Many Of these spies were American
citizens. or at least nominally 30. for
their work was done under the direc-
ton of a well-known detective agency,
acting. of course. with the Spanish rep
resentatives here. These men were
principally engaged I'm preventing ths
shipment of stores apd arms to Cuba.
At one time IL was impossible to enter
or leave the building where the junta
has its headquarters without observing
one or more men hanging about the
place. apparently with nothing 10 do
and making a vain effort to do IL asa
gracefully as possible. These were
thrilling times in the annals of the jun
Ia. when Rubens. Palma and Captain
Dynamite Johnny O'Brien were regu-
larly followed to and from their homes
to the headquarters by an additional
force OF men. These were good times.
too for the American detective agency.
But all this was mere clumsy work..
more of an annoyance h anything
else, and scarcely any hindrance to the
shipping of arms and stores. when the
junta was fortunate enough to have
the arms and stores to ship.
But now, since the declaration of war.
the spy question has assumed an as
pect as serious as IL was unlocked for.
Spain is working silently, secretly and
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Warrington Bureau Of the standard,
No. 1415 q Street N. w.

Washington, May 10.-The state de-
partment has Just published a consular
report which is Of peculiar, almost fas-
cinating, interest at this time. 1t re-
lates wholly to our new conquest in
h South Pacific ocean. The report
proceeds to state that local and Euro
pean authorities estimate the area of
the Philippine islands at $780, 900 square
miles. and their popuIation at 5000, 900
to 10000, 900. The island of Luzon. on
which the city of Manila is situated,
is larger than New York and Massa-
chusetts, and has a population of $780,
600; and the island of Mindanao is
nearly. If not quite. as large. There
are scores of other. islands. large and
very %populous. An idea of the extent
of the Philippines may be formed,
when II Is stated that the six New
England states, New York, New Jer-
sey. Maryland and Delaware have 10
per cent. less area. In addition to the
Philippine islands, the Caroline, La
drone and Sooloo groups were under
h Jurisdiction of the Manila consul
late now abolished by war.
In all. there are about 1000 islands
In a land and sea area OF about 1,200
tAt VI idtitduS III -stVV IllltS Oh
longitude. During the quarter ended
Dec. 81, 1897. there were exported from
these islands to the United States and
Great Britain 216.s9S bales of hemp
t2S0 pounds per bale). of which 13s, 1872
bales went to the United States and
only 1S.106 bales to Great Britain. Dur
ing the year 1897 there was an increase
In the export of hemp from the Phil
ippines to continental Europe of 10. al
bales; to Australia. 2.192 bales; to Chi
IA, % bales: to Japan, 2,62s bales: and
to h United States, I33, 500 bales-a
total increase of 15s. ass bales, while to
Great Britain there was a decrease Of
2,34S bales. OF increased shipments
from the Philippines. those to the
United States were 544 per cent. great
er than to all other countries COM
bined.
Ii is a significant fact that the re-
port from which these facts are taken
was made by Oscar F. Williams, our
late consul at Manila. who accompan-
led the Dewey fleet from Hong Kong
to the Philippine capital. He conclud-
ed the report above quoted by the un-
Intentionally prophetic words: 1t is
very apparent that the trend of trade
is toward the United States. and my
best endeavors will be exerted toward
its further extension"
According to a British foreign office
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Objected To the Draft.

From the Mount Morris. Ill, News.
II is said on the Skaguay trail recent
ly a dead man was picked up, and from
papers on his person II was found that
he was from Maquoketa. Iowa. Word
was sent to his relatives there. and they
wrote back to have his remains Gre
mated and forwarded as soon as pos
sible. The body was taken to the near
est crematory, n after 1t had been
subjected to 1000 degrees of heat for a
couple of hours the door was opened TO
see how IL WAS getting along. The
heat had just got him well thawed out.
and he yelled: h off that cold
draft! this is the only comfortable
place we struck since leaving Maquo-
keta-"
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through what Is one OF the best han
hled branches Of her government and
with all the Latins' natural love OF in
trigue. She is no longer paying much
heed to Palma or Rubens. or to Cap
tain Dynamite Johnny" OiBrien. She
is playing a bigger game. American
detectives no longer represent her In
terests here-an impossibllity under ex-
isting conditions. of course. Under Polo
has been established a most complete
department of espionage which he con-
trolls from the refuge Canad offers tc
him.
The gathering together of informa-
ton and those facts which usually con-
Germ the operations OF secret service OF
civilized countries seems TO be a side
issue with this particular department
The scope of its operations is along
different lines from those usually fol-
lowed by the mere spy.
Polo's intention appears TO be tn
carry the war into America I'm a new
and startling manner. Startling be-
cause his movements cannot be seen oB
foretold until the blow Is struck. Ha
Is making use OF the corps under his
control TO place the bomb OF the anar-
chist and apply the torch OF the incen-
diary under our ~arsenals and TO those
buildings where the government stores
it's supplies for the army and navy.
Thus far he has been successful i'm his
cowardly scheming and his emissaries
have celebrated his success with many
tons of good American ~gunpowder and
at the cost OF some good American lives.
Bombs have been used I'm the coal re-
served for use aboard our men-of-war.
They have even been taken from the
coal bunkers OF our ships and they have
been found In certain OF the government.
buildings at Washington. Indeed tbs
situation has become so serious that it
Is now almost impossible for strangers
TO visit a man-of-war or enter a fort,
Ia Washington the door of the state.
war and navy departments are closed
90 the general public and are likely ~
remain so for some time to come.
IL must be remembered that there are
In America thousands of Spaniards
who. unless they commit some overt
act OF violence. a enjoy all the priv
tleges accorded TO a citizen. This, to-
gether with our mixed population i'm
many quarters made up largely of the
peoples Of Southern Europe. all more or
less Of n type. all speaking languages
which TO unframed ears at least are
almost Identical one with another. gives
the Spanish spy in America a protec-
ton and from suspicion and
surveillance he would hardly meet with
In any other country and which. by the
inverse. offers no opportunity for the
American SPY IN Spain should we
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choose to make use Of the same meta
DDS.
These spaniards are playing Q g.
perate game. however. 1t Il literally at
the peril of their necks. for should q
man be apprehended there would - no
possibility OF escaping the ignom1nleuQ
death that usually waits on such serv-
ices. Sobral vas allowed to 20. though
there Is no question but that his 60,
duct was 80 discriminating hat ~ ~
liable to arrest. trial and. II convioood.
death. had this country cared to hol6
him. His fate abroad would be easy "a
foretell. His guilt was almost q great
as that which brought Major Andre e
his death in the times OF the reVolup
ton.
Perhaps at the present moment II
man who by the touch Of . finger oone
the Maine TO the bottom and 80 q her
crew to eternity is here In America. q
proved and trusted member Of Polo'o
band, waiting for an opportunity to re-
peat on a larger scale the holocaust OF
Havana harbor.
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500 toward 0I0O.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased TO
that science has been able 70 cure In ell its
stages. and that 10 Cafarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known TO the medical
fraternity Catarrh being . constitutions ds-
ease, requires a eonstitutional treatment Halls
Catsrrh Cure Is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood sne mucous surfaces Of the sys-
tenn. thereby destroying the foundation Of the
disease, and giving the patient strength by build
ing mp the constitution and ASST citing nature in
doing It's work The prorrieten have so much
faith In its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any ease that IL fails to
cure. Send for list Of testinenials.
address p J CHENEY q CO.. Tslsdo. O
SOLD by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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Birds Becoming Extinct.
From the New York Times.

From h New York Times.
An investigation by the New York
Geological society into the destruction
of bird n animal life in the United
States has shown that in four-ffths of
the area Of the United States, exclusive
OF Alaska. bird life Is being annihilated
edible birds are rare and on the point
of extinction. and plume birds are prac-
tically extinct. These conclusions have
been reached after extensive corre-
~spondence with naturalists. ornitholo-
gists. game wsrdens and others in a po-
sition to speak authoritatively. and a
report embodying the results Of the in
v~estigation will be published in the an
nual report Of the society.
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Il would not be without Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for its weight In
gold" writes ID. j. Jones. Of Holland.
Va. My vie was troubled with .
cough for nearly two years I tried
u prescriptions from physicians. al of
which did no good. ! Was at Last per-
suaded TO try a bottle OF Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. which promptly re-
lieved the cough. The second bottle
effected a complete cure" The Is Ind
80 cent bottles are for sale by druggistA
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superior qualities. The inhabitants
are apathetic 10 a degree that is no.
ticeable even in these countries. where
every one il averse TO exertion. The
women have long and slender fingers,
remarkably fine and sensitive, and
well adapted to their work. The hats
and cigarette holders they make and
the articles they embroider are mod
els of d~elicacy. Cotton spinning and
work in bamboo are among the chief
industries. HOSFORD.
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The Volunteer Of To-Day.


From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Did the companies remind you Of
1852" asked a gentleman.
Very little. sir; very little"
In what respect do they differ?"
In many. his respect being the
most prominent: These are soldiers.
well drilled. uniformed. with o6icers
who understand their duties. Our
companies in 1851 struggled into camp
out of step. staring to the right and
left. not looking to the front. like sell
diers: some in long coats. some In
short: some in no coats, with all
styles OF headgear. arms swinging and
tongues chattering. l wish you could
see some OF those 81 companies that
you might compare IL with these boys.
erect, looking straight ahead. keeping
perfect step. saying nothing. tidily uni
formed. But what soldiers boys
who went into camp in the SOS devel-
oped into, These boys have the drill
TO begin with: they will have the same
kind OF a record TO end with thar the
boys of old had"
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American trade is really much larger
especially in the item of exports to the
islands) than is indicated by the above
figures. Large quantities Of provis-
ions. flour, canned goods, etc. are seht
to Hong Kong or other ports for trans
shipment. and are credited TO those
ports instead of to Manila.
of the total exports of hemp from
the Philippines for the ten years ended
1897. amounting to s.52s. 9s5 bales Oh
o5S tonsD. Al per cent. went to the Unit
ed States.
During the same years the Philippine
islands exported to the United States
and to Europe 1.5s2,9o4 tons of. sugar,
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casesrets Candy Cathartie. the mos. vond.rful
medical discovery OF the age. pleasant and 70
the kidseys, liver and bowels. CLEANSING the entire
system. dispel colds, cure headaches. fever. HABIT
ual constipation and biiisusnsss. Pleas. bly And
try = bon Of G G. C. Today; 10 Is. so c.nt..
Sold and guaranteed 70 cure by ali drugsiss.
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Our War Premium.

lend US $40 in advance for one years
subscription to the Standard. or - for
six months. and secure a copy Of The
American Navy. Cuba and Hawaii
the handsomest premium ever offered
by a
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About 10 per cent. of the imports
came from Spain. Three-ffths of the
imports from Great Britain consisted
of cotton manufactures and yarn.
Details of trade with the United
States during 1897 are given by the
treasury as follows:
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ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES

report the total imports into the ISL
ands in 1896 were valued at SO, 631. $50
n the exports at $40. IFS. 900. The
trade with several of the most import
ant countries was: