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The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
IN LITERARY CIRCLES.

The Woman's club met at the home of Mrs James Huntington on Thursday, May 28, at p. m. The president, Mra D. k
 Rodger, presided. Owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather, there was but 8 small attendance and business of im- portance was laid over until the next reg ular meeting. It was regretted that 30 few of the members could have the pleas ure of listening to lecture on 'The Fic- tion of To-day" delivered by Miss Dotha Stone Pinnieo of Norwalk, librarian Of the Norwalk public library and corres- bonding secretary of "The Connecticut State Federation of Women's Clubs." Miss Pinnieo, in addition toaher brilliant and instructive lecture, spoke at some length upon the Federation of clubs
 After the formal exercises of the after
 noon, light refreshments were served
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
FAIRFIELD.
HOYDEN's HILL AND VICINITY.

HOYDEN's HILL AND VICINITY.
 Leroy Clarke has traded one of his horses.
 c. w. Sherwood of Grester New York has spent few days with his brother, E. B. Sher wood. Mrs Sher wood and friends accompanied him back after a weeks visit.
 Miss Grace Wiser has returned home after months stay with her sister, Mrs E. Hall.
 Mrs Leroy Clarke has entertained company from Bridgeport.
 Miss Minnie Lewis, Miss Ada Jen- nirgs and others attended the teachers convention, last Friday, in Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
HOTCHKIssVILLE AND VICINITY.

The local court of the American Order Of Foresters was invited to visit the court at Sandy Hook, last Friday night. K. Eyre, after some little time of hard work, prepared his team to convey the boys from here. He found it was all for nothing. The number was so small that when they got to North Woodbury they decided to turn back.
 Howard Allen, who is employed at the brass mlll in Torrington, visited his par ents, Mir and Mrs c. M. Allen, over Sun day.
 The boys gave little celebration on the East hill, last Monday night. Their cannons gave fine report.
 Walter Bramer has vacated the Car. penter house and moved into William Dakin's house this side of the Repository.
 The sale at the Cash Store, Thursday, Friday rnd Saturday of last week, was well appreciated, especially by those living out of town.
 Riding bicycles on the sidewalks is strictly forbidden by the law.
 Howard Minor was in Danbury on Monday of this week.
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Y ork were also guests at "The Maple q,'. over Sunday.
 Mrs Monterey B-yant is spending a few days in New Haven.
 F. A. Isbell has been visiCing friends in Middletown.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
STEVENSON.
PERSONAL CHAT.

MT Wade, student from Wesleyan University, preached at the church, Sunday mOruing and evenirg. He was entertained st R. s. Hinman's.
 Mr and Mrs Charles Philips of New
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06

speakers from the class on that occasion. Bert is good scholar and has earned his appointment. Col Copeland gave one of his charae- teristic lectures in the Town hall recent lY, and preached in the North chur ch the next evening.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
THE DAWN OF WOMANHOOD.

Pnkhan Mothers Who Have Daughters
 and a rom Dunmore, son1ervine
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
Fairfield County News.
LONG HILL.
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH

Rev MT Ho lmts administered the Com munion st the Methodist church, last Sunday. He is much liked by his par ishioners in this parish. Already prep arations are being made for an interest ing program by the Sunday school for Children's Sunday, which comes the sec ond Sunday in June.
 Hurd, the grocer, has had & big call for his special drive in 20c coffee, and notwithstanding the fact that the whole sale price has gone up 2c he has several hundred pounds that he will sell at the same low price. He also has fine line of new seeds for the garden. Miss Elsie Garfield is able to be out again after an illness of few days. Miller H. Nj. Furman is unloading, this ] week, a car of extra heavy good oats. He has also been unloading car of corn | and middlings, this week, and can sup ply his customers for some time to come. l MT and Mrs H. E. Garfield of Bridge port rode up from the Park City on their wheels and passed Sunday with MT and 1 Mrs c. G. Downs.
 George Wade from Shelton was in town over Sunday.
 Howard Wheeler, of the firm of Phil lips & Wheeler, has fine young stopper 8 recent purchase.
 George Trump of Pennsylvania has been visiting cid friends about the place during the past week. He is now in the milling business in Pennsylvania, having given up the idea of going to KIondike tt freeze.
 Two young men from Ansonia wert guests at Mir Skipp's, last Sunday. Wher
 hey sarGed for home they wanted tC
 show off the speed of their horse, but il turning the corner in too much of a hur rg over they went. Their wagon wal damaged considerably.
 Miss Sadie Craft has been a victim O
 the measles.
 George Hadley and Mrs Hubbell 0
 Bridgeport were guests at c. F. Hadley' over Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
THE BEE. Newtown, Friday, May 6, 1898.
 CIRCULATION January 1, 1889. S1O Last Week, 3l50
Litchfeld County.
R0XBURY.
AMONG THE HORsEMEN.

Irving Atwood of Woodbury secured for his own use the celebrated bay pacer, Nancy O., that Harry Thomas has been pulling the reins oyer for few months. She is daisy. MT Thomas received 8 fine black gelding from MT Atwood.
 Harry Thomas has the celebrated Red Wilkes colt, formerly owned by Walter Curtis of Woodbury. It is said to be very speedy.
 Harry Thomas has furnished Benjamin Russell Ot Woodbury with bay car riage mare, Crazy Bell, one of New Mill ford's choicest Alleys.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
CHURCH NOTES.

The Congregational pastor conducted the union services in the Methodist church, last Sunday evening.
 The Home department of the Sunday school organized by Miss Fannie Burritt and Mrs Charles Sanford, promises to be an important feature in BiEle study.
 It Is not yet known who will preach in year.
 Rev Warren Mo- se of Bridgewater will occupy the Congregational pulpit, next Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
KENT.
REV MIR VOORHEES, DECLINES HIS CAL

REV MIR VOORHEES, DECLINES HIS CALL.
 The Congregational church peorle were highly favored, Sunday morniog by hear & most exec llent discourr c from Prof Merriam of Hartford theole gi. cal seminary. After the sermon he read a letter from Mr Voorhees, in which he declined unanimous call of the church that he wished to hold himself free to answer his country's call.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06

Mrs Willard Soule IS very sick with malaria, and having little baby olIy week or 80 old, makes an unfortunate combination.
 Mrs Jt sic Simpson, daughter of Tewis Ives, Ia aE her fathers hume at Kent Furnace, with her baby.
 Charles Wolcott of Macedonia, who has been very sick the past few weeks
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
CORNWALL BRIDGE.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER.

Andrew Main, one of the substantial farmers of this section, is making exten- sive improvements on his house. He has torn down an old shed and will replace it with a new one, and will also build new horse barn.
 Hugh Bailey has taken the Skiff farm in Puffinghsm for the ensuing year.
 Ludwig Liner has built 8 substantial fence in front of his house.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06

and social time together enjoyed. All agreed that the weather had been forgot ten in the pleasures of the afternoon.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06

Exclusively recommended by the following Trained NurRes: Jennis Snnbury, Woodstock, Vt; Grace G. Gordon, Worcester, Mass.; A. E. King. Franklin,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-25
Only a Servant Girl.

She let the paper fall from her nerve
less hands, shocked and terrified, as
she suddenly appreciated to the utmost
the awful tidings she had just read.
S this is the end" she murmured,
brokenly. 1.-THE end of all my dreams,
my hopes, my ambitions and my pleas
ures. What shall I do? What can
do? No one can ever fill the place of
the one I have lost! This is terrible,
terrible!
With feverish anxiety she clutched at
the paper again, and once more read
the fealful details of the disaster that
had so overcome her.
But the same facts were there, in
printers ink hat had already dried.
She was but a servant girl, but she
had loved. Only a servant girl knows
how other servant girls can love.
"Ah," the reader says, "perchance she
fell in love with her master. Perchance
she admired some tall male guest to
whom she served mock turtle Soul
when her mistress had for
dinner"
But hist! Beware! 1t was none OF
these!
The person upon whom this poor ser
want girl had lavished all Of her pent-
up emotion was a woman. Yet who
is there to say hat this honest, hard.
working girl had no right to allow he1
fancy to be enthralled by visions OF
love fo~ $ha r,jc<roce 1F hou 5,oo-.-
None, none!a
Suddenly the servant girl speaks
Hist again! This time for keeps.
"It is a cruel fate that robs me Of
my only comfort" she said. IT an
L.young, to be stricken with such a blow
why should I be selected as the vic.
tim Of this unhappy event? Yet, per.
haps, I am not the only one. Others
may have loved her, too, even as deep.
ly ais I. Then indeed is this said affair
a double misfortune, for she is lost t.
all :those who have loved her"
The servant girl arose and paced the
floor nervously. She looked into the
glass and laughed. She untwined he,
hair, and allowed it to fall in ~voluptu.
GUS pillows over her apron. With ar
angry toss Of her head, she suddenly
ceased. crying and spoke indignantly.
."What right did Laura Jean Libbey
have; to get married?" she said. eve
poor servant girls have been giving he,
a handsome living for years. I'll have
to read Hall Game now"
- -
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-25
AN OLD GLORY FACTORY.

On the floor of the great flagroom in;
the New York Nav& Yard there are
drawn patterns and designs from which
the flags for the navy are made.
The lines of these designs are painted
on the floor or laid out by means OF
brass headed nails. and it is no easy
matter to design a flag accurately even.
with the help Of these lines.
The largest American flag made by
the government is called No. /. It
measures 34.S6 feet in length and 49, 2
in breadth, and is rarely used. Probably
the Detroit and Minneapolis are the
only ones of Uncle Sans ships that
regularly use this size, says the New.
York Press.
The size known as No. 2, which is:
considerably smaller, is the popular.
size, and is the one used by most Of
the warships. The bunting which I'm.
Gle Sam uses is tested severely before
being used. From each lot Of bunting
a small sample of about a foot squar
is taken, n this, after being STEPPED
in fresh water for "a hours, is then.
scrubbed with strong soap and rinsed
and dried. hen it is put under sum
light for from Is to 20 hours, and if it.
shows no fading it is accepted. This,
one navy yard uses So 900 yards of bunt-~
ing annually, but it is said that for the
present year probably one-half more
will be added to the average figure.
Not only are American flags made
here, but flags of all nations as we'll.
for Uncle Sans cruisers must have
other national flags besides our own.
The most difficult flag to make is
that of San Salvador. This flag re-
quires all the colors used in flag max
ing, namely, red, white, blue, orange.
yellow, green, brown, black and canary
yellow. Costa Rica has another difficult
flag, using all but the brown.
Now comes the news that one of the
most famous flags used by the govern
ment is rapidly d~isintegrating from age.
and lack of attention-the flag in which
John Wilkes Booth caught his foot as,
he jumped onto the stage of Ford'ss
theater on the night when he shot.
President Lincoln. That flag had made.
AlAS1o1y, even UelOfe Ine tragic scenes.
of the assassination. 1t was made by
the women employed in the treasury
department at the time when the male
employees organized to defend the cap
ital from the raids Of Jubal Early. The
women presented the flag to the treas
ury guard. Two nights before the as
sassination the treasury guard gave am
entertainment at Ford's theater, ana
the flag was employed in the decorations
of the box on the right Of the stage. 1t.
looked so pretty that the Management
asked for the continued loan of it until
after the visit of the president, which
OF April IA. The rent in the flag made
by Booths spur is still plainly visible
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-25
Wars Domestic Uses.

The man was standing on the wharf
at a point where he could see into the
nonpellucid depths of the Potomac
about two inches. He was gazing down
just as intently, however, when the
policeman spoke to him.
"Well?" said the officer in that disa-
greeable questioning tone a policeman
seems to think he has a right to as
sumo.
Thanks, yes" said the man with a
wan smile, about as we'll as could be-
expected under the circumstances"
The officer wasn't expecting that kin3
of an answer and it threw him off his
clew.
II mean," he stammered, "what are
you looking in that water for?'
I'm not" smiles the man again, 'It's:
too Potomaky, I might ay, having
used it in my family for washing.
drinking and plastering purposes for
many years."
Il guess you're all right aid the.
policeman, changing the subject.
Il don't think I am" confessed the
man, frankly. "In fact, I know I ann
not. My wife and I were just discuss
ing that point before I came down
here"
"Well, what are you doing here?" in
quired the policeman quite as anxiously
as he had made his first inquiry.
II was thinking what a pity it was
that the war with Spain was over"
"Why, pity? Everybody's glad of it, 4
thought"
I'm not"
why not?"
"Well, when there was a war, being a.
right decent sort of a man that makes.
a rafting good living for my wife, alR
I had to do to bring her out of her
tantrums was to threaten to quit work
and go to the front. where the chances
Of staying while a wilder woman was
left at home to scrap along for herself
and four small children couldn't be-
beat. I say, the war was the greatest
domestic regulator on earth, but it
couldn't last, Of course. 1t would have.
been too much luck for a man like me.
No, stree, 1t had to quit, and now the
best I can do is to tell my wife where
I'm going and make a break for this
neighborhood, at least three miles from
home, besides the publicity Of it. Good
by, guess I'll be going back. If you see.
anything of a scarf woman charging
around here in the course Of the next
half hour tell her I've gone home, will
you. please?" and he moved slowly off
toward a street car.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-29
SPANISH VESSELS CAPTURED
SEvERALPRIZES ARETOWED INTO
KEY WEST HARBOR.
WERE TAKEN WITHOUT TROUBLE.
In Every Instance They Were Brought
To n Stop By Solid Shots Across
Their Bows.

A special from Key West says: En-
sign Christy, with crew of sixteen
from the cruiser Detroit and four from
the flagship, brought into port late
Sunday afternoon the captured Span
ish steamer, Catalina, Captain Fano,
3,401 tons, which left Cadiz March
7th, and was bound from New Orleans
to Barcelona, via Havana, for which
port she was making when taken.
The Catalina was captured twelve
miles from Havana. She was taken
by the cruiser Detroit. When the
first shot was fired her captain made q
desperate effort to escape his pursuer,
and the chase was prolonged for eight
miles.
Tho Catalina is AIS feet in length,
As feet in breadth and 21.3 feet in
depth Of hold. She is a steel vessel
with six bulkheads. According to the
Bureau Veritas her gross tonnage is
6,2Sl and her net 3,50l.
The New York's Prize.
One OF the first shots fired in anger
from the gun of an American ironclad
across the bows of ship since the
close of the civil war was shot from
the deck of the New York as q signal
to the Spanish freighter Pedro, of Bill
bao, to heave to shortly before six
o'clock Saturday evening. The little
Pedro, scurrying like scared rabbit
close in shore, favored by the closing
in of foggy, misty day, was sighted
by the New York and Immediately
brought about with a solid shot across
her bows.
A prize crew was Immediately sent
aboard and the Spanish flag hauled
down and the Pedro was sent back to
F"v West under command Of American
officers.
lowed by the Dauntiess.
The feet captured another prize Sat-
urday afternoon, the schooner Ma
thilde, of Havana, laden with rum. The
schooner was taken by the torpedo
boat Porter after lively chase, dur
ing which number of solid shots
were fired.
A prize crew from the flagship was
put on board the schooner, but no ship
could be spared to tow her, and she
was taken to Key West in tow of the
Associated Press dispatch boat Daunt-
less, which arrived about midnight.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-29

Says tho New York Times: eff we
stop a moment to think of it, it is very
remarkable that the absolute oblitera-
tion of sectional lines in the vote in
the House on the defense bill excites
no remark whatever. 1t is to-day as
natural q thing that General Joe
Wheeler, of Alabama, one Of the most
gallant of Confederate cavalry leaders,
should greet Mr.. Cannon's bill with O
shout OF applause as it was thirty
years ago General Wheeler was barred
from Congress by his Confederate
Commission. The men who Tough
each other in that fierce arbitration by
the sword are now so completely
American, their feelings, convictions,
interests are in such harmony on
questions Of national import, that
their common action is no more doubt
ed on one part than on the other. Yet
this fact, to which our familiarity
blinds us, is not only Of tremendous
Importance, but is wholly without
precedent in the history of the world.
Never was there so desperate and
bloody q Civil War, never so rapid
and complete establishment OF ma
tional unity. The historian of the
next generation, sufficiently remote 10
catch the perspective of our rapidly
moving national changes, will see this
more plainly than we, and he will find
more interesting than the great strug-
gle the story of the recovery from it,
of the new start on q broader and more
fruitful career. When he strikes, in
the Congressional Record, the vote on
tho defense bill, Yeas, S11; nays, o.
he will realize more keenly than we do
how wonderful thing II is that the
little cipher expresses oil there is re-
manning Of disloyalty TO that Union
for which the war was fought"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-29

Governor Hastings" says the
Philadelphia Record, 'is in receipt of
a letter from Major William M. Rob-
bins, formerly Of the fourth Alabama
Regiment, Confederate soldiers, in
forming him that he has, after search
Of years, finally located the sword of
Lieutenant Howard Petriken, OF Belle
fonte, Penn, who as an officer OF Com
pany e, fifth Pennsylvania Reserves,
was killed on the night before the bat
tie of Antietam, and died in Robbins
arms in the Confederate lines. Rob-
bins restored the dead mans watch to
his family, and for over thirty-fvs
years has been hunting his sword,
which he finally found in the posses
sion Of q comrade in Texas, who will.
ingly sent IL to him for Lieutenant
Petriken's sister, who resides in Belle
fonte,
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-29

According to the latest figures which
can be obtained, the number of pupils
enrolled in the public schools of the
United States amounts TO 14,379, 07S,
or nearly twenty per cent Of the ma
TONS population. Out of 400, 1876
teachers employed 10000 are males
and $780, females. The average
monthly salary paid to male teachers is
$47.37; tho average monthly salary
paid TO female teachers is 5000. The
number Of public schoolhouses in the
United States is 240, 96S, and the value
Of all the public school property ag-
gregates $455, 94S, 164. The cost Of
public school education in the United
States per pupil is 1882 annually.
These figures do not include private
schools nor higher institutions Of
learning which are sustained without
tho aid Of State appropriations. Evil
IDENTIFY this country is making rapid
educational progress; although, Of
course, there is still marked room for
improvement.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-29
The Lawn and It's Care.

II one would have a fine lawn, the
first essential is good foundation. II
1t is not necessary to take out trees,
stumps, or large stones, great caro-
should be taken TO fill the holes prop
erly. The earth around the holes ia
firm and solid, and the new soil that
IL put in must be beaten down and
made even by filling in and pouring
on water until.it settles to level sur
face. Even then the spots will need
watching, rs it is scarcely possible to
pack the ground so securely that il
will not sink with the action of the
elements and time. Keep at hand a
pile of fine earth TO even up hollows
and fill in the washouts, that almost
always make themselves manifest in
the spring. II the sod is not salts.
factory, put on q light harrow-one
with fine, not very long, iron teeth.
Select horse with big, Hat feet and
no shoes, IL you have one, as he will
not sink into the ground like one with
small, well-shod feet. Run this har-
row over the ground until the surface
OF the soil is well scratched up; then
with wood-toothed rakes clean the
ground thoroughly OF grass, stones.
sticks and tussocks. When the next
rainstorm comes have. everything
ready and SOW the seed quickly.
Lawn grass mixture comes ready pre-
pared; or one may use two bus heels of
Kentucky blue grass seed, two bushels
OF red-top and one peck of white
clover. Sometimes rye grass seed is
put into this mixture, but not neces-
sarily. Whether the soil is rolled be-
fore the top-dressing OF manure or
patent fertilizer is put on depends
very much upon the convenience of
the owner of the lawn. 1t certainly
must be rolled thoroughly afterward.
New York Ledger.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-29
NEW ARMY BILL PASSED.
Strictly War Measure Authorizing Total
Army Strength of 81, O10.

St'iVtiy u "er
Army Strength OF 6I,O1O.
A Washington special says: The
house Saturday passed the army reor-
ganization bill at the urgent request
OF the president and Secretary of War
Alger.
Some feor was expressed on the
democratic side that the bill might in
crease the regular army in time of
peace, but an amendment prepared by
Mr.. Bailey, which removes all doubt
on this score, was accepted by Mr..
Hull, and the bill passed by a unani-
nous vote.
The bill organizes the army into
three battalion formations and author
ICES the twenty-five regiments Of the
infantry arm of the service to be re-
cruited mp to total Of 81, 800 enlisted
men. 1t authorizes the recruitment Of
ten regiments of the cavalry arm Of
the service to total Of IL, 900 enlisted,
the seven regiments of the artillery
arm OF the service to Is, 457 men and
the engineer battalion OF five compa-
MES up to 1852 enlisted men, including
two non-commissioned officers. which
makes a total for these four arms of the
servive when at a maximum strength
of 81 0l0