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a High AMI lassie before she married Sil
John Gladstone, the Liverpool mcrclan,
prince.
Senator i 'nder the proposed annex.
alton treaty,tlc natives of Hawaii would
have no rights Of citizenshi p. The treat y
leaves all questions Of that sort t" the
Congress OF the United States after an
neXation.
Anxious.-Address the Commissioner
Of Patents, Washington. d. {.
NumisnIatist. The number OF 1904
silver dollars coined was 2OWUO.
Jones There is Il movement now on
foot to make lincoln's birthday a ma
tional holiday.
] Oldest Inhabitant The number Of
| people who have lived upon this earth
since the time Of Adam Is calculated to
be sonIcwncr" about 36,627 81 600 600 .
900
Alter Eoy-Thr tolling of church bells
on the occasion Of Il burial is buscd ON
the old pagan custom Of banging gpny>
when Il body was to be inferred, in ""
der to scare away the bad spirits.
Tclcgraphrr-Thc busiest time on the
Atlantic cable is between the hours Of
10 and T. in the forenoon. During that
time on an average Of about HC' messages
pass over the cable each way.
T.. E.--N Il progressive ruchrc party
!, was announced that there was a first
and second prize. .N the conclusion ui
the games \ and H had won thirteen
games and { and y twelve gan ">.
>,houd \ and i cit her play or cr, tur
one winning taking first prizp and the
o, her the second prize, or should tI"iwo
thirteen play or cnt for first prize and
the two twelve C. and D) play or rnt for
second prlzr? have seen the prizes
awarded both ways. 1t has created
much discussion. BY giving us your
opinion you will greatly obIl"r. A. 4
and 3 must be frs, and second Cbnh
having more points than either { or ~
they play to decided which shall take
first price. tand d are out OF it.
Rcadcr-plcasc state in your Sunday
column, |. The highest hand tina, can
be held at cribbagc 3. What would
four ives $50 and one ten (lO) count
A claims it would count 2S and b claims
it would on Y count "a. |. Twrnty.ninc;
three tives and jack in the hand and
the five OF the jacks suit turned. ..
rwenty-cight; iiftecn-sxtcen and twelve
ives.
+. Club. Seven men play draw poker.
jack pot. The age, A, opens the pot and
stands pat I' stays with a pair Of
queens. G drops. d stays with pair
Of aces. In the draw y makes luir Of
four- and y Il pair Of scvrns. A nets the
limit and h calls. y drops. A then
discovers that he did not have sufficient
to open the pot. who wins Hwius.
c. +. R.--A. B, c, y, and + are play
ing poker B's age. After the draw, {
thinking it was his age. told y to bet
y threw his hand in tie pack. +
claimed the pot, as he was the only one
to bet. Csays, "Ho'd on; | have not
passed yet" + claimed G shonld not
have told y to bet, and as it passed C.
T. claimed the pot. Was G right or
wrong and had ne right to bet after
telling d to bet? There is Il wager, and
il was left to YOU to decide T. was
wrong. In telling d to bet G manfesty
did not mean to pass, and so had Il right
to ret.
Member of Legislature 1t is said that
the whole national debt OF the world is
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ROBELEN & CO.,
71o rlarket Street.

PhiIadclphia The excellent work ac
cOmplishCI by this fine choir of boys
and men under he direction vi T.. thul
melcy-Jones i. attracting much attention
among those interested in choir music
Among he features Of the service will be
Sir Arthur Sullivan's .Iubil"c hymn ar
ranged to "Tho Cllurch's One Found
ation;" Sir John Staincr'> Magnlfic;.t in
A. and three anth'ms, blessed be the
God and Father,' by Wesley: "God
Came From Tenn .n,' by >tcggaIl' and
"Praisc the Lord, o Jerusalem" by Rev.
+. V. Hall. The solos will be- sung by
Master Nigel ChoImelcy-.Jonc-, the boy
soprano; Charles F. Zcis>, tenor, and
William B. >torcr. bas~.
We are told that Anna Held Il iI,zcS
the "aninIat"d song >hc"t' device with
unusual effect and that she made it the
feature oi her spc ciaIty, last week, Il, tie
Opera House.
The cake walk in "Th" ridc-Elect,
at the Broad, iS a quaint and successful
concrit indeed, on" Of the best bits Of
musical tllnIor Nu hay" had from Sousa
EIitl Mason, the most popular Of the
singers VIII" have appeared here with the
C">tIr Sluar Opera Company, returned
to the Grand Opera House, Philadelphia,
last week, for tine revival By that organ
lzarIun ut 9TH" Grand DuchcsS.
>rIru Pratt. Of Columbus. Ohio, a
young plan-, ut returned from Berlin,
Wa IL tn" city last week and was beard
By a number .! prominent musicians.
who gu hrr"d at the Eia-u< Wnrrroplu>
I"r 'hnt purpose. II" played culnpo-
Chopin, Ll.M. lIrn-,il and th"r-. and
# line "NiIDilion he tnrn gave l. amy IN
dlr;l'nn ii What lis powers ~ Il public
nNrr'nlh wunId br. hc has Il bright
nut Nr!rl" llluL
Although Emil raIr'~ Engagement, a.
the iulirc conductor Of the Boston
symphony Orchestra ha- not vet been
arn"unc'd and his present term may
expire at the close oi this season, his
preference for America Is apparent in
that he drclIned two offer. last summer
+" conduct European orrheslras. lis
, contract is understood to have been for
five Years, renewable for five nlo,e.
The programme for the next Musical
Manuscript Society ni Philadelphia in
clndrS II rhapsodlc for strings by +. q.
(anfi'n;tn, three songs by Mrs. Gertrude
II. Swift, OF Wilmington, and three
plan" pieces by Emil Held.
Dyorak has written five operas.
Wcnyartnrr is at work on an opera.
i'arl kalisch the German tenor, ha :.
signed a contract with the Hamburg
Opera lntcmdancy.
'DiarIid,' the new opera by IIamisu
Nlar' nhn, II to have II hearing at the
Royal Opera, Berlin.
The knciscI Quauvuc is to give the
remaining two concerts in thc Sputh
l'r"ad street Theatre, Philadelphia.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has completed his
musirnl setting Of kiping,s "RnrcS.
~lonaI.' It is scored Tor chorus and
orchestra.
lnonnrn Jackson played at u sym
phnny concert in London on the 9TH,
and the cables dispatches credit her with
Il great -IiccrS-
The Choral Society Of PhiladrIphaj
ga hcred in enthusiastic numbers last
ihursda evening and held its first re-
l'carsal OF Nerdfs Requiem Mass.
Nordica refused to sing at the New
! York Philharmonic concert on account
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OF the insufficient fec which her agen
has st pulatcd for.
rIancon is COW studying German an(
VIII sing the Iandgravc in "Tannhauser'
IN that language in Lrnuon and mex
season in New York.
The unintrt'c for piano and strin.
1nartctte written by Camille ZcckwcI
md given Il first hearing at the last
Beet h"vcn String Quartcltc concert, vii
receive a SECOND performance at the
next Musical Manuscript concert.
"Wagnrr at Mnnich Frankfort anc
Nee Is the tll.c OF a new publication BY
the Count Of Chamburn. It gives re-.
nlnlscrhcrS of the performances o
Nagncr'S operas in those cities.
Mrs. \. e. Ford, soprano, Of Cleveland
i t. h" tiIr next soiui>l Of the PhiIalrl
pima Orchestra Association at the concert
on March IL.
one Of III" 'adng musical educators
~ lh'> country once Said tua pupil in
composition. who ask him what wa,
necessary to obtain IA good working
"Wrdgr Of the larger forms, "A few
INV - d'hi pl'ul N'il tl HpplltuI Ihil 'l
these rnlc>.' Not every one can be
come successful composer. but we'll
nigh every musician who is with in
,curh oI Il good instructor can learn the
principles Of musical construction, even
II he has II" ground for chcriShng tie
hope Of becoming Il liminarv III the
world Of composition. \ knowledge of
construction is an invanablr help to
analysis and t" phra-ng.
iIHrrrlla hnbucl. has signed con-
tract irr twenty concert, III this country
next season.
The, son Of Wi!hcIni, the famous
ripinlst, Is meeting with success AZ an
artist and an teacher.
Camilla IrS", the vi"linist. after more
than thirty years Of public work, is still
giving concerts.
Uoorak is said to continuing his re-
searches in regard to the characteristics
of negro music, which furnished the in.
spirati"n for his symphony.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Many Interesting Questions From the
People Given Pert rtimeni and
Inst rIIctive Answers.

McDuff In the event Of war between
Spain and the United States the showing
made by both countries would be as fol-
lows: Against our 3' armorcd ships
Spain could only bring !; the 1910 guns
OF "nr navy would only have opposed tn
them 800 on the boats Of the Spanish
navy; in weight Of ordnance the United
States would be immrasnrabIv superior,
for We have 81 guns Of frn 40 to SOtons,
lSS ni from 20 to 40 tons, 3l1 Of from ! to
20 tons, and | l,OO guns Of 4-tons weight.
The opposing guns that Spain could
h'ing against Ms would be- Ten Of from
40 to 80 tons 10 from 20 t" 10 tons. 2S'i
Of from | to 20 tons and hjl under !
tons
j. +. K.--Wrdnr~day next will be Ash
Wednesday. th" first day Of Lent
student. The cockroacl j. said 10 be
tI,c oldest Of all insects.
Anna.--.O the 10000 Washington
Government clerks, nearly onc.third are
women, who receive from $500 TO $500
yearly.
Englshlan. = ;ladstonc's motl was
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IN THE MUSICAL WORLD
What is Bnin- Done BY Local
Muses..
PIANO I'll NERs ARE NEGA.lHENl
Many; .in,crr-Iin. Concerts !" "'
s.GiIru by Wilmington Hu"irinn>--'
-. Ecllca.~a!~ are, Su'rrr~'h'.

At in, Broad ii pij.adrlplulH 'IIIc
Bridr-EI-rt" continued "n il i1n'".
phnlt Wav ru lf" arrolupaulnr!t u Il T.
usual cr,%dod and enthusiastic Hi'""'
ancc. Both rur,,. ',.,.,l>Hit r"lhNr!> We
fully justified by 't., r!nrnrt"r OF l"Ir
dciigutlui creation. ~oU-H Na- not "iiiN
written a Iibu'ttu iuii "l in"ril, hit IT,
musical invest ,U,r j. also ol It specially
ylea-in" nature. Nj -! the melodies ar"
tShing, some ui t;,u remarkably ~.
while he iall,u~ Nrii"-EIrm march
is one uf he crow ming efforts VI lir conn
pu>rr'S skill. I"rr,iol cost tunes nnd
pictures. me ~r,."r.' 1l""i-" i"nd tm"Ir
aid in producing tie grand result. ~ t1
thc colnpany. it j. w"i! worthy th" york.
and from principals 70 rHnlH> "lHr~ u
performance that It j. m.r" than pleas
uSe t. soc.
4 second act feature II the n"N piov,
"Thr Moth and II" lIanr, at the
Chestnut. I'hi'a Iriphii, last week wa &
-urpIlc"d choir oi nadrlga' boys IN at
tendance ON Il Wedding. The seen" shows
the interior ui u iashlon0hl" New York
church, and after the guests a,r urh"rd
to their seat, lhc wedding procession Ap-
prOachrs, headed by til" choir, followed
by til" uShcrS and bridesmaids Just ~
the marriage ceremony is about to tAi,"
place there j. ntrrduccd strong dra'n-
attic sitvalion, handling an interruption
to the prunnuncing Of ll'" nnptlaI-,
Nclla Rrrgcn'> singing in "Tllr Brlhr-
Elcci,' at the Broad, has won immense
praise for the beautiful p'in1a-d"nna.
Some Of the npw songs which Andrew
Mack sang in AN Irish Gentleman at
the Walnut last week, was ",rhc Irish
Street Singer MY Sweetest Girl.'
"My Hearts Delight" and Nack'S
"Dov" song. He also sang "M"I.
lie O."
An event ui the season at lhlmnit ;
MnStr"Is will be "Tnr Bride Select -
which has been ia preparation iur some
time past and will II" produced shortly
James Mc'"oI sings 'un the Banks Of
the Wabash, Far AwLy," at the Eleventh
Street Opera House, ana Murphy ana
Gibson have funny pH'ndI "M 'um
popular song.
'Thc nridr-E'cr' con inur- at tie
Broad I'LL further mnic'.
The Castle SCiuayr D,sra ConlMuv',
revival, next week. Of IAN nnha." Will
utilize tlor services ul iiO people, it l.,
promised, and will nc, We n!v ,uI. lnr
most magnificent offering ever InaGc ON
the stage Of the nrand Opera House Of
Philadelphia
On sunday evening, February ~. ii ere
will be the second in Il series Of .pcrlaI
musical services III the Church Of lhc IN
rarnaliun, Broad and Jefferson streets,
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THE GUILTY 70 SUFH||
Mr. Francis Skunk Brown SlSS
Its Il Finish Fight /
PROSECUTION Is PRDNHN
The First National Bank Has Dom|
That Could Have Been Done in "
the Great Case.

"Ihe hearings Of Mr.. Engg- uad y"
Cooper, Cole, Clark and But.rr B
'"rn r"ntln led until Saturday bgJ
n'i"rI"nrr Smith, said Francis Nh
l'f"Wn, counsel for the First Nate
Bank oi Dover.
Too much stress cannot hr IajI D
tn" fact that Mr.. Eoggs returned q"
thHiN lh" policy Of the bank n
IIh"I by Mr. Richardson and m'
ila' been carried ont to the letter.
E"|gS Is here; four men who aIdrd
aN'lI"d him in lpo,ing the bank
''nd"r arrest and they will hr n
r'''"i with IT," utmost vigcr. VI Il
nam escape.
'hc evidence at hand j. ampr
'h'@r VIII be no delay in pnshiN.
cases.
Mr.. Richard .on has acted in tt'
ter III pursuance Of the authority y
IN hlln by the Directors uI thr Il
National Bank Of Dover. He va,
S"I'llr master OF the situation and
result loS'lticS the belief that hl-
was thr proper onc--tu allow Mr. w
to return Of his own free will h
Alr. Boggs is here"
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M-TEILER'S WIFE FA'
sustained by Strong Will Power
toc> to Join Her Husband
Great Excitement.

HrErIAL 10 THE Srx:
DOVER, DEL, Feb. l9.-Dov"r
al vzrd.
1t has had shock from which 4
take some time to re ,over.
Thomas $. Clark has been aIre-'t
likewise charles +. Butler.
Marshal Shorts deputies hay'
rnl'rd Cot. Ezekiel T. Cooper and
1T was done so quickly that q
VI 'ln matter leaked ont nn'''
morning.
'l'n there was a altering one
III stores and offices.
'ohn Clark was the man who Il
,,'' we "rIls and when he went 'I"l
h''l ter went with him. 4
Na'nnrl Hall also went ont on
tfaln. His mission was to 60 'r
''n MS friends. None have yet n'
IN" llrst news that the wife o'
turned teller had was received
H'aph this morning. She fell ln1
ir 1lcr strong will and her dcyo"'
husband sustained her howcyr \
she left in the afternoon to join b.,
smLD
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Have you seen the New Grown PanoS
with Orchestral Attachment
mot do not fail to do SO and you will bd
surprised at the wonderful effects produced iI
imitation Of Harp, Banjo, Guitar and MANI
other Instruments. We have just received a.
fine stock Of these Pianos in beautiful new
style cases
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Mr. (;Noir. Quostion--l am, ~,
r",i "' age ind am. crosk: ,ye'. WV
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Fairfield County.
EASTON.
A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT.

On Monday evening, April 9, despite the inclemency of the weather, the E. B, L. s. was greeted at their hall by an au- dience of about 135. where they prOduc- ed My Awful Dad" with marked sue cess, each one taking the part assigned him in so creditable a manner that it would be difficult to discriminate. h fact no effort will be made, as the man- ner in which it was received was suffi- cient. The organ solos were very ably rendered by Miss Eva Wakely of Chest. nut Hill and Miss Evelyn s. Banks. A recitation by Miss Flossie Candee was admirably given and vocal solo by Mr Blackman of the Tashua Dramatic club, from whom an encore was called for and given. Another nj0yable feature of the evening was the bran pie, the succ ss of which was largely due to Mrs Edward Gillette and Mrs Charles Gilbert, who had the affair in charge. Last, but not least, was the excellent supper served, for which the Easton ladies are so justly famous. The receipts of the evening were $27 25. A vote of thanks is due the president, MT Powell tor his zeal and the manner in which he has labored to make a success of these entertainments at the hall.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
BLOOMFIELD.
TOWN AND PERSONAL JoTTINGs.

The father of Mrs H. W. Andrews is living with her. Since the sad death of Mrs Farce Ills he has been obliged to break up his home and will now live with his children.
 Your correspondent was incorrect in saying that c. D. H. Kellogg was con nected with Building & Loan associa- tion. He is an agent or the Equita ble Life Insurance Go. of New York. His jurisdiction will include all except the north part of Fairfield county. His of flee will be in the Citizens building, Bridgeport, Room g.
 Rev MT Whitcome is spending the week in Massachusetts.
 Mrs W. Haight leaves town on Satur- day to make her home in New York. She has made friends of all who have met her during her two years stay ip town and not one of them feel like part ing with her.
 The Fairfield County Clergymen's clu will meet at St Paul's church for service on Monday, May 9. A dinner and the literary exercises will be at the rectory.
 Howard Andrews has had some pre- fessionals blasting rocks. They use dy- namite, using 70 per cent dynamite. The effect upon the rocks is very satisfac- tory, as the rocks are broken so small oo bO RO AlouuiCAs 6ClCSbAdA " B. Roe has had them blast some rocks on the road to the Junction. These stones were source of danger on 8 dark night and an annoyance in the day time.
 At the next meeting of the Grange it will be necessary to elect new secreta- ry, as the absence of Secretary Kell agg from to has compelled his resignation. He has occupied the position since fhe| organization of the Grange, performing its duties very acceptably.
 Weddings seem to be the order of the day in Pocono, as the marriage of Miss Mary Foote to Eugene Elwood of Water town took place on Tuesday of last week. The happy couple will make their home in Watertown.
 Brookfield Grange to the number of 20 were the guests of Pootatuck Grange on Tuesday night. They were entertain ed in their usual hospitable manner, which in all cases never falls behind any Grange in the County. Their manner
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
NEW FAIRFIELD.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES


 Communion service was held in the Congregational church, last Sunday morning. The theme of the sermon was IA Monument to Christi" la the even- ing the subject of the sermon was, IA Picture from an Ancient Photograph Album."
 The Y. F. s. c. k. consecration service was led by MT Knowles.
 Mrs Mallett deserves the whole-soul praise of the church for her persevering efforts to place the music of the church on higher plane and in better condition. The chorus singing has improved sur prisingly, but 1t is capsbIe of still larger efforts; also there is considerable talent in the congregation not in the chorus that should be there. Remember on Ihursday evening at 8.45 there will be practice in vocal music in the Congrega. tional church and you want to join it. Thursday evening at z 45 o'clock, pray CT service. Exposition of the thiid chapter of St Paul's Epistle to the Phil ippians. Everybody welcome. Note change of hour.
 Business meeting of the Y. P. s. 0. E. will be held, Thursday evening. at 8 30 o'clock. George M. Nevins, president. would like to see every Endeavorer on
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
THE BEE. NeWtown, Friday, May 6, 1898.
 CIRCUL ALTON: JANUARY l, lss2 6o0 LAST WEEK, S160
The Editors Familiar Chat. If you have got Old Glory in the house fling 1t to the breeze!

Let the class in geography take the floor. Let us see. What can we say about the Philippine islands? The Phil ippine islands constitute one of the greatest archipelagoes of the world They lie in the north tropical zone and separate the South China sea on the west an the Pacific ocean on the east. On the south the Celebes sea, 300 miles across, separates this archipelago from islands of the same name. On the south west two island chains, the Sulu and the Palewsn, stretching ito within few miles of the east of BOrneo, inclo3e the large Sulu Sea. E The eastern shore of the principal island is about 600 miles east of Hopgkong; it is the largest and most northern great island of the group, group which covers a north and south l line of ,050 miles and an east and west line of 700 miles. It is estimated that group comprises 400 islands, of which by far the larger part are mere islets. They are of coral and volcanic forma- tion, the latter often having tremendous eruptions. The largest of them are Lu- zon on the north, of nearly 41,00( square miles area, and MiDdananO or the southeast, having an area of 7,45t square miles. The chief seaport of the group is Manila, overlooking capac ious bay on the southwest shore of Lu zon. The other chief ports are IlOilt and Cebu on islands of the same name in the central part of the archipelago The public revenue of the island il
 about $l5, 100000, of which the large
 part is raised from direct taxes, pol taxes, monopolies and lotteries. Tn
 chief articles of produce are sugar, hemp tobacco, coffee and cocoa. The foreigl trade is confined to the ports of Manila IlOilo, Cebu and Jamboanga. The eli mate of the Philippines varies little iron that of other mountainous and tropica countries. The range of the thermom eter during the year is from little Ove 60 degrees to about 90. The year ma
 be divided into three seasons; the first cold and dry, commences in November
 the second, warm but still dry, commer ces In March, the greatest heat being e1 , perienced from April to the end of May and the third, which IS excessively wet continues from JU to the middle 0 7 November. Generally speaking, the na tives are mJld and amiable.
The Newtown bee., 1898-05-06
Brookfeld Changers Visit Poota
 tuck.

A goodIy delegation of the members l of BrOokfield Grange visited Pootatuck Grange on Tuesday night and presented an excellent program in charge of their lecturer, Rev c. W. Francis. Following the literary exercises, refreshments were served and an hour of sociability epioyed. ]. At the conclusion of the dinner Judge sherman arose and made 8 patriotic speech on the war issue which was ap- plauded and singing of patriotic airs fol- lowed. The program presented by Brooktield Grange was as follows:
 Essay, Leaks in the house," Mrs E.. N. Hawlev.
 Essay, "Diseasss of farmers," c. H. Camp.
 Vocal solo, John Sagendorf.
 Essay, "The nativity of St Patrick, 3 Judge Samuel Sherman.
 Reading, 1.-The constellation of O'Ryan,' Rev c. w. Francis.
 Piano duet, Mrs Beers and Mrs Francis
 Essay, "Nature as related to art" Mrs Eliza Weld.
 Vocal solo, Mrs 0. W. Francis.
 Vocal duet, Messrs Terrill and Sagen- dorf.
 Those who were present from Brook field were: Mir and Mrs F. H. Beers, dorf, Rev and Mrs 0. ". Francis, Mr and Mrs D. N. Hawley, Beach Haw1ey, Miss Sadie Jackson, Stanley TerrilI, Henry Griffin, Charles Clarke, Miss Hattie Griffin, Misses Lettie and Florence Sagendorf, Henry Foote, Charles Camp, Miss Lulu Williams, Mrs Edmund Weld.
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WESTON.
MRS ARITA JOHNSON.

The funeral of Mrs Arita Johnson, widow of Nathan Bennett Johnson, was held from the late residence on Tuesday, April l9, at II a.m., Rev Mir Aver of Easton conducting the services Tus burial was in the family plot in Easton. Mrs Johnson was S2 years of age, and had been resident of Weston for over 30 years, being with one exception the oldest member of the Congregational church. She was ill for less than one week with bronchial pneumonia, and is