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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
Guarding Her Employers Secret.

A Lasalle street lawyer, who had
spent three months in securing power
of attorney which would enable him to
complete an important real estate deal,
gave the paper granting him the desired
authority to his stenographer. ....
He wanted copy of the instrument
for reference A few minutes after the
young lady had received the paper she
handed to her employer the copy of the
power of attorney.
"Where is the originate" queried the
lawyer as he looked at the unconcerned
typewriter.
"Oh, tore that up" said the young
woman with smile. ST tore it into
fine pieces so that no one would get hold
of it. -
The astonished lawyer spent the next
half hour in picking bits of paper out Of
the waste basket. These he pasted on a
sheet of paper and presented the patch
work to his clients to convince them Of
his good faith in their interests. He is
now using the mails to secure again his
power of attorney Chicago News.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Captain Alfred T. Mahan writes an
account of "Nelson In the Battle of
Copenhagen" for The Century. Captain
Mahan quotes the following from the
account of the engagement written by
Colonel Stewart of the British forces:
Lord Nelson was at this time, as he
had been during the whole action, walk
ing the starboard side of the quarter
deck, sometimes much animated and at
others heroically fine in his observa.
tions. A shot through the lnainmast
knocked few splinters about u.s. He
observed to me with smile, 1t is warm
work, and this day may lie the last to
any of us at a moment, and then, stop
ping short at the gangway, he used an
expression never to be erased from my
memory and said with emotion, But,
mark you, / would not be elsewhere for
thousands. With this spirit may be
compared his rebuke some days after the
battle to lieutenant, who during the
action had made a hopeless report about
the grounded ships, "At such a moment
the delivery of anything like despond-
ing opinion, unasked, was highly repre-
hensible and deserved much more cen
sure than Captain Foley gave you"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Only lately have Philadelphians be-
gun to realize and reflect upon the dis
appearance of the Quakers as we knew
them; only lately has it been brought
home to us that gradual obliteration
of the old uncompromising orthodoxy
has set in which means the ultimate
absorption of the sect. Even now, rare
as is the old garb on the streets where
it was such a common sight not SO
many years ago, the assertion that the
society is diminishing would meet with
doubt and hesitation. We are SO famil-
lar with the Quaker, he is SO necessary
and potent type in Philadelphia, that
we would not accept the warrant even
of statistics, yet, now that the visible
limit has been reached, what can we do
but awake to the change? We see few
broad brimmed hats and drab bonnets
where we once saw many. OF those
who wear them, the most are old and
trembling.
If there are young Quakers, how are
we to recognize them? Not by their
dress, at any rate, except in so far as
plainness of cut and sobriety of color
still rule the taste of Friends, whether
wealthy or in moderate circumstances
The distinctive costume is being laid
aside, with many of the distinctive Gus
toms. And why? Because the society is
losing it's control over it's younger MEM
bers? Because it's rigid rules no longer
suffice to hold in check the human spir-
it, with its unconquerable love of free
dom? This is the common explanation,
and the one desired by those who love
romance. Wharton in Lippin-
colts
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, undoubtedly
the greatest living divine, occupies in the
hearts and minds of the people a position
of pre-eminent esteem and regard. No
other preacher is so widely known, no
other clergyman is so distinguished
throughout the world. \ great orator and
writer, his sermons have the widest dis
sc-nination, until there is scarcely family
where his name and works are not known.
When such man, a recognized leader
and teacher of the people, teStifies by his
written testimonial that DIR. Greene's Ner-
vura blood and nerve remedy has helped
him and that he recommends its use for
invigoration after over-work, to restore
the strength, energy, nerve force and
vitality of the system, when for any
reason they are lost, weakened or inn
paired, those who are sick and suffering,
who are weak, nervous, without strength,
energy and ambition, who are discouraged
and disheartened by repeated failures to be
cured, in fact all who have need of {
strengthening and health restoring med
icine, can take renewed hope from the
words of this great preacher, that DR.
Greene's Nervura is the one remedy
among all others to give them back the
health and strength they have lost.
Rev. DIR. Talmage says:
400 Mass. Ave, Washington, D. c.
commend DIR. Greenes Nervura blood
and nerve remedy for invigoration after
over-work. have used the Nervura fo1
that purpose.
T. Dewitt Talmage.
Hope of cure should not be lost while
DR.. Greene's Nervura remains untried
no one should be discouraged or despair
of a cure who has not yet sought in this
wonderful remedy relief from the pain o.
rheumatism and neuralgia; restoration
from nerve-weakness and nervous prostra
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
ThackarnY,s Kindness.

Payn knew Thackeray intimately,
and has some entertaining "reminiscences
of his editorial troubles when Thackeray
presided over the fortunes of The Corn
hill Magazine Communications from
his contributors, and especially the
would be ones, annoyed and often dis
tressed him. Payn recalls his complain
ing of one of them with vigor and ir-
ritation which amused him exceedingly.
A young fellow had sent him a long
story, for which he demanded particu-
lar attention from the greatest of nov
elists" upon the ground that he had
sick sister entirely dependent upon him
for support. Thackeray was touched by
the appeal, and, contrary to his custom,
wrote his correspondent long letter of
advice, inclosing also-which was by
no means contrary to his custom-some
pecuniary assistance. II feel for your
position, " he said, land appreciate your
motive for exertion, but must tell you
at once that you will never do anything
in literature Your contribution is
worthless in every way, and it is the
truest kindness both to her for whom
you are working and to yourself to tell
you SO straight. Turn your mind at
once to some other industry"
This produced reply from the young
man that astonished Thackeray great
deal more than it surprised Payn. 1t
was couched in the most offensive terms
conceivable and ended by telling the
"great novelist" that, although he had
attained by good luck to the top of the
tree, he would one day find himself
where he deserved to be, at the bottom
of it. "For my part, said Thackeray
upon Payn showing some preliminary
symptoms of suffocation), II sec little
to laugh at What stupid, ungrateful
beast the man must be! If ever waste
another half hour in writing to a crea-
ture of that sort, call me a horse or
worse !'-People.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

The dahlla, named after the famous
Swedish botanlst Dahl appeared early
in this century, and was as popular IN
the flower garden as were the camelllas
and fuchslas Ill the greenhouse, and still
holds its own This plant, which is a
native of Mexico, was practically intro
duced into England by Lady Holland
in 1904. as 1t had been lost since it's
first appearance some 10 years previous
~, when Lady Butte imported 1t from
Spain. During the first 40 years of its
popularity double dahllas were all the
fashion and since then the single varie-
ties have had their day. while at the
present time the new cactus kinds hold
the foremost place A florist, writing
about 1880 compared the fashion for
dahlias which was then at It's height,
to the tulip mania two centuries earlier.
and, although the comparison is hardly
correct, it shows the dahlia craze must
have been very marked to have even
suggested it. -Longman Magazine
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
THE FUNCTION OF ETHER.

without 1t There Would Be No hight,
Radiant Heat or Magnetism.
Whatever difficulties we may have
in forming consistent idea Of the con-
stitution of the ether, there can be no
doubt that the interplanetary and inter-
stellar spaces are not empty, but are CO.
cupied by material substance or body
which is certainly the largest and prob
ably the most uniform body of which
we have any knowledge. !"
Such was the verdict pronounced
some 90 years ago by James Clerk
Maxwell, one of the very greatest Of
nineteenth century physicists, regard
ing the existence of an all pervading
plenum in the universe in which every
particle of tangible matter is immersed.
And this verdict may be said to express
the attitude of the entire philosophical
world of our day. Without exception
the authoritative physicists of our time
accept this plenum as a verify and rea-
son about it with something of the same
confidence they manifest in speaking of
'ponderable" matter or of energy. 1t is
true there are those among them who
are disposed to deny that this all per-
vading plenum merits the name of mat
ter, but that it is something, and a
vastly important something at that, all
are agreed. Without it, they allege, we
should know nothing of light, of radiant
heat, of electricity or magnetism. With
out it there would probably be no such
thing as gravitation-nay, they even
hint that without this strange some
thing, ether, there would be no such
thing as matter in the universe. If these
contentious of the modern physicist are
justified, then this intangible ether is
incomparably the most important as
we'll as the Largest and most uniform
substance or body" in the universe. It's
discovery may we'll be looked upon as
the most important feat of our century.
Henry Smith Williams, M. D., in
Harper's Magazine.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

FREE PILLs.-Send your address to He
E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get free
sample box of DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
A trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and partic-
ularly effective in the cure of Constipa-
ton and Sick Headache. For Malaria
and Liver troubles they have been proved
invaluable. They are guaranteed to be
perfectly free from every deleterious sub
stance and to be purely vegetable They
do not weaken by their action, but by CIV
ing tone to stomach and bowels greatly
invigorate the system. Regular size, 25c
per box. Sold by E. K. Taft, druggist. 4
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
THE CHARM.

Slight il the thing it needs TO wake
The embers that have slumbered long
Within the poets heart and make
Them burn again with song.
A rose, star, q voice, a glance,
Echo or glimpse-it is the same;
Some mystery of time or chance
That finds the hidden flame.
Embers of song and songs desire,
flushed in the singers heart they lie
And softly kindle into fire
If but q dream go by
And none may say. since none can know,
Whence comes the vivifying spark
That sends transitory glow
OF song across the dark.
IG is q secret summons, such
As comcs unto the spray when spring
Wakens the blossoms with q touch
That bids the poet sing
Frank Dempster Sherman in New York Com
Yaerclal
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

A unique law is still in force at
Stratford, i'll Prussian Pomerania. A
paragraph of the police regulation Of
1910, which is still being enacted, reads,
Smoking i'll the streets Or promenades
Of this town is positively prohibited,
violators of this law being punished by
a fine, Or eventually by a number Of
marks the fine amounts to-"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

o. w. o. Hardman, when sheriff of Ty-
Ter Co., W. Va, was at one time almost
Frustrated with a cold. He used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, and was SO
much pleased with the quick relief and
cure 1t afforded him that he gave the fol-
lowing unsolicited testimonial: ITO all
who may be interested wish to say that
have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and find it invaluable for coughs and
colds" For sale at the drug stores of f.
K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G.. l.. Phil
lips, South Coventry.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
Lamps Invented by Chinese.

It is supposed that the earliest lamps
were made of the skulls of animals, in
which fat was burned. Afterward sea-
shells were used, then pottery and
metals The invention of lamps, like so
many other implements of present day
civilization, has been attributed to the
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
From Sire to on.

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. K. Taft, Stafford Springs; w. p. Full
Ter, Somers Odell q Jones, Staffordville,
are sole agents, and are distributing sam
Piles free. Large packages SOC and 25c.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Prosperity comes quickest to the man
whose liver Is in good condition. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are famous little pills
for constipation, biliousness, indigestion
and all stomach and liver troubles. w.
D. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Mrs. stark, Pleasant Ridge, o., says,
''After two doctors gave up my boy to
die, saved him from Group by using One
Minute Cough Cure" 1t is the quickest
and most certain remedy for coughs,
colds, and all throat and lung troubles.
w. D. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

j. A. Perkins, of Antiquity, O., was
for thirty years needlessly tortured by
physicians for the cure of eczema. He
was quickly cured by using Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the famous healing
salve for piles and skin diseases. w. d.
Heald
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

1t is easy to catch cold and just &c
easy to get rid of it If you commence early
to use One Minute Cough Cure. 1t cures
coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and
all throat and lung troubles. 1t Is pleas.
ant to take, safe to use and sure to cure
w. D. Head
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

confirmation of this we, by permission,
refer to the following women, all of
whom speak from experience: MISS
CELIA VAN HORN, 1912 Sharswood ST.,
Philadelphia, Pa; Miss GRACE Col
LORD, 1434 Eastern Ave, Cincinnati,
o.; MRS. NEWELL, so Ryerson St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y; MRS. ISABEL OBERG,
22o Chestnut St., Woburn, Mass; MRS.
A. 81. COLE, New Rochelle, N. Y, and
many others.
Women suffering from any form of fe-
male weakness are invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass.
You can talk freely to woman when
it is revolving to relate your private
ills to man
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

The debt of kindness must be paid on
time or it must walt to be settled at the
day of judgement.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa, says,
my child Is worth millions to me; yet /
would have lost her by Group had not
invested twenty-five cents In bottle of
One Minute Cough Cure" 1t cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. w. D. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

The Chinese divide the day into 2
parts Of two hours each. The Italians
reckon "a hours round, instead of two
divisions of - hours each. as we do
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

The tartar Oh human teeth is allied
with animalcules. which are destroyed
by vinegar. Vinegar itself contains eel
like insects
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Emerson is reported often to have spent
from six months to year in the compost
ton of one or two short stories.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Spenser, first to last, co sumed four
years of tolerably steady labor in the
preparation of the "Faerie Queene."
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

The sharper gets most out of the man
who is getting least out Of what he pos
S0SS0S.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Some men with short memory will tell
long yarns.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

The man who breaches for pay never
loses any sleep over the non-success of
his sermons.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Mrs. M. B. Ford, Ruddells, ILL.,, suf-
fered for eight years from dyspepsia and
chronic constipation, and was finally cured
by using DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
the famous little pills for all stomach and
liver troubles. w. d. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Sin unpardoned shows a heart that's
hardened. A forgiven offender reveals a
heart that's tender.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Miss Allie Hughes, Norfolk, Va, was
frightfully burned on the face aud neck.
Pain was instantly relieved by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, which healed the In
jury without leaving scar. 1t is the
famous pile remedy. w. D. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

"And now, ladies and gentlemen,
said the hypnotist, 81 will make this
young man think he is under the infu-
ence of ALCOHOL
But the subject sat still, and appar-
emily sorrowful.
'That doesn't look much like a jag
to me-, said the red nosed man in the
front row.
Can't you see" retorted the byp-
notist. "that he has load on his
dP''--IndiNnapo Journal
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
ADVICE TO WOMEN.

You cannot have nerve trouble and
keep your health. In ninety-nine
cases out of hundred the womb. the
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

The higher life is lived In the lowest
vale of humility.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

Goldsmith wrote "The Vicar OF Wake
field" in six weeks. 1t is said to have
been story of his own recollections.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
A Vanishing Typo.

One Minute Cough Cure cures quickly
That's what you want. w. D. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
Pyro-Fe6rin
Tablets

He Writes:
II think most highly Of Pyro-Febrin Tablets,
not only from knowledge Of their composition
but from use in my own family as remedy for
headaches and Head Colds. They
contain no opium or other ingredients to which
objection could be made and are we'll calculated
to accomplish the results intended,
JOHN T. sToDDARD,
Professor Of Chemistry"
Will relieve any kind of headache in
from five to fifteen minutes. Will stop
hay fever and head colds in one day.
For sick and nervous headaches, neuralgia, or
any head pain or congestion, Invaluable to la
dies subject to periodical headaches. Price 25o,
@@7o any one desiring to test these
Tablets, liberal trial package 7vWbe
sent If this advertisement be mailed,
with a-ceNt stamp, TO
PYRO-FEBRIN CO.. Northampton, Mass.
Sold by w. w bATHROP-
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13
Her Advantage.

UbF zAWVWuNHEHs
Your daughter has an angelic dispo-
Gition.
"Yes; we always let her have her
own way about everything. Chicago
Record
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

The eruption of Etna has entirely de-
stroyed the chestnut woods on the
mountain slopes, the trees being devas
lated nv the lava
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

fence they give out
soonest.
~ Mrs. Lydia
j e. Pinkham's
,NV e G e t a b lie
~ Compound, by
Q Z bui1din g up
the nerves and
restoring woman's or
ganism to it's natural
state, relic YES all
t h e S e troublesome
=. - -,--.. -. L T.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-01-13

ovaries and the blad-
der are affected. They
are not vital organs,
hence they rive out
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-01-18

a big boom on, and is one mile
in length now. It has three
dance halls; about twenty sa-
looms, with same proportion of
stores and hotels. There is one
continual line Of Yukon sleds
pass here every day-parties
getting their supplies up to the
summit. The Yukon sled is s
feet in length; 16 inches wide
and 6 inches high; runners are
1x24 inches. They load them on
good roads or down hill, from
600 to 800 pounds.
I talked with my Dawson CITY
man tonight, Il have not learned
his name yeti, about the frozen
ground Of that country. He in
formed me that his partner and
himself sunk II holes this Sum
mer, and were drifting and tax
ing out pay when he left. l told
him how we had to work in Mon
tana to drain our ground. He
says ''I think our way is the
best; I can thaw and get out 80
buckets in a day, and that is all
one man can hoist with a wind
lass; I can sink anywhere and
any time, and if I find pay, can
go to work, without expensive
drainage pumps, etc" / began
to think the frozen ground of
that country is a benefit, as the
country can be prospected, and
you know that in most countries,
the water is In the way. Here
where l am, I would like to sink
a hole, but cannot for water. To
sink hole In the Klondike re-
gion, if there is rocks to be had.
they build a fire and put rocks on
the fire until they get hot. then
throw them down in the hole.
They will boil the water until
they get cool, then clean out and
boil again. They average three
feet per day.
From what l can learn, the dis
tricts that are now being worked
extends over 100 miles in extent,
and there are good prospects on
/ the bars Of Stewart river. There
ere over 5000 claims recorded
now, and if one-nalf or even one
fourth of them pay to work, and
each work few men, it can be
seen what a vast amount OF sup
plies viii have TO be packed in.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-01-18
Ins,allasion and banquet.

On Tuesday night. Jan. 11th.
1898. Silver Leaf Rebekah No.
81, l. o. o. T., of Challis, had a
grand blowout at the hall. 1t
was installation of officers for
the new term. There was also
on this occasion initiation of two
young ladies. and also a banquet.
The new officers were installed
into their respective stations by
Mrs. F. A. Bomar, d. ID. P, as
follows
N. G.-MrS. j. L. Ebberts.
V. G.-Mrs. T. j. Paul.
Sec.-Mrs. II. c. McKendrick.
Treas. Mrs. Mary Golfer.
Warden-ATiss Hilda Carlson.
Conductor-MiSs Ida Hanna.
Chaplain-Miss May Paul.
r. S. N. G.-Mrs. F. Bomar.
L. S. N. G.-Mrs. Golfer.
R.S.V.G.-Mrs. Belle Thomp-
son.
L. S. v,G.-Miss Mabel Funk.
house.
I. G.-Mrs. Chas. Funkhouse.
q. G.-Peter Golfer.
Trustees-Mrs. o. f. Penwell,
Mrs. Al. Jinegar. Mrs. julia
Funkhouse.
After the installation a fine
banquet was spread in the re
ception room, and the manner in
which the twenty-five members
present partook of this feast
showed that it was highly ap
preciated by all present.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-01-18

MORSE. Jan. Is lses

MORSE, Jan Is, tseS-
Mrs. Eddy. Mrs. E. P. Wilson,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Hamii-
ton from Round valley have been
visiting in the valley the past
week.
There has been three dances
in the valley this season. aud
several more are talked of.
Dell Bartlett came over from
Challis. Monday.
Messrs. Borjison and Mccoy
ern were in Challis last week.
Stock are doing well. there be-
ing barely enough snow to covei
the ground
The Pahsimari bachelors are
being pretty well weeded out
Fred Horns marriage being the
eighth in a little over two years
The following is the roll Jas,
Hooper, Geo. l.. Morgan, Ole
Mead, Frank Hagenbarth, En-
met Jones. win Jolley, Lot
Wells and Fred Horn, and there
are rumors of another soon.
Mr.. Logic, who used to live IL
the valley, has written here tha
he has gone to Seattle, on hi.
way to the KlondilSe.
/ Henry Horton is staying will
| Chas. Waddleton. Massey.