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" ANTED by an American woman a
 W situation as housekeeper, or for general housework. Good references given. Address P. O. Box 213, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Or any periodical or publication you wish for we will furnish at the publish ers' rates.
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Glte Rre&at.

Thursday, December 15, 1898.
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Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar- rhea Remedy can always be depended upon, and Is pleasant and safe to take.
 For sale by E. K.T Taft, Stafford Springs H. +. Cady, Stafford.
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CHRISTMAS TREES for sale. De- V livered. Leave orders with E. L. BURR. 8
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LNOR RENT.-House corner of How N land and Prospect street-eight rooms, with furnace, hot and cold water, and other modern Improvements. Inuuire Of M. B. FISK.
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HARM FOR SALE OR RENT-The T place known as the Cunningham Farm. situated at stafford Village, containing about 1O3 acres, suitably divided Into moving, pasture and tillage land. Plenty Of wood. Buildings in good repair. Inquire or MRS. GEO. GINHOLD, hydevflle. 3f-4ts
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TNO RENT.-One single cottage of six
 rooms, hot and cold water, on Grant ave. Inquire of WILLIS H. REED
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TENEMENT TO RENT on Main-st., N opposite Mineral Springs Mrg Cos miIl over Gregory's billiard par1or. Apply to
 15u K. A. BUCK & cos Hardware Store
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HARM FOR SALE, Known as the N Mowry place, situated in Westford Con- tains about N acres Of land, with good house, barn, carriage house and hen houses. Water in house and barn-yard. Plenty of good fruit. Hay in barn sold with place if desired. For terms apply at WHITE FARM, Westford, Conn. If
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While tho young painter and the young
sculptor of our time, says Russell Sturgis
in The Atlantic, can afford to watch their
immediate prodocessors-the men 20 years
older than they-and learn something of
their ways Of work, while they learn also
the greatness CT the bygono ages of art, the
young architect had better not learn what
his contemporaries and those a little older
than he have been doing. That which has
been done since 1915 in the way of archi-
teetural fine art has not been worth the
doing, and it would be better on the whole
if it were all wiped out. Some interesting
buildings would be lost, but it would be
better for the immediate future of art if
the buildings erected since that time had
been brick factories in appearance with
square holes for windows. There are evil
influences working on all the modern
world of fine art, and yet painting and
sculpture are living arts. But the great fine
art of architecture is not alive; its nominal
practitioners have become administering,
adjusting, dexterous fiduciary agents, with
only here and there one among them who
cherishes even the spirit of the artist. Tho
student of architecture has nothing to
learn from tho epoch in which no finds
himself.
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A Horse WIN AM Appetite.

IAN old horse with an inordinate appe-
tite is one of the curiosities found on a
recent trip in eastern Kentucky" said
Colonel Andrew Yates "Jhis ancient ami
NAL was once ridden by mail rider over
in West Virginia, and had to go in jog
from daylight till after dusk each day ex-
cept Sunday. But after long service old
Bawley was traded off to farmer living
over on the Kentucky side Of tho noun
tains, and he recently pensioned the ami
NAL, putting Bawley on the pasture and
letting him have all he craved morning
and evening at feeding time. An ordinary
II cal for Bawley is two racks of hay, 80
cars of corn, two gallon bucket of bran,
a gallon of oats, and all the stale bread
and meat in the house. Bawley is as fond
of meat and bread as of hay and corn, and,
in fact, will eat almost anything, not
drawing the line at fruit or sweetmeats.
The four legged gourmand once broke in
the hog pen and emptied large trough of
slop which had just been poured in for the
porkers. His owner said no once heard
the old horse whining in pain and went
out and dosed Bawley, his imprudence in
deyouring bucket of new made jam hav-
ing superinduced serious illness, but the
horse was ready to eat tho following morn
ing as usual. "-Louisville Post
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DlslNFEcTloN OF ROOMS.
vaporized Corrosive Sublimate and Sui
phur Do the Work.

Vaporized Corrosive Sublimate and Sui
phur Do the Work.
Professor KONG of Gottingen, In re-
cent article on this subject, says that at
one time, while he was practicing medi-
cine in Hanau, he suddenly discovered
that his bedroom was thickly inhabited by
obnoxious insects. A friend assured him
that he could easily get rid of the pests
and proceeded to fumigate the apartment
with corrosive sublimate The success of
this measure was most gratifying, and
when the room was opened the dead bodies
of various kinds of insects were seen
strewn about the floor. This incident led
the professor to hope that the same means
would be effectual in destroying the infec-
tious elements of contagious diseases, and
q trial in private houses after scarlet fever
or measles and in hospitals after erysipelas
or pyemia gave most satisfactory results.
Since adopting this method he has never
seen a second case of contagious disease
which could be attributed to infection re-
manning in the room in which the patient
had been confined.
The mode of procedure is very simple
From / 4 to ounces of corrosive subli-
mate is put on plate over chatting dish,
and then the windows and doors of the
room are closed. At the expiration of
three or four hours the windows are opened
and the apartment is thoroughly aired.
The person entering the room should take
the precaution to hold a sponge or cloth
over the mouth and nose in order not to
inhale the yapor. The following day the
windows are again closed, and some sui
phur is burned in order to neutralize any
of the mercurial fumes which may linger
about the furniture and other articles
The room should then be again aired and
cleaned, when it will be ready for occu-
pancy. -Philadelphia Record.
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Bunker Hill.

How were they faring meanwhile at the
rail fence, where General Howe was lead
ing his men in person? Not quite SO silent
here. The two little American fieldpieces
opened effectively as the British advanced.
There were some struggling shots from the
fence, quickly suppressed as on the HILL
but they drew the fire of the troops who
calno ON, firing regularly as if on parade.
1t would not take long to dispose of this
flimsy barrier On, then, and forward
They came within gunshot, they came
within ten rods, and now the rail fence
famed as the American fire ran down the
line. This, too, was a deadly fire. The
officers were picked off. The troops began
to break, so savage was the slaughter. On
hill and meadow, before redoubt and rail
fence, the British columns gave way. They
could not stand the execution that was be-
ing done upon them.
Pigot ordered a retreat, and Howe's men
broke and scattered. As the British troops
recoiled and fell back, cut up by the
American fire, the Americans sprang for
ward with cheers, eager to pursue, re-
strained only by their officers and shout
ing, Arc the Yankees cowards?" Lord
Sandwich was answered. Whatever the
final result, the men who had met and re-
pulsed that onslaught were not towards
1.-The Story Of the Revolution" by SEN
ator II. G. Lodge, in Scribner's.
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AEECD0TAL LITERATURE.
Gathered and Compiled for the In
dependent by w. 9.
QUEEN OR WIFE i?

Little differences and little spats
between lovers, or man and wife are
not confined to either T. e common
ranks of humanity or upper tens,'
but sometimes reach even royalty.
On one occasion Queen Victoria
and Prince Albert had one of those
little love skirmishes TINT sometimes
occur, ard which generally only
spice tie affection of ysu ng leople
and soon blows over. Albert, after
the little tiff, shut himself up in his
room, to brood over and pout out
his German grief by himself, and
Victoria also pouted with all the
childish majesty of her little heart,
in her own apartment. separated for
OVER half an hours length. But
the Queen-heaven bless her-had
withal too much of the wife in her
composition to hold out longer.
But by the time she reached the
door OF Albert's room, the Queens
feeling was up again, and she raped
as one having authority.
"Who's there inquired the
Prince in a voice similarly authori-
tative.
The Queen" was the brief and
stately reply.
Albert said not word. In few
moments her Majesty raped again,
but somewhat more gently.
"Who's there 2" inquired Albert
again, but also more gently.
"The Queen" was the answer, but
in a tone which showed that the
wife was fast getting the ascendepcy
over royalty.
Still the Prince was silent.
A third rap as gentle as an angels
at the heart, followed.
"Who's there ?" was the response,
in tones musical with the gushing
affection of husbands heart.
ut is Victoria, Albert" was the
reply breathed into the lips OF the
Prince, as the door flew open, and
they rushed into each others arms,
simply husband and wife in that
quality of humanity just like any
other two human creatures that love
each other.
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How Votes Are Lost.

Many foolish and some amusing mis-
takes in voting appear as soon as the bal
lots are unfolded. In spite of the repeated
warning that any mark on the ballot 9TH
er than the cross in its proper circle or
square will invalidate the ballot and cause
the voter to lose his vote, many such de-
fectiVe ballots are found every year. 1t
frequently happens that a particular can
didate's name appears in several different
columns, due to nomination or indorse-
ment by various organizations. Some
voters, overanxious for their candidate s
success, think they must mark a cross be-
fore his name wherever it appears. OF
course the ballot is rejected. A ballot was
recently found with the following inscrip-
ton plainly written across tho top: II
want to vote the entire Tammany ticket -
1t is unnecessary to say Tammany lost a
vote.-"The Police Control of Great
Election" by Police Commissioner Avery
d. Andrews, in Scribner's
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THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Henry w. Corbett Denied n Seat In
the Upper Body.

Henry w. Corbett Denied n Seat In
the Upper Body.
On Monday last vote was taken in
the senate on the right of Henry w.
Corbett to a scat as senator from Ore
gon on the appointment of the gov
ernor. The case had been under dis
cussion for several days, and when the
vote was taken Corbett's claim was
rejected by the decisive vote of so to
10. The house passed the sundry civil
appropriation bill.
On Tuesday the house began con-
sideration of the Loud bill relating to
second class mail matter. An amend
ment permits newspapers and peri
odicals to send sample copies through
the mail at pound rates up to 10 per
cent of the bona fde circulation of
the paper The senate passed a bill
providing for bronze tablet to be
erected in the Capitol in honor of the
victims of the Maine disaster.
In the senate Wednesday there was
a spirited debate over the Alaskan
homestead and railway right of way
bill. Mr.. Elkins, of West Virginia, de-
clared that the Canadian Pacific rail-
way was enabled to make war On
American interests, which ought to be
stopped. Messrs. Hoar, Chiffon and
Nelson opposed Mr.. Elkins' structures.
The house debated the Loud bill re-
lating to second class mail matter.
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WEBSTER'S SrELlI.ls.
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taftss~f
One Edition Of the Book That Was Ros.st-
ed by the Author.
The Providence Gazette of Oct. 6. 1922,
contains an extremely amusing advertise
fnent Of Noah Websters, denouncing an
edition of his book published In New York.
The advertisement reads:
TO THE PUBLIC.
Whereas. In the fourteenth edition Of my
Spelling Book, printed in New York, for Sam
uel Campbell, Robert Hodge, ETC., the Publish
ers have inserted declaration that the edition
contains my latest corrections and that 1t il
the most correct edition printed in the cont.
nent. This is to notify all persons concerned
that the Declaration was inserted without my
knowledge or consent, and that after exanili-
ing the work find it the most incorrect edi-
tion have ever seen. There are in it between
200 and 800 errors in printing, great numbers
of them very material ones, not to say anything
Of two or three sheets Of the work which are
printed on bad paper and old wornout letter.
For the information Of those wishing to have
correct copies of this book think it my duty
to give public notice that on account of the
multitude of errors in this edition / utterly
disclaim it. Moan WEBSTER, JUN.
Hartford, Sept. Is. 1892
There was at times hot rivalry among
the carly publishers, as is visbly demon
strated by these two fiery invectives print
ed in the Pennsylvania Gazette in Novem-
Der, 1929, soon after Benjamin Franklin
became its proprietor. The first is:
Whereas, William Bradford of New York,
Printer, has basely and villainously forged an
almanack in my name, and / will therefore
take methods TO prosecute the said Bradford.
TITAN LEEDS, Burlington.
The following week camc Bradford re-
ply:
These are TO inform all persons that the above
assertion Of Titan Leeds is base and notori-
Gus falsehood, and Friend Titan is hereby adj
vertised that he may expect to be handled in
another manner than this advertisement for
terfeit, etc
-Godey's Magazine.
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When your stomach begins to
trouble you, it needs help. The
help it needs, is to digest your food
and, until it gets it, you won't have
any peace. Stomach trouble is very
distressing, very obstinate, very
dangerous. Many of the most dan
gerous diseases begin with simple
indigestion. The reason is that in.
digestion (not-digestion, not-nour,
ishment) weakens tue sy stem and al
lows disease germs to attack it,
The antidote is Shaker Digestive
Cordial, strengthening, nourshing
curative. 1t cures indigestion and
renews strength and health. 1t does
this by strengthening the stomach
by helping it to digest your food. II
nourishes you. Shaker Digestive
Cordial is made of pure herbs. plants
and wine, is perfectly harmless and
will certainly cure all genuine stom'
ach trouble. Sold by druggists
price 10 cents TO $lOO per bottle.
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Personality Conducted Tours
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
SEASON OF 1878.


The Personality onducted Tour
ist System OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is the highest
perfection yet attained in railway
travel; it affords all the comforts
and conveniences OF modern railway
equipment, and at the same time
eliminates all anxiety and annoy
ance inseperably connected with in
dividual travel.
For the season of '9T and 1913 it
has arranged for the following
tours:
CALIFoRNIA.-Four tours, leaving
New York, Philadelphia and Pitts
burg January 9Th, January 9th,
February 18th and March 18th.
With the exception OF the first
party going and the last returning
all of these parties will travel by
the "Golden Gate Special between
New York and California, stopping
at interesting points en- route.
FLoRIDA.-Four tours to Jack
sonville, will leave New York and
Philadelphia, January 25th, Febru-
airy 9Th and 22d, and March 9Th.
The first three admit of sojourn of
two weeks in the "Flowery State
Tickets for the fourth tour will be
good to return by regular trains
until May 3lst, 1898.
Tickets for the above tours will
be sold from all principal stations
on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
For detailed itineraries, giving
rates and full information, address
Thomas e. WITT, Passenger Agent
Western District, Pittsburg, Pa. !;
Els. Harrar. Division Ticket Agent,
WilIiamsport. Pa. or George W.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Philadelphia.
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REMARKABLE co1Nc1pENcEs.

In reading the lives of some OF the
early presidents, and noting the
year of their birth and the year OF
retirement from the presidency, we
find very singular coincidence.
John Adams was born in 1875,
and retired in 1901 F.; Thomas JEFF.
ferson, was..born in l743, and retir.
ed in 1909; James Madison was
born in 1851, and retired in 1911
James Monroe was born in 1859, and
retired in 1926; John Q. Adams
was born in 1867, and retired in
1929.
1t will be seen by this that there
was just eight years difference in
their birth, and just eight years
difference in their retirement.
Another curious fact to be observ-
ed is that Adams, Jefferson, Madi.
son and Monroe were each just sc
years old when they retired and
John Quincy Adams would have
been &C years of age, had he been
elected to second term.
Another remarkable fact is that
Adams, Jefferson and Monroe all
died on the 4th of July, and Adams
and Jefferson on the very SINE day
July 4, 1926.
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Midland Route California Elk
cUrsiOns.

These popular every Saturday
California excursions for both first
and second class passengers are
personally conducted by intelli-
gent, competent and courteous
'couriers,' who will attend to the
wants of all passengers en- route.
This is an entirely new feature OF
tourist car service and will be great
ly appreciated by families or parties
of friends travelling alone.
The Midland Route Tourist Cars
are upholstered sleeping cars and
are supplied with all the accessories
necessary 10 make the journey CON-
Portable and pleasant. and the sleep
ing berth rate is but $500 (for two
persons) from Chicago to Califor'
mia.
Ask the nearest ticket agent for
a tourist car 'folder,' giving CON-
plete information about the Mid
land Route, or address Eastern
Manager Midland Route" No. So
Adams street, Chicago, ILL.,, or John
r. Pott. District Passenger Agent
Williamsport, Pa.
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The doctor may be a good old
man, but even so, medical examina-
tions and the "local application
treatment are abhorent to every
modest woman. They are embar.
rassing-often useless. They should
not be submitted to until everything
else has been tried. Ia nine cases
out OF ten, there is no reason for
them. In nine cases out of ten, the
doctor in general practice isn't
competent to treat female diseases
They make branch of medicine by
themselves. They are distinct from
other ailments. They can be prop.
erly understood and treated only by
one who has had years of actua
practice and experience in this par
ticular line. This is true of DR.. r
V. Pierce, chief consulting physi
clan of the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Z
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
remedy for all arrangements of the
reproductive organs of women, ha:
been in actual use for more thar
thirty years. 1t cures every form o
sfemale weakness
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a PRONUNCIATION PUZZLE.
Test Yourself by Reading Aloud This Little
Story.


Story.
The following "episode" will prove a
very clever puzzle as test of the ability Of
people to pronounce readily and correctly
many common words Of their native
tongue. TIE list, which contains no words
Of disputed pronunciation, is as follows:
An interesting inquiry took place in the
court Of oyer and terminer some time ago.
Indisputable evidence was given toward
proving that heinous incident had taken
place during a public pageant. 1t seems
that pretty girl, rather juvenile in ap-
pearanoe, having an extraordinary head Of
hair, like an Albino, represented Thalia
and sat on pedestal erected on one of the
floats. The procession was directing its
course down the Mall, when the attention
of the onlookers was drawn to the excited
conduct of one Of the spectators who had
fixed her eyes upon the tiara, set with
jewels in the form of carat, which Thalia
wore upon her head as she sat in what
seemed to be her wonted attitude of nom
chalance and leisure. This person was aft
erward shown to be a maniacal laundress
whose squalor and detestation and hideous
grimaces were all unnoticed by the mock
goddess. What yagary babe this reptile
turn her seryile eyes, full of rapine, on the
beautiful maiden, it is hard to say, but
suddenly, under pretense of seeing some
thing on the ground, she produced hia-
tus in the crowd, and thus obtained pre-
cedence of all. simultaneously with her
appearance the van drove past. She then
filled the air with gross raillery and began
to promulgate anarchism, society's lack of
probity and the general prediction of
politicians for patronage. Then she be-
sought her audience hear her dilate on the
glaciers of the Alps the ruins of Pompeii,
the female franchise, the Pleiades and her
patron saint. She was evidently dement,
ed, ard the flow Of her yocables appeared
endless. Suddenly she raised pestle
which had been hidden under her shawl
and threw it directly at the visor on the
girls head. Thereupon flaccid lithog-
rapher who was cutting a swath as a
tribune on the following van grasped a
seine and threw it over the gaunt old bag,
so that her efforts to escape We're futile,
and she became as docile as lamb The
pathos of the affair lay in the way the 81.
bore the ordeal. In court the Yirago gave
an alias instead of her own name. Her
defense was that vaccine, whose presence
was shown hya. scabious arm, together
with desuetuGe in the matter of personal
freedom, had produced an obsession which
Georeed the irrevocable death of the girl
An inventory of her belongings was
made, and she was then sent to an asylum
as a victim of acute homicidal mania
New York Times.
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MILITARISM in FRANCE.
Ex-Cabinet Minister Grossly Insulted

Ex-Cabinet Minister Grossly Insulted
by an Army officer.
London, March 3.-The Paris CORE
spondent of The Times, as an indica-
ton of the extent to which militarism
is obtaining ascendancy in France,
gives a long correspondence showing
that former Minister Trarieux, after
the lola trial, received an outrageously
insulting letter from Captain Begouon,
an officer of the general staff. NJ.
Trarieux referred the letter to Cen
eral Billot, minister of war, requesting
that the writer should be compelled
to apologize or be punished. General
Billot declined to intervene. on. the
ground that the letter was private. NJ.
TrarieuX then appealed to the presi-
dent of the senate, Emile Loubet on
whose intervention General Billot ad-
ministered a quite inadequate repri.
mand to Captain Begouon.
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Mountain Torrents In the Rockies

F. R. Spearman, in st. Nicholas, writes
of "Queer American Rivers" Mr. Spear
man says:
Scattered among the foothills of the
Rockies are rivers still more willful in
their habits Instead of keeping to their
duties in a methodical way, they rush
their annual work through in a month or
two. Then they take long vacations For
months together they carry no water at
all, and one may plant and build and live
and sleep in their deserted beds. But be-
warel Without warning they resume &C.
tive business. Maybe on Sunday or in
the middle of the night stormcloud Wis
its the mountains. There is a roar, tear
ing, crashing, and down comes terrible
wall of water sweeping away houses and
barns and people. No fishing, no boating,
no swimming, no skating on those treach-
erous rivers, only surprise and shock and
disasterl