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The Press., 1898-03-31
FORBES & WALLACE,
Main, Vernon and Pynchon streets,
Springfield. Mass.
You LOSE MONEY it you

YOU LOSE MONEY If you
purchase a Carriage Concord,
Business Wagon, SURREY or light
vehicle of any description before
you examine my stock. There
is NO one who carries as large a
stock that will give as low prices.
The work is made to my order,
and, whether you wish a low or
high priced job. you will find it
as represented. have 81 better
assortment than ever and at
lower prices. Particular atten-
ton given to REPAIRING, also
HORSE SHOOTING
by experienced wOrlxmen.
The Press., 1898-03-31
ASHFORD.
Westford Correspondents.

Charles H. Snow, who has been drlvi ng
the team for Mr.. Wright for long time,
is to move his family to Coventry, where
he has obtained employment.
Rev. g. L. Edwards of Colchester will
deliver lecture on astronomy in the
schoolhouse of district No. z, on the
evening of Monday, April 4th. The lee
ture will be under the auspices of the
Westford Debating club. Doors will be
open at z O'Clock, the lecture to begin at
7.3O. Should Monday evening be stormy,
the lecture will be postponed to Tuesday
evening.
The Press., 1898-03-31
MANSFIELD.

Mrs. Grant Chappell's sister, Miss
Hendricks, who has been very sick for
the past six weeks, died last Saturday
morning.
Chas. Ell. Weeks, who has been In poor
health for a long time, is very low. He
has sold his store to Alfred Oden Of Mans
field Centre.
Mrs. Monroe Snow and two children of
Webster, Mass, are with Mrs. Shows
parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Snow, at
Mansfield Depot.
William Reynolds of Spring Hill and
Mrs. Mary Ann Royce of Brlmfleld, Mass,
we're married at the Baptist parsonage at
Spring Hill by Rev. Leonard Smith, Tues
day evening, March %. Mr.. Reynolds is
rs years old and his wife is 60.
Bradley Amidon, the little son of
Arthur Cummings, aged two years, died
last Saturday morning at Staten Island.
The body was brought to Spring Hill at
the home of his grand parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradley Sears; last Saturday.
Mansfield Depot.
Miss Jennie Chadwick is visiting friends
in Andover this week.
D. G. Brigham has removed from Gov
entry to the Foss place.
Miss Mabel Dimock of Hartford is at
her home for few days.
The Willing Workers gave a social at
the chapel Wednesday evening.
School will begin the first Monday in
April, with Miss Whitford as teacher.
Marion Chapman will this week re-
move to Andover, where he will engage
in farming.
The watering tank for the Vermont
Central RAILROAD is nearing completion.
The capacity of the tank will be 10000
gallons
Gurleyville.
Mr.. Fancher and family have moved to
Willimantic.
Edwin H. Griggs spent Sunday at his
home in Elliott.
Mrs Gilbert Williams, who has been
sick for long time, is improving.
School in district No. IA closes Friday,
for short vacation.
Mrs. Abbie Conant has been entertain
ing Miss Hattie Pierce for the past week.
Edward E. Slmonds has returned from
Willimantic, where he has been visiting
his aunt. Mrs. Arnold Potter.
Rev. Clarence Pike of Mansfield Centre
will preach in the M. E. church, Sunday,
in exchange with Rev. B. F. Raynor.
Mrs. F. G. Durham and two children,
Airline and Marguerite, have been spend
ing a few days with Mrs. Dunham's
mother, Mrs. Martin at Chaplin.
The Press., 1898-03-31
UNION.

The grange program for next Wednes.
day evening will be the following: Cur.
rent events, conducted by Geo. Towne
paper by Mrs. Fl. F. Corbin on 1.-THE
Ideal Vegetable Garden" music; discus.
sion on spraying, opened by'R. B. Hor.
ton; reading BY r. E. Webster; paper
by Fl. q Barber on fertilizers, followed
by discussion; music.
The Press., 1898-03-31
Dress Goods

Dress Goods
If a new dress is to be made
for Easter it is high time that
you were getting about it.
Only a few days remain until
then, and most likely your
dressmaker is already rushed.
Come to-day and select the
goods of which it is to be
made.
We place before you FIVE
hundred varieties, black and
colored goods, all different
25c to So a yard. Or your
choice of nearly one hundred
exclusive dress patterns, $40
to $50 each.
Could anything be easier
than to choose where you can
see all the best things of the
season?
The Press., 1898-03-31
Some Foo1ish People

Allow cough to run until it gets beyond the
reach of medicine. They often say, "Oh, it will
wear away but in most cases it will wear them
away. Could they be induced to try the success
full medicine, Kemps Balsam, which is sold on a
positive guarantee to cure, they would immedi-
ately see the excellent effect after taking the
first Dose Price 25c and soc. Trial size Jree.
At all druggists
The Press., 1898-03-31
Silk PetticOats.

1t has never happened that
such a splendid stock of silk
petticoats as we now have,
could be seen right here in
Springfield. Indeed, you will
have to travel far to find richer
or more distinguished things.
The best of it is, for you,
that we have brought them
down to Springfield level of
prices. For instance-$4.3o
to $35 each; such as New
York or Boston people have
to pay So to $50 for.
But, we would like to get
every woman to see these
petticoats--to see them and
nothing more--quickly, be-
fore they go.
The Press., 1898-03-31
Pussy Willow.

Modest pussy willow,
In your coat Of gray,
You have come to tell us
Springs not far away.
How the children love you,
With your soft gray fur
1t would not surprise them
Should they hear you purr.
And we older children
Joy to see you here;
Welcome is the spring-time
After winter drear. ELM.
The Press., 1898-03-31
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on so cert bottle Of
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar If it
fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee a % cent bottle to prove
satisfactory, or money refunded.
J. P. ROOT, Tolland.
The Press., 1898-03-31

lprinRneId. March. 1873.
New and
Beautiful Things
For Spring Wear.
Millinery.

Millinery.
Enthusiasm over the new
millinery is running high.
Our delighted milIiners are
being told on all sides that
the new hats are Charming,
and everything is perfectly
lovely" Their own opinion
comedies with this so admir-
ably that there is but little
surprise; the pleasure comes
from the assurance.
We would like nothing bet
ter than to entertain a thou
sand women to-day, simply
by trying the new hats on
them-if we could attend to
so many. You, who can con-
veniently, are invited in to
see the new things to better
advantage than could be done
the last few days, on account
of the great crowds.
The Press., 1898-03-31

The wearing of orange blossoms AZ q
bridal decoration originated in the days
OF the crusaders.
The Press., 1898-03-31
Costumes.

Costumes.
The man who buys the cos
tunes never got SO much adj
miration before. The new
suits are elegant, and during
opening days won golden
opinions.
The three new styles that
fashionables favor this year
are
Fly Front Jacket Suits.
Open Blouse Jacket Suits.
Tight Fitting Blouse Suits.
And in these we have a large
and choice variety of rich and
distinguished things. Little
enough money to pay Tor
some; others are quite expen-
sive.
The Press., 1898-03-31
LOW CASH PRICES. NO TRADES.

Our customers will have the full bene-
fit OF this policy, as we'll as the saving
made by Topping of cycle show, racing
team, and all heretofore expensive luxu-
ries of the high grade cycle business. Our
The Press., 1898-03-31
TRY OUR NEW
IIIIIIIHTTTTHTTITHTTTIHHJIIIIIHHTTITTTlTI
CYPRESS SHINGLES

They will last
twice as long as
any other kind,
and ARE FULL
COUNT.
We have two
grades, and the
prices of them
are all right.
The Press., 1898-03-31

Received from sale Of lots up to the
present time, $7,40
The cost OF the cemetery remains the
same as at last report, 5,94!
The expenses for maintaining same
the past year have been 25
Deduct from this the amount we have
received from opening graves, ~
Leaves the net expenses for the year, 12
The total cost OF maintaining ceme-
terry to date is 2,63l
The amount of land certificates OUT
standing at the present time is 2,17
The perpetual fund at the present,
time. which is deposited1n Norwich
savings Society, society for Saw
ings, Hartford, Savings Bank OF
STAFFORD Springs and stafford Saw
tngs Bank. amounts to s,1s
The Phronema T. Clark fund for the
care OF her burial lot amounts to Al
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05
WEDDINGS IN MAORI LAND.

The MaoriR Of New Zealand are not
In the strictest sense aborigines. They
are a people wiih u distinct personal.
ity and are. as race. beautiful. I'm.
I'll sixty years ago TO be Maori was
TO be a eanntbal: infantleide OF girl
babies waE and Is common: age was
and 10 reyered. Slavery and poiygams
are more or less common. Women
have fourishing rights in Maoriland.
Often they have little voice in their
ehoice os q husband frat husband
but they may aud do often change him,
trade him or exchange him without
the slightest loss Of reputation. Court
ship does not often preccde marriage
and IL at most brief Yet the Maoris
have their love tales. beautiful and
postieal In sentiment. Divorce is az
simple as the marriage rites, which are
conspicuous by their absence. When
a husband and wlfe wish TO separate
tho man simple turns his wife out Of
doors. and there are no legal difficult
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05

where he attended a congress to devise
means of aiding the sick and wounded
In battle. Meanwhile. it should have
been said. the count had spent brief
time as an officer of the legation in
Paris, to which city he was again sent
In 1880. and after stay there of four
years he was advanced to the position
of councillor of embassy at Berlin.
Muravieff was now rising toward the
top of his career and his ambition. In
1898 he was given the first very i'm
portant position of his profession,
which was the ministry to Denmark.
He was charge d'affaires in Berlin at
the time of Bismarck's fall, and 1t is
said that his dispatches home concern
ing that matter were the admiration
OF the diplomats of Europe.
Some say that it was a lucky day for
the count when he was given the mis-
sion to Copenhagen, for it is the Gus
tom OF the imperial family to spend
their summers with their cousins on
the Baltic. But perhaps there was
more design than chance in the ap-
pointment. At any rate, Muravieh
was then given an opportunity to meet
his imperial master In relations 20
personal and confidential as seldom fall
to the lot of Russian. Whatever
has been the past career of Muravief
there can be no question that his fu,
ture is bound up irrevocably with that
of the car. His appointment to the
foreign portfolio last year was sur
prise to the world at large, although
not to those who knew how we'll the
Muravieffs have been regarded by the
cars. 1t matters little whether Mura-
vieff or the car was the originator of
the peace plan. Both will 60 down in
history with equal shares Of the glory.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05

brain of Russian Maeehiavelli WAS re-
ouired to bring forward such bold
proposition. and diplomats say that
were II possible OF realization 1t would
be the best and most enterprising plan
ever carried out for Russia, in consid-
Grafton of the present delicate situa-
ton in which that great government
inds itself.
Who, then. is this Count Michael
Muravieff. who has imbedded himself
In fame as everlasting as that OF the
founders OF great telescopes and the
discoveries of principles in sciencef
Muravieff comes of one OF the most
ancient and most powerful families in
Russia. and has inherited from his an
cestors those qualities of mind and
heart which have given him the near
est and most confidential place to the
throne Of the Russias. The family Of
the Muravieffs, or the Murateffs. while
historically important in Russia from
the earliest times. was brought into
extreme prominence in the affairs OF
the empire by Catherine H., and men,
bers of the family have made dis
t,ngulshed regulations for themselves
in China. Poland and Turkey. The
Nuraieffs we're originally Polish fam
fly which had the wisdom, II such a
lack of unselfish patriotism can be 80
called. TO ally themselves with the pow
erful and conquering Russians. One OF
the most distinguished members Of the
family was Muravieff Amurski. 80
named because he forced the naviga-
ton OF the Amur and seized that re-
zion. II was finally through his indi-
yidusl efforts annexed to Russia by
treaty with China.
In 1855 II was Muravieff tsurnamed
KarskD who took as prisoners General
Williams and his entire stan at Kars
on the capitulation OF that stronghold
The present adviser OF the car and the
mpposed originator OF the worlds
peace notion and army dismantlement
i. the grandson OF General Count
Murayieff, who suppressed the Polish
revolution OF 1868 with such prompt
severe even cruel means. The Mura-
v,cfr Of to-day was born In 1S4b and
from his very birth was destined for
Automatic career His first lessons
were taught him in the gymnasium AZ
po,taya. He was afterward sent to the
Y,n,versity OF Heidelberg. and when hs
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05

A German authority on forestry an
hounees the discovery, in the primeval
forests OF India, of tree with most
curious and inexplicahle eharacteris-
tics, Tho leaves OF this tree are 30
highly electrical that whoever touches
one OF them receives a severe electric
shock. Even upon the magnetic needle
this tree. to which the name Philota'
cea electrica has been given, has q
.tronK influence. causing magnetic va
r,ations at distance of about seventy
feet The electrical strength OF the
Tree varies according to the time OF day,
II Ia strongest at noon, but disappears
almost entirely at midnight Its cleo
tricity also disappears In wet weather
Birds never nest or perch upon its
branches. nor have any insects even
been seen upon IT,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05

was graduated from that then foremost
school In Europe as doctor of philos-
ophy he had acquired an education
which 1t is given to few men to possess.
Young Muravieff was learned not
only in Latin and Greek and mathe~
MATES and the theories and history OF
philosophy and science, but he also
spoke fiuently every important Ian
guage OF civilization. That accom-
plishment, by the way, is usual with
the cultured Russian. He can always
speak the language OF his vis-a-vis,
who can never speak to the Russian in
the Russians tongue. But Muravleff
was not only doctor in philosophy and
history and languages. He studied in
ternational law and social and politi-
cal science and government In general
and government In particular. On
leaving the hillsides OF Heidelberg he
was even then capable of stepping into
diplomatic position in any part OF the
earth and filling 1t capitally. Mura-
yieff, after his graduation, travelled far
and wide through Europe, seeing the
peoples he had learned OF out OF his
| books and preparing himself for the
great work for which he was destined
from his birth.
II was only In 1864, after having
become perfectly fitted for his career,
that he entered upon it. In that year
he was given subordinate place in
the ministry of foreign affairs and was
after little made secretary OF the Rus
sian embassy at Berlin. The appoint
ment was deliberate one. for Mura-
Wen had become widely acquainted at
Heidelberg with the flower of the Ger
manic nobility. Two years he acted
as secretary in perfectly satisfactory
manner, after which he was given the
same appointment at the embassy to
Stockholm. In 1867 he was transferred
to Stuttgart. and two years later back
to Berlin. There, In the court OF Prus-
STA. he met the diplomats OF the world
and for six years he remained In Ber-
lin, not wasting a drop Of time In
acquainting himself with the great
movements of nations and absorbing
information which was later to lift him
up to one Of the Hottest positions IL
the world of diplomacy.
In 1873 the count was removed te
Stockholm, where he was already &C
quainted. The next year he made 1
departure to The Hague, and thre'
years afterward, in 1877, We find hin
as the Russian delegate in Bulgaria
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05

li;h light and large. beautiful azure
FeoA hs'oFe her Il SEs Il female fx-
r., 6at sikh a remarkable likeness 90
ssas chT.st
sss siasss that the vision told her
pa on June :. 1855. she Vac 10 become
b Hs!s aad constant companion Of
aFis', aud until that time wAs 10 BE-
's'sa'ed silh t,Ip poser to perform
fsslss and heal the sick. this period
commence In few days, The figure
sa'td 'ae srsc; number Of souls which
= should bring 30 repentance before
= day Of celestial marriage and tr.-
laphal ascension into heaven as 49,
u order 20 become the wife Of Christ.
aith the peculiar lady firmiy believes
F'il happen. she has lsf, her husband
IAe aksn tho name of Tho Mrs.
'oTn. with a peculiar emphasie on
Ns The, - As her period Of work has
~ Jet begun abe refuses 60 coufide her
ass TO anyone. but simply states tina,
as 10 certain Of saving her gigantic
saoef OF souls. She will also make
h1smsnta for her Wedding.
at Brown 10 brisht and intensely
shEous. while an Advsutis, abe
asf to her belief with esrncssn sss.
80 Der changing Of opinion caused a
'lahis sensatlon among her former
toFkers She has ho-t Of friends
40 relatives whom Hhs will forsake
Tie cause II they turn from her nav
pm OF serving the world. Her hus-
.aa veil known. and attributes her
-''ag him as nothing other than her
eAl 70 accomplish what she declares to
we greatest wonder since the cruel.
'''a and ascension of Christ
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05
GOWNS FOR KLoNDIKE BELLIES
Sells silks, Fumy Laces and Lingerie
at Fabulous Prices.

Mt Fabulous Prices.
A solid little fortune with simmer
Ing silks, filmy laces and dainty lin
gerie fer its basis, the result OF thirty
days gpent in Dawson last summer, II
the modest boast OF Mrs. Nellie
Humphrey, pretty, black-eyed young
woman who has been in Seattle prepar-
ing for another trip into the metropolis
OF the far north
IT was the quick VT, business sagac-
ity, and, last but not least, the pluck Of
Mrs. Humphrey that enabled the fair
sex OF Dawson to revel again after
months of deprivation In the frills and
fancies OF dress so dear to the femin-
inc heart. That masculine pocket
books were quick to open in response
to such demands was evidenced by the
way in which Mrs. Humphreys stock
in trade disappeared. 1t melted away
as did the SHOWS in the arctic sum
shine. Mrs. Humphrey says she ID
really ashamed to tell what her goods
brought her-that it would be ridicu-
lous. But it is a fact that her entire
capital risked on the one lucky venture
did not exceed $4,000. She sailed from
Seattle last Wednesday with far larg-
er stock OF the finest goods of the kind
mentioned. Her faith in the gold fields
is evidenced by the fact that she says
| she will stay in Dawson but four
months, and intends to bring back to
Seattle just $4,000. Dawson's bellies
simply went crazy over Mrs. Humph-
rey's stock, and asked the price OF
nothing. Here is the way the latter
tells about it: 1.-THE prices | got for
some Of my goods we're simply shame
| full; SO exorbitant that / can't bear to
| tell OF them. But what else could you
| expect when flatirons were selling for
S65 a pair, brooms for &16 each, and
moose-steak cut as thin as bridal veil
for 81 an invisible pound? l WAS al
most forced to sell the very clothes Oh
my back. One old habit had almost
worn out sold for 5000 Several hats
brought as high as $125 each. Ladies'
shoes ] sold for $50 pair. Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05

Inc shooting occurred I'm the west.
= me Panhandle branch of the Santa
railroad. and the story of 1t In re-
ssa oy The Topeka State Journal. The
'' VI the tale il a auperstltioua en-
, ssef who believes in warnings. One
sur as he was rolling along at a
~ Nv speed when he saw clear, white
S. IKE will-o'-the-wisp. dancing
una track few hundred feet In
aN tie shut OF steam and came to
s,op as quickly as he could. The
and train crew came run
hN up 10 the engine to see what was
matter There In some one swing
lantern across the track. said
euslheer, and the crew went ahead
investigate. We cant fpd any
reported the rear brakeman. and
~, 'nslneer pulled out again. but he
ora. s'o~iy. and In a few minutes
s'eo again. The crew went ahead
I'm. 'e 10 see what was the cause
voos "snt The conductor. who was
hs ss. anot' drew his revolver. and at
.eVond shot there was a crash. A
pman , and the light went ont and
bonn w. white came fluttering down
k,ras 'ne clouds. The engineer was
|. ,a,a iouve shot an angel, sure"
,s a'u 10 the conductor. with a face
b, ~. as death. Investigation bro,uht
Antern , ,act that small boy, with a
be cans 'u 70 the tale of his kite, was
BIZ sns ase OF the trouble; but IL leases
q angels" " "'Ne" ABOUT shoot
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05

The cough, or pun, Of railway en-
CINE is due to the abrupt emission Of
waste steam up the chimney. When
moving slowly the cough can of courss
be heard following each other quite dis
tinctly, but when speed is put on the
puffs come out one after the Other
much more rapidly, and when eighteen
coughs a second are produced they en-
not be separately distinguished BY ths
ear. A locomotive running at the rata
Of nearly seventy miles an hour givas
out twenty puffs Of steam every second
that is, ten for each of It's two cyliAr
ders.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05


only to be expected, as every Christian
ecclesiastic must, perforce. speak for
peace. But here is a man who Is the
nearest and most powerful adviser OF
the greatest autocrat of the ages strik-
Ing AT the very root OF war. For 1t Is
believed that although Muravief1 ap-
pears as the mere mouthpiece OF the
great car. 1t is he himself who per-
suaded young Nicholas into taking this
tremendous step.
The conquests OF Alexander and Han
nibal, OF Caesar and Constantine, OF
Mohammed and Napoleon become in
Significant facts of history when com
pared with the grand peace proposal
that was uttered from the lips of Mura-
Wen 10 the ambassadors of the world
~ ST. Petersburg. While II is true that
the car will get the credit In the pub
lie discussions for the startling and
eminently Christian proposal, the name
OF Maravieff cannot be disassocia.ed
from IL. Whether II was the idea oil
MuraviefY or OF the car history will
never know. The best diplomatic tai.
ent In Washington cannot pronounce
upon this difficult question. At the
same time the general opinion in dip.
lomatic circles is that the conception
and the design were those of the crafty
statesman rather than OF the ruler Of
all the Russias. II is not to be ex.
pected. so say the experts in Washing
ton, that the young car could conceive
and execute such superb idea as tha
OF universal peace foreyermore The
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05

the face OF the globe. She declares
a, she has received a light from
I.ayen. appearing in the form of an
prel which beckoned her 10 lofty
kalms, and there pointed GU, the won
.uul life which she gas TO lead and
a miracles TO be performed. She
(.,ss that she is the feminine Christ OF
be nlnsteenth century. and further de-
LOUNGES the principles OF sdysntsm.
I'm keep no particular day AS Sunday.
or will enter an Adventist or Chris
Isn church OF any kind.
A reporter called on her 10 ascertain
The statements were only rumors. bu,
band they we're not. although she re-
,~s to So. reporters in general and In
tss on keeping her name from no
trie,y. She states tina, 10 the middle
the night she va. awakened by q pc
rliar feeling Of iightness, - II rest
hx on 4 cloud. The room vas oiled
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-05

The al Trovatore" wheel, made in
Germany, has a musical contrivance
fixed to the handlebar and worked by
the front wheel, and plays over 500
tunes. It can be stopped by spring
and set on again for half an hour, and
so on. ad infinitum, until the machine
wears out.