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The Press., 1898-01-06
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items OF local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
Jan. 10, 1868.


Chas. N. Duncan and Gardner Poole
have bought the boot and shoe making
establishment of ]. E. Johnson, in this
village, and have commenced business
under the name of Duncan & Poole.
The dam of the reservoir of E. A. Con-
verse above Staffordville was swept away
last Saturday night.
Horatio Avery of West Stafford, en-
ployed in j. L. Fairman's mill, caught his
left hand in a carding machine last
Wednesday and his fingers were cut and
lacerated, also making quite wound in
the palm of the hand and at the wrist.
If the machine had not been unusually
light weighted, his arm must have been
torn from his body. Also, on the same
day, but very little later, VIM. Adams,
living in the same house with Avery, but
employed in another place, had one of his
fingers and thumb cut by buzz saw, by
which he will lose the use of one joint in
the thumb.
A. M. Royce OF Village Hill, Willing
ton, killed an enormous turkey on. New
Years, raised and fattened by himself
The bird weighed when dressed %
pounds.
BRTHs. 1t Rockville, Jan. 1st, 1865
daughter TO E. Freeman. In this village
Dec. 25th, son to Charles Fl. Winter
In Stafford, Dec. s1st, 1867, son to
Michael Shea.
At Tolland, Jan. 1st, 1868, son to
Dwight Robinson.
MARRIED. Willimantic, Jan. 1st.
1868, by Rev. E. F. Clark, Geo. H. Hall
of wellington, and Mary E. Weaver of
Windham.
DEATHs.-Jan. 9Th, Sally A., 70, wife
of Hon. Farley Converse.
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s'Anyhow, your grave is over there,

ANYHOW, your grave is over there,
Get under the myrtle -
"Ah," said the mist, 81 did not know
what 1now perceive. am dead, praised
be Gcd, and he is God, and now that
you have cast me out and told me there
is no bond between you and me l am
indeed fres and my grave is over there,
bat not 1At under the myrtle. Don you
remember / asked you not to pat it
downl And It has never fallen. Lift the
myrtle and you will see. / go to my
grave The earth is calm and soft and
kindly. Nature has made it SO. Tell my
daughter that went to my grave.
In the gray Of morning Babe came to
herBsn In the old porch. She looked for
her father. He was not there, neither
waa the wide rocker. Had they really
been thare2 Babe lay and thought
When abe got up, she was a changed
woman.
She hathed vico's face and hands.
He could mot rise. She brought break
fast Tor him and served it with the only
pure womanly tenderness that had ever
been Spontaneous with her. Vico ate
and afterward slept. She mothered him
all day. He did not understand Babes
new whim. Late in the afternoon he
rose and dressed. wondering what her
evening mood would be.
She would not let him go till he had
eaten food brought with her new grace.
They ate together, and when he felt
new again and wholly we'll fed and
comfortable he put his arms around
Babs and kissed her. She put her arms
around him and kissed him, too, as a
good woman might have done.
SCI ann going to be good, Vico, " she
said Vico had felt her strength when
she was bed to him, and he was not i'll
pleased 'sLet's both be good, Vico, :"
Ghe went ON. "Let's go to the priest
and be married. ="
vico was so much astounded that he
took her arms from around him. He
looked at her. Yes, she meant it. Vico
was rs much an inheritance as any one
Of his txaits- He was the product of an
ancestxy Of inconstant men.
VicO laughed.
That the accustomed anger did not
blaSe from her eyes made him laugh
consumedly, and when a tear stole
down her cheek the situation became
amuaing beyond all things
Vioo laughed.
The echoes Of his evil mirth came
back % the grieving woman as he went
dCwn sha street to tell his boon compan-
ions o9 Babes latest madness.
How Woo laughed IA. Kalfus Spe-
10 In Ax9unaut.
The Press., 1898-01-06

DoN'T BE HELPLESS AND DISCOURAGED.
You need not be discouraged and lose
hope just because local doctors have
failed to cure you. 1t is only the special
ist in such complaints who can cure you.
DIR. Greene, 35 West 14th St., New York
City, the most noted and successful ply
sician in curing disease, can be consulted
by letter free. His experience is enor-
nous, he has cured many cases like yours
through letter correspondence. He can
cure you. Write to him without delay.
Remember it costs nothing to get his
opinion and advise in regard to your case.
The Press., 1898-01-06

THE GREATEST DISCOVERY YET.-W.M.
Repine, editor Tiskilwa, ILL.,, Chief says:
"We won't keep house without DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs,
and Colds. No other remedy can take it's
place in our home, as in it we have GER
tain and sure cure of Coughs, Colds,
Whooping Cough. etc." 1t is idle to ex-
pertinent with other remedies, even if
they are urged on you as just as good as
DIR. Kings New Discovery. They are
not as good, because this remedy has a
record of cures and besides Is guaranteed.
It never fails TO satisfy. Trial bottles
free at 3. z. Taft's Drug Store. 3
The Press., 1898-01-06
Betrayed by a Flower.

To the monastery Of the Grand Char
tTeuse women, as a rule, are inexorably
refused admittance, only very few
having had the privilege of seeing the
Carthusians (monks of the order) at
home. A story is told of a French
daughter of Eve, blessed with even a
greater share of curiosity than that pos
sessed by the generality of her sex,
who, having heard from her husband
and brother of their late interesting
visit to the monastery, tried by every
means in her power to effect an entrance
there, but all to no avail. Determined,
however, by hook OF crook, to succeed,
she at last hit upon the happy idea of
presenting herself there dressed as
man, managing to persuade her husband
to allow her to do so, and to take her
with him On his next visit
On arriving at the gates of the mon
astery she entered uncballenged with
the remainder of the party, but while
in the garden the conducting monk,
leaving her side, gathered an exquisite
rose, which he brought and presented
to her with courtIy bow, proving that
he at least was not deceived by her dis
guise. She, too, foolishly betrayed her
self by her ready grace and charm of
manner in accepting the rose, which she
did most willingly. Needless to say
that after this incident she never pene-
trated into the interior of the building
nor saw what she was dying to see, but
returned unsatisfied, a sadder and a
wiser woman, with high appreciation,
however, of the keen discernment of the
cloistered ones
The Press., 1898-01-06

Hume spent fifteen years in collecting
materials and writing his History of
England" and two more years in revising
and correcting 1t.
The Press., 1898-01-06

1t is not remedy put up by any Tom,
Dick or Harry; 1t is compounded by ex-
pelt pharmacists. Ely Bros. offer 10
cent trial size. Ask your druggist Full
size Cream Balm so cents. We mail it,
ELY Bros, Sc Warren St., NY. City.
Since 1861 have been a great sufferer
from catarrh. l tried Ely's Cream Balm,
and to all appearances am cured. Terri
BILE headaches from which had long suf-
fered are gone.-W. j. Hitchcock, late
MaiorU s. Vol. and A.. A Gen. Buffalo, NY !.
The Press., 1898-01-06

Dickens says in the introduction to
David Cooperf1eld" that he spent two
years In the composition Of that novel.
The Press., 1898-01-06
HOW TO FIND OUT.

The common silver dollar is almost
exactly IN inches in diameter.
The Press., 1898-01-06

The European hornet is much larger
than the common wasp and has tenn
per in proportion to its size.
The Press., 1898-01-06

had the rheumatism so badly that l
could not get my hand to my head. I
tiled the doctors medicine without the
least benefit. At last 1 thought of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm; the first bottle re-
lieved all of the pain, and one-half of the
W. ]. HOLLAND, Holland, Va. Chamber
lain's Pain Balm Is equally good for
sprains, swellings and lameness, as we'll
as burns, cuts and bruises" For sale at
the drug stores of E. K Taft, Stafford
Springs, ,and g. L Philips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1898-01-06

Chas. Lamb would write one of his
essays in the evening after a day spent at
his desk in the East India Office.
The Press., 1898-01-06

An improved Irish brick has dovetail
grooves In the sides and ends, the bricks
fitting closely together. and the grooves
forming good key for mortar or plaster.
The Press., 1898-01-06
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

DAILY, IS a year, 50 quarter, 20 cents month,
cents a copy.
SUNDAY, 50 a year, so cents quarter, cents a
copy.
WEEKLY, 81 a year, 25 cents quarter, 10 cents
month, 3 cents copy.
The Press., 1898-01-06

The Finest Furs seen in your
streets were made in COnnecti-
cuts greatest Fur House.
Prices the Lowest.
Alfred Williams 81 Son,
A1-4B Pratt-st., HARTFORD.
Rear TTumbull.
The Press., 1898-01-06

Specimen copies Of either Edition sent free on
application. The Weekly Republican will
be sent free for one month to any one who
wishes to try 1t.
The Press., 1898-01-06
Clean, Independent, Able.

A Complete and Interesting Newspaper.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
HEALTH CATECHISM.
To Be Committed to Memory by All Dyspep,
tics, lnyaIids, Consumptiyes.

What is the cause of nine-tenths of all
disease?
Imperfect digestion of food.
Why does imperfect digestion cause dis
ease of others organs?
Because blood nerves, muscles, bone and
flesh are derived from the food we eat and
digest. If digestion is perfect the blood is
pure, nerves and muscles strong, flesh firm.
If the digestion is poor, fermenting food,
irritating every nerve and organ The re-
suit Is, sooner or later, organic disease, be-
cause every organ being poorly nourished
the weaeskt gives way first and we have
liver trouble, kidney complaint, heart us
ease or consumption.
Is not dieting the usual and best treat
ment to cure indigestion?
No, because the dyspeptic has been
starved long enough; what is needed is
abundant nourishment, not the lack of 1t.
The stomach and blood demand nutriment,
not bran crackers.
What Is the best method of cure?
Plenty of wholesome food digested.
But how can weak stomach digest pien-
ty of wholesome food?
By taking with the food after each meal
certain harmless remedies which are known
to digest food and thus nourish the blood
and rest the weak stomach.
What are these harmless remedies?
The most valuable are vegetable fer
salts All these are now combined in the
form of pleasant tasting tablets sold by
druggists under the name of Stuarts Dys-
pepsia Tablets.
Are these tablets superior to the various
LIQUID preparations called dyspepsia
cures?
Most decidedly, because all liquid medi-
cines become stale with age and lose what
ever good qualities they may have had
originally while the tablet retains its prop
critics indefinitely. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets can be carried in the pocket, always at
hand ready for use when travelling or at
daily occupation They cost but so cts, and
should be kept in every family. They kee
the digestion perfect and save doctors bills
by warding off disease.
Are Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets adapted
to all forms of dyspepsia? ~ o.. ..---=.-- 49,
Yes because In all cases the trouble re-
suits from indigested, fermenting food.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets cause the food
to be digested before it has time to fer
ment.
If YOU wish to know more about them ask
your druggist for a psckage and try them.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
CHICAGOES WON
THE FIRST BLOOD
Took the Reds Into Camp by a
Score of II to 2.
NOT AS BAD AS IT APPEARS
A Review of the Score Shows That Haller's
Men Were Right in the Game--Veith
and La Porte Had the Rattles.

Tom Burns Chicago Colts and Frank
Hallers Birmingham Beauties met on the
diamond at West End park yesterday af-
ternoon and when 1t was all over the
Windy City team had eleven runs to their
credit and the Reds had crossed the plate
twice.
The score at first glance indicates that
Hallers men were hardly in it at all, but
careful study of it shows that much
poorer showing might easily have been
made. With the exception of two men, the
Reds all played fast and snappy ball. La
Porte and Veitch each had a small attack
of stage fright occasioned no doubt, by the
fact that Little Eva LANCE was in the
game The catcher and third baseman went
up in the first inning and it was some time
before they again descended to terra frma.
LaPorte's beautiful throwing to second
base which he has heretofore exhibited,
was not in evidence and six OF the COTS
pilfered bases.
The Chicagoes landed on the local twirl-
ers for eleven safe hits while the Reds
slugged Thornton and Woods for nine sim
giles. For the Reds, Willig pitched mag
nificent ball for the six innings he stayed in
the box and allowed only six safe drives.
Streaker, who succeeded him, also did fair
ly we'll, considering the fact that he was
pitching against a national league team.
The Chicago fielding was nearly PERFECT
Barry and Mccormick making their only
error. The entire team plays together, ana
they have a system of signals which they
work to perfection. Donahue caught well
and allowed only one stolen base.
Although Veitchs errors were numerous
and costly, he squared himself with the
rooters by his sensational left-handed
catch of McCormcks hot liner in the
fourth inning. Dahlen also made one
handed catch of liner from VallendorI
hat that looked good for at least single.
Little Gilligan made the star play OF the
afternoon. Dahlen was on first running and
Conner knocked hot grass cutter toward
the second bag. Gilligan made dive Tor
the ball, but stumbled and fell before ne
got it well in his hands. He dropped the
ball, and while lying on the ground picked
1t up and threw Dahlen out on second.
Another game between the Colts and the
Reds will be played this afternoon.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
FOR SALE.

$21OO, Sth avenue and 18th street, rents
for $24 per month. A bargain.
$500, 18th street and 7th avenue. Rents
for $40 per month.
$500, good place in Smithfield on easy
payments.
$2,250, 9th avenue and 23d street Good
investment.
$1,000, large lot well improved, in block
of Avenue F and 18th street. Rents for
$3.50 per annum.
Good vacant lots and nice houses in city
and suburbs and property of all kinds
for rent.
MCCONNELL & WHATLEY,
Phone 46. No. III N. 21st St..
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
Montgomery Results

Memphis, April 12.-The CASTOR hotel
stakes for .two-year old colts and geldings
furnished an exciting finish at Montgomery
park today between John w. Schorr ana
Sons colt Cathedral and Fausturo, the
former winning, after hard drive, by a
neck. Cathedral and w. Overton, the
Schorr entry, were coupled in the betting
and were held at prohibitive odds of l TO
g. There was large crowd in attendance
and betting was brisk. Four of the favor
ties were in the van at the finish while Paul
Kauvar, a strong second choice, won the
fifth race. Weather clear and pleasant;
track fast
First Race-Seven furlongs, selling. Ben
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
TROOPS GOING 70 CHATTANOOGA.
Gen. Boynton Arrives to Make Arrangements
for Their Quarters.
Special to The Age-Herald.


Chattanooga, Tenn, April 12.-General H.
V. Boynton, president Chickamauga Park
commission. arrived in the city tonight
from Washington. General Boynton Is here
by order of the war department to have
charge of the arrangements being made to
mobilize troops at Chickamauga.
To The Age-Herald correspondent, Cen
eral Boynton said: 1.-THE first troops will
arrive at Chickamauga Park Thursday
morning. There has been q lively contest
on Between Atlanta and Chattanooga as
to where the mobilization will take place,
but it is certainly the intention of the gov
eminent to mobilize a very large number
of troops on Chickamauga battlefield.
large number of commands are under
orders to move on short motive and they
will doubtless be brought here. The Penn
sylvania monument commission will ar
rive here tonight to mark out some spots
for additional monuments to be erected by
that state.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
To Select a Choir

Chairman ]. A. Van Hoose, of the COM
mittee having in charge the service of the
Sunday schools at the auditorium on Sun
day afternoon, April "a, has issued an ad-
dress to the members of church choirs in
Jefferson county, asking them to partici-
pate in the song service on that occasion.
Names should be sent to e. e. Williams
who has been selected as the leader On
account of the vast crowd to be accomo-
dated the choir will be limited to fifty
voices.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
QUART ERLY REPORT
OF Probate Judge for 1898 Will Be Completed
Today

The first quarterly report of the probate
Judge for 1898 is now being prepared and
will probably be completed today. The
clerks in the office have been kept busy
since the close of the quarter on this work
which is both voluminous and tedious.
The report will show that total revenue
tax of $4551.89 has been collected of which
SOS, S93.75 goes to the state and $15,578.H to
the county.
This is the largest revenue tax collected
in the state and compares favorably with
collections for previous years.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
DIR. bucket Dead
Special to The Age-Herald.

Florence, Ala, April 12.-Dr. L. F. Duck
EFT, one of the Oldest and most prominent
physicians and citizens of the city, died
yesterday afternoon at o'clock, and was
buried this afternoon at 3 o'clock from his
late residence. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. w. 8. Brown of the
First Baptist church, and was attended by
large number of friends and connections.
Dr. Duckett has been i'll for some months,
and his death has been expected daily for
some time. He had not practiced for the
past year.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
A Gard

The published statements that within the
past few days certain counties have in
structed for Coleman or Mcclellan, respect
ively,t are necessarily unreliable. If PEG.
pie will think a moment, it will occur to
them that instructions can only be given
by county conventions, and these conven-
tons do not meet till today-Wednesday
Experienced politicians do not usually con-
sent to Instructions in counties having
home candidates, nor are experienced men
thrown off their feet by partisan reports.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
Entries for Today

First Race-Two-year-olds four furlongs.
Tobe Sea Lion, Parker Bruce, Ham Bone,
113; Laurentian, Great Pride, M. N. McFar-
lane, Dick Collins, Red Pirate, lOS; BOD
Bass Bulgarian, los.
Second Race-Five furlongs. Mrandywine,
1874; Algol 113; Koscio, Blarneystone, Jr.,
112 Mover Phoenix, Trombone, Sidonia 10Y;
Denial, Mike Haverty, "a; Refer, Blithe-
full, 49,
Third Race-One mile. Time Maker, Bo-
anerges, ILL., Isabey, Sc; Millstream, Mys-
terry, SO.
Fourth Race-Selling, six furlongs Will
son, Swift, 112; Lady Doleful, Hester, 1O7;
Henrica, George B. Cox, 1O4; CLANCY Fisher,
1903; Globe H., 80; Phillip Byrnes, So; the
Professor, 81; Rosa Hurns, SO.
Fifth Race-One mile, selling. Jim Flood,
Assignee, 10: Alva, Spring Time, 107; Bas-
quill 106; Sedan, 103; Stella B., 101.
Sixth Race-One mile, selling, 3-year-olds
and upwards, over four hurdles. My Luck,
Captain Pierceall, 49, Imp. Alfontina, AL;
Jim Lise 1876; Florida Rose, 121.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13

Frost, Ct. Burn 81, even, won; Sedan, 1os,
(crewhurst, to and to 5, second; Oni-
moor, 105 (Conley), 10 to 1, third. Time, 1:3l.
Second Race-Four furlongs, selling. Pete
Barnes, 1903 "a. Barrett), to 1, won;
Gay Parisienne, no. Knapp, s to and 2
to /, second Fleeing Ray, 81, (Dupee), 20
to /, third. Time, 49sz.
Third Race-Five furlongs. Primate, 107,
CA Barrett), to /, won; Belle Ward, 1902,
(HothersalD. 20 to l and 5 to 1, second;
Voyager 104, CHuhn), to l, third. Time,
1:OS%.
Fourth Race-Four furlons, CASTOR Ho-
tel stake. Cathedral, no ct. Burns), to
6, won; Fausturo, 11S "a. MARTINI, to l
and 6 to 5, second; w. Overton, lis (Wil-
hite), to 6, third. Time, 0:50h.
Fifth race-A mile and one-sixteenth
Paul Kauvar, III Knapp, to 2, won; Gel
tic Bard, 100 "a. BarretD, 8 to 1 and even,
second; Estaca, 109 CIV. MARTINI, to l,
third. Time, 1902.
Sixth Raee-Six furlongs, selling. Caro-
WITT, 100 CIV. MARTINI, to 5, won; Mamie
Callan, 90 (Reitz), to and to 1, second;
Koscio, 1O8 (Scoville), 200 to 1, third. Time,
ILL
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
Died as He Called for "Mother"
Special to The Age-Herald.

Selma, Ala, April 12.-AtWalker Springs,
six miles this side of Jackson, on the Mo-
bile and Birmingham railway. about noon
today, James O'Grady, brakeman on
freight train No. A. which left Mobile this
morning, fell beneath the moving train
while switching and was horribly mangled.
His right arm and left leg were literally
crushed to pulp and he sustained many
other bruises After suffering agonies for
two hours death relieved him. He piteously
called for his mother time and time again,
but she was at her home in Mobile and
could not get to him.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
Spanish steamer Went Down

New Orleans, April 12.-The British
steamship Floridan, from Liverpool via
Mexican ports, reports that on April 5, at
10 a. M, the Spanish steamer Santo Do
mingo, which was anchored off Progresso,
Mexico drifted on top of her anchor, the
fiuke of which pierced her bottom, causing
her to sink The passengers, mail and
crew were all safely landed. The Santo
Domingo was to have sailed the next day
for New York via Havana. 1t is believed
she will be raised.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
MRS. WlNSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP.

HISS been used for over FIFTY YEARS
byl MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1T SOOTHES
the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. AL
LAYS all PAIN: CURES WIND collie,
and il the best remedy for DIARRHOEA.
Sold by druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup" and take no other
kind, Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
A STRONG CANDIDATE.
G, B, Burkhater's Name viii Be Presented Ia
the Convention Today as Repre-
sentative Of Labor.

G. B. Burkhalter who Is a candidate for
the Legislature will prove a strong nominee
for the ticket if nominated today, and his
friends are confident he will be. He is 4
laborng man himself, and his nomination
would give the laboring element of this
county representation on the legislative
ticket. He is a self-made man, a repre-
sentative citizen, who would refltc credit
on himself, his county and his state in the
legislature
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13

Go to Bssemer, the Marvel City, 5000 to
5000 people. Great furnaces, largest pipe
works in the south, handsome buildings.
Take Bessemer or Powderly cars at 1912
Second avenue 4-12-tf