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The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

Esther had two or three pinks in her
hand. Noticing that the little boy
looked at them eagerly, the kind-heart-
ed child approached the bed.
will you have them, Freddy"
The sick boy reached out his hand
quietly, without speaking, and Esther
laid the flowers in it.
Thank you, Miss Esther" said the
mother, gratefully. He always loved
flowers so. But flowers cost something
at this time of year."
Like flash a thought darted through
Esther's brain-my lilies!
He may have those" she answered.
hastily. Il meant them for the teacher.
but she always has lots. 1t doesn't
matter"
She ran down the stairs, scarcely
hearing Mrs. Morgan's Tell your
mother I will finish the work by to-
morrow"
She walked rapidly down the street,
| trying to push out the little thought
which came again and again as fast as
she rejected it:
ITO give Freddy my lily? Not to take
it to the church. Oh, couldn't dc
| that"
There was little time for talk. School
| was beginning. At recess. when the
girls talked over their plans for flow
ers. Esther ran away to play lively
game. She wanted neither to talk mol
think. When she was alone that night
her one thought was: mo. l can't dc
it! cannot"
Mother. do you think Freddy is very
sick?" she asked the next day.
Il don't suppose he will ever be per
fectly we'll again." answered Mrs
Shaw. Why"
His mother says he likes things
flowers"-began Esther slowly.
Il don't suppose she can give hin
much beyond bread and butter. Yot
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07
Nm Need to Hurry.

A pleasant lOOAIng, stynshly dressed
old lady was boarding a car in New
York, and the smart Alex conductor
shouted in her ear: Hurry up there!
Step lively! Be quick!" He looked as
if he were on the point of pushing her
bodily inside the car, whe-. TO his
great surprise. she stopped short. and.
looking him full in the face. said:
Young man. it is not worth while 10
be in such a hurry. You'll get to hell
soon enough"
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

The Kaiser n Chemist.
The London correspondent Of tho
Birmingham Post learns from Berlin
that the German emperor has again
been experimenting privately with
new explosive, which he claims to have
invented and which he proposes to call
"Rexite.'' Eighteen months ago 1T was
reported that the kaiser had just COM
pleted a series of experiments upon
which he had been engaged, but sew
eral important difhculties subsequently
presented themselves in the process OF
manufacture. These, however, are now
stated to have been overcome.
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

Easter Lilies Fading.
See! those Easter lilies laid
On the cross begin to fade.
II the one who bore them hither
Had q faith that will not wither:
II he hath within his bosom
Love to God and man in blossom.
Tho his dearest hopes decay.
Health and riches pass away.
Unseen crosses he can dress
And give life Easter cheerfulness.
Fletcher Bates.
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

ing spaces are cleared. The spars, rig
cling and boats are secured. Every
thing movable that will not be needed
in charge Of the little platform high
mn in the mainmast, haul up arms and
ammunition and make everything
ready in their lofty quarters. even to
filling the fire buckets with which to
nut out a blaze should one be started
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

zine screen-a heavy canvas curtain
which is intended to prevent the posi-
bility Of sparks reaching to the powder
stores. From this screen carriers take
the boxes to the nearest powder scut-
tie. where they are passed up to the
gun deck and thence to the cannon
themselves. For moving ammunition
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

Few people outside the naval service
know just how war vessel goes into a
fight. To put battleship like the Iowa
or Indiana in thorough readiness for
action ordinarily requires about two
hours, though, of course, it car be done
in much less time in case of urgency.
There is one thing that makes it a
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07
Ostrich Farm In Te1as.

T. A. Cockburn, one Of the proprie-
tors of two large ostrich farms in south
ern California. one at South Pasadena
and one at Ncrwalk. has gone to San
Antonio, Tex, for the purpose OF es-
tablishing an ostrich farm at that
Mace. The birds with which to stock
the Texas farm will be shipped from
Norwalk.
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07
APRIL.

BY Mary Mitchell.
Oh! April is dainty dame,
She wears the sweetest dresses!
Her eyes are like the still blue fame.
And sun-gold are her tresses.
Her wee. wee feet are soft and feet,
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07
THE BATTLESHIP MAINE.

THE BATTLESHIP MAINE.
"a Bill Has Been Introduced Into Con-
gress Authorizing the Building Of
New Battleship to Be Known as the
Maine.)
magazine in wooden cases. which are
PAINTED black, with the size of caliber
and charge painted in large white let
tiers on the side. They are passed out
of the magazine to a man who sends
them up to the lower deck. Then they
are passed through a slit In the maya
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

The shorter . man II In his accounts
the LONGER Il takes to ind him.
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07
A SHIP IN ACTION.
WHAT TAKES PLACE ON BOARD
IN A FIGHT.

SeifFing Scenes o. Deck and Bel0W-On
the Call to Quarter Every Man Moves
- His Own Post ~ by Cloekwork-A
Terrible Moment.
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

WORKING THE RAPID-FIRE GUN
FROM THE COMING TOWER.
various mechanical appliances. includ-
ing electricity. have come into use.
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

Her form one barely gueSseS
Oh, April is a dainty dame.
And wears the softest dresses!
Oh! April is q dainty dame!
OF all the year-chilG faces,
Hers never stays an hour the same.
She has so many graces!
Her smile or sigh. it Is so shy.
Half hid in budding mazes.
For April il a dainty dame.
And wears the finest laces.
The Globe-republican., 1898-04-07

Noted womel have shown NO pre-
coeio1s desire to wed and make homes
Of their own. George Eliot was nearer
40 than 80 when she married for the
drst time and close upon - when her
seconA marriage took place IN 1ooo.
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

| The Government Asked tho People For
 ssoo. .ooo.ooo and the People onersd It sTSo, ,ooo. 900. While syndicates Wanted
 to Loan $500. .ooO, ,o00 More.
 Subscriptions to the new per cent war loan of S2o0, 900 900. which closed at , | o'clock Friday afternoon, including the offers made by syndicates, will amount to Sl.200, 000, 900. or six times the amount | of the issue. The subscriptions repre- scented by checks or other forms of pay ment. it is estimated, will aggregate about s750.000,000, or 2A times the amount of the issue.
 Assistant Secretary Vanderlip, who | for 33 days has managed the work of placing the bonds of the new war loan, announced Friday night that the books had been closed upon the most suc- cessful loan ever fioated by the govern ment." In the experience of the oldest clerks in the treasury department noth- ing of the kind has ever equaled the success which has attended the present issue of bonds. Four hundred addi- tonal employees. have been added to the treasury roll in order to take care of the enormous mails accustomed by popular subscriptions to the bonds. At | lV O CHUCK 1T EiudS ulknN ASSlsAaHl otNit~ tary Venderlip said:
 Tt is of course impossible to give final figures at this hour The depart ment received today just under 25.0Oo letters and yesterday 24300. This mass of applications must be put through a detailed operation before total can be arrived at and the exact line at which allotments will be made nn- nounced. My estimate nt this hour is that it will be around S5,000-that is to say, that all applications for n smaller amount than that figure will be allotted in full. while all applications for larger amounts will receive nothing. At this hour there has actually been listed sSi- 300,000 of the $500 and smaller subscrlp- tions, and the amount now on the ta- bles will carry that probably just above s90. 900. 900. The amount scheduled and totaled In the subscriptions larger than $500 is at this hour s690. SIC, ,siO, and I es- timate 1t will reach s7S5. GOO, GOO. Thus the total subscription, including the s5o0. GOO. 900 of syndicate bids, will reach s1. .325, ,000. 900. We have held out cases where there were doubts as to the bona ide character of subscriptions amount ing in the subscriptions for $500 and under alone to S10,494,740.
 
 for $500 and under that has now passed the stampers Is 22S.000 and that figure will be somewhat further increased. The total of larger subscriptions num- bered Is 65,S00. and there are still sew eral thousand of these larger subscrlp- tions to be listed. In the last l9 days the department received 255, 500 subscriptions, an average of 1S,262 a day. The last letter was opened within two hours after the subscriptions closed. We have had at the close of the work 400 employees working from g in the morning until 10:30 at night. The fact that there are at this hour. out of nearly 100000 subscriptions received. only n cases held up because of some irregularity, such as a misplaced remit tance or informality of subscription. is some indication of the thoroughness of the work"
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21
7FaoeLerS' Guide.
HoUSAToNIC R. R. ROUTE
oorNo SOUTH

ooINo SOUTH Leave North Adams c 20 a.m., pittsneid iB Canaan 20. Arrive Now Haven 10 bh, Bridgeport II 90, New York II 90. Leave Albany 10 am, State Line s 70, Pitts field s 10, Canaan g 70. Arrive Bridgeport IA o5 p. m., NewHayen i2, ,45 New York i.5o. Leave Albany 100 .. m., State Line II 20. North Adams l2 10 .. m., Pttsheld l 30, Canaan 2A2, Arrive Bridgeport 0 %, New Havcn c 9b. New York CLIO. Leave Albany 10 70 n. m, State Line II 20. Pittsneld 12 i5 ?. m,, Canaan 247, Arrive Bridgeport 10. New Haven 500, New Leave Albany 22o p. m., State Line st5, port z 10, New Haven s co. New York s %. Leave North Adams 8 co pm Pittanald SO, Canaan 4b6. Arrive Bridgeport 10. New Haven s O0, New York s %. Sundays onlyl Leave Pittshvld 1 tb ?. m, Canaan 8 2b. Arrive Bridgeport 2 10, New Haven 20. New York s 35. Sundays onlyl Leavo PIttsneld 6i5 D. m., Canaan %. Arrive New York 10 t5.
 oorso NORTH Leave New York 70 a. m. Bridgeport 0b, New Haven c 10, Canaan Q 70, Arrive Pitte- field II Ob, State Line 10 4l, Albany IA II D. m, Saratoga IS, North Adams II bs. Leave New York 02 n. m., Bridgeport g b5. New Haven 9 S5, Canaan IA 10 D. in. Arrive Pittsneld 20. North Adams 2 sS, Albany 2s9, Saratoga 70.
 Leave New York 02 a. m., Bridgeport b5, New Haven 35, Cannan IA Ss n. m. Arrive Pittsfleld 2 06 ?. m., State Line 27, Ale bany 43 Saratoga A20. Leave New York s04 a. m, Bridgeport Ii 06, New Haven i0.30, Canaan 6.0O ?. m. Arrive Pittsfeld 1U.00 ?. m.
 Leave New York 80 D. m. Bridgeport { 20, New Haven ( %, Canaan c g. Arrive plttH- field 35 North Adams bs. State Lino 7b5, Albany Q 70.
 Leave New York 8 30 p. m., Bridgeport { 20 New Haven ( %, Canaan c ba. Arrive Pitts fold 8 30. State Line bo, Albany Q 70. tSaturdays only) Leave Now York co ?. m, New Haven 100, Bridgeport 2 33, Canaan b20 Arrive Plttsfled 90. Sundays only) Loave New Haven 5o n. m. Bridgeport7 05, Canaan s0. Arrive Pitts field II 0b.
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21
The Opposite.

Grant Duff has in his "reminiscences the following story of Lord Houghton: The Cosmopolitan club was accustomed to meet in room which had been Watts studio, and on the walls of which hung an enormous picture by him of "Theodora and Honoria. Some one asked Lord Houghton what this repre- sented. 'Oh," he replied, ''you have heard of Watts hymns? These are Watts hers. "
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21
MAGNETIC x
 * GARMENTS
Magnetic Shields will cure Paralysis. MagneticShields will cure Rheumatism
 Order enough of the garments to establish a POWERFUL battery.

Order enough of the garments to establish q POWERFUL battery.
 It is scientific impossibllity to take thls treatment without great benefit.
 They equalize the circulation.
 The prices of Shields vary according to | power. The compound double power is | double the price Of the regular shields, the regular shields being used for tho cure of less | serious forms of disease.
 Local testimony furnished as 10 results.
 INS0LES ALWAYS ON HAND. The following Is partial list Of the shields made and the diseases they will cure.
 Caps-Neuralgia Failing Memory, Weak Eyes, Dizziness, all Headaches.
 Throat Shields -Hoarseness Sore Throat, Loss of Voice, Coughs and all Throat Troub- Lung Protector-Pain in Chest, Colds, Heart Troubles. Catarrh, Weak Lungs, easy 10 take cold, Bronchitis, Asthana with l throat shieldl Pneumonia, etc. yests-All serious Constitutional Diseases, over 300 magnets. perfect protection. Liver, Stomach and Chronic Lung Troubles, Fits, Insanity, Paralysis, Consumption and all really serious cases of disease.
 Genus Delts-Backache. Kidney, Liver, stomach and Bowels, Sure Relief; General Weakness, Shifting Rheumatism, Never Fall ing In Lumbago.
 Ladies' BeIts-Best Abdominal Support known, Tired Feelings, weak Back, Kidney Troubles, all Pelvic Suffering. IL Is the sick woman's friend. Ladies should call and see ;hese supporters and learn something Of great value.
 Shoulder ShieIds-Rheumatism paraly. sis in Arm, Injury and Lameness.
 wristiets-Lame Wrists, Penman's Paral- ysis and any trouble of Forearm.
 Mittens-Dry Friction for body and limbs 40 magnets. great Luxury for sick or well. The finest dry friction known.
 Sciatic Shields - Hip Diseases, ScIatic Rheumatism, Paralysis, witheringThieh, etc. Knee Cap Enlarged and stir Knees, Rheumatism, Lameness, etc.
 Leggings-yaricose Veins, Dropsy, Rheu. matism. Gout, Paralysis. pricking ot the flesh and feet. Worth their weight in gold. These Shields will be supplied promptly by order. Call on or address
 MRS. S. c. BECKLEY, Agent
 Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

Trains stop only on signal, or whom conduo- tor is notined.
 Additional trains leave. New Paltz and High land for poughkeepsie every hour from n A m. to 01 ?. m
 Trains leave Poughkeepsie ss a m. soo a m hourly until 10 ?. m. for Highland and New Paltz.
 Trains leave khineclir goo m, agi m m. arrive at Sivernails 10 As a. m, aai b m Trains leave Siyernaila q aaA m ausp m arrive at Rhineeline i2 a D m, Q as D m Trains leave PouRhkcopaie for nopeweli os9 andb M n. m, 8 o and bO5 D, m
 Trains leave Hopewell for pouRhkeepsio fb0 and 10 4s a m, 20 and 5 sc n m
 Trains and 10 carry through coach between Winated and Grand Central station, New York western Express, train I, makes direct con- nection at Campbell Hall with fast express via Ontario Western Ky for the West, duo chicago Following day p.so D. m also connects with Erie K. R fast western trains special attention given to western travel Rates of fare si Co ts lower than any other line Write for rates and particulars before puchasing tickets ovor any V. ]. Martin, Gen pasa. Agent,
 Hartford Conn
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

Dr Julia Holmes Smith is running op the Illinois democratic ticket for the office of trustee of tue state university She is a Louisiana woman by birth, aud has been practicing medicine in Chica- go since 1876.
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21
A SECRET.

s~' Sunk deep in a sea, - :. A sea of the dead, s..s.. Lies booh that shall be Never opened or read Ft~ Its sibylline pages A secret inclose- The flower of the ages, = A rose, a red rose.
 That sea of the dead
 Is my soul. and tho book Is my heart, and the red
 Rose the love you forsook Julian Hawthorne in Lippincott's
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

of all kinds as heretofore Pillsbury's Best,
 Washburn's Best,
 Wonder Patent Flour The best brands of St. Louis Flour Rye and Graham Flour,
 Whole Wheat Flour, Packers Union and Quinnipiac Fer. tilizers, Bowker's Animal Meal, Meat Scraps and Oyster Shells for chickens. Pratt's Food for Horses, Cattle and Chickens.
 Oat Flakes,
 Granulated Meal.
 Lump Salt. Just received, one carload White Southern Corn for seed. Carload nice Seed Oats. The Mccormick Nov CT, Grain and Corn Harvesters, best machines on the market for all purposes. The New York Champion Horse rake, Corn Planters, etc, Moving Machine Sections for all machines Lot Nice Shingle Sa.5o to S4.2s per thousand. Car Pure Nova Scotia Plaster. We sell at wholesale and retail, prices reasonable. Custom work a speciality. MANUpT. MTTIINn m
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21
The Church Rules the State In Mapila

Constant religious processions fill the streets, and images are carried, arrayed in the most costly raiment and covered with jewels. The churches are enor- mously rich. While I was in Manila one order alone sent a branch in Amer ica $1, 300, 900. While the church has absorbed great deal of money from the people, still it has been the civilizing factor and has built schools and churches all over the Philippine islands, where the poor as well as the rich are always welcome.
 It is said that the civil authority in many respects is actually subject to the religious, and that a large part of the real estate of the city is in the posses sion of the religious orders. One writer says that "the personal liberty of the common man may almost be said to be in their keeping. "-Isaao M. Elliott in Scribner's
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

D:,I- are the best after-dinner tiood . iiio pills, aid digestion. 25c.
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

'. rs. o. SHERWOOD, ueccI~cr PHILADELPHIA, BEADING { NEK ENGLAND R. R. PoUGuKEsPsIEB BRIDGE uoUrE. In Effect Monday, NrRy 30tb, tsas.
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21
WAS A POPULAR LOAN
SUBSCRIPTIONS NEARLY ouAoRuPLe
 THE BOND ISSUE.

The Government Asked tho People For ssoo. .ooo. 900 and the People onersd IL s7So, ,ooo. 900. While syndioates Wanted to Loan $500, 900, GOO More.
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

w. ". CAM p, Special vinol representative.
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

And then the reaping of the harvest is so different. There is grandfather now. He has lived to old age because his habits have been good. His eyesight for this world has got somewhat dim,
 but his eyesight for heaven is radiant.
 His hearing is not so acute as 1t once was, and he must bend clear over to hear what his little grandchild says when she asks him what he has brought for her. But he easily catches the music rained from supernal spheres. Men passing in the streets take off their hats in reverence, and women say, "What good old man he is." Seventy or 80 years, all for God and for making this world happyl Splendidl Gloriousl Magnificent He will have hard work getting into heaven, because those whom he helped to get there will fill up and erowd the Gsfes to tell him how .alad
Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

Besides all this, do you know, if you could have your wish and live life over again it would put you so much further from reunion with your friends in heav- ep? If you are in the noon of life or the evening of life, you are not very far from the golden gate at which you are to meet your transported and em- paradised loved ones You are now, let us say, 20 years, or 10 years, or one year off from celestial conjunction. Now,
 suppose you went back in your earthly life 30 years, or 40 years, or 50 years,
 what an awful postponement of the time of reunion. It would be as though you were going to San Francisco to a great banquet, and you got to Oakland,
 four or five miles this side of it, and
 then came back to Baltimore to get a better start, as though you were going to England to be crowned, and having come in sight of the mountains of Wales you put back to Sandy Hook in order to make better voyage. Would you like for many years to adjourn the songs of heaven, to adjourn the thrones of heaven, to adjourn the companion ship of heaven, to adjourn the rest of heaven, to adjourn the presence of Christ in heaven? No, the wheel of time turns in the right direction, and itis we'll it turns so fast. Three bun.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-22

A professional beggar arrested in New
York had S435 concealed in her cloth
ing, and investigation showed that she
possessed diamonds and loaned money
and had considerable property. For some
seven years she had been making from
five to ten dollars a day at her pro
fession." Her children went to school
and were handsomely dressed. She had
letters of recommendation from persons
of presumed influence, but piled her vo-
cation chiefly in saloons. Though she
dressed in rags, as was necessary in her
profession" she lived well at home,
and in fact was so well kept that she
was an object of jealousy in the neigh
borhood She now has chance to vary
her experience by term in the work
house. OF course reform is not to be
expected. When she is released, she
will return to prey upon the community.
She is only the type of class against
whom the public can have absolutely nc
protection.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-22

Everybody seems ready to admit that
the bill introduced by Senator Ellsworth
in the New York legislature "to prohibit
and punish the publication and dissem-
ination Of licentious, indecent and de-
grading papers" is not so much an at
tack upon yellow journals as a scheme
for preventing the criticism of poIiti-
clans. Those precious Gotham statesmen
have actually been made to feel the
prick of public condemnation through
their pachydermatous hides, and they
would stretch several points in order to
stop newspaper criticism. Ellsworth's
bill is variant of the anti-cartoon bill
that got lost in the shuttle during the
last session. Richard Croker's boycott Of
the World is off the same piece His deli
cate feelings have been hurt.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-22

The Princeton Inn and it's grill room
received an enthusiastic endorsement at
the annual banquet of the alumni of
Princeton University at Delmonico's,
Thursday night, and President Patton
was one Of the most emphatic of the en-
dorsers. There were cheers for Prof.
Shields, who had resigned from the
Presbyterian Church, because he had
been SO severely criticised for signing
the application for a beer license for the
inn; but it was President Patton's
speech that evoked the stormiest ap-
plause. President Patton made the fol-
lowing strong and sensible statement:
| know that much of what has lately
been quoted as the law of that the
Presbyterian church is not law and has
no binding authority. But whether it
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-22

where did you get it?" the cry
that has been dinned in the ears of
Richard Croker and the Tammany
chiefs since the Lexow investigation, is
the question now propounded by the
Chicago Tianes-Herald to Gov. Tanner
Of Illinois, who is reputed to have ac-
cumulated some $780, 900, and his asso-
ciates about 100000 apiece. since he
went into office. The explanation that
the money was made in the wheat deal,
by virtue Of tips furnished by Joe
Letter, who ranks as a colonel on the
governors staff, does not seem to ap-
pease the editor of the chief Mckinley
organ of Chicago. Tanner was a good
deal of dose to swallow, but he was
thought to be more palatable than AL
geld and silver.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-22

The election of Stephen Mallory
White Of California as chairman of the
democratic congressional committee is
regarded as a triumph Of the conserva-
tive element of the party and quasi
rebuff to Bryan, despite the pro forma
endorsement Of the Chicago platform.
Fitzgerald of Massachusetts voted for
him. 1t is worth while to remember
that Jerry Simpson of Kansas, who was
elected as democratic populist, was
compelled to withdraw from the meet
ing by the protest of the southern mem
bers. All the indications point to un-
exampled opportunities for "harmoniz-
ing'' in the approaching campaign.