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President
Broke Down.
Professor Barna6y, the head Of HaytsU1He College,
tells hoe the ada1ce Of member Of the faculty sa0ed
him sOEen he g0as aOAot hope. 4 lesson for gOorkers

Professor Alvin P. Barnaby, President of
Hartsvil1e College, at Huntsville, Ind, has
learned the method by which professional
men or business men, or anyone whose
duties are too much for their strength, may
repair their shattered health.
Graduates of the college In ali parts of
the world will rejoice to learn that President
Barnaby has fully recovered from the break
down that threatenedto end his useful career
He IS new man, mentally and physi-
cal1y; energetic, enterpriSing, foil Of vitality.
He tells his own story.
To begin at the beginning" he said, ~
studied too hard while at school.
"After completing the theological course
accepted the charge Of United Brethren
Church at a small town In Kent Co., Mich.
"D1igent work and study finished the
breakdown of my constitution, which be-
gan at school.
My chief trouble was indigestion; this
with other affections, caused nervousness.
My physician sent me away for rest and
change of scene and improved somewhat.
Soon afterward came to the college as
professor IN physics and chemistry. My
nervous trouble returned.
II suffered complete prostration.
Another long course of medicines and
physicians, and managed to get back to my
work. Twas elected president of the college
and the increased work soon told on me.
Then followed total collapse. Ica11ed
IN several doctors bot none could cure me.
My health seemed to be permanently
impaired.
The Press., 1898-07-07
In the House of Commons.

Members are not allowed to refer to
each other by name in debate. The only
member who is properly addressed by
name is the chairman who presides over
the deliberations of the house in COM
mittee. On member rising to speak in
committee he begins with "Mr. Low
ther, - and not with "Mr. Chairman, "
as at public meetings. When the speak
er is in the chair, the formula is "Mr.
Speaker, sir. -
In debate member is distinguished
by the office he holds, as "the right
honorable gentleman the chancellor of
the exchequer, or by the constituency
he represents, as "the honorable gentle
man the member for York" Some
make use of the terms "My honorable
friend" or My right honorable friend "
In case of family relations the same
form is usually observed. Occasionally
"My honorable relative" or "My right
honorable relative" is heard, but Ny
right honorable father" or "My right
honorable brother" though no doubt
allowable, has not been hitherto used.
Nineteenth Century.
The Press., 1898-07-07
MOTHERHOOD.
Mrs. Pinlxham Declares No Woman
Need Despair.

There are many durable causes for
sterility in women. One of the most
common is general debility, accom-
panied by a peculiar condition of the
blood
Write freely and fully to Mrs. Pink
ham. Her address is Lynn, Mass. She
will tell you, free of cha:ge, the cause
of your trouble and what course to
take. Believe me, under right condi-
tions, you have a fair chance to become
the joyful mother of children. Mrs.
Lucy LYLE, 255 Henderson St., Jersey
City, N. j., certainly thinksso. Shesays:
81 am more than proud of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
cannot find words to express the good
it has done me. was troubled very
badly with the leucorrhoea and severe
womb pains. From the time I was
married, in 1882, until last year, was
under the doctors care. We had no
children. l have had nearly every
doctor in Jersey City, and have been
to Belvin Hospital, but all to no avail.
saw Mrs. Pinkham's advertisement
in the paper, and have used five bot
ties of her medicine. 1t has done more
for me than all the doctors ever had
It has stopped my pains, and has
brought me fine little girl. have
been we'll ever since my baby was born.
| heartily recommend Mrs. Pinkhams
medicine to all women suffering from
sterilitY."
The Press., 1898-07-07
Belgian and German Farming.

In Belgium a two acre holding is
sufficient to maintain farmer and his
family. The typical two acre farm in
that country contains patch of wheat
or rye and another of barley. Another
fair portion grows potatoes. A row of
cabbage grows all round on the sloping
sides of the bitches, with row of on
ions just inside, leaving bare walking
room between them and the grain. The
shade trees round the house are pear
trees. Every foot of land is made to
produce, and the farmer keeps pigs and
chickens.
In Germany, out of 5,276, 900 farms,
/ 1913, 900, or % per cent of the whole,
are each under ~ acres in extent, and
of the farms above 56 per cent are cul-
tivated by the owner himself, over %
per cent partly SO, or about So per cent
altogether, leaving / 5 per cent out of
every 100 per cent that are let to ten
ants. In Germany, Notwithstanding
this small size of large proportion of
the farms, 178 out of every 1, 900 inhab-
itants are nevertheless engaged in agri-
culture, whereas in England no more
than 50 are thus occupied, in Scotland
only 81, though 1876 per /, 900 in Ire
land being thus engaged raises the pro-
portion in the whole United Kingdom
to 70 out of that number, less than
half, however, the percentage so en-
ployed in Germany.
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SllnnllftinR.

Nothing has done SO much to encour-
age stealing (shoplifting) as the modern
department stores and their methods,
The problem presented is difficult one
with which to deal, but while mer-
chants have a right to display their
goods the public also has rights and
duties In the matter. IF banker dumps
his cash on tables outside his desk rail-
ings and lets people handle 1t at will,
he would not get much sympathy when
he complained that it had been stolen,
and if he continued the practice because
these losses were more than offset by
the increased profits which the display
resulted Ill. as is the case with the de.
partment stores, there would be much
justice in the claim that he had no right
to make profits by any method which
tended to debauch the public. In short,
it may fairly be maintained that it Is a
prime duty of every citizen to exercise
reasonable diligence in safeguarding his
own property, and that if he neglects
this he becomes in measure menace
to society. international Magazine.
The Press., 1898-07-07

thrown up near promising lick at an
inlet of the lake. He had sailed tho lick
some DAYS before and had since noted
sure signs of moose. Against the judg-
ment of the guide, who secuted his abil-
ity to fool a moose by blind i'll the To-
cation which he had chosen, the doctor
had sworn that if he took one at all he
would take him there, and his patience
and repeated failure was joke of the
camp. Probably he had waited until
darkness had fairly shut in before Civ
ing up his vigil and even then was
stumbling homeward through the
gloom.
Still, while the boys variously &C
counted for his delay, they grew more
and more uneasy, and at length the lam
terms were lighted and they started i'll
body for the lick. No man voiced his
thought or his expectation or spoke a
word until we reached the blind.
And there we found him, dead and
half crushed under the weight of a
moose of 700 pounds. The signs about
told the story. The tracks Yare not two
hours old, and showed that the hulking
deer had come to drink and then had
turned to browse along the fringe of
tapping water. The doctor had taken a
side shot which, in the failing and de-
ceptive light, had not been sure, and the
moose had charged him furiously, a Sec
ond shot failing to stop him. Beaten
down and scattered was the blind, and
behind it hunter and hunted had fought
out their battle to the death of both. A
broken antler told the fury of the on
slaught and splintered rife stock the
desperation of the defense. New York
/ GvrVr
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Lova,s Sweet Work.

A London paper tells this touching
story of Professor Herkomer: ellis aged
father, who lived with him in his SPLEEN
did home at Bushney, used to model
clay in his early life, He has recently
taken to it again, but his fear is that
soon his hands will lose their skill and
his work will show the marks of i'm
perfection. 1t is his one sorrow. AT
night he goes to his early rest, and
when he has gone his talented son goes
to his studio, takes up his fathers feeble
attempts and makes the work as beauti-
full as art can make it. When the old
man comes down in the morning, he
takes the work and looks at 1t and rubs
his hands and says, Ha, can do as
well as ever did.
The Press., 1898-07-07
The Gentle Rarher.

THE operation of shaving, g" said the
thin man. lis constant source of won.
der to me- Just to think of man run
ming keep instrument over your face
and taking nothing off but the beard'
There was pause, and then the thick
faced man asked earnestly:
Would you kindly tell me the name
of your gifted barber?" London Fun.
A man in Virginia rode forty miles, to
Fairfax Station, for the express purpose
OF getting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and took home with him dozen bottles
Of the medicine. The druggist who re-
lates the incident adds: "Your remedy
seems to be general favorlte wherever
known" Its effects are indeed wonder
full in all lung and throat troubles. Pro
cure a bottle at the drug stores of e. X
Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. L. Phillips
South Coventry,
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ROBBED THE GRAvR.-A startling incl
dent, OF which Mr.. John Oliver of Phila-
delphia, was the subject, is narrated by
him as follows II was in most dread
full condition. My skin was almost yell
low, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain
continually in back and sides, no appe-
tite-gradually growing weaker day by
day. Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, friend advised trying Elec-
trio Bitters;' and, to my great Joy and
surprise, the first bottle made decided
improvement. l continued their use for
three weeks, and am now well man.
know they saved my life, and robbed the
grave OF another victim" No one should
fail to try them. Only so cents per bottle
at E. X. Taft's Drug Store. 6.
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Killed Els Sentiment.

A newspaper correspondent at the
battle of Atbara tells good story about
a couple of Scotchmen. He was walk
ing softly about the camp so as not to
disturb the sleepers on the night before
the fight when he overheard senti-
mental Seaforth highlander say to a
comrade:
''Ah, Tam, how many thousands
there are at hame across the sea think
ing O. us the NIGHT. -
Fright, Sandy, replied his chum,
land how many millions there are that
don't care d--n. Go to sleep, you
fool J"
And silence fell upon that corner of
tho s ,uarc
The Press., 1898-07-07

We do not believe there is any truth
in the alarming rumor that there is
some uneasiness i'll expert quarters in
regard to the stability of the dome Of
st. Paul's. We imagine that the only
substratum of fact is this; It is known
that huge iron chain is imbedded in
the stonework of the drum of the dome.
An eminent architect some time since
amused himself by describing the con-
sequences which might ensue II the wa
ter were to reach this chain, There Ia
no reason to suppose that such q thing
has occurred or Is likely to occur, and
the nowly appointed surveyors, Messrs
Somers Clarke and J. T. Middlethwaite,
are fully alive to the desirability of
finding and examining the chain. The
first difficulty appears to be that Its ex
act locality is somewhat uncertain. The
second will be to get at 1t effectively
when it is discovered. London Satur.
day Review
The Press., 1898-07-07

AT length, one day, Professor Bowman,
our instructor In natural science, came to
me and advised me to try DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. They had cured
him Of an illness similar to my own.
II resolved to take his advice.
he first box of pills did me good.
The second box gave great relief, such as
had never experienced from the treatment
of any physician.
Six boxes of the pills cured me. feel
better and stronger than for years. GER
tain1y recommend the medicine"
To strengthen his testimony IN the eyes
of strangers the professor made affidavit to
its truth before Lyman ]. Scudder, local
Notary Public.
The cure of Professor Barnaby was eff
fected by restoring tone to the nervous sys-
tenn, the weakness of which caused his IN
digestion, and was the reason for his break
down. The pure, powerful vegetable IN
gradients Of the pills supply the elements
necessary to build the wasted nerve cells, and
by purifying the blood, assist in the cleans
ing and upbuilding Of the entire system.
The almost miraculous power of the
pills has been exhibited in thousands of
cases like that of Professor Barnaby, prov
ing them to be natures specific for the ner-
vocs breakdown so common among hard
workers.
All druggists self DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, and count them
among the most valuable medicines that
scientific research has ever revealed.
The Press., 1898-07-07

REMARKABLE REsoUE-Mrs. Michael
Curtain, Plainfield, ILL.,, makes the state
ment that she caught cold, which settled
on her lungs; she was treated for a
month by her family physician, but grew
worse. He told her she was hopeless
victim of consumption. and that no medi-
cine could cure her. Her druggist sug-
gested DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption; she bought bottle, and
to her delight found herself benefited
from first dose. She continued It's use,
and. after taking six bottles, found her
self sound and we'll; now does her own
homework, and is as we'll as she ever
was. Free trial bottles of this Great Dis
covery at E. K. Taft's Drug Store. Large
bottles 80 cents and ST.. 6
The Press., 1898-07-07
BLlNDi

Blow, blow, o wind. the clouds aside
That may see the starsl
In heaven glimmers far and wide
The FURNISHED shield of Mars,
And Jupiter and Venus ride
The night in glittering carsl
Blow, blow, 0 wind, the clouds aside
That may see the staIsi
Nay, God has flung his darkness wide
And set the unyielding bars,
And day and night, UNDECIDED, ride
The world in glittering carsl
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson in London Spectator.
The Press., 1898-07-07
THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
Changing Position In the Heavens OF TIL
Celebrated Constellation

Celebrated Constellation.
IF Job were to rise from the dead and
look upon tic heavens, says Professor
4. J. ]. See i'll The Atlantic, he would
see the consultations related TO one an
other as of old, but he would find that
the pole had shifted it's position among
the stars, and if I'm immortal could wit
ness the grand phenomenon which the
procession of the equinoxes produces in
about IL, 900 years he would find the
heavens so altered that the former as
pect could be recognized only by an un-
Outstanding of the changes which had
| interviewed.
AS Humboldt justly remarks, the
beautiful and celebrated constellation
OF the Southern Cross, never seen by
the present inhabitants of Europe and
visible i'll the United States only on our
southern coast, formerly shone ON the
shores of the Baltic, and can again be
seen in that latitude in about IS, 600
years. The cross will then be visible on
the shores of Hudson bay, but at pres
ent it is going rapidly southwark, and
In few thousand years will be invisi-
bic ovcn at the extreme point of Florida.
In like manner the brilliant star Ca
nopus in the constellation Argo, situat-
ed some 81 degrees south of Sirius, is
now visible i'll the southern portion Of
the United States. In about IL, 600 years
it will cease to rise even in Central
America. from the same cause, if Ptol-
envy We're to again look upon the heav-
ems at Alexandria, he would be unable
to recognize Alpha and Beta Centauri,
which he easily saw and catalogued in
the time of Sadrian. At present these
magnificent stars are just visible at the
pyramids, near Cairo, and in few
more thousand years they can be seen
by jewellers on the Nile only in upper
Egypt.
The Press., 1898-07-07
FERTILIZERS!
TO MAKE MONEY!

II you are out OF employment and want a DO
sltion, paying you from $50 to 500 monthly clear
above expenses by working regularly, or II YOU
want TO Increase your present Income from 5000
70 $500 yearly, by working at odd times, write
the GLOBE CO., 723 Chestnut ST., philadelphia
Pa, stating age, whether married or single, last
or present employment, and you can secure a
position with them by which you can make more
money easier and faster than you ever made
before In your life.
The Press., 1898-07-07
An lnConvenien, Parrot.

Young Hankinson (making call)-
You have had that parrot long time,
Miss Laura?
Miss Laura-Y Yes, we have had him
several years,
"Quite intelligent, is he not?"
Every. He can initiate almost any
thing.
They have remarkably clever par.
rot over at the Casterlins, Miss Laura.
1t can initiate the sound of a kiss to
perfection. Is that among the accom-
plishments of our feathered friend here
in the corner?'
Miss Laura (indignantly)-No, sir.
He does not attempt an imitation of a
sound he is not accustomed to hear Mr..
Hankinson.
The Parrot Wait, George, dear, till
l take this bird out of the Eoum.-Lou.
{ ~ Tit Bits.
The Press., 1898-07-07

Worth KNOWING Thousands have
found friend IN Bacon's Celery King.
If you have never used this great specific
for the prevailing maladies, Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint, rheumatism, Costive-
ness, Nervous Exhaustion, Nervous Pros
tration, Sleeplessness, and all diseases
arising from arrangement Of the stomach,
liver and kidneys, we shall be pleased to
give you a package of this nerve tonic
free of charge. Large packages SOC. and
25c. E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs; W..
p Enllar SOnara
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A Brief Lesson In Spapish.

Commerce." and 'incommunicado"
still prove that the American editor ID
unaware that double III S do not exist
in tine Spanish Language. Mexican
Herald.
The Press., 1898-07-07

How TO CURE COLD.-Slmply take
Otto's Cure. We know Of its astonishing
cures, and that it will stop cough quick
er than any known remedy. If you have
Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption or any
disease of the throat and lungs, few
doses OF this great remedy will surprise
you. If you wish to try, call at our store
and we will be pleased to furnish you a
sample hottie free of cost. Large bottles
SOC. and 25c. Elk. Taft, Stafford Springs;
w. P. Fuller, Somers. !
The Press., 1898-07-07

Plant Ei,nWara.

Plant here the flowers where mark the hags
That 6utter DER those sacred mounds.
While echo 'mongst fares list ming crags
From peak to towering peak resounds
Ehe names of those whn sleep beneath
And soar alott on glorys breath.
The Press., 1898-07-07

"Our customers say you manufacture
three of the best remedies on earth, !" said
the mercantile firm of Haas, Harris, Brim
& McLain of Dawson, Ca, In recent
letter to the Chamberlain Medicine Co.
This is the universal verdict. Chamber
lain's Pain Balm is the finest preparation
in the world for rheumatism, neuralgia,
lame back, quinsey, sore throat, cuts,
bruises, burns, scalds, pains and swell
ings. A 25 cent bottle of this liniment
in the house will save great deal of suf-
fering. Buy it at the drug stores OF E. K.
Taft, Stafford Springs, and g. L. Phillips,
South Coventry.
The Press., 1898-07-07
Veterans In Conrress.

It is interesting to know just at this
time that in the United States senate
there are IL senators who served in the
Union army and IL who served in the
Confederate army There are 81 repre-
sentatives who served In the Union army
and 80 who are ex-Confederates.- Kan
sas City Journal.
The Press., 1898-07-07

Many stories have been told of
Manchester man who is supposed to be
the-well, IA pnt it ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
man in England. But we think the fol-
lowing is the funniest;
'Mamma, u child was heard to say
in an awestruck whisper, after pro-
longed survey of the peculiar features
of the guest, "that gentleman 8 mamma
must have loved children very, very
much. -
"Why SO, my dear?" inquired the I'M
suspecting parent.
"Oh, returned the child in the samel
audible whisper, cause she brought
him up. STRAND Magazine.
The Press., 1898-07-07

a meu'ncr OF che mouse went to
speaker Reed ono day and said that he
bad been selected by his delegation to
deliver eulogy on deceased member.
81 did not know the member very
we'll, remarked the congressman,
land SO i thought / would ask You
what should say.
''Well, said Mr.. Reed, with his in.
imitable drawl, "say anything except
the truth. Washington Post.
Mr. CB, Bush, president of the Gilmer
county court, tells briefly his experience
with an epidemic of bloody fiux in his
family. He writes under date of October
8, 1895, at Auburn, W. Va. During the
past summer we had three cases of bloody
fiux In our family which we cured in less
than one week with Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhna Remedy. In some
instances there were twenty hemorrhages
day." This remedy never fails to cure
the worst cases of bloody flux and all
bowel complaints, and every family should
keep it at hand. For sale by E. K.
Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. L. Phillips,
South Coventry.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-10

bearing me along with my legs drag
ging upon the ground. Coming to an
open space he laid me down, and, back
ing away for a distance of two or three
yards, lay crouched, watching me in
tently, after the manner of a cat that
plays with a mouse.
From the position in which 1 lay 1
could look straight into his yellow eyes
and could see the curling in and out of
the tip of the supple tail. Then as with
every second l expected the tiger to
leap upon me and tear me, there crash
ed in the jungle's stiffness the loud re-
port of a gun, close at hand. / saw the
tiger leap to his feet, whirl toward the
sound, and he roared once as he rear
ed himself almost upright on his hind
legs; then fell over on his side strug-
Cling.
1T was from the old irelock that I
had set in order that morning-the
East Indian company musket of Dassa
Balhua that the shot had come which
saved my life. The shikari had found
the path the tiger was accustomed to
taxi in going from his den to the near
est water course to drink. In a thick
leaved tree overlooking this path he
had built a platform, and from this he
had watched daily for a chance to shoot
at the brute. Waiting here this day
he saw the tiger come into view from
an unexpected quarter dragging me
along by the shoulder. When he saw
the tiger drop me in the open space and
lay himself down at a little distance
away, the shikari fired at him, aiming
at the head, for he knew that il not
killed the first act of the brute would
be to kill me. The tiger, struck in the
ear by the heavy bullet, died almost in
his tracks.
After the shot was fired l lay still,
not feeling sure that the tiger was real
ly done for, until I saw Dassa Balhua
come toward me from the tree. When
l lifted my head the shikari was
startled for he had thought that l was
dead. But he came to me and lifted
me by the shoulders SO that by turn
ing my head I could see the tiger lying
stretched on his side.
"'He can trouble you no more. sab
ib,' said the shikari. The tiger is
dead
"The shikari opened my jacket and
examined my wounds, and then went
down to the road to intercept my SER
wants. By the time he came back with
them my wounds were getting painful.
While one of the servants rode to the
nearest bungalow for men and a litter,
I lay watching the shikari skin the
tiger. 1t was a young animal, full
grown, with a glossy, beautifully
marked skin, and terrible teeth and
claws. With the skin and the govern
ment bounty and the hundred rupees
that I gave him, Dassa Balhua had no
reason to complain of his days fortune.
l was taken out of the jungle that
night, and to my home the next day. !
had a bad shoulder, with fever, that
kept me laid up for three or four weeks
and 1 did not regain the full use of my
right arm for years. But l think
got off WELL"