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Try AIlen,s Foot Ease,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot
 and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swol- len and sweating feet, blsters and callous spots. rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 26c. Trial package FRRR. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeR0y, N. Y
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Attention is called to the new adver- tisement of the New London Business
 College, to be found in another column. Parents and guardians, young men and women, boys and girls, may find 1t of ad- vantage to read what this institution has to say. Any one may have a catalogue by addressing R. A. Brubeck, Principal, New London, Conn.
 Central Vermont Railroad (N. L. N. division )-trains leave:
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ROCKVILLE.

One of Congressman K. s. Henry's barns, on the outskirts of the city of Rock vile, was struck by lightning dur- Ing a severe thunder shower yesterday afternoon. The barn, which was filled with 70 tons of hay, was burned to the ground. The loss Is $2O00, covered by insurance. The Jersey stock barns were saved af1 #4e#r1.--s fa
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District Committeeman W. H. Hall

District Committeeman W. H. Hall announces the following calendar for the school in district No. 9 for the coming year First term begins Sept. 5, closes Nov. 1S. II weeks: second term begins Dec. 5, closes March r, IA weeks, with weeks recess at Christmas, Dec. 23d to Jan. g.; third term begins April 10.h, closes June 18th, Il weeks; total, 36 weeks. The school will be taught by Miss Annie o. Britton of Willimantic. Miss Britton is a normal school graduate, and comes to us very highly recommend ed by State Secretary 0. D. Hine, and also by George P. Pheuix, principal of the normal school. ..re-.....
 What promised to be by far the best game of the season in baseball was start ed on Pinney lot last Saturday at four o'clock. The teams playing were the Junior League Stars of WilliInantic and the South Willingtons. The Stars, with Murdock in the box, had a good strong team, and for the first few innings 1t looked as If it would be a tight game. But in the fifth inning Mul dock got angry because one of his players made an error and he did the baby trick, that Is he re- fused to play any more. The Stars then put Nichols in the box, and the game was a cinch for the South Willingtons. The batteries were: South Willington, Prue and Sullivan; League Stars, Murdock, Nichols and billion. The score:
 So. Wilmington, O o 1-4
 League Stars, 0 o o o 1-4
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NOTICE is hereby given that my wife, IN Mary Parker, has left my bed and board without just cause or provocation, and all per- sons are warned not to trust her on my account, as will not be responsible for any debts con- tracted by her.
 Dated at South Coventry, Holland County, Conn.,, August 5, 1S96s
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 Miss Edyth Scott Is spending the week visiting friends in Providence.
 Miss A. Clair Morrison of Willimantie spent Sunday at w. H. Halls.
 Origin Hall attended the veterans re- union in Willimantic Wednesday.
 Miss Nellie Morrison has purchased g new Eagle bicycle of J. W. Harrison. MT. and Mrs. c. w. Holman of Bridge port have been visiting at W. H. Hall's.
 Miss Lillie Whiting has been spending short vacation with relatives in Bloom field. s.e-a t- -@ MT. Aldrich, who has been in the Nor wich hospital for some weeks, Is now with his friends. c, .- At the semi-annual election of officers of the Y. P. s. c. E. held recently, thu old board was reelected. ~'s- s Homer N. Neil has sold the house ana other buildings and seventy-fiv acres O his farm, which Is on the Holland side O the river, to Frank Paboda, who has beeI living on 1t for the past few years. MT Neil retains 100 acres of woodland. The annual excursion of the employe of G. Hall, Jr. < Go. to Watch Hill ant Block Island will take place next Satur day, Aug. 26th. The party will have special car attached to the regular Blocl Island train. It Is expected that larg number will go, and the outlook now that 1t will be a lonesome day in Soul Willington. Tickets should be secure early, as there are a limited number. Tn fare for the round trip will be $1. Chi dren, 65 cents. The train Is scheduled t leave South Willington at SIS. Don get left. ;.
The Press., 1898-08-18

day and was made the most of by q large attendance. Glover's bus carried large load and enough other teams were em: ployed to swell the number to some over eighty. The day was delightfully spent and there were no accidents to mar the pleasure of the occasion. Quite & mum. Der took advantage of being in the vicini ty of the home of Horton Dwight and made him q visit.
 Mrs. Lillian Holtham of Hyde Park MAss. who came here some weeks agC on visit to her uncle, Rev. l.. s. Good ell. has been taken dangerously i'll with typhoid fever, and it Is feared that shs will not recover. Her husband and ( brother arrived here Tuesday, and an un cle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. Davis of Prov ping at the Springs House. Mrs. Hol tham's little girl Is being cared for at thu Springs by Miss Jennie GoOdell and hei sister, Mrs. Chapman. Dr. Nichols hai charge of the case, and Is assisted by [ trained nurse from the city.
 Many of the young people of this vii lage will remember Frank Alden, wh, was in the habit of visiting here in com pany with his sister, Martha, and of ou mentioning at the beginning of the wa that he was . member of the 71st Nev York. His aunt, Mrs. Mary Cady, re celved word from his parents, Tuesday that Frank died of fever at Santiago, Au gust 18th. He was 2s years of age, am an only son; . young man of unexcep tionable character, and had already file many important positions of trust. Hi early death Is deeply regretted by hi many friends. His parents, Mir. and Mn Albert Alden, of Mount Vernon, N. Y, are prostrated by the sad news.
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EpIrApH.
II Is ON the D%Ilapidated Stone nj the
Head of n Patriots Grave In a
Vermont Cemetery.

u was up in Vermont not long ago
said a New Yorker, land, being in III,
vicinity of the old Guilford cemetery
paid it a visit. This cemetery has.
from neglect, grown TO be somewhat of
a miniature wilderness, and the inscrip-
tons on many of the ancient crave
stones are past all deciphering. On one
stone that stands in picturesque OBJ
iiquity at the head of a sunken and
overgrown grave | managed to decipher
what had been inscribed there genera
tons ago and copitd it, This is what
the Inscription says:
sacred TO the memory of Hon.
henJamon Carpenter, ESQ. Born in
keheooth, Mass, A. ID. 1925. A public
teacher of righteousness. an able adj
vocate lost for democracy and the equal
rights OF men. Removed to this town
A. D. 40 Was a field officer in the
revolutionary war. A founder of the
hrst constitution and government of
' Vermont, a councillor of censors in A.
d. 1888. A member of the council and
governor of the state in A,
D. 1873, A firm professor in Christian
~ in the Baptist church for 80 wears.
this world and 146 persons Of
meal posterity March 30, 1904, aged Is
years. 10 months and 10 days, with a
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MATRIMONIAL LOTTERY.
u ""rio"s custom Which Prevails
In n Russian Proyince-The
Principal Prize.

In one of Gilbert and Sulliyan's onera,
a much-sought young man proposes
when pursued by 40 lovesick maidpus ,
,ha' he be put up at a rattle. Cynics
nave often remarked that marriooe is
q lottery, and that grim Scotch libret-
flSt may have obtained inspiration from
inns statement. AS a matter of fact
"eN II is a real lottery in the PROV
ilce of Smolensk, Russia. A recently.
returned raVel has this to say of the
curious custom, which is observed every
three months;
husbands and wives are chosen by
rue enahce drawing of a lottery ticket,
! ne tickets cost one ruble each. There
}. 'oIF one prize to be drawn. and it con-
s'S'S OF the entire sum yielded by the
SUIT oil the tickets, amounting to 5000
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only thing you dom, -
'nls street said a conductor 81 . y. oI
var on west Broadway, sis an Am:ree '
n". mere amt no Americans. anur ean
except the Indians, and n schoay way
'ola me t'other day that tbe InS an'
rame from Norway about 1000 unans
ago, She said they found sona years
IN west Virginia just like some zones
.ney found in Norway, and unda ZONES
same distance of ground: So 'ne
inc 'ne NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. peonle s.me
ilved in mud houses+are tbe ran mat
cans But them, too, were vel,on, ar,
,ane from China, so there ain,t ana
,nan r,cans' and never have been. co ~
the street car conductor son'
p'aVen'ly, as he went into the IN
n ' a rare from some foreienerU
J. Commercial Advertiser.
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TIE LAW IN TIE CASE.
twas So Plain AID simple That There
Was No Need of an
Appeal.

Inc man IN the southwest had stolen III
norSe beyond the peradventure of a Doubt
iioi ne mad been taken with the horse unde
him and the owners name was on N.
blanket. Under the circumstances h,
should have been thankful that he bar
neeh granted even so much as a trial nv :
}ndge on a soap box, because many snch of
tenders, with far less evidence of guilt. had
peen swung up TO the nearest telegram mole
on SIGHT: But this one had had a trial and
'hs verdict had been duly announced.
vents remarked the Judge, who was AT.
~ Iu d req nannel shirt and sand colored
p9ntaioons, take the prisoner"
The eager crowd made a rush for him vbor
a iaWyer from the effete east, who was nres'
judge: shouted 10 the
trary to the law" 'on'
The Judge, being a good -natured fellow and
a Gentleman by instinct, stopped it as 70,
What's that the gent says ?" he asked
ms procedure is contrary to the law"
replied the lawyer. ""'
.".TM.hat law" said the Judge, in surprise,
.i he accepted law of the land"
reckon not smiled the iudce
,or nu 1 tell you 1t is, persisted the law.
JAw, 60 jangle yourself" exclaimed tbe
Judge. Don't | know law? Law IS rrIe
o. q action prescribing what is right and nro.
hloltlns what is wrong. Now, mister, and
ns Contlnued IN a less friendly tone, "if You
u ur pedav 70 tell these here gents that It is
wrong TO hang a man fer boss stealin' Won
nave got the permission of the court to d. II
the court amt goin' to be resnons;hln
terments." t" Win 'hem sen
me crowd assented to this proposition
WIN a shout of admiration for The ;udce
,no me legal luminary from the east Win
npew WIN more or less precipitance.-Wasb.
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TAKING CHANCES IN LIFE.
or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
't Persons Under Marriage
able Age.

lug 'naneeS at birth that a baby will
eventually marry are nine in tvor+,.
OF rather less than one-half, This rosrI,
may seem surprising, but it is larool,.
accounted for by the great mortalit,,
VI persons under marriagcable npe &c.
pec'ally OF infants up to the ape ot
I'VE NO fewer tlan IS per cent. Of bn'
o'es dle before they are five venrs Ia
ana - per cent. of the whole population
'e'ore me age of IS. The females ont.
''uh'oer the males in this country in tbs
proportion of LOG, TO 100. Ont. If eysrr
eoo persons now living in this countr,
% are single, IS are married and sro
are widowed. So that, on the averano
one person in every twenty Won mao,
III the streets, in the train. or wbo.auo
II may be will be either a widow ~
"ioower' and three out of five will ha
unmarried. ''' DC
IN England an average husband md
VIZ on 'nelr wedding day may expect,
10 live together for 81 years, in Franz
20 in Holland and Belgium % h,,,
III Russia 30. % o"'
Inc most popular time for - wou,,
get married is from her twen,v,fna,
her t%wenty-fifth wear. ipciusiro
lore 'han one-half of the women who
marry at all marry in these five vs,n,
'he'f NE, and another quarter NARY
'e'"een the ages of 25 and 10 wei
,he" not quite one-half marry between
ne ages of 20 and 25. and mora th.,
,nird between the ages of 25 and an
Inc average age of marrying is inst,
ei 80 TOR women and just under os
men. These figures include remo
'ages' For spinsters only the avaramo
ge is 26h. 1t is a noticeable fact .hss
!. 'he last ten years the ayerao, aaa
/ marrying has, for men and wom
i.He' gone up half "A year. !
taking the complete quarter an1,na I
n the last day of March, june. sentsma c
er II December, respectively. tbs No., !
'mper quarter is most prolific in mar. 5
ages and the spring and summar !,
'"r,ers come next, ,about equal. with ;,
&c March quarter a long, way hsbina i
DR.. 1. D. Denham, in pearsnm,. I
'eekly. AedisoH : v
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THE WAVE THEORY.
As IL Was E%lucidated by n HlbUIoua
Scientist md stntes-
man,

II does not matter, so far as the tru.
science of this chronicle is concerned
whether the statesman mentioned here
in is a senator or a mere representative
or whether he halls from the near cas-
on the far west. Suffice ii that he is il
learning much superior to his fellow
statesmen. and he is much more of a
scientist than he is a warrior. lie Is
also more of a bibul!st than he is a tenn
%perancist, and one particular friend of
his is constantly on his trail with per-
suasions of all kinds against this grow
ing habit. Not long ago the two men
were at the statesman's apartments and
the host was eXpatiating on the wave
theory of light, says the Washington
Star.
Color, you know, my dear major"
he was saying, us a sensation produced
by the action of very minute waves upon
The nervous substance of the retina,
When these waves have a length OF
about l-3o,0OOth of an inch they pro-
luce the sensation which we call red.
When they have"
The statesman stopped in the midst
# bis remarks to see what his friend
vas doing or going to do with a tape
measure he had taken from his pocket,
Go on, don't mind me-" expostulated
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si " something in the Sound
Which Warrants the Queer
Conclusion.

i didn't know whut it wab Whom 7 w,
dnILteo, sad Mr.. Eiastus Pinkley, AN
T,uh ! know Whut It was while was dar
9ut now DAT Is done got away an hab
enahce ter INK it ovuh, | knows whut !,
companion. '"q"''eu III
rs talkin' bout education; dat's wbut ,
u.s. ne reason mo people doesn't show sense
Is because dey doesn't stop an give dew
~ 5r9lnS a bump er two SOS ter %eynIan.
ny ION dahS is, std o. askin' questions
o. Wah talkin' bout bein' some place
"Y1Yrafssir. I was to a symposium"
Oar You is: dar You is. Da's ;os' ,vb,t
l pm ta!kin' bout, You wouldn't usn yoh
Vlln an make de .%skivvery fob yohse'f
on gotter aX somebody
pocs y,oG, know whut it means?"
.Iose do, An | didn' nv nobod,
neither; Now I'll show yer les how ~
zone III give yer some facts fer wuck
on so you KIN draw yoh own conclusions II
cost % cents TO git inter de place. blacIh,rrmv
an : gin COS 10 cents er drink, an if You took
{ lazy Iu{ 10 supper You couldn't cit er pig'I
you call dat" N0"' ""u' uoeS
las night?' 01 say 'ou oeeh
"lts a symposium"
~ hut do dat mean?"
II means dat when you goes to ono o,
uem ae natural fo'gone conclusion is dst
'ou slls supposed on.'-Washington Star
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Younger unn..

~ : younger wo-
feeoss have tsJnan. Es,,.
or GERS sarsaps. souplsa
quite satisfied tb.,,a saSAsl
-ssIth to this trratm.n,' owl
monial purely in iSiu', Kim
", NE eye of some nope u
"zAs L'SoAhD, w%oods,oepS0' t !
DR.. Ayers sarsspariI., o
70 every corner of The ia ha,ss
OF Il, friends those mhoild D.
who know they we, VINO hast,s
the remedy. There 'atsd III
as this personal tes,im no'hiai
theories and fane,ssn ohy, M
stands soiidiy unon to the \
positive II kno,e." 's,y si.ps
with ITS purifying and ID
norm OF disease that bepiinn,saiI
ulcers, boils, eruptionse tansl
s sases yield promptly i, " ~
hut 1850 are more s,ubbo,nn, \, l
RIA usually results IN NJ, AysiiI
y, mary Lingard began WIN eonp&a
went on to a course Of D WIN I V
rilia. When she was pr, Ayeril
nui : medicine that sou ,Ip sA,|
7 po,tles each spring and rs tool
health. There are n "u aspti
on record. snrsands NJ
sathefed into DR.. Ayers CO. Y
3ook Of 100 pages which i.aieDN(
!. T. Aver Co., Lowell, MAS n,i's
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A FRIENDS ADVlc
And what it led to.

II Is not q common occu.o. Il
friendly word should he the means Of Civ
ing nearly forty years Of happiness and
health TO the person needing the advice i
carried. This was the case with Marv
Liugard. At twenty-five she was dragging
out her days in misery. Al sixty.one she
find herself so active and strong she can
do work that would shame many a younger
woman, and looks back on thirty-six
happy, healthful years OF industry. nut
let her tell her story:
"Thirty-six years ago I had great trouble
with my liver. The doctors allowed that
there were tumors growing on II, and they
blistered my side In an effort to give me
relief. / was at that time earning nv
living as a tailoress, but for five wears.
between the pain in my side and the
Dlisters l was IN constant misery, and
work was a drag 10 me-, with no p%rospect
OF, relief; fortunately for me, however. a
TREND advised me to take DR.. Ayers Sar
saparilla, and finally persuaded me to take
regular course OF II. When I first com
nenced taking the Sarsaparilia nv side
was so painful that l could not fasteu nv
dress, and for a time l did not get anv
relief, but my friend advised me to per. |
severe and relief was sure to ceme. and
come 1t did. This happened, as I saw.
thirty-six years ago. My liver has never
troubled me since, and during these years |
l have. passed through the most critical ,
period OF a woman's life without any par
ticular trouble, and to-day. Il sixfy.one
years OF age, l am active and strong. and
aoie TO do a days work that would upset
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-05-21

Mr.. William Ashford, proprietor .
ane Monarch dance hall and saloou
wishes us to notify all people wbo bau'
, ~itni go, .a' aust and nuggets at his plac'
wi'mn the last two weeks to call NJ n"e'
ana remove the same. He ho,
poo 40 bags, bottles md :"
which various parties bayo ans
peh'nd his bar, and thew mr.. lung
oh'yt'n the way, but it is nm wv "o'
.,oh on good nature to expect hi" 's',
give them room while he is So ora, 70
,pr space: The aggregate amouut 60
snis'1unk is about half a million doi,s1 Of
parcels as are uncalled for ns.HN
Two weeks will be turned into Tho l.ef
pneai 1und or handed out to Who's aos'
wants to bother to take them aw m"0evel
nAn,ord is n of the best-noturs5 Mr'
.n Alaska and it is not n fair daa "en
cutter up his space and then ,ur ra' 10
M fn,ooh INTO a junkshop. - K,ona; n's
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AFGHAN NEW M
Told the Amecr She wop,., E.a
nnd She Got 1t, Along with
Male Dress.

The new woman has penetrated eve,
10 the harem of the ameer of Afphon
stan, where she wears male attire nm,
aces as She pIeases, says the Ladies
Pictorial.
h ameer picked her IN on his 20,
turn Journey from the northern mart ~
us domlnlons a good many years ago
9He mad been brought before him NV an
angry father and proposed husband for
punishment. She would not conform
10 the usage of the country and enter
'ne married state, though She had then
reached the age when it was incnr'
oent upon her to do so.
Inc girl declared she had rim wild
an her life, and did not wish to pive nm
,tr freedom to be shut up in a harem
She sought the ameer's protection and
obtained it. anu
All right he said, since YOU want
~ De Tree you shall be, but free Won
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shot the Way the Dog Came.

HE other day Ole Hanson had trouhl
with a b%ellicose dog that belonged to hi
nelghbor, a Russian by the name Of Hayy;
Drenkoyltskey. The Swede shot the doc
as soon as he discovered that he was moi
friendly to him, and the sequel found lodg
ing IN a justices court. When Ole was nre9
pounded lnerrogatories by the attorney for
the prosecution he evidenced a sense Of ms
tee IN framing replies that is rarely Mt.
What t, sort Of q gun did you have, Mr..
Hanson" inquired the attorney.
rs var two.hole shotgun"
Double barrel?"
Vas, das ct"
scared him away" nave
AYE might eff aye had not bane scare so
why didn't you take the other end of the
gun ana scare him away"
val, master lawyer, w dedn't de- doc
Diet vay?" ''H' " no
The lawyer is still wondering if ,hcro
WASH : eNtenuating circumstances connected
with the shooting.-Denver Times.
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rubles, together with n adv daso,.,.

rubles, together with a lady describsd
as OF noble blood. The tickets ora ~
op'y to males, and the lucky winner ot
me prize will have to marry tbe dam
sci II he takes the 5000 rubles. If hov,.
ever he be already married he IL ",
,'oer'y to turn over the money and tha
iaoy TO any friend whom he NAV wick
10 put in for such n good thing. If
winner should be willing to marry hnt
IS not found to be to the damsel's taste
'neh they are to be excused from m,t
r'nony and permitted to divide ,ha
rooles. 1t is not hard to imagine = con'
u'''on OF affairs where the lady in ths
ease refuses her chosen lord and pre.
> e .oo 10 take the cash, deciding that
.'ooo r"oles is more to be desired than
." more or less doubtful happiness With
""""s nOtn-
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strong mind and full faith OF a more
glorious state hereafter. Stature about
SIX feet, weight 200, Death had no
terror
III there are any of those 1916 persons
or Ilneal posterity left, | think ii would
something to their credit If they
would drop along up that way some
day and fix up that old patriots and
statesman's grave a little"
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AN ANCIENT T
From Republican Traveller, rkansasr ,,,

From Republican, Traveller, Arkansas c,,v
Kan.
fllerlmages to some shrine of st. vitus
70 cure the disease known as st. Wins
dance are no longer made. The modern
way, OF treating this affection is within
reach OF every household, as is shown bv the
experience of Karl A. Wagner, the eleven,
Sear-ald son Of George Wagner, of 5l5 9th
the story as follows: ' 'e'lS
.over a year ago." he says, Karl was
taken with st. Nitus' dance and continual
10 grow worse during five months he was
under a physisian's care. His tongue be-,
came paralyzed and we could not understand
a word he said. He became yerv thin Ino,
me use OF his right leg and seemed doomed ned
70 become a hopeless invalid. We had about
gwen up hope when DR.. Williams Pink
rlls Tor Pale People were recommended to
my wlfe by a lady whose daughter had been
cured OF a similar affection bv the nils VI
Il bought a box of them at onca an5 soo,