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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28
Scared TennvsoD.

Tennyson one day entered club read
ing room and sat down in large arm
chair before the fire. Much to the amaze
ment of the other occupants of the
room, he proceeded to elevate his feet
until they rested ON the chimneypiece
in ''real American fashion. No expos
tulations on the part of his friends re-
specting the inelegance of the position
were of the slightest avail, Suddenly a
brilliant inspiration seized one of them
Going close to Lord Tennyson, he whis.
pered in his ear, Take your feet down
or they'll mistake you for Longfellow. -
In an instant the poets boots were on
the floor, and he assumed the ordinary
position Of an Englishman.-San Fran
cisco Argonaut
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28

Stutterly = M-M-i-ss D-a-a-tely--
G-g-g-race, aw. Ill w-won't you bee
IN m-my-
Miss Dately (shylyl-What did. you
say, Mr.. Stutterly?
Stutterly- Ww-w-on't y-y-ou be-e-e
my wu wu -wu wife. I-I-I-I-I
s-s-s-s-s-aid
Miss Dately-Oh, George, this is SO
sudden Cincinnati Commercial Trib.
une
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28

Worth KNOWING Thousands have
found friend IN Bacon's Celery King.
Ii 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 package of this nerve tonic
free OF charge. Large packages SOC. and
goo. E. X. Taft, Stafford Springs; w.
p. Fuller, SOmers.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28
General Crespo, who was killed in bat-

General Crespo, who was killed In bat
tie in Venezuela, was president of that Ie-
public when President Cleveland took the
part of Venezuela against Great Britain
in the Guiana boundary dispute. He was
succeeded in September last by President
Andrade, and then became general-in-
chief of the army. His admiration for the
United States was unbounded, and his
sons were educated here.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28
Calm LIN Time Of Emerrenoy.

Servant crushing in)-Ma'am, the
house is on frel
\ Boston Mistress (who is giving . 3
O'clock tea Summon the fire depart
ment, Honoria, and do not disturb as
again. We are discussing the ''crine Of
ths split inanitive. - Chicago Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28

FREE PILLs.-Send your address to III.
E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get free
sample box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
A trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and partic-
ularly effective in the cure of Constipa-
tion and Sick Headache. For Malaria
and Liver troubles they have been proved
invaluable. They are guaranteed to be
perfectly free from every deleterious sub
stance and to be purely vegetable. They
do not weaken by their action, but by Civ
ing tone to stomach and bowels greatly
invigorate the system. Regular size, 26C.
per box. Sold by Elk. Taft, druggist. 2
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items OF local interest taken from the columns
Of The Press, thirty years ago.l
May l, 1868.


The commissioners appointed to take
evidence in the contested election case of
the representatives from this town will
hold a hearing next week. either at the
town house or at Fosters hall.
q. M. Ives, agent of the Granite Mill
Co., is doing good work in building
sidewalks and other street improvements
in front Of the lots of that company on
East -Main-st Also West Main-st. is be-
ing improved by private enterprise.
Julius Converse is having the street and
sidewalk repaired in the vicinity of his
residence, and g. c. Parkess is draining
off the wet place at the watering trough,
near Fosters fish market Who knows
but our village will some day have COM
Portable sidewalks, like other villages?
The population of Chaplin at the last
census was 1888. Since that time 90 were
killed or died in the army, leaving the
population not over ITO. The oldest in
habitant is 96. Ten are between 80 and
100; fourteen between 80 and 80, and
forty between 20 and 80. Thus one in
fourteen of the inhabitants is 20 or over.
But few If any towns can show such a
record of longevity, or such sacrifice In
the service of the country, according to
population.
BIRTHS.
In Stafford (Orcuttville), April 24th,
1868, daughter to Josiah Converse.
At AtStafford Springs, April 26th, a daugh-
ter to James Vinica.
MARRIAGES.
At Putnam, April 10Th, 1868, Erson q.
Cushman of Stafford, and Mrs. Mary A.
Braman OF Putnam.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28

IT WILL SURPRISE Youth order to
prove the great merit of Ely's Cream
Balm, the most effective cure for Catarrh
and Cold in Head, your druggist will sup.
ply generous 10 cent trial size or we
will mail for 10 cents. Full size so eta.
ELY Bros, 55 Warren ST.. N. Y. City.
Els's Cream Balm has completely cured
me of catarrh when everything else failed
Many acquaintances have used it with
excellent results. w, Stevens,
Caldwell, Ohio
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28
Furniture.

1t is recognized by econom-
ical-minded people that this
is the best place to come to
for furniture. Our prices are
said to be unapproachable.
Witness, if you please:
DINING FURNITURE:
Our splendid oak box dining chairs, with
large cane seats, high three-paneled backs,
at
$1.35 each.
Our 6-foot size oak dining tables, in two
shapes, squares and oblong tops, at
1915 each.
Our S-foot size in the same tables, at
&4.75 each.
Our oak tables with six legs, finely finished,
In nS-foot sizes at a-s-foot size at
SO each.
Our solid oak tables, with block corners fine
finish and massive fiuted legs, 6-foot size
$3.50 each.
Our remarkable sldeboard, well made, with
three drawers, two cupboards, and big
$40 each.
Our solid oak sideboard, well made, with
shaped French bevel mirror, lined silver
drawers. cast trimmings, three drawers,
$11.5O each.
Our splendid line of finer sideboards
and china closets.
When in need of furniture think of
this store hrst-it will pay you we'll to
do so .......
FORRES & WALLACE.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28

prUuu name mas never been
humbled in the dust. . said Miss Par
Venoo.
"Oh, yes, it has, Sally!'' said the in
convenient and Objectionable old friend
of the family. II remember it happenin
40 years ago. when the wind blowed
down the sign off your grandfather's
shoe shop. Indianapolis Journal.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28

The Anglo-Saxon race, the world over,
is favorable to the United States In the
position it has taken with reference to
Cuba.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28
should have Made an nro.pt,ou.

She-Don't you think Mrs Wapsley
is beautiful woman?
He-She is a beautiful woman-the
most beautiful woman. think, that /
have ever seen.
She (after he has gone)-I wonder If
he has always been such fool or
whether it has just begun to grow ON
him lately Cleveland Leader
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28
ava0I Summer Curtains.

A fine stock at unmatchabIe
prices. And now the assort-
ment is complete. 1t is a
good time to get new bright
ness for your dining room,
chamber or summer cottage
windows. We are selling:
Curtains OF white muslin, two ana one-half
yards long, with white ruf1es, at
69c per pair!
Curtains OF white lappet muslins, two and
one-half yards long. at
05c per pair!
Figured white muslin curtains, two and one
half yards long, ruffies OF same material. at
SIC per pair!
Others at 81.3s, $3.50. II 80 to S4.5O per pair.
Curtains of ish net, two and one-half yards
long, at
05c per pair!
Others at sl.SS, $3.50, 81, $3.50, S0.75, and 50.
Curtains of printed lappet muslins
in beautiful patterns, such as azalea,
wisteria, daisy, rose, etc, with ruffles
of same material or white muslin-at
$118 per pair.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28
Closing Out The
WARWICK BICYCLES,

1t is now in order to get rid
of what remains of the SIS
Mems Warwicks quickly, and
to do so we have reduced the
price-to $40.
We shall see the end of
them in short time, Judging by
the way they are going. If
you are thinking of investing
in a bicycle NOW is the
golden opportunity.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28
BIRTHS.

In Stafford (Orcuttville), April Gath,
1868, daughter to Josiah Converse.
AtStafford Springs, April 26th, a daugh-
ter to James Vinica.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-28

MARRIAGES.
At Putnam, April 10th, 1868, Erson G..
Cushman of Stafford, and Mrs. Mary A.
Braman of Putnam.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
POPE LEO AT HOME.
An American woman's Audience with the
Il Venerable POntifE.

An American Woman's Audience With the
Venerable Pontiff.
In the February Ladies' Home Jour-
nal Inez Merrill, an American woman.
thus describes an audience with Pope
Leo XIII: "As the pope entered the
room all present knelt," she says and
goes on to explain: "We had no definite
idea Of the etiquette of the occasion, so
we proceeded as we thought best. He
came to our party almost at once and
addressed me first. He speaks French
to the general public, to priests he
speaks Latin.
"Six priests kept close to the pope as
he moved about the room. One of them
was an interpreter, who supplied the
missing links in the conversation if nee
essary, in order, suppose, to make the
occasion less tedious to the pope. How
ever, the holy father spoke distinctly
and slowly, and in spite OF the excite
ment of the moment we were able to
understand all that he said.
''Pope Leo XIII looks very old, very
feeble, with that pallor peculiar to age;
his eyes are black and shining, but
withal kindly; his thin, white hair and
noble brow would incline one to a feel
ing of reverence even if he were not
pope. He is of medium height, and his
shoulders are little rounded, as might
be in one who looks down from such an
elevation as his. His smile-tbat very
much talked Of smile--is benign. He
wore bright red cloth robe of the most
beautiful texture. This was closely but
toned to his feet. Over this was pure
white garment made of some soft ma
terial, and it is in this that most of his
photographs are taken. On his head he
wore the small skull cap called the zuc-
chetta. 1t, too, is pure white There is
a tassel hanging down to one SIDE The
thought that popes for centuries had
been wearing garments precisely similar
to these lent an added interest to this
quiet person, moving unobtrusively
around among his guests. On his hands
he wore mitts of white WOOL"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
IN NEW Works. EARLY DAYS.
Tho Bowery Was the Resort Of Wealth
Beauty and Fashion.

The Bowery Was the Resort of Wealth,
Beauty and Fashion.
"a pleasant picture occurs to me of
a summer progress of the family of
Governor Stuyvesant to and from the
meeting house, for divine worship in
the fort near the Battery, New York."
writes Mrs. Burton Harrison in The
Ladies' Home Journal, describing
"When Fashion Graoed the Bowery."
"In a brave coach, drawn by shining
horses, is ensconced the governor him
self, whose long, laced coat half hides
his wooden leg banded with silver. He
wears carefully curled peruke and
holds his hat upon his knee, in order to
court the cool sea breeze that fans his
rugged visage. His lady. sitting in state
beside him, is, in their staid and phleg-.
matte community, accounted brilliant
parsonage; her gowns came out from
her native Paris, and her silken hood is
worn over frizzled and powdered hair;
her embroidered hose and high heeled
shoes, her rings, bracelets and lockets,
with the gorgeously bound book of de-
votions Suspended by golden chain to
her waistband, may be depended upon
as models of the very latest modes.
Mrs. Bayard, the widowed sister Of the
governor, occupies seat in the coach
facing them.
"After service in the bare colonial
church-where the dominie's sermon,
however eloquent, was always brought
to an end by three raps from the clerk S
stick at the moment when the sands of
the hourglass had announced that the
preachers limit of time had been reach
ed-the Stuyvesant party passes out be-
tween rows of respectful gazers y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
CATHOLIC STATISTICS.
Some Figures From the New Directory Of
the Roman Church.

Some Figures From the New Directory OF
the Roman Church.
The Catholic directory for 1898, re-
GENTLY issued, shows that the Catholic
population of the United States amounts
to 9, $50, 622 souls. The largest diocese
in the United States is that of New
York, as it comprises within it's do
mains 825, 900 people. Chicago is second,
with $50, 900; Boston comes next, with
600. 900; Brooklyn is fourth, with a
population of 500, 900 souls. Then comes
Philadelphia, with 450, 600 souls. st.
Louis has but 219, 139.
The other large dioceses with Cath
Ollie population OF over 100, 900 are Bal
timore, Hartford, Providence, Spring.
field, Peoria, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Detroit, Grand Rapids, Louisville, Du-
buque, New Orleans, Albany, Buffalo,
Newark, Harrisburg, Scranton, st.
Paul, San Francisco and Santa Fe
Alaska territory is the smallest, with q
Catholic population Of only 1000. So
far it has only reached the dignity of a
vicariate apostolic.
1t shows that there are 3 arChb1shOps
in the United States, " bishops, 2,774
clergymen in religious orders and 8, 1877
Of the secular denomination, making q
total of 10, Oil Catholic priests. There
are 5,946 churches with resident priests
and 3,472 missions, with churches,
making total of 9, $40 churches.
There are 5, 105 stations and chapels
and Is universities. There are IS secular
seminaries, with 2,O02 students, and 70
religious seminaries, with 1871 stu
dents. There are 215 colleges for boys
and Gal academies for girls There are
1856 parish schools, with all enroll
ment of $40, 575 pupils. There are 24S
orphan asylums, in which 33,O39 Or
phans are kept. The charitable institu-
tions number 757. The children in
Catholic institutions number 968, $50.
st. Louis be-Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
EARLY FRENCH EXPLORERS.
Ihe Work Of Cartier, Champlain and 9th.
erS In the Croo+

The Work Of Cartier, Champlain and 9th.
ers In the Great Lakes.
w. s. HARDWOOD writes in st. Nicho.
wood says:
Jacques Cartier, who shipped from
St. Malo in 1884, explored the coast of
newfoundland and made the Circuit Of
the gulf of St. Lawrence, and he did
much else, too, for New France in omen.
ing up negotiations with the many tribes
OF Indians who thronged thousands
strong and friendly from all the regions
In and about Quebec and Montreal and
ottawa and Kingston. Another mariner
OF st. Malo-Francis Greve-began the
colonization of the land. About 1870.
IN france, Samuel de Champlain was
born, and when he reached the age of
early manhood he, too, joined in the
new world exploration in the region
above the great lakes. The kings of
france were much interested in the
new land and did all in their power not
only to explore the region, but to colo
nlze and develop it. Champlain, in
1915, made an expedition up the Ottawa
river and penetrated as far as into
Georgian bay, thus touching on the wa.
tiers of Lake Huron. -.
In 1913 Etienne Brule, an old inter.
prefer, came into Champlain's camp
with the news Of the discovery of Lake
Superior Lake Erie, with Ontario, was
probably discovered some time earlier
than this. Nicollet, in 1884, started in
canoe from the head of Georgian bay,
skirted the eastern and northern shores
II Huron and at last found himself at
oault Ste. Marie. or the falls of st.
Mary, now shortened to "Soo''-the
first white man, it is believed, to reach
this key to the noble lake beyond He
went as far as Green bay, On Lake Mich
igan, and so the various lakes at last
came into the actual knowledge Of the
explorers and were no longer myths.
But as these French explorers con-
tinued to develop new and hitherto un-
dreamed of possibilities of empire the
English began to take deep interest in
the region-an interest little less marked
than that they were then taking in
their schemes of colonization in Vir.
ginia and Massachusetts. Again and
again through the years that follow the
threads cross and recross, not weaving
a beautiful garment Of harmony, but
in wretched snarl, a patch
work of disputes between the nations.
ENHANCEMENT followed entangle.
ment, wars harassed the land, until at
last the English were masters of the
northern lake region for all time-un-
less some day we shall see the stars and
stripes floating from the heights of
Quebec.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
Novelist In q NunneFy.

Following Hamlet advice to Ophelia,
the we'll known novelist, john Oliver
Hobbies, has gone to nunnery. having
secured apartments in the great Convent
of the Assumption, in Kensington
square, where she intends to spend the
next two years-not as a novice, how
ever, but simply as a boarder. This
comfortable and spacious house is IA
vorite resor of single ladies in all sta
tions of life, from foreign royal prin-
cesses to distinguished authoresses, who
lind within It's walls perfect quiet, COM
bined with sufficient freedom, the rules
being virtually those Of. any other we'll
conducted boarding house. John Oliver
Hobbies apartment is at the top of the
house and has been very artistically re-
furnished to suit the taste of it's presen,
occupant. London Chronicle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
Vaults For Eminent Cardinals.

Vaults are being prepared beneath the
Catholic cathedral now in course OF
construction in Westminster, London,
for the reception of the bodies of Car
dinal Wiseman and Cardinal Manning,
which lie at present in St. Mary's GENE.
terry, Kensal Green. The ceremonies
attending the translation, which will
take place early in the new year, will
be of an imposing character, including
a grand procession from Kensal Green
to Westminster. and monuments worthy
of the prelates will be erected over their
resting places. There is at present an
elaborate and handsome monument over
the grave of Cardinal Wiseman at Ken
sal Green, which will be removed to
Westminster cathedral. The adjoining
grave of Cardinal Manning is marked
only by plain wooden, cross.-Boston
Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
Jesuit Home For Scientists.

The Jesuits who were expelled from
Germany a long, time ago have recently
acquired a vast estate upon which they
propose to build a house for the resi-
dence of their scientists and writer's
who are at present living at Lexacten,
in the province of Limburg, Holland
Chicago Times Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
One of Reeds Little Coups.

= ST. PAUL, March 31.-A Dispatch
Washington special says: 1t is said
that Speaker Reed. knowing that there
were 81 Republican member who had
agreed to vote against any ruling he
might make, had certain of his friends
60 to Bailey and induce him to intro.
duce the Cuban resolution and thus
precipitate q party fight. 1t was a
clever coup on the part of the speaker.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
would Abrosate the Treaty.

MILWAUKEE, March 3l.-A move
ment has been started trending toward
the abrogating of the treaty of 1918,
between the United States and Great
Britain, which stands in the way of
the United States strengthening her
navy by not being allowed to build
gunboats, torpedo boats, monitors and
torpedo boat catchers at the shipyards
of the Great Lakes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
DID 1T ALL IN THREE DAYS

Sp sniards Destroy Ninety-four Farms, .
Cane Mil and Two Hospitals.
HAVANA, March 3l.-A Spanish col.
umn commanded by Colonel Escario in
the district of Manzanillo, province of
Santiago de Cuba. has, it is announced
by the Spaniards, destroyed during the
last three days "a farms, sugar cane
mill, coffee plantation, some barracks
and two hospitals. In addition Colonel
Escaric's troops captured six insurgents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07
Anti spanish Demonstration.
Riotous strikers shet.

BILBAO, Spain, March II. - The
strike that has broken out in the great
iron mine at Somorrostro has led to
serious disturbances. The rioters stoned
the police, who fired upon the crowd.
killing three outright.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07

In signed article in the Princeton
Union, State Auditor Dunn says: Lane
Commissioner Hermann Of the g.
land office has decided that tho MILF
Laos Indians shall be removed to the
White Earth Indian reservation and
Commissioner Hall will probably un.
dertake the removal shortly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-07

Tho Catholic university has been be-
Nueathed So, 600 by the will OF Miss
Ainry Quincy. q
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-04-22
A searcher Of dates has found

A searcher of dates has found
that the month of April has been
particularly interesting in his
torical way to the American peo-
pie. Three of the great wars in
which the United States has en-
gagged were begun early in the
spring, The 10th Of A pril is a
date dear to patriotism, through
The conflict that began at daybreak
on that day in 1775; congress de-
clared war against Mexico in May,
1916, though General Taylor had
anticipated this formal declaration
by whipping the Mexicans at Palo
Alto the previous March; and Fort
Sumpter was fired upon April 12
1861. The war of 1912 was begun
later in the season, but still early
congress taking action on the 18th
of June of that year. 1t now ap-
pears to be more than probable
that April, 1898, will mark another
date particularly interesting his,
torically to the American people
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-04-22
Subscription Rstss:
ATHENA, APRIL %, 1898.

The Spaniards do not live up to
the maxim that lie we'll stuck
TO can often be made to pass for
the truth. They lied glibly enough
in their report declaring the Maine
to have been blown up from the
inside, but they SO far neglected to
stick to the lie that they have act
ually been trying to make it ap'
pear that the Maine was blown up
by Cubans, thus admitting the fall
sity of their own official report.
The Spanish minister made public
the affidavit of New York inven-
tor of explosives, in which he says
he was called OH by number Of
members Of the Cuban Junta who
were greatly interested in the
powerful explosives he had invent
ed, and endeavored without saying
SO in so many words 10 leave the
impression that the Cuban Junta
had the Maine blown up. The Of
fetal reference to the Maine in
Spain's long co mmnnication to
this government was unsatisfac-
tory, not to say positively insult
ing. The president in his message
to congress last week said that he
trusted to Spain's honor and sense
of justice-undiscoyered qualities
for a proper response to the re-
port of the Maine court ofinq quiry
He trusted in vain. Spain referred
to the loss Of the Maine as an ''oc
curence," and suggested that i
could be submitted by arbitration
and expressed neither regret no
special interest in the matter
thereby displaying lack of wis
dom and adding TO the anti-Span
ish feeling in congress, and the
idea that the treacherous blowing
up Of the Maine furnished a suf
ficient cause for war.