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The Press., 1898-08-18
The New Silks
For Fall Wear.

They are coming right along
now-the first ideas of the
new fall silks. Every week
shows something new. AS
usual, Forbes & Wallace have
in advance the newest things
introduced, simultaneously
with their presentation in
New York and Boston.
The Press., 1898-08-18

Ibid the prisoner offer any excuse
for his bigamy?"
.sYea He said he was tempted to
keep on marrying until he got wife
that could make good c0p Of coffee.
Chicago Record
The Press., 1898-08-18

BUoKLRN's ARNIoA SALvR.-The best
salve In the world for cuts, bruises, sores
ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and al
skin eruptions, and positively cures piles,
or no pay required. Guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 26c. per box. Sold by e. X. Taft.
The Press., 1898-08-18
Main-st,, Stafford Springs, Conn

YOU LOSE MONEY if you
purchase a Carriage, Concord,
Business Wagon, SURREY or light
vehicle of any description before
you examine my stock. There
is no one who carries as large a
stock that will give as low prices.
The work is made to my order,
ands whether you wish a low or
high priced job. you will find it
as represented. have q better
assortment than ever, and at
lower prices. Particular atten-
t10n= given to REPAIRING. also
HORSE -iSHOETNG
by experienced wOrkmen.
The Press., 1898-08-18
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items OF local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years agOl
August FL, 1868.

]. F. Chamberlin has taken license
to swing the auctioneer's hammer.
The schools in district No. 3, east par
lsh, commence Monday. Miss Belle Puff
fer and Dele J. Fuller teachers.
On Tuesday, September 1st, the Rock.
Vile railroad passes into the hands of the
Fl. P. & F. r. R. Co., under three
years lease. Under the new dispensa-
tion the freight tariff between Hartford
and Rockville will be reduced full twenty
five per cent, while passenger fares will
come down somewhat
The latest freak of folly and fashion is
the "Grecian bend," which is the name
applied to an unnatural position In which
the ladies who effect the new style are
trying to hold the body. Perhaps the
best idea of the new bend can be attained
from an account of the way some of the
SaratOgian bellies achieve it, according to
a letter writer. He says belt about the
waist and strap about each thigh, with
a tightly drawn connecting strap on each
side brings the person into the coveted
position, and to look at the figures of the
"Grecian bender" we should think that
might produce it,
The Press., 1898-08-18
c. A
THE STAFFORD SPRINGS -ssas.
ELECTRIC LIGHT { GAS COMPANY,
09KAO@, 5 1E@aaa street.


street, Hurley
all lighting settled
collectors discount will lighting only
settled
the service left this mailed the will immediate
ID. F.. BURRITT, Gen
The Press., 1898-08-18

For over 400 years every Parthian
king bore the name Of ArsaCes In addi.
eAom 90 his own.
The Press., 1898-08-18
BIRTHS,

Stafford (Orcuttville), August, Goth,
1868, son to J. D. Fenton.
Mashapaug, 3Oth, a son to A. III.
Fletcher.
Tolland, 18th, son to Peter Stone.
Staffordvllle, 14th, a daughter to John
Hassett.
MARRIED.
Union, august 11th, 1865, nv Rev.
Samuel I. Curtiss, Rev. N. Fl. Bell OF
Stafford Springs, and Miss Emma H.,
daughter of the officiating clergyman.
The Press., 1898-08-18
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

II HI. REED, Attorney at Law, oflce
81 in STAFFORD National Bank Building, East
Main-st.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
ELL ~ Good f,I,aara.

1t is the business of commissary in an
army to see that the men In his charge
have enough to eat, but when O commits
sary is a fghter-and this uncommon
thing sometimes happens-his large house,
hold fares very much as some smaller ones
do when the cook, general girl, house,
keeper and mother has poetical or political
aspirations.
Such commissary was one in the Con-
federate service In the civil war, and an
incident which took place during the seven
days fight below Richmond is told in
1Southern Soldier Stories. -
Instead of attending to his pork and
meal wagons in the rear, he went to the
front There he was active to degree
that commanded the respect of his general.
He interested himself so much in the
movements of troops and in tho contro-
yersy with the enemy that he forgot all
about the wagons.
In this service he had his right arm shot
off by cannon ball
When night came and the men wanted
something to eat, there was coed deal of
growing, but when the story was told of
how their commissary had fought and how
he had lost an arm in the fighting one Of
the soldiers, fellow with more humor
than appetite, got up and cried;
II move that we sup on three cheers and
tiger for the commissary that fightsl"
The three cheers were cheerfully given,
and there was no other supper that night
Youths Companion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
What Vermont Can Do.
NEIL MACDONALD.

o. A. White of Barton, Vt, kept the
past season dairy of cows, consisting
Of 80 animals. l3 of which were 2-year
old heifers. From these he made dur
ing the year 5000 pounds of butter, an
average of over 257 pounds to the COW.
The years product netted him little
over 2 cents pound, and was sold to
the same parties the year round His
cows are Jerseys and grade Jerseys.
Their feed is plenty Of good hay, silage
and grass in its season, together with
mixture Of commercial feed, consisting
Of bran, gluten, cottonseed meal and
tornmeal, varied sometimes in kind,
but kept about equal in weight and
value. That dairying builds up farm
is shown by the increasing amount of
hay which he cuts from year to year.
His large barns and storage for hay and
alage are already too small, and he is
getting out timber to enlarge his barns
another season,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
A Champion slaepualkcr.

Farmer Broadbelt of Berwyn, Chester
county, Pa, has a very good claim upon
the title Of champion sonnambulist. One
morning Broadbelt arose from his bed at
2 O'Clock, and, without stopping to change
his nightrobe for more suitable attire,
went out to the barn and milked all of his
16 COWS and prepared the milk for market.
This took considerable time, of course, but
after that was done he hitchod up the
horse and wagon, and, loading tho milk
cans upon the latter, drove Off to tho sta
tion. There he unloaded the cans accord.
ing to his daily custom and drove book
home
The dawn was just breaking when ias
drove the wagon into the barnyard, but
Broadbelt took no notice of that. He was
sound asleep and had been SO during tho
entire performance His return to con-
sciousness was due to a vigorous shaking
administered by his wife, who, having
missed him from his bed, had got dressed
and sailed forth to find him. lnaslnuch
as this story is vouched for by Broadbelt
himself, it Is clear that he Is unquestion.
ably the champion sleepwalker-or some
thing else. philadelphia Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
SAYINGS OF GEORGE ELIOT.

In every parting there is an image Of
death.
1 desire no future that will break the
ties of the past.
Veracity is plant of paradise. and the
seeds have never fourished beyond the
walls.
I've never any pity for conceited people,
because think they carry their comfort
about with them.
All the learnin my father ever paid for
was bit O. birch at one end and the
alphabet at the other
The greatest of painters only once paint
not have told how he did it, and we can't
tell why we feel it to be divine.
Heaven knows what would become of
our sociability if we never visited people
we speak i'll of; we should live, like Egyp-
tian hermits, in crowded solitude.
The golden moments in the stream of
life rush past us, and we see nothing but
sand; the angels come to visit US, and we
only know them when they are gone.
Errors look so very ugly in persons of
small means-one feels they are taking
quite liberty in going astray-whereas
people of fortune may naturally indulge
in few delinquencies.
The presence of noble nature, gener-
Gus in its wishes, ardent in its charity,
changes the lights for us: we begin to see
things again in their larger, quieter masses
and to believe that we, too, can be seen
and judged in the wholeness of our char
acter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08

president Woman's National War Relief asso
citation.
Of our jealous women have considered
such important adjuncts to hospital
treatment This fact was early realized
by some soldiers aid societies, and
many thousand tons of ice as we'll as
ice machines and carbonators for purify
ing the drinking water have been sent
to Santiago, to various camps and sol
diers' hospitals and to vessels of the
fleet Prominent in this good work has
been the Women s National War Relief
association, presided over by Mrs. ..
S. Grant
Acting with the same object in view,
the Ice auxiliary of the Red Cross asso-
citation has done most efficient service
It was started early in the war by four
young women of New York city-Miss
Julia l.. Delafeld. the chairman; Miss
Helen De Peyster, Miss Catherine Le-
werlich and Miss Mary Leverich, all
ladies of wealth and good social posi-
tion. The government undertook to de-
fray the expense of transporting the ice
provided by the auxiliary to its destina-
tion. In this way ice has been provided
to the hospitals at different military
camps and at the front as we'll as to
some warships.
NEIL MACDONALD.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
GLEANINGs.

The occupants of the Philippines repre-
sent such variety of races that 81 Lam
guages are spoken there
An Old Bailey juror was recently ex-
eused from serving because he weighed
317pounds and could not get into the jury
box
In golf match at Raynes park, Eng
land, recently a lark flying across the
grounds was hit by golf ball and decap-
itated
A cabinet maker in Frankenberg, Sax
ony, now 81 years of age, boasts that he
helped build Goethe's coffin, in 1882, and
saw the poets body laid away in it.
Public ovens are established on most of
the residential streets Of Japanese cities,
where people can have their dinners and
suppers cooked for them at trifing ex-
pense.
In Japan vaccination is compulsory, and
the government makes its own lymph and
issues it free of charge Revaccination at
stated periods is also rigidly enforced.
Only calf lymph is used.
On the Parana and other South Aneri-
can rivers it is no unusual thing for a
steamer to run on to sand bank and be
Obliged to wait several days-sometimes
week-for heavy rain to float it again.
Two lives for l cent is recent Sicilian
record A saloon keeper in Palermo drove
a knife into the heart of l5-year-old boy
who was unable to pay the cent he owed
for his drinks The boys three brothers
shot down the assassin before the police
got on his track.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
CURIOUS cULLINGs.

A sign on an east side New York news
stand reads, Fresh Daily Papers"
In some parts of Australia, when man
marries, each of the bride relatives strikes
him with a stout stick by way of well
come into the family
If Chinese children do not obey their
parents and the latter whip them to death,
the law has no punishment for the parents,
as obedience to parents is the cardinal vir-
tue
Under Henry V of England an act of
parliament ordered all the geese in Eng
land to be counted. and the sheriffs of the
counties were required to furnish six ar
row feathers from each goose
All restaurant knives in Austria Hun
gary are blunted, according to law, to pre-
vent the eonyivial revelers who ''use the
house, from numbering one another when
quarreling in their cups The law,
though old, is apparently still considered
necessary by the authorities and is en-
forced in practice
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Keep big Jumps of charcoal in dark.
damp corners to purify the air.
New irons, such as sadirons, frying
pans OF waffle irons, should be heated
slowly, or they will be likely to crack.
Bamboo splits when it gets very dry, as
it will in steam and furnace heated houses.
A rub with oil will prevent its drying and
will keep it fresh looking.
To put wide wicks in lamps or oil stoves
thoroughly starch, dry and iron the wick,
and it will slip in easily without interfer-
ence with its duty as conductor of oil.
To clean sewing machines, cover all the
bearings with kerosene oil, work the ma
chine quickly for few minutes, then
thoroughly rub all the oil off with rags
and apply machine oil to the parts which
need oilinQ.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
NUMBER 5
PERT PERSONALS.

The tendency of the wheat market is
downward, but Hay is going up.-Min-
neapolis Tribune.
Aguinaldo may be all right as a subur-
ban ruler, but he will have to confine HIM
self to the trolley districts. Washington
Post
General Joe Wheeler can have very little
fault to find with the war 1t saves him
lot of campaign expenses. Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Well, Sampson and Schley have had
their day, and it was a glorious day at
that but, still, wait till Dewey comes
home.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild always
pays his bills in gold coin and never takes
change. However, he didn't make his
money himself. f.-Cleveland Leader.
In acknowledging the merits of reason
ably old men for war word may be in
eluded for grand old women. Miss Clara
Barton is nearing the age of 70.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat
Medals have begun to pour in on EN-
bassador Cambon Probably he viii not
get one from this country, but he has our
gratitude just the same. He can tuck that
fact to his bosom. Boston Herald
Helen Gould has given $25, 900 more for
the relief of the suffering among the SOL
diers. If she does not escape that needle
eye gate of heaven obstacle, good works
are null and void Boston Traveller.
Prince Bismarck left 90, 900, 900 marks,
which certainly were a good many for a
man who knew how to sign his name
Not one of those marks is SO interesting to
posterity as are several Of his remarks
Boston Advertiser
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
o'DoNNELL's CALM AT DEATH.
FearIessness of One of the Brothers WI
Recame Eamous In SDain

FearIessness of One of the Brothers Who
Became Famous In Spain.
In the early part of this century three
brothers named o Donnell left their native
country Ireland, and went to live in
Spain, where they all had extraordinary
careers One died in 1867, after he had
become the Duke of Tetuan The youn-
gest brother was cut off in his youth, but
nothing in the lives of the others is so
strange as the story of his death.
In 1882 there was war in Spain regard
ing the succession to the throne, and
young ODonncll declared himself for Isa-
bella, who was soon proclaimed queen, but
before that time O'Donnell fell prisoner
to General Zumalacarrequy leader of
the Carlist forces The young Irishman
looked upon this as almost piece of good
luck, for the Carlist leader was an old
schoolmate The two friends celebrated
this meeting after separation of years as
festive occasion, and as they ate supper
together and drank toasts to the old times
Zumalacarrequy said:
'sYour captivity will be brief, my
friend am just about to send off a flag
of truce to your general to negotiate an
exchange of prisoners, SO that you may ex
pect to be free tomorrow
The flag of truce was sent, but the result
was terribly unexpected The general of
the Christanos (that was the name given
to isabella S partly answered the Carlist
envoy by saying:
81 will show you how | treat rebels,
and forthwith he had all his Carllst pris-
oners brought out and shot down before,
the eyes of the Christanos, and the officer
had no better news than tho story of their
death to take back to his chief The next
morning Zumalacarrequy came into his
tent, where his prisoner was breakfasting
He sat down in silence
ssWhat is the lnatter?' asked O'Donnell
'sHave you slept badly, or was your choco-
late burned?''
II am immensely disturbed, was the
answer, and he told how the Carlist pris-
oners had been shot and added 81 must
make reprisals. My friend. in one hours
time you must be shot, no matter how
feel about it,
O'Donnell set down his cup after finish
ing his chocolate and said
Yes, that is u matter of course You
must not distress yourself about it. /
would act in the same way myself. Now
give me a couple OF cigarettes and writing
material, for l must write a letter, which
| will trouble you to take care of after my
execution "
AS he was finishing the letter the guard
came to take out the prisoners O'Don
nell got up at once, shook hands with the
man who was both his friend and his en-
cry, lit another cigarette ard walked out
to be shot. New York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
WARWHooPs.

By the time another month has gone by
it will be safe for the bullet proof cloth
man to offer his wares to the public again.
Exchange.
Spain wants the United States to pay
her for public property in Cuba and Porto
Rico But what Spain wants and what
she will get do not of course belong in the
same column.-Clevela Leader.
In Madrid they still believe that Ger
many will not allow great territorial
changes without having something to say
thereon. But Germany has already
learned to keep out of the range of Amer
lean guns.--St Paul Pioneer Press.
The medical and commissary depart
ments of the army are discovered to be of
considerable Importance to the nation. 1t
would pay hereafter to give them moro
thought in peace as well as war.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08

A Turkish Tale.

The following story is summarized
from "Told In the Coffee House, " a
collection of Turkish tales done into
English by Cyrus Adler and Adam
Ramsay: A servant of the sultan, wish
ing to retire after % years service,
was allowed to do so, but was ordered
by the suspicious sultan to leave the
palace in the identical state in which
he had first entered it. The poor man,
reduced to beggary, came upon some
boys playing at holding court, and
when he related to them how he had
been treated the hoy who was acting as
sultan told him to go back to the pal
ace and demand the return of the 20
years he had spent there. Hassan did
SO, and the sultan was so delighted that
he enriched his former servant and had
the boy sultan educated at his own ex-
penSe
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
THE ROYAL BOX.

It is said that the Duchess of Fife is
very nervous and shy when in the pres
ence of her grandmother
The queen of Roumania has been made
a member of the St. Petersburg Academy
of Science in recognition of her literary
talents
The emperor of Austria intends to create
a new order for ladies only in commemo-
ration of his jubilee and to associate it in
some way with the empress. There exists
already an order of Elizabeth Theresa
The most striking necklace worn at any
European court is said to be one owned by
Princess Dolgorouki of Russia 1t is COM
poSed of innumerable diamonds, rubies
and emeralds strung on tiny wires, woven
into the form of snake
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
WOODBURY., n J, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 1898

enaeted. Somehow the news or MARKS
predicament had reached certain
Washingtonian who knows how to
mysterious manner had become the
happy owner Of six tickets At the hour
of Il a. M, March A, 1897. he appear
ed unto Mark and proposed to play the
part of the good Samaritan for a con-
sideration. He knocked on the great
Ohioan's door. 'Who comes there?'
roared the irate Warwick ga friend, .
replied the Washingtonian. sWhat in
- do you want--an Officer" shouted
the great man. No; | have six tickets
to the inauguration. I thought you
might want them for some Of your
friends. . Friends, indeedt' beloved
the chairman of International committee.
Il want them for myself and family.
It's ground hog case. I've got to have
them. How much are they worth?"
Give hundred dollarsr' "Five hun
dred devilsl" yelled Mark. Well, .
said the imperturbable Washingtonian,
"as it is you, Mr.. Hanna, will take
$3.50. " Il won't give it; that's fiat''
cried the boss of bosses. Every we'll.
Good day, Mr.. Hanna, said the good
Samaritan as he vanished from the
room. Hold on there p shouted Mar
Gus. "I'Il give you $400 . sin gold?"
asked the willy Washingtonian. Eyes,
in gold, silver, paper, copper or any
thing else, y and the bargain was closed,
and great load was lifted from Marks
heart. An hour LATER sitting in front
seat, he saw his protege inducted into
the presidential office and enjoyed be-
ing pointed out as the kingmaker, all
of which illustrates the truth of the
old saw, "a miss is as good as mile, :"
and of the more elegant one, "All's
we'll that ends we'll. -
have studied good deal on what
Mark would have done to punish the
Neutrality-suspicious. if he had not been able
to procure tickets to his own show. He
would have kidnapped Mckinley and
stopped the performance. No; the in
auguration had cost Mark q Co. too
many millions for that He would have
cut the rope and forced himself in. No;
he dared not do that, for the police
would have collared him and landed
him in the cooler He would have
cussed and filed all the Washington
offices with Ohio carpetbaggers. Not
one would have been filled by resi-
dent. He came near doing that anyway.
Whatever he would have done, it is
safe to say that he will never forget his
$400 lesson and that at the next in
auguration he will freeze on to his quota
of tickets. He won't be >nxious to at
tend Bryan's Inauguration anyway.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
THAT SWEET LOOK.
Time may set his fingers there,

Time may set his fingers there,
Fix the smiles that curve about
Her winsome mouth and touch her hair.
Put the curves of youth to rout,
But the something God put there
That which drew me to her first
Not the imps of pain and care,
Not all sorrow s fiends aceurst
Can kill the look that God put there.
Something beautiful and rare,
Nothing common can destroy;
Not all the leaden load of care,
Not all the dross of earth's alloy.
Better than all fame or gold,
True as only Gods own truth.
1t is something all hearts hold
Who have loved once in their youth.
That sweet look her face doth hold
Thus will ever be to me.
Joy may all her pinions fold,
Care may come and misery.
Through the days of murk and shine.
Though the roads be foul Or fair.
will see through loves glad eyne
That sweet look that God put there.
w W Campbell in Chambers Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
A Kopgo Gorilla,

A gorilla from the French Kongo him
terland has been brought to London. 1t
was captured 20 days inland from
Brazzaville, after an exciting chase,
after the mother was shot. 1t stands
upright, has short thick hands aud in
tense black markings on face and body
and is quiet and tame.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
Needed Time.

Smillie-H Hello, Chinnerl How are your
I've missed you these two weeks Where
have you been hiding yourself?
ChinEer-I made up my mind to let my
wife have the last word for once
Smillie-Well?
Cbinner-She just got to it ten minutes
agoi-New York Truth
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
Her Outing.

She goes down east for good vacation.
Works seven long weeks at recreation.
She fights all manner of insect foes
And comes back home with sunburnt nose.
Chicago Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08

Did your son get home safe from Gu
bar" asked the neighbor
He did better than that. was the an
swer; he got home safe from camp. -
Washington Star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
Suspicious Self Control.

1t is said of an Atchison girl who is en-
gagged that she doesn't genuinely love the
man or she wouldn't t behave as sensibly as
she does. s.-AtchisOn Globe.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-08
It was Too Hard For Her.

''But can you not learn to love me. Miss
Knisely- Isabel9'
II am afraid not, MIR. Greefe l never
could learn anything that demanded ap-
plication. ~ Brooklyn Life.