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The Press., 1898-06-30
TOURISTS ABROAD.
The Money They Spend Amounts t
 67OO, 0co, 900 a Year.

Tho money Tney spend Amounts 70
 @7OO, ,Oco, 900 Year.
 The amount of money expended by tourists in Europe has, if official records abroad are to be accepted as authentic, increased enormously of late years. There has been recently filed with the Swiss minister of finance and customs at Bern a detailed statement of hotel receipts in that country, from which it appears that the gross receipts of Swiss hotels rose from 52, 800, ,O00 francs in 1880 to IA, 333, 900 ill 1894. The entire annual expenses of the Swiss republic amount in year to between so, 900, 600 and 90. .OOO, 900 francs (the budget for this year is given at the latter figurc), and it would seem, therefore, very much as if the hotels of Switzerland take in in a year more than the government it. self does.
 The Swiss figures are not the only ones furnished in Europe recently on this point. A French record shows that every year there are 27O, 900 foreigners who pass from a fortnight to 8 whole winter on the Riviera. Every person is supposed to expend on an average 1, 900 francs, or $2OO, i'll the country In oth- CT words, the foreign visitors spend in the country every winter the sum of $54, 900, 900. The English are put down as contributing one-third of this amount; the French themselves contribute anoth- CT third; Germans, Belgians, Dutch, Russians and Americans contribute the remainder. From being a poor country when it was annexed to France in 1860 Nice has become one of the richest de- partments of the republic.
 Some figures recently compiled of the revenues to hotels from tourists in Paris | show the average number of foreign visitors to be 60, 900. It is customary | to estimate at 10 francs, or $2, a day the hotel bills of strangers in Paris. Estimating at $2 a day each the hotel bills of 60, 900 tourists and at about as much more their other outlays it is to be seen that tourists in Paris can be put down for an expenditure of nearly $25O,- 900 day. The total sum expended by tourists in Europe in year is probably not very far from $7OO, 900, 900, and a very con- siderable portion of this comes from the pockets the purses and the bankers balances of Americans, who are pro- verbally the most liberal among travel CTS. Russians come second, Brazilians third.
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"jAci>.o

There's more than instinct in the jocund plsy Of "Jack, - the little Scot, dear as a child.
 Alas, that arrogance has misstyled The intelligence of brutes and said them nav At this hfes closet Denying them, there may
 Be no supreme law such as man has filed
 Against them. l could we'll be reconciled To share with all of them a judgment day And life eternal. Not a blasphemous thought (Witness, Thou, who knowest me ? is mine, But this dogs life, so innocent, is fraught
 With intimations of such high design
 That I could wish we never had been taught To think man only holds the spark divine John H. Boner in Century.
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Greedy.

Office Boy-Please, sir, can't I go to dinner now? It's almost an hour past my time, and I'm awfully hungry9
 mployer-Hungry? Well, wonder if anybody ever saw such greedy boy. Here you have been licking envelopes and postage stamps all the forenoon and yet you complain of being hungryN Pearson's Weekly.
The Press., 1898-06-30
MemorIes of Wartime. .

As on each recurring anniversary tht ahrill notes of the fife, tho ratt4e u drums and the rhythlLicaI tram ping soldiers will be he...d Oh Memorial ,ia> The valiant old war tunes which Nj. red the hearts of Grant and Sherman armies will again swell from lrlquc, bands. These and the bugIe call Wi sound merry to the crowds lathe t. along the street, who will applaud. b;,, they will recall the whistle of the bnl let's to the veterans, who will keep tim, with short stride as they march bchiu, the tsttered remhants of tAeir battle dags.-Exchauge.
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WANTED.-Ladies and gentlemen suf- fering from throat and lung difficulties to call at our store for sample bottle of Otto's Cure, which we are distributing free of charge. We confidently recom- mend it as cure for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Consumption, and all diseases of the throat and lungs. It will stop @ cough quicker than any other known rem edy. We believe it will cure you. In croup or whooping cough it is sure to give instant relief. Large sizes soc. and 25c. Sold by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and W. F. Fuller, Somers. g.
The Press., 1898-06-30
PERTH IZERS ST
HOW TO MAKE MONEY!

If you are out Of employment and want DO
 sition, paying you from $50 to $1OO monthly clear
 anove expenses by working regularly, or, if you
 to $500 yearly, by working at odd times, write
 the GLOBE CO.,, 723 Chestnut St., Philadelphfa Pa, stating age, whether married or single last or present employment, and you can secure position with them by which you can make more money easier and faster than you ever made before in your life.
The Press., 1898-06-30
Proof Of If.

1T suppose Saxey and Sims are both truthful men?''
 Absolutely so. Neither of them is capable of making a misstatement of fact. Why?"
 "Oh, I just heard them calling each other liars. .'-Detroit Free Press.
The Press., 1898-06-30

Chamberlain's Pain Balm has no equal as household liniment. 1t is the best remedy known for rheumatism, lame back, neuralgia; while for sprains, cuts, bruises, burns. scalds and sore throat, it Is invaluable. WertZ & Pike, merchants, Fernandina, Fla, write: Everyone who buys bottle of Chamberlain's Remedies comes back and says 1t is the best medicine he has ever used" 25 and 50 cents per bottle at the drug stores of E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G.L, Phillips, South Coventry
The Press., 1898-06-30
Impossible.

Pruyn-Why, aren't you wtfe'a gowns of the latest style?
 Brobson-Of course not That wom- an was never nunctual in her lifel
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A Young Girl Saved!

So yenla,ka6ls are Me facts; styOngE are Ncy SN6skantEate6j nmPOytant are Ney 70 all u'h0 are EE6Sy1sg, 1at 1eye fs necessity e pa6llStfng Ae' EEdSy hs disgEfse of nezoS or ohher faEse eoLors
The Press., 1898-06-30

AN INTERFERING DRUGGIST. - There are few men more wide awake and enter prising than E. K. Taft, who spares no pains to secure the best of everything in his line for his many customers. They now have the valuable agency for Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. This is the wonder. full remedy that is producing such furol all over the country by its many startling cures. It absolutely cures Asthma, Bron
 chitis, Hoarseness, and all affections ot the Throat, Chest and Lungs. Call al above drug store and get trial bottle free of regular size fol 50 cents and $1 Guaranteed to cure or price refunded. 5
The Press., 1898-06-30

The men of Berlin have an odd habit of brushing and combing their hair and whiskers in public. In the restaurants and cafes men pull out their implements and "spruce up' while waiting for their orders to be filled. They do not take the trouble to leave the table, ei- ther
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NERVOUS REGISTRATION.

"wil1 you kindly allow me-" writes Mss MARY E. SAIDT, of Jobstown, N. J., to Mrs. Pinkham, the pleasure of ex- pressing my gratitude for the wonder full relief have experienced by taking your Compound? I suffered for long time with nervous prostration and gem
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During the summer of 1891, MT. Chas. P. Johnson, a well-known attorney of Louisville, Ky, had 8 very severe attack of summer complaint. Quite a number of different remedies were tried, but fail ed to afford any relief. A friend who knew what was needed procured him a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie Cholera and Diarrhaa Remedy, which quickly cured him, and, he thinks. saved his life. He says that there has not been q day since that time that he has not had this remedy in his household. He speaks of 1t in the highest praise, and takes much pleasure in recommending it whenever an oppor- tunity is offered. For sale by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1898-06-30
First. Second. Third.

A correspondent calls attention to the various methods of abbreviating ''sec ond" and third. His position seems to be correct. and the use which he rec ommends should prevail. Standard au- thorities he says, are Overwhelmingly in favor of 2d and Sd, instead of 2nd and 3rd.
 In the case of first. the word stem seems to be fir. This is supplied by the figure 1, and the abbreviated form is lst In the case of ''second," the word Item is secon. which is supplied by the figure 3. giving us 2d. In third. |" the word stem is thir. which gives us Sd for the other form Living Church
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PLAGUE OF LEGiSLATORs.

Why Some of the States Once Had Two
 Capitals.
 Baton Rouge freely translated means red stick. That is the limit of my un- derstanding of the affair, however. It is quaint old town, consisting chiefly of river. When I studied geography several decades ago, knew that Louisi- ana had two capitals, one at New Or leans and the other at Baton Rouge. They have got tired of entertaining legislators at New Orleans of late years and have unloaded the whole job upon the smaller and more nearly defenseless city.
 Looking back to those old days, re- call that Louisiana was one of the very few states which required two vents for their legislatures Connecticut was one, with Hartford and New Haven as cap- itals, and Rhode Island, the smallest of states. was another, with Providence and Newport. Of late years there has been a sort of centraliza.ion of capitals. The fashion of having one at every en- terprising city ill a state has fallen into disuse. You might tramp all over any of the states nowadays and not run the risk of laundering into legislature in full blast where it might have been least expected. I asked the Pocatello man what he thought was the reason for the wealth of capitals in earlier times.
 "In those days," he said, "the states were young and tender and had not fully developed their muscle and their power of resisting great assaults. It was therefore to distribute the evil of legislature sitting over great deal of country so as not to give any particular city the worst of it. As time went on and town showed especial hardihood | and ability to stand great calamity the legislature was switched upon it as a perpetual and permanent institution. New Orleans and Newport and other towns which in other days were capitals had the good luck to draw two aces and to win out. sending the legislature in the one instance to Baton Rouge and in the other to Providence. It takes game town to stand a persistent plague of legislature. '-Chicago Record.
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Counsel-What is your age, madar

Counsel-What is your age madam?
 Witness-Forty-s seven, sir.
 Counsel-Married or single? Witness-Single. Inever had an offer of marriage in my life, and if it is of any interest to the court don't mind saying that I have worn false hair for nearly 30 years.
 Counsel-Heml That is all, madam. There is no use trying to shake the di- rect testimony of so truthful woman as you are.-LOndon Tit-Bits,
The Press., 1898-06-30

ONCE TRIED, ALWAYS UsED.-If we sell one bettle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy we seldom fail to sell the same person ! more, when 1t is again needed. Indeed, 1t has become the family medicine of this
 town, for coughs and colds, and we rec-
 ommend 1t because of its established
 merits.-Jos. E. Harmed, Prop. Oakland
 Pharmacy, Oakland, Md. Sold by E. K.
 Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. L. Phillips,
 South Coventry.
 A plant grows in Assam the botanic
 al name of which is Gymnema sylves-
 tre and which has the peculiar prop
 erty when chewed of temporarily neu-
 tralizing the sense of taste as regards
 sweet and bitter things, while sour and saline substances remain unaltered. The
 Hindoos claim that the plant is an anti. dote tn Spal1e bite. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN TOWN over the remarkable cures by the grandest specific of the age, Bacon's Celery King, which acts as a natural laxative, stimulates the digestive organs, regulates the liver and kidneys, and Is nature's great healer and health remover. If you have Kidney,
 Liver and Blood Disorder do not delay but call at our store for free trial package. E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs :; w. P. Fuller, Somers. Large sizes 50c. and 25c. ..... g An Advanced Stage.
 Smith-A physician told ne that salt water is a cure for lunaoy.
 Jones-Well. know it is a cure for
 freshness. and that is usually the first stage of lunaoy. Chicago News When you are suffering from Catarrh Il IL g- A-A--n "A away. Only 10 cents is required to test 1t. Ask your druggist for the trial size of Ely's Cream Balm, or buy the 5Oc. size. We mail 1t.
 ELY BRos., 55 Warren St.. N. Y. City Twas afflicted with catarrh last autumn. During the month of October I could neither taste nor smell, and could hear but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured it, Marcus Geo. Shautz, Railway, N.J.
The Press., 1898-06-30
Inadequate Identification.

A woman who is newly come to town went into one of the banks one day last week to have a check cashed. The pay ing teller examined the check with that air of suspicion 8 paying teller never loses.
 You'll have to be identified, mad am." he said politely,
 The woman was in 8 great hurry.
 "Identifiedl l'' she said. "Why, haven't time to go and get anybody to identify mel Besides, I don't know three people in town"
 "I'm sorry," said the teller. "but the rule is invariable.
 "But," protested the woman, "l really am the Mary L. Brown named on the check. You don't doubt that. dc you?"
 The teller looked embarrassed.
 "It's only form, madam" be said, "but we must insist on some identifica- tjon."
 A happy thought struck the woman. Her name was on her handkerchief. Would the name on my handker- chief be any identifcation?'' she asked. The teller replied that it would.
 "Well, then, said she majestically, handing over the square of linen, "per, haps you'll be good enough to give me the money now"
 The teller examined the handkerchief and handed it back without word. In one corner was daintily written in in- delible ink, "Sarah Jones'"
 The check was not cashed till next day. and the newly arrived woman has discharged her laundress.-Washin Post.
The Press., 1898-06-30

How TO LOOK GooD.-Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending entirely on healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the liver IS inactive, you have bilious look; If your stomach is disordered, you have a dyspeptic look If your kidneys are affected, you have a pinched look. Secure good health and you will surely have good looks. "Elec- tric Bitters" is @ good Alterative and Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kidneys, purifies the blood, cures pimples, blotches and boils, and gives a good complexion Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at B. K. Taft's Drug Store, 50 cents per bottle, 5
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trial, I took two bottles and was cured. can cheerfully state, if more ladies would only give your medicine fair trial they would bless the day they saw the advertisement, and there would be happier homes. Imean to do all can for you in the future. have you alone to thank for my recov- cry. for which am very grateful"
The Press., 1898-06-30

It is claimed that there are 55 dogs in the United Kingdom to every l, 1000 inhabitants.
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al WANTED a w1sp OF HAE.
The Raids That Mon and Horses Make on
a Hay Wagon in tho City.


Two men who are members'of the sam frm
OF a big wholesale business house way down
town took a notion yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock to walk up Broadway for exercise on
their way home. When they reached Canal
street there was a blockade of trucks. and for a
while there was no opening through which
they. or anybody else for that matter. could
cross the street. One OF the trucks had q load
OF hay and straw in tightly bound bales. The
horses OF the truck Immediately behind it be-
came very much interested in the hay. and the
driver. to avoid a row. pulled back his team q
few feet, making The truckman in his rear howl
pedestrians at once took advantage OF it.
L us stand right here on the corner for q
Ing by that load, OF hay said one Of the two
business men TO his companion. "Iknow Just
Just as that man is doing nn9R. and that one and
that other fellow. Now, will bet you the cigars
that truck without doing the same thing.
me e. fact stra was nut th ne o every ~ man fhs - p la u e. "a a bit dittootf
ahead. chewing IT, The BLOCKADE lasted two or
three minutes and the two business men stood
bales. Yes. one debut he evidently, had not
foot or SO from Il when. noticing his friend
come to 2 halt and seize a straw. he deliberately
re The two % s sSp ah obs sSS %rs 'I near ni!hs the curb
laughed heartily, the one who had bet the
G mSeH's ss sslS be IN N gI S.re g Mns lo dssH 16a ysf =;
wooden toothpicks blocking the way II any one
passing by would bother HIS head about taking
other way, when. a. fellow in the city one
across, a load of hay or straw. Why. I've
actually seen a man downtown while on the
corner talkjng cold-eut contracts to a customer
deliberately break of and go to the curb, where
q load Of hay happened to stop. pluck a bit; put
agreement. quite contented looking. l wish
some one. who Knows more about this thing
passed a load Of hay in town without taking a
bit have no recollection Of It. And III wager
that nine men out OF ten do just as | do. and
can no more explain why they do II than l cam
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grinned and looked happy. Then hewent back
to mat trunk an. got oqt-what do you think?
leastways l never seen one except on the stage
in Il play. 1t was one ,of, them cunnin' little
high. An there was my mar laughin' at that
dip. as he called It. an the two cops Just q
pitiful like all the time. an we was all a-cryin'
behind our laughin'.
We'll; Andrew spent more'n a half:houra
prinkin' up. an finally out, they went. They
carried the old Grossmutter out. an Andrew
a-holdin' her hand all the time. When they
put 'em in the ambulance Andrew he stood up
an looked sort o. sorrowfullike an felt mighty
sorry. too, although the. boys was. a~-lauehin'
an yellin' when theydrove away. Anthem tho
cops had us put out the kitchen fire in'the
Grossmutter's kitchen. an the door was locked.
An them two poor people was gone away for
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Alb get four tricks only.
Trick 1. According to the system previously
agreed upon between the partners, who are
not open a suit OF four cards only unless he
one. The addition OF a single pip to the ::3S
OF spades would therefore. change, the whole
theory of his hand. The clubs and diamonds
being out OF the question: the only resource Is
Trick 4. The spade 10 seems to be a more
common sense continuation than the club, boz
cause there is no longer any hope OF making
the clubs. the re-entry being lost aud the
trump strength declared against you. but the
SPADE would probably not have turned out SO
Trick 8, A knows it Is useless to cover the o.
and he may make both 2 and q II he passes It,.
Trick 4. II z has the club suit. Y Is certainly
strong enough In both the other suits to take
up the adversaries' trump attack himself,
Trick g.. But for Us discard 1t would proba-
bly, be much better to run with the other suit.
which must, be, establi shcd on, the. second
probably does not holdthe king Of diamonds. It
still seems better TO lead the suit In which you
have three honors and to keep the tenace In
Trick d. B jumps at the chance to make his
trumps separately from his PARTNERS. II he
passes the trick. he. simply establishes the
shade suit q little earlier.
Trick z. B Is afraid to go through z with a
club because II had Ave Of that suit oriRi-
nally. 1t is probable that A has only one more.
and that leading the suit will simply establish
Trick o. 4 has no better lead. apparently. II
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WAR SIGN AVID PEACE SIGN.

"Canteen" Efaced and Substitute" Put
In Its Place-A Volunteers Reason for II.
A man with II putty knife was ~scraping the
letters OF a sign from the window of his place
in Harlem, Ever since. last June the sign had
been "The lCanteen." A SUN reuorter who
hadNwatched the "ffaccmenta asked a question.
You know" said the man with the putty
knife. " last spring when they called for yolun-
tecrs to lick Spain there were soine recruiting
places opened in this neighborhool. The man
who owned 1t then called It The Rest or
something tame. and | hougrt II. ] named ID
The Canteen.' Say. | cou!dn't kept stocked.
People fell over one another right here at
bar, and 1t wasn't the fault OF the liquor either,
Finally business got slack. and, one day wllen q
wasn't going with the boys j %couiont say 40.
and told him 70 put medown. ! passed all right,
the way 10 Cuba. What stock | had when len
listed | bottled and boxed and did aube.a linls
was mustered out | was looking for WORK md
happened up here and saw the old ,sten lhe
when | enlisted. went to see the agent
and he seemed 70 he snrnrisedi He said he
E nT%s" closed ssd out 'iitu Of r'i res i""t . my my, m men sn'
Talk, about your diplomats. there's the jpciest
peach, in the LOT, Before Ieft him / had
business But, ofcourse, The name 'Canteep'is
not a good one Just now The war T. all right
haven't told yet, hut when n man leaves his
home 10 take a toddy he doesn't want 70 feel -
II he was going to roll call, or f~oraginG. or 10
the gqardhouse; aud so concluded 10 rub out
the old name 'CHnteen.
What are you oingt4substitute? r.
" Substitute? Say. DO bU,n6w that never
thought OF that before Come in and have
something with me, Hanged il | don't call the
place The Substitute \ substitute wss a
was in 1t. and that's what / am here for.
know there were no substitutes in tine war with
Spain. and there never would have been. bue
the Kids talk and catch the vets"
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peculiar opening. but he knows that he does so
he will deceive his partner for the time
being, and in the second place. he will
some time to come. These considerations
drive man. players 70 stick to . the system e ,r even
sn that they may retain the confidence Of their
partners. This was the strong point in steele's
game when ne played on the Baltimore team.
he ruie and could play for n week without
dropping q cold trick. When Baltimore lost
Steele it lost one OF the greatest players In the
Yet there are times when sticking to the sys-
ten forces a person to do some very funny
The following hand. which was played In the
regular Wednesday night. game at the New
York Club on Nov, 30. dealt and turned the
heart9
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do nr question for Il TO decide Is what he will
ipen m tle situation. What would you do in a
tb b% t.hley tie the player down In such a manner
in IN ~ ne Is hot free to treat exceptional hands
pecm et'epti9nal way, When a person holds a