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There is no spot between Duluth and the
Atlantic Ocean I do not know. In 1872
was in the employ of the Detroit and Cleve-
land Navigation Co., and for fifteen years
was at my post as chief engineer on one of
their big passenger steamers. My, first boat
was the R. n. Rice, which was burned at
the docks. Then l was transferred to the
Rubie. which was chartered to make the
run between Detroit and Cleveland.
brought cut the new steamer the 'City
of the Straits, and for years acted as her
chief engineer. 1t is a great responsibility,
the position of chief engineer on those big
passenger palaces. Thousands of lives are
held in the keeping of the engineer. Few
realize the dangers that might befall them,
and on the engineer depends the safety of the
passengers. The anxiety causes a great
nervous strain, and the strictest attention is
ment must he lose his wltchfulness, as the
human freight above him is absolutely in
his care.
For fifteen years I carefully watched
the big engines and boilers without single
accident, and only noticed that was getting
nervous. Suddenly without warning was
taken sick, and in less than a week wag
Frustrated. l had the best of physicians,
and hoped to be at work again within =
week. l grew gradually worse and at the
council of doctors, they said had nervous
pros'ration, and had destroyed my whole
nervous system and would never he able to
be up again. They said had worn myself
out by the long nervous strain caused by
watching and worrying about the machinery.
No man could stand such nervous strains
over seven or eight years while | had been
fifteen years in destroying my nerve centres
For three long years was unable to move
from my he'd without assistance. The doctor
said had locomotor ataxia, and would
never be able to walk again.
"Iho D0inS and autferinc, 7 exDeriencad
during those yeara ara almost understandable.
Ny wife used to put eight or ten hot water
BIZ IS around ms to stop the pain. Those
that came to SEQ me bid me good bye when
they lift me and was given up. The doc.
tors said nothing more could be done for me.
In fact l had given myself up, and thought
tn re- was no use trying to get well.
We tried every known remedy, and nv
wife kept reading the articles about Dr.
The Press., 1899-02-23
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CAREFUL GREEK PARENTS.
Boys Were Escorted to school Jus
as Girls Are Now.

Boys Were Escorted to School Just
as Girls Are Now.
The extraordinary care that the Gre
clan l.,y received in his formative years
made his moral training more effective
than that inculcated by the most careful
Of modern parents His general educa-
ton, coupled with skillful and continu-
GUS physical instruction, produced a
moral cultivation very similar and fully
as strict as that the Christian father
deems necessary for his daughters.
A pedagogue, generally an old and
trusted slave, led the boys to school and
called for them after it closed, carried
the books, looked out for the little boys
kept the older ones from fighting and
falling into bad company and had a
general oversight of their conduct and
street form. He was by no means a
schoolmaster or even a private tutor, not
even being allowed to enter the school
room. Oftentimes ignorant in the ex-
treme, he was chosen simply because of
his loyalty to the family and some
times fear, because he was unfit for
any other occupation. Though the butt
Of the boys ridicule as we'll as that of
the comic poets and low wits Of the day,
he did an incaloulable service in prevent
ing vicious companionships and keeping
pure the minds of those Entrusted to his
charge.
The child was never sent off to board
ing school, but boys attended the day
school; town life prevailed. Besides,
that sentiment that zealouslv puardad
the boys purity with a pedadogue from
his sixth to his sixteenth year could
brook no intermission of personal over
sight. Education was essentially pri-
vate, the state having jurisdiction SIM
ply over the moral and not the profes.
sional standing of the teacher.
lar Science Monthly.
The Press., 1899-02-23

A blacksmith S shop. without forge
may really come to be a popular institu-
tion in the near future. The idea orig
mated in Belgium The metal to be
heated is plunged INTO metal tub of
water. and, apparently with little rea-
son becomes instantly white hot AS a
matter of fact, the metal tub is connect
ed by wire to one pole of dynamo
The water is calculated, and when the
metal is plugged into the water an arc
seems to be- established all around the
submerged IoItion, which may then be
removed and hammered Oh an anvil the
same rs anv ordinary heated metal.
The Press., 1899-02-23
LIKE A MIRACLE.
HOW A LOCOMOTOR ATAXlA
SUFFERER WAS CURED.

The Story OF q Sturdy Engineer-H His
Death was Decreed at a Consultation
OF Physicians, but n Changed
Medical Treatment Saved
His Life.
From the Evening Neus, Detroit, Mich.
james Crockett, sturdy old Scotchman,
living in Detroit. Mich, at 8S Montcalm
Street, was asked about his wonderful cure.
"First," he said, II must tell you some
thing of my life before my almost fatal sick
ness. WINS born in Scotland i'll 1922, and
came to this country in 1913. nm ma
rine engineer by trade. and have been up
and down the big lakes hundreds of times.
The Press., 1899-02-23

Williams Pink Pills for Pale People to me.
Finally she said they only cost 20 cents,
and she wanted to know if | would try them.
g I'VE m" relief. | continued TO use them for
about Two years before ! could get strength
enough to walk. 1t came slow hut sure, hut
what [ am today is due wholly to DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
Nearly everybody in Detroit knows how
long | was confined to the he'd, and of my
wonderful cure. 1t is almost a miracle to
some people that saw me when the doctors
had given me up, but DIR. Williams Pink
The Press., 1899-02-23

"We stated" says the Plunkville
Bugle, "that the gent now playing
Othello at the opera house let his hands
hang around like couple Of miniature
hams. He called on us yesterday in re-
gard thereto. With assistance of the
pressman and the shoemaker who occu-
pies the room adjoining The Bugle
Office we elected him, bat not until he
had landed on US with hand that
showed the use Of the word miniature
to have been a serious mistake. i'm.
dianapolis journal.
The Press., 1899-02-23
biographical Jnformat,o..

well, what is an isiand?' asked the
man upon being informed that his SON
had now taken mp the study of geog-
raphy at school.
Land entirely surrounded by wa
ter, replied the boy.
THAT 10 not correct, y said the man.
1" An island ia land surrounded by wa.
ter ON all sides except the upper side.
Land entirely surrounded by water ia
suburban real estate" -, -
The Press., 1899-02-23
She Thought She Did.

He-Do you love me we'll enough to
become my wife?
She-l think do, but must have
all the money want, and must al
ways have my own way, and go when
and where | want to, and come home
when l please, and stay away when !
please Yes. think really do love you
we'll enough to raarry you.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT
The Press., 1899-02-23
He Was Slow,

They had been excepting company
for eight years, and, when be finally
proposed and was accepted, in the ardor
of his enthusiasm be exclaimed, Oar
ling, you are worth your weight in
gold!'
With ALMOST cruel facetiohsness she
replied, "That is saying a good deal,
for it was an awful long wait. Rich.
mopd Dispatch.
The Press., 1899-02-23

Pills for Pale People cured me surely
enough.
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie made me what am to-day. l only wish
could persuade others to do as / did, and
taket before IL is toe Late
(Signed) JAMES CROCKETT"
Before me, q Notary Public, personally
appeared James Crockett, who signed and
swore to the above statement as being true in
every particular.
ROBERT E. HULL. JR..
Notary Public.
Wayne County, Mich.
The Press., 1899-02-23

door of every quarter. occasional yells
leading to the hasty arrival of a flushed
and heated looking matron to restore
order in a summary fashion The allow
ance of space does not strike one as par.
ticularly liberal, soldiers with small
families being given only one room, with
the minutest possible scullery, the ia
theirs of larger families rejoicing in an
extra room Sergeants, as rule, have
two rooms. but otherwise have no pull
over their comrades of lower rank.
The wives of the private soldiers add
largely-to the scanty pay of their hus.
bands by doing washing for the men of
their husbands company, and twice
blessed is the woman whose good man
belongs to a company having few mar
ried soldiers In this case she will be
able to get more to do than her less for,
tunate sisters. Some of the women wha
have reputation as washerwomen earn
plenty of money by washing for the Of.
ficers of the regiment The soldiers
wife seems to drift naturally into being
a washerwoman
A little conversation with the ladies
is Ii beral education in esprit de corps
each woman thoroughly identifies her
self with the regiment to which her hus.
band belongs. and even in these days OF
short service it is not difficult to find
women whose fatherN and grandfatherf
have sosdiered IN bygone days under the
tattered colors now hanging in the ga
cred precincts of the officers mess.
The ladies of the regiment. as rule,
take great interest in the welfare Of
their humber sisters, frequently visit
ing them in their quarters and giving
more than their sympathy at one Of
those crises which occur SO frequently
in the married block and generally lead
ultimately to the object Of their solici
tude applying for extra accommodation
owing to an unauthorized addition tc
the strength of the battalion.-''Social
Life In the British Army" by Brit
ish Officer. in Harper's Magazine
The Press., 1899-02-23

Straightforward in trouble. My land
lady told me I'd have to settle up or
leave.
Giggleton-Why, you're in luck, old
fellow. I'm in worse fix than that.
My landlady told ne I'd have to settle
up before ] could leave.-Exchanee.
The Press., 1899-02-23

The sudden changes of climate en-.
countered by soldiers when troops are
moved from one quarter of the world to
another are estimated as increasing the
annual mortality Of Europe by 50. 900
man
The Press., 1899-02-23
BIRTHS.

RED Hor FROM THE Gun was the ball
that hit G.. B. Steadman of Newark :,
Mich, n the civil war. 1t caused horri-
BILE ulcers that no treatment helped for 20
years. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured him. Cures cuts, bruises, burns,
hollis, felons, corns, skin eruptions. Best
Pile cure on earth. rs cts. box. Cure
guaranteed. 3
Sold by A. G. Eaton, Druggist.
The Press., 1899-02-23
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items OF local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.]
February 30, 1859.

H. C. Mclaughlin, one of the publish
ers of this paper, had severe fall in the
street on the 9th inst. cutting his knee
badly, and so iDiuring the bone that it
will take some time to recover the use of
the limb again, besides causing severe
illness, from which he Is just recovering.
The velocipede has come. A school
has been opened at Oronoco hall, where
all can learn to ride the "critter," and
where, by paying ten cents, any one can
see how it is done. The school Is open
day and evening, and thus far has been
well patronized. That the velocipede can
be ridden easily and gracefully, Is dem
onstrated by the proprietor of the school,
Mr.. Colburn, and many try to emulate
him In the accomplishment, but thus far
with Indifferent success. 1t makes sport
for the lockers on.
Thomas Hodgson of Coventry is selling
out his goods, preparatory to closing up
his business.
VIM. M. Cummings has purchased one
half of the Baxter Hall place in Mansfield,
near the Soldiers Orphan home. Price,
81 900.
BIRTHS.
In Wellington, Feb. 10th, 1859, son to
James Carlton.
in Staffordville. Feb. 18th, 1869, a
daughter to Henry Packard; 18th, son
to Leonard Goodell 10th, a son to
E. Y. Fiske; Goth, daughter to Edward
Moore.
MARRIAGES..
In Willimantic, Jan. 9Th, 1863, Henry
B. Cutler Of Coventry and Clyanna E.
Hutchins of Mansfield.
In Mansfield Center, Feb. 18th, 1869,
James s. Eaton of Mansfield and Mrs.
Huldah Clark of Eastford.
The Press., 1899-02-23
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Humphrey Med Co., Cor. William & John Sts.,
New York.
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DecOre ted by Christina.

Sin the suburbs of Sedalia, Mo-, "
says the Kansas City Times there lives
a scholarly gentleman who was awarded
the Order of Christina by the Queen OF
Spain for his jealous care If her two
grapdsons Raymondo Guell y Borbon
and Fernando Alfonse, who afterward
became the King Of Spain, and was the
father of little Alfonso, the present king.
This gentleman is Colonel Van B.
Wisker, whom nearly all Missouri iaus
with state acquaintance know
The Press., 1899-02-23
Does Coffee Agree with You ?

II not. drink GFain-O-made from pure grains,
lady writes: "The first tinae made Gratn-O
did not like it, but after using it one week moth.
ing would induce me to go back to Coffee" 1t
nourishes and feeds the system. The children
can drink it freely with great benefit. 1t is the
strengthening substance OF pure grains. Get q
fromgrocer. 15c and 25c
The Press., 1899-02-23
Docto, Q Never ID sagree

On one point-that celery Is natures own
remedy for all nerve diseases. The pur. 81
and best celery preparation In the world
is Cleveland's Celery Compound Tea. II
cures all nerve troubles, indigestion, con.
stipation, liver and kidney diseases, and
ell skin diseases and eruptions. It puri.
ties the blood and tones up the whole sys.
tenn. w. d. Head, Stafford Springs
and G.. L. Phillips, South Coventry
Druggists, will give you free trial pack.
axe. Large packages, Is cents. 2
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Mrs. Barnard Thanks
MRS. PINKHAM FOR HEALTH.
[LErrrR no ms. r1nxHAx no. 1s,eosl


"DEAR FRIEND feel it my duty to
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for me. was very miserable and los
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An Iowa woman's Convincing Statement.
81 tried three doctors, and the last
one said nothing but an operation
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fuse flowing; sometimes would think
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There are more spoiled men and wo-
men than spoiled children-only we do
not hear SO much about them. Boston
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Those who Insisted The strongest
upon going to Cuba in her struggle
Tor freedom are now Offering the most
severe criticisms upon the condition
OF orr country. The purchase of the
Philippine Islands don't suit them, in
fact, nothing suits them, and To- sun,
the whole matter up, some people
seem to have been born kickera. We
doubt ii any man III all this broad
country would under take to say that
the administration has absolutely
made II" neutrality-suspicious. is u
h'iie uncommon in this life, but " no
would have steered the hip of state
better, it rs we'll?
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4 long time ! wl great -urcrc. from
Liver ud Stomach U9I.-- daduiI
plu iu Wv l..i s.ia under my h,lt Sc
times my de- I..mr -volluu aud fI,c ru.u
acute. My stomach WIS al saws SOUR aud 4
would ,pmIl every time I ct Aly bowel.
were very Irregular causing me pain and
d.-trc-, ! tried many things without benz
eff read Of your medicine AMI conclud
oi 10 try TO- and ann glad chat did, ! fclt
hotter after the fret dose. continued fo
take Ramon Liver Pills pnI Tone Pellets
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Pharmacy
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One hundred and twenty FIVE mile.
ct railroad will make great through
line, c"nnecring three vast systems.
1t is about that distance from New
Mar'insvilie to Charleston, by way of
Pennshnr" aud this ,uwn.-KitchIe
Gazette.
And this town and ArnnLl>Durr np
the West Fork out at the head Of
Beech and down Sandy. Whoupcr
up Morris.
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gro BE CONTGNIo Al,
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MINK the person whcsm !, frr,;.h
. "hI'"ey l" The boys Own. ,hi- ,,I,oa
''"'" ne FOUND out aud nn' ;.d;c,nJ ~.
ne gran" jury. 1t Is sr".J on,,,,,I
'''''n Knows Tor" mG 'rhes ,o ya, I,nu,
Ut "hen 1t c"mena ;IEEe r. d.bonchio,, o,,r
ln i.1n 'i ~ j. horrible and L.j,i.h I,,s
, AN on.,, ..cre, ,l,,t 6ri,t,,, nr.,,;,,
L. u very rotic.ohIa .xi.,r ,r,,u,,
. The yopuycr .leron, her. and ,L.,
, cannot obtain their liouor i, amy o,,.
.r NAV Than ,hrouab their el,Isr. ,,ud
the one who i doipg i, !. ,.sr,,ir., d,
, frigh.ful responsibiliry The yonrg
man Of The ,r..eu, - the bora ,f u,..
. future, and il should be cur aim TO-
influence him for the heller instead
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with three or four railroads il,
hi'ehie county, the Gazette SAYS:
"Wan'ei:-A new railroad"
They Eaye three banks in Tie coun.
ty aud tw" or three good oil fields.
There seems to ne no end to Morris
greed. About the next thiny he will
he clam"ring for will he some pretty
woman.
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The hiea of making appropriations
Tor hospitals for minors, and totally
'g""ri"g hospitals tor ed:r.rs, railroad
men, lawyers, doctors, farmers, etc.
is certainly unjust discr limitation and
class Legislation, aud not much better
than cruelty Ia animals.
Record.
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Rev. T. Edwards, pastor Ut tie
English Baptist Church az Miners.
vile, Pa, when suffering with rheu.
malism, was advised 90 try Chamber.
hams Pain Balm lie snys: "A
few applications ot thi- Eminent prov.
ed OF great service tome. fsubdncd
The inflammation aud relieved the
pain. Should any sufferer profit oy
giving Pain Balm trial H. will please
mo For sale by Dye Pharmacy.
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Several of the Republican papers
in this Congressional district are busy
running Judge Freer FIR Governor in
1900. While we think there is no
office in the gift Of the people too
good for him, we are decidedly of
the opinion that he can do his reaple
much mere good in the capacity of a
Congressman than Governor.
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ki'chIe county is becoming famous
Tor Jail deliveries. They certainly do
not feed their prisoners we'll. Asa
inle prisoners in tins county will STAY
whether locked or nnl.cked
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Governor Atkinson appointed Sen.
Vat1r q. w. Fnrr, of West Union to
bSNo"'Sse ~of the Fourth Judicial
Circuit lie will serve until the
next raI election nnI then the
people MAY, speak.
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i'ePuhIican exrravagance is ce,taiu
l" he an important Issue in next
sears national campaigu.-Ex.
How about West Virginia.s ex
'ravagance while rA. Democrats held
the reIgns in one branch?
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I'hs would be good time fnr n
political campaigu-tbere is plenty OF
mud To throw.
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In some secliDms of the country
tramps are numerous aud many of
them very saucy.
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A ''tfin trust is now being formed
Now it we had a grave diggers trust,
people could not afford to die al all
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G, b. Gibbens again gets it in the
meek politically. He wan'ed to he
Mayor of ker,hurg, but hi. com.
peiIt"r. Thompson, dis'ancrd him IN
the first heat. G"rdy makes mighty
good "swire" for The Republican par
~, but he can't wear ckev boot.
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That came! beef ought To lie pretty
well aired by this l!n,e.
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The American navy is attracting
the attention of the ire world.