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Mr. and Mrs r. w. butcher returned
on Tuesday night from four days stay
with Mr. butchers parents in New York
City. On Sunday they dined with Mr.
D atcher's brother in Jersey City.
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Leonard Botsford of the Park City en-
ioyed the Christmas holiday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs 8. j. Botsford.
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James Nichols of Bridgeport was with
his mother, Mrs Addie Nichols of Mt
Pleasant, on Christmas day.
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Rev Henry Upson Of New Preston will
preach at the Congregational eharch,
next Sunday, in the absence of Rev MI
Barker.
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TASHUA.
THE SCHOOL FESTIVAL.


Miss Wooster closed the school on FRI
day, the 22d, for two weeks vacation
with very interesting exercises, consist
ing of dialogues and singing, and tree
with gifts for the scholars. Miss Woos-
ter received a number of pretty presents
from her scholars. Master Clark Mallett
brought his photograph, which played a
1 lumber of selections, much to the enjoy
ment of those present.
CHRISTMAS AT CHRIST CHURCH.
The Christmas eve music and Christ
mas tree, with carols by the children,
were very enjoyable, and special mention
should be made of the Christmas solo,
Blending Ger cradle low" beautifully
sung by Miss Verter.
Mrs Ferry took Christmas dinner at
the rectory.
Mr. aad Mrs John Treadwell spent
Christmas day with relatives at Lyons
Plains.
Lorenzo Mallett and family were with
relatives In Milford for Christmas.
Miss Lille Mallett Ia just recovering
from several days. illness, caused by
very severe cold, which trouble is quite
prevalent, many being confined at homs
by hard colds.
Mrs Mary e. Clarke spent Christma
with her daughter and family at New
town.
Miss Mary Sterling Ia with her sister
Mrs George D. Mallett.
MIR Blackwood and friend were witt
his mother for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs w. B. Mallett entertaine'
large family party on Christmas day.
Miss Lille Mallett is recovering fror
an attack of grip. E
Miss May Sterling spent Christmas 9
G. d. Mallett's. She expects to spen
the winter in Washington, Conn.
Charles Gilbert has built greenhouse
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Miss Kittie e. Keane is visiting with
her brother, James r. Keane, Of Bridge
port.
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Mr. and Mrs W. n. TomlIna0n and son
of Danbury were guests over Chriatmas
day Of Mr. and Mrs FL. III. Peck.
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Have you dined at Blanchard's. Fairfield
avenue. Bridgeport. Everybody who visits
Good service, the best or cookery. two eIe
ments which go to make up tha successful
dinner.
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harris Clark Of Bridgeport was q
guest on Christmas day OF his parents,
Mr and Mrs George Clark.
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Mr Ana Mru Albert Y Falsehlla passed
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AN UNFAlLIHG SIGN THAT
NATURE IS APPEALING he'll b.

JEi f~L! warning that safely be ignorets
To neglect to purify the blood at this
time more than the annoyance of painful bois and
unsighty pimpes. If these impurities allowed to
remain the system succumbs to ordinary illness and
unable to Withstand the many ailments which are SO
prevalent during spring and summer.
Mrs. l.. Gentle, 1904 Second Avenue Seattle, Wash
says II afflicted for long time with pmpies, which
annoying they dsgured my face fearfuly.
After using many other remedies in vain s promptly
thoroughly cleansed my blood and now rejoice in
a good com plexion, which never had before"
CANT Fl of the A, G.. s.
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commencing on 4ueSudy' tAe SCI,
ond day OF the New Year, we shall
;naue,,,rate Gales of
iA'''s u '''o ''''>-' -
Muslin Underwear, Wrappers and Chill
dren's Wear
Cotton Sheets and Pillow Cases
Housekeeping Linens towels, table cloths
and the like
The marrow Laces of everyday use
Men shuts and Collars
Sales that mean LARGE and very real
acoror,,, 10 the h0ueeLyeeDer IF
~SSA'"'i'y w '''~
Nr.rly Io1lHy
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BOiIs and PinnpIes
Give Warning.

T When Nature is overtaxed, she has
her own way of giving notice that assist"
ance is needed. She does not ask for
clip until it is impossible to get along without
. Boils and pimples are an Indication that
he system is accommodating impurities which
of they are an urgent appeal for assistance
The Newtown bee., 1899-12-29

Master Rudolph Lohr of Bridgeport ii
visiting Master Harold Clark.
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.. s. s. FOR THE BLOOD

blood remedy because it vegetable
absolutely potash
promptly puf the blood and thoroughly ean the system builds up
Bo by going direct to the of the trouble and
Books any
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10

Prince Metternich who accompanied
the Empress Eugene in her fight from
the Tuileries on Sept. 4, 1870. The
princess. who was very young in 1859,
was during those ten years the fore
most figure among the ladies of the
imperial court She was also one of
the best abused Her pet aversions, il
she had any, must have been the
journalists of Paris, some of whom
stopped to make ungallant and spite
full remarks upon her personal appear
ance.
The less rough among the critics
called her ''plain." Many of her ad-
mirers called her pretty. Then some
body settled the question by the YER
dict that she was fetching, for no.
body could dispute the beauty of the
princess eyes or her expression of in
telligence, vivacity and good nature
At the same time the clever, ready
witted princess loved show; her dia-
monds and dresses and high steppers
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MRS. GEORGE l.. BAKER.

ployes. The employe who is made to
work overtime can't afford to object,
for many obvious reasons. Mrs Bak-
er believes this, too, and so she has
constituted herself as the champion
of the wronged employees, and of the
public whose safety is imperiled by
compelling motormen to work exceed
ingly long hours. First she remon-
strated with the manager, then when
remonstrance didn't succeed, she
caused suit to be instituted against the
company, and has not only retained
some of the best legal talent of the me-
tropolis to conduct the prosecution, but
is spending time and additional money
to secure evidence that will convict.
She has been importuned by her fash
ionable friends not to do this, but her
replies may be summed up in the
statement that she doesn't see why a
corporation shauld be permitted to
violate law simply because it's rich.
Every workingman and every other
right-minded person will respect and
applaud Mrs. Baker for her course But
ISu II terTlDle dTGdlS ullleuI VI Lie
prevalent way of doing things that 1t
needs the active aid of an influential
and wealthy woman to have the ma
chinery of law set in motion to call
law-defying corporatio" to book?
When there is an invasion of the rights
of corporation, or even faint sus-
picion that such thing is contem-
plated, how the policemen, prosecuting
attorneys, and even The judges of our
courts fairly fall over each other in
their haste to prevent or punish the
outrage! But when the shoe is on the
other foot, when the plain citizen with
out big piles of money is imposed upon
and made to suffer because a corpora
tion chooses to defy law, then the po-
liceman is blind, the prosecuting at
tOrney has mo official cognizance' OF
(which is a legal way of saying that
he doesn't want to be told, and the
judge takes care to pass by on the 9TH
er side of the street The upshot is,
that unless a labor union or some other
person like Mrs Baker steps in, the
violation of law not only goes unpun-
ished, but its continuance even comes
to be regarded as quite the proper
thing.
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Extravagance of Fashion.

Really, in behalf of the economical
women who cannot afford to enrich
the ragman every ten weeks or so,
when the fashions take a lurch this
way or that, legislation should step in
to establish some one pattern or
weave of black silk as the fashion.
Here it was, as we remember, only
yesterday every woman felt compelled
to buy at least black moire velours
skirt to wear her fancy waists with,
or who was she, with soul so dead to
the needs of her wardrobe, that she
couldn't afford a skirt of black silk
all covered with sprawly brocaded de-
signs? Well, now, forsooth, the molre
velours, or the plain moire, or the
brocaded patterns are utterly abhorred
by the we'll dressed, and the manufac-
turers have got out new black sllk..
1t is crisp watered silk, with great
brocaded polka dots or giant triangles,
or long wavelike lines running and
spattered all over it. The brilliancy
of it is undeniable, as is that of the
new evening silks, all of which are
shaded from deepest tones to palest
tints on every breadth. They, too, are
watered and brocaded, and are meant
for magnificent reception, dinner and
ball dresses. 1t is plain to see that
their advent has been made necessary
by the long trains, and for the beauti-
full new tea gowns and wedding Co.'S
tunes a wonderful velvet embossed
silk is adopted. On peau de sole
ground of palest coral-pink or Nile
green, long, black fern leaves and
fronds are embossed in velvet, and
these new fabrics, made up with the
ever-insinuating black lace, result in
great splendors of the toilet.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10

forc1ble pressure on the ground with
the muscles of the foot, accompanied
by an uplifting of body and straight
ening of the knee. The proper way
to stand and offer the hand in greeting
is to hold the body erect and easy,
carry the right hand forward in
circle toward the left side, with the
palm upward and parallel with the
upper chest. Stand upon the left foot,
bearing the weight upon it. Have the
right foot free and slightly backward.
Don't stand with the feet wide apart
or the elbows akimbo To leave a
room gracefully is more important than
to enter it. Do not turn your back
directly upon a company and then
proceed to walk out of the room,
neither attempt to back out. It is
necessary to turn the back a little,
but use side movement in walking,
with the head and chest turned
slightly toward the guests. When the
door is reached turn entirely around
and step back three or four steps. In
doing this have the body curved from
hip to brow.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10
Cost of GOYernment.

An ingenious Englishman has fig
hred out the cost of an hour Of gov
ernment since the beginning Of the
century. In France the figures show
an alarming tendency to increase. Un-
der Napoleon an hour of government
cost 115,0O0 francs; under Louis Phil
lippe, 100000; under the second re-
public, 100000; under Napoleon ILL.,,
249000; from 1870 to 1880, 3O7 900, on
account of the raising of the average
by the cost of the war with Germany,
but from 1880 to 1890 the cost was
100000 francs an hour. A French pa
per remarks that this seems to prove
the undesirability of paying a govern
ment by the hour or by the day; pay
ment by the piece, according to the
work done. is the only way, it thinks
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10
Education and Discipline.

To guard from error is not the in
structor's duty, but to lead the erring
pupil; nay, to let him quaff his error
in deep, satiating draughts is some
times his best wisdom. He who only
tastes his error will long dwell with
it, will take delight in it as in singu-
lar felicity; while he who drains it
to the dregs will, if he be not crazy,
find out what it is. l also reckon it
essential that We lay down and con-
stantly impress on children certain
laws, to operate as a kind of hold in
life. Nay, | could almost assert that
it is better to be wrong by rule than to
be wrong with nothing but the fitful
caprices of our disposition to impel us
hither and thither.-Ex.
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ter bells have rung. But when the
Easter carols have been sung, then you
may call out all your host of brilliant
hues. Five shades of gray seem a
great deal, but you can imagine dress
of pearl gray with cape of steel gray
velvet. The cape has very broad lapels
of braided velvet in lovely dove col
or. AS the cape flies open we see a
vest of iron gray figured velvet, which
is warm and allows the cape to fly
open on sunny days. The hat is Of the
most delicate aluminium, and setting
we'll back; and standing high, so as to
give breadth and height, there is
very large steel gray ornament. The
muff and the trimming for the cape
are Of deep silver fox. This may make
more than five shades of gray, but,
truth to tell, the toilet was such SYM
phony in gray that it was like cloud
difficult to differentiate.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10
STANDS FOR JUSTICE.
MRS. GEORGE BAKER. A FRIEND
OF LABOR.
Some Day Workers Will Awake and
Then They Will Not Need to BE
Championed by Anybody-She Is a
Wealthy Woman.
(Brooklyn Letter.)


Mrs. George Livingston-Baker Is a
very wealthy and extremely fashion
able woman residing at West Brighton,
S. l., suburb of New York city. Her
grandfather was Col. Geo. Armistead,
who was at Fort McHenry when his
friend Francis Keys wrote the Star
Spangled Banner" She got some good
along with wealth, and has cultivated
the ideas as well as the wealth. Con-
sequently, although young, rich, and
beautiful, and related by blood and
marriage to multi-milliOnaireS, she
sticks to principle that is, considered
out of date She believes that cor
poratiOn should be made to respect law
just as poor citizen who feels tempted
to steal is made to understand that it's
illegal to do SO.
A corporation known as the Staten
Island and New York Electric Rail-
road company has been violating a
law that forbids it to exact more than
ten hours work daily, from it's en-
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10
PHIL LONGEVITY.
Live to a Good Old Age in the Quaker
City.

Live to Good Old Age in the Quaker
City.
On July Z last statistics were pub
lished in these columns showing the
number of deaths which had occurred
during the preceding six months
among persons who had lived to or be-
yond the age of 80 years. The total
for that period was 443, Of which 1872
were men and 251 women, says the
Philadelphia Ledger
During the last half of 1898 there
have been published in the obituary
columns of the Ledger the deaths OF
431 persons who lived to or beyond the
age of so years. OF these 1873 were
men and 243 were women. Compared
with the corresponding period of 1897
the last six months of the year which
is just past shows great increase in
the number of deaths among aged peo-
pie. in the last half of 1897 the to-
tai number of deaths was 329, or 1O2
less Titan the aggregate of the SIX
months just past; the result is due IN
some measure to the epidemic of grip,
which raised the death rate of the last
two weeks of the year from an aver
age of Al for the past eight years TO
81, though the death rate for these two
weeks in 1898 was very nearly as high
viz, rs, and in 1891 it was higher
viz, 1O1. The total number of deaths
of octogenarians, nOnagenarians, ana
centenarians announced in the Public
Ledger during the twelve months end
ing Dec. 81, 1898, was S74, divided into
$50 men and 494 women, showing that
80 per cent more women reach 80 tnan
do men. OF the males As reached or
passed the age of 80, the average of
their ages being 92 years and six
months, while the 76 women who lived
to or beyond the age of 80 averaged 81
years and II months.
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Memoirs of a Princess.

1t is not generally known that the
Princess Metternich has for some time
been engaged in writing her memoirs.
Needless to say that their most inter-
esting years will be, or should be, the
ten years from the Austro-Italian war
to the overthrow of the second empire
the ten years during which Prince
Metternich, the authoress' husband,
was Austrian ambassador at Louis Ma
poleon's court.
1t may be remembered that it was
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10

Punishment can be brought into serv-
ice by means of "a diamond trimming.
To make diamond bodice you pro-
ceed in the same manner as you would
if you were going to make an ordinary
waist, with full front. When the bod
ice is finished large diamond Of satin
or silk, or whatever may be, is cut to
fit across the bust. The diamond is
then halved and set upon the bodice,
with the points fitting each other at
the center front of the yoke, thus leav-
ing the broad ends to be sewed in at
the armholes. If desired the diamond
trimming can have another trimming
of lace insertion or irridescent passe-
menterie upon it. 1t is quite a good
idea to fell the trimming to the waist
from the outside of the armholes, so
it can be removed. The sleeves are also
trimmed with the satin and the whole
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10
CHURCH SALOONS,
England Possesses Several and They Do
a Thriving Business.

Thriving Business.
Warwickshire, England, possesses
the chief of class of anomalies of
which up-to-date America can exhibit
no par. 1t is nothing more nor less
than a minister of the gospel who
openly runs a public house. The Es-
tablished church is far from being tee
total in it's doctrines, as teetotalism,
even among the more rigorous of the
sects, has never been popular in Eng
land. The public house came into the
possession of the parish of which Rev.
Osbert Mordaunt. the gentleman in
question, was the rector, through the
will of an eccentric old miser who,
perhaps, as much in irony as good
faith, left it to the vestry in charge for
the benefit of the poor Of the parish
When this was made public the rever-
end gentleman consulted several tenn
perance reformers, who, of course, ad-
vised him to sell Immediately. The
majority of the vestry, however, were
in favor of running the place on
equitable terms, and devoting the pro-
ceeds to the purpose prescribed. The
result has been successful beyond eX-
pectation, an appreciable income be-
ing each year derived for clothing,
coal, etc. The principles are as fol-
lows: 1. The sale of pure beer. 2.
No profit whatever to an individual. 8.
No credit allowed. Since the success
of this place several English ministers
have taken out licenses on the same
plan, and in each instance are reaping
a harvest for their parish poor.
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Confused.

Stay home, pickaninny; don't you 60 to
roamin' rOund
You better mind yoh nanny, or she'll
trounce you good an sound.
DIS world Is topsy-turvy. rs had 'casion
foh to know,
Case rs hyuhr 'em read de papers an
rs seen de minstrel show.
An is met my own relations putin on
seen gorgeous style
Dat 1T made me want to smack EN-. But
had to stop an smile.
An dem high-toned people prances while
dey sings de rag-time tune,
De niggers, dey talks white talk an Dc
white folks, dey talks coon.
know you's young an CROWN an It
does seem kind o. hahd,
But yo's gotter shun society an stick to
dis back yahd.
1 doesn't want to see yer gettin' mixed
up in desc ways,
You couldn't shet yoh eyes an tell who's
speakin' nowadays.
De cullud peoples so perlite an proper
an SO fine!
An de missus, she recites a-sayin' dis
an dat" an "gwine."
Is gWinter quit de country eff dey doesn'
stop it soon,
Desc niggers tallkin' white talk an do
white folks talkin' coon.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10
A Catanaran.

Having read to her pupils descrip-
tion of the sinking of the Merrimac
the teacher some days later asked her
pupils what the word "catamaran"
then used meant. These are some of
the answers:
A catamaran is a mountain lion.
The catamaran is savage officer In
the FillipOse Islands.
A catamaran carries clubs in golf
game.
The catamaran is the place in Chi
cago where the Cat Show was held.
The catamaran was a convention
hall prize.
The catamaran is the proper name
for a catboat and war ram together
like the Catadin.
Hobson obtained a catamaran from
the Spanish officers which was all h0
had to eat.-Kansas City Star.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10

refinement, and her only chance Of Sc
curing worthy model is in her occa-
sional meeting with women of social
standing-in the shops, street cars,
church or amusement hall. To
sit gracefully is an art to
be strongly desired. To drop
into seat and hold it without awk-
wardness requires practice,al strong,
elastic muscles in the legs and waist
line. 10 a few women is given this
control of the muscles, but the majori-
ty of us have to learn it. We all have
to remember that unless the body is
elastically supported at the center no
position can be graceful. The art Of
rising gracefully is quite as important
as that of sitting easily. The action
should be confined to the lower limbs
and the flexible, muscular uplifting
Of the body at the ribs This is done
by drawing the feet back toward the
seat, bending the body forward, with
the head thrown back, until the weight
Is over the center of the body, with
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10
A Diamond Bodice.

Quite the newest thing in the shape
Of fancy bodices is the diamond bodice.
The diamond bodice is not studded
with solitaries or even chips, as its
name indicates, but is called thus in
accordance with the arrangement Of its
trimming. Nothing is smarter than
the diamond bodice, nor as economical,
for even a waist that is doomed to
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-10
FOR SALE CHEAP.

If any one has use for church and
would like to buy one for $25 here is
his chance. Preparations for the new
exchange building in Birmingham,
England, have necessitated the remov-
al of Christ church and it has been
put up for sale. The public has been
not little amused at the terms of