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The Press., 1899-06-22
The old Great Eastern.

On May ]. 1854, Brunei and Scot
Russell began the building of the Great
Eastern at Millwall, on the north side
of the Thames. This immense ship will
always be talked about. She is part
of history. and, unlike the majority of
ships which are dead and gone, she be-
longs to time.
Her length between perpendiculars
was $50 feet and on the upper deck 692
feet. The breadth of the hull was SO
feet and from paddlebox to paddlebox
118 feet. The depth of this great ships
hull was 60 feet: the weight of the iron
contained in her hull, 5000 tons, and
the weight of the whole ship when
fully laden, $4,000 tons. Thus loaded
she drew 80 feet of water. Further
statistics of her construction are curi.
GUS. Here was a ship held together by
no less than 100000 rivets. The plates
which formed her were 10000 in num-
her, and each plate weighed about q
third of ton.
The Press., 1899-06-22
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
Of The Press, thirty years ago]
June 25, 1869.

George Dunlap, Of West Stafford, at
tempted to shoot dog one day this week.
when the gun burst, the fragments cutting
Dunlap In the arm, and another man
standing near about the head, injuring
neither of them very seriously, however.
Albert ingalls,, while painting one of
the turrets Of the Stafford Loom COM
pany's building, fell from ladder thirty
feet to the ground, getting some severe
bruises, but no broken bones or other
serious injuries.
Dimmic Willis Is making velocipede
with which he claims he will be able to
ascend grades of thirty or thirty-five de-
grees. The machine is a three wheeled
one and arranged with gears, so that by
moving lever the speed of the driver
may be increased, giving more or less
power according to the grade of the road.
ASHFORD. Westford glass works,
the only works Of the kind in this part of
the state, employ about rs hands. 1t is
interesting to watch the curious opera
tion of turning salt and ashes into glass
bottles, demijohns, etc. Nearly all the
saw mills in this section are engaged in
saving plough beams, many Of which go
to the Southern market.
At West Ashford the only mandatory,
other than shoe shop is a whiskey dis
tillery. ......
CovENTRY.-The "Hale Donation Lii
brary" now in the Congregational church
on the hill, contains over eight hundred
volumes, besides four hundred pamphlets.
The trustees have recently been number
ing and making complete catalogue Of
the books.
B1RTHs.-In Stafford Springs, June 22nd
1869, daughter to Gideon Waite, and
granddaughter to Geo. A. Lucas.
In Stafford Springs, Goth, daughter to
Edwin N. Washburn.
MARRIAGEs.-In Stafford Springs June
22nd, 1859, by Rev. E. Benton, assisted bv
Rev. w. M. Bray, Rev. Stephen o. Ben
ton of Dighton, Mass, son of Rev. J. T..
Benton and Ellen M. Taft of Stafford.
The Press., 1899-06-22
IN THE LIBRARY.

The fire is dim, the light is low,
And silent in my easy chair
1sit and dream, anu Ianc.cs flow
About me in the darkling air.
The walls with books ale covered we'll;
Quite to the ceiling high they rise,
And in the darkness l can tell
Where each beloved volume lies.
But now they seem 10 live and move,
And faces from 1ht il bindings stare,
And all the authors that love
And their creations fill tie air.
They never src:iZ: their eager eyes
Look for conn anions never found,
As'caci iiito the 1al kness .ties
In turn and makes no sound.
And groups feat by. but never gaze
Upon each other; all intent
On unknown errand go their ways
Or stand in mute bewilderment.
What are ye-real CT feiSned thinrsP
Ard will ye live some gram er life,
When we who bl ea, he have lost our wings
And fallen. silent, in the s.life9
And who are greatest-those who found
A city grand palace high
Or those who till the s::ilit ground
OF fancy that can never die?
For men may live and co snd dare.
Yet fade away, by I'll forgot,
But these CT cations, foil and fair,
Live ON and perish not.
From Wa;se MS "scn"s ,f Fly ing Hours. "
The Press., 1899-06-22

Appendicitis is not the surely fatal
disease it has been often regarded. Pro-
lessor Nothagel CT Vienna finds that
not less than 80 per cent of the cases
run simple course and recover under
purely medical treatment He states
that opiates should be given. but no
purgatives. There need be no uneasi-
ness if the patient has no movement Of
the bowels for six or eight days. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Press., 1899-06-22
Dig Un the Dusf.

A Mississippi editor makes this ap-
peal to delinquent subscribers: "Fish
down into your pocket and dig up dust.
The editor is hungry and the paper bout
to bust. We've trusted You for several
months and done it with smile, SO Just
return the compliment and trust us for
awhile. Our wife she needs some stock
ings, and baby needs a dress, Jimmy
needs some breeches and SO do Kate
and Bess. Pud is on the hog train and
Peggy sick with grief, and. good gosh
almighty. can't You give man relief z
Shell out those nickels and turn loose
the dimes, turn 'em loose and whistle,
and We'll have better times. There will
be fewer patches ON the bosom of our
pants, and we'll make the paper better
If we have half chance. Dom give us
that old story. long gene to seed, bout
taking more family papers than the
family want to read. but help to feed
the printer, and he'll help our town to
grow, and thus escape the sulphur in
the regions down below
The Press., 1899-06-22
Drink Grain-O

after you have concluded that you ought not to
drink coffee. It is not medicine but doctors
order it, because it is healthful invigorating and
appetizing. 1t is made from pure grains and
has that rich, seal brown color, and tastes like
the hnest grades of coffee and costs about n as
much. Children thrive on 1t because 1t is gen.
uine food drink containing nothing but nourtsh-
ment. 15c and Csc at grOcers.
The Press., 1899-06-22

Henry Mcclellan, of Hamilton,
ILL.,, is veteran of the 10Th Illi-
nois Infantry. He said:
"For more than fifteen years
was sufferer from gastritis in its
worst form. I was much reduced
in flesh and strength and unable
to attend to business. Finally my
wife persuaded me to try DR.. Viii
liams Pink Pills for Pale People
and to my surprise I began to get
better. Three boxes effected
cure that has been permanent.
When I began to take the pills
weighed 1876 pounds ; now I weigh
1863. These pills did me more
good than all the other medicines
1 have ever taken.
H. K. MCCLELLAN"
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this second day of December,
1897.
R. R. WALLACE,
Notary Public.
From the Press, Hamilton, Ill.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, in a condensed form, all the ele-
ments necessary to give new life and rich.
ness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific for
such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after-etfects of the grip, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow compilations, and all
forms Of weakness either in male or female.
Or. Williams Pink pills for Pale People are never
sold by the dozen or hundred. but always In pack
ages. At all druggists, or direct from the Or. vii.
lIams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. T., 80
cents per box, 6 boxes $3.50.
The Press., 1899-06-22

Mr.. P. Ketcham of Pike City, Cal.
says: During my brothers late sick.
ness from sciatic rheumatism, Chamber.
lain's Pain Balm was the only remedy
that gave him any relief" Many others
pain which this liniment affords.
For sale by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs
Fl. F. Cady, Stafford.
The Press., 1899-06-22
A Neigh OrhOOd Tragedy.

1--WE bought lawn mower at the
Montague auction.
"Well. that was all right. wasn't
it,"
"All right? Maria says it is our old
one which they borrowed and never re-
turned - Detroit Free Press.
ALI women Are Beautiful
II they have a clear, delicate and rosy
skin and bright, sparkling eyes. All
women can have those requisites to true
beauty. Pure blond, strong nerves and
perfect organic health are all that is nee
essary. Cleveland Celery Compound Tea
makes pure blood, cures all nerve and
functional diseases, and gives the skin
the clear, perfect bloom Of youth. w.
D. Head, Stafford Springs, and g. i
Phillips, South Coventry, Druggists, will
give you a free trial package. Large
packages, 25 cents. 3
The Press., 1899-06-22
Her Great Need.
ssTell him to wait. -

esTell him to walt.
Mrs Golddecker waved aside the
maid, and. rising anxiously, looked out
on upper Fifth avenue from the win
dow of her just completed nineteenth
century palace. She was wondering
whether his man, for whom she had
sent, possessed at last the one secret
that could make her happy She paused
for moment. nerving herself invardly
to encounter disappointment in case il
should come. and then, in full control
of herself, she prepared to descend
Leaving her boudoir. with it's 500, 00C
bedstead. she passed the diamond and
sapphire inlaid bathroom, with its gold
faucets glittering in the electric light,
and, stepping into the cut glass eleva-
tor, was whirled rapidly downward tc
the first floor. Stepping lightly over the
81, 900, 600 rug in the reception hall
and brushing abstractedly against the
1900, 900 tapestries in the drawing
room, she passed through long passage
into the waiting room in the rear Of the
house, where tall, dignified foreigner
stood up and bowed respectfully as she
entered.
"Can you make good bread2" she
asked.
The Press., 1899-06-22

If Mrs. Pinkham's Compound will cure
such severe cases as this surely it
must be great medicine-is there
any sufferer foolish enough not to
give it trial?
The Press., 1899-06-22

He FOOLED THE SURGEONS. = All doc
tors told Renick Hamilton Of West JEFF
fersan, O., after suffering 10 months from
Rectal Fistula, he would die unless a
costly operation was performed; but he
cured himself with five boxes Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on
Earth, and the best Salve in the World.
25 cents box.
Sold by A. G. Eaton. Druggist.
The Press., 1899-06-22
Appendicitis.

In the polar regions the sea contains
less ealt than near the equator.
The Press., 1899-06-22

r1ETTER TO MRS. PMxHAM NO. 46,o7ol
81 had female COM
plants SO bad that it
caused me to have
historical fits; have had
as many as nine in one
day.
"Five bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
cured me and it has
been a year since l had
an attack.
rlrs. Edna Jackson,
Pearl. la.
The Press., 1899-06-22

Bad management keeps more people In
poor circumstances than any other one
cause. To be successful one must look
ahead and plan ahead, SO that when ia
vorable opportunity presents itself he is
ready to take advantage of 1t. A little
forethought will also save much expense
and valuable time. A prudent and care
full man will keep bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and DiarrhGa Rem
edy In the house, the shiftless fellow will
wait until necessity compels it, and then
ruin his best horse going for doctor and
have big doctor bill to pay, besides;
one pays out 25 cents. the other is out a
hundred dollars. and then wonders why
his neighbor is getting richer while he is
getting poorer.
For sale by Elk. Taft, Stafford Springs;
FL. F. Cady, Stafford
The Press., 1899-06-22
America In Old World Eyes.

"Last year." says the Chicago
Times Herald, ''the United States &C.
cupied only A pages of the space in the
world great annual. The Statesman 8
Year Book, and these followed Turkey
in the alphabetical arrangement of it's
contents. This year 2S2 pages and four
maps are devoted to what amounts to a
comprehensive register and review of
our government, politics, commerce,
industry, social con 1ition. resources
and progress. And as if to emphasize
the new departure the new data pre-
cede all the rest and have special in
dex of their own. Such is the revolu-
tion wrought in the old world attention
to American affairs by the remarkable
year or stress and expansion through
which we have just passed.
The Press., 1899-06-22
.sThe Best Man That Ever Lived"

After hearing so many women ex-
press themselves upon the subject we
have come to the conclusion that "the
best man who ever lived" if he ever
marries. will have to take what he can
get The ordinary, everyday sort of
man will probably continue. as hereto
fore, to gather in the cream of the fair
sex.-Boston Transcript
The Press., 1899-06-22

A MARROW EsoAPE.-Thankfu words
written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton,
s. D.: "Was taken with bad cold
which settled on my lungs; cough set in,
and finally terminated in Consumption.
Four doctors gave me up, saying l could
live but short time. l gave myself uI
to my Savior, determined If could not
stay with my friends on earth, would
meet my absent ones above. My HUSBAND
was advised to get DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. gave it trial, took in all eight
bottles. 1t has cured me, and, thank
God, am saved, and am now a we'll and
healthy woman" Regular size SOC and
81. Guaranteed or price refunded.
Trial bottles free at A. &. Eatou's Drug
Store.
The Press., 1899-06-22

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
POLITICS IN THE SENATE.
Game of Strategy, with the Peace
Treaty as the Great Stake.

Washington Special to Chicago Record
There is a good deal of politics going on
in the Senate just now. A game of strate-
gy that will be played within the next six
weeks, with the peace treaty as the great
stake and the increase of the army as a
side issue will be worth the study of po-
litical economists and statesmen Every
Senator and member of the House is directly
or indirectly interested in mastering out
some regiment of volunteers. The secretary
of war has decided that the strength of the
army cannot be reduced any further until
the peace treaty is ratified. Then the war
will be legally over and the volunteers Will
have a right to return to their homes, but
they cannot be released until Congress gives
the President an adequate military force to
maintain order That means the passage
of the army bill, to which the "aunties" are
very much opposed
Everybody who has ever been to the Phil
ippiEe islands; everybody who has ever lived
in the East everybody who knows anything
about the Philippines, their resources and
commercial advantages. is an expanSioniSt,
and just now the members of the Senate are
receiving from great variety OF sources
letters and documents, newspaper articles
and pamphlets discussing one or another
side of the question.
Il found in my mail this morning, said
q Western senator, 'forty-four letters and
twenty-five pamphlets, magazine articles or
newspaper clippings concerning the reten-
ton of the Philippines. Nine of the letters
were from persons who have been in the
Philippine islands or in China. and every
one of them urged me to vote for the ratiti-
cation of the treaty and colonial policy
Four of the letters were from religious and
missionary societies TO the same purport.
six letters were from old friends in pri-
vate life, who believe that the government
should not undertake the responsibility of
governing people outside of hem
isphere. Three commended Senator Hoar' S
speech and five criticised. Seven. including
the three who approved Senator Hoar's
speech, took the ground that we ought not
to impose a government upon the Fi!ipinOs
unless they ask for it. Two gentlemen who
have been in the Philippine islands more or
less on business wrote me to urge the Pres
ident not to yield an inch to Aguinaldo, be-
cause if he and his associate insurgents are
allowed to control the country there will be
q reign Of terror One of these letters was
from New York and the other from San
Francisco. One is from an importer of hemp
Both said that the property owners and the
business element of the Philippines were al
most without exception in favor of annex
alton or a protectorate from the United
StatpC
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
THE INsTRUCTING OF SENATORS.

The question relative to the duty of a
senator to obey the instructions of a Legis-
lature has often been raised. and in the
nature of things, it has never been decided
1t is now being discussed by newspapers
because of the declaration of the senators
of California, whose Legislature has in
structed them to vote for the ratification
of the Spanish treaty. Senator White, Dem
ocrat, whose term expires March 4. declares
emphaucally that he will not heed the in
structions of the Legislature He holds
that the Constitution confers no authority
to instruct, and that his oath binds him to
discharge his duties as senator to the best
of his ability. In his judgment it will be
very unwise TO adopt the treaty which COM
mits the Nation to the rule of the Philip
pines. He is very outspoken about the mat
ter His colleague. Senator Perkins. who
is opposed to the annexation of the Philip
pines, announces that he will heed the in
structions of the Legislature and viii vote
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23


The army beef investigation seems to have
shifted its ground somewhat. The following
is an extract from the report of General
Miles's testimony before the commission,
given Dec. 81:
He characterized the refrigerator beef. of
which there was 327 tons sent. as 'em-
balmed beef and said the canned fresh
beef, of which $4,000 pounds had been
shipped there, was condemned by officers
whose commands used it.
who fixed the beef as an army ration?''
You'll have to ask some one here in
Washington You had better ask the secre-
tary of war or the commissary general. 1t
was sent as food. If they had not taken that
they would have had to go hungry. If they
had sent paymasters down there. as ] asked,
we could have bought food, but they did
not do that" General Miles suggested that
the food was sent to his large army under
pretense of an experiment.
1t is possible that General Miles's plan of
sending paymasters to Porto Rico and sup
plying the army with native beef might have
succeeded, but it would have been doubt
full experiment, involving much delay and
many risks. AS his charge embraced both
canned and refrigerator beef the investiga-
ton has properly attempted to cover both.
The evidence regarding canned beef was
conclusive that it was properly canned and
shipped in good condition, and that if 1t be-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The information supplied by the state
statistician is almost wholly unreliable.
and every person who knows the source
from which the information is complied
knows that there is little or no truth
in it. We refer particularly to that
portion gathered by township assessors.
OF course, that which the statistician
complies from the reports of county
auditors is measurably correct, but even
in these reports errors creep in or items are
so placed as TO be difficult to understand.
Consequently the information furnished by
the statistician is III the main unreliable.
-Muncie News.
If the township trustees are not able to
furnish state officer with such correct in
formation as the laws of the State require
them to give, then there should be better
system of township management, or rather
of township accounting, so that the fore
going statement is one of the best argu-
ments for the change. So far as the Stats
tician is concerned, no mistakes have been
detected which can be charged to his use
of the reports sent by county and township
officers. They have been questioned by sew
eral officials, but when they have examined
the returns which they made they adj
NIT that the mistake, il one exists, was
made by them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

In connection with the early retirement of
Mr.. Turpie from the United States Senate,
it is worthy of remark that the voice of
Indiana will never again be heard in that
body against sound money, currency reform
or the Nicaraguan canal. Opposition to these
measures belongs to an era which passes
with the retirement of Senator Turpie. Aside
from other considerations. the war with
Spain is likely to prove worth all it cost
in the broadening of American ideas and
the expanding Of American craftsmanship.
1t is seen quite clearly now that nation
which aspires to world power or even to
maintaining its prestige on one side of the
world, must adopt the worlds standard of
value and avail itself of every possible
means of interoceanic and international
communication. The days of one-sided pa
triots and hemispherical statesmen like Mr..
Turpie are passed. So far as Indiana is con-
cerned, his retirement will mark the be-
ginning of new era, and this applies in
largo degree to the entire country. A war
that has compelled the United States Sen
ate to recognize the necessity of an inter
oceanic canal must be counted a great edu-
cational force.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

to ratify the treaty. in the expectation that
the policy which viii follow will not involve
such permanent occupation of the islands
as annexation implies. Senator Hale, of
Maine, has just been reelected by a Legis-
lature the House of which, numbering four
fifths Of the entire body, has unanimously
declared in favor of ratification of the
treaty. Its resolution is not in the form Of
an instruction, or even Of a request. The
Philadelphia Times tells Senator Hale that
it is his duty to comply with the practical
instructions cf the Legislature which elected
him. On the other hand, other papers APP
plaud Senator White. criticise Senator Per-
kins and advise Mr.. Hale to follow the die
tates of his Judgment
1t may seem at first thought that the
senator should obey the instructions of the
Legislature whose members may speak for
the State. and in the event he fails to do so
that he is no longer representing the popu-
lar sentiment If that idea should become
an unwritten law. the senator becomes
simply the spokesman of the Legislature of
the State from which he halls. If it's in
structions should be mandatory regarding
one measure, they should be on another, so
that before voting he should await instruc-
tons, and before debating a measure he
should say that he would not speak until he
shall have heard from the Legislature of his
State. The outcome of the validity of an
instruction would be that there should be
no debate in the Senate, but treaties and all
other important measures should be dis
cussed by Legislatures and their decisions
sent to the senator's, who would be simply
voting machines
In view of such conditions, most people
will come to the conclusion that it will be
better for the senator to act upon his own
Judgment and to accept the responsibility
The great senators have proceeded upon
the theory that they have been elected to
act upon their own convictions of what is
wisest for the country, because there is no
implication in the Constitution that they
are to listen to advisers. In comparatively
recent years Senator Lamar, of Mississippi
said to the Legislature of that State that
he could not accept it's instruction upon an
important national question, because in his
judgment, what was requested was unwise
and to act differently from what he believed
to be for the best interests of the country
would be to violate his oath of office. His
view seems to be the correct one