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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26
A:::!YVAR INCIDENT.
How Besiegsd Army Obtained Drinking Water After Rain
80 Soldiers Went Down on their Hands and Knees and
Drank Water in the Horses Hoof Tracks.
From the Press, Miiroy, Ind.
One of the first TO offer their services for tn,

One of the first to offer their services for the
country in the Civil War, was A r. Seton, OF
MiIroy. Rush County, Ind. He made It good
record, and when the great difficulty was set
tied, was honorably discharged.
To-day Mr.. Seton 10 Sc years old, a promi-
nent farmer, the head of large family and
Notwithstanding the i'll effects of army life,
is enjoying excellent health.
There was q period in Mr.. Setton's life dur
ing the war which makes All interesting story.
tie was member OF the 3Sth Ills. Infantry
ness. The life of every soldier is II hard
one, and Mr.. Sefton's case was no exception.
We were in Tennessee, penned in on all
sides. Our 'rations were very scarce" said
he, land we had begun to 60 on quarter al
lOwance.'
1t was in the middle of August the wells
of the community were nearly all dry, and
we were some distance from any stream, con-
sequently we had great difficulty in getting
water for cooking and drinking purposes
One night there came a hard rain, and the
next day we were started Oh the march, The
sun shone hot, and our plodding along was
very tiresome and oppressive. Every one of
us had only II little water to drink, and as
the rain was not enough to replenish the
wells or streams, our canteens went empty .
We were hurried ON, and the only way to
quench our thirst was to 60 down on our
racks made by the horses. OF course the
water WAS muddy and very filthy, but il was
case of this or die from thirst.
Some of us we're taken sick from the
effects OF this, and was one of them. | was
laid up for several weeks in a field hospital
from fever. Many times afterward [ became
afflicted with different ailments. NY kidneys
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zach gave me considerable trouble. |

and stomach gave me considerable trouble.
managed to pull through to the end of the war,
regardless Of much suffering and illness.
From that time i was always afflicted
more or less My doctor said | had kidney
and stomach trouble, and my heart was also
affected. AS the years went by it seemed
that was growing gradually worse, and my
physician could do nothing to restore my
lost health. Every year during the fall /
would have severe attack, lasting two or
three months.
About four years ago | became much
worse. Our family doctor seemed puzzled
over my case, and il began to look us if there
was no hope for my recovery, and that the
inevitable end was near.
" Last November was advised to try DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People The
physician said that although they were an
excellent medicine, they would do no good
in case such as mine. But l tried them, and
now am glad did for 7 began getting better
almost at once. Eight boxes, taken according
to directions. cured me. used the last of the
pills about year ago. and have not been
troubled with my ailments since"
The power of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People in the vast number Of diseases
due TO impure or poisoned blood, has been
demonstrated in thousands of instances as re.
markable Ms the one related above.
These nils build up the blood by supply
in" its lifa-giving elements, which noursh
the various organs, stimulating them to ac-
tivity in the performance of their functions
and thus drive disease from the system. No
on" who is suffering can rightfully neglect this
way TO restore health Physicians and drug
"iSts consider DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People y potent remedy, and large quantities
of the pills are used.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

IAN ordinary political campaign. {"
said a novelty manufacturer, "is not an
unmitigated evil to all branches of
trade. Among those that profit by it are
the tin can, manufacturers. Most of the
campaign buttons are made of tin, and
when big political struggle is expect
ed the makers send out agents through
the tin factories Of the south to buy up
all the waste tin and useless cans they
can find to make their buttons with
Most of the campaign buttons are made
in Newark, and the amount paid by the
makers to the can factories, particularly
those CT Baltimore. is considerable, even
though the tin is waste, if anything
can be called waste nowadays.
"Nor is the tin waste, useless, even
when no political excitement is on.
know a man who visits, Baltimore at
regular intervals and buys all the scrap
tin he can find and sells it to the button
makers 1t is used for the backing Of
ordinary buttons. Any day in parts Of
Brooklyn you can see wagons loaded
with scrap tin and old cans. The great
ar part of this goes to the places where
buttons. toys and gewgaws of various
kinds are made New York Sun.
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WAGNER'S METHOD.
when .POssessed with q Poetic Id,
He Wrote II In Munic.

when Possessed with q Poetic Idea,
He Wrote II Tn Music.
"In one of his writings Wagner tells
as that he never felt any musical in
spiration unless a dramatic idea had
taken complete possession of him,
writes Houston Stewart Chamberlain
ON "How Richard Wagner Wrote His
Operas" in The Ladies' Home journal.
"When this was the case, the different
persOnages would, one after another,
Obtrude upon his fancy, gaining grad
ually in bodily consistency. Then, all
Of a sudden, in the dusk of evening, one
Of these creatures of his fancy would
rise up before him, gazing at him with
eyes wide open. Fascinated and almost
trembling, Wagner would remain with
eyes fixed ON those of his guest from
dreamland. But, 10. the shadows lips
tremble and open! What issues fl ON
them lie neither words nor song 1t is a
superhuman language, but the poet I'M
derstands it, and it remains ringing in
his ears when the appar;tion has van
ished. This is the precise moment Of in
spiration. All that follows is more or
less mechanical, more or less fortuitous
Whether work be written out and
completed sooner or later will depend
upon all sorts of circumstances-time
health, etc.
"This then, is the essential thing to
remember-that Wagner nsver could
compose unless driven to do SO by a
poetical idea peremptorily demanding
the, language of music for it's full and
adequate expression, and that, once this
poetical and dramatic idea clearly and
permanently migrated in his mind, it
'included'-if may SO say-the music,
which came of itself whenever the au-
thor could find time for the business of
writing out the score
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

Under the ''collt ctlve mourne err sys-
tenn in Germany all the relatives of
the deceased bind themselves together
to mourn his loss and to defray collect
lively the cost of advertisement The
case of Mrs. Regina Werschau is an in
stance i'll point She lived to the age of
Ill and left behind her many relatives.
whose testimony, quoted textuaily from
the Werschau Gazette, reads as follows:
"Filled with sorrow we announce to
all our relations and acquaintance the
Departure Of our innermostly loved
Mother. Mother-ln-law. Grandmoth-
er, Observation-Disclosures, Great, Great
Grandmother and Great Great Great
Grandmother, who departed this life on
August %. 1898. the signatures of
the parties affected follow The Ger
man for the last title is 'Urururgross-
mutter
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TWO LOVES.

The woman he loved while he dreamed Of her
Danced on till the stars grew dim,
But alone with her hear. ON the world apart
Sat the woman who 10; Il him.
The woman he worshincd only smiled
When he poured out his passionate love.
While the other somewhere kissed her treasure
most rare,
book he had touched with his glove.
The woman he loved betrayed his trust,
And he wore tie scars through life,
And he cared not nor knew that the other was
true.
But no man called her wife.
The woman he loved trod fest ed halls
While they sang his funeral hymn,
But the sad bells tolled ere the year was old
Ger the woman who loved him.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
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DECAPlTATloN.
Life Said to Remain Long After the
Head In Severed.

Life Said to- Remain Long After the
Head Is Severed.
1.-THE executions in Paris during re
cent years have revived the old question
whether death lnstantaneously follows
upon the severance of the head from
the body, = says the Massachusetts Med
ieal journal ''Dr Cinel asserts that
decapitation does not Immediately affect
the brain He says that the blood which
flows after deca pitatlon comes from the
large vessels of the neck, and there is
hardly any call upon the circulation OF
the Uranium. The brain remains intact,
nourishing itself with the blood retained
by the pressure of the air.
"When the blood remaining in tho
head at the moment Of separation is ex-
hausted, there commences state, not
of death. but of inertia, which lasts up
to the moment when the organ, no
longer fed, ceases to exist DIR. Cinel
estimates that the brain finds nourish
ment in the residGary blood for about
an hour after decapitation The period
of inertia would last for about two
hours, he thinks, and absolute death
would not ensue till after the space of
three hours altogether
"If, he adds, ii bodiless head indicates
by no movement the horrors of it's stu
alton. it is because it is physically i'm
possible that it should do so, all the
nerves-which serve for the transmits
sion Of orders from the brain to the trunk
being severed; but there remains the
nerves of bearing, of smell and sight,
and he concludes that the guillotine does
not cause instant death If this be true,
could any other form of death be more
mercileSs?'
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

have sent the a let!e provision agen
this time, hnt | cold wish it We're much
better Their Is a goose pye, netes
lounge pye, and mutton paste for
standers for thy table this Crismas, for
nede, | knowe they will last tell
twelftide, for they are now newe baked
| have sent the Il goose and il capens
alive for feare they void not last tell
ye holy daies if they had bin killed,
but | wish TIE to kill them on Saturday
at ye furcest lest they grove worse
x X | prethe doe so much as bestoe
for me vjd or Wild i'll sumo oringes or
lemons Or il pGuns siterns and sende
them downe move by Hale and
so with my best wishes to the and Kilt
[ rest. Thy MOTHER, s. D.
-"Antiqultles and Curiosities of the
EXCheuuer
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26
Aluminium as Paper.

Experiments With aluminium as a
substitute for paper are now under way
in France 1t is we'll known that the
paper used today in the manufacture OF
books Is noe durable
1t Is now possible to roll aluminium
INTO sheets four-thousandths Of an inch
in thickness. in which form it weighs
less than Taper By the adoption OF
suitable machinery these sheets can 1t
made even thinner still and can be used
for book amt wiring paper The metal
will not oxidlZe, Is practically fire and
water proof, and Is indestructible by
the laws of worms
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
January 20. 1859.


Lucius johnson has bought tho bakery
recently established in this llage by II.
Pinney.
Rev. j. Pettibone of the Congregational
church in West Stafford, and Rev Mr..
Bell of this village exchanged pulpits last
Sabbath M
West Stafford is enjoying daily mail
now. Uncle Sam only. pays for three
mails week TO this village, but the citi-
zens a short tim- since raised funds to
| convey the mail ags the other three In
consequences the business OF the West
Stafford Office has nearly doubled.
Rev. w. T. Worth, of the M. 4. church
was absent from his pulpit last Sabbath.
icing indispnsed, and Rev. Mr.. Benton
6fficiated i'm his stead
REAL EsTATE.--Col Chas. War; EN- has
bought of Julius Converse, the "Convers Q
| Block" SO called, situated west OF the de-
pot, and known TO fame as being the edi-
flee from which the Press" Is issued
| The price paid is $4,000. The building is
now occupied by stores and offices, ia
centrally located and rents readily atgood
prices. Carlos Prouty has bought the
building on West Main street PAL TALLY
occupied by him for store and tenement.
price, $4,000 John Brown has bought
the second lot west of Prouty's building,
and will in the spring erect building
containing two stores. tenement and
Offices. John Brown has also purchased
OF Geo. +. Lucas a wood lot OF about
acres near G ynvi le, paying 1900 for it..
H. E. Chamberlin of the Stafford Loom
Co.,. has bought the house and lot of
Sidney F. Needham in the east part OF the
village. paying $500 for the same.
Real estate in Stafford is in good de-
mand, and we are glad to see such signs
OF healthy activity.
| MARRIED In Stafford Springs JAN 81,
1869, by Rev. W.T.. Worth, Gideon Waite
of Putnam and Alice L., daughter OF Geo.
A. Lucas.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

A gentleman going into his sta BILE one
day found his little son astride OF one
of the horses, with a slate and pencil in
his hand. "Why, Harry" he exclaim-,
ed, "what are You doing?'
writing composition, was the
reply.
"Well, why don't you write it in the
library?" asked the father.
because, answered the little fell
low, "the teacher told me to write a
composition on a horse. " - Chicago
News.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

st. Georges Bay. Newfoundland,
contains an immense coalfield fully 30
miles in length and 10 in breadth. It
has been estimated that if the output
were to reach 100000 tons per annum.
the coal bed would not be exhausted in
n copturv
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

Some old hawking gloves have the
hands and thumbs made in red velvet.
the outside Of the hand covered with
the finest embroidery in many tones Of
silk, mixed with metal threads. They
appertain to the days of good Queen
Bess
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Pun i9h mn emit.

Captain-Sergeant,n note down Private
Dobbs three days on bread and water
for slovenly turning out on parade.
Sergeant-Beg pardon, captain, that
won't make the slightest difference to
him. He's vegetarian, ... Y
Captain-Whatl Then put him for
three days on meat and soup.-London
JUDY
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

Calcium is usually described as y yol,
low metal, but Moissan has recently
shown that when pure it is of bril-.
liant white, crystallizing in six sided
figures, which are got by dissolving the
metal in liquid sodium at low red
heat and removing the sodium by the
use of absolute alcohol. London Globe
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II Qp1ppp luocpssru1rv Tpp.mpn

LA GRIPPE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
81 have just recovered from the second
attack of la grippe this year." says Mr..
Jas. A. Jones, publisher Of the Leader,
Mexia, Texas. ''In the latter case used
.Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and /
think with considerable success, only be-
ing In bed a little over two days against
ten for the former attack. The second
attack am satisfied would have been
equally as bad as the first but for the use
of this remedy, as had to go to bid In
about six hours after being struck with
1t, while In the first case was able to at
tend to business about two days before
getting down."
A trial bottle free at A. G. Eaton's
Drug Store.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

If you are too indolent to shingle
your house during the dry weather, you
have no just cause for complaint he-
cause VOur roof leaks when it rains
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

To THE PUBLIo.-We are authorized to
guarantee every bottle Of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and II not satisfactory to
refund the money to the purchaser. There
colds and whOoping cough. Price, 20
and so per bottle. Try It.
For sale by E. Taft, Stafford Springs );
Fl. F. Cady, Stafford.
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There are only 3,S42 left of the Amos
of Japan-tse Indians of that coun-
try. Nearly all of them live ON the
northern island of Yezo.
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The Birdlike Love.

''Now, there's the people that buy
oanaries," said the bird dealer. "Queer
people they are. The canary has no
more love in it than a cat-Dot so much
as a cat has for a canary. 1t loves moth
ing but feed and it can't make believe
as much affection as a cat can when it
wants something But hundreds buy
canaries and love them-queer people;
lonely people mostly. Some have friends,
but that makes no difference about their
being lonely Nobody loves them, just
the same.
But the worst is nobody wants their
love either They are humblelike,
though. They don't expect love. All
they want il something to love-not
much of anything, just anything. So
the canary does. IL
Eyes, sell lots of EN- canaries, and
can tell every time customer comes
in the door if he wants canary or ca.
nary. feed. New York Commercial
GRIPS RAvAGEs DooMRD.-So much
misery and so many deaths have been
caused by the Grip, that every one should
know what a wonderful remedy for this
malady is found ia DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. That distressing stubborn cough,
that inflames your throat, robs you of
sleep, weakens your system and paves
the way for Consumption is quickly stop
ped by this matchless cure. II you have
chills and fever, pain in the back of the
head, soreness in bones and muscles, sore
throat and that cough that grips your
throat like a vice, you need DIR. Kings
New Discovery to cure your Grip. and
prevent Pneumonia or Consumption.
Price SO cts. and 81. Money back II not
cured.
A trial bottle free at A. c. Eaton's
Drug Store.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

Max O'Rell considers that French.
women make better wives for poor or
struggling men than do the women Of
other nationalities. Their ambition and
keen sense, he says, are great helps to q
mans efforts, and they never allow
themselves to weary in their andeavors
to be CHEEKY and charming. Mr.. O'Rell
says that the women are naturally ex.
ceedingly energetic and endowed with
that vivacity which is so great sup
port to their own spirits, and that this
enables them to impart animation and
courage to others. -
Other writer's have noticed this PEI
culiarity Of temperament in French
women. 1t has been said that Americans
have it to a certain degree, that degree
which compels constant activity, but
that lack of true balance makes woman
ly energy in the western continent fitful
and uncertain, while the Gallo women
will be found of more equable natures.
New York Tribune
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-01-26

"To buy on tick"-that is, ON credit
lis something that does not seem to
have much connection with the mover
ment of clock. and yet it is sfigura,
tive reference to the same thing. The
syllables stick tack tock'' are used ev.
erywhere to represent sharp, quick
sounds Of various kinds, with the movei
ments that cause them, whence the tick
tack of a clock or the ticking of any
quick, light motion, as the, stroke of o
pen or pencil that "ticks'' off our or,
ders. Hence to take thing ION tick >
is to have it marked with a tick or
str oke Of the pen.-E. F. Andrews in
at Nicholas.
Some of the authorizations found in
beer are cocculus indicus, capsicum,
ginger, quassia, NORWOOD, oalamus
root, caraway and coriander seeds, COP,
peras, sulphuric acid, cream of TARTAR
alum, carbonate of potash, ground .oys-
ter shells, nux vomica, piertoum and
strychnine.
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DR.. Humphreys


Specifics act directly upon the disease,
without exciting disorder in other parts
of the system. They Cure the Sick.
NO. CURES. PRICES.
1-Fevers, COMPOSITIONS, determinations. .25
2-WOrms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic... rs
3-Teething. Collie, Crying, Wakefuness .25
4-Diarrhea, of Children or Adults. .25
5-Dysentery, Gripings, Bilious Collie. .25
6-Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Vomiting. .25
7-COuehs, Colds, Bronchitis. ............ .25
S-Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache. rs
9-Heada che, Sick Headache, Vertigo. .25
1O-Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Weak Stomach. 25
11-Suppressed or Painful Periods. .25
12-Whites. Too Profuse Periods rs
1S-CrOup. Laryngitis. Hoarseness...... .25
14-Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions. rs
15-Rheumatism. Rheumatic Pains. .25
16-Malaria. Chills, Fever and Ague, .25
17-Piles, External or Internal .25
-Ophthalmia. Weak or Infiamed Eyes rs
19-Catarrh. Influenza. Cold in the Head .25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .....-............. 20
21-Asthma. Difficult Breathing .......... rs
22-Ear Discharge, Earache. .25
23-ScrofuIa. Swellings and Ulcers...... rs
2-General Debility, Weakness. rs
25-DrOpsy, Fluid Accommodations. ....... rs
26-sea-sickness. Nausea, Vomiting rs
25-Kidney Diseases Observation-Disclosures. .25
2S-NeryOus Debility. 90
29-sOre Mouth. or Canker. .25
3O-Urinary Weakness. Wetting Bed. rs
31-Painful Menses. Pruritus. ........... .25
32-Diseases of the Heart, Palpitations. 1 90
S3-Epilepsy. st. Vitus' Dance. ............1 90
34-sOre Throat, Quinsy. Dfphtheria.. .25
35-Chronic COMPOSITIONS. Headaches. .25
How
DR.. Humphreys Manual Of all Diseases at your
Druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by druggists, sent receipt Of price.
Humphreys Med. Co., Cor. William 6 John Sts.,
New York.
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A Pertinent Question.

doctor, where did you get that
beautiful scarfpin?"
"From my first patient.
Observation-Disclosures Blatter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-30

evening. in response to an invitation from
the lodge at that place. Mr.. Smith took
II in his barge, aud others went by private
conveyance, All are enthusiastic in re-
gard to the work as done by the Brattle-
boro lodge, and also as to their reception
aud entertainment.
Mrs Sarah Gerould Blodgett of Frank
lin visited Miss Melissa Howard and Mrs.
S. NJ Wilder last week while on her way
home from attending the 10th reunion of
her class at Mt Holyoke seminary. Mrs.
Blodgett will be remembered by the older
residents as the daughter of Rev. Moses
Gerould, who was pastor of the Congrega-
tlonal church from 1914 to 1853.
VIM. O. Amidon has distributed neat cir
cuars announcing that he has bought the
insurance agency of 7. w. Sabin, and is
ready for business. He will represent the
following companies: The Htna and Pho
nix. both of Hartford, Conn, the New
Hampshire of Manchester, Manufacturers
and Merchants Mutual of Concord, aud the
Springfield Fire and Marine insurance of
Springfield. Mass.
Very noticeable improvements have been
made on the corner and by the highway
! from the iron bridge up by the old tan
merry site G.. S Howe has had the I'M
slightly rubbish cleared away making it a
clean, wholesome spot, planted Gamma bulbs,
etc There are several neglected spots in
our village which by little effort, backed
by public spirit, might be made attractive
and restful to the eve. Who will fall into
line and carry on the good work.
The lawn party which was held on the
grounds of Edward Stebbins Friday after.
noon and evening by'the ladies of the Uni
versalist society was very successful and
enjoyable There was large attendance
and no pains had been spared which would
contribute to the pleasure of the guests
The grounds were decorated and lighted
by japanese lanterns. The supper was an
appetzng one. Ice cream was dispensed
from a tent. a large platform had beer
built for dancing, which was enjoyed by
the young people, excellent music beinl
furnished by Hines and Knapp of Brattle
boro.