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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24
will make this a lively ction all
day and evening.

Ladies' Jackets, Kersey and Boucle cloth.
some satin lined. retail value a. 50 and ESQ;
closing price .ss.
Ladies' and Misses Kersey and BoucIe
cloth jackets, satin lined. retail value $50 and
$50; closing price ass.
| Al our fine imported and domestic gar
ments, handsome taffeta lined. some braid
trimmed, retail value els to $50; closing price
s.ss.
! Children's REFERS andseoats, rstAiled from
Is to IS, sale price ss aud CO.
/ Flannellette wrappers-au our regular
makes, good fitting. fall width, retail every
day at 90; sale price 7sc.
Our 25, l-5O and LIS wrappers, sale price
SEC.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24

sELECTMAN's JOB NOT AN EASY ONE.
On account of the heavy storm OF snow
the roads outside of the borough were
blocked and according to law the select
men OF the TO Wn must within reason
able time have the same opened for pub
lie travel. The two snow storms, the
past winter, have been rather expensive
for the cities and towns. Bethel's expense
for the feet storm was about $500; the
last little less than $500. 1t is an old
saying that 1T is an i'll wind that blows
nobody any good" While tax payers
Rrumble and Il i'd fault at the hoaVY ex
pense, many poor man has been made
glad at public expense. The few dollars
earned at shoveling snow have bought
for their destitute families the actual
necessaries of life, bag of -four, little
fuel, and perhaps a pair OF shoes for a
barefooted child, and other things that
are needed; no doubt part has been
fooled away. IL reports are true, q few
have suffered for want of food to eat
through the late storm. The selecCmen
have had q difficult task to perform and
have stood as It were between two fires.
We trust they have done their duty we'll
and faithfully notwit hstanding.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24

Reading notices, BREWER type, loo line.
Small nonpareil ads, lc q word per week.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24
WASHTNGTON .

Ernest Carlson has engaged to work
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24
Special Sale of White Goods,
Nainsooks and Piuues

Five thousand 10000 yards of
all kinds. a selection of over 800
different patterns, goods worth
from 15c to 25ca yard. We shall
sell on special tables at Sc and
IL l &c a yard.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24
SOUTHBURY.

sOUTHBURY.
Mrs Shelton has been very Ill with the
grip.
Ell Hadden would Ii re to secure desir-
able places for his daughters to do house.
work.
Mrs Harry Wilson is visiting friends
In Newark, N. j.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24
winter.

and has been confined to the house al
winter.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24

Our Large Stock of Dia-
monds purchased before t e
recent rise enables US to Of
fer tempting inducements
below ruling prices. We
can save you at least Is
cent.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24
OUR NEIGHBORS.
BETHEL.

GOV LOUNsBURY ENTERTAINED IN TOWN.
Gov Louusbury was quite unexpected
ly detained in Bethel, last week Monday
night. He was the guest Of Dea AloDzo
Knox and his estimable wife at their
pleasant home on Greenwood avenue.
The governoristarted from his home in
Ridgefield on the late train, expecting to
spend the night In Bridgeport where he
had an engagement for the evening. In
order to take the late express train down,
which did not stop at Branchville, he
came to the Bethel station. As luck
would have it, the express train was
blocked Just above the depot by two loco
motives and car which had been de-
rallied on account OF the snow. The acci-
dent delayed the express train until a
late hour, too late for the governor to
fulfin his engagement in Bridgeport. So
he rested easy yer night and took the
first train for Hartford, next day. Mr.
Knox has been an acquaintance OF Mr.
Lounsbury for many years. Both have
enjoyed their sporting days with dog and
gun and have tramped the fields together
in pursuit Of wild game.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-02-24

THE GAMBLE-DEsMoND co. PURCHASES
THE wELL-KNOWN CONCERN TRAN
sACTION INVOLVES $500, 900 NEW
FIRM TAKES POSSESSION AT ONCE--ITs
MEMBERS ARE: DAVID 8. GAMBLE.
PRESIDENT; JOHN D. DESMOND, VICE
PRESIDENT; E e. FIELD, SECRETARY
AND TREASURER
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
Tell the Cook.

That beefsteak breiled without salt is much more juicy and tender. It may be seasoned with salt, pepper and butter when ready to serve.
 That little boiled rice or corn left from dinner can be made into most excellent fritters by the addition of an egg or two, little baking powder and flour to make stiff batter; then fry in hot lard.
 That rancid butter boiled in water with a pinch of charcoal will lose its rancid odor and taste and may be used for cooking purposes.
 That musty coffee or tea pots may be cleaned and sweetened by putting in tablespoonful of wood ashes and filling with cold water; then set over the fire and boil. and after a thorough washing and rinsing they will be as good as new.
 That broken bits of bread should not be allowed to accumulate, as they can be fried or served as cream toast when too large to be put in with the crumbs for powdering; beat up an egg or two with little milk, dip the sliced bread in this and fry slightly in good hot drippinss, or toast, dip in hot water, butter slightly and cover with white sauce
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
Smoking in Corea.

In Corea all men and women smoke. They begin early. The pipe is a brass bowl, with a reed stem four feet long and a brass, amber or glass mouth piece. Accidents often occur from persons falling with a long pipe in the mouth, the stem of which is driven down the throat, through the cheek, or into the palate. During the reform period" after the Japan-China war, long pipes were forbidden to the com mon people, and they turned to cigar cites, which have become rooted in the popular affection. Native cigarettes, which are of poor quality, sell for one cent gold for twenty. Little cigars of cigarette size sell for 14 cents gold per 100. American cigarettes are used exclusively in the palace, and thousands of them are smoked there. This makes them popular with the up- per classes, and the consumption of them is very great The best of them cost one cent gold each. The import duty on cigars and cigarettes is 20 per cent. ad valorem. but. in spite of this, the American manufacturers are grad ually coming into control of the mar ket
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
Accomplishment of the Camel.


 T first formed my opinion of camel some years ago, when rode across the Arabian deserts, and I see no reason to alter it in any way. The creature has so many talents and so many ways of exhibiting them. And, to begin with, it can kick, harder, high CT, swifter and oftener than a mule, and can use all four feet at one time in a kicking match. Then it can bite worse than vicious horse, and buck in a way to make a broncho blush with absolute shame No rider ever lived who can stay on that perch, seven feet from the ground, during 9 camel's ex- hibition of gymnastics. Then he can run away when he feels like it, and is often seized with a desire to slope. Upon an occasion Of this kind his rider experiences a sensation between being blown up with dynamite and strug- gling against the throes of an earth quake, until all his joints are dislo- cated, and he drops, limp, inert mass, to the ground. Then this sweet crea- ture has a way of eyincing his dis pleasure that is at least effectual and convincing. He twists his snake-Hke neck into circle, and. polzing his ugly nose into the face of the rider, opens his cavernous mouth and lets out roar of disgust in such fetid breath that elevated human victim is fairly blown into the middle of the coming month Ca week being too short a dis tanee)."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
Bar for Onera Glasses.

A pretty bag for opera glasses is made of cream colored satin, lined throughout with pale pink silk and elaborately trimmed with lace. The bottom is made over a firm round piece of card board, measuring five inches in diameter, and is covered inside and outside and scanned together at the edge. The satin for the sides and top is eighteen inches long and six inches deep.
 The dainty design is worked on the lower part of the bag with silk and beads. Ten rings are sewn on the bag
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
A CoId Cream -.Inr.

Our grandmothers excelled us in dainty trifes. One of the prettiest ornaments on the dresser was an egg. At first sight it looked exactly like an egg from the pantry, for the shell was unpainted. Only as you looked at it you saw that one end was broken. This eggshel was used as a cold cream jar. When making cold cream our grandmothers would pour it into an empty shell which had been carefully prepared. After the egg was taken cut the shell had been washed and sweet ened with perfumery with a few drops left in the bottom. The cold cream was poured in and was left to harden. The result was a very nice eggshelI full of lovely white cosmetic. Try this for yourself.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13

OPERA GLASS BAG. about an inch above the embroidery and pale pink satin ribbon is run through these both ways so that the ends will draw up the bag.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
DOORS MADE OF VENEER.
Hall Doors, Not Even the More Costly Are
 Made of Solid Wood.

Made of Solid Wood.
 The very finest of doors are made nowadays of veneer on a body of pine. Even when made of mahogany or some other costly wood, doors have to be yeneered. The body of the door is made of plain, straight-grained ma hogany, while the surfaces are Veneers of due wood
 In the finest doors the body is made of selected white pine, free from sap and perfectly seasoned, which is cut into narrow strips and then glued to- gether. The outer edges of this door are faced with what is called a veneer, but which is really strip of the fine wood half an inch or more in thick ness. The inner edges of the frame, by the panels, are covered in the same manner with thick strips, in which the ornamental mouldings, or carvings, are made, and which are grooyed to re- eeiye the panels.
 This butlt-up frame of white pine, with edges of the fine wood, is then veneered with the fine wood. In some lighter doors the panels may be of solid mahogany, but in the finer, larger and heavier doors the panels also are made of sheets of white pine with yeneering of the fine wood, so that the entire door is veneered.
 It would be difficult, if not impos- sible, to procure at any cost mahogany lumber in fine and beautiful woods of sufficient size for the larger doors. The built-up and veneered door of pine wood, however, has every appearance of solid door, and, made of selected yeneers. it may be more beautiful than a solid door would be. It is more seryiceable and remains longer per feet. It's cost is about half what solid door would cost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
Grease Spots on Books.

To remove greaFe spots from the books heat the greased spots by hold ing them before the fire, and place clean plotting paper between each sheet, warm the leaf once more, and paint the stains on both sides with es- sential oil of turpentine made boiling hot. Repeat, if necessary; then brush over the parts again with rectifed spirits of wine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
The Lnrgest Cnnnon.

The largest cannon in the world was taken by the British when India was conquered, The Cannon was cast about the year 1500, and was the work of a chief named Chuleby Koomy Khan of Ahmednugger. The inside of the gun is fitted up with seats, and is favor ite place for British officers to go fer a quiet monday smoke.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
The First Interview.

It is said of the Aberdeen Journal. which has recently celebrated it's 150th birthday, that in one of it's earliest numbers, now unhappily lost from the files, a participant in the battle of Gull loden was interviewed two days aftfY that historic combat. It was about the earliest newspaper interview on record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
N1ensnrin~ Frntf.

In following recipes for the canning and preserving of fruit it should be re- membered that a qE2rt of fruit must be measured in a quart measure, not in the tradesmen's baskets, which vary in size, but are never a full scriptural quart. Fruits and vegetables should be sold here as they are abroad, by the weight, instead of by measure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
Novel BaTxinr Disb.

A newly designed pie and cake bak- Ing dish has hollow projection form ed in the bottom, which extends level with the top and has vent holes in the sides, while the top is provided with a screw-threaded recess for the inser- ton of handle by which the dish may be lifted when hot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-13
Good for Young CanarIes.

The best food for young canaries is hard-boiled egg mixed with a little wheat bread. Cut up the egg fine and add to it a part of roll that has been soaked in water for few minutes, and then squeeze dry. Great care must be taken that the food be fresh, for if it be the least sour it will kill the birds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-23
The KaisSz's Idea.

The story is current in Germany
that not long since party Of Ameri'
can women met the Kaiser on board
his yacht and seized the opportunity
to present to- him the claims of the
new woman. The Kaiser heard them
courteously, and replied in excellent
English: I'm my busy life, ladies, ]
have had little time to consider these
matters, but my wife informs me that
the natural sphere of woman is bound.
ed by the four KS" Seeing by their
countenances that they did not quite
understand him, he continued. But
perhaps you are not sufficiently famil.
lar with German to recognize the lou,
KS, Kinder and Kuchen, Kleider and
Kirche,. (children and cooking, clothes
and the. church," The women dared
not gainsay the dictum of royalty. but
they went away exceedingly sorrow
full, for they held advanced ideas about
women. Germany is marching aloha
the highway of progress, but the idea
that the home sphere is the highest
sphere for women and that all en-,
largements of her destiny are only
tributary to her spiritual empire is
deeply fixed in the Teutonic mind
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-23

In well-known town in the Mid
land counties resided two friends, who
were very fond Of practical jokes and
bore the character of being two cute
'uns," says Tit-Bits. Their cleverness.
however, did not save them from be-
ing landed with bad 2-shilling
piece. A consultation took place be-
tween them as to how to get rid of the
false coin. Let's go to the theater."
said one; ''it's only sixpence to the
pit. I'll try it, and if get in, all right
you can pay and follow me. We shall
have our nights amusement and be a
shilling to the good" Agreed said
the other. No. 1 rendered his counter
felt coin at the doors of the temple of
the drama, which was taken without
examination, one shilling and sixpence
being given him in change. No. 2.
seeing his friend had safely passed the
money box, went up gleefully and put
down the first coin he could take from
his pocket. 1t was half crown. Inn
agine his CONSERVATION on receiving
ehange-the bad 2-shilling.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-23
TITAN BRONZE.
New Popular Shade of Hair Is a Very
Expensive Luxury.


Expensive Luxury.
Titan bronze, the new shade of hair,
is still too much OF novelty to be
common, but who has seen it and not
longed for tresses, of that wonderful
hue? 1t is too expensive an operation
to ever become the popular shade, and
no amateur at hair dyeing can accom-
plish the desired result so the FORUM
ate few who possess locks of Titan
bronze need have little fear of many
duplicates. The art of hair dyeing has
made tremendous. strides within the
last few years, and there are manly ar
fists in that line whose work defes
criticism, another word for detection,
but Americans, as. a class, have not
taken kindly to that sort of thing, and
the remark that she dyes her hair" is
still considered by many as a term of
reproach. The Princess Of Wales has
variety of wigs, which she changes
with her toilets. On her return from
drive or a reception another gown,
with its accompanying wig, is in readi-
ness, and that her locks are red today
and brown tomorrow in no wise dis
concerts the princess. All such mat
tiers are regulated by custom, and the
day may come when chemical hair dyes
or exchangeable chignons will be part
of every woman's wardrobe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-23
CHAPTER XNyy.

The nigh was dark: the star of Kali
shone above the highest peak of the
mountains and the Cemetery of the Ell
ephantS. This sinister spot. which had
been the terrible scene of Sir John Nal
colm's assassination, appeared COM
pletely deserted. Suddenly human
form. almost indistirguishahle in the
many shadows. penetrated the narrow
derile which led from the plain into the
sacred incloSure. glided among the
rocks, avoided contact with the mighty
skeletons. and reached the base of the
statue of the god silva. There this
form. or rather this man. remained for
several seconds. motionieSs. attentive.
listening to the silence and questioning
with his glance the depths of the GEM
etery.
Convinced by this examination that
he found himself in the heart of pro-
found silence. he drew from his belt a
flint. Il piece of steel and a morsel of
finder. which he proceeded to ignite.
With this finder he lighted fuse
which he carried. and from which up
reese a shower of sparks accompanied
sby kissing sound.
Tile nlomentary brilliance disclosed
its iEst.gator to be no other than Sau-
gtr. the faithful seryitor of the prime
<ss
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-23
CURIOs In LIBRARIES.
SOME ODD THINGS FOUND IN
BOOKS.
Everything from Love Letters to
Grocery Bills May Be seen-:A Lock
of Auburn Hair-The More Valuable
Articles Returned. .

II you have lost a photograph or
sample of silk or a paper cutter or
letter from him, or any other odd
hing that you are in the habit of using
Tor bookmark, or are subscriber at
library, go there and see if you don't
una 1t. The chances are that you will,
says the st. Louis Post-Dispatch. A
museum of carelessness could be sup
Piled with full stock of curios by al
most any library. just from the odd
articles left in returned books. Folks
sitting down to read are called hastily.
Wishing to retain their place, they
pick up the first thing that comes
handy and insert it in the volume.
| Ihen, when they resume their reading,
they transfer the temporary marker
TO another part of the book. The time
expires, and the book is returned hur-
riedly, without examination, and
another queer article finds its way to
the library scrap heap. 1t is missed
some time from the home, but the
mystery of its going is never solved.
You'd be astonished," said receiv-
ing clerk at one of the large libraries
recently, Eat the queer assortments of
hnds' I've made since I've been on
here, and it hasn't been long, either.
They include gas bills, grocery bills,
and, in fact, all sorts of bills-yes,
even dollar bills, but they're always
claimed; love letters which would
turn your cheeks pink-of course l
read 'em; wouldn't you?-bits Of lace,
samples of dress goods, sketches.
gloves, postage stamps. all varieties of
hair pins and 'ornaments-it would
take hours merely to catalogue them.
The funniest thing I ever found,
thlnk-barring the love letters, which
come often and not unnaturally-was
lock of hair. 1t was lovely bit, of
that pretty auburn shade that poets
talk about, and it was tied with piece
of black velvet ribbon. 1t was a good,
strong strand, but not thick and the
book 1T was ina copy of The Man
Who Laughs by Hugo-had been
kept out twice the ordinary time, so
lne mar was nice and HAT and I'M
noticeable. The first l knew of it was
when I went to put the book away and
1t dropped edge down. The hair fell
out. looked for the man who re-
turned it, but couldn't find him. Of
course. the more valuable things found
are returned. The user of a book is
known by number, and in that way
may be identified. But often some
later drawer OF the book finds the
treasure trove, and it is not Of any in
trinsic value. so the time, trouble and
expense of tracing back an ownership
doesn't pay. We are supposed to look
through every book returned, and we
do. but only in cursory sort of
fashion. In consequence, the findings
still go on. And I suppose they will
as long as there are careless persons
who read
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-23
THE muTlNEER IN THE CHURCH
Ian Maclaren Describes Him as Big
Blatant and Cowardly.

Ian Maclaren Describes Him as Big,
Blatant and Cowardly.
"The mutineer is an able-bodied mis-
creant, who will strike a hard do"
whenever he can get an opportunity,
and at any person he can reacn'
writes Ian Maclaren, of ''The Mutineer
in the Church." in the November La
dies Home Journal. Ellis sole desire
is to do mischief, and the more pain
he gives the better is he pleased. he
will write insulting letters to the min
lister, charging him with every SIN
from heresy to lying. He will get up a
public controversy about the affairs OF
the congregation in any newspaper
which is foolish enough to insert MS
letters. He will attack the most rea-
sonable proposals of the office-bearers,
and impute to them the worst motives.
He will move through the congregation
as an incendiary, and set fire to every
infiammable person. When he is IN
his glory he will threaten proceedings
in the church courts, or in the civil
courts; and although he will never
carry them out, being coward as
we'll as bully, he will take the pre-
liminary steps, which cause talk and
alarm. 1t will also be part Of his role
to pose as a straightforward and hon
est man of unflinching rectitude and
spiritual aims. What he does will al
ways be under constraint of con-
science, and he will summon himself
and his opponents with much rhetor-
ical effect before the bar of eternal
justice. He is so big and blatant, and
good people are so charitable and
easily cowed, that they often take this
man at his own value and come to
terms with him"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-23
eTlle End.l
Not That!

This was actually heard in the
Cracker district of Tennessee:
The mother shouted from the door of
the cabin behind the trees:
"Yank Tyson. Tim Tyson" she cried,
What yu'uns doin':"
Two little boys raised their heads
over barrel three hundred yards
down the mountain.
"Foo1in',~ was the reply.
BE yu'uEs smokin'?''
'Ye'um."
Re yu'uns chawin'?''
'Ye'nm.'
BE yu'nns chawin' twist an smokin'
cob pipe:"
"Ie'um.'
'Ttat's right. But if yo' let me kotch
yo' smokin them cisareets. I'll gi' yo'
tn wust lammin' yo' ever had in yo'
lives. Yo' heah yo' MAJ
'Ye'um. Free Press.