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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25
VASTNESS OF ST. PETERS.
large Objects Appear Small In the
Great Cathedral.


Great Cathedral.
During a recent ceremony in st. Pc
ter's, Rome one of the crystal chande-
liers suspended from the ceiling began
to creak ominously. and the people be-
meath it hastily scattered. In a mo-
ment the mass fell and was dashed in
to a thousand pieces on the floor below.
In st. Peters few days before when
the workmen were suspending these
chandeliers they were taking them out
of piles of numbered boxes. for st. Pc
ter's. like theater. has many proper
ties' and is decked in different man.
ner for it's different ceremonials.
Cords run over pulleys fastened far
up aloft. and with these the chande-
Tiers were hoisted to their places. st.
Peters is so enormous that the eye
there is continually deceived. The
chubby cherubs at the holy water font
look to be the size of ordinary babies,
yet they are nearly seven feet tall, and
q man standing beside them looks like
dwarf. When the workmen were
hosting these chandeliers from the
floor. a traveller noted with amazement
that the masses of crystal were over
eight feet high. Yet when hoisted to
their places far up in the dim heights
they looked about the size of mans
head.
Workmen in ST. Peters are called
"sanpietrini." They take their name
from the basilica San Pietro"-''san-
pietrino," plural ''sanpietrini." They
have a set of lofty scaffolds mounted
on rollers. These they move from place
to place about the vast church. They
are not unlike our fire departments
water towers. Ladder after ladder
runs up the scaffolding, and by their
aid they reach places from 100 to $50
feet above the floor. Other ingenious
scaffoldings are used for work on the
inside of the dome. Seen up there the
"sanpietrini' look like flies crawling
on the ceiling. The top Of the dome Is
about 400 feet above the foor.-St
Louis Republic.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25
Vultures and Rattlesnakes.

When the international boundary
commission resurveyed the lines be-
tween the United States and Mexico,
there were naturalists in the party.
DR.. Mearns, who, with his assistants,
collected many specimens of birds and
mammals, tells Of fight in the air be-
tween a California vulture and a rat
Uesnake which he saw while exploring
the Cocopah mountains of Lower Cal
ifornia.
1t was in the early morning. The big
bird had seized the snake behind the
head and was struggling upward with
its writhing, deadly burden. The
snakes captor appeared aware that it's
victim was dangerous. The burden
was heavy, as the reptile was nearly
five feet long.
The grip of the bird on the snakes
body was not of the best The snake
seemed to be squirming from its cap
tors talons, at least sufficiently to en-
able it to strike. Its triangular head
was seen to recoil and dart at the mass
of feathers.
1t did this once or twice, and then,
with shrek, the vulture dropped it's
prey. The bird was probably 500 feet
or SO above the observers. The aston
ished men were then treated to spec
tacle seldom seen. Few birds but a
vulture could accomplish such feat.
The instant the snake escaped from
the birds clutches it dropped earth
ward like shot, and, like a shot, the
bird dropped after it, catching it in
midair with grip that caused death.
At any rate, the snake ceased to wrig-
gle, and the vulture scared away to q
mountain peak to devour it's hard earn
ed meal.-Youth's Companion
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25
A Long Bath.

A man who is a lawyer and jour-
nalist in one Of the smaller inland cit
les of Ohio tells of an uncle he has in
the region of Massillon. This relative
is one of the pious members of small
community and. being possessed Of
considerable executive ability, has
been for more than 20 years the super
intendent of a thriving Sunday school.
His besetting sin, If it might be called
such, is his propensity to eXaggerate
stories in order to make them interest
ing to his auditors.
nephew of how he
cured himself of the ague. 1t was sew
eral years ago, and, having tried every
remedy in vain. he at last consulted an
old Indian doctor, who advised him, he
says. to go down to the creek each
morning Immediately on rising and sit
in the cold water up to his chin. He
was to sit there one minute the first
morning and then double the time each
day for 20 days. The uncle says he
followed the prescription and was
cured.
The nephew. who happens to be of a
calculating turn of mind, figured out
how long his uncle would stay in his
cold bath on the twentieth day. He
found that the last treatment would
last a few days over six MONTHS
Cleveland Leader.
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THIRTYrY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
Oct. 81, 1870.

WEST STAFFoRD.-The school taught
by Miss Mary G. Davis closed its fall
term on Friday, with examinations In the
afternoon.
E. A. Horton is fitting up newspaper
and job printing Office at South Norwalk,
and proposes to issue weekly there.
The meteor OF last Sunday morning was
seen by several early risers in this viii
lage. Notwithstanding that it was fully
light, the moving body made brilliant
show. 1t seems to have been seen by
people In range of country extending
from the sound to New Hampshire, but
the explosion was only heard in this Sec
ton. Sound sleepers were awakened by
it in this village, and in Springfield it was
thought to be another earthquake.
The complete list of officers of the Toll
land County East Agricultural society is
President, Hon. E. H. Hyde; vice presi-
dents, Julius Converse, Adorno Eaton;
recording secretary, E. O. Dimock; cor
responding secretary, FL. G. Mclaughlin;
treasurer, E. G. Pinney directors. Geo.
M. Ives, Richard s. Beebe, L. E. Dim
ock, Lucius Blodgett, B. W. Patten and
Edwin Wolcott. ALI Of the above officers
constitute an executive committee to have
the general management of the society
and its exhibitions, who are to elect from
their number finance committee of three.
John Brown has been unsettling real
estate matters about here again. During
the past week he has sold the house late
ly bought of B. W. Patten, with the lot
to which he had removed it, to Chester
Holmes; price, $4,000 Also has sold
nine-acre wood lot at Glynnville to Capt.
Solva Converse for $780, He has bought
the house of H. E. Thrall, opposite the
M. E. church, turning in payment 60 acres
formerly belonging to the Blodgett place,
north of Glynnville.
At North Coventry, last Sabbath, about
sunrise, several PERSONS saw All unusu, |
appearance in the northeast. One de-
scribes ii as large bal. of fire rushing
towards the west, from which smaller bits
OF fire flew off, until it disappeared near
the ground. In about five or eight min
utes after its disappearance sound like
distant thunder or the booming of a can
non was heard, and the earth seemed to
shake little. This ball must have been
a meteoritc.
BoRN.-Stafford Springs, Oct. 18th,
1870, daughter to Jasper Harris.
MARRIED. Staffordville, Oct. 26 h,
1870, by Rev. F. A. Warfield, g. T. Fisk
and Abbie s. Tyler, all of Staffordville.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25
THE IRISH PEASANT.
He IL the Gayest Fellow In tn
World Under Difficulties.

He IL the Gayest Fellow In the
World Under Difficulties.
The Irish peasant is still, thank
heaven, what Sir Walter Scott called
him after the visit of the great novelist
still ''the gayest fellow in the world
under difficulties and Affections" He
has cheerful way of regarding cir
cumstances which to others would be
most unpleasant and disheartening. A
peasant met with an accident which
resulted in a broken leg. The neigh
bors Of course commiserated him.
"Arrah," he remarked. with CLEAN of
satisfaction in his eye as he regarded
the bandaged limb. what blessing 1t
is that it wasn't me neck"
Yes. the irrepressible Irishman has a
joke for every occasion. Two country
men who had not seen each other for a
long time met at a fair. They had a
lot of things to tell each other. "Shure
it's married am" said O'Brien. "You
don't tell me sov' said Blake. Faith,
yes" said O'Brien. IAN I've got a fine.
healthy bhoy which the neighbors say
Is GAe very plCLSI vi IAC. Dldht lOOhSu
for moment at O'Brien. who was not.
to say the least. remarkable for his
good looks. and then said. 'Och. well.
what's the harrum so long as the
child's healthy?" And yet a peasant
to whom witticism thus spontaneous
ly springs may be very simple minded.
The peasants passion for rhetoric
still induces them to commit to memo
ry imposing polysyllables which they
often misapply. with the most amusing
and grotesque results. | heard nurse
maid exclaim at crying child in her
arms. well. of all the ecclesiastical
children ever met you're wan of
Thin" A landlord in the south of Ire
land recently received letter from a
tenant in the following terms:
Yer Honnor-Hopin this finds you in good
health. as it laves me at present, your bulldog
Bill has assassnated me poor ould donkey.
NinotaaDth ConfJ1ru
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

I once had a conversation, said an
Isle Of Man bank manager, speaking
of Hall Game, with two old friends of
mine, a farmer and his buxom wife,
who live within few yards of Greeba
castle, the great Manx authors resi-
dence. Hall Game had just taken up
his abode in his new house, and start
ed the conversation by saying to the
worthy farmer and wife:
$50 you have the great Hall Game
near you nowY
Farmer and Wife-Aye, man.
Farmers Wife-And what tremenjus
style they are keeping! It's amazing.
Farmer-And what's he doing for a
living Mr.. -?
Bank Manager greatly astonished)-
What, don't you know he is a popular
author?
Farmer-And what's that?
Bank Manager-Why, he writes sue
cessful books.
Farmer with fine show Of con-
tempD-The lazy beggar!
I need hardly say, concluded my
correspondent, that collapsed.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25
Kills the Snmr

Clifton Bingham. the author of "In
Old Madrid" Loves Old Sweet Song"
and 1.-THE Dear Homeland" once said:
THE moment song is put ON the
Streets as we cali it, it becomes ire
mendously popular You hear it every
where, Every boy huns it as he goes
to school 1t is played in every street
But my publisher shakes his head sad
ly when that day comes. 1t is general
~ the beginning of the end-a boom
which dies away. People get tired Of
hearing the same song wherever they
go. whatever the song may be. and the
song Of the barrel organ is not well
come in the drawing room. So that
the putting of song on the street or
gans means fieeting fame. and then
well. too often an utter relapse and
complete oblivion"
Do not get scared If your heart troubles
you. Most likely you suffer from indi-
gestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests
what you eat and gives the worn out
stomach perfect rest. 1t is the only prep
aration known that completely digests
all classes of foods; that Is why 1t cures
the worst cases of indigestion and stomach
trouble after everything else has failed. 1t
may be taken in all conditions and cannot
help but do you good. w. D. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25
The:
7 Truth

about v0sssess's ills cam be
frankly f0Adby ONE woman
to another.
Remember. that Mrs.
Pfnkha1ss Is a woman
Remember that hes' advice
and medicine have cured
n million women of Weak-
zsesses peculiar to their
sex.
Remember THAT no man
ever. sees a letter written
70 Mrs. PinkhaSsa for
advice, that the letter Is
opened read and an
swered by women, and
mo Testimonial ever publ
Hshed without special
pes.sssEssi0zs.
Remember that Lydia 4.
Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND Is the s'oc0g-
gsi1ed safeguard of WOO
mans health r
Remember these things
when some other remedy
is s1ggesfedy and s'ezsses,-
bes' them when YOU Wanl
advice. Mrs. Pisslfksass,IS
address is Ays1ss. Mass
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

A portrait traced by nature on a wo-
mans tombstone, says The Scots Pic
torial, has recently been discovered in
Jedburgh graveyard, near the famous
abbey. The stone was erected in 1893
by worthy bailie of Jethart to the
memory Of HE wife, Alison Renwick.
The slow finger Of time has worn away
most of the facing on the front of the
stone, and part Of it is Overgrown with
moss, which has outlined the features.
Local opinion favors the view that the
face is likeness of the good old lady
who sleeps beneath, a theory which
has at least the merit of being difficult
of disproof since no one living can pos
sibly have seen her.
The progressive nations of the world
are the great food consuming nations.
Good food well digested gives strength.
If you cannot digest all you eat, you need
Kodel Dyspepsia Cure. 1t digests what
you eat. You need not diet yourself. It
contains all of the digestants combined
with the best tonics and reconstructives.
1t will even digest all classes of foods In
a bottle. No other preparation will do
this. 1t instantly relieves and quickly
cures all stomach troubles. W.D. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood
or constitutional disease and in order to cure 1t
you must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
cure is taken internally and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces, Halls Catarrh
Cure is not quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by one OF the best physicians in this country for
years, and is a regular prescription. 1t is COM
posed Of the best tonics known combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination OF
the two Ingredients is what produces such won
derful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testl-
monialS, free.
r. j. CHENEY CO., Props. Toledo, o. Sold
by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

HIS LIFE WAS SAvED.-Mr. ]. E. Lilly,
prominent citizen of Hannibal, Mo-,
lately had a wonderful deliverance from a
frightful death. In telling of it he says ::
81 was taken with Typhoid Fever, that
ran into Pneumonia. My lungs became
hardened. was so weak couldn't even
sit up in bed. Nothing helped me. I ex-
pected to soon die of Consumption, when
l heard of DR.. Kings New Discovery.
One bottle gave great relief. l continued
to use it, and now am we'll and strong. !
can't say too much in its praise" This
marvellous medicine Is the surest and
quickest cure In the world for all Throat
and Lung Trouble. Regular sizes so
cents and III. Every bottle guaranteed.
Trial bottles free at A. &. Eaton's Drug
Store.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

"For three days and nights | suffered
agony untold from an attack OF cholera
morbus brought on by eating cucumbers,"
says M. E. Lowther, clerk of The district
court, Centerville, Iowa. Il thought |
should surely die, and tried a dozen diff
ferent medicines, but all to no purpose.
l sent for bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and three
doses relieved me entirely"
For sale BYE K. Taft. Stafford Springs
H. F. Cady, Stafford; Gardiner Hall, Jr.,
& Co., South wellington.
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Morphy's Witty Conn emit.

Paul Morphy. the famous chess play
err, once attended church in New Or
leans when the bishop of foreign do
cese was present. The young rector of
the church had prepared sermon in
honor of his distinguished visitor In
the delivery of which he tired every
one except the bishop. who paid close
attention. Part Of the congregation
left the church
We'll" said Morphy. that preacher
is the first man I ever met who hadn't
sense enough to stop when he had
nothing left but a bishop"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

RED HoT FROM THE GUN was the ball
that hit G.. B. Steadman Of Newark,
Mich, In the civil war. 1t caused horri-
BILE ulcers that no treatment helped for 90
years. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured him. Cures cuts, bruises, burns,
boils, felons, corns, skin eruptions. Best
Pile cure on earth. IS cts. box. Cure
guaranteed.
Sold by A.. G. Eaton, Druggist.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

What we admire most in men is q
loving appreciation of ourselves. The
most admirable man is he who makes
comfortable home for the woman
who loves him and who delights to
make that home bright and CHEEKY for
his sake, for, after all, it matters little
what we admire in men. 1t is what we
love in them that is the important fac
tor in the well being of the world
Pail Mall Gazette
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

It is well to know that DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve will heal burn and stop the
pain at once. It will cure eczema and
skin diseases and ugly wounds and sores.
It Is q certain cure for piles. Counterfeits
may be offered you. See that you get the
original DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
w. d. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25
THIS IsAoW SHE CAME TO NE.

This 10 how she came to me
With tremulous throbbinG Of her throat
With hps that shook uneertainly
And breast that futtered like bird
with eyes where love was all aaoat
And voice the sweetest ever heard,
In all the world were only we,
And this is how she came to me.
This Is how she went away
With still hands folded on her breast,
90 like little child might pray.
With silent lips laid close and sweet
And smiling to me through her rest
White lilies laid about her feet,
The promise Of further day,
And this is how she went, away. II
Post Wheeler In New York Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

Feelings Of safety pervade the house
hold that uses One Minute Cough Cure,
the only harmless remedy that produces
immediate results. 1t Is infallible for
cough, colds, Group and all throat and
lung troubles. 1t will prevent consump-
ton. w. D. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

Torturing skin eruptions, burns and
sores are soothed at once and promptly
healed by applying DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, the best known cure for piles. Be-
ware Of worthless counterfeits. W. D.
Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

The war in South Africa threw out of
employment between 10000 and 10000
men who worked In the mines.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

This Is the season when mothers are
alarmed on account of Group. 1t Is quick.
ly cured by One Minute Cough Cure
which children like to take. W. D. Head
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Hangs
ON!

II it was only health, we
Samighs let 1t cling.
But it is cough. One cold
. no sooner passes OF before
IL another comes. But it's the
same old cough all the time.
10 And it's the samel old story,
ftoe. There Is flrst the cold,
then the cough, then pneu-
3 nlonia or consumption with the
Ia long sickness, and life tremb-
ling in the balance.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

No other pills can equal DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for promptness, certainty and
efficiency. W. D. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

The highest point at which towering
plants have been found was In Tibet,
at 1920 feet. Nine species were re-
corded at $4,000 feet or higher.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25


Ethel-Do you like Mr.. Eames, man.
ma?
Mamma "a young widow)-Why, yes,
darling.
Ethel-And Mr.. Webster?
Mamma-Yes, dear.
Ethel-And Mr.. Fish and Mr.. Dixon
and Mr.. Sheldon?
Mammal like them all, pet.
Ethel-Which one are you going to
marry, then?
Mamma-The one who proposes first,
darling.-Harlem Life.
For sprains, swellings and lameness
there lie nothing so good as Chamberlain
Pain Balm. Try it. For sale by l.. K.
Taft, Stafford Springs; H. F. Cady, Stat
ford; Gardiner Hall, Jr., & Co., South
wellington.
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Exactly. But let me put the case
before you properly" said Arthur, ris-
ing and walking up and down in front
been friends for IL years and by now
know each other thoroughly. am
thankful to say have never loved you,
nor, to my knowledge, have you loved
me, and it Is these facts which con-
vince me we should make thoroughly
congenial and happy married couple.
On these grounds again ask you, Will
you marry meY' he concluded, stop
ping opposite Vera's chair
During this curious monologue the
moon had travelled somewhat on its
journey and now cast a pale light into
the arbor-just enough to show Arthur
that his fair companions eyes were
ltwinkling and that she was on the
Verge Of smiling. Looking straight at
him, Vera composedly answered.:
"Your philosophy, dear Arthur, is ex-
Icellent and your case apparently fully
[prOved, but-er-if you would not mind
lsitting down here" nodding toward the
lempty chair at her side, ''hold my hand
and look me full in the face and then
tell me that you are not head over
heels in love with me will believe
that for the last five minutes you have
been speaking, as they say in courts,
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth" -.. ....
Arthur felt dazed. He sat down and
took his pretty companions hand. He
|observed it was beautifully soft. He
looked into her eyes. He noticed they
had in them light he had never seen
before and that on her face was a
smile and an expression that could
have but one Interpretation, and he fall
tered.
.
And the silence Of night wrapped the
arbor in it's embrace. A bird moved in
the ivy, a nightingale called to its
mate and the moon travelled farther
on its journey. 1t sank, but not before
it had witnessed what in the course Of
its considerable experience it had often
seen before, but of which it never told.
f-No{n1u h0p
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II Leads I'm Ia the Real Thing.

"Pa, what is borrowing troubleY'
''Well, lending a new lawn mower Is
a pretty good imitation Of it."-Chicago
Record,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

The best method of cleansing the liver
Is the use Of the famous little pills known
as DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Easy to
take. Never grippe. w. d. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-25

Pyny-Pect0ra1 S0Othes Sore Lungs
and makes tender throats well and strong.