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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

Venice without water would hardly
be Venice at ALL but we are assured
there is a possibility that the pictur-
esque Venice of today may become a
city of the past, and eventually Venice
may be waterless.
According to Professor Marinelli, the
regular increase in the delta of the
river Pc is such that in process Of
time the northern Adriatic will be dry.
and Venice will no more be upon the
sea. The annual surveys show that
the mean annual increase of the delta
during 20 years has been three-tenths
Of square mile.
An encroachment upon the sea Of
three-tenths of a mile In year means
large increase in a century. 1t ap-
pears that the total Increase in six
centuries has been about 1913 square
miles. The increase Is continuing. and
the gulf of Venice Is doomed to dis
appear.
No immediate alarm need be felt, and
it will not be necessary to hurry off
to Venice to take farewell look at
the city in its present picturesqueness.
Professor Marinelli calculates that be-
tween 100 and 100 centuries will elapse
before the entire northern Adriatic will
have become dry land.--Youth's Com
panion.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

she'd said all she meant to. When she
got ready, she started off through the
woods all never even looked at me.
My rifle was out of order, an my old
dawg had run away. an so ! couldn't
go strollin through the woods. l sot
down on the doahstep an smoked a
pipe or two, an as it was warm day
l begun to feel sleepy. | went over
an tumbled on to the bed. an it wasn't
five minits befo' l was sound asleep.
The doah was left wide open, an bout
the last thing l heard befo' l drapped
off was the old mewl brayin in the sta
BILE. I'd bin asleep an hour when sun
thin crowded me over ag'in the wall,
an l woke up. l opened my eyes to
find a big bar on the bed with me.
He'd found the doah open an walked
in, an, seem me asleep, he sot out to
hev some fun. He didn't see me open
my eyes, an l took keer to shet 'em
ag'in arter one look. Befo' the Lawd,
but I was skeered! l felt the cold
chills creepin up an down my back, an
the sweat busted out on me as if was
chopin at big tree.
81 had found fault with the Lawd
fur not maxim bobtailed coons," con-
tinued the old man as he refilled his
pipe, ian a bobtailed bar had bin sent
in revenge. 1t wasn't no use to think
Of jumpin up or fightin him. He had
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items OF local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
July Z, 1870.

A large concourse of people gathered
in Carpenters grove, in honor of ''the
day we celebrate" The opening exer-
cises at ten O'Clock consisted of prayer
by Rev. G. v. Markham, reading of the
declaration Of independence by Col. VIM.
A. Foster, and short, appropriate speeches
were made by Lawyers s. E Fairfield,
r. D. Dawson and others. The Catholic
temperance societies of Stafford and Cow
entry united In picnic in Patterns grove.
The amount of freight handled at the
Stafford station of the N. L. N. railroad
during the month of June is as follows:
Forwarded, 946,O73 pounds; received,
1865 pounds, total of 2.242, $40
pounds.
The following ere the officers of the
Tolland County Fire Insurance company
for 1870: Solyman Taylor, president );
Charles Underwood, treasurer; John B.
Fuller, secretary; directors, G. Under
wood, L. s. Fuller, John B. Fuller, Chas.
A. Hawkins, Gurley Phelps, Collins
Main, Marcus Lille, J. s. Yeomans,
Henry McCray, E. B. Crane, +. Dimmock,
M. Woodward, Chauncey Paul, Solyman
Taylor, F. w. Cowles, A. B. Adams, r.
e. Osborne.
A physician in London has invented an
electrical machine with which he can
make the human body entirely transpar-
ent. He puts you between him and the
light, and he can examine your interior.
BoRN.--Ashford, May 9th, 1870, son
to Sherman E. Paine
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
THE Rows ssErf@ns N -

A boy having been taken to task for
violation of school rules, the principal,
a woman, told him tOsa ask his father to
call at the school. Next day the boy
appeared with a rather seedy looking
man whom he Introduced as his ia
ther. The head Of the school and Wis
itor had a talk, and the latter prom
Used to do all in his power to make
the boy see the error of his ways.
Some days later the boy was over
heard saying to some Of his compan-
ions: II played a good joke on Miss
Blank. introduced bum as me ia
ther, and she never caught on
Wasn't that man your fatherY ask
ed one of the listeners.
"Nope," was the answer. "He was
me friend "-RroOlllyn Eagle.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
One
Wo,an.s
L effeE
81 vs.

<<I dOOf0sed with two Of
the best doctors I'm the city
for two years and had no
relief until y used the
PisskGl5asss s.assseeRIeS-
<<My trouble was ulcer
alton Of the ssf0s'NS- zSuf-
fes'od terribly, could mot
steep nights and thought
sometimes that death
wOxskd be such n relief.
17O-dayF ann a we'll WOO
man, able TO d0 my own
work, and have not a pain.
NIused four bottles of
kycEa Z. Pisslkkaas,sSs Nege-
table Compound and three
packages of Sanafivo
Wash and cannot praise
the medicines enough -
MRS. ELIZA THOMAS,
ga Pine Sf.y Easf0ss, Pa
Mrs. Pxnlkksasss advises
suffering women without
charge.
lydia E, Pinkham Med Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
Death to the WorH&men.

1t was in an art store in Fif ave-
nre, and the dealer was showing gid
ed clocks ana candclahra to a GUS
toner. Pointing to one particularly
handsome set. he said. "That is worth
$780," Pointing to another of similar
pattern. but not so handsome. he said.
'That is worth 5000"
"But the other one is BETTER" said
the customer.
"Well,' said the dealer. ''tbe chief
value of this one pointing to the $500
affair is in the gliding. 1t was gil,ed
by the mercury process which is now
forbidden by law almost everywhere
The other one was treated with the
electroplating process"
swell, it's handsomer," said the GUS
toner. "Is it as durable? If it is, why
should pay $3.50 more"
ut is practically as durable, and it Is
handso:ner," said the dealer. But you
can duplicate it, and you can't dupli,
cate the other. The mercury process
of gliding was death to the workmen
who engaged in it. They inhaled the
fumes OF the mercury, and in the end
it killed them, and it wasn't long do
ing it, either"
"Tll take the mercury one." said the
customer. "Dut the other is handsom
er."-New York Sun.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
THE CALAMITY CAME.
zEB'S WIFE KNEW THAT SOMETHING
WOULD HAPPEN.
rhe POssnm Hunter Tells How He
Came to Have Lively Bear For o
Bedfe11Oyv and the Result 1t Had
ON Certain Opinions of His.

rhe Postum Hunter Tells How He
Came to Have a Lively Bear For q
Bedfe1Iow and the Result 1t Had
ON Certain Opinions of His.
copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.l
Zone mawnin at the breakfast ia
ble," said the old possum hunter as I
asked him for yarn, ''me an the old
woman got into jaw bout coons.
held to it that all coons orter hev bin
bobtailed, an she contended that the
Lawd made 'em as he wanted 'em an
did a good job. We wasn't mad at
fust, but the mo- we talked the meaner
we felt, an bimeby we got downright
ugly. 1t was Sunday mawnin, an we
was goin off to preachin that day, but
when got my mad up | said:
"'As long as I'm fur bobtailed coons
an the Lawd didn't make 'em that way
it amt no use fur me to hear preachin.
I'll stay home. an yc' kin go alone
81 reckoned that would cool her of
bit, but it didn't. She chawed away
at her bacon fur awhile an then said:
"'Zeb White, thar's bound to be a
ILLS CdOAh. Odh LIZ
body find fault the way yo' do without
sunthin happenin. I'm goin right along
to preachin, an if yo' want to fly in the
face of Providence yo' must take the
consequences
"'I'm contendin fur bobtailed coons,
said 1. If all coons was bobtailed,
they'd look a heap purifier an git along
heap better
"'But how kin they be when it's all
fixed?
"Dunno, but I'm contendin.'
"'Then yo' keep on contendin an see
how yo'll come out. Thar's boBailed
varmints in the mountings, an mebbe
yo'll git huff Of them befo' yo' git
through abusin Providence
"If she'd coaXed me a bit, I'd hev
gone with her." explained Zeb, "but
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

The history Of grip" or influenza,
can only be traced back, with any GER
tainty, for 300 years. Perhaps it's home
Is in Russia. 1t retains certain broad
characteristics which make it recog-
nizable even under such odd names as
the gentle correction" and the new
delight" A curious description of it
under the name of "coqueluche" Ia
found In the diary of Pierre de LES
toile in the time Of Henry III of
France, as follows:
"The coqueluche at Paris, year 1880.
From the I'd day to the 9Th day of
June there fell sick at Paris 10000
persons of an illness having the form
Of rheum or catarrh, which they call
the 'coqueluche.' This illness seizes
you with a pain in the head, stomach
and loins and a lassitude throughout
the body, and 1T prosecuted the whole
kingdom of France while the year last
ed, so that once having come hardly
anybody in q town or village or house
escaped.
'"The best remedy the doctors found
was to make the sick abstain from
wine. To some they ordered bleeding
and rhubarb, for others cassia, and
finally they found it best to keep the
sick IN bed and allow them little to eat
and drink. They say at Paris that Of
this 'coqueluche' there were dead at
Rome, In less thar. three months, more
than 10000 persons"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

Mr.. Lincoln used to take great de-
light in telling how he gained knife
by his ugly looks. That has been pub.
lished, but l have not seen another in
print telling how he gained his wife
Mrs. Lincoln was beautiful lady, at
tractive, sharp, witty and relished a
joke even at her own expense. She
was staying with her sister, Mrs. Ed
wards. She had not been there long
before everybody knew Miss Mary
Todd. She often said: "When a girl, ]
thought l would not marry until
could get one of the handsomest men
in the country, but since 1 became q
woman l learned l can't get such q
man, which has caused me to change
my mind. l have concluded now to
marry the ugliest looking man l can
find"
Later on Lincoln came to town. She
had never seen him before she met
him on the street. She was told who
he was and went home and told her
sister she had seen her man, 1.-The ugli-
est man l ever saw, Abraham Lin
coin, and | am going to set my cap for
him.
That became a common saying in
street gossip. When they were mar
ried, instead of taking a bridal trip,
they went to the Globe hotel owned by
the writer and occupied by tenant.
They took board at 81 a week. When
he got able. he bought lot for 5000
and built Il four room house costing
less than E'1."00 When he received
$1,000 from his great railroad case. he
spent $1.5CO of it in putting a second
story on his house, and there hn lived
until he went to Washin' rtOu.-Thomas
Lewis In Leslie's Weekly.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

What" exclaimed the orator-'what
two things are helping mankind to get
up in the worldY'
1.-THE alarm clock and the stepiad-
der" answered the dense person in the
rear of the hall.-BaltimOre American.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

II not, drink Grain-O-made from pure grains
A lady writes: 1.-The first time made Grain-C
did not Xix 1t, but after using it for one week
nothing would induce me to go back to coffee.'
The children can drink it freely with great ben.
eft. Get package to-day from your grocer
follow h directions and you will have delic.
ious and healthful table beverage for old and
young 15c and Sc
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

A German physician explains why
red haired persons seldom seem to get
SO bald as others. Red hairs are SO
thick that 10000 cover head as well
as 16O,O blond or 105. 900 black hairs.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
The law holds both maker and circula

The law holds both maker and circula-
tor of a counterfeit equally guilty. The
dealer who sells you a dangerous coun.
telfeit of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
risks your life to make little larger
profit. You can not trust him. DeWitt's
Is the only genuine and original Witch
Hazel Salve, we'll known cure for piles
and all skin diseases. See that your
dealer gives you DeWitt's Save. w. D.
| Haald
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
How 1t Started.

A restaurant keeper in Galena hung
out the sign, "Our meals are hard to
beat" A rival rubbed out the SD" in
"beat." And then the fight commenc-
ed.-Kansas City Journal
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

/ "Phwas livery place covered in Noah's
food, Dinny?" ...-....
"All but tn city Of Cork, Larry
Chicago News
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

ED1ToR's AWFUL PLIeHT.-F. NJ. Hig-
gins. Editor Seneca, GIls.,) News, was
afflicted for years with Piles that no doc
tor or remedy helped until he tried Buck
lens Arnica Salve. He writes two boxes
wholly cured him. It's the surest Pile
cuIe on earth and the best salve in the
world. Cure guaranteed. Only IS cents.
Sold by A. G. Eaton, Druggist
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

To accommodate those who are partial
to the use Of atomizer in applying liquids
into the nasal passages fer catarrhal
troubles, the proprietors prepare Ely 3
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube IL 70 cents. Druggists or
by mail. The liquid embodies the medi-
cinal properties of the solid preparation.
Cream Balm ia quickly absorbed by the
membrane and does not dry up the secre-
lions but changes them to natural and
healthy character. Ely Brothers, SO
Warren St., N. Y. II
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

After many intricate experiments, sci
entists have discovered methods for OBJ
tanning all the natural digestants. These
have been combined in the proportion
found in the human body and united with
substances that build up the digestive or
gans, making compound called Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. 1t digests what you
eat and allows all dyspeptics to eat plenty
of nourishing food while the stomach
troubles are being radically cured by the
medicinal agents 1t contains. 1t Is pleas
ant to take and will give quick relief.
w D. Head
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
Two IJmafffer@.

One Minute Cough Cure Is the onl,
harmless remedy that produces immediat
results w. D. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

There are no better pills made than De-
Wits Little Early Risers. Always prompt
and certain. W. d. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
He TeleEraphed Up One Flight

That New York is big city which
the stranger seldom learns very well
was quite forcibly impressed upon a
certain we'll known Californian few
days ago. He visits New York twice a
year and has long since learned to find
his way about.
He was charging about in the bust
ness district and suddenly remembered
that he wanted to telegraph to friend
whose offices are at 1875 Broadway.
The Californian dashed into the near
est telegraph office, wrote out his dis
patch and. covering it with the coin,
passed it through the wicket to the
receiver. The receiver smiled.
"What is the matter?" demanded the
Californian.
"Why. this is 1875 Broadway" said
the receiver, land your man Is up just
one flight of stairs"
There was confused period that
lasted about second, and when the
Californian got his nerve back he calm
~ said: 81 know that. Let it 20 any
way. | guess l can telegraph across
the room or this counter if l want to
and have the money. We do that thing
out in California every day for a joke"
The receiver may have been bluffed.
but as receivers go they are hard to
impress.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
Jell-O, The New Desse

pleases all the family -Four flavors Lemon
Orange. Raspberry and Strawberry. At your
grocers. 10 cts. Try it to-day.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
Uue to Ignorance.
"He thinks he's famous"

HE thinks he's famous"
"Well. he never was much of man
for acquiring knowledge"
"What has that to do with it?'
"Why. he probably never has CON
suited the dictionary and learned the
difference between fame and notori.
."-Chicago Post.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

GLORIOUS News comes from DIR. D. B.
Cargile, of Washita, I. T. He writes {:
"Four bottles of Electric Bitters have
cured Mrs. Brewster of scrofula, which
had caused her great suffering for years.
Terrible sores would break out on her
head and face, and the best doctors could
give no help; but her cure is complete
and her health Is excellent" This shows
what thousands have proved, that Elec-
trio Bitters is the best blood purifier
known. Its the supreme remedy for &C.
zema, letter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and
running sores. 1t stimulates liver, kid
neys and bowels, expels poisons, helps d.
gestion, builds up the strength. Only so
cents. Guaranteed.
Sold by A. G. Eaton, Druggist.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
His One Suggestion.

Furthermore, John Henry Meeker,"
said Mrs. Meeker, who was standing in
front Of the mirror and putting the
finishing touches to her toilet, II want
you to take notice that am perfectly
capable Of getting ready for church
without any prompting from you, and
you can cough and look at your watch
as much as you please-it won't hurry
me single second. Do you clearly un-
derstand that?"
eyes, my DEAR" mildly replied Mr..
Meeker. Though I think | could I'M
derstand it a little better If you didn't
have your mouth quite SO full of hair
pins" -Chicago Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

The contented man is never poor, the
discontinued never rich.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
TIL. cossacl<s of the Don.


The Don Cossacks are the finest look
ing race of men ever seen. Kingly in
their carriage, tall and slender, 1.-THE
and graceful, their untamed spirit visi-
BILE in every motion, their bearing is
that of an unconquered people. Used
as living barrier against the Tartar
invasions of Russia, they were never
conquered. Living in what they call
camps, each with his horse and gun,
they are always ready to move in re-
Spouse to the emperor's call.
Their costume is a long. tight fitting
coat reaching to the knee. having loose
sleeves and a small standing collar
and with row of ammunition pockets
across the breast. The colored belt
which encircles the Cossack's slender
waist bristles with ornamented knives,
daggers and pistols. Soft. high boots
without heels and great lambs wool
cap, with little touch Of color for
the soft crown, and then the burka or
long cape of hairy felt which they seem
to wear in all sorts of weather COM
plete the costume. These burkas ap-
pear to be worn on the theory that
what keeps out the cold keeps out the
heat. Anyway, these long black or
white garments protect horse and rider
equally from the rain and cold.-Self
Culture.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

''Why cant you be obliging?" cried
'hc facctinrs music rack. "The bells
play when they're tolled Come. give
Us tunev'
"No." g"r'"' lc;l the organ in deep
dianason: "I'll be bowed If l DOR
Philadelphia Press.
THAT THRoBBING HEADACHE would
quickly leave you, If you used DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers
have proved their matchless merit for
Sick and Nervous Headaches. They
make pure blood and strong nerves and
build up your health. Easy to take
Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back
II not cured.
Sold by A. q. Eaton. Druggist.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

DeWi't's Little Early Risers are famous
little pills for live ard bowel trout lee.
Never grippe. w. D Head.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-21

received the following telegram from
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee:
"A detachment, consisting of two COM
panles of infantry, a force OF mounted
men and two guns, under command of
Maj. Muhlenfels. have been dispatched
via San Kia Tien. thirty kilometrs west
of Pelin,, with orders 10 push on to the
great wall.
THE column under Col Yeorck arrived
twenty five kilometers south of Hsuen
Hwa Flu, Nov. II. On returning Col.
Yeorck will establish communication
with Maj. Muhlenfels."
MORE SHANGHAI RUMORS.
LONDON, Nov. 21.-"At last" says
the Shanghai correspondent Of the Morn
ing Post, wiring yesterday the allies
in PelIin have resolved upon stronger
measures to bring matters to a crisis.
They have asked the Viceroy of NankIn
to state definitely his position toward
the Chinese court and the question Of
forwarding supplies"
at is credibly reported" says the
Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, under yesterdays date, that
the empress dowager has telegraphed
a secret decree warning all governors
and viceroys to prepare for immediate
war against the allies"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-21
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.

London-Yesterday the London county
council decided to take steps to 1nsti-
tute a service Of electric cars through
out the metropolis 4T.s
Constantinople-The arepresentato of
the United States legations here have re
suited in the release from prison OF the
armenian Arzyouan, who was arrested
Whlle travelling on an: American pass
port Arzyouan was ordered to leave
the country. dE %
st. Petersburg.-It has been persistent
~ rumored here for some time past that
Mr.. CECIL Rhodes has been in st. Peters
burg, IN strict incognito;, recently en-
gagged In some financial business. The
rumor has been confirmed.
st. Petersburg-Ma gnetiosiron ores have
Deen discovered at Elizabethpol, in the
st. Petersburg-Mme Sarah Barnhardt
and M. Coquelin have contracted to APP
pear in Moscow next spring.
,Pittsburg, Pa.-The heat of the past
three days caused much suffering among
the mill men and one case of prostra-
ton is reported
Washington, pam explosion in shaft
no. l, OF the Ellsworth coal company
at Ellsworth. Pa, TODAY killed one man
and seriously injured three others. The
explosion was caused by fire damp.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-21
Hastings Notes,

HASTINGS, Mimi, Nov. 2o.-(special)-
Nicholas Brost, an old and prominent
illness of a few weeks. He leaves a wife
au,, eight grown up children, besides a
iaTS.a clrc1. of friends-About twenty-five
members me- nj eri Of onvce Branch Lodge No 50,
Daughters of Rebelee,5:: went e over e., to
Prescott this evening to pas Ira potban
visit to Mildred lOdge.-Joseph heI
disiocated his left shoulder last evening
by fall at his residence. He was at
tended by Dr. Charles Van Cappellen;
Gus Aiexanderson, an inmate OF, the
Hastings state asylum, was taken haok
to the Rochester hospital this afternoon
by A. c. Dorr, head nurse, and j. n.
Benson, cook. The patient has been here
since August and in poor health physi-
cally.
Dr.. c. E. Riggs, of St. Paul, and DR..
w. T. Milligan, of Wabasha lunacy
commissioners, made their annual vista
ton to the Hastings state asylum today.
They are highly pleased with the appear
ance of the inmates and the very sue
cessful manner in which the institution
is conducted by Supt. Robert Car
michael,