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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

In spite of the fact that the varieties of
stamps now current in the world number
1881, every now and then another small
boy starts in to make complete collection
-SomerYille journal.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

Is the title of the Grand Trunk Railway
Systems new Summer Tourist Folder which
together with other descriptive literature
can be had on application to j. H. Burgis,
City Passenger and Ticket Agent, 249 Clark
St., corner Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
DO Your Feet Ache and Burn,

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot. Ease,
q powder for the feet 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching,
Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
The Man BETTER Refor~

To man who never can make his salary
stretch from one payday to the next .
learned financial article on The Elasticity
OF Our Currency" must seem bitter sarcasm.
IN. Y. Press.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
BILE medicine for coughs and colds-N. w
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

We refund 10c for every package O
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES that fails to Civ,
satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville
Mo. Sold by all druggists.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

A Colonel in the British South Africa
Army says that Adams Tutti Fruit was
blessing to his men while marching.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
A Sly Dig.

Blanche-I made regular fool Of Harry
last night.
Cora (eagerly)-Did he really propose?-
pualy
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

Merchant-No, tell you, l have absolut,
ly nothing for you to do.
Applican-Well, I'd be willing to do that
on salary philadelphia Press.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

Our best society might be even better il
money would talk less and think more
Detroit journal.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

Try Yucatan Chill Tonic Improved.
Superior to all the so-called tasteless tonics.
Acceptable to the most delicate stomach.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
TasteIess Tonics Are Unreliable.

Try Yucatan Chill Tonic (improved)
Each dose contains the same proportion OF
medicine. No shaking required. Price, 50
cents,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

The humorist gets his butter from t
cream of his jokes.-Chicago Daily News.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

All is not gold that gltters. Sometimes
is a diamond.-Chicago Daily News.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if fails to cure. 25c.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

True charity never waits until it
asked.-Chicago Daily News.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

HalPa Cntarrh Cure
Is taken Internally. Price 75c.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28
BETHEL.
"BETHKL Is ALIVE TO THE ISSUE"

"BETHEL Is ALIVE TO THE ISSUE"
It is surprising how much enthu siasm can
betstirred mp in this little town on the tenn
perahce question q few days before election
After all the 'good" people have deposit I'D
their ballots according to the dictates of tn. i"
very slender consciences," they seem tn
crawl away somewhere and hibernate. They
neither see nor hear anything (nor want toy
Ct the open and fl axrant violation of the law
When they have cast their ballot they feel a
certain satisfaction At having done q disagree
able duty. He leaves the law to the other
fellow. who invariably takes care of it, at
least to his own satisfaction. His loon
sciene, }" once 80 sensitive. does not now uou
BILE him in the least when it comes TO the
open violation OF the law. or requesting 9th.
to violate 1t for his satisfaction. 1t is past
our comprehension how 80 many men in this
town can vote no-license in all good CON
science and then turn around and deliberate
~ demandthe violation OF the very law their
vote helped put in force.
1t looks, I n the hypocritical trend Of
Affairs that the ms jority of the vote:
want go license, 70 saloons, but FRI Q
-um.
If we Rave q law, enforce 1t In Gods
name; If not repeal it. 1t does seem, in
tn sc great moral questions that the best
there Is in man should rise to the issue,
rise above mean, contemplate influences t
work for sc fish ends, d accom-: lish what
is known to be the right without fear or
favor. Vote mo" and enforce it. T e
outcome? We shall see.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28
A View of the Grand Stand.
From Photograph by John J. Northrop.

admitted every hand that there absolutely OBJ
jectonabe features fact which President Plat and the
board of directors to be The fruit and
table exhibits the average and exced in quantity
those fair hereabous while the exhibition hall looked
attractive story of the dong of the fair by days fol-
lows:
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28

In the poultry tent the exhibit was not
quite az large as last year, but II. Cor
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28
Of Ne vtown, by the way.

Of Ne xtown, by the way.
Mrs Hogan of ke mt had the rooms IN
der the grand ct. nd and served hot wea j..
She appes red to have rushing busine'' {.
Praise is due the New York and New
Haven railroad for the excellent train ser
vice provided. On Wednesday special
train was provided for Bridgeport pa
irons.
Dusky Mont made track record, 2 % ia.
The track record has been held by Shake
speare, 222 "a, for two years
f. r. Hitchcock. one OF woodbury's best
known merchants. was At the fair on Wedres-
day. He said it was the first time in, his life
he had been in Newtown west OF the depot.
Nj Hitchcock was delighted with his visit
and hopes to come agan
Andrew Mcmahon, a director OF the New
Milford fair, was an interested spectator on
Wednesday.
Mr. Libby, one OF the proprietors ct the Hub
Clothing House at Bridgeport, passed Wed.
nesday at the fair. He SAID it was the best
fair he had attended. this year, and that New.
town " as all right.
Mr. and Mrs Hubert Thomas of New Milford
were presenu two days as was also Andrew
M. Booth OF the same town. Messrs Thomas
and Booth ara directors in the New Milford
fair. Both gentlemen are enthusiastic horse
men, and rafting good fellows.
Genial and Jovial Town Clerk D. A. Nichols
was at the fair, Wednesday,, as smiling az
ever. His arm was kept WORK ing like pump
handle to greet his many friends. Director r
W. Wheeler OF the Huntington fair was also
present
Hon Frank D. Bell, the popular manager Of
Meigs & Co g big clothing house in Bridge
port, was at the fair grounds on Thursday.
Philo Gilbert, one OF Bethel's most popular
citizens, was at the fair. Thursday, with Mra
Gilbert.
Frank Brown. the genial proprietor OF the
Loomarwick Inn, New Preston. was on hand
Tuesday Senator G p. Lyman OF tho same
village was also present, Thursday.
Miss Rosalie NJ. Seere, q popular Danbury
young lady, was an interested spectator or
tuesday.
party at the fair. Thursday. included the
venerable P. II. Skidmore, his sons
Senator Philo II. and julius skidmore OF
Bridgeport. and his daughter. Mrs Beard. OF
Cambridge, Mass.
Class Il. Trotting Bred stallions, four years
old George L Minor, southtord. LIST
Village Boy. A. r. Brisooe, Bethel. ID.
Glass 4s, Pair Carriage Horses: 8 p. Clio ,er
Sandy Hook, LIST
pair OF family horses. A. n Reed. Red.
di g I'd.
Single carriage horse. e. W. Fairchild. New
town, LIST.
Family horse. william B. Curtis, New:owD
81.
Glass =. Road Horse: Pair road horses, j
L Mitchell. South Britain. LIST.
Single road horse. P. o. Dryer. Danbury LIST
Glass "A. Mares and Gotta Mare and colt.
Merwin Johnson. Monroe. LIST.
Mare and colt, James B. Nichols. Newtown.
I'd.
F1lly. four years old, wixom. Shelton.
1st.
Ftlly, Mrs Frank Ward, New Milford, I'd.
Filly three years old, PetAr Carroll. Wood
bury. LIST.
Filly. two years old. Frank A. Blackman.
Newtown. 1st.
Flly. two years old, william H. wildman.
Bethel ID.
Colt. one year old. Merwin johnson. Mon.
roe, LIST.
Colt gelding. one year old, James Nichols.
Newtown. I'd.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28


enjoying themselves, as they were oblig.
ed to sample the delicious cakes. Mrs
Ira Wildman's exhibit Of bread, cake and
pastry, which captured DR. Wile's prize,
was especially praiseworthy.
IN AGRICULTURAL HALL.
The fruit and vegetable display amazed
and astounded everybody, for with the
dry weather, they did not expect much.
But here the building was crowded to
ovei fl ,wing and with vegetables and
fruit of superior quality. The fair off.
Gals ought to especially thank Wesley
Dickinson of South Britain for 25 vari.
cites OF pumpkins he exhibited, for they
could not be duplicated in the three
counties. They were whoppers, and one
is said to have weighed 1877 pounds. The
potato exhibit was very good, g. 81. Ed
wards Of Stepney having perhaps the
largest exhibit. There were about 175
plates of apples, and they were OF good
quality. Rev 0. W. Barker, who il
quite gardener, sent down some toma-
toes and other fruits from his garden.
The exhibit of forage crops and grasses
BY President Platt was credit to the
popular president. ..Merwin Mitchell
called the editors attention to an Old
fashioned variety in the pumpkin line,
the Bell, exhibited by Ofville Sherwood.
Mr. Mitchell declared he had not seen one
in years. There we're about so plates of
pears and creditsble exhibit of peaches
and grapes. Nearly every visitor to
Apricu Itural hall declared that the fruit
and vegetable display was one OF the
star features of the fair, this year.
IN TIE POULTRY TEN.
In the poultry tent the exhibit vas not
quite az large az last year, but II. Cor
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28

The Newown Fair of 1900 has and and
from start to finish With 1900 people present Tuesday,
$500 on Wednesday 1000 Thursday wonder the d.
happy and contente lot attendance
largest single day the history of the association
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28
Shetland Floss.

The quality t. lis in knittirg; We claim tor our
Floss the very best in the land. just At this
time the women folk have q crt on knit
ting and crochet irg shoulder shawls and
capes. for wearing these cool nights. eight
skeins OF this floss does the work. and it will
cost you just SEC or l2c 4 skein. the crochet
hook We give you free with each purchase OF
eight skeirs.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28

282 Class.-Purse 600.
Kamerun, b. g.. Kremlin, F. c. Eek
ert, Bridgeport. l
P. O. D b. g., Triuket Boy. P. o.
Dryer. Danbury. 4 4
Quarterback. g.. Quartermaster.
Ridgewood Farm, Danbury. 8 : d
Rapid, b 8, w e Williams, Washing.
ton Hollow, 2 2 ;
Boardman Boy, chg Sargent. AS
Ccffin. Washington Holloway 49,
Time 2 :261 4, 1884.
2:3s Class-Purse $50
Achamar, b g Illinois Chief. James
March, New Milford IL
Star Lace, b m Quartermaster, Ridge.
wood Farm. Danbury 80 3
Montopole, b g Brick Wilkes, HIS
Tomlinson, Ansonia - 1
Jessie billiard br m Hal Dillsrd,AS
Coffin, Washington Hollow, my IS 8
Ii lie 2 :29l2, 20 l-2, q sll-2
Free for All, Wagons, - mile heats, Purse ESQ
DAnbury Boy. blk g. D W McNamara.
Danburv "a
Oliver @, br Quartermaster, PO
Dryer, Danbury $40
Lucky Boy, b L Osborne, Danbu-
~ l
Time. :1s IL. 49, 1912
THURSDAYS Trio TING
245 CLASS: PUasE $3.50
Maud Belle, b, M, W. B.
Brown, Derby. 1 1 II
Vivian, b M, W. E. Williams,
Washington hollow, N Y. 2 2 81
P. o. D., b. g., Trinket Boy, P.
O. Dryer, Danbury, 8 3 81
Sable Hunter, br. s., Sable
Wilkes, David Lee, N. Y. 4 4 Al
Time 2.29 4, 2.29 1-2, $50.
225 Class-ourse 500
m Alcantara. John "
Green, Jr, Danbury - 81
hanuella m Oratorio. William Kin.
sella, Fairfield IS 81
oatoka Boy, g Patoka, B Harris,
Newtown 50 4
oliver @ br 9 Quarterme ster, 20
Dryer, Danbury. IS
)usky Mont. br g j H Lewis Bridge
port II IL
Time, 2:23 ~, 2:241-2. 2:ss14
Mary ;B. won the three minute hslEmile
ace, Danbury Boy ID and Qaabes Girl Sd,
ame. ! ls, al 81. LA.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28
Very Plain Reasons

Why you should buy your Dress Innings of us,
because we've the best goods shown in this SEC
ton; and larger selection of colors we're all
rea y now for the fall campaign of Dress Max
ing.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-11
!. Lettern Of Introduction.

at aisapprove OF letters Of Introduction"
said an elderly New Orleans business
man. to the Times Democrat anecdotist.
"and won't give one under any cir
cumstances They ere bad form and
border close on downright impertinence
What right have I, for example to thrust
q perfect stranger on my friend John
Smith Of Memphis or Chattanooga, with
ont having at least asked Mr. Smiths
permission or ascertained whether the In.
PRODUCTION would be mutually agreeable?
Then, again, such letters always mean
either too little or too much. Most of us
give them almost as freely as we give
good advice, without the least idea of in
curing any responsibility; yet a letter Of
introduction Is, or ought to be, an abso-
lutte Endorsement Of the bearer, and the
recipient would be justified in holding the
writer strictly accountable for any abuse
of his hospitality. believe this view is
unassailable, but must confess I stopped
writing letters of introduction myself on
account of a little contretemps that has
nothing to do with the proprieties of the
question.
+ Ii happened In this way: A certain
friend asked me to give letter TO
young Englishman, introducing him to
former business partner of mine, now ltv-
ing in louisville I didn't want to do IT,
but lacked moral courage to refuse; SO
wrote two letters-one the Introduction
requested and the other a brief note to
the Louisville man, explaining the cir
cumstanoes and saying that didn't
really know whether the Englishman was
a gentleman or horsethief Two days
later got a telegram from my8old part
ner, saying that he had received a letter
Of Introduction by mall and was at a
loss to know what to make OF II. had
put the two Enclosures In the wrong en-
Yelopes, and had given the Englishman
the. private note Of reputatio ion. - sup
pose he read 1t, Of course" remarked
some one In the group Of listeners.
That's just what has abeeen troubling
me ever since replied the old merchant,
81 don't know whether he did or not. He
presented 1t without turning a hair, and
If he knew the contents he certainly made
no sign. At least that is the report of my
friend, who was 50 surprised when he
ran his eye over the epistle that he nearly
fell out OF his chair. All this happened
four years ago. and I haven't written
letter Of introduction since. wouldn't
meet that Englishman again for a thou
sand-dollar bill, because, If did, I
wouldn't know whether to shake hands
or get ready to fight. II. n
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-11
saxe's Mistake Explained.

Here is a story of john Il. SAKE, the
poet wit: During the war Sake at
tended a hag-raising at Greenbush,
little place across the river from Al
bany. and made speech, in which he
commended the patriotism Of the
young men Of Greenbush. through
whose exeftions the flag had been pro-
cured. The chairman of the meeting
whispered to him that the young la
dies of Greenbush had also been in
strumental in raising funds for the
purchase Of the flag. Thereupons Mr..
Sake, addressing the young ladies OF
Greenbush. made them a graceful and.
gallant apology for not including them
in his praise. Il don't know how
came to make such a mistake" he ex-
claimed sage as / may have been Ia
boring under the impression that the
young men of Greenbush embraced the
young ladies of Greenbush.' New
York Mail
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-11
A King OF Rats.

Last winter there was discovered at
Chateaudun in France an example of
the rare phenomenon known in popu-
lar phrase as 1.-THE king Of rats. = It
consisted Of seven living rats inextrica-
bly, bound together by the interlacing
of their tails.s a photograph OF the
singular group, together with a des-
cription, was sent to scientific jour-
nal in Paris. The name king OF rats is
based upon the tradition that the king
Of the world Of rats and mice is accus-
toned occasionally to enthrone him
self, adorned with golden crown, upon
a group Of rats with tails entwined.
Several instances of this curious phe-
nomenon are recorded in books on nat
ural history. 1t Is said that the king Of
rats is formed only in the winter, when
the animals crowd together to keep
warm, aid the rodent friends Of the
unfortunate prisoners are credited
With feeding them out of benevolence.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-11
Insect Food OF the MaIays.

4 u 4 . = J. w Il Z e. &
The. Cambridge exploring expedition
to the Malay peninsula, whose mem
bers have recently returned to England,
found some strange articles of diet
among the natives who We're visited.
Among these articles, of which two
members Of the expedition partook,
were red ants, toads, bee grubs and a
species of eicadi. The latter are caught
in a peculiar manner. A bright fire
being made at night the natives assem-
Bile around 1t. one Of their number
holding a lighted torch, while the 9TH
ers clap their hands at regular inter
walls. The insects, attracted by the
lights and the noise, settle upon the
persons standing about the fire and
are then captured.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-11
ITO He coSTiNuEo,J
Hishe,s aud Lowes Z fem s, psratu re.

~
! The statistics below, showing ths
highest and the. lowest temperature
which man can endure may prove in:
teresting. TO begin with. the differ
ence between the highest and the low
est limits is estimated at $50 degrees
Fahrenheit. French troops in Alglers
must frequently march and maneaver
at heat Of 122 degrees above zero
A French professor has, during a stay
| in the Sahara with a tribe Of Tuaregs,
observed a. heat of 153 degrees. At
tendants in Turkish bath establish
ments work ten hours day in rooms
where the air is artificially heated at
155, IT'S and even to 1875 degrees Fab
renheit. "A scientific gentleman In
Paris not long ago spent fifteen min
utes in a hot air room Of the Paris
Hannah, In which the dry air had
been heated by his order until the
thermometer registered $50 degrees
Fahrenheit. Issuing from this room he
plunged Immediately into a bath filed
with water Of about So degrees, a differ
ence Of almost 200 degrees Fahren-
heit, which his body passed through
in less than a minute. On the
other hand, man will stand grea. er coll
than any Of the other mammals. For
instance, the temperature during the
journey Of Prince Henry of Orleans
through the Central Asia.ic highlands,
where the party had frequently to
Withstand temperature of 40 degrees
below zero. The quicksilver in the
thermometers had frozen ssolidly at this
temperature, and even the alcohol IN
the alcohol thermometers became thick.
Horses and camels died from exposure.
while none Of the men In the party suf-
fered in the least. Turning to Ameri-
ca, Captain Burn once measured at
Fort Reliance temperature of 70 de-
grees below zero, while Captain Dow
ron, at Fort Ran, saw the THERMOMETERS
down to So below zero in the month OF
April. The lowest temperatures known,
however, have occurred in Siberia,
where Temperature of SO below zero
is not uncommon, while at Wercho-
iansk q temperature of SO degrees be-
low zero has been observed, It ap-
pears, therefore, that men can stand
cold of 80 degrees below zero, while a
heat of 100 and even $50 degrees Fab
renheit appears to befthe extreme linz
it in the opposite direction. No AMI
NAL Is known which is able to resist
such changes OF temperature.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-11
vENTnATEs THE HEAD.


Here is an invention that is certain
.ly a novelty in its line, but 1t is doubt
full whether it will be brought into
common use. The inventor is George
Wolff of New Jersey. and he intends
the device for I-e in connection with
combs, hatpins ard hairp;ns, to force
air into the hair to dry and ventilate
it. The teeth of the pins are made
hollow. and are perforated near the
points, with large openings in the
head, Opposite the large openings
are arranged fam wheels which are ro-
tated by the movements of the air
when the wearer is riding or walking
rapidly. The movement of the wheels
forces air into the hollow teeth and
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-11
America. -Chi1:ei iron Forts,

Prof r. II. Thurston Of Cornell uni
yersity calls attention to the fact that
since the Spanish war, the manufac-
ture of chilled iron turrets for coast
defense has been established in this
country. He regards the chilling" Of
the surface Of cast iron SO as to give
it a hardness exceeding that Of tool
steel as one of the most remarkable
scientific achievements Of the time. /"
The chilling Of cast iron for car wheels
has long been practiced almost exclu-
sively in this country, but although it
is at bottom an American invention,
the use of the process for making tur-
rets for coast defense has hitherto
been developed only in Europe. Prof.
Thurston remarks that American iron
is the finest in the world for this pur-
pose.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-11
salloon-FIying by Moonlight.

French meteorologists engaged III
the exploration Of the upper air by
means of captive balloons have found
that. owing to the effect Of the suns
heat on the balloons the best results
are attained at night. and their most
successful experiments have been per-
formed by moonlight. The balloons
carry self-registering thermometers
and barometers and attain enormous
heights, varying between 10000 AMI
$4,000 feet. The highest flight recorded
by the instruments IS nearly nine and
ona-tf;rd mites.