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The Press., 1901-07-25
Letter to A. l., Howard.
Stafford Springs, Conn

stafford Springs, Conn.
Dear Sir: No man has more need of q
quick and open mind for good new things
than a dry goods man. The whole town
looks to him for advice to buy this, and
not to buy that, among 1901 articles
It's his business to find out what is good,
to find out quick what Is better, to drop
the good and sell his neighbors the bet
ter.
Our paint is not new-we are ourselves
145 years old-it Is new to some.
Read what we guarantee:
"If you have any fault to find with this
paint, either now In putting 1t on or after
warAfn the wear, tell your dealer about
1t.
"We authorize him to do what is right
at our expense"
This is our short way of saying the
paint is good. 1t is better than good: 1t
is best: the only good paint.
Old-fashion painters paint, lead and
oil, is not good any longer-wears out in
three years. Ours lasts six years, seven
years, eight years, ten years, fifteen-in
favorable conditions.
Devoe lead and zinc Is the paint.
Yours truly,
So F. w. DEvoE & Co.
s.-Chicago Grocery sells our paint
In your town.
The Press., 1901-07-25

The last time l interviewed General
o. o. Howard it was on the subject of
answers to prayer, and l thought had
him. In his famous fight with Stone
wall Jackson the Union forces were de-
feated, so inquired Of General How
ard:
"You prayed before that battle?"
"Yes," he answered.
"And Jackson was a praying man.
He prayed ALSO" .-.....--...-...---.-. .....--.-
"Yes." he assented.
"Then how was it he gained the vic
tory? Did that mean that the Union
cause was wrongY
Very gently the good old general re-
piled: Both our prayers were answer
ed. Jackson prayed for immediate vic
tory and for the ultimate triumph Of
our cause We both got what we prayed
for."-Independent.
The Press., 1901-07-25

Mabel had been waiting for her low
er's return for what seemed to her an
age. Her heart turned to stone as she
thought of him, young, slender, but
brave to rashness and recklessness,
closeted alone with her stern father in
the grim old library. The door opened
at last, and he stood before her, flush
on his cheeks and an expression in his
eye.
"Did you see papa, RichardT' she
asked with trembling eagerness. He
held her in his arms for a moment
without speaking. .
ayes, dearest" he said at length.
"And what did he say, Richard? Tell
me what he said! He refused you?
Oh, your eyes tell me! He refused; he
will not give me to you? But I will be
I am yours! 1 do not fear his harsh=
ness-we will fyv
But Richard looked down into her
pleading face and shook his head slow
ly, like man in a dream.
"Tell me, then, for l cannot wait!
Was he brutal and cruel to you? What
did he do? What did he say?"
Richard drew long, deep breath and
again looked down at the face turned
up to meet his troubled glance. He
sighed and whispered slowly: ~
He only said, Thank heaveny and
went on reading."-Exchange.
The Press., 1901-07-25

A French medical journal cites q
number of cases where great and last
ng benefits We're derived by people suf-
fering from dyspepsia and abdominal
diseases from gentle massage treat
ment of the abdomen. One case men
toned is that Of young man aged 20
years who for six months had been suf-
fering with his stomach. In spite of
varied treatment he was gradually
growing worse and looked like one in
the last stages of phthisis. He suf-
fered from constipation and insomnia.
He was very nervous and was con-
vinced that he was about to die. After
lnstituting the abdominal massage his
condition rapidly improved. His alb
domen, which had resembled that Of a
child with meningitis, became supple
and daily enlarged. The treatment
was not severe nor very special. His
pain disappeared, and he was able to
digest all that was given to him. The
patient gained In six months about 65
pounds, which he has not lost since
that time, now five years ago.-Les-
lies Weekly.
The Press., 1901-07-25
AFFORD.

The friends here of Rev. J. A. Solandt,
formerly pastor of the Congregational
church at West Stafford, who recently
was called to the Congregational church
at Lead, s. D., will be interested in the
following clipping from South Dakota
paper:
The people of this city are watching
with considerable interest the fight that
is being made by Rev. J. A. Solandt, pas
tor Of the Congregational church, with
the mayor, city council, Attorney General
Pyle and others, who might have the
power to suppress the saloon evils of
Lead. Some time ago Rev. Mr.. Solandt
circulated petition among the voters of
Lead, asking that the saloons be made to
conform more strictly to the state liquor
laws. He secured 1900 signatures, which
Is more than a majority of the voters. In
all of his reform movements he has been
backed by the business men and the
Homestake company. The petition was
first presented to the mayor and city
council, but no action was taken. Mr..
Solandt next sent it to Attorney General
Pyle, with the request that the matter be
investigated. There was no response
from that official, and finally Mr.. Solandt
wrote to Gov. Herreid, stating that pc
titton of 1900 names had been sent to the
| attorney general of the state, but that no
| response had been made In the matter.
Gov. Herreid Immediately wrote to Rev.
Solandt, stating that he would see that
Attorney General Pyle attended to the
petition. Mr.. Pyle for several days has
been looking matters over. He found
that everything set forth In the petition
was true. Minors and women are allowed
| free access to the saloons at all hours of
the day and night and Sundays, and that
the state liquor law is entirely ignored in
respect to gambling, II O'Clock closing,
screens, etc. But Mr.. Pyle says he has
no authority to commence prosecution
proceedings. He will attend to the cases
only when they get into the supreme
| court. He recommends that the grand
jury be called upon to investigate the
charges. Rev. Mr.. Solandt proposes to
see the fight to a finish. 1t costs more
to pay the hired help in the saloons than
it does to run the city schools.
The Press., 1901-07-25
The Population of Babylon.

Various attempts have been made, by
comparing it's area with that Of modern
cities, to estimate the population Of
Babylon. But on the lowest calcula-
ton it would be found, supposing it to
have borne any considerable resem-
blance to one of our cities. to have had
a population Of 100000, supposi-
ton to which all but insuperable OBJ
stacles are opposed. The map Of Ash
attic Turkey shows that the extent Of
country around Babylon available for
agricultural purposes must have been
quite inadequate to supply the neces-
sary demands for anything like such
an immense population.
Perhaps. on the whole, we may esti-
mate the population at from 1,OOO,OOO
to 100000. This supposition derives
support from the fact that Seleucia,
with a population of 100000 souls, is
stated by Strabo and Pliny to have
been about half the size of Babylon in
the days of her greatest glory.
The Press., 1901-07-25

Experiments show that light can be
seen through q clean cut opening Of not
more than one forty-thousandth of an
inch. This fact was determined by
taking two thoroughly clean, straight
edges, placing a piece of paper between
the surfaces at one end. the opposite
end being allowed to come together.
The straight edges being placed be-
tween the eye and a strong light in a
dark room. wedge of light was per-
ceived from the ends between which
the paper was placed and the opposite,
which were brought together. The
thickness of the paper being known,
the distance apart of the two edges
of the small end Of the wedge Of light
was easily calculated, and the result
was shown as above.
The Press., 1901-07-25
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.


Rev. Charles H. Davis left the first of
the week for their summer home on Lake
Winnipiseogee.
Miss Annie Gamler of Lebanon, Penn,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Wy
ming.
Miss Annie Smith of Hartford has been
the guest of her cousins, Misses Carolyn
and Sophia Brown.
MIR. and Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin re-
turned the first of the week from visit
of few days in Holyoke.
Mrs. Thomas Ruby and two children of
Willimantic are spending several weeks
with relatives and friends In town.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hurley and child
of Bennington, VT, are the guests of
Mr.. Hurley's father, James Hurley, Sr.
States Attorney j. H. Reed, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Reed and his daughters, in
tends to start Saturday for visit to the
exposition at Buffalo.
Mayor Charles L. Dean of Maiden
started In business at his present stand,
IA Blackstone street, Boston, thirty years
ago last week Wednesday.
Benjamin Arnold. employed by F. J.
Chandler, has gone to Buffalo to attend
the exposition. Mr.. Amadon of West
ford is taking his place In the store.
The personal last week In week in re-
gard to Miss Mary Brown visiting Mash
apaug and the guests Of Mrs. Walter
Church of Glynville were incorrect. They
were sent by mail by an unknown party,
who signed the name Of a sister to both
parties. The act was no doubt done for
malice, and the person is liable to a very
serious charge, If found out.
Charles and Arthur Miller of Ashford,
charged with burning the Horton lumber
in Union, were tried before Judge Parkess
in Union town last Friday. w. A. King
of Willimantic and r. II. Fisk of this
town appeared for the defense, and
States Attorney Reed prosecuted the case.
The evidence offered was not conclusive
enough to warrant conviction, and the
men were discharged.
The match between the Country club
golf team and the Monson team on the
local links last Saturday resulted In a
victory for Stafford by score of 40 to 6.
The following Is the score:
The Press., 1901-07-25
A Strange Method of SalutatiOn.

OF all the strange modes of saluta-
ton. the most extraordinary is the
"dance of ceremony" current in the
west African kingdom of Dahomey.
Whenever any Dahoman chief or off,
cial of rank comes to pay you visit
he always opens the interview by
dancing around you with various queer
contortions Extremely suggestive Of
his having just upset a kettle of boil
ing water over his knees). which you
are bound to initiate as closely as pos
sible.
1t is even reported-with what truth
cannot say-that one Of the native
ministers of the terrible King Gezu
owed his rapid rise at the Dahoman
court wholly to his superior skill in cut
ting these strange capers and that he
thus literally as we'll as 6guratively
jumped to preferment
The Press., 1901-07-25
ssThe American Type"

Those who direct the state, who ad-
minister the cities. control the legisla-
lures. the financiers. merchants. pro-
fessors. journalists. men of letters
those whom | met in society--are near
ly all Of American birth and of marked
American type. | rarely heard for
eign accent or saw a foreign counte-
nance. The American world is practi-
cally run" by genuine Americans.
Foreigners are more in evidence In
London or Manchester. 1t seemed to
me. than they are in New York. Phila-
delphia or Boston, Frederic Harrison
in Nineteenth Century.
The Press., 1901-07-25

There he is,' she exclaimed, point
ing to a dark object in the waves.
Then there fioated by bit Of wreck
age, and l gave orders to bring the
boat about and to lower the dory. By
the time the boat came around the
dory was ready to go down, and four
men and woman jumped in. I look
ed about me for Mary Wood-that was
her name-and she was gone. Fear
fairly shook me as that little boat went
up over a swell and was lost beyond
the wave, to come into sight again the
next instant. That girl knew her busl-
ness. She held the shell across the
waves till she got abeam the wrecked
man. 1t was a bold and daring thing
to do, but she did it-yes, sir, turned
that dory in the trough Of the sea and
came up to the man in the water.
HE crawled into the boat over the
bow, and they all pulled away for the
Mary Ann.
"And the even dozen schoolma'ams
had forgotten their troubles and were
cheering-cheering like a lot of boys at
a football game. Finally they came
alongside and were hoisted to the deck.
Some one got whisky, and the rescued
man swallowed it like hospital pa
tient, but the young woman would
have none of 1t.
I'm the course Of time the young man
got on a shift Of dry clothes and told
his story. He had been on a passen-
ger steamer when a big wave swept
the deck, taking him and the chicken
coop and Strengthening out every foot
of coiled rope. His name was Samuel
Welling-a bank clerk ON his vaca-
ton. The Mary Ann had Ia passen-
gers from then on. l cannot tell you
what was said by him when the man.
dolins were trembling and the moon
was making the whole deck yellow, but
I sometimes run on to him and see the
white waters splitting into lace and
diamonds across the figurehead.
"Perhaps it was no affair of mine,
but after we got back to Chicago
looked up the fellow and found that
he had told the truth and that they
were to be married at the beginning Of
the next vacation.
sit so happened that our luck had
changed with that voyage, and the
Mary Ann had all she could do the
rest of the season. Neither did I have
time to busy myself about such affairs
for two winters. Then set out, one
blizzardy day in January, to find my
former passengers. found them
that Is, found Samuel, hard abed,
where he had been for fully a year.
and not a cent in the bank. Mary was
at her school then, but after awhile
she came home and cried when she saw
me, as IL she had seen her father, and
told me how Samuel-she called him
Samuel-had fallen one day when he
was skating with her and how he had
never been able to get to the bank
again. More than that, he could not
earn a cent and before she got a school,
again they were absolutely penniless
But they were sailing again, and two
could live on the wages of teacher.
"Now, that is what l call bravery
| and is the reason l said she was the
bravest woman that ever was"
And the captain of the Mary Ann OF
Charlevoix walked across the stree
| of Goose Island. - Chicago Record
Herald.
The Press., 1901-07-25
PANTHElsM.

Bnfs is thy brother, this poor silver Hshs
Close to the surface, dying in his dish;
!, Thy flesh, thy beating heart, thy very lisss
All this. say, art thou, against thy wish.
Thou may'st not turn away; thou shalt allow
The truth s~nor shalt thou dare to question how.
There is but one great heart In nature beating,
And this is thy heart; this. I say, art thou
In all thy power and all thy pettiness,
With this and that poor selfish purpose, this
And that high climbing fancy and q heart
Caught into heaven or cast in the abyss,
Thou art the same with ali the little earth
"A little part, and sympathy of birth
I Shall tell thee and thine openness of soul
What fear Is death and what life Is worth.
THE Poems of Philip Henry Savage"
The Press., 1901-07-25

The BEST REMEDY For STOMACH AND
BOWEL TRoUBLEs.-"I have been in the
drug business for twenty years, and have
sold most all of the proprietary medicines
of any note. Among the entire list l
have never found anything to equal
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rheea Remedy for all stomach and bowel
troubles" says o. w. Wakefield of Col
umbus, Ga. "This remedy cured two
severe cases of cholera morbus in my
family, and have recommended and sold
hundreds of bottles of it to my customers
to their entire satisfaction. 1t affords a
quick and sure cure in a pleasant FORM"
For sale by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs !;
H. F. Cady, Stafford; Gardiner Hall, Jr.
& Co., South Wellington.
The Press., 1901-07-25
The Maj Turned yellow.

Great constsrnation was felt by the
friends of nj. A. Hogarty OF Lexington,
KY, when they saw he was turning yell
low. His skin slowly changed color, also
his eyes, and he suffered terribly. His
malady was Yellow Jaundice. He was
treated by6he best doctors. but without
benefit. Then he was advised to try
Electric 8itters, the wonderful Stomach
and Liver remedy, and he writes: s'After
taking Two bottles was wholly cured. !"
A tria, proves Its matchless merit for all
Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles.
Only 25c, Sold by A. G. Eaton, druggist.
The Press., 1901-07-25
Tuning Forks.

The tuning fork was the invention Of
John Stone, royal trumpeter, in 1911.
Though the pitch Of forks varies slight
ly with changes Of the temperature or
by rust. they are the most accurate
means of determining pitch. Tuning
forks are capable of being made Of any
pitch within certain limits, but those
commonly used are the notes A and O.,
giving the sounds represented by the
second and third spaces in the treble
StaVe
The Press., 1901-07-25
HintinR For More.

did you notice, Maria, how i'll ma
tured Jones got when he learned had
Now he'll have to get one for his wife,
81 don't like Mr.. Jones, and l would
not care how often you made him Ill
natuged."
The Press., 1901-07-25

The piles that annoy you SO will be
quickly and permanently healed II you
use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Be
ware of worthless countelfeits. w. d.
Heald
The Press., 1901-07-25
Tbere are 3 to 8 Ounces

more in pint of Devoe's Gloss Carriage
Paint than in others-that's why they
wear longer. Extra weight means heav-
Ter body. Sold by Chicago grocery. 4
The Press., 1901-07-25

Uncle Sans buildings and the arrange
ment and care of exhibits at the Pan
American exposition will cost half mill
lion dollars.
The Press., 1901-07-25
Bahy's Diet.

/ remember on one occasion remon-
strating with an east end mother for
giving a baby pork and bitter beer,
but the reply was, "Bless you, sir. she
always takes the san as ourselves. the
little dear!'-London Post.
The Press., 1901-07-25

There are none of the appliances of ten
years ago now In use on electric cars.
Improvements have driven them all out.
The Press., 1901-07-25
KEROSENE WICKLESS BLUE
FLAME VAP0R STOVES

A regular nine dollar stove for seven
dollars. Perfect in action and thing of
beauty. AS a Concord coach Is to an
our "Perfect Cooker" If you have a
good one, come In and see better one
II you have none, then look at the latest.
The Press., 1901-07-25
Gasoline Vapor Stoves

-s-.-- Are 8MarEoIS of SIM
plicity, Efficiency and
Durability.
Explosion impossible. No long tubes
full of gas, that are liable to take fire.
Do yourself the justice to see the really
the climax of American invention-lights
instantly. Strong talk, but we mean 1t,
every word.
The Coconino sun., 1901-11-16

When you feel that life Is hardly worth the candle take dose of Cham berlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will cleanse your stomach, tone up your liver and regulate your bowels making you feel like new man. For sale by Pioneer Drug Store,
The Coconino sun., 1901-11-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.


 Bros.
 Hot tomato boullion at Timerhoff's drug store.
 H. J. West of Kingman was regis tered at the Commercial Tuesday.
 w. H. Bonham of Phoenix was talk ing insurance to our citizens this week.
 Topsy hosiery: no better brand made. Babbitt Bros. are selling gagents. Try them.
 w. D. Powell is doing assessment work on his valuable mining claim in Yavapai county.
 E. R. Bayless and family ess Thurs- day for Hot Springs, Ark, which plaos they intend making their future home.
 Fire Insurance-The Arizona Gen. tral Bank represents number of the largest American and English com panies.
 w. H. Norman left Wednesday for the Geo. Hochderffer ranch. where he will spend the next two weeks hunting big game in that vicinity.
 Mrs. c. J. Babbitt and children, Mrs. G. H. verkamp and Miss Clara Yer kamp left Sunday for California, where they will spend the winter.
 Timerhoff's holiday goods will be an exhibition on Monday December ?. The display will be the most varied and attractive eveEnade in Flagstaff <
 Flagstaff Lodge, B. P. O. E., will hold their annual memorial services at their hall on Sunday, December 1. The pro- gramme of the services is now being prepared.
 Miss Florence H. Dukes left Monday for Williams, where she has secured position as stenographer and type- writer in the law office of Hon. Henry F. Ashurst.
 From our long distance toll line sta- tion in Timerhoff's drug store you reach 63 subscribers in our Williams ex. change. Our circuits are full metallic and our Flagstaff loop is a headliner.
 Godfrey Sykes is preparing for trip down the Colorado river from Needles to the Gulf of California. He is con- structing gasoline engine with which to run his boat. He will take his fam lily with him, and they expect to leave about the first of the year.
 Dr. Thomas Snyder and H. Behrens of Grand Mound, la., are visitors here. Mr. Behrens is an invalid in search of health and Dr. Snyder is his physi- clan. Both gentlemen are pleased with our climate and will remain here and in this vicinity for some months.
 Captain John Hance, the Grand Can. yon guide, is now superintendent of the asbestos mines in the Grand Canyon. The recent purchasers of the asbestos properties have organized company for the development of the claims, and Captain Hance, one of the former own ( CTS, has been placed in charge of them. He will start work at once and during the winter will employ twenty men. ' No asbestos will be shipped at present. { The owners desire to develop their t property.
 Il. H. Watkins of Kingman spent here, the guest of T. E. Pol. ] ock. MT. Watkins was on his way to C Winslow, where party of friends will C oin him on two weeks hunt in the a Clear creek country. Mir. Watkins is C he manager of the Kingman branch of c
The Coconino sun., 1901-11-16

Hot vigoral reiisves that tired feel. ing. Try it at Timsrhoff's. \
 Eastman's kodaks and photo supplies at Eastern prices at Babbitts'. '
 Hot celery boullionl tspleasant and invigorating-at Timerhoff's.. <
 c. E. Howard, the sheep king, from Ash Fork, spent the week here.
 For Sale-A good work horse. Also one 34-axle lumber wagon. Apply to J. w. Swanson.
 It is not an easy matter to be able to get good brand of hosiery. "Topsy" is good. Try them. <
 E. R. Bayless sold this week his ranch northwest of town to John Hennessy. Consideration, $l,OOO.
 Ed I. Gale. A. E. Frankforter and I. F. Wheeler left Thursday on a pros- pecting tour through Southern Arizona.
 Before sending away for Christmas presents wait until you have seen the display at Timerhoff's. Opening December 2.
 For clean shave or neat hair cut call at Bayless' shaving parlors. Try Herpicide Dandruff Cure. Cramer & Fletcher, proprietors. .
 James P. Fanchier has secured posi-. tiOn with the commissary of w. A. Clark at Clarksville, N. M. Mrs. Fancher and children left Tuesday for that place.
 If you want to talk to any one in Will. Hams or along the rim of the Grand Canyon let us know. Get our rates; they are right. Long-distance phone, at Timerhoff's.
 R. H. Marine and Clark Long left Tuesday for the Cherry creek mining district, Yavapai county, to do the as- sessment work on several mining claims in which they with other Flagstaff parties are interested.
 Captain Burton Mossman, the gallant leader of the Arizona Rangers, stopped off here while on his way west Wednes. day. He comes from the outlaw coun- try, where his men have been hunting the bad man for the past few weeks.
 Dr. H. E. Friesell and wife of Pitts. Ire guests of the Hotel Weatherford. It is their intention to remain several weeks. Dr. Friesell is interested with other Pittsburgh parties in the copper properties on the Navajo reservation.
 F. R. Jones was in from Rogers lake yesterday and says that the deer hunt ITS are so thick in that vicinity that it 8 unsafe for people to be outdoors. There is but little danger of deer being filled, but other stock is in danger of 'eing killed by stray shots from un- teady marksmen.
 The Los Angeles Times says, The re.  ent visit to Arizona by Dr. Walker as he representative of the general as- embly left a very tender spot in his cart for their needs. On last Sunday, 'ithout previous notice, he told his congregation about it, in Immanuel hurch, and said he would like to have 000 tO cand than, Tbo oo,,~.: as taken forthwith, and when counted le popular pastor was rejoiced to find lat he had $l,Ol2 at his disposal.
 Last winter an infant child of mine ad croup in violent form," says Elder 'hn w. Rogers, a Christian evangelist Filley, Mo. "I gave her few doses '. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and in hnsSf |