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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

At E. r. Botsford's are Mr. and Mrs
George Mills, the Misses Quinn and
Sadie Brophy of Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Miss Mary G. Woffenden of Passaic,
N. j., has been visiting friends in New
town and Sandy Hook. She has just
returned from visit to her uncle, Will
liam Woffenden, who resides in Sedg-
wick, Kan. He was formerly a resi-
dent of Sandy Hook.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09
Oscar PitZSchler.

BARBER HAIRDREssER, WEST ST.
Haircutting, Shaving and Shampooing SINCE
ing in the very best manner and latest STYLE
No extra charge Of trimming whiskers at time
| of Haircut Comparison with work of others
| invited. Special attention to Ladies' Sham
pooling and Children's Haircutting.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Barber Colepaugh of Sandy Hook
passed Thursday and Friday last at
Falls Village, bringing home hand
some string of bass.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

S. f. Tilson, of the Hook, has treat
ed himself to a new Wood mOwin g ma
chine. He always takes time by the
| fOrelOck.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

The Bailey Brothers of Monroe are
putting on the market some good early
potatoes, having a number of acres
planted. They will be able to fill the
need of some of their less fortunate
neighbOrS.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

ARA M. Whitlock and children wish
to extend their thanks to their friends
and neighbors who so kindly helped
them in the sad hour of death. They
especially desire to return thanks to
Mrs French for kindly services
rendered.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09
TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. w. Groves sigma
ture is on each box. Csc
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Harry Mason, of Bridgeport, passed
Sunday with his father, L. S. Mason,
on Mt Pleasant,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Mrs John E. Young of Danbury has
been visiting at P. McCarthy's.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

John Farrell of Shelton was in town
on Tuesday.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

George Repka of Passaic, N. j., pass.
ed Sunday with his sister at Sandy
Hook.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09
E&&z$s,D.M:READ@$;* : $S:$$ 81
Bridgeport
SPRIEGBAIK aERD OF PBDIGRgl

Unsurpassed for size and true Berkshire Char
acter. Blood of Longfellow, Baron Lee ~,
"Dutchess," "Windeor Supreme and King
Lee VII represented. Prices moderate. Stock
e Wnkso iSr :s1s %.1SS.a COM
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

J. J. Northrop is selling his Early
Rose potatoes, OF which he has quite
large crop, at the large price of So
per bushel. 1t pays, this year, to have
early potatoes.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Michael Bradley of Hanover is again
ailing, requiring the attendance Of DR.
Gordon.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09
NOTICE..

Am prepared to furnish cheap for cash stove
wood or In four foot leng his II desired. All Or
ders left at Augur's market. Sandy Hook, will
receive prompt attention. r. G. Mitchell.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Mrs J. B. Russell of ABB SeavieW ave-
nue., Bridgeport, has recently visited
at her sons, G. S. Russell's.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Masters Morris and Charles Ward of
WATERFOWL, sons of Mr. and Mrs Peter
Ward, are quite i'll with dysentery at
the home Of their grandfather, Morris
Leavey, on Walnut Tree Hill. Their
mother, assisted by Mrs Wunderlich,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Thomas Ives Glover has returned to
New York, after weeks visit to his
mother, Mrs H. J. Glover.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Miss Clara briggs of Brooklyn is Wis.
iting at Mrs J. H. Warmers.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Mr. and Mrs f. E. Gilbert mourn the
loss of their infant son, who was born
August 3, living only a few hours. The
funeral was on Sunday, when the re-
mains were placed beside the other
little son, in the Huntingdon ceme-
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

We wish the public to know that we
make and repair all kinds of harnesses.
Nv. G; Corbett, proprietor of the Sandy
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Miss Lydia A. Northrop of the
Woman's Exchange, Bridgeport, is
home for few days.
Miss Edith Peck re turned home,
Monday, after pleasant visit of two
weeks in Norwalk and Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09
notice.!

NOTIGE-Cabinets, Hall Trees Desks, China
~ Closets Com animation Cylinder Desks, Book
Gases, Grtlls, etc. made to order OF Oak, Ash,
Cherry or Black Walnut.
Charles NJ. PinCkney,
BRooKF1ELD CENTER
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Miss Jessie Bassett of New Haven
recently visited her aunt, Mrs w. G.
Gilbert.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Horsemen will want to get their
teams in good shape for the fall fairs,
and Taylor, Curtis & Co. say they are
the people who can help them, es-
pecially in the harness line.
Among those from the Park City
who passed Sunday in Newtown were
Messrs James Mcmahon, John and Mi
chael Keane, Michael and John Fin
nell, Henry Costello, John Blake, John
Leavey, John f. Donohue, John DON
ohue, Arthur Corbett and Joseph Day
ton.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Mrs Everett Platt of Bridgeport,
who is summerine with her parents,
Gently entertained her niece, daugh-
ter of J. r. Tomlinson Of Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Men, women and children who have
bought shoes, oxford ties and rubbers
at the great fire sale now going on at
the store of The G. H. Bennett Shoe
Co., Bridgeport, are hustling around
to tell their friends of the great bar
gains that they have received and in
formed them to take advantage of this
golden opportunity.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

John Kelly of Hanover is quite poor
ly.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Clarence Beach of Bridgeport spent
Sunday with friends in Hunting town.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Visitors on Mt Nebo, the past week,
at E. M. Botsford's, include w. l..
Barber Of Milford, Misses Bertha and
Haze Ferry Ct Bdgepo%5t Mr. and
Clara, of Easton, Miss Marion Kirt-
land Of Deep River, Prof H. w. Greene
Lane of Providence, r. I.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

Milk men would do well to notice the
s'adv" of D. N. Clark of Shelton. He
has some extra values in milk cans
which he is Offering.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-08-09

The Day Brothers of Danbury are
again at L. @. Morris to put on the
finishing coat of plaster. They are
rushed with business, having seven
houses ahead of them to plaster and
other contracts in view.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
NOVEL SCHEME
WORKED
BY A
SHREWD
O

when the man returns to the estab-
Ilshment-that the boy was sent by
some man he does not know, and gen
orally from some downtown store. The
sWindler gets the money, pays the
boy for delivering the message, and is
well away before the workman has re-
turned from his home, where, of
course, the supposed accident or suo.
den illness had not been heard of. The
complaints to Chief .Hazen covered five
days, showing that the swindler work
ed his game successfully at least once
each day. The smallest amount he OBJ
tanned was SIS, the highest sis. The
firms filing complaints are the F.. nj.
Lawson Tin and Japanning Company,
L. S. Schneider & Son Company, iron
manufacturers; the Lunkenheimer
Brass Foundry, the Strobridge Litho>
graphing Company and the Cincinnati
Tin and %Japanning Company.
It is not unlikely that more com
plants will be received in other cities,
although the swinoler has displayed
such s~hrewdness that he may have
0A0o p0OA liz CAAOdShr W SCI OoL "
the towns before the trial gets too hot.
The only place, thus far, where the
swindle failed, is the Robert Mitchell
Furniture Company in Cincinnati. An
employee was notified that his wife was
i'll and requested him to hurry home.
He did SO. Half and hour later the
telephone message requesting that his
money be given to a messenger boy
was received and the boy appeared.
The bookkeeper suspected that all was
not right, detained the boy and noti-
fed police headquarters. Detective
Becker then went with the boy to
where the mai who had sent him was
to meet him. but the swindler was
shrewd enough to not be caught. He
had become suspicious because of the
long delay and got away.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07

in fighting trim; but with relief crews
she can occupy Indefinitely a position
required by an enemy for blockade or
commandment, and by showing her
camera-lucida tube or coming tower
top for a few seconds she can. move up
to a b~attleship in the face of her fire
and searchlights, day or night, and
force her to 10 away or accept the
probability of being put out of the fight
by a craft rating 3 per cent of her cost
and l per cent of her crew-a craft
that neither gun-fire nor torpedo-prac-
tice would stop.
With properly manned submarines
n the defensive, blockades cannot be
held nor commandments attempted;
and in attacking forts they will be
useful in countermining the protect
ing mines and in entering unseen to
destroy ships, dry-docks and buildings.
When it was supposed that the HoI-
land might be used in the attack OF
the Havana batteries. enough qualified
men volunteered from the navy to
make up a dozen crews.-Harper's.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
E,Uolufior1 in
Dress for I4en


Besides the humor of denouncing as
effeminate the adoption of that hot
weather wear which, when first worn
by women a few years ago, was con-
demned as masculine, the shirt waist
discussion calls attention to one i'm
portant fact.
The evolution of dress. for men at
least, during the past decade, has
been in the direction of comfort. Ten
years ago a man who put aside his
vest and ~suspenders during the heated
term was looked upon askance. Nov
he is an unusual man who does not
do SO. Even at a later date he who
clothed himself with the glories of
knickerbockers land golf stockings
was subject to the shafts Of ridicule, if
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
Curious Regulations Of
the Force Of 10000 on
Duty at PekiR.

men in this the Tartar City belong to
what is known as the Eight Banner
Corps. They dos not carry arms, not
even so much as the baton of a civil
lied officer, but keep swords, spears
guns and cutlasses in racks at the sta
lions, and make a rush for them when
they hear the signal gun. This is
fired by an officer whose special charge
it is, either upon orders or if in his
W judgment it is necessary. The
penalty for firing it at the wrong
time is severe-it may be degradation
and Punishment or st%rangulation.
Upon parades and reviews the DO
lfcemen are always armed, especially
If foreign devils are to witness the
review or the parade. The weapons
are curious looking, but wicked in the
extreme-the three-hooked spears they
all carry in particular make jagged
and CHASTITY wounds. Besides the 20
600 within the wall, Pekin maintains
a force of $4,000 with which to regu-
late affairs in the outer city. They are
under command of the same general
officer and governed by the same regu-
~lations, though there are variations
arising from the difference of situa-
ton. Men and officers alike furnish
their W uniforms, but are armed by
the state. and receive a monthly rice
allowance in addition to their pay.
The chief gets a fair salary, but the
men and subordinate officers are
meagerly paid. Notwithstanding they
make and save money enough to re-
tire after moderate terms of service.
Influence" in the shape of cold cash
stands the prisoners friend in China
even more than anywhere else in the
world. In fact, but for the presents
the force is allowed to squeeze out of
foreigners and natives alike, there
might be difficulty in getting
men for the service, even though hui
manity is cheaper than dirt-cheap all
over the Celestial empire.-New York
Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
THE SUBMARINE BOAT,

The chief difficulties in designing a
submarine boat can all be satisfactor-
lily met except those of propelling
power under all conditions, and of field
of vision when submerged. She will
ibe deficient in speed until an unknown
power can be found, and she cannot
retain her invisibility below the sur
face and at the same time see her en-
envy without some discovery in the
property Of light that is difficult to
imagine. Although a submarine can
he perfectly lighted by means of stor-
age cells, and perfectly ventilated by
pumping the air overheard and re-
newing the supply from the com
pressed air tanks. she will be unin-
habitable for long periods owing to the
cramped quarters; and the duties Of
the crew are SO severe that the men
must be relieved frequently.
The best submarine that can be built
at present must be slow, more unin-
habitable than surface craft, and of
limited time endurance while moving
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
Dowager's Full Name.

Tsou-Hsi, the name of the Chinese
empress dowager, is not her full name.
but merely an a~bbreviation. Among
the numerous distinctions enjoyed by
the extraordinary lady is that of pos
sessing the more lengthy nomencla-
ture than any Chinese woman, as her
true name is to no less than IA syl-
tables. When she signs it in full, as
she often does on exceptional occas-
ions, it reads Tsou-Hsiyu-k'ang-yi-
chao-yu-chuang-ch'en shon : kung-
Observation-Disclosures One of the
empress pet hobbies is i~nventing
names, and nothing is more certain
to win imperial favor than a request
from parents to name the new baby
Kansas City Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07

The other day Dilks was in PhIladel-
phia idly walking down Chestnut
street. when he observed a crowd
about independence Hall. He crossed
the street, elbowed his way through the
throng and learned that the Cuban
school teachers were looking at the
old liberty bell.
He had just turned to go away when
he heard a girlish cry of surprise and
somebody caught his arm. He wheeled
about and could scarcely believe his
eyes when he found he was face to
face with his Cuban sweetheart, Sc
norita Vilera Mouchez. whom he had
supposed was lost to him forever.
oh, senior, how happy / am she
said, as she looked UP into his face.
This odd meeting gives the finishing
TORCH to a real romance of the Cuban
w.r.
Dilks and the girl are now to be
married. and they look for no further
parental objection.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07

ing the scales would ward off many
headaches arising from sluggish liver.
Brain fatigue induces a headache
that is u~nbeooming, for it takes at
least three days to recover ones looks
after an attack of it. Vary your &C.
cupation, and do something that can
be classed with manual labor. Diet
also should be chosen with a view to
the demands on the system made by
the brain.
A woman has not the vitality to be
beautiful without the necessary food to
keep up the circulation of the blood
n the health of the tissues. To eat
wisely is the hardest thing possible for
a grown-up person to learn. And 1t is
exactly the lack of this which DESTROYS
good looks the soonest. Father Time
is out of the running when compared
with lobster salad, hot breads and too
many sweets.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THlsp
Pen Picture Cor women.

SCI am SO nervous, there is not q
well inch in my whole body. / am SO
weak at my stomach and have indi-
gestion horribly, and palpitation OF
the heart, and / am losing flesh. This
headache and backache nearly kills
me, and yesterday / nearly had hyster-
les there is a weight in the lower part
of my bowels bearing down all the
time, and pains in my groins and
thighs; / cannot sleep, WALK, or sit,
and | believe ] am diseased all over /;
no one ever suffered as I do"
This is a description of thousands OF
cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's
attention daily. An infamed and ul-
cerated condition of the neck of the
womb can produce all Of these symp-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
VARIOUS KINDS OF HEADACHE,

Women on the quest for beauty per-
haps do not realize that one rousing
headache will knock a whole day from
their lives. There are several kinds
of this distressing ailment-common
bilious headache, brain headache,
brought on by overwork, neuralgia
ache, brought on by a cold, and various
serious headaches which precede diff
ferent illnesses and fevers, a y the
Philadelphia Bulletin. For bilious
headaches, open-air exercise is the cure
and if that is impossible, gymnastic
work and singing are the next best.
In everyday life we do not properly at
enc to u respiration. If one Oh
serves closely she will see that singers
are younger, fresher and p~rettier for
the1 years than women who have no
voice. The imitation Of the lungs is
a Hfe-giving exercise that affects the
whole system. Fifteen minutes sing
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
, Chosen
( Policeman.


In costume a Chinese policeman is
something between a circus clown and
a football player. His breeches are
always baggy, and very we'll wadded-
SO clumsy you wonder how he gets
around in them, particularly when, as
is often the case, he wears a coat,
also thick and clumsy, coming well
below the knees. Dark blue is the
prevailing color, set off with bands
and facings of lighter blue, red, green,
maroon and brown. but never yellow.
That is the sacred or royal hue, per-
mitted to nobody below the rank of a
viceroy.
In the treaty ports, that is to say,
those open to foreign influence and
commerce, the police force is largely
made up of Sikhs from northern In
dia. The reason, perhaps, is that the
Chinese themselves are essentially I'M
warlike; they have a proverb to the
effect that mo good man is ever a
soldier" AS men in the pay OF the
Chinese government, whether natives
or not, they have taken an active part
AA LAC PAOOCAL JIOuUlO III Iu1ud.
The police rank officially as gendar-
merle. in Pekin the head of them is
always a Manchu. Policemen must be
plentier than b~lackberries in the Chi
nese capital. The sacred or imperial
walled city keeps between 5000 and
10000 Of them. This walled city is
two miles square, with two great
gates in each Wallace, half a mile
from the corners, and a mile from each
other. Broad streets stretch straight
from m to another, thus cutting the
space inside into a. big nine-block.
Police stations are scattered all along
the nine squares, especially around
their outer edges, which face upon the
passway inside the wall. The head
of the police has charge of all the
city gates. They are nine in number
since the side next the palace
proper has an extra gate, in the exact
middle of the two-mile wall. Police
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
A Cle,Oer
SCHNEIDER


An entirely new and successful
swindle, by which it is known five
Cincinnati firms have been victimized,
has been reported to Chief of Detec.
tives Hazen. and the officers are now
trying to locate the party who has been
working the scheme. It's very simplic-
ity insures success almost every time,
the crook managing at the same time
to keep himself SO well in the back
ground that the police have not even
a description of him. The scheme is
this: The mar first obtains the name
and address of some workman en-
ployed in a large establishment. He
generally selects one who lives quite
a distance from his place of employ
ment. The next step is to go to a tele-
phone, call up the establishment and
ask the party answering the telephone
to either call the workman or take
a message to him. In either case. the
message is that some member of the
family has been seriously injured or
taken i'll suddenly and that the work
AAoA lo Wd1l6u DIT HIS uOl1S 1mn0uIdIS-
ly. The result is that the workman
hurries home. During his absence an
other telephone call is sent to the
place. The party working the swindle
represents himself as the workman,
and says owing to the seriousness of
the wife, mother, child or whoever is
supposed to be injured he must remain
at home several days. He adds that he
must have money, and requests his en-
ployer to give what is due him on
the weeks work to a messenger to be
sent at once. Of course. the firm
agrees, thinking its employe is in need
and when a messenger boy calls no
question is asked, but the wages due
is handed over in an envelope. In
stead of the worklngman sending for
it it develops an hour or so after
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
The Changes Are
in the Direction of
Comfort

not more concrete missiles. Now a
nan wears that attire when and where
he chooses and is at the worst only
subject to side remarks about the SUI
ficiency or the reverse of contour dis
played by the neither guise. In hats
a few years ago the stovepipe was con-
sidered an essential to stylish dress
and England is only now e~manefpating
itself from that servitude.
So the shirt waist man is only exem-
plifying the process gone through with
the other changes. He is few in num-
bers but cool and unteTrifed during
the dog days. Next summer he will
be more frequent and the year after
coats with the tn ermometer at IS will
be as scarce as vests have been during
the recent heated term.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07


Theodore Dilks. of Camden, N. r.,
was a Yankee soldier in the late war
with Spain. Being a venturesome
young fellow. he was quite delighted
Wnen he was sent out with a scouting
party near Mantanzas. 4
Hours after he was found wounded
by men in his own company and was
carried into the dwelling house on
the ruined plantation of Senior Mou-
chez.
For weeks he lay there with other
wounded soldiers. The pretty daugh-
ter OF Mouchez volunteered to help in
nursing the blue-eyed Camden soldier.
who suffered for no want of attention.
One day, when DiIks had about re-
covered and was nearly ready to reioin
his regiment, the senorita told the
story of their love to her father.
The old senior was furious. No
daughter of his should marry out of
her race and out of her country. Dilks
went to the father and pleaded, but
the senior was unrelenting.
There were many changes after that.
Dilks returned to his home. The Sc
norita. her father having lost his for
tune, became a school teacher. She
was one of the Cuban teachers who
came to this country some weeks ago
to study American customs and edu-
cational methods.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
Near Head of the Glass.

The Governor-So you are making
the acquaintance of ~soubrettes, you
young renegade? How far along have
o got?
The Son-Tolerable: ] was only three
men behind you at the stage door last
night.-Denver News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07
Foresight.

Ma" said the little boy, spas got a
new sign IN the store. He doesn't caI1
it a drug store any more, but a 'phar-
macy I wonder what made him
change it?"
your pa Is thinking Of going into
politics, Eddie" she replied, land
wants to fix it SO he will stand a
chance to get the farmer vote."-Chi-
cage Times-Herald.