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Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

Queen Sophia OF Sweden IL better.
Work on Shamrock ii Is being pushed
with all speed.
Failure of crops has caused widespread
distress In Russia.
Boer refugees nj Pretoris are reported
TO number over 10000.
Six men were killed In an explosion OF
gunpowder works near London.
King Edwards race horses have been
leased 20 the Duke OF Devonshirc.
Another operation on Mr. Krugcr's
Eyes has been performed at Utrecht.
The Dutch are reported TO have taken
Achinese fortress OF Batorilik, Sumatra.
The Bank OF England has invited
tenders for an f11,00o,oo0 3 per cent
loan.
Twenty persons were killed and many
were injured by petroleum fire nj Baku,
Russian Transcaucasia.
Mrs. Edith Evelyn Smith Of Narragan-
sett Pier, who is now cruising In Euro
pean waters, In said 10 have won $4,000
at Monte Carlo.
The intensely cold weather prevailing
In China Is causing widespread suffering.
There have been over 100 deaths in Cam
ton from the cold.
The belief Is reiterated by well inform
cd persons In AllahRbad that the Duke OF
Connaught will be appointed commander
in chief of the British forces in India.
The Echo de Paris says II believes
that NJ. Jules Cambon, French embassa-
dor to the United States. viii be trans.
ferred to the Berlin embassy In success
sion to the Marquis de Noailles, who
win shortly retire
Mr.. Ii. l.. WhltmRrsh. governor OF tho
a circuit OF that specially organized prov
ince. He telegraphs that the entire prov
ince Is under the new laws and that tho
elections have been cminently satisfac-
tory.
An explosion In the San Andrcas mine,
situated In a remote locality OF the Sierra
Madres, in the western part OF the state
OF Durango, Mexico, caused the death OF
81 men, women and children and injured
many others. The catastrophe was due
10 the explosion OF several hundred cases
OF dynamite which was stored In an un-
derground chamber of the mine.
The British war office has issued n very
heavy South African casualty list, show
Ing In addition 20 13 killed and ~ wound
ed In action, ~ deaths from disease dur
ing the present month. Last month 81
officers and 800 noncommissIoned officers
and men were killed in action or died
from disease. The total death list from
the beginning OF the war shows 12,oS9
victims.
The viceroy OF india has decided, with
the unanimous consent OF the council, to
create a new frontier province under tho
control of the supreme government simi-
lar TO the control exercised over Baluchi-
stan. The new province win include the
districts OF Pcshawar. Kohat, Bannu.
Dera Ismail Khan, Dir, Swat, ChitrsL
Khyber and Waxiristan, eQualing one
fourteenth of the area of the Punjab and
including onc-eishteonth Of Its popula,
Non.
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14

Major General s. NJ. b. Young will sue
coed General Shafter in command OF the
department OF California, with headquar-
tiers at San Francisco. General Young,
who has been in the Philippines for more
than two years, will sail from Manila in
a few days, arriving in San Francisco
about the middle of March. He will then
relieve General Shafter, and the latter
will be appointed n major general in the
army and Immediately retired. The re-
tirement of Generals John NJ. Wilson
and Fitz-HIgh Lee will also take effect
Immediately after the confirmation of
eheir nominations as brigadier generals by
tho senate
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14
Jersey senate Passes Tax Bill.

Trenton, Feb. 13.-The senate after an
hours discussion passed Senator Reeds
bill providing that no deduction should
be allowed on the assessed valuation Of
real estate for any Indebtedness to any
bank or trust company. Senator Martin
opposed the bill in long speech, in
which he said il would work an injustice
to honest debtors. Senator Reed said
the bill simply restored the law as it ex-
listed previous to 1898 and that its pur-
pose was to put an end to tax Sinking
by persons who borrow money from banks
just before the assessors come around
and then swear off the amount from
their property valuations.
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14

Amsterdam, n. V, Feb. 13.-At the
Montgomery county town meetings the
Democrats elected seven supervisors, y.
II. Finkle, Charleston: II. A. Brace,
Glen: James Young, Florida: X. s. Bull
ger. Minden: Fred Speaker. Palatinc; w.
]. Roser Canajoharie, and Martin Will
lams, St. townsville. The Republicans
elected three supervisors, John White
more, Amsterdam: II. A. Schuyler, Mo-
hawk. and Silas w. Cohen. Root. -Four
Republican and three Democratic super
yisors hold over in the city Of Amster-
dam. This makes the board Democratic
ten to seven.
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14
Mrs Nation In Chfcngo.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton arrived in Chicago at $40 last night,
coming over the Rock Island road, and
within 10 minutes after reaching the city
she was facing a somewhat diminutive
audience gathered under the auspices of
local members of the w. c. L. U. in Will
lard hall. On her trip toward Chicago
she delivered number of short address
es from the rear end of the car, speak
ing at nearly every station where a stop
was made. Her coming was marked by
no special incident contrary to the ex-
pectation of the ladies who had invited
her to visit Chicago.
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14

New York. Feb. 13.-The World says
that all OF the large minority stockhold-
ers of the Carnegie Steel company have
come to New York to take what part
they can in the transfer Of the corpora
ton to the Morgan syndicate. Henry
Clay Frick, who suddenly changed his
mind about remaining in Pittsburg to at
tend to his real estate and who owns
SIS, f84.OOO worth of stock in the Carne-
gle company, is still In the city, and it is
believed that either Mr.. Frick or Charles
NJ. Schwab, president of the company,
will be at the head of the new Morgan
CORPORATION.
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14
Secretary Hay Ill Agnin.

Washington. Feb. 13.-Secretary Hay,
who did not experience as much relief
from his short southern trip as was ex-
pected. was Obliged to remain in his home
yesterday because of n severe cold. As
sistant Secretary Hill is discharging the
duties of the secretary of state. Adiu-
tant General Corbin is acting secretary
of war in the absence of Secretary Root
and Lieutenant General Miles. who are
in New York, and Assistant Secretary
Meillejohn, who is in Nebraska.
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14

Long Branch. Feb. 13.-Joseph A.
Poole, editor of the Long Branch Press,
was released from the county Jail at
Freehold after having served 30 days
sentence imposed upon him for libel on
Mayor Senjamin +. Morris of Long
Branch, whom the editor accused of be-
Ing responsible for the existence OF gam
bling places and other questionable re-
sorts Ia Long Branch.
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14

New York, Feb. 13.-The Herald says:
"With his disapproval, Mayor Van Wyck
has returned the police bill to Albany. He
saw nothing to be gained by holding it,
and the result will be that the bill will
again reach the legislature today. This
announcement was made at the Demo.
cratic club last night by a police official
who is q personal friend OF the mayor"
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14
COLONEL SHAW DEAD.
Expires Suddenly In a Washington
Hotel.

Colonel Albert Duane Shaw, former
commander in chief Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic and representative from
the Twenty fourth district OF New York,
died Of apopleIy In his room in the Riggs
House Sunday morning.
Colonel Shaw was 80 years of age and
q veteran of the civil war. He was
widower, his wife dying just one year
ago yesterday. He was the picture OF
health, of commanding stature, strongly
built, with square shoulders and erect
figure, which, with white hair and mus
tache, made him a conspicuous figure in
the house. An active worker during his
incumbency of the commander in chiefs
Office, he frequently came to Washington
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14

Washington, Feb. 13.-Lieutenant Gen
eral Miles has completed arrangements
for the participation OF United States
troops in the inaugural parade, and the
necessary orders have been issued. All
the available regulars In this vicinity will
be in line. Ii also is proposed to have one
battalion of Porto Rican native troops
take part in the parade, provided il can
be done without great expense. The ca
diets at West Point and Annapolis also
will be here on that occasion.
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14
Warning to Other Rash You,

"hFhiu8 10 other nahn hounR men.
HE told her he would give all he had
In the world to make her happy" said
Miss Cayenne.
And what did she doP'
"She married him and held him
strictly to bis Observation-Disclosures
Star.
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14

London, Feb. 13.-"With only one dis
senting voice." says the Copenhagen cor
respondent OF The Daily Mail 1.-The finan-
ciai committee of the landsthing has APP
proved the sale pf the Danish West In.
iiss TO the United States"
Connecticut western news., 1901-02-14
THE cHANGElESS PLAYS.

I've wandered to the theater. I've been to 80 tn
show;
I've listened to the same old jokes we heard long
years ago.
The villain died the same old way-his death was
hard and slow
The last act saw his finish, Tom. like twenty years
sgoi
The heroine, she suffered, Tom; you should have
heard her weep;
Her hair was golden in Its hue. for peroxide Is
cheap.
She found the missing will, though, Tom; she al
ways did, you know,
When went to the theater some twenty years
ago.
The Jokes were just the same ones, Tom, about
the ma-in-law,
Likewise the goat, the stovepipe and the female
suffrage jaw,
And, yes, they sprung the one about the good old
baldhead row;
1t sounded as it used to. Tom, some twenty years
ago.
The hero struts about the stage and hoarsely whis
pers "Ah.
zee it air. And then the crafty villain mutters
"Bahi"
The play is Just the same. dear Tom; the plot is
thickened SO,
1t looks the when went some twenty
years ago.
The soubrette is the same. old boy; she has the
same old wink.
Her cheeks Just radiant; they have the
same soft pink.
She's billed as Little Tottie now, and, say, she
doesn't show
Her age much when she played some twenty
years ago.
The songs are iull Of mother dears," the star
takes all the stage,
The jokes and other dialogue show very little
age,
But youngest OF the lot dear Tom, the soubrette's
cheeks still glow
As pinkly they used to do some twenty years
ago.
Josh Wink In Baltimore American.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
BEE BUZZES.

One-fourth of an acre may contain
$50 colonies of bees.
An apiary should not be placed on
ground thickly set with trees.
Bees secrete wax only when necessa-
~ to furnish storage room for honey
or brood.
The secretion of one pound of wax
necessitates the consumption of twenty
pounds of honey.
When a queen is gone, it will be only
a few days until the colony will cease
to store much surplus honey.
Sometimes, toward the close of the
honey season, the bees will destroy
the queen cells or kill all of the queens
but one, thus destroying the incentive
to swarm.
Care must be taken to see that there
is queen in every colony. If she gets
lost or is killed, another must be put IL
her place, as the colony will run down
very fast if left queenless.
Never feed bees during the day, it
matters not whether there be one col
ony or many. 1t causes confusion, and
the bees frequently get cross and go to
singing anything they come near.
In getting bees that have swarmed
back into hive much loss may be pre-
vented by stretching piece of strong
canvas on the ground and setting the
hive upon it and then shaking the bees
IN If
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07

That genial comedian W. J. Florence
had a habit Of promising man a fish
or some game when he was about
starting on a hunting or fishing trip.
Day after day would pass, and the
game would not be forthcoming. But
almost every day letter or telegram
would come saying that Florence had
not forgotten; that Florence was just
about sending the game; that there
was no cause for worry, as fine fish
CT deer was on it's way to the express
Office. At first this solicitousness
would cause courteous letters and tele.
grams in return. AS the delay got Ion
ger the victim would get impatient and
would finally be literally haunted by
huge fishes or deer, with the compli-
ments of w. ]. Florence" Then some
fine day, when it was least expected.
the fish or deer would come.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
Too ReaIiatic.

sLook here" said Suffolk farmer to
a friend, I'm going to kill my pig, but
l owe so much PORK to my neighbors
that | shall have none left for myself
If 1 pay it all back. What would you
doT'
"Quite easy to trick EN-" said the
friend. xiii your pig and leave 1t
hanging o-r.side until late at night, SOS
every one can see it. Then take 1t in
and say some one stole it. Stick to the
tale, and you'll be all right
The farmer followed Instructions,
and the kind friend watched his chance
and stole the pig. The poor farmer
came around next morning to tell what
had happened.
somebody's stolen my pig| he
cried.
"Goodv' said the friend. "Stick to it,
and the neighbors III believe you, sure
enough"
"But it was stolen, tell you"
"Excellentw quoth the friend. "Just
you stick to the tale"
"You confounded ass" yelled the
farmer. Don't you understand? It
was really stolen!'
Superb laughed the delighted
friend. You ought to have been an &C
tor, so you ought"
That Suffolk farmer slammed the
door and went away tuning.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
The Discount Fiend.

There is probably no abuse which the
long suffering wholesale market has
had perpetrated upon it to such an ex
tent as that for which the discount
fiend is responsible. Many apparently
reputable merchants who would scorn
the Idea of dishonesty are at the same
tin often guilty of taking an extra 20
days discount on bills which have
passed their maturity. But this is not
oil. Occasionally a case comes to light
where the discount fiend goes so far as
10 deduct 10 per cent from ITO bill,
and if the firm in question sees fit to
ceturn his check and ask for full set
:lement the goods are shipped back and
the wholesaler told to whistle for re-
Ss.-Bookkeeper
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
THE PEOPLE KNEW HIM.
Nsnson's Plaster Is Pains Mastsr.)

George Washington made and sold flour,
and every barrel of -four in the market
branded 90. Washington, Mount Vernon"
sold without delay. No question was ever
raised % to quality or weight.
Benson's Porous Plaster sells on its repu-
tation everywhere. AL the buyer wants to
be certain Of is that the plaster offered him
really Is Benson's, and not worthless imi-
tation of il or substitute for it.
A plaster is the best form of external rem
edy, and Benson's is the best plaster; 5000
physicians and druggists, and multitude
Of people no man can number, have settled
that "You can trust it," they say.
Coughs, colds, lame back, lumbago, mus
cular stiffness and rheumatism, troubles Of
the liver and kidneys, influenza or grip,
pneumonia, and all other diseases open to
external treatment, are at once relieved and
cured by Benson's Plaster.
Do not assume that Belladonna, Capsi-
cum or Strengthening plasters are "just as
good as'' Benson's. They are vastly in
ferior.-No other plaster is as good as
Benson's.
In competition with the best-known
plasters of Europe and America, Benson's
have received fifty. flee highest oaoords.
For sale by all druggists or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States, on receipt of 25c. each.
Seabury & johnson, Mfg. Chemists. NY.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
PURPLE FRlNeED ORCHID.


Orchid, my orchid, II make dell
OF messy words, wood mirrors Of dark speech
And with a purple Love alone alight,
A poem all OF cleaning monody
That leads through glimmering LEAKAGE Of grave
Thought
Unto one rosy blossom in the dusk;
My orchid II shut you in my heart
Nor rob the hemlock twilight Of its star,
Whom none but lovers And. and who finds none
But lovers, since the time and long before
The Cherokee's foot upon the messy marge
Passed you contemptuous, the mountaineeF
Now passing idly notes and nothing heeds;
Ny orchid, II give your scent voice
Strange as the sphinx's riddle, how your flower
Is human and inhuman, part Of man
And infinitely apart from man. who plucks,
But cannot take your beauty when he goes,
Who brought your beauty with him when h
came.
o orchid, purple cloud of winged stars!
o purple crown and sweetness of the dark
Spirit, In habit this the dust Of speech
And rise up living at its somber heart
TO end thy monody with q rosy 'Lovel'
Il is all made of grace and fantasy,
All made Of fragrance and Of purple air;
It is all made Of death for life to be; :
Find 1t who can, and how he finds beware.
Joseph Russell Taylor in Scribner's Magazine.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07

A PHYSICIAN TEsTIFIEs.- Ihave taken
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, and have never
used anything In my life that did me the
good that did," says County Physician
Geo. w.. Scroggs of Hall County, Ga.
Being a physician, have prescribed
1t and found it to give the best results. F"
II the food you eat remains undigested In
your stomach 1t decays there and poisons
he system. You can prevent this by d.
citing, but that means starvation. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat.
You need suffer from neither dyspepsia
nor starvation. The worst cases quickly
cured. Never falls. w. d. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
The longest recorded hair growing on a
female head was eight feet. The longest
beard ever worn by a man was 10 feet.

RELIABLE AND GENTLE.-'sA pills a
pill" says the saw. But there are pills
and pills. You want a pill which is Ger.
tain, thorough and gentle. Mustn't gripe.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers fill the bill.
Purely vegetable. Do not force but as
sist the bowels to act. Strengthen and
invigorate. Small and easy to take. w.
d. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
November o, 1871.

The banks In this village will hereafter
close at 8 p. M, instead Of keeping open
until 4, az has been the custom for some
time past
The annual meeting of the Tolland
County East Agricultural society was
held at the Stafford Springs House last
Tuesday, President Hyde in the chair.
There was good attendance from the
several towns, and considerable interest
manifested In the welfare of the society.
The premium list was read and approved
by the society, after which the president
arose and announced his attention to do
nate all premiums due him back to the
society, which generous example was ex-
tensively followed by those present. The
windfall will go far towards providing the
society with a fair ground and a good
working fund for next year.
At meeting held on Wednesday even
ing fire company was organized under
the name of Torrent Engine Co. No. l.,
Differed as follows: Foreman, N. D.
King; assistants, G. Banford, Walter
Plumley; secretary and treasurer, A..
Howard; assistant secretary and treas
urer, J. A. Burwell stewards, G. E..
Grandy, Anthony Adams; executive COM
mittee, ]. F. Brooks, w. D. Heald, s. w.
Page, z. B. Grandy, F. w. Preston, VIM.
Potter, w. E. Butler, N. ]. Morse, w.
M. Crawford, W. r. Small suction hose
men, M. P. Hanley, Edwin johnson, j.
A. Medbery, Charles Newell; bagmen,
E. E. Butterfield, A. Howard, j. M.
Goodwill, j. M. Horniss. A. Howard,
w. Fl. Cooley and J. A. Medbery were
appointed committee to raise fund OF
$4,000 to equip the company, and W. M.
Crawford, w. H. Cooley, N. D. King and
R: D. DAWSON a committee to prepare
bylaws.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
1t Is estimated that Germany must i'm.
port 5000, 900 tons of wheat this year.
The Belgian pigeon which won the
great race from Burgos, IN Spain, to Brus-
sells, did the 700 miles In IA hours.

MODERN SURGERY SURPAssED.-"Wh
suffering from a bad case of piles l con-
suited a physician who advised me to try
box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve,'
says G. T. Carter, Atlanta, Ga. II pro-
cured a box and was entirely cured. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve Is splendid
cure for piles, giving relief Instantly. and
I heartily recommend 1t to ali sufferers. ~
Surgery is unnecessary to cure piles.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve will cure
any case. Cuts, burns, bruises and all
other wounds are also quickly cured by it.
Beware of counterfeits. w. D. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07

Ely's Liquid Cream Balm Is an old
friend In new form. 1t is prepared for
the particular benefit of sufferers from
nasal catarrh who are used TO an atomic .r
in praying the diseased membranes. All
the healing and soothing properties of
Cream Balm are retained in the new prep
al alton. 1t does not dry up the secre-
lions. Price, including spraying tube, rs
cents. At your druggists or Ely Brothers,
Sc Warren street, New York, will mail it.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
Daring WaapS.

"Wasps were the first paper Makers"
said an entomologist. "It Is very inter-
esting to study the ways Of these fierce
little insects. For the sake of grab
at the honey store a single individual
will sometimes face a whole hive Of
bees, being in fair combat a match for
any three inhabitants Of the apiary.
Most of us have had experience of the
fearlessness with which they will at
tack human beings
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
Fire Fighting I'm England.

In the smaller places in England
horses have to be borrowed for the fire
engines. Often thirty to fifty minutes
are wasted in getting horses, which,
when an alarm of fire was given, were
at work at their daily duty. A consic-
cradle amount of time Is also lost in
finding proper harness for them. The
horsing of steam engines in country
districts Is q very difficult problem.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07

Henry Will, alter the death Of Jane
Seymour. had some difficulty in get
ting another wife. His first offer was
to te duchess dowager of Milan, but
her answer is said to have been: Il
have only one head. If had two, one
should certainly be at his service"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
To Cure Round Shoulders.

In the case Of round shoulders the
muscles of the back are likely to stiffen
from disuse. A special exercise to get
them into a timber condition seems to
be necessary. Stretch out and down
with the arms until they nearly touch
the floor, bending back in like manner
To successfully accomplish the latter
sit on a stool before an upright piano
or heavy desk. plant your knees firmly
against the furniture until you have a
good support, then slowly bend back
ward with your hand pointed over
your head. At first you think you will
surely crack IN half. so stiff are the
muscles, but aston:shingly soon comes
the pliability. and as it is impossible
to fall your progress is easy and rapid.
THIS exercise if persisted in will
straighten out a curved spine, but it
must be done gently and with patience,
because the tendons in the Laca are
delicate and must not be coerced.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
COne1dGrate.

Bangs-Jubkins is the homeliest man
I ever saw.
Slangs-Why don't you say it to his
Alce?
Bangs-I don't want to.
Slangs-You're afraid to, amt you?
Bangs-Oh. no. But his face has
enough to bear already.-Detroit Free
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07
800. 600 wOsNEw

Nave been ssOsf0ssed 10 health
by Lydia e. PissklsasssSS Neg0-
table OOssspOussef. Their f0f~
fers arc ON file AND prove this
statement to be a faCfy mot a
Nero boast. Whom a sss0dT-
cline mas h00Rs sssCO0ssfizs I'm
curling SO many women YOU
cannot wolf say without try
xssy M-Ss 4 do mot believe IL
wifi ks0Ep Ka10sv
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-07

81 would like straw with this lem
onade," said the lady at the table to
the server OF tho beverage.
"HeyY' calculated the waiter, who
was hard OF hearing.
mo; straw, | said '-Beverages.