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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27
Seven Years in Bed.

"Will wonders ever cease?" inquire the
friends of Mrs. L. Pease, Of Lawrence,
Kan. They knew she had been unable to
leave her bed in seven years on account
of kidney and liver trouble, nervous pros
tration and general debility; but, "Three
bottles of Electric Bitters enabled me to
walk" she writes, "and In three months
I felt like a new person." Women suffer
ing from headache, backache, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, melancholy, fainting
and dizzy spells, will find it a priceless
blessing. Try 1t. Satisfaction is guar
anteed by A. G. Eaton, druggist. Only SOC.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27
Most Curious Thing.

Mrs. Quizzer (who wants to know
everything)-NOw, what do you con-
slider to be the most curious thing you
ever saw. professor?
Professor Trotter-A woman, madam.
.-Har rlom ifp
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27

Danger, disease and death follow neg
lect of the bowels. Use DeWitt's Little
Early Risers to regulate them and you
will add years to your life and life to your
years. Easy to take, never gripe. w.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27

Eczema, salt rheum, tetter. chatting,
Ivy poisoning and all skin tortures are
quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. The certain pile cure. w. D.
Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27
p.;o+ w.. - =

Paint Your Buggy for 75c.
with Devoe's Gloss Carriage Paint, ready
for use; 10 colors. Gives high gloss
equal to new. Sold at Chicago Grocery.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27

So perfect are the government arrange
ments that all the Philippine troupes will
arrive home on scheduled time.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27
Varnish Makes Dexoe,s yarnish

Floor Paint cost Sc. more quart makes
1t look brighter and wear fully twice as
long as cheaper floor paints. Sold at
Chicago Grocery. 5-4m
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27

The Indian corn plant Is said once to
have been a coarse grass, with large
seeds, developed by cultivation.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27

The Niagara Falls are now the Mecca
of would-be suicides.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27

bile tour across the continent left their
vehicle stalled In Nebraska sand bank.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-06-27
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

II I'll. REED, Attorney at Law, office
- In Stanford National Bank Building, East
Main-st -
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09
CURIOUS HONDURAS PIPES.

Spanish and Aztec implements Retain
Historic Designs and Color.
this country many OF the odd imple-
ments and curios OF those lands. The
Spanish population has a large admir-
ture of Aztec or other aboriginal blood,
and preserves many of the implements
as well as customs which prevailed in
the time OF the Montezumas. One of
the queerest survivals in this regard Is
the long pipe which is still employed
In the rural districts of both republics.
IL Is made from a shrub or a sapling
which grows somewhat like the elder.
The bush is cut down and the pith ex-
tracted from the stem, which is after
ward peeled. polished, dried and paint
ed with primary colors In barbaric
style. The simplest form Is a straight
stem from three to six feet in length.
A more expensive kind is made from
a stem with WI terminal branches.
This demands much more care in ex-
tracing the pith. and enables the own
er to offer a friend a mouthpiece on
one branch while he Is enjoying an
other upon a second. Three-stemmed
sticks are also made. and, very rarely.
four-stemmed ones. These are kept as
curios rather than as useful articles.
and are supposed to have been em-
ployed upon especial occasions in the
days of the Incas. The bowl Is of red
mouthpiece may be OF bone, or horn
or decorated silver and amber. The
length of the stem causes the tobacco
smoke to cool ~appreciably in its pas
sage from the bowl to the lips, and
gives a taste almost as mild as that
produced by the oriental nargile. The
tobacco used with 1t is Of rich red
brown color, about intermediate In
flavor and appearance between Vir-
ginia and Havana leaf. These pipes
make very pretty ornaments for a
mantel or for a wall. being much
pleasing I O the eye than the church
warden" familiar to all smokers. They
are strong and durable, but, unless oil
ed and vanished nov and then. they
are apt to split In a dry climate. Col
lectors make II a rule to oil them ON
the inside once a year.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09


The peninsula which forms the
southwestern portion Of England is the
home of a thrifty and attractive race
OF deep-red cattle, which take their
name from the elevated region in the
north OF Deyonshire, where they have
been brought to the greatest evenness
and hxity Of type. II solid color
throughout and resistance to variation
In all particulars be accepted as evil
dence OF antiquity in a breed, the
Devon must be regarded as among the
Oldest and purest. It certainly Is u
OF the best defined OF British breeds OF
cattle. although little Is known of its
origin. 1t was undoubtedly very
gradually developed, but its greatest
improvement since the record began
has been at the hands OF the brothers
euartley. Messrs. John T. and James
Davy. and Mr.. Coke of Holkham. af-
forwards Earl of Leicester.
II IL believed that Devons were
among the very first cattle brought
across the Atlantic. reaching New Eng-
land on the ship Charity in the year
1923. Importations of some conse-
quenee were made in 1900, and to New
York soon afterwards, but the first
herd to be brought to this country
and maintained pure. s hat breeders
can still trace to 1t, was a present OF q
bull and six heifers from Holkham,
sent directly to Mt. Robert Patterson
Of Maryland and arriving at Baltimore
June 10, 1917. This Patterson hero
has been kept up during the greater
part Of the century. Other importa-
tons occurred in 1918. 1890. 1885. 1855.
and frequently in later years.
The characteristics Of the Devon
are compactness and general beauty,
hardness. activity. intelligence, docil-
ity. aptitude to fatten and quality of
milk. The prevailing red varies from
a dark, rich color TO pale chestnut, but
no black or white is admissible except
ing a little white patch on and In
front Of the udder. which sometimes
extends forward on the belly, and
white hair in the switch of the tail.
The skin is yellow and unctuous, its
richness being shown In an orange
ring around the eyes and more or less
OF the same encircling the muzzle. The
hair is soft. fine, and often curls close
~ on the necks. shoulders. and faces.
The head Is adorned. In the case Of
the female. with particularly elegant.
creamy-white. sharp-pointed. black
tipped horns OF medium length, hav-
ing a good elevation at the junction
with the head and curving upward. In
the bull the horns are shorter In pro-
portion to thickness, straighter, and
less raised"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09
nxooAH.s BANK ACCOUNT.
Fsithful Dog Earned $4,000 for Us
Master.

Faithful Dog Eafnsa
Master.
For the past ten years theater-goers
and other pleasure seekers who walx-
ed on the Broadway Of New fork's
Tenderloin after dark were wont TO
glance aside TO the eurbing at the at
tenuated harmonies of a h~and-organ.
SAYS the New York Times. The glance
showed them a ragged old man. grind
ing out the wheezy greeting of age to
youth. but 1t also showed a grizzly
haired dog hard by. with a basket nall
full of coin In his mouth. The men
who saw il merely grumbled: Pshaw
Only a hand organ beggar. Probably
worth more than | am" But their
feminine companions were not to be
put on in that wise. But look at the
faithful dog" they would cry. And
the result was that the dogs basket
became heavier every moment that he
was on duty. 1t was the tribute Oh
woman to the dog.
Now, mind" the male escort would
say. Il do IL simply out OF f,gard Tor
the dog. Several days & Broadway
missed the dog. Broadway wondered
and then speedily forgot all about 1t.
The dogs home was in the tenement
house, 402 West Thirty-eighth street,
where a week ago he died. His master,
since dead, the neighbors say. starved
both himself and the dog to death. The
dog Is dead and the neighborhood
knows not his name, but there is left
TO guard his memory a noble monn-
ment. The savings of the master that
the dog earned amount TO something
over s25, 900.
Timothy McGrath was the dogs
master. For years he lived in a small
room in the tenement in Thirty-eightn
street. OF late. since the death of the
dog he himself had been ailing. and
James Brown, a tailor. who had his
shop on the ground floor, had been
accustomed to do the meager shopping
of McGrath.
Yesterday morning. al usual, Brown
went up to the top floor, but could ct
no answer to his knockings. A police
man finally broke in the door. Nc
Grath was dead. The ambulance sur
geon said hat lack OF proper nourish-
ment was the cause. In a tin box Sc
ereted in the room they found two
bank notes, one on the Emigrants'
Savings bank, and one on the Bank
for Savings, showing TO McGrath's
credit 5000. There was also ths
deeds for a house on Fortieth street,
off Fifth avenue, a life insurance pol
icy, and deeds for a lot and monument
In Calvary cemetery.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

Frank Fisher awakened from sweet
dreams a few days ago to find himself
perched high on the top of a wrecked
locomotive. amid the ruins Of a far
worse wrecked caboose. The sudden
change from scenes Of pastures green
and babbling brooks to a winter land
scape, full Of twisted iron. splinters
and Kissing steam was 40 unpleasant
that Fisher lost no time in climbing
down from his high seat, but not be-
fore he had been painfully scalded.
This remarkable incident occurred dur
ing the wreck on the ~Schuylkill bridge.
on the Perkiomen railroad Fishers
escape was miraculous. He had charge
of a a Of eleven horses. and was dog
ing in the gig top of the caboose when
the locomotive plunged into the rear
end of the train. The horses were all
killed.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

This Is an exceedingly fatal eonta-
gious disease. which is widely distribu-
ted over this country. and causes enor.
nous annual losses. especially in the
central and southern sections.
The first symptoms of the disease
are, in the majority of cases.. a yellow
celebration of that part of the excre.
ment which is usually white. quickly
followed by violent diarrhea and rise
Of temperature. Other common ac-
companying symptoms are dropping OF
the wings, stupor. lessened appetite
excessive thirst.
Since the disease is due to a specific
germ. 1t can only be introduced into
a flock by direct Importation OF this
germ, generally by fowls from infected
premises. AS soon as the symptoms OF
the disease are observed the fowls
should be separated as much as posi-
BILE and given restricted quarters,
where disinfectants can be freely used
AS soon as the peculiar diarrhea is no.
ticed with any Of the fowls the birds
of that lot should be changed to fresh
ground and the sick one killed. The
infected excrement should be carefully
scraped up and burned, and the inclos-
ure thoroughly disinfeeted with one
half per cent solution OF carbolic acid,
which may be applied with an ordinary
watering pot. Burn dead birds.
The germs of the disease are taken
into tho ovctonn op1v hv tho mouth and
for this reason the watering troughs
and feeding places must be kept thor.
oughly free from them by frequent dis.
infection with one of the solutions
mentioned.
Treatment OF sick birds Is not to be
recommended under any circumstances
The malady runs its course, as a rule
in one, two or three days. and it can
only be checked with great difficulty
Roup Is one of the most dreaded OF
diseases. 1t is sometimes spoken OF
as the winter disease. The symptoms
are hoarse breathing. swelled eyes. dis
charge at the nostrils and sometimes
a fetid breath. Treatment Is not gen.
orally satisfactory. The affected birds
should be removed. the house cleansed
and disinfected. Damp, foul air and
cold drafts In the poultry houses should
be carefully avoided whenever fowls
are subject to roup. A decrease In the
proportion OF corn and an increase In
the proportion of meat food in the daily
ration is held by SOM to be highly
beneficial in warding of this disease.
In general the treatment Of the COM
mon diseases Of fowls is not 30 salts
factory as preventive measures. No
where more than In the poultry bust
ness does that old adage apply. An
ounce Of prevention is worth a pound
of cure Agricultural Department
Bulletin.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09
Dairy Notes.

Experiments have been made to
demonstrate the possibility of cooling
refrigerator cars by means of liquid
air, and the experiments proved sue
cessful. Dairymen and creamerymen
are interested in the matter, as 1t af-
fects the transportation of all kinds of
dairy products. But there is little
reason for believing that this genera
ton will see liquid air used for such
a purpose, for the reason that no way
has been found Of producing 1t cheap
ly.
Professor Conn is well known as a
scientist that has devoted a good deal
Of time to the isolation of bacilli for
milk rjpening. Just how valuable this
work is has yet to be demonstrated,
and experiments with the cultures has
not been at all one way. At the time
OF the Columbian Exposition a good
deal of milk came to Chicago from dis
tant parts OF the world. Even far-off
Uruguay made a consignment of the
tactical fluid. Prof. Conn Investigated
some OF this milk and found it excel
lent. The ear from it ripened with
made in this country. From this cream
he isolated the bacillus that gave the
flavor and made cultures from 1t.
Once started the production of bacilli
went on indefinitely. and a company
wa formed to sell 1t under the title
of "B. A." which means Bacillus No.
A." In relation to Its value of the
ordinary methods Of ripening butter
we quote from Milk and Its Prod
ucts": "A series of Investigations by
Profs. harrington and Russell in
which a large number Of samples Of
butter were made from cream ripened
by the use of B. Al, and in the ordi-
nary way, or normally. and submitted
to the judgment of several experts
who were ignorant of the process of
manufacture, led to the conclusion
that the Conn culture, B. Al, did not
improve the flavor of the separator
butter ripened for one day at a high
longer time at a lower Temperatures:
on the contrary, the score of the B. Al
butter. by the various judges, was, In
the majority Of cases, materially lower
than that OF normal butter. .
With separator butter In cold storage
there was but little difference in flavor
between these two buffers. although
the normal butter when fresh scored
higher" We have to add that clean
cream from clean milk seldom needs
assistance to develop a good butter
flavor.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09
n1eeknssa

Self-suilciency must be e~radicatsd
before meekness can have It's perfect
work. 1t has a peculiar delicate frag-
rance: we are reminded OF 1t when
we take a walk in the woods in the
early spring and breathe In the aro-
ma that comes from the dainty fow-
ers. the violet, anemone and hypatica.
that are almost hidden in the leaves
under our feet. One must look down
to find these first gifts OF God to the
spring: they are meek and lowly, but
living the life He has given. because
He wills 1t. Weakness is a remedy that
adapts itself to all the others: it min
giles with love. IT aids in developing
a Christian llfe.-Ep.seopal Recorder.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

puliets laid 500 eggs. and the old
fowls 6,34s. or a difference in favor OF
the old hem OF 40 eggs. The breeds
we're white and brown Leghorns. and
the old hens were three and four years
Of age. This seems to demonstrate that
the notion of killing on old hens over
two years Of age Is not a good one.
But the lesson Is not perhaps OF gen
erai application for the reason that
Lexhorns are said to continue dropping
eggs In large numbers long after o
breeds have ceased to lay. One poultry
man says he keeps his Brown Leghorns
as long as they viii lay. and that he
kept one hen till she was nine years OF
age. A good many experiments Will
have 10 be made before we can get
much definite light on the subject
The ACCESSIBILITY of not sending
chickens 10 market in a lean condition
IS borne out by about all the expert
ments undertaken along the line OF
fattening fowls for market One year
the Maine Experiment Station Sc
cured a considerable number OF fowls
to be used in a test OF this kind The
chickens were 100 days old at the be-
ginning of the test, and the feeding
was continued for thirty-fve days. The
10 weighed 1873 pounds at the begin
ming of the test and 237.1 at its close.
and gained a total of S9.2 pounds dur
ing the period, an average gain of 22s
pounds per chick. The quantity OF dry
meal required to produce a pound oil
gain was 5.52 pounds. When sold, the
birds brought Il cents net each more
than they would have brought IL sold
at the former weights. OF course this
advance was made In a state where
retail prices for poultry are high, but
the cost OF feed is correspondinglJ
high. The quality of the w~ell-coyered,
soft-leshed chickens, II they are moi
too fat, is so much superior to that OF
the same bros not specially prepared
that they will be sought fof at a higher
price.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

The wool of the pure native Shetland
sheep is generally compared to merino
on account Of Its fine texture. Like
the Shetland pony, the pure Shetland
sheep is a small and very active crea-
ture. often to be seen moving with the
swiftness and agility Of a goat or
channels among the cliffs and crags OF
the snore. For the first few months
the lambs live on the hill pastures
with their mothers. but toward the
close of summer they are taken In
from the hill and tethered. usually in
pairs ON the grass inside the bikes
that separate the hill pasture from the
crofts. This is done to give them a
better chance Of standing the winter,
but when bad weather really sets in
they are shut up in snug and comfort
able little folds every night, and regu-
larly fed. In spring they are again
allowed to run free on the hill pas
lures.
The wool of the native sheep is not
generally clipped OIL shorn. On the big
farms where cheviot and bkack-faced
sheep are kept shearing is, OF course.
the practice, but the S~hetlanders leave
the sleeps fleece intact till the wool
is ripe. so to speak, and just about to
come off itself; then 1t is rooed or
pulled of carefully, so as not to hurt
the creatures. and any part of 1t that
does not come off readily is left til
later.-Chamber's Journal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09


The woman who pervades all for
eign parts is the American. Their
dress. walk and general appearance
are unmistakable long before the wsll
known accent proclaims the fact. You
are grateful to them. and you admire
them. They are always well dressed.
beautifully set up. almost always thin
land that Is alone a yirtue), and, fin
ally. good looking. The girls are
charming and pretty into the bargain.
for no American girls is ugly. She
has an air which makes it impossible.
and there is freshness, a brightness
and an originality which Is most cap
tivating. and which no one can resist
Americans are full Of interest, curios-
fly and sympathy In return. There is
no false shame, no reserve. They tell
you all about themselves. and would
like to probe the most sacred recesses
of your heart, which is not done from
m Idle love Of gossip. OF wanting to
know things for the pleasure of re-
peating them, but from a genuine de-
sire to know you and all about you.
You can tell an American uni any
where by her back, by the way she Is
coffee. by the quick turn Of the head,
BY the lightning glance that takes in
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

How much age affects the laying
qualities Of some fowls Is yet an un-
solved problem. An experiment was
carried on at the West Virginia Ex-
pertinent Station for the purpose of
gathering some data relative thereto.
About 900 pullets were pitted against
300 old hens, and the contest was kept
up for 210 days. During that time the
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09
FAyoRs FOR SALE.

An exchange tells of a novel plan
adopted by an English hostess to Sc
sure funds for a charity In which she
was interested. She gave a dance in
PRODUCING in the cotillon an auction
figure. In this the favors were for
sale. A table was spread with them.
from which selections were made. AZ
ter the choice the purchaser found the
price affixed on the reverse side. says
the Pittsburg Dispatch. This might be
. penny or a pound, the limit Of cost.
and was set without any regard to the
apparent value Of the article to which
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09
THE BUSINESS woMAs.

The question Of woman and matri-
mony with an admixture Of business
seems to me to be individual and a
matter Of personal taste upon the pari
of the man in the case. II he wants
a cIinging vine. some one who VIII
put him on a pedestal and be gratefn'
that fate has given her a god tusuaiiJ
TIM. let him keep away from the bust
ness woman. But II he wants a cnun
who will take him for what he IS
and. In spite of it,-who will be a wiz
and nal. who will be a solid comfort
to him. let him choose a woman wne
has been out In the business world ano
gained a broader view OF the Woric
and OF man. Such a ole Will take .
man for just what he Is wortn-no
foolish ideals about his greatness; 1usl
a plain man-good fellow who won
bluff. because he knows he cannot;ano
they will be happy because neither ex-
poets too much, says the New forh
Telegram.
I do not believe that business We
untitled any mi for matrimony
who was originally fitted for 1t. She
can go through a business career with
out any loss of any kind. 1t rests en-
tirely with her. and she can gain much
which will be Of i~ncalculable advan-
tage, in making her life happy and
that of the man who gets her. Bust
ness broadens her and gives her COM
mon sense-I should be polite and say.
more common sense.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

The inks of ancient days were much
like black paint. and, on account OF
the large quantity of gum used in
their manufacture. the letters stood
up in relief on the parchments as
though embossed.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

The French military authorities con-
template removing 1000 men from PEI
king at an early date. The Germans
are preparing to repatriate the infan-
try brigade.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

A man recently swallowed his false
teeth and it drove him mad. Stomachs
viii stand a great deal. hut not every
thing. II yours Is weak try Hostetter,s
Stomach Bitters. II cures indigestion.
constipation. kidney Inc liver troubles. az
well as malaria and fever and ague. II
is particularly effective In all nervous af-
feetions. and is strongly recommended at
this season of the year when the system
Is rundown and most susceptible TO dis
ease. All druggists keep II.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

IL is asserted in German military cir
cles hat the withdrawal OF supertiuous
German troops in China will be af-
fected at the end of May OF early in
June. unless new complications occur.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

A great cutlery is being raised In
Venezuela over the American policy in
Cuba, which is cited as evidence of far
fetching ambitions on the part of the
United States.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-05-09

The principal industrial talk in Eng
land centers around the great steel
combination 10 the United States,
which has appalled, the British manu-
faeturers