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CANE OF CHESS DOES NOT PAY.
E.rniugs of ths Worlds Be~t Players
Surprisingly Small.
purpose.

Apropos OF the great chess tourna-
ment which has attracted attention at
Monte Carlo, there is no game in the
world at which it is SO difficult to make
money as chess. Chess is unIucstion-
ably the most scientific pastrme in e1-
istence and requires very high de-
gree Of intelli gcrca to excel at il, but
professional chess-players are singu-
larly ill-paid body Of men. Putting
aside jooIeys-who are more or less
nillionai-es-fourth- players OF
many gapnes earn far more than the
most distinguished Guess players.
Manuel Lasker, the worlds greatest
chess player, has lately been appointed
to a professorship OF mathematics at
Owens College, Manchester, and DR..
Tarrasch makes comfortable income
as medical man in Germany. but
their income has Botning to do with
their chess. Many Of the competitors
in Tie Monte Carlo tournament are
men OF Worldwide fame, but most OF
them arc glad to compete for prizes OF
which the highest is only worth few
hundred pounds, and such tournaments
only occur once in two or three years.
professional chess-player's earn
ings for the most part onsist Of such
fees as he receives for teaching chess
or from playing exhibition games at a
local club and any prizes he may win
1T chess tournaIn ent, and the former
Of these fees often amount to less in a
year than a decent billiard player
would receive in q month.
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WHILE SHIP WAS SINKING.
Dir Thomas Upton sPest HIS 1fAe- In
Adyertisinr via Rusiuess

Dir Thomas Upton Spent His 11nse- In
Advertising Mis- Business.
A characteristic story of Sir Thomas
Upton. whose attempts to win the
Americas cup have made him well
known in this country. Is told in the
Works Of Great Men by Orison SWEET
Marden- The incident occurred where
Sir Thomas was plain Thomas and was
practically unknown. A merchant yes
sci carrying cargo Of tea, and with
plain Thomas J. Upton. merchant.
aboard. was threatened with shipwreck
in the South Atlantic A furious storm
had driven the ship far out Of its
course. 1t was leaking badly, and
threatening rocks rose In sight Mr..
Upton spent the last hour before the
vessel was dashed on the rocks and
lost in painting the words Use Lip
toms Teas" on the chests. These were
shores, and served to bring the mer-
chant into his first prominence abroad.
All the ships company got ashore safe
ly on an Inhabited island, from
which. after few days. came a very
creditable account OF the shipwreck
for publication In the London papers.
signed Upton" The story that he
furnished proved a great advertise
ment. introducing his name to the ma
ton at large. Sir Thomas was the son
OF poor laborer and at the age of ten
was Obliged to quit school and go to
work as a messenger in a stationery
store in Glasgow. His wages were six
ty cents a week. Today ha employs
10000 persons and conducts 420 stores
all over the world
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wit at Prayer Meeting.

General Darlington Booth Of the
Volunteers OF America, tells a story OF
a Methodist prayer meeting held on
the East Side during the mayoralty
campaign. In the midst CT a prayer he
related, one pious brother said: "Oh,
Lord, we pray thee that the Demo-
cratic party may hang together in
the coming election Amen, answer
prayer, Lord" put in a Republican
who was near. But / do not mean
it as the Republican brother means it,
Lord. ] pray that We may hang to-
gether in concord and accord" con-
tinued the Democrat. Amen, Lord"
again said the Republican. ANY
cord, SO long as they hang.'-New
York Times.
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With nothing broken. Nor WAS fhers
any evidence Of 4 night In the old
mans room, although he was neithel
weak nor cowardly These facts threw
some suspicion on the servants, bui
they proved their innocence conciu-
sively. For some reason nobody
seemed to suspect the man who was
to profit by the death OF the murdered
man, and SO the crime took It's place
among those whose perpetrators are
never found.
The parrot? He had been a favor
lite pet OF Mr.. Branch's for years. and
had been In the room when he was
murdered. The parrot must have seen
the murder committed and heard the
dying words of the old man. He had
been sold by the executors to a dealer
and by him to the old maids, from
whom / bought him. He has never
had any more such paroxysms as that
in the station.
When thought OF a parrots prone
ness to mimic strong ordinations of
all kinds. and remembered the note
Of anguish and reproach In that cry
in the station, the mystery OF Joe
Branch's death was no mystery to me-
Often I have pictured to myself that
death scene, and thouTht that no mat
ter how secure from detection the
doer OF such bastard deed may seem,
he can never know at what moment
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Eggs as CURRENCY.

In some parts OF Paru-for example,
in the Province of Jauja-hens' eggs
are circulated as small coins, 40 to so
being counted for 81. In the market
places and III the shops the Indians
make most of their purchases with
this brittle sort OF money Cne will
give two Or three eggs for. brandy. an
other for indigo. and a third for cigars.
These eggs are packed in boxes by the
shopkeerers and sent to Lima. From
japan alone several thousand loads OF
eggs are annually forwarded to the
capital.
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savory career at college, he had re-
turned to 1t. and careless of his I'D.
cle's feelings and wishes, he spent
practically all his time in the city.
He had lived. was told. at a fast
pace. and in spite of the liberal allow
anee his uncle made him he had gotten
deeper and deeper in debt, until he
had reached the point where threats
OF criminal prosecution had been made,
for certain of his transactions.
II was about this time that his un-
Gle was found one morning in his
room murdered, with score OF knife
wounds in his body. The servants
were all away. but it was remarked as
curious fact that his massiH. a very
savage and alert watchdog, had given
no alarm. and showed no signs of hav-
ing attacked the murderer. 1t was
never explained. either. how the muir
derer got into the house, for the next
morning il was found locked as usual,
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Quite Up-to-Dxte,

at was settled some time ago that
he was to marry my daughter" said
the father OF the girl of the period,
but it yet remained for the. young
man TO get my consent. It was mere
~ fornality. however, az had cut
10 figure whatever during the cam
paign. my girl arranging matters to
suit herself without consulting me or
my wishes. Now, I remembered with
what trepidation l had approached
my wife's father when 1 asked him for
her hand, and I made up my mind
that when that young man showed up
to ask me for my daughters hand.
would have revenge, not only for what
had to pass through when I urged
my suit, but for being showed to the
background during the present pro-
ceediugs. Well, he called at my Office
yesterday, and l told my Office boy
to admit him and leave us alone and
see that we were not disturbed. Just
dropped In said he. easily. declining
to take a seat, to tell you that l am
going to marry your daughter the mid
die OF next month. 1t will be an infor-
nal affair, so you may consider your
self invited without further notice.
Good-day" Before I could catch my
breath he was gone, and when I COM
planned to- my daughter about his
treatment OF me. all the comfort l got
was that I could consider myself for
tunate in getting an invitation, as it
was to be a very exclusive affair. =
Detroit Free Press.
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MARRIAGE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
Comment OF Crusty Old Bachelor Was
AppIopsiste-


IN the yard of a large manufactur-
ing plai up town there is a tall flag
pole which occasionally gives the firm
some trouble by its pulley ropes be-
coming twisted and tied up so that it
IS impossible to move the flag. The
GOODNESS displayed by young clerk
few weeks ago in climbing the pole
and releasing the flag has brought TO
the remembrance of his fellow-clerAs
his conduct on similar occasion
nearly two years ago. On that occa
sion half-way up his heart failed him,
and he descended to be guyed by the
other Office employees. The flag again
the same clerk applied for permission
10 unioosen it. AS he has been mar
ried since he made the first attempt,
The firm, fearing that it might have to
pension a young widow, refused his
request. But he persisted, and won
heir consent.
1t was a bitterly cold day, and the
courage. skill and endurance he dis
played was remarkable. Up the slender
pole he climbed, and after unloosening
the flag and waving it from mis- ele-
waited perch, he descended, to be greet
ed by the senior partner. pessimis-
tic old bachelor:
"Egad! hut that is remarkable. Most
extraordinary thing. this marriage
When you were single you couldn't be
hired to do that. Now, apparently
you don't care whether you break your
neck or not
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Dell Hoffman has resigned his posi-
ton with Harry Reed in order to work
in the harvest field. His place has
been taken by Paul Memo.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-06-20

The planet Mercury has been meas
ured with the large telescope of the
United States naval observatory al
Washington by DR.. See. and its diam
eter determined as 4.27S -kiiometers
n E5s r,ilesl.
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To be more than satisfied with pleas
roast opossum. The mind can be over
loaded with ease, just the same As the
stomach can be overloaded with grease.
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Naxiration bal Red sea.

The difficulties in navigating the
Red Sea are such, from reefs and
shoals. that no sailing vessel has
passed the Suez Canal in twentF-seven
years.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-06-20

Father Schroeder started for an
extended visit in Germany last even
ing. His health has been poor for
some time.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-06-20

Seven room house. six lots, well
improved. Trade for farm property.
I. 81. Evans.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-06-20

Ny butcher shop win close at S'p.
m. on week days ard at 10 a. m.
on Sundays, sharp.
tf J. L. PARKER.
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HALL HALL

Insure your wheat against damage,
500 to %. Oh per acre, in the Farmers
Mutual Hail Association.
T. ". DoNNELL, Agent,
Kinsley, Kansas.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21
shakespeare ana Molieve.

! A correspondent finds these notable
points of resemblance in the careers of
Shakespeare and Moliere:
The father of each was In trade and
apparently destined his son to follow
his occupation. The early education
of both was neglected, and we know
nothing in their after training that
conferred on them their perfect knowl-
edge of good breeding and distinguish
ed manners. Neither of them was hap
PLY married. Each became manager,
author, actor. Each produced a con-
siderable number of authenticated dra-
matte works. Each was careless about
publishing his works, or, rather, object
ed to do SO lest they should be acted
by rival dramatic companies. Plays Of
each were collected by actors and first
published in complete form after the
death of the authors.
Each touched up or produced plays
that are lost or of doubtful origin.
Each disregarded novelty of plot, bor-
rowing from various sources. Each
disliked his profession. The personal
character of each was gentle. kind,
generous. Each had a profound knowl-
edge Of human nature. Each preferred
the idea or matter to the comparative
disregard of the manner. Each Lad q
remarkable fecundity and fertility of
production. Each died at the age of
fifty-tWO.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21

Cheese, which has been the fortune
Of Roquefort. has destroyed its pic
turesqueness. 1t has brought specu-
lators there who have raised great
ugly, square buildings Of dazzling
whiteness in harsh contrast with the
character and somber tone Of the old
houses. Although the place is SO small
that it consists of only one street and
a few alleys, the more ancient dwell
ings are remarkable for their height.
1t is surprising to see in village lost
among the sterile hills houses three
stories high. The fact that there is
only ledge on which to build must be
the explanation. What is most curious
in the place is the cellars.
Before the cheese became an impor-
tant article of commerce these were
natural caverns, such as are every
where to be found in this calcareous
formation, but now they are really cell
lars that have been excavated to such
a depth in the rock that they are to be
seen in as many as five stages, where
long rows of cheeses are stacked one
over the other. The virtue of these eel
lars from the cheesemaking point of
view is their dryness and their scarce
ly varying temperature Of about 8 de-
grees centigrade summer and winter
Temple Bar.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21
The Villain In Real Life.

II was shadowing one Of the worst
ruff1ans on the east side," said a New
York detective the other day. "This
man had knocked a policeman sense
less with club as the officer tried to
arrest him for garroting passerby. l
was standing in front of a Bowery the
alter when l saw my man pass in with
the crowd. l followed and took q seat
behind him. l did not care to make a
row by arresting him in the house.
When we went outside, that would be
time enough. n
''The play was a melodrama of the
regular sort, only little more harrow
ing than usual. The villain was par
ticularly villainous and the good hero
Inc unusually unfortunate. No one
Kissed at the bad mans badness more
than my friend the cutthroat He
howled with rage, and then he fairly
blubbered over the woes of the good
people in the play. When virtue finally
conquered and villainy was dragged off
the stage in handouts, he roared ap-
plause. stamping his feet like pile
driver, and was generally delighted.
The grin of pleasure had not faded
from his face before l laid my hand
on his shoulder, and he tried to stab
me-"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21
RAGTTM NE
/, ROMANCE
BY CECILY ALLEN
Hello, NAH baby! Hello, NAH honeyl
Hello, nah ragtime girl!
ny CECILY ALLEN
vyto1t, 1901, bg A. s. Richardson

Hello, nah baby! Hello man money!
Hello, nah ragtime girl!
In the twinkling of an eye pande-
monium reigned in the sewing room
of st. Agatha's mission. Twenty-Five
small girls dropped fells, French
seams and buttonholes in wild rush
for the open windows and their first
love-the street piano man.
Their pretty teacher was far too ten
der hearted to stem the hegira. So
little music could come into the lives
of these slum children. Why deny
them this pleasure? So she quietly
gathered up the scattered pieces of un-
bleached muslin, smiling as she softly
hummed the air which came changing
and clanking from the street below.
"O-ee- Miss Grace-cOme an see.
He amt got no monkey. He's got a
mana real, live swell toov
The Italian displayed his small,
cleaning teeth, as he gazed up at the
children, crowding upon the fire es-
cape. The teachers in these missions
he had heard of them. They lived
on the avenue. They wore furs and
violets, and always they gave their
pupils for the street musicians nick
ell, perhaps even a dime.
Grace Byrne slipped ten pennies into
the hands of as many eager girlies,
then leaned over their wriggling, ex-
cited little figures to catch a glimpse
of the extra attraction. In the center
of a gaping circle was we'll built
fellow from her own walk of life-a
carefully groomed chap, too. he was,
clad In the conventional frock coat
gray trousers, silk hat and modish
gloves. And he was dancing, actually
dancing to that frightful ragtime mu.
sic. A loud guffaw rose from the cir
Gle of slum denizens, and Grace leaned
farther out the window, to the dis
comfort of herself and several smaller
forms whose owners would not give
way even for teacher" .,s
"Hello! Hellow screamed the piano
In final triumph. The young man
stopped dancing, whipped his polished
hat from his shapely head and DELHI
erately held it toward the gaping
laughing crowd.
"Oh, teacher, give us some more pen
nies-quick! See, he's goin' away, an
he's so funny! Jes' couple. please"
But Grace had stumbled back to her
table and was sitting there now, with
der hands.
The children. awed by her silence
and pallor. settled quietly to their
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21

Some one who believes in teaching
by example has concocted a lesson in
the use of two little words which have
been a source of modification and
trouble to many well meaning persons.
A man or woman either can set a
hen, although they cannot sit her; nei-
ther can they set on her, although the
hen might sit on them by the hour If
they would allow it.
A man cannot set on the wash
bench, but he could set the basin OH it,
and neither the basin nor the gram
marians would object.
He could sit on the dogs tail If the
dog were willing or he might set his
foot on it. But If he should set on the
aforesaid tail or sit his foot there the
grammarians as well as the dog
would howl. metaphorically at least.
And yet the man might set the tail
aside and then sit down and be as
sailed neither by the dog nor by the
grammarians.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items Of local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
August 2e, 1879.

The Eagle baseball club played the
Willimantic club at that place last Satur-
day, beating them 90 to 49,
The third annual exhibition of the Toll
land County East Agricultural society
will probably be held on Wednesday, Oct.
9th.
At the recent election of officers OF
the Staffordville savings bank, Daniel F.
Fairman was chosen president and Julius
Pinney treasurer. A new rom is to be
constructed for the use Of the bank, adj
joining Eaton & Plnney's store.
The store of F. j. Chandler was bur-
glariously entered by breaking window
and cutting away a portion of the sash,
on Tuesday night. Property was taken
to the amount Of not less than $75, in
Guiding 800 In five cent pieces.
Married-Stafford, Aug. 10Th, 1879, by
Rev. g. V. Markham, Duane Turner and
Lizzie Sweetzer, all OF Stafford
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21
Grows a. weather Prophets.

The belief that two crows are hap
py omen and that they appear to warn
men from disaster is very ancient.
Alexander the Great was thus saved
in Egypt by two crows, and King
Alonzo would assuredly have persisted
in 1147 had 1t not been for two crows,
one of which perched on the PROV and
the other ON the stern of his ship, so
pointing the Prov of the royal barge
safely into port. Crows and rocks are
very much alike. 1t is said that when
rocks desert rookery it forebodes the
downfall of the family on whose prop
erty it is.
They are also credited with being
good weather prognosticators. When
the weather is about to be very bad,
they stay as near home as possible,
but when they foreknow that it will
be set fair they start off in the morn
ing right away to a distance where
they have an instinct that the food
they need is plentiful. Again, if the
rocks are seen venturing into the
streets of Il town or village it is sure
sign of an approaching snowstorm.-
All the Year Round
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21


FRIGHTFUL RAGTIME MUSIC.
tasks. In mechanical fashion Grace
directed the remainder of the after
Moons work. and finally each pupil,
armed with slice of warm ginger
bread and murmuring. "Goodby, teach
err" marched from the room.
Their teacher walked back to the
window and looked down drearily up
on the narrow street. Again she
seemed to hear the ragtime air which
to her would henceforth sound like a
miserere. Again she saw the out
stretched hand of the man who passed
the hat. the flushed face of-the man
to whom her heart and hand were
pledged.
What had happened? She had known
Fred Yerkes for years. Their love af-
fair had started during their first term
In the dancing class, but she had not
known this-that he ever-no, she did
not want him to be goody goody fell
low. She had always said that no man
should need to sign the pledge. His
will power should be his only guard
ian. But this! She recalled his flushed
features. his excited eyes. Instinc-
lively she shrank back from the win
dow. Had he seen her as she leaned
over her little charges? She forgot
that the musician and his homogeneous
companion had long since rounded the
corner and disappeared in the babble
of east side tenement life.
The janitor entered the room. He
nOisily arranged the chairs and tables
for the meeting Of the boys club in
the evening. Grace drew herself up
proudly. donned her wraps and with a
+. few courteous words to the attendant
swept out of the mission rooms, feel
Ing that she never wished to see them
again.
That evening. as the dinner gong
sounded in a certain residence over
looking the park. young woman with
a determined expression on her face
and a contradictory trembling in her
hands tied up two packages. One was
very small and contained jewelers.
box. The other held eleven photo
graphs, all of one young man at yari.
GUS ages and in diverse garments,
bundle Of notes and letters and some
faded flowers. She directed them with
care, then resolutely descended to the
dining room.
But her appetite had taken fight.
She toyed with her soup and sent the.
fish away untasted. Beef la mode
she declared to be too heavy for this
season Of the year.
Her father looked at her keenly.
"You ought to give up that mission
work. Grace. Can't you find some 9th
er fad? Tenement air does not agree
with YOU"
Talking about tenements," broke in
the irrepressible Tom, I'VE had a good
one today on Fred Yerkes. Another
bit Of beef, father"
Grace, turning dizzy and faint,
clutched frantically at her napkin.
Was she to hear the story of Fred,s
disgrace here, before the entire fam
lily? Wildly she thought of fight; then
taking fresh grip on her napkin,
which by this time resembled a snow
ball, she determined to face the or
deal. H
4 ..You see" continued Tom, Fred
made some foolish bet the othAr dAY
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21

The American republic must live.
Popular commotion and partisan fury
may dash their mad waves against it,
but they shall roll back shattered.
spent. Persecution shall not shake it,
fanaticism distort it nor revolution
change it, but it shall stand towering
sublime, like the last mountain in the
deluge. while the earth rocks at it's
feet and the thunders peal above it's
head-majestic. immutaDle, magnifi-
cent.-Wendell Phillips.