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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

One might almost say that the recipe
for a happy home was what has been
aptly called a "bland' diet. While it
is not literally true that eating hog
makes a hog of man, yet it is true
there is large connection between it
and character. Bloodthirsty, lustful
races are those that eat meat-largely
rare meat-freely. whereas the gentle,
industrious. persistent races are most
ly grain and fruit eaters.
While the controversy over vegeta-
rianism is one for scientists to settle,
even the humblest of us can afford to
try for himself the advantages of a
"bland'' diet. 1t is a most interesting
experience to see how acute and sensi-
tive the sense of taste can become by
avoiding food that has a strong taste.
No one knows the delicate sweets
and acids, oils and bites in our COM
mon cereals and fruits who eats huge
chunks of fish, flesh and fowl highly
favored and deluged with biting
sauces. Simplicity of life can be as
much part of diet as of furniture or
clothes. William Noyes in Good
Housekeeping.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
THE TRAMP's PARLoR CAR.


A Pre-empted Home From which He
Is Often DisIOdged.
A casual observer might wonder why
the rods bolted through the timbers at
either end are placed under freight
cars. They are not put there for hoboes
to ride on, but to stiffen the floor of the
car. Sometimes there are four, two
close together on each side, but more
often there are six, separated byfequal
distances.
At the center, where the rods;are rid
den, there is often room between them
and the bottom Of the car for man to
sit almost upright, though with his
head bowed forward, but where there
are six rods the hobo usually lies
across them like steak on a gridiron.
easy as a rule to drive him off by
throwing coal or rocks at him. II it is
going very fast, there is danger of kill
ing him, and that is likely to- get the
brakeman In trouble from ten:years to
life Is customary.
There is one other way of'remoying q
hobo from the rods under, a freight, but
the brakeman must be aiman of steady
nerve. quickness and physical strength;
also he must know exactly where the
hobo is before he comes off the top to
get him. Dropping from the train car
or two ahead Of the one under which
the man is riding, the brakeman has
time to brace himself before that car
reaches him fhe train should be NOV
ing only slowly; then he seizes the
hobo by the coat collar or by his arms.
The motion of the train does the rest,
and the hobo is dropped on the ground.
-Leslie's Weekly.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
CATCHING a Muske1lunge.

You feel the drops of sweat on your
forehead, though the early morning air
Is as cool as the breath from some
snow clad mountain. Gradually he
weakens. and you know that. barring
accident. you have won. Up. closer
and closer. you draw him along till at
last he floats there within a foot of
your boat.
No eyes SO wicked as a musky's-
They glare up at you like an angry
dogs, seeming to watch every motion
you make. Be careful. Here it comes,
his final despairing leap for liberty. AS
he makes it his powerful tail sweeps
against the stern and deluges you with
water. But the hooks hold, and once
more, for the last time, you draw him
again to where the guide waits with a
revolver in his hand. A shot back Of
those glittering eyes. shiver down the
whole length of him. swift jerk into
the bottom of the boat with the gaff-
hook-and you lie back in an ecstasy Of
exhaustion
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Did aa He Was Tnld.

An impecunious constituent of Chi
cago alderman called upon the latter
at his Office last week and requested
the loan of dollar. A two dollar bill
was the smallest the alderman had.
This he handed to the caller with the
remark: .,..
$50 to the cigar stand down stairs,
get a fifteen cent cigar, keep a dollar
and bring me the change"
In few minutes the visitor reap
peared, putting contentedly at cigar.
and handed the alderman IS cents. No
ticing a peculiar expression on the al
derman's face, he withdrew the cigar
from his lips long enough to inquire:
did you mean that the cigar was
for you or meY
"Get out of herey' was all the dis.
gusted politician could say.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Augustin Days Wit.

An actor who knew Augustin DAILY
we'll told this story of the great theat-
rical managers ready wit:
1--WE both CHANGED to be depositors in
and victims of bank which suspended
payment. Like others. when the news
of the disaster became known we hur-
ried off to the bank to pick up what in
formation we could, and coming down
the steps from the offices into the street
Mr.. Days foot caught in the mat, and,
with some difficulty, he managed to
save himself from falling. / was en-
tering the building, and, seeing the
mishap, ran up. saying:
"I hope you have not hurt yourself
"'Oh, no; thank YOU he replied. I
only lost my balance"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
THE SOUND OF A PIANO.
Seeming Defects That May BE Oftc

Seeming Defects That May BE often
Due to Exterior Causes.
"A piano. said d dealer, twill some
times develop or seem to develop q
flaw In some one note. which comes to
have rattle or jingle or unpleasant
'rr to it, but this EARRING sound which
ms to come from the piano may in
atty come from some source quite
,Ltside of it.
ANY given note when struck pro-
duces a certain number Of vibrations to
the second. There may be in the room
some object that is in tone sympathy
with some particular note, and that
will be set in motion by it when that
note is sounded.
1.-The owner Of fine piano sent to us
one day to say that there was some
thing wrong about a certain note Of
the instrument. so that that note had
an unpleasant sound when struck
When heard the note sounded, knew
at once that the disagreeable rough
ness or buzz about it was due not to
any defect in the piano. but to some
thing somewhere about in the room,
"AiN' "SAihS thS iduy " SlEIhc lIldL uOle
occasionally, l walked around the room
to see If could locate it,
Passing across the middle Of the
room as that note was struck, the
cause Of the Earring accompaniment of
it was discovered to come from the vi
bration Of one Of the glass globes on
the chandelier overhead.
'"The owner Of the piano was almost
incredulous as to this, the sound had
seemed so plainly to come from the
piano itself. But when at my request
she stood under the chandelier and l
struck the note she was readily con-
WINGED.
81 made that globe immovable and
then struck the note on the piano. The
answer was clear and sweet and true.
$50, you see, the sound of the piano
may for one thing depend much upon
its surroundings, and what may seem
to be defect in piano may be in re-
atty attributable to something quite
apart from the piano itself.
"And thus it might easily be that
some noble instrument that had SEEM
ed to be declining or to be developing
faults owed its apparent change to a
change of environment or to some spe-
cific outside cause and was in reality
as good as ever. as would happily be
discovered whenever the instrument
was again brought under favorable
conditions. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
flt,ms Of local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.]
July IL, 1872.

"WoodIawn," the new residence of
Julius Converse, was first occupied by lite
future residents last week, and on the
evening of the Fourth our people had evil
Cen e of the excellence of the gas, with
which the house is lighted, In splendid
illumination of the entire premises, max
ing magnificent spectacle, and to height
en- the effect, an extensive display of fire.
works was also made on the lawn in front.
The legislature has granted the charter
of the new savings bank. The corpora
tors ara: Julius Converse, Geo. M. Ives,
g. H. Baker, Clark FL. Grant, M. b. Har-
vey, L. w. Crane, r. s. Hicks, Chest er
Scripture, r. s. Beebe, Chas. Fox, B. w.
Patten, e. G. Pinney, Stafford Gardner
Hall, Jr., Wellington E. A. Buck. West
ford; Marcus Woodward, Somers; w.
M. Corbin, Union. 1t Is expected that
the bank will organize and commence
business next week. 1t Is to be called
the Stafford Savings Bank" and will
probably be located In the banking house
OF the Stafford National bank.
The Fourth In Stafford was mostly OBJ
served by plcnicing, and the rain in the
afternoon was a damper upon most of
these. St. Edwards temperance soci, ty
held picnic In Parkess's grove, and dur
Ing the shower moved into Central Hall.
The Orcuttville people picniced on land
OF VIM. II. Davis, while the West Stafford
pleasure seekers assembled on the shores
OF Square Pond. The families of Messrs.
Bessey, Preston, Crawford, Morse, Hor-
ton and Puffer held neighborhood picnic
on the premises of w. M. Crawford.
B1RTHs.-Stafford Springs. July 18th,
1879, daughter to John Comfort; Stat
fordville, LIST, son to Timothy Neville.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

Summer complaint is unusually prevail
emit among children this season. A well
developed case In the writer's family was
cured last week by the timely uae OF
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy-one of the best patent
medicines manufactured and which Is al
ways kept ON hand at the home of We
scribe. This Is not intended as free
tise with US. but to benefit little sufferers
who may not be within easy access OF q
physician No family should be without q
bottle of this medicine In the house, es-
pecially In summertime. Lansing, Iowa,
Journal.
For sale by e. z. Taft, II. r. Cady,
Stafford; Gardiner Hall ,Jr., d Co., South
Wilmington.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Fish That XIII Each Other.

One of the queerest sharks is the
thrasher, which has the upper lobe Of
it's tail so much developed as to equal
in length the body Of the fish itself.
This tail is controlled by powerful
muscles and is used as weapon.
Swordfish and thrasher sharks have
been seen on many occasions to attack
whales in concert and kill them, the
sharks lashing their victims with their
tails while the swordfish pierce them
from below. On the other hand, sharks
themselves are often killed by por-
poises, which will surround a shark
and lash the enemy to death with their
h11lyQS
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Il HUNG CHANGES WIVES.
The First One, Though Alive. Was
Looked Upon as Dea&

Looked Upon as Dea4
The one romantic complication in the
life Of the late Machiavelli OF China,
Ii Hung Chang, is amusing or tragic
according as one may choose to look
at it.
Earl Ii early in his distinguished
career took a wife. During the Tai
ping rebellion his wife had to fly to the
interior for safety, where she lived for
many months without communicating
with her husband. The Chinese states
man meanwhile, thinking his wife had
persisted with other victims in the mas
emperor, who ordered a magnificent
funeral. The empty coffin was follow
ed to the grave with all pomp and
ceremony of state by Ii Hung Chang
and representatives Of the emperor.
After a period of mourning Ii Hung
Chang took unto himself another wife
and settled down again to domestic
felicity. ..A
Then the first wife appeared. She
had narrowly escaped the massacre
and had been living with her family.
Mrs. Chang No. took exception to
Mrs. Chang No. 2 and wished to be
reinstated as principal wife, for the
law of China does not allow polygamy.
Ii Hung Chang was in great stew.
In despair he applied to the emperor.
The emperor said Mrs. Chang No.
had been accorded state funeral.
Therefore, to all intents and purposes,
she was dead, and he advised his min
lister to ignore her, which he did. AS
women are treated as mere chattels in
China, the first wife did not demur,
but went back to her family, among
whom she died.-New York World.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

When big shark is taken on board
ship, the skull is usually preserved, the
flesh being removed from the bones,
and it is favorite pastime with sailors
to crawl one after another through the
distended jaws. 1t would be far from
safe to do this. however, when the
head has been but freshly cut off. be-
cause under such conditions the jaws
will snap together fiercely for some
time afterward If anything be placed
between them
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Making Him Cheerful.

She was woman who was method
ical in her discipline.
Now. Willie" she said, "you have
disobeyed me, but won't whip you
now because we're going to have COM
pany for dinner, and l want you to
look bright and cheerful and pleasant.
but after they've gone I'm going to
give you the worst whipping you
ever had. Now. hurry up and get
dressed. for want you to look nice
and happy" Post.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
The Skin of MY Teeth,

In the book of Job appears the SEN
tence, 81 am escaped with the skin of
my teeth" which is modernized "by
the skin Of my teeth" and gives the
idea of a narrow escape. one so close as
to be just by the thickness of the skin
on the teeth. which is so thin that no
microscopic has yet been able to find
it. '"To cast in the teeth" means to
throw defiant reproaches or insults
spitefully. as one would cast stone at
the exposed teeth of a snarling dog.
'"Tooth and naiP' denotes the manner
fed by biting and scratching, as when
two belligerent cats make the fur fly.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
The Little Garden,

There is much comfort to be found
in a garden. ! have watched poor
woman at little box of flowers at
window, growing radiant with happi-
ness as each bud blossomed and smiled
upon her gentle hand. Water your
little garden and tend it well. A little
love for sunlight, little sympathy for
rain, and the garden of the heart may
bloom with beautiful deeds and fra
grant thoughts. Though the beauty Of
the rose is brief, yet the perfume may
be preserved, like the memory of a
kiss, forever.-Schoolma
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

"How did she get herew At a famous
dancing assembly this was the quite
audible comment made by several mar
ried bellies when beautiful young ma
iron as yet on the outskirts of the ex-
elusive set entered the room. The new
conner. whose first appearance it was,
proved herself quite equal to the occa-
sion. She had nodding acquaintance
with nearly every woman in the room.
Some of them even went to her lunch
con parties. Calmly turning to the most
supercilious critic in the room, she ech'
oed as though in reply:
"How did get here? I drove here,
my dear Mrs. Crossbeam. Did you
walk ?"-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Food and Colds.

A writer in The Lancet says: "Since
I began to study diet have been as
tonished at the number Of cases of
which l have heard, even of medical
men, who by eating less and not so
often have found that their susceptible
ity to colds has quite gone. Such facts
as have met with point to the conclu-
sion that it is the system overcharged
with the products Of food which was
not required and can act only as poi
son to every organ in the body which
is most susceptible to colds"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

To have given up would have meant
death for Mrs. Lois Cragg of Dorchester,
Mars. For years she had endured untold
misery from severe lung trouble and OBJ
stinate cough. GOTTEN" she writes, II
could scarcely breathe and sometimes
could not speak. All doctors and reme-
dies failed till / used DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption and was COM
pletely cured" Sufferers from Coughs,
Colds, Throat and Lung Trouble need
this grand remedy, for 1t never disap-
points. Cure Is guaranteed by A. G.
Eaton, Stafford Springs. and w. P. Fuller,
Somels. Price SOC and 81. Trial bottles
free
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
According to Gunter.

The phrase according to Gunter"
remains in our language as perpetual
memory of Gunter, the English mathe-
matician, who was born in 1881 and
died in 1926. Almost to the present
time the works of Gunter were consid-
cred standard. He was the inventor of
the surveyors chain, of the logarithmic
line, of the quadrant. of the scale bear
ing his name, and anything in mathe-
mates to be right must be according
to Gunter."
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

Bridget and Pat were sitting in an
armchair reading an article on ''The
Law of Compensation"
"Just fancy" exclaimed Bridget,
"accordin' to this, whin mon loses
wan av is sinses another gifts more de-
veloped. For instance, a blond mon
gifts more sinse av hearin' an touch,
an
s'Shure. an it's quite thrue," answer
ed Pat. "Oi've noticed it meself.
Whin a mon has wan leg shorter than
the other, begorra the others longer"
Philadelphia Times.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
How,s This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
f.. CHENEY q CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have knownF. j. Cheney
for the last is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and flnan-
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price, 7bc per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testtmoniale free.
Hall's Family Pins are the best
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
A Diligent Police Omcial.

A man who was wanted" in Russia
had been photographed in six different
positions, and the pictures were duly
circulated among the police depart
ments. The chief of one of these wrote
to headquarters few days after the
issue of the set of portraits and stated:
''Sir, have duly received the portrait
of the six miscreants whose capture is
desired. l have arrested five of them,
and the sixth Is under observation and
will be secured shortly"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
some Remarkable beliefs,

There are naturalists in this day and
age who believe that horseha1rs will
turn to living snakes, that toads will
live for thousands of years in the cavi-
ty Of rock without food or water,
that the barnacle goose was developed
from the 81 ellfish of that name ana
that the bird called sora is a species OF
winged frog
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
The Bride,

Haven't I married you before?''
asked the clergyman pleasantly of the
young lady from Chicago who was
about to be Joined to the young man
from Oshkosh.
"Only twice." she aurmured coyly,
and the ceremony went on.-Boston
Post.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Mans I1nkind f.u4.

"Miss D. doesn't have a single for
eign label on her trunks and bags, not
a sign that she ever has had them out
of the country" said the girl who at
the end of a six weeks trip abroad
surveyed her plastered over luggage
with pride and admiration.
"Ah. well, you see Miss D. doesn't
need to- replied the unkind man. "She
goes across SO often, and every one
knows it."-New York Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
A Sidewalk Prescription.

The busy doctor was hurrying down
the street when he was stopped by a
man noted for his ability to get "side-
walk" advice.
81 am thoroughly worn out and sick
and tired. What ought I to takeT'
asked the man.
"Take cab" replied the unfeeling
doctor.-New York Times.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Ground For Suspicion

!, Mary" said the young matron's
mother, ''it seemed to me you were
very cold to John this morning?'
eyes," she replied, "1'm beginning to
suspect him."
'The idea! You have no reason to.
I'm sure"
Haven't I? dreamed last night
that saw him kissing another wo-
philadelphia Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

And say some other salve, ointment
lotion, oil or alleged healer lie as good as
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, tell him thirty
years of marvellous cures of Piles, Burns,
Boils, Corns, Felons, Ulcers, Cuts, Scalds,
Bruises and Skin Eruptions prove its the
best and cheapest. 25c at A. G. Eaton's
drug store, Stafford Springs, and at W.
P. Fuiler's, Somers.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
A Rad Case.

81 see that the bees have to visit
100000 blossoms in order to gather a
pound of honey"
Foolish bees. One trip to my sweet
hearts lips would be quite enough
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Not Too Liberal.

Parishioner-The people are COM
planning that you are too liberal.
Unorthodox Pastor-Oh, that's q
mistake. my dear sir, great mistake.
I am just as stingy as the rest of you.
New ork Weekly.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Love at First sight.

His Dog-Are you certain that your
mistress loves my master?
Her Dog-Why. it was love at first
sight. She pushed me off the sofa to
let him sit down.-Detr0it Free Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

In order to be in perfect health one
must be temperate fh eating. The
meals should be regular. Regularity Ia
one of the golden rulesfof well ORDER
Cd life. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

'You say his money fell to him?"
"No. He fell to it-tumbled through
coal hole and sued the city."-Chica.
go Herald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
Williams Root Beer

will quench the biggest thirst that hui
mainly can have-will also brace the
body during summers trying heat.
Nerves and stomach both ordinarily
get upset, but it's not so if you drink
Williams Root Beer. There's soothing
in its touch against the dry, dusty spot
IN your throat. Its deliciousness salts
fies your thirst's longings
WILLIAMS 81 CARLETON CO., Hartford Conn.,
Makers of Williams Flavoring Extracts.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
His Dyspepsia.

''You say you take half an hour for
luncheon every day|
EYES,"
"Well, you ought not to have dyspep-
sia.''
'But, you see, spend twenty-five of
those minutes deciding what want to
eat."-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

If you cannot be clever. be careful
Antrim, NAKED Truths and Yelled Al
lusious."
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

Courtesy is blessing from the heart
of good man and a deadly weapon
I'm the hands of q villain. ......
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

What bright things we all think Of
when the opportunity Is past for say
ing themEAtchison Globe.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10

An Irishman says he always shuts
his eyes when he looks at q lady's
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
ia Man Lie to You.

The highest point to which man can
ascend without his health being very
seriously affected is 16,5OO feet
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-10
THING

Does what you drink hurt you? Does
it satisfy your thirst? Why trifle with
hale and hearty old folks didn't do it.
Not they-they went into the woods
and fields and gathered roots and herbs,
from which they made beer We have
done that for you and have made an
extract. If to this you add sugar, water
and yeast cake, you have a root beer
which, all told, has cost you 2 cents a
quart Inst think of II