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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
ODD FRUITS or JAVA i
The Most Common One, the DURHAM,
Is the Strangest of All.

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The Most Common One, the Durham,
Is the strangest of All.
1.-THE fruits of Java" writes CORE
spondent Of the Pittsburg Dispatch,
form an interesting study in them
selves, there are so many and Of such
strange varieties. The most common
is the strangest of ALL It Is called the
cence from the trunk of a tree some
what similar to our pear tree. The
fruit, which is pear shaped. grows to a
great size, often several feet in length,
and has a yellow skin, rough like a
pineapple. The most remarkable thing
about the DURAN, however, is it's odor
To say you can smell it block off is
putting it mildly. A combination of
aged eggs and the ripest cheese could
not be compared with it. When you
break open the hull to find what can
be the cause of all this disturbance to
your olfactory nerves and find great
cluster Of snow white kernels which
taste like some strangely delicious GUS
tard, your amazement is greater still.
Another strange fruit is the serpent
fruit, so called from the fact that it's
skin is the exact counterpart of that Of
snake. There are the pomoloe, like
great orange; the potato fruit, which
resembles that vegetable in all but it's
fine flavor; the custard apple, with a
yellow custardlike pulp, having rath-
er decided taste of turpentine; the pop
pae, like melon growing on tree; the
great jack fruit, of rather coarse fla
vor; small yellow fruit, with an un-
pronounceable native name, incased in
great bur like chestnut, and hum
bred other varieties, with none but ma
tive and scientific names, some good.
some Indifferent and some entirely I'M
palatable to any but a native. The or
ange is rather a scarce fruit, but the
pineapple and banana are abundant
and delicious, especially the former.
There are more than twenty different
varieties of bananas native to Java"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

The overcheck bears about the same
relation to the horse as the county Jail
docs to human society. In case of the
trotting horse it seems that some de-
vice must be used in order to compel
q horse to carry its head out almost in
a line with it's neck, so that the curry
allure of the latter at the throttle will
not cramp the windpipe or shut off
the horses wind. In case of the run
ming horse it naturally extends the
head and neck without artificial aid.
This is because the gallop is the horses
natural gate, while the trot is artificial
when 1t comes to extreme speed.
Hence the overcheck is needed. In the
utility horses the checkrein is never
needed.-Ficld and Farm.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
He Didn't Say 1t.

He was a good little boy, and he
lived not many miles from Boston. He
never disobeyed his mother, he never
called her names when her orders were
not his wishes, and he had the face of
an angel. Next door lived little Rosy,
girl who proved the proverb about
small pitchers. One day Harry was
allowed to go over to play with Rosy.
but with strict orders not to take off
his hat and coat to go in the house if
Rosy could not come out into the yard
Rosy could not come out, but would
not Harry take off his things and play
inside? Harry quoted sadly his moth
er's injunction:
"Your mamma is a silly" said Rosy
GROSSLY.
Harry went home and told his mother
what Rosy had said. "She is a very
naughty little girl" his mother de-
clared. "You must never say such a
word"
"No, mamma, won't" said the duti-
full Harry.
A few days later he was again for
hidden to do something which he great
ly desired to do. Mamma" said he,
lifting to hers his angelic face, do you
remember what Rosy said about your
New York Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
What He Really Said.

Mrs. Buffers-The teller at that bank
says you are just the meanest, stin-
giest-
Mr.. Buffers Great Scott! VIVA
what is that? He says
Mrs. Buffers Well, he didn't say it
in SO many words. but that is what he
meant, of course.
Mr.. Buffers-See here! What did the
fellow say?
Mrs. Buffers-He asked me to indorse
the check, and when I told him
hadn't the ghost of an idea what he
meant he said he presumed I hadn't
had much experience getting checks
cashed, SO there!-New York Weekly.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
PIckINGs FROM FICTION.

Ghosts went out with gas.-'"The Pa
CAMS Cup"
1t is only selfish people who cannot
believe that they are selfsh.-E. e.
Benson, "Scarlet and Hyssop.' 74
The things men inherit are mostly
weights; they must grow their own
wings.-"In White and Black"
Kings are great in the eyes of the
people, but the people are great in the
eyes of Cod. Huntly Mccarthy. "If
Were King"
One must love at least two women
to appreciate either, and did the silly
creatures but know it rival becomes
them like a patch.-Edith Wharton
1.-THE Valley of Decision"
Men are singularly unoriginal when
they make love or pray. Women and
the Deity have been perpetually hear
ing the same thing from the beginning
of speech.-"The Story of Eden"
A woman never does care for her
own soul so much as she cares for the
man she loves. but If she is good she
cares for her soul more than for her
happiness or even than for his happi-
ness.-''The Alien"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
A Good Memory.

When Theodore Roosevelt was gov
ernor of New York, he was a great
friend of the porters and employees of
the New York Central. One morning
he took the 9:15 train from Albany
west, and as he entered the car he said
to Adams, the colored porter: "Hello.
porter! You here still?"
Eyes, SIR" replied the porter. 'and
I'm going to stay here till you get to be
president, and then ! want you to give
me a job"
"I'll go your promptly replied the
governor. and. sure enough. when Gov
the United States he surprised Adams
by sending for him to go to work in
gton.-Schoolmaster.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

my own confidence and got what pleas
ure could out of the last times ever
expected to see you. Then, you told
me just now-and-I couldn't help it,
His voice deepened to a sonorous
whisper as he paused, but Thalia's
head was bowed low on his breast, and
he felt her culver.
"Dear, are you angryT'
No answer.
"Are you angry7"
Silence.
He deliberately lifted up her face and
devoured it with a look. And then he
put Blackstone to much more confu-
sion in the same illegal manner as in
the previous case. The silver chime of
the clock on the mantelshelf struck the
half hour
Thalia pushed the hair out of her
eyes and laughed.
"What time is it? Do you love me?''
"Half past 10. OF course do"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
Turkish Educational system

The educational system of the Turks
is not entirely bad, but is mostly for
religious instruction. The mekteb. or
primary schools, are general and af-
ford every boy and girl in the city an
opportunity to learn to read and write
and obtain. knowledge Of the Koran.
Such schools are attached to every
mosque in the empire. The ibtidaiyeh,
or secondary schools, afford opportuni-
ties for learning geography, arithmetic,
history and the modern languages, but
there are only twenty of these schools
In all Constantinople for a million and
more Of people. The medresseh, or col
leges, teach philosophy, logic, rhetoric,
theology and Turkish law and general
ly take the place of the universities
found in other countries. They are the
highest educational institutions main
tanned by the Turkish government.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
ANIMAL IMITATIvENEss.
How . Beggar's Dog Grows to b,
Like His Master.

How q Beggar's Dog Grows to he
Like His Master.
'One Of the most curious traits to be
found in the animal nature said an
observant citizen, lis that which grows
out Of the unconscious imitativeness OF
creatures Of the lower order. have
observed many instances of where the
creatures of lower order have taken
on the characteristics in some notice
able degree of members Of the human
family. One might know, for instance,
the beggar's dog from the look of the
dog, from the droop of the eye, the pa
thetic hang of the lip and certain gen
eral air Of dependency and hopeless
ness which seems to speak in the very
nature of the animal. l mention the
beggar's dog because it is familiar
example. The beggar's dog never looks
cheerful, never smiles, never frolics.
but simply sits by his master and
broods and begs for whatever charity
may give.
II have seen the dog character mold
ed under happier influences, and the
dog became more cheerful. He was a
light hearted, free and easy sort of
creature and seemed to get something
Of the SUMMER side of things. l am al
most tempted to say that If you will
show me a mans dog will tell you
what manner of man the owner is,
with particular reference to tempera-
ment and his moods. The melancholy
man, the man who grovels mentally
along the gloomier groves. the pessi-
mistic man who is always looking at
the dark side of the picture, all the men
who come within these unhappy classi-
fications rarely own cheerful dog.
The dog unconsciously takes to the
ways of the master and In his moods
initiates the masters way of thinking.
''But turn to the dog of the jolly.
cheerful fellow. Watch him show his
teeth in laughter when the master ap-
proaches. He Is darting across the
yard and dancing and frisking around
the masters feet in the happiest way
imaginable, and he is up to all kinds of
pranks and does all kinds of little
things to indicate the good nature that
is in him. He does as his master does
and seems to take the same general
view of life. These are small things,
guess, but they show just how impor-
tant ones way of thinking may influ-
ence ones dog and change his whole
view Of life."-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
sucking Poisonou. wounda.

Among all people the sucking of the
wound has ever been considered the
most effective remedy of immediate APP
plication for snake bites. In Africa a
cupping instrument Is employed in
emergencies Of the kind to draw out
the poisoned blood. The ancients fol-
lowed the same methods, and when Ca
to made his famous expedition through
the serpent infested African deserts he
employed many savage snake charm
ers, called psylli, to follow the army.
They performed many mysterious rites
over men who were bitten, but the eff
cacy Of their treatment appears to have
consisted In sucking the wounds.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

The Greenland shark is we'll known
as foe to whalers. 1t will follow a
dead whale to the ship and show no
fear Of the men while they are engaged
in cutting up the prey, biting out Jumps
from it as big as a mans head. Some
times it happens that man will fall
off the slippery side of the whale close
by the shark, but the latter never at
lacks him, being intent upon gorging
itself with the flesh of the cetacean.
The most severe wounds from thrusts
of the whalers' knives will not per-
suade it to desist. This species of shark
is often partly or wholly blinded by a
parasitic worm three inches long which
fastens itself at the corner of the eye
and lives on it's fluids.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
So long as one loves one forgives.-
La Rochefoucauld.
Changed the Text.

CDR. De Witt Talmage during his
visit to England in 1879" says the Lon
don Chronicle, chad been engaged to
preach in church in one of the large
towns of England. On arriving at the
building he found it besieged by a
throng of from $4,000 to 10000 people.
Naturally, he expected the place would
be crowded inside. Instead of this he
was surprised to find it only moderate
ly full.
why he demanded of the pastor,
don't you let this crowd of people come
IMP
"'Oh,' said he, leach person inside
has paid 4 shillings to get in
CDR. Talmage had intended to preach
from the text. Without money and
without price He changed his sub
iact -
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
The Author mt Home.

NO." said the authors wife. "Its
hard to understand these men Of gen.
ius. There's my husband. for instance"
"Why, anything wrong with him this
morning?'
81 should say so! Do you know
merely asked. him to take down the
stovepipe, and take up the parlor car
pet, and hang the new curtains on the
bay window. and stain the dining room
corner, and he flew into rage and
acted as if he had lost all the mind he
thinks he's got."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
Relief.

"John." said the man who was domi-
mated by his mother-in-law. do you
believe there is any sense in a man
marrying whole familyY"
q do" said John. II believe man
with seven charming daughters would
be fool If he didn't seize the first OPP
portunity to do it."
Which goes to show that we are
misunderstood when we least expect
it.-Baltimore News.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

Martha-You don't mean to say you
have accepted that Mr.. Spooner? Why,
he is so awkward, you know! saw
him holding an umbrella over you the
other day, and all the water it caught
he allowed to drain right on to you.
Nancy-What better proof could
have that he is in love with me? He
hadn't the least idea that it was rain
Ing, the dear man!-Boston Transcript,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

Every one would agree that color has
an extraordinary effect on ones spirits,
and scarlet or reds of any kind are dis
tinctly exhilarating. But what is the
power of color over disease? The idea
that the power exists is not lew ore
indeed nobody knows how old it is
but when Edward II. then Prince Ed
ward) was smitten with smallpox his
doctor (Gaddesden) treated him in
way that would battle even the Chris
tan Scientists.
To quote his own words. from a note
Of Miss Strickland's in her Marguerite
of France memoir. 81 ordered the
prince to be enveloped in scarlet cloth
and that his bed and all the furniture
of his chamber should be of bright rcd
color. which practice not alone cured
him, but prevented his being marked"
The old chronicle goes on to say that
he treated the sons Of the noblest
houses in England on the red system
and made good cures in ALL"
'sIn this childish state" Miss Strick
land quantity remarks, was the noble
art of healing at the court of Margue-
rite" What would her comments be If
she lived in this twentieth century,
Summer complaint is unusually prevail
emit among children this season. A we'll
developed case In the writer's family was
cured last week by the timely use Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy-one of the best patent
medicines manufactured and which IL al
ways kept on hand at the home OF ye
scribe. This Is not intended as free
puff for the company, who do not adver-
tise with us, but to bene fit little sufferers
who may not be within easy access Of a
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. K. Taft, Fl. F. Cadv,
Stafford; Gardiner Hall ,Jr., Co., South
Wilmington.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
Williams Root Beer

and all for 2 cents quart. Four big
glasses for I-2 cent apiece! You
could grow rich on the sodas you savel
One bottle of Williams Root Beer Ex-
tract makes five gallons of root beer if
you add water, sugar and yeast cake.
We have never found a thirst it can
not satisfy, or known of a stomach being
upset by it. In fact, we use only the
same roots and herbs that our forefath-
ers used to gather in the woods and
fields. 1t makes the superbest drink
ever concocted and does you good
WILLIAMS & CARLETON CO.. Hartford. Conn.,.
Makers of Williams EXT
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
Electric Centipeds.

Least attractive among the insects
which give light are the 80 called ''elec-
trio centipeds." black crawlers with
many legs which have been likened to
serpents' skeletons in miniature. They
move In snakelike fashion, forward
or backward. leaving behind them a
bright track Of phosphoric light. How
ever, they are most accustomed to APP
pear In the daytime. when the illumi-
nation they afford is not visible.
don Times.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
The Book Agent.

Agent have a book you should buy
for your son telling how to become a
politician. statesman. president Of the
United States. banker. broker
Mrs. Hennesy Did yer moth
er buy wan for your Brooklyn Life.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
IF q Man Lie to You,

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'e
drug store, Stafford Springs, and at w.
P. Fuller's, Somers.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
Grades Of Youngness.

Visitor (kindlyD-How old are you
dear?
Little Girl with great dignityl-I'm
not old at all. Granny's old. but moth
er's young. and daddy's young. and I'm
very young!-Punch.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

The Thoughtful Man What would
you recommend as treatment for man
who is always going around with a
poor mouth?
The Funny Fellow-Send him to a
dentist.-Yonkers Herald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
The nfnerence.

Coming out of a woman's club: 'sThe
difference between my husbands club
and mine." said the pretty woman in
the turquoise colored toque, looking
at her watch, sis that mine lasts from
2 until 6. and his lasts from 6 un-
til g."
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

The Waiter-You'll find our calves
liver very fine.
The Professor don't want so much
as that. Bring me portion of the liver
of one calf.-Chicago Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

Higgins-So you are proud of the land
of your birth. Ell? What did it ever
do to be proud of?
Virgins Wasn't born there?-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

How's This.
We Offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
Ed. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j. Cheney
for the last IS years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fnan
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o
WALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gtsts, Toledo, o.
Halls CatarTh cure is taken internally, actine
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces O
the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills ara the best. !
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
The Common Tongue.

Church-Are there many nationalities
represented on your block?
Gotham-No. There's only one tongue
heard there. That's my wife's.-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

To have given up would have meant
death for Mrs. Lois Cragg of Dorchester,
Ma For years she had endured untold
misery from severe lung trouble and OBJ
stinate cough. "Often," she writes, II
could scarcely breathe and sometimes
could not speak. All doctors and rAme-
dies failed till ! used DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption and was COM
pletely cured" Sufferers from Coughs,
Colds, Throat and Lung Trouble ne.
this grand remedy, for 1t never disap-
points. Cure Is guaranteed by A. c.
Eaton, Stafford Springs, and w. p Full, r,
Som-ls. Price soc and 81. Trial bottles
free
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

History will show that the worst
quarrels are between former friends
and former lovers.-Atchison Globe.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
Drn,nmon,. Acroy,.tsc.

"A financial crash, and, poor fellow,
he went under"
"And then she threw him over. /
hear" Baltimore Herald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
OBJ CAREFUL

Don't drown your thirst. You can
quench it and enjoy the operation. You
can soothe and cool your dry, dusty
throat. You can refresh yourself and
feel your blood cool off at once. You
can. feel the most delightful sensation
OF the summer in satisfying your thirsty
and heated BODY NV drinkin0
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17

"Advice." said Uncle Eben, sfs like
mos ev'ything else. II it's any good,
you doesn' have to give It away. You
hin ginsr'ly sell it."-Washineton Star.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-17
Trouble,
How's This.

The trouble with most people is
well. it's trouble.-Raltimore News.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-18
TO ADOPT IRRIGATION BILL
While Does Not Wholly Satisfy Western Members the Measure
Will Probably Be Accepted, Although There Are
Some Opposed to It.

irrigat ton legislation in the house OF
representatives are perfecting plan
to organize opposition TO the measure
Speaker Henderson, it is creditably
stated, has requested several promi-
nent representatives, among them Mr.
Ray of the judiciary committee TO
oppose the bill vigorously
Mr. GrOsvenOr has expressed his op-
position and Chairman Tongue of the
committee on irrigation Of arid lands
is also against the measure.
The strongest hope of success les
with the senate and there is expecta-
ton that the measure may be passed
there as a rider to the appropriation
bill, and forced upon the house in that
manner.
The issuance of orders to the IN
dian agents TO compel the Indians 10
desist from wearing long hair and from
painting their faces and bodies IS
causing much criticism in the Indian
bureau.
Commissioner Jones said today that
the letter of instructions to agents
was worded unfortunately and that IL
is not the intention of the Indian Of
fee that agents shall use harsh means
to compel compliance with the desire
10 have Indians adopt the ways Of civ
fIiZatiOn. The letter of instructions
doubtless will be modified so that
agents viii not adopt coercive means
to make the Indians wear short halr,
stop painting and dancing and TO make
them wear civilized dress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-18
LOVERS DIE TOGETHER
Illinois Couple Decides That Ex-
istence Has No Charms
Even for SWeetheartS.

Coffein. H., Jan. 17.-At 9 o'clock
last night a horse and buggy stopped
at Harris livery barn. There was no
driver. The buggy was found to con-
tain the dead body of Miss Gertie Cliff
ford. who lived near DOnnelsOn, and
Fred Brockman. almost dead.
Brockman was aroused from his un-
conscious state and put under arrest.
The young lady's death was caused
by an ugly wound through the tenn
pie. Brockman had shot himself
twice in the head.
He refused to say anything except
that a letter could be found in the
buggy to explain matters. The letter
was found in his overcoat. The eoro-
ner has not yet arrived and officers de-
cline to make public the contents Of
the letter. Miss Clifford was d mem
Der of a highly respected family near
DOnnelsOn and was about 20 years old.
Frederick BrOckman is 20 years of age,
a son of Hiram BrOckman OF Coffein.
The letter was addressed to Kind
friends. brother and sister and
signed Fred and Gertie.''
In il BrOekman stated he was in
debt and meant to commit suicide;
that he had told the girl what he was
going to do and she declared she must
go too. The last line OF the letter con-
tanned a request from Gertie to be
buried beside Fred.