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The Press., 1902-03-20

A Philadelphia philosopher thus ex-
plains the general preference for wall
table in a restaurant: primitive man
ate in peril. The cave bear, the saber
tooth tiger, even some warrior of his
own kind, was apt at any moment to
leap upon him and to devour his food
and perhaps himself. Therefore he
took his meals with his back against a
cliff or in the corner of two adjoining
cliffs, If possible, and with the open
country before him. That, you see,
was the safest way for him to eat. He
could not then be surprised.
"And we still have in us that memory
of the primitive man. and we still un-
consciously, when we sit down to our
repasts. choose places that give us a
wall for our protection. That and not
desire to see things is what causes us
to pick out walls and corners. You can
see as well from the middle of room
or from any other place, you know"
The Press., 1902-03-20

,FoR THE CONFERENCE.-The complex
ion always suffers from biliousness or
constipation. Unless the bowels are kept
open the impurities from the body appear
in the form of unsightly eruptions. De-
Wits Little Early Risers keep the liver
and bowels in healthy condition and re-
move the cause of such troubles. G. E.
Hooper, Albany, Georgia, says 81 took
ness. They were just what l needed.
am feeling better now than in years. "
Never grippe or distress. Safe, thorough
and gentle. The very best pills. w. D.
Heald
The Press., 1902-03-20
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items Of local interest taken from the columns
Of The Press, thirty years ago.l
March "a. 1879.

Farley Holmes of West Stafford. a
gentleman about rs years of age, started
for Tolland on Wednesday to appear as a
witness Ia case on trial, riding In a
carriage with s. E. Fairfield. He appear
ed to be in his usual health but suddenly
became Ill and died In few minutes.
Next Wednesday evening the singil 2
class that has been under the instruction
Of J. Wesley Dimmick for several weeks
past, will give a public concert at the
Methodist vestry.
The graded school taught by Miss
Pettibone in Warren's block, closed on
Wednesday. .....
E.P. Holt recently purchased of Warren
Agard the farm on Village Hill, Willing
ton, known as the HARDWOOD farm, fol
$21OO. ...
MARRIED. In Tolland, March IS
1879, by Rev. Mr.. Marsh, Charles Fl
Grover OF Tolland and Marion E. Marcy
| of Stafford.
The Press., 1902-03-20
Attractive and Desir,
able Residences
For Sale.

The property known as the "Ives'
place, situated in one of the most desira-
BILE sections on East Main Street, Stafford
Springs, the new two-tenement house next
east, and the Colonial house now occupi.
ed by DIR. F. L. Smith, also the home
stead, which am at present occupying
and the cottage directly opposite, situated
in the village of Stafford, are now offered
for sale at prices that will be right, and
on terms satisfactory to the purchaser.
All Of these houses are surrounded by am.
pie grounds, stables, ETC., and it Is be.
lieved that no better property, either fol
permanent homes, or as an investment
has ever been offered for sale in Stafford
3m CYRIL JOHNSON Stafford, Conn.
The Press., 1902-03-20

COULD NOT BREATHE.-Coughs,c colds,
Group, bronchitis, other throat and lung
troubles are quickly cured by One Minute
Cough Cure. One Minute Cough Cure Is
not a mere expectorant, which gives only
temporary relief. 1t softens and liquifies
the mucous, draws out the Inflammation
and removes the cause of the disease.
Absolutely safe. Acts at once. Zone
Minute Cough Cure will do all that is
claimed for It," says Justice Of the Peace
J. @. Hood, Crosby, Miss. my wife
could not get her breath and was relieved
by the first dose. 1t has been benefit
to all my family" w. D. Head.
The Press., 1902-03-20
A Queer Marriage Custom.

In the. Loo Choo islands there are
some curious marriage customs. One
consists in the bridegroom going round
to all his friends houses and permit
ting them to dress him up in any ride
ulous style that they fancy. Some
times the happy man is arrayed in a
gayly painted kimono, the sleeves of
which are tied up with string laden
with bells, toys and trumpets. A mask
is then put OH and IL red hat, the rig
out" being completed by an empty ker-
osene tin, which rattles noisily along as
he walks, accompanied generally by a
crowd of children.
The Press., 1902-03-20
How the Peach Was Produced.

That the luscious peach has been de-
rived from the hard shelled almond can
no longer be successfully denied. 1t 10
said that the peach in it's original soil
was virulent poison and that the Per-
sian warriors brought to Persia some
Of the seeds and planted them for the
purpose Of poisoning the points Of their
arrows so as to render wounds caused
by them to be fatal, but change Of
climate and soil produced a fruit
which is not only luscious, but is es-
teemed exceedingly healthful.
The Press., 1902-03-20
The PilslDernel.

The common pimpernel, poor mans
weather glass;" has the disadvantage
of being native plant and has been
almost completely expelled from our
flower gardens in favor of .exotics
which are rarer but lack much of be,
ing as pretty. The pimpernel is a
charming little flower. which opens
about in the morning and closes late
in the afternoon, but has the remark
able popularity of indicating a. COM
ing shower by shutting up it's petals.
The Press., 1902-03-20

Dickens did not begin to save money
until he was nearly forty. and through
out life he suffered acutely and inces-
sanity from pecuniary worries and
anxieties. He was never short Of ready
money after his great crisis Of 1874,
but he was never easy about the future
until after his enormously profitable
second American trip in the winter of
1874
The Press., 1902-03-20
Tho Vice of Nagging

Clouds the happiness of the home, but q
nagging woman often needs help. She
may be 80 nervous and rundown In health
that tribes annoy her. II she Is melan.
choly, excitable, troubled with loss of ap.
petite, headache, sleeplessness, constipa.
ton or fainting and dizzy spells, she needs
Electric Bitters, the most wonderful rem.
edy for ailing women. Thousands Of suf.
ferers from female troubles, nervous trou.
bles, backache and weak kidneys have
used 1t, and become healthy and happy.
Try 1t. Only Soc. A. G. Eaton, STAFFORD
Springs, and w. p. Fuller, Somers, guar.
antee satinfaction.
The Press., 1902-03-20

Small steel articles that are too soft
may be hardened with sealing wax.
The method is to have ready q large
stick Of sealing wax and then after
heating the article to cherry red
thrust It into the wax for a minute.
withdrawing it and sticking It in again,
repeating the operation until the steel
is cold and will not enter the wax.
The Press., 1902-03-20
Select.

Once when passing through Gene
terry in Lenox Eliot Gregory was sur
old New England family had been bur-
led in circle with their feet toward
it's center. He asked the reason for
this arrangement, and wit Of that
day, daughter Of Mrs. Stowe, replied,
$50 that when they rise at the last day
only members of their own family may
face fhemp'
The Press., 1902-03-20

The splendid work of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills is daily coming to light. Nc
such grand remedy for Liver and Bowel
troubles was even known before. Thou
sands bless them for curing Constipation
Sick Headache, Biliousness, Jaundice
and Indigestion. Try them. 25c. al
Eaton's drug store, Stafford Springs, anc
w. z. Fuller's, Somers.
The Press., 1902-03-20
Secrets of Comfort,

Though sometimes small evils, like
invisible insects. inflict pain and sim
gle hair may stop vast machine, yet
the chief secret of comfort lies in not
suffering trifies to vex one and in pru-
IDENTIFY cultivating an underground of
small pleasures. since very few great
ones. alas, are let on long leases.
The Press., 1902-03-20
The Forbearing Dog.

"a good dog is the best friend a man
can have" remarked the tobacconist to
the wooden Indian. when you get
sick. he doesn't tell you what to take.
and when you get well he doesn't tell
you how much worse he had the same
ase,"-Syracuse Herald.
The Press., 1902-03-20
The fellow who keeps grinding is nj.
most sure to make his point.

How TO CURE THE GRIP.-Remain
quietly at home and take Chamberlain
Cough Remedy as directed and quick
recovery Is sure to follow. That remedy
counteracts any tendency of the grip to
result in pneumonia, which is really the
only serious danger. Among the tens of
thousands who have used 1t for the grip,
not one case has ever been reported that
did not recover
For sale by E. K. Taft, Fl. F. Cady,
Stafford; Gardiner Hall, Jr., & Co., South
Willington.
The Press., 1902-03-20


eandm everybody to take it,
everybody needs
the prescription OF regular
Fifth Avenue time free Of charge
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Baked In O QWaPFY

Shiney Patches-What sort Of cake In
this that the lady gave your
Weary Willie-She said that It was
marble cake.
Shiney Marble nothingl It's
granite.-New York Herald
The Press., 1902-03-20

1t Is stated at Halifax that the Domin.
ion government will send contingent
of over 100 school teachers to South
Africa within a month or so.
The Press., 1902-03-20

To Mothers in This Town.
Children who are delicate, feverish and cross
will get immediate relief from Mother Gray's
sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the
stomach, act on the liver, making sickly child
strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms.
Sold by all druggists, Csc sample FREE. Adj
dress, Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Press., 1902-03-20
EXEMPT.

there's one good thing about Mrs.
De Sneere-she never ISLANDERS her
friends"
"No; she hasn't any."-san Francisco
Bulletin.
The Press., 1902-03-20

The Egyptian perfumes. according to
ancient authorities, were mostly made
in Egypt from materials imported from
Arabia, Persia and central Africa.
The Press., 1902-03-20
PRACTICALLY STARv1NG.-"After u,

PRACTICALLY STARVING using
a few bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
my wife received perfect and permanent
relief from severe and chronic case Of
stomach trouble" says j. r. Holly, real
estate, insurance and loan agent, of Ma
comb, Ill. Before using Kodol Dyspep-
sia Cure che could not eat an ordinary
now entirely cured. Several physicians
and many remedies had failed to give re-
lief" You don't have to diet. Eat any
good food you want. but don't overload
the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will
always digest it for you. w. d. Heald.
The Press., 1902-03-20

SURGEONS KNIFE Nor NEEDED Sur
gerry Is no longer necessary to cure piles.
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cures such
cases at once, removing the necessity for
dangerous, painful and expensive opera
lions. For scalds, cuts, burns, wounds,
bruises, sores and skin diseases it Is I'M
ID. Heald.
The Press., 1902-03-20
habitants.

There Is practically in national electics
one vote cast for each five and half In.
habitants.
The Press., 1902-03-20

- NCX RA
travelling man enterpriS-

IS yUuT@ IrHVVIIHS WdH eHlerpTIS-
ingY ....
"Enterprising? That man could sell
carved ivory cardcase to an ele-
phant!'
The Press., 1902-03-20

How quickly will the weight of
her burden Of disease be lifted if she
will use that greatest boon to woman
kind, DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy! How quickly IL will
relieve her weakness, her nervous
ness, her pains and aches, her hope
less depression Of mind and heart,
and how speedily It will restore her
strength, renew her vitality, vigor,
energy, power, and the pulsing life
which means happiness for women
DIR. Greene's Nervura in indeed q
blessing for weak, nervous, and de-
spairing women, for it's use means to
them health, strength, hope, happi-
ness, and life ITSELF
Mrs. James Roake, well-knowA lady
living at f4x Washington Street,
Peeksklll, N. T., says:
"About fifteen years ago I was taken
very sick. After seyen months got over
that, but have never been well since.
have suffered terribly with pains in the
chest, back, kidneys, and head There was
a disagreeable feeling in the eyes and
mind was always gloomy and felt very
low-spirited. had terrible numb spells,
and would have to be rubbed some time
before could get around. Some of these
numb spells were 30 severe my friends
thought would not recover from them.
al tried doctors and medicines, but got
no better. Finally began the use of DIR.
Greene's Nervra blood and nerve remedy,
as my husband had been most miraculously
cured by it. After using it short time
there was most wonderful improvement.
81 continued to steadily gain in every
respect until was cured of all these terrible
ailfngs This wonderful medicine had now
cured my husband and myself Of the most
fearful suffering, but this was not all.
now want to tell about my little girl.
The Press., 1902-03-20

Are You Using Aliens Foot Ease?
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease, a
powder. It cures Corns, Bunions, Painful,
Smarting, Hot, Swollen feet. At all Druggists
and Shoes stores, CSC.
The Press., 1902-03-20
SICK. WEAK, AILING WIFE
DIR. Greene's Nervura is the Remedy Sure
to Make Her Wen.

who sick wife has burden him but his burden
is weak irritable and tired She is
times that should fly. She feels
The Press., 1902-03-20

While in Europe only 10 In each 1000
people are living out of their country, In
America 1877 out of every 1000 were not
born on this continent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
NATURE STORIES
THE PIGEON THAT
TRIED A WILD LIFE
NATURE STORIES

nourished Until they were a month old.
when they were considered old enough
to eat grain.
There were several handsome varie-
ties of pigeons in the cot. Among
these were the jacobins. with their
high rufus of feathers about the neck;
the little fat tumblers. so called be-
cause of their trick of turning over and
over when they descended, and the
pOuters, odd looking creatures with
breasts much dilated by a peculiar
swelling of the esophagus. These took
great pride in their superior birth and
looked down upon the ordinary pigeons,
who in turn. scorned the aristocrats of
the cot, saying that they were the re-
publican descendants of rock dwelling
pigeons and. like all mountaineers. low
ed liberty better than anything else in
the world.
And why don't we get a little more
OF it?'' grumbled the little Gray Pigeon.
Here we live in a bare little cot, and
If we are not here at feeding time we
fly away and see the world"
So fly away he did. his stout, pointed
wings carrying him swiftly far over the
landscape. He could not. as he had
expected to do, find any of the republic
an pigeons who make their homes
among the cliffs and from whose ances-
tors the domestic pigeons are said to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
DEACON LEWIS.

ing tired Of her, might have wished her
dead he was firm and explicit, saying
that he had loved her with all his heart
and had been waiting only for better
worldly fortune before uniting himself
to her by the most sacred of mortal
vows. While my friend was describing
that scene of the previous day a sharp
voice called:
Professor Warren!"
And 1 saw the old chemist arise has
tily and walk toward the witness stand,
carrying his rack of tubes and bottles.
1t had been understood that he should
be recalled in rebuttal of some expert
testimony from Sudbury's leading drug
gist and that he would make a few ex-
periments in open court.
This poison. which 1 shall call thana-
tine. may be revealed by many tests. OF
which the simplest is that by muriatiC
acid. Dissolve a little of the poison in
q tube of water, and the liquid remains
colorless. Then add a few drops of the
acid, and a vivid green hue results. The
professor explained this test to the
jury. and, having done so. he put his
hand into his waistcoat pocket and
produced a small tube. from which he
poured a quantity of the poison in the
form of a powder upon a sheet of white
paper.
This is visible to you ALL" he said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

smooth glass, yet the professor, with
the utmost confidence, dipped it into
the tube and added the acid from the
dropper.
There was an instant of perfect ST.
lence. and then some one laughed a
hoarse. jackaFs laugh. 1t was Moore.
He was smart enough to see that this
failure absolutely acquitted him. And
when I turned an eye upon John Nor
ton beheld him pale as death, his gaze
fixed upon the accused.
well, professor" said Moore's law
yer cheerfully, what does this mean?
Always the same result'-those were
your words"
Warren, who had seemed to me so
nervous, had suddenly become calm,
and, still more to my surprise. the dis
trict attorneys face was flushed as
with triumph. He leaned back in his
chair and whispered over his shoulder
to my friend, We've got him.
TT means" said Warren, answering
the lawyers question, that it is easy
to deceive human beings. 1 have here
two tubes exactly alike''-and he took
them from his waistcoat pocket-"one
containing thanatine, the other COM
mon salt. I first poured some of the
thanatine upon this paper. and then
when more of it seemed to be desired
and everybody else here present sup
posed that 1 used the same tube and
poured out the same substance as be-
fore The result is that one-half of this
little heap-the half upon the rights
thanatine, a deadly poison; the other
half is salt. And neither you nor any
other man alive with his unaided eye
can tell where the salt ends and the
poison begins. With such simple trick
cry can human beings be deluded; to
such errors their senses are liable.
But not all the devices nor the cum
ceive one drop of this acid. 1t is never
mistaken. Always, from the beginning
to th> end of eternity. and under all
speaks the truth"
Then at the judges request the chem
ist proved his saying. He tested re-
peatedly from the two sides of the lit
tie mound of powder-always the clear
fluid from the salt; always the green
glow from the poison. The effect of the
chemists trick. which he had prepared
as a rebuke to the prisoners lawyer,
was such that no argument of counsel
could overthrow it, and a verdict of
guilty followed.
But for Professor Warren I am sure
a guilty man would have escaped his
due. And. by the way. the difference
between falIible human testimony and
the evidence of nature was further il
Illustrated a few days later by the dis
covery of the man whom Deacon Lewis
and his friends had mistaken for Loren
Moore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

but the district attorney expressed a
fear that it might not be so. as both the
powder and the paper were white.
whereupon the professor felt in his
waistcoat pocket again and then poured
out more powder.
1T has been alleged" he said in the
tone of one who lectures to a class,
that the quantity with which I was
obliged to deal in this case was very
small. Observe this little glass rod,
which wipe carefully with silk hand
kerchief until it is perfectly dry. lay
it lightly upon the powder and then re-
move ii, so. You can see none of IL ad-
herring to the glass. 1 place the rod in
this tube half filed with water'-and
he did so with a nervous hand that
made the tube clink upon the glass
and then with this dropper L add just
one drop of muriatic acid. And you see
the effect"
The tube that had been clear as crys-
tai became suddenly green as an emer-
aid. 1t flashed in the light like a jewel
of price, and 1 heard a murmur run
along the jury box al the sight of this
simple miracle. CHANGING at Moore, 1
beheld a wretched spectacle. 1t SEEM
ed as if the flash from that tube shone
especially upon his face, for he looked
green with fear. And the jury saw him
with eyes that seemed to comprehend.
Always the same result" said the
professor. This green color is very dis
tinctive to the trained eye. Even with
out the other tests-of which I made
eleven-I should have felt convinced in
my own mind that thanatine was pres
emit"
II would ask the courts permission"
said the district attorney, rising. Ito
have the witness perform the expert
ment again"
1 looked at the man in amazement.
1t was, to my mind, most foolish
thing to do. The effect had been pro-
duced. The jury's senses could only be-
come blunted to it by repetition. Be
sides, Warren, with his shaking hands,
impressed me as a bad experimental,
and 1 was prepared to see him fail with
test so simple.
Moore's lawyer. a Ratchet faced
Yankee, sharp witted and quick, looked
uneasily at the judge. fearing that a
repetition of the experiment would not
be permitted and knowing that it could
not hurt the defense, but might help il.
The apprehension was needless. for old
Judge Harburg has a curiosity quite
feminine, and he seemed anxious to see
the test repeated.
Accordingly. Professor Warren care
fully washed and wiped the glass rod.
took clean tube. into which he pour
ed fresh distilled water from the same
flask that he had used for that purpose
I'm the previous instance and once more
laid the rod upon the small white heap.
1t seemed to me that none of the sub
stance could possibly adhere to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

weapons, had everything to their adj
vantage. Moreover. the hawk had the
excuse of needing a meal, and the hu-
man slayers craved only a little excite
ment.
The pigeon. fortunately. finally reach
ed home, where he was warmly receiv-
ed by his owner, and never after was
known to complain of a humdrum life.
There may be variety and excite
ment in the world" the Gray Pigeon
would sagely remark when the young
sters would complain. but there are
also dangers. Home is the best place
for us"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

haps even in spite of 1t. See that man
over there?"
He pointed to a tall. meager. nervous
old gentleman who had a very high
forehead surmounted by stiff white
hair. There was a clerical suggestion
in his dress and manner, but yet he
lacked the placidity that usually marks
a country clergyman OF advanced years.
That's Professor Warren" said my
friend.
1.-THE chemist?' inquired, deeply in
terested in a man of such wide repute
among scientists.
THE same" was the reply. He
claims to have found in a compartment
of a wallet belonging to Moore a minute
quantity of the poison used in this muir
der. He was on the stand yesterday.
and Moore's lawyer got after him with
the severest cross examination / ever
heard. The point of il was that this
poison"-and he named IL, as shall not
do in this record because have no wish
to advertise a substance of such a char
acter-"this poison is a white powder
that looks Just like salt or sugar, and
the quantity found in the wallet was
so small that the jury can't get hold of
it. If it was really in Moore's wallet.
he's guilty beyond a doubt, but the
jury wasn't convinced. Professor War
ren's tests are a little beyond the COM
prehension of the farmers hereabout.
Warren will be on the stand again to-
day"
CHANGING at Professor Warren. I saw
that he was preparing to be called i'm
mediately, and as he was gathering up
his little Laboratory" 1 marked with
some surprise that his trembling hands
made the glass rattle.
He was blown up over at the college
many years ago." said my friend. The
lawyer for the defense made quite a
point of that. though Warren was only
a youth ut the time"
The days proceedings opened with
the continuation of Deacon Lewis tes-
timony, after which some Of those who
had been with him described the scene.
This made a considerable impression.
having with the jury the strength of
all eyewitness evidence. Contrasted
with the invisible work OF Professor
Warren's chemicals-a drop OF this or
that substance in a little tube. change
of color caused heaven knows how, a
test of something boiled out of bit of
leather from an old wallet-this plain
talk about seeing a man walking along
the street seemed as strong as Ger
tainty.
1 saw Moore's yellow eyes shining
with encouragement, and / marked in
creasing pailor on the face OF young
Norton. who the day before had thrown
away his chance of avenging the death
of the woman he loved; who had testi-
fed that he had seen in Sudbury at the
critical hour "a man who looked like
Moore" but could not be persuaded by