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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

The family hope and pride. five years
of age. was out of sorts. He didn't
eat well. and he had a slight cold.
Mamma thought the doctor should be
sent for, and papa concurred. The doc
tor looked at the little chaps tongue.
felt his pulse and left some little pills.
The next day he came again. The boys
cold hung on, and so did the doctor.
At the end Of the sixth visit, however,
the father thought the patient well
enough. so he paid the doctor off with
the understanding that he need not
come again. Nevertheless. the next
day saw the doctor arrive. and the
day following. Not wishing to offend
him, the family thereupon bundled up
the boy and went away for a visit
The doctor could not charge for visit
to Il locked up house. and that was an
easy way to escape his attentions and
his bill.-New York Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

Lord Brougham, who as a member
Of the house Of commons was a most
abstemious man. upon his promotion
to the peerage acquired less commend
able habits. During his long and i'm
FASHIONED appeal to the lords to re-
frain from rejecting the reform bill
of 1882 five tumblers of mulled port
with a dash Of brandy, were brought
to him at intervals" When he came
to his last sentence c'I warn you.
implore you-yea, on my Bonded knee
l supplicate you-reject not this bill'')
he knelt on the woolsack, whence he
slipped to the floor. 1t is recorded in
the Lives Of the Lord Chancellors''
that ''he remained some time as If in
prayer. but his friends, alarmed lest
he should be suffering from the effects
of mulled port, picked him up and
placed him safely Oh the woolsack."
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A STORY OF CESAR.
The Quality of Mercy ms Exercised
by the Great Roman.

THE Quality of Mercy ms Exercised
by the Great Roman.
Caesar tSaveled with the retinue Of a
man Of rank, and on his way to
Rhodes he fell in with an adventure
which may be something more than
legend. When he was crossing the
Egcan, his vessel is said to have been
taken by pirates. They carried him
to Pharmacusa, an island off the Ca
rian coast, which was then in their pos
session, and there he was detained for
six weeks with three of his attendants,
while the rest of his servants were
sent to the nearest Roman station to
raise his ransom.
The pirates treated him with polite
ness. He joined in their sports, played
games with them, looked into their
habits and amused himself with them
as well as he could. frankly telling
them at the same time that they would
be hanged.
The ransom, a very large one, about
10000, was brought and paid. Caesar
was set upon the mainland, near Mi
letus. where. without a moments
delay. he collected some armed vessels.
returned to the island, seized the
whole crew while they We're dividing
their plumber. and took them away to
Pergamus. the seat of government in
the Asiatic province, where they were
convicted and crucified. Clemency was
not a Roman characteristic. 1t was
therefore noted with some surprise
that, Caesar interceded to mitigate the
severity of the punishment. The poor
wretches were strangled before they
were stretched on their crosses and
were spared the prolongation of their
torture.-James Anthony Froude.
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. have a great contempt for the at.

to have great contempt for the at
| tache.
"Mais - Mabuchi?" he laughed. 81
shall beat him at the r-range, as beat
him at ecarte In Paris. What are the
Zen Anglais- stakes?"
Kido's eyes involuntarily flashed on
the Frenchman's breast pockets, and
the count grinned in way which Can
| non and Powers resented, but could
| not understand
Powers and D'Eisenbas were to
mark for KIDD, and Cannon and Ma
buchi for D'Eisenbas
ut is very simple" said Cannon for
the counts benefit. while you mark,
Count d'Eisenbas. bullseye. four, three
whatever the shot is, the targets re-
| volve. and flowers will paste the hole
on the lower one. Remember. be care.
full to wiggle waggle the danger flag
distinctly If you want to examine close
ly."
Then KIDD saw the gates open before
him and was content. This matter of
suicide might be very simply arranged.
Powers would be in the pit with him,
STOPPING down with his pastors at the
lowered target. The count was a fair
shot at least. At 300 yards he could
hardly miss. What so simple as to
leap up in the nick of time and receive
the bullet? 1t was not the harakiri,
to be sure. but in matters Of suicide
one should accommodate oneself to
place and other circumstances.
to have KIDD shoot first. He and Pow
ers went to the butt to mark. KIDD
began to shoot at 300 yards mechan-
ically, and, behold, the gates closed!
Fate laughs at schemes The plan Of
KIDD was shattered. D'Eisenbas.
wrathful at the Jap's good shots, for
getting where he was. forgetting the
danger signal, leaped up with an oath
to challenge a bullseye and fell back
again in the pit, shot through his plot
ting brain.
KIDD rushed into Cannon's arms with
strange, mad eyes.
"It is the godsw he screeched. cit
was no murder. l meant it the other
way because l could not perform hara-
kiri on myself in your honorable room.
Look. then, look!'
Cannon clutched the letter KIDD had
written in the morning. In it the at
tache told his tale-the untold tale of
many another in the clutches of the
"secret service" of inscriptions Euro
pean governments. D'Eisenbas had
failed to corrupt the secretary by bride
or promise, but in Paris he had intro
duced him to cards and women, and
the women had got from the lad few
of Japan's plans for fertilization and
army organization. Threatened with
disclosure by the spy, who also held
over his head notes Of hand for debts
of honor" KIDD saw but one way to
escape disclosure and disgrace. But
the gods had forbidden it. The count
instead was dead.
81 shot him." he said over and over
again, "but it was not murder. meant
him to shoot me-"
1--WE understand" said his chums.
''It's all right, and the gods have more
horse sense today than usual. Well
take these papers from his pockets and
destroy them and report the circum-
stances-sad accident prominent men
you know"
"And he's really deadY'
"Sure dead" said Powers. "But try
to look decently regretful, KIDD"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

In trade the rose is very valuable, as
the affairs of India and Persia sell at
a very high price, and there are large
districts of rose gardens in which men
and women are employed, the harvest
months being March and April In
Turkey also rose farming is largely
carried on, and a very fine altar Is got
from the rose grown in Kashmir.
Even rosewater is a luxury which is
by no means to be despised as to price,
but the altar of roses is immensely
costly, and it takes an enormous num-
Der of flowers to distil even a few
drops.
The altar is said to have been first
discovered by the favorite wife Of
Jehan Jeer. through whose garden ran
a canal of rosewater, on the surface of
which the begun found a few drops
of the precious altar or oil floating.
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Prayed
To Be r ele a . q d
From Life.
Almost Insane From
Nervousness.
DIR. Miles Nervine My
Salvation.

Do you enjoy life, or do you sleep SO poorly
that you are more tired when you get up
than when you go to bed 2 Is your appetite
failing. are you getting thin; does your head
ache, back ache, eyes tire easily9 These are
symptoms of a nervous disorder, which
should be promptly treated or fainting spells,
mental and physical nervousness, morbid
fears and loss of control will lead to insanity
or mental responsibility. Strengthen the
nerves with DR.. Miles Nervine. 1t quickly
supplies nerve-force and vitality to the weak
ened system, bringing sleep. appetite and
health.
Twas almost insane with nervous trouble.
Could not eat or sleep. Could see no pleas
ure in life; indeed, life was burden to me,
and l even prayed God to release me from
it. Three doctors did all they could for me,
all to no purpose. / twas in despair of ever
getting better when saw the advertisement
Of DR. Miles Restorative Nervine. l got
bottle, commenced taking it and wrote you for
advice. followed it carefully, taking your
Nervine, Restorative Tonic, and Nerve and
Liver Pills. Those remedies were my sal
walton. 1t is some months since | stopped
taking the Tonic but keep the Nervine IN
the house all the time, as it is a friend that
do not feel safe without. 1t any sufferer
should doubt the truth of this statement, let
theM write to me and l will do my best to
drive all doubt from their mind. MRS.
MABEL REDEEM, La Jose, Pa.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie Dr. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind.
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THE YANADlS OF INDIA.
Some of the Peculiar Customs OF
This Queer Tribe.

Some of the Peculiar Customs of
This Queer Tribe.
In the Nellore district of the Madras
presidency live the Yanadis, a strange
tribe, as may be seen from a report
which has been issued by the authori-
ties of the Madras government muse
um. They live in forests and that they
are little removed from savagery is
indicated by the absence Of implement
tai or monumental material, the ami
mistic nature of their religion, the
primitive hunting and fishing methods
followed by many of the tribe and the
habit of eating the almost raw flesh
of the game they kill after slightly
heating or scorching it. They are fear
less in catching cobras, which they
draw out of their holes without any
fear of their fangs, and it is supposed
that they protect themselves against
the effects of snake bites by swallow
ing the poison sacs of the snakes. Es-
pecially singular is the manner in
which they produce fire by friction.
For this purpose they prepare two
stocks. one short, the other long. In
the former square cavity is made,
and it is held firmly in the ground
while the long stock is twirled rapidly
to and fro in the hole. Instead of
charcoal powder they use rags or even
dried leaves, which they find little diff
ficulty in lighting.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

Several stories are told Of Tenny-
sons thoughtless speeches. what fish
is this?" he once asked his hostess
where he was dining. whiting" she
replied THE meanest fish there is"
he remarked. quite unconscious that he
could have wounded any ones feelings
Yet his kindness of heart was such
that when his partridge was afterward
given him almost raw he ate steadily
through it for fear his hostess might
be veXed.
On one occasion Tennyson was very
rude to Mrs. Brotherton. a neighbor
at Freshwater. The next day he came
to her house with a great cabbage
under each arm.
81 heard you like these, SO l brought
thaG he said genially. 1t was his
i'd a peace offering.
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SleepwaIkfn-.

"Ten per cent of the worlds nopula
ton is more or less Somnambu!istic.
said physician. according to the Phil
adelphia Record. land every one. at
one time or another. has done little
sleepwalking. l myself when Al lad
got up. dressed. took my hooks and
went to school on summer night. my
father following close behind to see
that should come to no harm.
"Blond persons are more apt to be
somnambulists than dark folk. and in
cold climates there is more somnambu-
lism than in warm ones. In certain
Greenland villages. have been told,
the hut doors are locked from without
by Waterman In order that those
within, may not come forth In their
sleep and maybe freeze to death, but
In Egypt and such like hot lands such
precaution is unnecessary"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
A TYPICAL South AFRICAN STORE {

A TYPICAL SOUTH AFRICAN STORE %
r. Larson. of Bay Villa, Sunday River
Cape Colony, conducts store typical OF
South Africa, at which can he purchased
anything from the proverbial "needle to
an anchor" This store Is situated In a
valley nine miles from the nearest rail.
way station, and about t venty, five miles
from the nearest town. Mr.. Larson says:
81 am favored with the custom of farm
ers within a radius of thirth miles, to
many of whom have supplied Chamber
lain's remedies. All testify to their value
in a household where DOCTORS advice Is
out of the question. Within one mile Of
my store, the population Is perhaps sixty.
OF these, within the past twelve months,
no less than fourteen have been absolute
ly cured by Chamberlaiu's Cough Rene
dy. This must surely be a record
For sale by E. K. Taft, HI. F. Cady,
Stafford; Gardiner Hall, Jr., & Co., South
Willington,
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VOLCANOES.
Some Facts About These Vents to tn
Earth's Interior Fire.

Some Facts About These Vents to the
Earth's Interior Fire.
Eons ago the earth on which we
live was huge mass of fire mist"
Astronomers tell us that today in the
heavens we can see vast nebulR, sug-
costing what the earth was once.
Gradually the surface Of the fire
mist" cooled and hardened, but the in
terror is still intensely hot. Whether
it is solid, liquid or viscous we do not
know. This heat, raging miles below
the surface, at times escapes through
the hard crust by vents or volcanoes.
There are from 300 to 800 volcanoes
on the globe. This estimate includes
merely live volcanoes which within re-
cent times have been in action. If we
should count the many mountains scat
tered over the earth which show today
signs of volcanic action in more re-
mote past, the estimate would have to
he increased by many hundreds.
Volcanoes would seem to be arranged
with more or less symmetry in belts
circling the great oceans. A ring of
fire surrounds the Pacific. Starting at
the South Shetland islands, several
hundred miles south Of Cape Horn, a
belt of volcanoes extends up the west
coast of South America, Central Amer
lea and North America; from Alaska 1t
crosses the Pacific along the Aleutian
islands to Kamchatka; thence it fol-
lows the east edge of the Pacific
through the Kurile islands, Japan, For
mosa, the Philippines, the Moluccas,
the Solomon islands. the North Heb
rides, New Zealand and finally ends
In Mounts Terror and Erebus, on
the Antarctic continent Geographic
Ma0azinn
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

A correspondent writes: 1.-Two wom-
en- were strong supporters of local
cooperative store, but one day as one
of them was passing down the street
she was surprised to see her friend
coming out of licensed grocer's shop.
I thocht, Mrs. Broom, We wis men,
Der O the Co.? was her remark. so
am; but, dae We ken this, there's nae
shop in Glesca 1 get sic nice beef ham
as in here
"Some days later Mrs. Broon's friend
went into this shop to buy a sample
of the beef ham. On entering the shop
she asked the man if he would give
her "a pun O. the beef ham Mrs. Broom
gets here A quiet smile stole over
the shopman's face. ooh. yes he said;
I can obleege you. Hiv you brocht a
bottle wi vou?' "-Glasgow Times.
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His Quaint Suggestion.

A Frenchman, who appears to have
been of a thrifty turn of mind, con-
ceived the idea in 1873 that too much
valuable time was being wasted in
cleaning sardines when preparing them
for the market He found way Of
preparing them without cleaning them,
and on this he took out letters patent
Apparently he had some slight misgiv-
ing as to whether the public would be
perfectly suited with his invention,
and SO in his claim he makes this
parenthetical entry:
Fish put up by this process may be
slightly unpleasant to the customer at
first, but he soon gets used to it.
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400 Reward 500.

The reader of this paper will be pleased tt
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been unable to cure In all Its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the med.
ical fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces o.
the system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith In its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that Il
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address; F. J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, o.
BSold by Druggists, 75c.
Hairs Family Pills are the best 80
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Dwight L Speliman OF West Stafford
while out cunning on Tuesday of last
week. was shot In the hsad by the acci.
dental discharge of his gun and died from
his injuries on Monday.
Dlmock Bros, this week remove tneil
meat market from Harwood's building Ia
Dorman's building. This Arm has bought
off Samuel Rockwell, who was about to
establish his line of meat wagons in
town.
The new Stafford Savings Bank, which
has been In operation for two months, has
been in operation two months, has
$4,000 oil deposits, made by $50 deposit
ors.
1t Is proposed to solve the school prob
lem by another effort to consolidate the
town into one school district. Such a
measure has been attempted before, but
has failed because of opposition from the
outlying dlstricts.
BorN.-West STAFF, rd, Sept 81, 1872.
a son to Asbury P. Grifing.
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1t Was I'm.

There was newly welded pair
whose honeymoon trip took them across
the Atlantic. The bride had been
something of a yachtswoman and was
not affected by the swell. but her mate
was a bad sailor and took to the rail
late on the first day out. She did what
she could to comfort him, but he was
difficult. She thought a touch of the
romantic might get him out of his
mood, so she tried this:
'The moon is up; isn't it, darling"
EYES," he said languidly-"that is, If
I swallowed t."-Philadelphia Times.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
Tutelary Trees,

Ancient people had their tutelary
trees just as they had their tutelary
gods-the former being the affairs and
shrines of the latter. Among the Scan
dinavians the ash was held to be the
most sacred tree. Serpents, according
to their belief. dared not approach it.
Hence the women left their children
with entire confidence under it's shade
while they went on with their harvest
ing.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

NATURAL ANx1ETY.-Mothers regard
approaching winter with uneasiness, child
rem take cold so easily. No disease costs
more little lives than Group. It's attack
Is so sudden that the sufferer is often be-
yond human aid before the doctor arrives
Such cases yield readily to One Minute
Cough Cure. Liquifies the mucus, allays
Inflammation, removes danger. Abso
lutely safe. Acts Immediately. Cures
coughs, colds, grip, bronchitis, throat and
lung trouble. F. s. Mcmahon, Hamp
ton, Ca: ga bad cold rendered me voice
less just before an oratorical contest.
intended to withdraw, but took One Min
ute Cough Cure. 1t restored my voice II
time to win the medal" W. D. Head.
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Marks ON the Body.

rious and not uncommon effect
of lightning is the formation of certain
arborescent or treelike marks upon the
body. BY early observers they were
believed to be due to the presence of
neighboring objects, which were pho
tographed upon the skin. Various ex-
plantations were offered by different au-
thorities. Richardson has shown by ex-
pertinent that the blood is the best cleo
trical conductor of all human tissues
and that these marks are merely the
impressions of the blood vessels on the
skin, due to the action of the lightning
on the blood in the vessels.-Exchange
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

"The fastest selling article i have In
my store" writes Druggist G. #. Smith
of Davis, KY, Is DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
because it always cures. In my six years
of sales 1t has never failed. l have known
1t to save sufferers from throat and lung
diseases who could get no help from doc
tors or any other remedy" Mothers rely
on 1t, best physicians prescribe II, and A.
q. Eaton. Stafford Springs, or W. p. Full.
Ter, Somers, guarantee satisfaction or re.
fund the price. Trial bottle free. Regu.
lar sizes, SOC, and 81.
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George" exclaimed Mrs Ferguson
with flashing eyes. IAN the mistress
of this house or am | not? 2"
''You certainly are" replied Mr.. Fer
guson. with alacrity. whats the mat
ter now?"
"I've discharged that impudent hired
girl, and she refuses to leave. l want
you to go to the kitchen and bundle her
out, neck and crop!'
Settle it between yourselves, Laura"
said Mr.. Ferguson weakly. II won't
have anything to do with it. Pm only
the master of the house, Chicago
Tribune
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Fear.

Fear causes more disease than do
microbes, more deaths than famine,
more failures than panics; it costs
more than war, is always failure and
is never necessary. Fear weakens the
hearts action, induces congestion, in
vites indigestion, produces poison
through decomposing foods and is thus
the mother Of autopoisoning, which Ell
Their directly causes or greatly aids in
the production of quite 80 per cent of
all our diseases.-G. F. Meacham, M.
D., in Health.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

STRICKEN WITH PARALYsIs.-Hend
son Grimett, of this place, was stricken
with partial paralysis and completely lost
the use of one arm and side. After being
treated by an eminent physician for quite
a while without relief, my wife recon-
mended Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and
after using two bottles of 1t he Is almost
entirely cured. Geo. r. Mcdonald, Man,
Logan county, w. Va. Several other
very remarkable cures of partial paralysis
have been effected by the use OF this lin.
iment. 1t is most widely known, how
ever, as cure for rheumatism, sprains
and bruises.
This remedy Is for sale by e. K. Taft,
H. f.. Cady, Stafford; Gardiner Hall, Jr.,
q Co., South Wilmington.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

LooR OUT For FEVER Biliousness
and liver disorders at this season may be
prevented by cleansing the system with
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These
famous little pills do not grippe. They
move the bowels gently, but copiously,
and by reason of the tonic properties,
give tone and strength to the glands. w.
D. Heald.
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Out OF Death,a Jaws.

"When death seemed very near from
severe stomach and liver trouble that
had suffered with for years." writes P
Muse, Durham, N. c., CDR. Kings New
Life Pills saved my life and gave perfec
health" Best pills ON earth, and onl,
25c at A. @. Eaton's drug store, Staffor'
Springs; w. P. Fuller's store, Somers.
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Avn AMI surreation

The Rev. Samuel Longfellow was a
poet. as well as was his more eminent
brother. He was the compiler of q
hymnbook for churches, in which work
he was assisted by fellow clergyman
of the same Christian name. On ap-
plying to third member of the pro-
fession to give the book a title the lat
ter suggested that it be called the Sam
book.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
Taverns In Sweden.

Tayerns in Sweden are closed on Sat
savings banks are kept open until mid
night. This plan induces the workmen
to invest their money where it will pay
them interest instead of in alcoholic
stimulants.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
A Hint tn the Average Man

If the average man who is unlucky
In love spent half as much energy in
hunting up some other desirable girl
as he does in chasing the girl who is
unkind to him, he would soon be a
good deal appier.-Somerville (Mass.)
Journal - 49,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

"Nellie. DEAR" whispered the Wash
ington youth. II see my mother and
yours are in earnest conversation over
there l wonder what they're talking
about"
Maybe" said the Washington maid
en-, with a bright blush, "they think
they're holding a steering committee
meeting" -Chicago Tribune.