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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
FAVORlTE NEARLYEvERYWHERE

Constipation means dullness, de-
preston, headache. generally disorder
ed health. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers stimulate the liver, open the
bowelsand relieve this condition. Safe,
speedy and thorough. They never
grippe. Favorite pills. R. H. Beers &
Co., Newtown; S. c. Bull s. Co., Sandy
Hook; A. B. Brakeman, BOtSfOrd: B.
Hawley s. Co., Stepney; The E. c.
Platt Co.. Hawleyville; w. N. Hurd,
Long Hill.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
ASPETUCK AND VICINITY.

ASPETUCK AND VICINITY.
J. J. Foster has lost one of his horses.
Mrs M. F. Rowell, who has been
quite sick with hard cold, is better.
Mrs Elnora Williams is quite sick.
The severe storm of the past week
has made it impossible to have the
mail delivered on Route No. IL every
day.
Mrs G. B. Wakeman, who has been
caring for the sick in Southport for
sometime, is home.
G. W. Wakeman and sister and a
lady friend spent Sunday with friends
in NOrwalk.
The whist party to have been given
last week by Mr. and Mrs J. B. Hill,
was postponed on account of the storm.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
MILLIONS PUT TO WORK.

The wonderful activity of the new
century is shown by an enormous de-
mand for the worlds best workers, DR.
Kings New Life Pills. For cOnstipa-
tion, sick headache, biliousness or any
trouble of stomach, liver or kidneys
they're unrivaled. Only 25c at B. II.
Beers & Co., NeWtOwn; w. B. Hawley,
Sherman; The E. c. Platt o., Haw-
leyville; B. Hawley & Co, Stepney; E.
A. Honan, Charlottesville.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

81 firmly believe that if one-half the
women who belong to clubs would take
an honest accounting of themselves
and decide the actual good derived
from their membership of this or that
club, it would have two results; fewer
clubs and fewer women of scattered
energies" writes Edward Box, in the
March Ladies' Home Journal. "NOW
the club idea itself is to be commended
provided it is productive of some goOc
and it is kept in it's rightful place. |.
woman who is busy all day amid the
routine of her household work belong
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
EASTON.
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.

Sunday, the 23d, dawned upon a
world of beauty although'the snow was
deep and in many places unbroken.
There were about 20 worshippers at the
church, both at the Sunday school and
at the preaching service at lis p. m.
Immediately after the usual preach
ing service on March 2 the regular GOV.
enant and communion services will
take place.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

Martin Burr met with quite bad
accident one day, last week. While
cutting wood his axe caught in clothes
line turning the ak so that it struck
him above the eye making a severe
wound.
The funeral of the little son, born tC
Mr. and Mrs Erva Brotherton last week
was held from their home Sunday,
February %, Rev DR. Cane officiating.
Royal Whitaker's house is being new
ly shingled. NJ. E. Whitaker is doing
the work.
Mrs S. E. John son and daughter, Lu
lu, of Stratfeld, have visited her sister
Mrs r. Whitaker.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs Herman PeaSe
last week Thursday, daughter.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
S1O7, 100000. The total for the nine
years is s421, 100000.

The decision of the United States
supreme court in the Minnesota case
against the Northern securities COM
pany is what had generally been ex-
pected. 1t is first held that all the
parties chiefly in interest were not be-
fore the court, as they should be in an
equity case; and next that, if the two
Pacific railroad companies affected by
the proceeding were present as defend
ants in the action brought by the
state of Minnesota, the court would
not have Jurisdiction. Hence the
whole matter is dismissed, and Mime
sofa must tackle the combination on
state ground. 1t is expected the at
torney general will proceed against
the Northern Securities company I'M
der the Sherman antitrust law.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
THE DEERF1ELD DISTRICT.

The storm did considerable damage
to shade and fruit trees in this vicinity.
Miss Helen Jennings of Greenfield,
has been,with her sister, Mrs Pease.
Master Edward Pease has spent a
few days at his grandfather's on Con-
greSS street.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
Advertising RATES:
Reading notices, BREWER type, 1Oc line.
Small nonpareil ads, 1c word per week
EDITORIAL INK DROPS.

A friend from Los Angeles, Cal,
sends us dainty bunch of violets
picked in that tlowery cline, as sug-
gestive contrast to the blizzard-like
weather we have been contending
against for the past 10 days.
It's poor way for anybody to settle
disputes with fists, but when staid
United States senators engage in this
low-lived pastime, it is conduct that
cannot be condoned. President Roose-
Welt did just right in canceling Senator
Tillman's invitation to Prince Henry's
banquet. He ought to be fired right
out of the Senate, and McLaurin, too
II he is equally to blame.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
LYONS PLAINS.

AT EMMANUEL CHURCH.
There was no service in Emmanuel
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH INTERESTS.
Sunday morning, March 2, the sac
rament of the Lords Supper will be
administered at the Congregational
church. Six candidates will be ad-
mitted to membership. In the even
ing the usual song service and conse.
Grafton meeting will be held.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

The New York Times Saturday Re
view publishes it's sixth annual list Of
great public gifts and requests in the
United States, and finds total vastly
in excess Of any previous year, thanks
to the great gifts of Mr. Carnegie. In
the nine years from 1893 to 1902, the
sums given for public purposes have
been as follows: 1929, OOo, 900, 49,, 900, 900,
go, sOO, 900, $27,0oO,OOo, 100000,
as, 0O0, 900, 82,750,oOO, s47, 800, 900,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

1t has been said that corporations
have no souls, but this cannot be
claimed against the New York and
New Haven road, whose generous &C
tion toward the city of Waterbury is
to be commended. The mayor of that
city received the following letter:
February II, 1902.
The Hon Edward G. kilduff Mayor, Water
bury, Conn.
Dear Sir-I have before me reports from our
superintendents showing the train service
performed in handling fire apparatus and
men to and from your city on account of the
confagratiOn Of Sunday night and Monday
morning, February and 3, which includes
special trains from New Haven, Hartford
Brio geport and TOrringtOn, and return serv-
ice after the fire was under control.
l beg to advise that this special service is
rendered free with the compliments Of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company.
While we cheerfully tender this service We
| necessary.
| With best wishes for the renewed prosperit.
| of Waterbury, and for yourself, in the trying
ordeal occasioned by the deS@Euction, of
large part Of the business center ofs8oufcity
on behalf of the company. am yours truly.
G. H. Plat. Gen'fSap't.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

Miss Maude Woodruff spent Sunday
at the parsonage, and being storm
bound, visited there until Wednesday
when she found an opportunity Of
reaching her home by accepting the
courtesy of a neighbOr who furnished
milk to a dealer at some distance be-
low. A milk wagon or sled may not
be the most comfortable of vehicles to
ride upon for number of miles upon
ordina airy occasions, but when there is
no other mode of going fFeIn one point
to'another, it is becoming to be thankful
in manner that makes a virtue of
necessity. For the past week milk
producers have had the right Of way as
few other callings were peremptory
enough to cause the average man tc
take to the road.
BY way of celebrating the majority
of their eldest son, Esley Bibbins, his
parents presented him with a hand
some watch and chain.
Mr. WILSON, pOStman on No l., GOV
red nearly all of his line for five day
last week and nearly half of it on Sat
urday, which was doing more even thai
any one should have expected of him
and better than many did. No.
, whose line is composed mostly of eros
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
FROSTBURG, MD, SATURDAY, MARCH ~, 1902.
RAILWAY MAPS.
A DisEruntIcd Passengers Comments
on the Straight Line Variety.

Look at that" .Hid an i'll naturcd
passenger. pointing to Il large map on
the wall of tn" railway station. Isn't
that an ;IhuuIiuai.c fraU.:
"What'S the matter with it, asked
his mild companion.
Look how it is distorted. said the
other. There is Il TIIp of Il railway
system from Chicago t. New York. 1t
is made to appear as following II
straight line between th,s two cities.
and yet Oh the map it appears to pass
through every large town within 500
miles of that line.
Just notice that towns like cincn-
natl and Cleveland are so misplaced as
to appear only Il cW miles apart. and
Nashville. Tenn. is pulled 80 miles
from its real loc: ton. | wundcr they
have not Transported New Orleans Il
thousand miles northeast. so as to
bring it on the line of their railway
fraud.
Congress ought to take hold of this
fake" he continued, land punish hcav-
lily every railroad that issues Il dis
tortcd map Chicago Inter Ocean.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
Foods to Avoid.

1t is we'll to refuse the sausage
brought to your breakfast table if il is
stale and TO refrain from using the
cream in your coffee if ii is the least
bit sour. Otherwise you run the risk of
becoming blind.
Some foods. il is said, are most iniu-
riouS to the sight. "A case was brought
under the notice of an eye specialist,
says The Dioptic Review, "in which
the eyes of whole family We're af-
fcctcd by eating rabbit pie. In each in
stance the patient had become afflicted
with Il peculiar defect of vision that is
technically known as failure Of accom-
modation.' Stale sausage and sour
cream cause Il weakening Of the sight
known as 'Hmblobia,' Blindness result
ing from eating tainted fish has been
found almost impossible to cure, and
quinine Is often responsible for some
persons half blind condition. This
drug affects the optic nerve in man
ncr that sometimes ends in blindness" i"
1t might be added that alcohol Occa-
sionally makes people blind"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
Vegetable HedgehORs,

CactuScs are the hedSchOgs of the
vegetable world. Their motto is, "Ne-
mo me impune laccssit." Many II time
in the West Indies | have pushed my
hand for second into n bit of tangled
bush, as the negroes call it, to seize
some rare flower or some beautiful In
sect and been punished for twenty
four hours afterward by the stings Of
the almost invisible and glasslike little
cactus needles. The reason for this
bellicose disposition on the part of the
cactuses is Il tolcrably easy one to
guess, Fodder Is rare in the desert,
The starving ht rbivores that find them.
selves from time to time belatcd on the
confines of such thirsty regions would
seize with avidity upon any succulent
plant which offered them food and
drink mt once in their last extremity.
In the ceascless war between herbi
vore and plant, which is waged every
day and all day long the whole world
over with far greater persistence than
the war between carnivOre and prey,
only those species Of plant can survive
in Such exposed situations which hap
pen TO develop Spines. thornS or prize
kles as IL means of defcuse against the
mouths of hungry and desperate assail-
ants Exchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
BEAUTIFYING TOWNS.
Jealous CO-Operation OF the Citizens
the Essential Thing.

the Essential Thing.
Little can be done to beautify and
improve n town without we'll directed
cooperation. The ordinary city, like
Topsy, "just growed." Sometimes it
grows to quaint picturesqueness, like
that which the Nuremberg authorities
so jealously conserve; sometimes to
rank, squalid ugliness, as I'm the fac
tory towns. says the Springfield (Masso
Republican. The danger Is that as IL
town outgrows its village simplicity 1t
will degenerate into commonplace and
stupid mediocrity, whereas with but
little more cost 1t might equally well
grow into lovely, harmoniOusly de-
velopcd city. But for this there must
be unity and intelligence Of plan.
TO get any large results, then, large
plans must be laid. 1t is necessary to
take fair look into the future. How
ever little can be done at time that
little should be consistent. The serv-
ices of experts should be called in to
lay out harmonious designs, and in
public and private affairs alike genuine
civic interest, pride in making the
town beautiful, should prevail.
Let us not be frightened by the fear
Of expense. Beauty is not necessarily
costly. The improvement Of the town
is not matter of putting up palaces
and decorating the squares with monu-
ments. When there Is need for an i'm
pOrtant new building, let us do the
thing handsomely and try to make 1t
work of art. But the larger problem is
not one of money. but of interest. care
and wisdom. 1t is n matter of spotless
streets and neat doOryards and taste
fully designed houses, all the product
of refined taste rather than of wealth.
1t costs little more to build tasteful
cottage than vulgar, pretentiOus
sham. Clean streets are n luxury
within the means of every city or town
that desires them. Disorderly yards
are due to negligence, not to poverty.
The essential thing Is the Jealous CO.
operation of all good citizens.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
COUNTRY ROAD IN FRANCE.

niShed by contract, and, considering
the amount of labor accomplished each
year OH the French roads. the cost is
surprisingly small. The roads of our
own states. at least the important
state roads. should be maintained in
the same way.
In Belgium also the principal roads
are built and maintained by the gen.
eral government. and in 1880 in the
nine provinces Of Belgium over 70 per
cent of the highrOads were of this
class, the entire length of high class
roads being Alb English miles out of
n total of 5.2S6 of roads of all classes.
The best roads Of Belgium are in the
provinces Of Namur. Liege and Lux
embourg. and permanent employees
are kept on the roads under the drec-
tion of the chief engineer of the PROV
ince for the purpose of insuring the
observance of the regulations and lGOk-
ing after the constant repair of the
highways.
In Baden the main roads are under
the supervision of the state authori-
ties and are cared for with studiOus
regard for the requirements of the
farmer and inland travel. Under the
law relating to roads in Baden the
duty Of maintaining the road falls rs
follows: One-Quartcr each upon the
town and county in which the road is
situated. the remaining One-half upon
the state treasury.
In Italy the minister of public works
is at the head of the department of
public works. The construction Of
these roads is in most cases under
taken by contracts, the work being
carried on under direction of govern
ment engineers. The government road
laborers are called "cantonniers" and
are selected with great care, special
reference being had to character and
honesty. They must be Of robust con-
stitution and must be able to read and
write Each one of these cOntOnniers
is provided with n full set of tools and
implements specified by law. His hours
of work are from sunrise to sunset.
and each day he is obliged to 20 over
the entire track of road placed in his
charge. He must be constantly upon
tHe line Oh his WORK Ill uIl kllltS Vi
weather aud in case of necessity Is
bound to work on public holidays. His
chief duties are the leveling and repair
Of the highways. the removal of snow,
mud, dust, etc. He must assist travel
ers in distress and vehicles disabled by
accident or by weather. and for any
neglect of duty he may be fined, sus-
pended or dismissed, according to the
degree of the Offense.
The fines accumulated during the
ycSr are divided among the deserving
cOnIonniers or given to one Of the mu-
tual benefit association of which they
are members. CantOnniers who serve
with credit and distinction for three or
more years are promoted and given an
increase of monthly wages. In the five
years from 1878 to 1878 Italy spent
about $1G.0OO000 on her roads, al
though before that appropriation was
made many excellent highways existed
in all parts of the kingdom. In 1881
Italy constructed about 100 miles of
new road and had then about 11.040
miles In course Of construction.
In the Netherlands. as in the coun-
tries already mentioned. the principal
roads are maintained al the expense of
the state.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
A Very Old EnglIsh Cloth.

FuStian is species of cotton cloth
much used by the Normans. particular
ly by the clergy, and appropriated to
some orders for their cashubles. The
Clstercians We're forbidden to wear
them made Of any material but linen or
fustian. y stronger description was
first manufactured In England ut Nor
wich. temp. Edward vi.
1t was much used for doublets and
Jackets in the fifteenth century, at
which time it appears to have been i'm
ported from Italy. "Fustians of Ma
pies" are named in a petition to parlia-
ment from the manufacturers of Nor
wich In l5J4. The name was corrupted
in England into "futianapes" and "fus-
tian and apcs"-i. e.. "fustian Ma
pies. Notes and Queries.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22

Sir Boyle Roche was the father Of
bulls" 1t was he that asserted that
"thc best way to avoid danger is to
meet it plump" At another time in
conveying Il warm invitation to a
friend he remarked. 81 hope. my lord,
if ever you come within Il mile of my
house that you'll stay there all night"
He may have been the fool of the
Grattan parliament but there was a
great deal Of native ShrcwdncsS hidden
away behind all his fooliShnCSS To
Curran when the latter once exclaimed
in the midst of Il debate that he need
ed aid from no one and could be
guardian of his own honor Sir Boyle
instantly intcrjcctcd his sarcastic con
gratulatiOnS to the honorable member
on his possession of a Sinecure. But
possibly the gem of his rhetoric was
the picture which he con jured up on
one occasion to bring home to his hear
crs the excuses of the French revolu-
tiOnary mob:
'IIcrc perhaps. sir, the murdcrous
marshal law men (MarSrillciSeI would
break in. cut us to minccmcat and
throw our bleeding heads on that table
to stare us in the face."-l.OndOn En-
press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
Water and the Kidneys.

AS the waste in animal food in those
who lead indolcnt lives is carried off
by the kidneys it is very desirable that
they should be kept well flushed with
plenty of water. for pure water is to
the kidneys what fresh air is to the
lungs. and taken in the early morning.
preferably as hot as it can be slipped
ii washes away the unhealthy sccre-
tions that have accumulated in the
stomach during the night and stimu
lateS it to healthy action. and then,
passing on through the system till it
reaches the kidneys, carries away by
their aid the uric acid, gout poison and
other impurities that should have no
fixed habitation in the body at all and
would not have If the sufferer were
properly dieted for even two or three
weeks each year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
Street Signs In Paris.

In Paris. the most artistic city in the
world, stress is laid upon handsome de-
signs for street lamps and street signs.
This is not n matter of cost, but of
good taste. When an artistic design
has been chosen. it costs little more to
make these omniprescnt pieces of street
furniture pretty than to make them
bald and ugly. 1t Is taste that makes
one shop window attractive 9nd anoth-
er an eyesore. 1t is bad taStc, coupled
with fragrant disregard for the public.
which dSfigures our streets and the
approaches to the city with hideous,
sprawllng bllboards, which, it is to
be hoped, can soon be remedied by leg
iSlotiOn
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
Ncnnccd by Il Circus.

81 was riding across the country in
Dakota in a buggy said the Chicago
drummer, "whcn | came upon Il farm
cr patrOlling up and down in front of
his house with a gun on his shoulder.
| gave him good day without asking
any questions and drove on, but at the
next farmhouse it was the same. When
| had reached the fifth and found the
farmer on the patrol and casting sus-
pciOus glanccs around, | stopped to
inquire:
care you expecting Indians or
horse thieves along this road?'
"Can't say l am he replied.
"'Thcn what's the matter? There's
been farmer with Il gun in front of
every house | have passed this morn
ing. Is some noted outlaw ranging
over the country"
"'Not as know of, but there's Il cir
Gus showing up at FcrsOn today
"'And what of it, | asked.
"'Oh nothing, except that we don't
mean to give our wives no chance to
slip outdoors and elope.'"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Importance of IN Analysis at Regu-
lnr Intervals.

lar Intervals.
Water Is the most essential to exist
cncc Of all that man puts into his
stomach-indecd the only single thing
he cannot live without-and yet there
is nothing we eat or drink that so fire.
qucntly carries in itself the germs of
disease.
There is Il definite group Of diseases
which, because they are SO especially
liable to be spread by means of drink
Ing water. are called water borne dis
eases, says Youths Companion. Among
these are such scourgcs as typhoid fe-
yer, cholera and dyscntery. Mineral
poiSons are also occasionally dissolved
in water and exert their injurious ef-
fectS upon those who drink it. 1t Is
obviously, therefore, Il matter Of the
highest Importance that the drinking
water should be in its purity above re-
proach, but the problem for the Ordi-
nary man is how to determine this
point.
The appearance of the water is by
no means conclusive, for it may be
beautifully clear and palatable, yet
contain myriads of deadly bacteria, or
it may be muddy and of disagreea-
BILE Odor and taste and yet contain
nothing of really harmful nature.
The only way by which absolute GER
tainty can be had lies in chemical
and meteorological analysis repeated
at regular intervals.
If the neighbOrhood Is thinly settled
and the well Is forty or fifty feet from
the nearest house or Outbuilding and
on higher ground, one may use the
water for drinking with reasonable
sense of safety. The same Is true Of
water from a spring which issues from
the ground at level considerably
above that Of the house and barns,
but if water is drawn from wells in a
town or from we'll near the house or
outbuilding, or below their level. or
from n spring similarly situated. it Is
almost sure to be contaminated Occa-
sionalIy, if not constantly, and so Is the
water of a stream except in an absO-
lutely unsettled country.
In such cases, if no other supply Is
available all the water should be boil
ed and, If possible, filtered as well be-
fore being used.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-22
Advertising MnxIms.

The types face is the advertisers
fortune.
The biggest advertisement sometimes
occupies Il small space.
1t isn't Il safe plan to print one ad
vertiscnent and then wait to see how
It works before printing another one.
What Plutarch said of fame can
saslly be said Of advertising-"Good
fame is like fire; when you have kin
died 1t. YOU may easily preserve it. but
II you once extinguish it you will not
EASILY kindle it again."