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The Press., 1902-08-07

Pressure Isle itself. and at first 1t ap-
peared stationary. But when she had
reached its center she could feel the
slow, steady motion as 1t swept on to-
ward Lake Huron.
And now came the division of the
channel, and Babettes heart almost
stopped it's frightened beating as she
thought of what would happen II the
foe drifted north of Algonac island
and out on the great pitiless waters of
the lake.
With hushed breath she waited. The
foe was heaying SO that she could
| hardly retain her place, but at last
the pine crests of Algonac showed on
her left, and she knew she would pass
ST. Michel. With fingers stiffened by
the cold she united the red scarf from
about her head and let the wind blow
1t like danger signal above her as
she caught glimpse of the lighthouse
on the west per. So near. it seemed.
she placed her hand to her mouth and
shouted. but her voice sounded like
| reedbird's pipe in the noise of the rush
| ING waters.
She was opposite the town now. She
| could see the waves break on the pier
| and vet there was no sign Of help
| With a fearlessness born of despera-
| ton she struggled to her feet and
| waved the scarf wildly, and suddenly
| a figure app Jared on the lighthouse
ladder. Again she waved and tried to
call The figure signaled back and ran
along the pier toward town.
| 1t was Landry Dubois. He burst into
| the warm back room at old Nine. Por-
| teau's breathe IS and hatless.
at is Pete's Babctte," he cried to the
crowd of fishermen and sailors hud-
died about the big wood stove. "She is
on the ice. drifting out to the lake."
In five minutes the news had spread,
and the shore was crowded. while the
strongest boat in the place was
manned. with Landry ut the rudder,
and stout arms pulled away to the res
cue of Pete's Babette. And when they
| brought her back half frozen and half
dead and gave her into Nine. Por-
teau's care she told her errand in the
| warm back room-told how Pete lay
dying without food or medicine and
how unless help was sent there would
| De uO AlSll SlIlluS lIo1A ICSquC AoIC
that night. -. -.
"The light shall shine" promised
| Landry, and the waves that had
laughed at Babette's little boat bowed
before the masterful stroke of ten
pairs of St. Micheps strongest arms as
they manned the boat that bore Ba-
bette and provisions and medicine
/ back to Pressure Isle.
'"Thou hast saved his life, little one, "
said Landry. when they stood in the
kitchen where Mere M'rie still prayed
But Babette only smiled and nodded
her head, and she went on to the light
house.
The winter twilight was falling
swiftly, and the wind had gone down
like one tired with it's mad play. Far
to the west she could see a boat strug-
Cling slowly up the strait it's lights
cleaning now and then like jewels.
She lit the lamp with fingers that
trembled, and the broad path Of light
streamed out over the point. Babette's
birds could fly in safety tonight, and
below Landry Dubois held aloft red
scarf and told it's story, even as it is
told today around the islands of the
strait-the story of Pete's Babette.
The Press., 1902-08-07
The Man I'm the Moon.

Life, whether vegetable or animal as
we know it. certainly cannot exist I'M
der lunar conditions. says the London
Mail. The alterations of long day
of considerably over 300 hours dura-
ton. with a night Of similar length,
accompanied by changes from exces-
sive heat to it's antipodes Of cold,
would alone render all earthly life i'm
possible, but experience has taught
even here the adaptability of life to
most extreme conditions, and it may
be believed that, after all. organic life
may have found a congenial home in
our clamp of night"
The Press., 1902-08-07

Rings Of Italian workmanship are
remarkably beautiful. Venice partic-
ularIy excelled in this art. In the Lon
desborough collection is a fine speci-
men. The four claws of the outer ring
in open work support the setting of a
sharply pointed pyramidal diamond,
such as was then coveted for writing
on glass. The shank bears a fanciful
resemblance to serpent swallowing
bird, of which only the claws con-
Meeting the face remain in sight.
1t was with a similar ring Raleigh
wrote. the words on window pane,
''Fain would l rise but that fear to
fall" to which Queen Elizabeth added,
eff thy heart fail thee, do not rise at
ALL" an implied encouragement which
led him on to fortune.
The Press., 1902-08-07
Candy For Change,

"Some people wonder why we carry
stock of cheap candy, penny candy"
said the man who keeps the railroad
newsstand. "Well, you see, it's this
way: have lot of regular customers
who want-it.s They take it out in
change. For instance, one man has
been buying two evening papers from
me every afternoon for several years.
If he has any pennies, never see them.
He always throws down a nickel, picks
up his two papers from the pile and
then takes three pieces of candy, which
he chews while waiting for his train.
Other men saw him do this and fol
lowed suit, and now it's quite the regu-
lar g."-Philadelphia Record.
The Press., 1902-08-07

Once upon time there was a pro-
moter who owned a common, everyday
goose who laid the usual, ordinary
COOS. eggs. He conceived the scheme
of syndicating the goose on gold egg
basis and proceeded to do so.
He informed the trusting public that
soon his goose would lay an egg Of
gold each day and offered for sale
stock in the Golden Goose Egg COM
pany, limited, at bedrock prices. There
was a wild rush for the stock, and the
promoter suddenly found himself
wealthy.
He continued to sell the stock as
long as there were buyers, for he did
not want to kill the goose that laid
the egg. His goose continued the same
ordinary fowl as before.
Moral.-There are featherless geese
that lay golden eggs.-New York Her
aid
The Press., 1902-08-07
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items OF local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
August 8, 1879.

Walher Plumley has leased the barber
shop In the Oronoco building Of H. Royce,
and will hereafter conduct the same for
himself.
A. Fl. Blish, for several years past wi b
F. N. Crane, has opened harness shop
In Levi Gary's building In the rear OF
Heald & Small's store.
Cyrus Holmes and j. J. Ellis have re-
paired and refitted tho "Old Bran h.
mill at South Monson, putting In ma
chinery for the manufacture OF wooden
goods.
Rev. d. B. Hubbard was ordained to
the ministry at Staffordvllle yesterday.
Among those taking part in the exercises
were Rev. W. &. Hawkins OF the Congre-
gational church, Rev. F. l.. Batchelder OF
the Baptist church, Rev. MIR. Ransom OF
the Methodist church, Rev. J. P. Hawley
Rev. 8. l. Curtis, Rev. Ira Pettibone and
Rev. F. A. Warfieid.
BORN -Staffordville, Aug. 5, 1879, 9
daughter to Henry Packard.
The Press., 1902-08-07

In former days it was usual for a
couple seated together to eat from one
trencher, more particularly If the re-
lations between them were of an in
innate nature or, again, if it were the
master and mistress of the establish
ment. Walpole relates that so late as
the middle of the eighteenth century
the old Duke and Duchess of Hamil-
ton occupied the dais at the head Of
the room and preserved the traditional
manner by sharing the same plate. 1t
was a token of attachment and tender
recollection of unreturnable youth
"Old Cookery Books"
The Press., 1902-08-07

A YOU'VE LADY's LIFE SAVED at Pan
anna, Colombia, by Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.-Dr.
Cbas. Fl. Utter, prominent physician,
of Panama. Colombia, In recent letter
states: "Last March had as patient
a young lady sixteen years Of age, who
had very bad attack of dysentery.
Everything prescribed for her proved
Intellectual and she was growing worse
every hour. Her parents were sure
she would die. She had become 30
weak that she could not turn over in bed.
What to do at this critical moment was a
study for me, but thought Of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy, and as a last resort prescribed 1t.
The most wonderful result was effected.
Within eight hours she was feeling much
better inside of three days she was upon
her feet and at the end Of one week was
entirely WE'LL"
For sale by e. z. Taft, Fl. F. Cady,
Stafford; Gardiner Hall ,Jr., & Co., South
Wellington. ....
The Press., 1902-08-07

A CURE FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM. -"Last
May says Mrs. Curtis Baker of Book
walter, Ohio, can infant child Of our
neighbours was suffering from cholera in
fantum. The doctor had given up all
hopes of recovery. took bottle Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy to the house, telling them
I felt sure 1t would do good II used ac-
cording to directions. In two days. time
the child had fully recovered, and is now
(nearly year since) q vigorous, healthy
girl. I have recommended this Remedy
frequently, and have never known 1t to
fail In any single instance"
For sale by e. K. Taft, Fl. F. Cady,
Stafford; Gardiner Hall, Jr., d Co., South
Wellington.
The Press., 1902-08-07

Hrs SIGHT THREATENED. -s' While pic
nicking last month my 11-year-old boy
was poisoned by some weed or plant,
says w. Fl. Dibble, Of Sioux City, la.
j" He rubbed the poison off his hands into
his eyes and for awhile we were afraid he
would lose his sight. Finally neighbor
recommended DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. The first application helped him
and In few days he was as we'll as ever. "
For skin diseases, cuts. burns, scalds,
wounds, insect bites, DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve Is sure cure. Relieves piles
at once. Beware OF counterfeits. w. ID.
Head. $50 a
The Press., 1902-08-07

"It is very wrong to tell falsehood,'
said his mother to little Jimmie, who
had caught him in one.
""Then we're both offul sinners, amt
we, nav" queried Jimmie.
Both! What do you meanY'
"Why, you told Missus Smith yester-
day that you hoped she'd call again,
an after she wuz gone you said you
wished she'd never come again."-Ohio
State Journal
The Press., 1902-08-07

as the evening primrose, which grows
to height of five or six feet and bears
a profusion of large yellow flowers SO
brilliant that they attract immediate
attention, even at great distance, but
the chief popularity about the plant
is the fact that the flowers, which open
just before sunset, burst into bloom SO
suddenly that they give one the impress
sion OF some magical agency. A man
who has seen this sudden blooming
says it is just as If some one had
touched the land with a wand and
thus covered it all at once with gold
en- sheet.
The Press., 1902-08-07

A reporter who is the father of q
year old youngster met his pastor on
Sunday afternoon. ...
"Why weren't you at church this
morning?" was the first question of
the spiritual adviser.
Il couldn't come" was the answer.
II had to stop at home and mind the
baby Our nurse is ILL.,"
That's no excuse" said the pastor.
"It isn't? Well, next Sunday I'll
bring him to church with me and see
how you like it."
The Press., 1902-08-07
Russian Police Regulations.

One of the regulations of the Rus
sian police refers to the censorship Of
price lists of goods, notes of invitation
to parties and personal visiting cards;
also for the censorship of seals, rub
Der stamps and business cards of indi-
viduals or corporations. Another Or
der regulates the sale of soap, starch,
toothbrushes and insect powder, and
another controls the printing on the
paper used in making cigarettes.
The Press., 1902-08-07

Tho professor of painting has just
entered the classroom. where smoking
is strictly prohibited. Here he finds
an art student holding in his hand a
newly filled cherry wood pipe.
Professor Ironically What queer
paint brush you have got there! What
are you going to do with it?
Student - Oh. I'm going to make
clouds with 1t!
The Press., 1902-08-07
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that Is by constitu-
tiOnal remedies. DEAFNESS is caused by an In
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets fnfiamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it Is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing win be destroyed forever
nine cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness {caused by catarrh) that cam
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, Free
eW Sold by druggists, 7bc.
Hairs Family Pt1l0 are the best. clio
The Press., 1902-08-07

A NECESSARY PREoAUTIoN.-Don't
neglect cold. 1t Is worse than unpleas
ant. 1t Is dangerous. By using One
Minute Cough Cure you can cure 1t al
once. Allays Inflammation, clears the
head, soothes and strengthens the mu
cous membrane. Cures coughs, Group
throat and lung troubles. Absolutely safe
Acts Immediately. Children like it.-W
II Haald
The Press., 1902-08-07
Very Irritating.

'Once in awhile, even now" remark
ed the caller. you hear Of some Eng
lishman who says our Revolutionary
war was the most causeless rebellion
in history Isn't is irritating r.
Decidedly So" responded the Boston
young woman. If thing il cause
less, how can 1t be any more cause
less Y'-Chicago Tribune.
The Press., 1902-08-07

Grimes-Yes, Pm fond Of music.
There's Zimmerman, for instance
Brady-You don't call his horn blow
ing music?
Grimes-It has been very enjoyable
to me- 1 got Zimmerman to keep at it
night and day, and the result was that
l bought the house next door for a
thousand dollars less than the man
who lived in it asked week or two
before-Boston Transcript.
The Press., 1902-08-07
Skaters All Records.

Twice In hospital, F. A. Culledge, Yer
bena, Ala, paid vast sum to doctors to
cure a severe case of piles, causing "a tu-
mors. When all failed, Bucklen's Arnics
Salve soon cured him. Subdues Inflam.
nation, cOnquers Aches, kills Pains
Best salve In the world. 25c at A.. G.
Eaton's drug store, Stafford Springs and
w. p. Fuller's, Somers.
The Press., 1902-08-07
The Only Way.

"Ah. Reginald, dearest" she sighed,
"but how can l be sure that you will
not grow weary of me after we have
been married little whileT'
'I don't know" he answered, ''un-
less we get married and see.'-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Press., 1902-08-07
Usual Result.

Mrs. Gabb-Dear me! There comes
my husband. There won't be whole
piece of furniture left in the house by
midnight.
Mrs. Gadd-Horrors! Does he drink,
and Is that case of whisky he Is car
rying?
Mrs. Gabb-No, ne doesn't drink.
That's new box of tools.
The Press., 1902-08-07
Look Pleasant, Please.

Photographer G. G. Harlan Of Eaton,
O., can do 80 now, though for years he
couldn't, because he suffered untold agony
from the worst form of indigestion. All
physicians and medicines failed to help
him till he tried Electric Bitters, which
worked such wonders for him that he de-
clares they are a godsend to sufferers
from dyspepsia and stomach troubles.
Unrivaled for diseases of the Stomach,
Liver and Kidneys, they build up and
give new life to the whole system. Try
them Only SOC. Guaranteed by A. g..
Eaton, druggist, Stafford Springs; and
w. p. Fuller, Somers.
The Press., 1902-08-07
IF a 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. 25o at A. G. Eaton's
drug store, Stafford Springs, and at w.
P. .Fuller's, Somers. ~#
The Press., 1902-08-07
Modern Bachelors,

The bachelor does no longer pat him.
self on the back for remaining single,
as did Casimir Delavigne, the author
of Louis Nj --
But neither does the bachelor turn
his coat, as did Casimir when he got
married OH the same day as his broth
er German, best known as the collab-
orator of Scribe. and in the same
church. though. luckily, mot to the
same girl" as Louis Philippe in his
sudden fright had feared,
The great and prominent men of the
present day who intend to remain free
do not inveigh against women like
Goethe and Swift and Musset and, for
the matter of that, like Milton. They
simply eschew matrimony, and. what
is more curious still, society appears
not to wonder at it, and women them
selves are taking the abstention as a
matter of course.
The Press., 1902-08-07

But you are taking considerable
risk in letting your young men owe
two or three weeks board"
"Yes. there is some risk" answered
the boarding house keeper. But then,
you see. they worry over it so that
they lose their appetites. SO l save
money in the long rum"
The Press., 1902-08-07
A Possibility.

$50 you refused himY said Maud.
Eyes" replied Mabel. II told him
shall send back any letters unopened
81 wouldn't be so rude. There might
be theater tickets in some Of them"
The Press., 1902-08-07
A Bitter RetOrt.

"Do you think" he asked, 'that yol
could learn to love me-" 81
81 don't know" she answered. 81
might. but if were a man I'd hate
to think that I was an acquired taste
Chicago Record Herald.
The Press., 1902-08-07

"Papa. were we descended from mon
keysY'
mot all of us, my boy. Some were
assembled" detroit Free Press. -
The Press., 1902-08-07

Blond Bridesmaid = The ushers
the family.
Other Bridesmaid (sister to the BRIDE
No; she sent only pickle fork.-Life.
The Press., 1902-08-07

A minister went recently to preach
in a chapel unfamiliar to him. you
must do your best to keep your voice
up SIR" said the chapel keeper, ''for
our church is very unfortunate in its
'agnostic' effects" Whether he meant
it or not. it was quite true.-Christian
Life.
The Press., 1902-08-07
Williams Root Beer

No taste is too perverted-no stomach Is
too sensitive to appreciate it-there is no
harm in barrel Of it. There is pleasure
In having thirst to quench with 1t.
Good things usually come high, but this Is
the exception. One bottle of Williams Ex-
tract will make 5 gallons of Root Beer. and
the total cost will be Q cents quart. If one
drink will quench one thirst, think how
many thirsts gallons will quench!
WILLIAMS CARLETON CO., HARTFORD. CONN.
Makers OF Williams Flavoring Extracts
The Press., 1902-08-07

Parvenu-I was raised as genteel as
you was, an I'll bet you hundred on
It. Come on now; money talks.
Kostique your money talked the
way you do. you'd be bankrupt pretty
soon. : a-
''What do you meanw
sit would give itself away."-Phila
delphia Record.
The Press., 1902-08-07
RU-THIR Sly

There is probably hard-to-reach spot in
your throat that nothing will seem to touch
that's where we come in. Water, es.
pecially ice water, is very dangerous, and ale
most everything else upsets the stomach and
bowels. Nature created that which would
satisfy the cravings, and as the old folks
did, so we have gathered roots, barks and
herbs and made rich, delicious, blood-cool-
ing and satisfying drink called
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-26
BRIDGE PLANT HERE.
Company Decides to Come to
Topeka to Locate.

Secretary T. J. Anderson of the Com
mercial club this morning received a
letter from the proprietor of an Illinois
bridge company, saying that within six
weeks he planned to come to Topeka
and look up a site for bridge building
plant in this city A member of this
same firm was in Topeka about month
ago investigating with a view to taking
this action, but no decision was reached
until now.
The author of the letter further writes
that in February and March he expects
to ship 700 tons of bridge material here.
The institution will en<aloy between 10
and 20 workmen at the start and the
number will probably be increased as
the business grows. This same COM
pany has found that much of it's bust
ness can be reached from Topeka more
easily than from the point in Illinois
where the factory is now Recently
there has been an enormous demand in
Kansas, Oklahamo and the adjoining
states for bridges, in Smith county, this
state, alone, orders having been given
for 25 bridges.
For reasons deemed expedient, just at
this time, the name of the company and
the probable location of the factory in
Topeka are withheld.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-26
HARD AFTER TRUSTS.
Rooseveit's Message Will Strike
Keynote of Republicanism.

Washington. Nov. 26.-Those who have
been expecting that the annual message
of President Roosevelt will be a dull and
indecisive document Will be disappointed.
The message is now completed and in the
hands of the public printer. 1t will 20
to congress Monday or Tuesday Deem
Der l or 3
The message will take grounds of no
uncertain nature on some of the great
subjects which have attracted wide atten-
ton during the last congressional cam
paign- 1t viii strike the Republican key
note on the subject of trusts. and an idea
of it's nature can be drawn from this in
cident:
When the cabinet met this week the
president read a portion of his message
to his associates. What he read had to
do with the trust question It was found
to urge immediate legislation on the sub
ject.
1t has been tie fortune. good or bad.
of President Roosevelt when he is about
to attempt something out of the beaten
track to have some members of his cab
met object and advise that he do nothing
ADVISED MODIFICATION.
Two members of the cabinet did not
think the president was doing the wise
thing in asking congress to legislate on
the trusts at the short session and they
advised that the message be modified.
These were Secretary Root and Postmas-
ter General Payne. two of the men on
whom the president relies for political
counsel.
On the subject of trusts it is under
stood the president has written a very
strong paragraph ,phrasing it in the same
broad spirit that characterized his mem
orable addresses deliver north and south
last summer and fall. He will insist on
publicity something that congress
might wisely provide for
President Roosevelt will undoubtedly
have something to say about the tariff
He will probably make no recommended
tions as to the altering of any schedule
although he may take the ground that
there is some reason in the complaint
that some schedules are too high and
others have a tendency to foster
monopoly.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
1t is understood that the president will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-26
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

II. A. Metles and wife to ]. L. GIenden-
ing. SIS, lots 5o3 and 500 West street, Viii
liams' addition.
S R Bogweil and wife to J, C. Bradley,
81 80 lots 30 to Is South Anderson street,
part Of the southwest quarter Of section
"a. township TO- range IS, and lots los to
ia Pine street. R0Ssville-
c. P. Chase and wife to G. Tarbell. $500,
lot S HHlyer-s subdivision
F. H Foster ana wife 10 A. A. Durar t.,
s.. IO0 lots 3 and Piercy street. Ridgeway
subdivision
4. joseph to T. d. Joseph. $500. part Of
the southwest quarter OF section IS town
shin H. range Is.
William I Joseph to T. D. Joseph. 81.
part of the southwest quarter of section IS.
township II. range t.
3 e Mclaughlin to William F. Nc
I.aughlir s75 lot z3S Seventeenth street,
Keith's second subdivision.
w. 1. NutteE and wife to 3. F. Mating