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Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
The Disadvantage. of Hero,.n.

It would be a good thing if In our public school courses in heroism to teach the boys and girls that. after all. while heroism Is a fine thing and a great thing, 1t Is a most uncomfortable thing and that possibly, on the whole. the best and most lasting work that is accomplished. In life comes from Q steady application of all one's best en- ergies to a noble purpose, meeting with honest and patient effort the emergen- cies and vexations of daily life and holding true to the middle course, which assures success without bring ing notoriety. A fixed purpose to do we'll that which one has to do will in the end bring laurels of more perma- nent value to the world at large and to the ~unheralded hand that achieves its purpose than those which are even worthily bestowed upon the brow of him who avails himself of an unusual chance in an abnormal fashion.--Har- per's Weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
THE GRADUATING DRESS.

Stand still. ye whirling planets: Ye have no need to Yhirl; We have no eyes for thee; they're on The graduating girl! Beribboned and belaced. she Is just about to show Your brightest cancellations A thing or two, trow! Now clips she with her scissors And wields the silken thread, While visions of her triumph Are racing through her head, And on her finger nimble She fits the festive thimble, A rosy. blushing symbol Of youth to conquer sped. Back. all ye weighty questions And problems of the day! We have no time for you now, No matter what you weigh! Let business complications And great affairs of state Stand back; we're near commencement And other things can waiti Let armies vie with armies, Let nations fall or rise, But for these lesser matters We have no ears nor eyesI We're deep in admiration Of all this preparation For early graduation
 And incident surprise. Stand still, ye whirling planets, Your dizzy dance suppress! Ye deem yourselves important, But stand ye, none the less; You're hardly worth a mention: We rivet our attention On each demure dimension Of the graduating dress.
 Baltimore News.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
Travelling as . Deadbeat.

There were five of us In the smoking compartment as the conductor came through to take up the tickets, and the four of us who saw the other man passed on a deadhead annual felt like saying something mean to hurt his feelings. He doubtless remarked our coolness for the next few minutes and marked the sheer on the drummer's face, but it was quite a long time be- fore he quietly remarked:
 "Yes, it does look kind of mean, but I hope that under the circumstances you'll forgive me-"
 ''ShipperT queried the drummer.
 "No."
 "StockholderT
 "No."
 "DirectorT
 "No"
 "Then what do you mean by circum- stances?'
 "Oh, just happen to be president of the road"
 It took some time to get over our natural feeling of resentment but he was at length forgiven and given free access to the matchbox.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
An InwenIous Beartrap.

The Mexicans in California had an ingenious method of trapping bears before the advent of the Yankees brought modern firearms into the re- zion. A piece of meat was nailed to the stout horizontal limb of an oak tree. From limb five or six feet above a rope was suspended, to the end of which a large stone was made fast so that 1t hung about six inches above and trifie nearer the trunk than the meat on the lower limb.
 When a bear smelled the meat from afar, he would climb up the tree and make his way to the bait. In doing so he would push the stone pendulum to one side. Just as he was about to would swing back and bang his head. This would arouse the anger of the bear, and he would give the stone a sweep of his paw which would send 1t swinging farther out. The conse- quence was a harder bang and more anger. The more he struck the stone the harder he would be hit in return until from ferocious anger he would lose his caution and attack the pendu. lum with all his vigor. One powerful sweep, then bang! and bruin would be tumbled out of the tree to the rocks below, where, disabled by his fall, he would be at the mercy of those who set the trap whenever they chose to take him.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26

mass or knotted muscres. "EtdTd :. ..-- menw he cried. There is need of only one man dying here. If necessary. will be that man." So. while the viii lage blacksmith leaped forward and clutched the mad dog by the throat and bore the struggling beast to the floor. the assembled people made their escape. The mad dog buried his teeth in the arms of the blacksmith, but he would not let go until all his friends were saved. Then he flung the mad dog into the room, where the brute was afterward shot. The brave black smith then went to his shop and took long, strong chain. He riveted one end of that chain about his body and the other end about the anvil. Then he turned to his friends and said: Now I am safe and can do no harm. Bring me food and water while I live. Keep out of my reach when I am mad. The rest l leave with God" Soon the aw- ful paroxysm of hydrophobia was clutching at his throat. In nine days the brave blacksmith's agony was end ed. God has made it possible for us all tO llNC IlShh Aoi anu AOA hiAS by sacrificing his only begotten Son for us. AS the village blacksmith died in the chain which he had riveted to his own body, so Christ died for us upon the cross which he himself carried to Calvary.
 Now, my young friends, who are about to graduate this June day, 1 com nit your earthly and heavenly life into the protecting care of your Divine Father. And as your days of learning are not closed, but have just com- menced, as you go from college into the great school of life, bid you per form your tasks well. If you will do this by the power of the Holy Spirit there shall come a day when you shall be participants in another graduation scene. Then you shall have a diploma taken from the Lambs book of life. That diploma shall be written in the blood of Jesus Christ. That diploma shall allow you to graduate from an earthly preparatory school into the great university of heaven. where higher lessons and nobler service await you and where you shall never cease to learn about the goodness of God and to sing the praises of Christ and his redeeming love.
 ICopyright, 1902, Louis Klopsch, N. VI
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
NOW IT TICKS AGAIN,
But It Wanted Winding. So Do Other
 Timepieces.

But IL Wanted Winding. So Do Other
 Timepieces.
 When "turn in " for the nightT wind my watch and put it on a little table at the head of the bed. The other night woke and failed to hear it ticking.
 "What !" said l, " is it possible forgot to wind itP I put it to my ear. Going still p-yes, going still; but very feeble and faintly. I wound it at once of course"
 That other watch-the watch in your breast-the heart. An! It doesn't do to let that run down. It does more work than any other organ in the body. It hammers away, year in and year out, day and night, work days, holidays and Sundays. It is kept going by the blood and the blood is merely digested food.
 We are glad to announce a new and efi- cient medicine for all ailments and dis eases of the nerves and irregularities of the heart. It is from the hand of that widely known physician and surgeon, Dr. David Kennedy, of Kennedy Row, Kingston, N. T., and is called Calcura Solvent. It re- stores digestive power, purifies the blood, nourishes the nerves and confers health and strength upon the multitude of sick ones for whom fear and anxiety have painted the future in black. All druggists, S1 00 bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
TLtIen.

Give a Georgia darky "chaw" of tobacco and you're a cap'n.
 Give him a quarter and you become a colonel
 ParaIyze hin with a dollar and you are a general for life.
 Throw in an old suit of clothes and two stiff drams of corn liquor and he raises all his children to call you gov ernor.-Atlanta Constitution.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26


 I Trains stop only on signal, or when cofduc- tor is notned Daily except sunday [ sun day only.
 Additional trains leave poughhcepaie for High- land and New Paltz f7.30, estS. 1000, Ii:iB a m tls;is: si:o0. aso0. a;ib si5, kss0, s;tb D m
 1rains leave New paltx fur Highland and Poughkeepsie f.Ib, siso pSs 100 a m, ttan0 noon, iiats, i:sh. 800, sso0 biih. 6:s0 D. m,
 Train No aicavoe Winsted 70 m. Noffotk s02, Canaan s0, halisbury : S6 Lakevillc sa. Arrive at Millerton Ss m, New York ii.a0 m Train No 10 leaves New York VI m Nh. lerton B.0l, Lakevilie a.tt, Salisbury 6l4 Canaan ss4, Norfolk c M. Arrive at winEted is D m
 Trains and 10 carry through coach between WfnHted and Grand Central station. New Yofk via Millerton and Harlem Division M YC
 Trains leave khineclfn goo m., aRi p m. arrive at Stlvernais 10 <s a m., ai D m
 Trains leave Silvernails II ba a m | o6 D m. arrive at Rhineclin oi pm, as pm
 Trains leave Poughkeepsie for HopewoIl Junction B a. m, O0 and Os D. m
 Trains leave H1peweil Jct for Poughkeapale ioS0 a m., { 10 and <s D m
 Passengers for Minerfon nn the Ia,AA n. mn. train from Hartford will change at state Line. arriving st Mfilerton at ie D. m
 Western Express, train Ii makes direct oon- nection at Campbell Hall with fast express vfa Ontario Western RI for the West due Chicngo following day a.@ ?, m. Special attention Efven to western travel Rates of fare ei to ts lower than any other line.
 Apply 70 Ticket Agents for ratep and deaAiled
 D A Gsraty. Gen Pasa Agent. Hartford. cA
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
Taking One,a Own PuIae.

Being able to take" ones own pulse Is doubtful accomplishment, because the heart has some peculiarities, the importance of which> are sure to be overestimated except by physicians. and much uneasiness occasioned in consequence. Irregularity of the pulse Is naturally to no small number of people without other signs of disease. It may also be simply a transient symptom, due to errors of habit or other causes, which, disappearing, leave no trace behind them.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
A Diplomat.

Tommy-Say. ma, Mrs. Swellman, up the street, was lookin' at the tear you sewed up in my jacket the other day. an she said 1t was done just beautiful.
 Ma (delighted) - Well, that was a compliment coming from her.
 Tommy-Yes'm. And. say, ma, just got another tear for you to fix up.- Philadelphia Press.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
The Artist and Hi. KnIeIdo.cop.

The kaleidoscope is of wonderful as- sistance in geometrical drawing, and people who suppose that this little toy Is of no use will probably be surprised to learn that the greatest portion of the geometrical designs employed in art and architecture are copied by the artist from the figures produced by the kaleidoscope. The instruments em- ployed are somewhat larger than the toys sold in the shops, and some of them are fastened upon stands in such a way as will enable the draftsman to retain his instrument in the same posi- ton for considerable length of time and thus give him an opportunity to make copies of the figures produced.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
A Costly Prayer Book.

Queen Elizabeth used to carry about with her suspended by chain of pure gold a book called ''The Golden Manual of Prayer" a dainty volume of 300 pages. bound in hammered vii gin gold" One side of this costly volume gave a representation of the judgment of Solomon. the other the brazen ser pent on the cross in the desert
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
TumurRnce.

Sweet Grill am loved by two men. and l cannot make up my mind which to marry. What would you advise?
 Old Lady-Get both to insure their lives in your favor and then wait until one of them dies. That will insure the constancy of the other. - New York Weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
Critical 0uiniou.

Crane-I never knew a man more in dustrious in his profession than young Tinter. Why, he has three large pie tures already finished for the next wa ter color exhibit.
 Critic-Yes?
 Crane-Yes, indeed! He's welded to his art. Don't you think so?
 tic-Well-er-yes, but also think that his art has good grounds for di- vorce.-Richmond Dispatch.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
EVceptfonal.
intellectual l

"She's a wonderfully intellectual girl" said Maud.
 How do you know" rejoined Ma mic.
 'She is more anxious about how her graduation essay is going to sound than she is about how her hair is going to k."-Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
LnnEinn Ahead

r But" she said, i've are little unore than strangers as yet. you know"
 "Yes," he answered, but don't let that interfere. We can break off the engagement after we get better ac- quainted if necessary."-Chicag Rec ord Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
COmnnFfnOm.

Grocer-What is it, little girl?
 Little Girl-Mamma sent me for lamp chimney, and she says she hopes it will be as strong as that last butter you sent us.-New York Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
A 9nndaK Game

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-You say he beat his wife with a club?
 Mir. rimsonbeak-Several clubs. "The monsterw
 "Oh, don't know! You see, he beat her at golf."-Yonkers Statesman.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
It's DrawbRelcn.

Summer will soon be here, Hiram"
 "Yes; about the time we get warm through once more the flies will begin to bother s."-Indiannpolis News.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
CoMdOn~.

|: COndon~.
 Mamma-Did you tell God how naughty you were?
 Ethel Yes, and l guess I wasn't so aw- full naughty aft CT all. cause he didn't make any fuss about it.-Phila del Dhia Press
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
Delicate Point,

"It seems to make Scadding tons wife as mad as a hor- net every time he boasts that he began at the foot and work ed his way up."
 W ell. h e started in as a bootblack. you know" ."-Chica- go Record-H Her aid.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26

CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND RAILWAY COApAHI PoUGIIkEEPsIE nuI DGE aoUra.
 tn Effect Thurrdny, May, oath, 1904.
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
D. w. MANVEL, Prop

A car load of Choice Seed Oats just received; also Swift's Fertilizers
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
The Complete Education.

But, my young friend, man who Is limited merely to a mental educa- ton Is only half educated. The man whose intellectually developed brain is not ballasted by a morally deveI- oped heart is heading toward certain shipwreck. The sharper the knife that Is placed in the hand of a little child the easier 1t Is for that child to do Itself an injury. Aaron Burr was an in- tellectual giant, but Aaron Burr's wasted life was caused by a heart that was morally bedwarfed by sin. Thomas Paine had one of the greatest brains ever placed within the skull of a man; but Thomas Palne's heart was so dis. eased by sin that he was a drunkard, a reprobate and a practical outcast. Lord Byron drank every cup of fame, drank early - deeply drank - drank drafts which might have quenched the throats of millions and then died of wretchedness" because his heart was morally diseased. 1t Is absolutely necessary for every young man and woman in order to happy and sue cessful life to have a truly developed hCuAlB yohCo " o U uC' veloped intellectual brain.
 Now, young people, while the uni versity teachers have been developing your brain, in all probability the moral teachers, like your Christian father and mother and sisters and loved ones, have been developing your heart. By your training and your past religious : life you know what is right and what is wrong. On the day when as young man James Harper left the home of his birth in Newtown, L. l., his mother placed her hand upon his head and said; Jimmy. you ASe. nlN Aheut to
Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26

"A OkOF1 OI hcE0IC OaCENACcs
 He Is able to deliver as well as to guide. To illustrate this truth Dr. New ton, the noted English divine. used to tell a wonderful. story of vicarious suf- fering. The scene was laid in the little German village of Ragenbach. One day a number of people were gathered in the large room of the village inn. AS the party was merrymaking, sud denly huge dog appeared at the open door, the only door which afforded egress from the room. The monsters eyes were bloodshot; his long red tongue was .protruding from the mouth; his lips were covered with a mass of white foam. At a glance every one saw that the dog was mad. Some of the guests were too frightened to even pray. From every lip went the cry: Mad dog! Mad dog! My God, what shall we doY With that the swarthy blacksmith arose. His arms were
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-02-28
MUSCULAR SORENESS.

Az the result OF oyer-exertion and
rpcsure to heat and cold, or from
hatever cause, may be treated sue
essfully by tho timely application OF
jacobs Oil. A thorough rubbing is
ecessary. The Oil should be applied
Vigorously, for ct least twenty min
tes, two or three times daily, when all
ain, soreness, stiffness will be re-
hoyad in twenty-fopr hours. 1t will
lso strengthen and harden the mus
he's. Football players, Gymnasts, and
III athletes will Ind st. Jacobs OIL
hyperion to any other remedy for out
lard application, for the reason that
Is action is more rapid and its effect
armament Thousands of people all
yer the world use and recommend St.
|ncob's OIL for muscular soreness. A
twenty-five cent bottle is quite sutn
Sient to prove its efficacy. In cases
There muscular soreness is compli-
knted with any disease which requires
a Alternative, Vogeler's Curative
compound should be taken. This is
prepared by the proprietors OF st. ia
kob's Oil, Baltimore, Md, who will
end sample free on application.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-02-28
KlCKING A BILL OUT.
Document Actually Kicked Out of House
(To he continued.)

Document Actually Kicked Out of House
O., Commons.
Sir John Knight, stout old Tory
member for Bristol, who in the year
1893 proposed t. kick bill out of the
house of commons. got into sad trou-
BILE. It was a measure for the natural
iZation of foreign Protcstants, and Sir
John, in the course of a violent invec-
tive, exclaimed: "Let us first ki"k the
bill out of the house, and then let us
kick the foreigners out Of the king
DOM" this observation being aimed at
Williams Dutchmen, If not at the king
himself. But what Sir John only pro-
qose5 to do WIKI this bill the commons
actually did with another obnoxious
measure in ITO, says Good Words.
The peers had presumed to alter a
money bill by striking out provision
which offered a bounty upon the ex-
portation Of corn. The commons, in
dignant at the treatment of their depu-
tation, who had been contumaciously
elected from the peers chamber, and
further incensed by the fact that on
another occasion Burke had been kept
waiting three hours at the door of thu
upper house with bill sent up by the
commons, took the present opportunity
to show in emphatic manner that there
was at least one privilege on which
they would not allow the peers to en-
croachs The amendment was promptly
rejected, and with it the bill. The
speaker tossed the document over the
table, and members of both parties, as
they went out, kicked it toward the
door.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-02-28
{ GEN. LUCBAN CAPTURED.
Notorious Filipino Leader in tho Hands
of the Americans.

Notorious Filipino Leader in tho Hands
of the Americans.
Washington, Feb. 27.-Gen. Chaffee
has notified the War Department that
Lieut.. Stribler Of the Philippine scouts
captured Gen. Lucban on the I'D inst.
The prisoner is confined at Laguan. Il
Another capture is recorded in the
same dispatch, namely, that of William
Dunston, said to be deserter from
Co. G, Eighth infantry, who had in his
possession q lot of arms and ammuni-
ton and all Of the tools necessary for
the making of ammunition.
He was captured by Second Lieu.en-
ant Pratt, First infantry. at Caghayan,
on the island of Samar. The lieuten-
ant also destroyed the Quartet and the
factory, and killed eleven soldiers, be-
sides capturing all of Dunston's cor
respondence.
The officials of the War Department
regard the capture OF Lucban as the
most important military event since
Aguinaldo's capture. He was run
down on the island of Samar. The
place OF his confinement is a tiny is
land in bay on the north coast OF
Samar.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-02-28
CHAPTER XII.

The stately rooms of one of the
finest houses in London we're open for
the reception of evening guests. Wax
lights, looking innumerable when re-
fected from the mirrors, shed their
rays on the gilded decorations, on the
fine paintings, and on the gorgeous
dresses of the ladies'; the enlivening
strains of the band invited to the
dance and the rare exotics emitted a
sweet perfume. It was the West End
residence of famed and wealthy city
merchant of lofty standing; his young
wife was an earl's daughter and the
admission to the house of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lady Adela Netherleigh was coveted
by the gay world.
"There's a mishap!" almost screamed
a pretty looking girl. She had dropped
her handkerchief and stopped for it,
and her partner stopped also; in his
hurry he put his foot upon her thin.
white dress. she rose at the same mo-
ment and the bottom of her skirt was
torn half off. ....-.
"Quire impossible that l can finish
the quadrille, quoth she to him, half
IN 6muSGIu6uL, udIl pIOVOhcO DIT LILO
misfortune "You must find another
partner, and will go and get this re-
paired"
She went upstairs; by some neglect,
the lady's maid was not in attendance,
and too impatient to ring and wait
for her, down she flew to the house
keepers parlor. She was quite at
home in the house. for she was the sis
ter of its mistress. She had gathered
the damaged dress up in her arms. but
her white pettieoat fell in rich folds
around her.
Gust look what an object that
stupid And there stopped the
young lady; for instead of the house.
keeper and ladys maid, whom she ex-
pected to meet, nobody was in the
room but a gentleman-a tall hand
some man. She looked thunderstruck;
and then slowly advancing and star
ing at him as if not believing her
own eyes,
my goodness. Gerard! Well. I
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-02-28
CHAPTER XIII.

Before another word could be spok-
en- Mr.. Netherleigh entered. An arts
tocratic man, with a noble counte-
nance. He bore sealed note for Mr..
Hope to deliver in the city.
why, Fanny!" he exclaimed to his
sister-in-law, you here?'
Eyes; look at the sight they have
made me-" replied she, shaking down
her dress for his benefit, as she had
previously done for Mr.. Hope. 81 am
waiting for some one Of the dalnsels
to mend it for me. T suppose Mr.
Hopes presence has scared them
away. Won't mamma be in a ft OF
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-02-28


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