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Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
Big ExpIosion.

J The magazine of the United States Giartrid ge cnmnanY at Tewksbury. nem Lowell, Mass, blew up yesterday fore pa1l and killed 25 persons and demolsh- ets slH ers.i II5uses Il, siso sie;ali.,t
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
NOTICE TO ELECTORS.

The undersigned Registrars of Voters of notice that they will be in session at the Office of the Town Clerk in said Town on Friday, August :, and Friday, August II, 1908, from 12 o'clock noon until g o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of making an enrollment of the legal voters of said Town, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 106, General Statutes, Revision of 1902, being an Act concerning Political Primaries and Caucuses.
 SAMUEL A. EDDY,
 JOHN G. BECKLEY. Dated at North Canaan, Ct., July s3, 1908.
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
NOTICE.

Farmers and others bringing calves to Canaan will find 1t to their advantage to have them there by eight o'clock.
 H. B. STEVENS
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
NOTICE TO ELECTORS

The undersigned Registrars of Voters of the Town of Canaan hereby give notice that they will be in session at the office of the K. W. Spur Company, Falls Village, in said town, on Friday, August 7th, and Friday, August l4th, 19o3 from 12 o'clock noon until nine clock in tho afternoS i, for the purpose of making an enrolhnent of the legal voters of said town, in accord ance with the provisions of section 1790 of the General Statutes.
 J. $. TRACY, Registrars of
 NJ. l.. BLoDGETT, Voters. ro,.t Faiis us Village Village Conn, July s7, Iss
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
FOR SALE.

One Steinway piano for one-quarter its value. Apply to
 THOMAS c. HEFFERNAN, At Dewitt Curtiss place, Ashley Falls, Mass. WANTED-Y0UNG MEN to prepare for Gov. arnment Positions. Fine openings in all De part ments. Good Salaries Rapid Promo lions. Examinations soon. Particulars free. Interstate Cor. Inst, Cedar Rapids, la.
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
FOR SALE.

Young Plymouth Rock cockercls, 75c. Mas. HARRY SEDGwICK,
 Cornwall Hollow, Ct. ?. O. Address, Falls Village R. F, D.
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
Our new Carpet Room

Our New Carpet Room has been designed especially for the showing Carpets and Lace Curtains We show you here the satisfying Carpets Squares Rugs and Lace Curtains to be found in all Western Connecticut
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
WANTED.

A girl for general housework, and to d. some cooking.
 A. H. OWENS, East Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30

We have made great additions floor space in Carpet and Wall Paper Department We have been compelled do this because stock this spring just about double what it has been before.
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
Our new UalI Paper Room

New Stock of Mattings, Mouldings,
 Window Shades, Oil Cloths and LinoIeums.
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30

Edward Williams, Jr., a colored man about 25 years old, was drowned Sunday ill the pond which has formed in the old Barnes lime quarry, about one mile and half from this village on the Clayton road. Williams was not a good swimmer and yet he went bathing in the Housatonic river in the morning and barely escaped drowning there. About II o'clock in the forenoon he went in swimming again in the quarry pond and got into about IS feet of water where he lost his composure and began to founder. He went down and arose. When he came up a white boy by the name of Ball, son of Sylvester Ball, grabbed Williams by the hair and tried to rescue him, but the frantic negro grabbed Ball by the legs and drew him down. After terrible struggle under the water the Ball boy escaped from Williams grasp and managed to get ashore where he vomitted alarmingly, but recovered all right. The negro was not seen again and the search for his body continued until Monday forenoon when it was grappled up by Frank Dewitt. Dr. o. W. Camp, medical ex- aminer, viewed the body and permitted its removal. Williams, who was a grandson of "Gray" Johnson, was married and had two children. They lived in Ashley Falls, Mass, in the house vacated last year by William Cor. man, ST.
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30

Walter Clinton, 23, c. N. k. freight brakeman, was killed while making coupling at Highland, N. Y., Tuesday afternoon. Chnton's home was in Gardner, N. T., where his father conducts hotel.
 Miles E. Briggs and wife of St. Paul, Minn., left town Tuesday for New Rochelle, N. Y., to visit Mrs. Briggs sister. Mir. Briggs will return to St. Paul Friday, Mrs. Briggs remaining at New Rochelle month longer.
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30

Canaan has street sprinkler, a home made affair, which is being used on the macadam road. Whether any provision or not will be made for its regular use remains to be seen.
Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30

The following letter from Robert IT
 Hill, the eminent geologist, connected with the United States Geological Sur. yey, will be of interest to many of pul readers who have become interestedl in the properties mentioned through tAt company's agent, Geo. w. Chase, d, North Adams.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23
ELIZABETH, MOTHER OF KINGS.

Princess of Bohemia Known as the
Queen of Hearts.
On Aug. 10, in 1896, was born little
princess, Elizabeth, whom Fate des-
tined to be the foundress Of our reign
ing dynasty, as her younger brother,
the ill-starred Charles l., was to be
the ancestor Of the elder branch Of
Stuart, writes the London Daily News.
From either the brother or the sister
every living member of every reign
ing family is descended, II Is little
remarkable that James l., the only
child Of an only child of an only child,
is the ancestor Of every princely per
sonage In Europe, as well as of many
others.
Elizabeth, who was named after om
queen Of spacious times" was deeply
attached to Henry, the eldest son Of
James l., who died in his fathers life
time. She married In 1913 the Pal
grave Of the Rhine, who afterward be-
came the winter king of Bohemia, and,
after much suffering, died in 1852, just
as Gustavus Adolphus Of Sweden, who
had been a claimant for Ellzabeth's
hand, was triumphlng. The widowed
queen lived on poor allowances from
England, Holland or the Rhine states
until she returned to England after the
restoration Of her nephew. Charles III.
She then resided In Lord Crayen's
house in Drury lane, where she died In
1862.
We canot now measure what the
charms and wit were which gained for
her the name of "Queen Of Hearts"
and the admiration of all who knew
her. She was not clever. She was not
on the best Of terms with all Of her
numerous children. many Of whom be-
came Roman Catholics. II was owing
to this fact that 1t was her youngest
but one, Sophie Of Hanover, who gave
us our present reigning family, for the
Due dOrleans, now living. is the senior
OF our king even as descendant Of Eliz-
abeth. Her favorite child was Prince
Rupert Of the Rhine. the royalist cav
airy leader. whose name Is renewed
to-day In the second heir to the throne
Of Bavaria. to whose house be be
lOnged-
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23

But the story is better told in the
history of the country and the Indian
wars. There you will find that only a
few escaped, and the battle ground
was made famous in history. 1t was
made so by German soldier in Gen
eral Crooks command, whose dialect
gave it the name it still bears. After
the battle was over, as the German
wiped the perspiration and powder
stains from his face, he said:
'Dey call dis 'HelPs Drap, but |
name 1t 'Dunder and Blixen.'" Since
that time the battle ground and the
river have borne the name the Ger
man gave the place, and history has
adopted the name as the proper one.
Among the few who escaped were
Chief Egan and Dan Follett. At the
last moment they plunged into the
raging stream and swan with the
current for long distance. reached
the distant shore and then ascended
precipice of rimrocks, aud as they
passed over the summit they waved
their hands in defiance at their pur-
suers
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23
CHEAP HANDY MAN.
In New York There Is Youth VIII,
Works for a Penny.

In New York There Is a Youth Who
Works for a Penny.
No woman. no matter how poor she
may be, who lives within the confines
of a certain territory on the upper
West Side, In New York City, need be
without help In her household duties
any more-that is, provided the pres
ent state of things In the section con-
tinues. She can call to her aid man
of-all-work who will perform any serv-
Ice she requires, and all she will have
to pay is one penny.
There Is a youth just verglng on
manhood who patrols the section
every morning regularly, going into
the yards and calling out at the top
of his voice that he will do any kind
of work for one cent"
The territory covered by this strange
character extends from 72d street to
10th street and from Central Park
West to the North Rivers Sometimes
he goes little above or below this sec
tion, but usually he confines himself
to these limits. He was first noticed a
little more than month ago, and
since that time he has not failed to
appear on any day except Sunday.
He goes into the yards of fat houses,
the janltors seldom making any objec-
tion, and loudly bawls a list Of things
L. 1a Eos, OnvRf II fasxty
Of them:
Take the clothes on the roof.
Blacken stoves.
Carry coal from cellar.
Beat carpets.
Clean rugs.
Wash windows.
Make the beds.
Wash the dishes.
Wash the dog.
Clean the beds of bugs.
Scrub the floor.
Chop wood.
Il will do anything at ALL" he goes
on, "for one penny"
The youth is apparently In earnest.
and when any one. taking compassion
on him, throws out a coin he will in
yariably ask do you want any work
doneT
He seems loath to take the money
without giving its equivalent in work.
thus exploding the theory that some
formed at first that he was merely
playing upon their sympathies. Some
availed themselves Of his services out
Of compassion at first. but they have
found that he does his work well, and
now they do not see how they could
get along without him.
Many housewives in fats who do
not keep q servant find this youth ex-
ceedingly useful They get the hardest
part Of their work done quickly and
cheaply and do not have to contend
with many annoyanees consequent on
keeping a girl In a small fat Most
persons who employ the youth give
him more than a penny. but he does
not seem to expect any more.-New
York Times.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23
LORD OF THE DESERT
By PAUL de LANEY.

that moved them down like grass be-
fore a scythe. Another opening and
another was tried with like results,
until terror-strieken they ran about
the meadow, hiding here and there In
the tall grass soon to be spied out by
the reVengeful soldiers and shot like
sage hens.
But the daring Follett would not
give up. He saw old Egan organizing
the men on the other side of the river,
and plunged into the mad stream to
Join him. and made the other shore.
Mounting their horses, the chief and
half-breed led the men to the neck
where the water was rapidly rising
to the danger point. But here the
real slaughter began.
General Crook led his men In per-
son. and when the savages were In
easy range he gave the command to
fire. II was a deadly fire. Every shot
found its mark. The savages fell
from their horses like hail. Some Of
them tried to dash through the lines
while others turned back toward the
raging torrent.
Charge" came the command from
Crook. 1t was not technically a hui
name warfare. though it was CON
Quoted according to human tactics,
Every shot that was fired was fired
by a man mad for revenge. They
charged upon the savages, sparing
none and taking no prisoners, for
they refused to surrender and did not
ask for mercy. TO the brink Of the
stream they ran, many falling pierced
with lead before they reached this
point. Some plunged into the food
never to rise again; others made II
across to fall before the rifles in the
hands of the. guards at the openings
in the rimrocks.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23

Cling along the rocky uphill path Of
life. while love personified by a man
angel tenderly bends over her hesitat-
ing figure as she places her hand In
his for guidance up the rocky path.
Without the protection Of love she
dare not venture. The picture was
presented to the United States by Mr..
Watts at the time Of the Worlds Fair
in Chicago. President Cleveland sub
sequently hung 1t in the White House,
but took II down and sent 1t to the
Coreoran Art Gallery, when the w. G.
7. U. protested against it. President
Roosevelt thinks the White House its
proper place.
Watts is 50 years old. He first
achieved success as a portrait and his
torical painter. Later he turned to
representations Of the great things Of
life which are the common things-to
love, death and judgment His pic
lures appeal to the masses. Some Of
his paintings are in the House Of Par
lament others In the Tate gallery In
London, and four Of his best In st.
Jude's Church. Whitechapel, the poor
est district in London. He is a tire
less worker, arising at o'clock In the
morning and working until late.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23
QUEER SToRlE5

The German emperor stands twenty
fourth In the list of succession to the
British crown.
In an ironclad of ten thousand tons
the hull weighs 3,400 tons and the
machinery 1,400 tons.
Thibet is larger than France, Ger
many and Spain combined, but has
only six million people.
Divers boots weigh twenty pounds
apiece. The helmet weighs forty
pounds, and the diver carries also
eighty pounds of lead to enable him
to keep his balance at the bottom of
the sea.
The Japanese rip their garments
apart for every washing, and they
iron their clothes by spreading them
on fat board and leaning this up
against the house to dry. The sun
takes the wrinkles out of the clothes
and some of them have quite lustre.
The Japanese woman does her wash
ing out of doors. Her washtub Is not
more than six inches high.
The ancients did not have lightning
rods constructed as ours are, but they
had lightning conductors, which shows
that they knew how to protect them
selves from the danger that lies In a
thunderstorm. Even SO long ago as
the tenth century lightning was divert
ed from fields by planting in them
long sticks or poles, on top of which
were lance heads. 1t is said that the
Celtic soldiers used to try to make
themselves safe from the stroke during
a storm by lying on the ground with
their naked swords planted point up
ward beside them.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23
pgNMARKs eReAT CATHEDRAL
Historic Sanctuary with the Remains
of Rulers IL at RosktIde.

Historic Sanctuary with the Remains
of Rulers Is at RoskiIde.
The great cathedral Of Denmark is
situated about eighteen miles west OF
Copenhagen In the little town Of Ros-
kilde, where in former days was a
royal residence. Roskllde is on the
main railway line running across zea-
land to Kursour, the little port on the
Great Belt, from whence the boats
sail for Kiel and Nyborg. 1t is very
quiet little town of 6,000 inhabitants,
the picturesque houses looking very
humble beneath the towering mass Of
the cathedral standing on the edge of
the hill which drops precipitously down
to the ford at Its foot. 1t seems
strange to see so grand pile built en-
tirely of red brick, but the cathedral
Of Roskllde is Of this material within
and without.
The original building, erected by
King Harald BIaatand in the tenth
century, was Of wood. This was fol
lowed In the next century by build.
ing consisting Of nave and two
aisles, constructed Of limestone. The
present building is believed to have
been commenced in 1910, when Peter
Suneson was bishop Of Roskilde.
All the Danish royal family are laid
to rest in Roskilde; the word buried
is scarcely applicable, for the royal re-
mains merely stand In great coftins In
the various chapels on the north and
south sides Of the cathedral.
One of the chapels Is dedicated tC
Christian IV.-one Of Denmark's most
famous kings, who lived In the latter
part Of the sixteenth and the first hall
Of the seventeenth centuries. The
chapel was built party after the kings
own design between 1915 and 1920
but the mural paintings were added
later by Christian VIII. In the nava
battle of Femarn the king lost an eye
and fell fainting from loss Of blood.
Christian Tvs coffin is Of oak, GOV
cred with black velvet, and ornament
ed with silver plates on the sides, ant
a crucifx and the kings sword on the
top. The coffin nearest his is that o.
Queen Anna Catherine, the first con
sort of Christian w., and another be
longs to the Prince Christian, who wal
elected successor, but died before hli
father
During Queen Alexandra's recen
visit to Denmark most of the mem
bers Of the royal party at Bernstof
visited Roskilde Cathedral on the an
niversary day of the death Of the lat'
Queen of Denmark. The coffin is GOV
cred with wreathS and the one sen
by Queen Victoria a few years ago
though withered, is still kept with th'
others which cover the coffin.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23
Retter Roads vs. Better schooIs.

Better Roads vs. Better Schools.
One of the most beneficial results OF
road Improvement is the facility 1t
gives to consolidate country schools
and thus concentrate our children into
central buildings, so making graded
schools possible In our country dis
tIlcts. In travelling around the State
we have noticed that where improved
roads exist the children, by means OF
bicycles. easily go long distances to
central schools; thus graded roads
make possible graded schools, the I'M
proved roads working in harmony with
the State education law, giving the
children of the rural districts the same
advantages as those residing In cities.
In one year forty-four Connecticut
towns, by means Of improved roads,
were enabled to give free transporta-
ton to large number Of their pupils.
Eighty-four small schools We're closed
and $40 children rode to the central
schools. The cost of transportation was
about $4,000, but a gross amount Of
some $4,000 was saved, leaving a net
saving of some $4,000. This saving
was only a small part Of the benefit
derived, for 1t resulted in better at-
tendance and better schools. This
close coordination between improved
roads and education cannot be too
strongly impressed upon the public at
tention.-New York Tribune Farmer.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23
CHAPTER XIV.
Wages OF Sin and Alcohol.

It is several days after the battle
of "Dunder and Blixen." General
Crook has sent all of his men, except
his staff, to the fort and he has stop
ped at the Stone House to straighten
out the matters reported by the trap
per.
Bertha and Hammersley are at the
Stone House. James Lyle is there
AL Beach has returned. All of the
cowboys who escaped the Indian ar.
rows are there. There are many
"reminiscences to relate. Bertha has
long ago told the story OF how she
and Metzger fell into the hands OF
Follett. He had come to the trapper's
abode late in the afternoon and left
message to the effect that the trap
per desired their presence at the
Stone House, and that the half-breed
would call about dark for them
They had held conference before
the return of Follett, and while they
were suspicious of him, it seemed SC
probable that his story was true, that
they decided to accompany him
Metzger arming himself end claiming
that he was a match for the Canadian
Follett came at the appointed time
bringing two horses with him, and
Bertha leaving Julian Byrd to look
after her father, she and MetzgeI
started out with the Canadian toward
the Stone House. They had not gone
far, however. until they were sur
rounded by the four braves, who had
accompanied Follett. and were In
their power. Follett took immediate
command and hurried them away to
ward "Hells Trap" at which place
the reader is familiar with what fol
lowed.
It is early In the afternoon. Gen
era1 Crook is seated at the bedside oil
very sick man in the main room oi
the Stone House. He is delirious foi
long periods and conscious for short
ones. His conscious me nents are
moments of agony.
It is the Lord Of the Desert. He
had remained sober during the siege
of the Stone House and had taken an
oath at the time that he would never
drink intoxicants again. AS soon as
the siege was over and the soldiers
and cowboys had gone and the excite
ment died out. he had collapsed. Fol
more than a week he had neither eat
en- nor slept. The collapse of his
years of dissipation had come. His
bloated form was rapidly assuming
its natural state. He was but 9
sponge, a dry decaying sponge with
all of the substance gone. He was 6
human wreck. made so by sin and al
oohol. His was not an isolated case;
It was the same old story. Written
and unwritten history abound with
such stories.
1T Is too late, general, it is toe
late" said the unfortunate man in
moment of consciousness. Il have
taken the cath. I viii never drinl
again. but 1t was taken too late. Il
might stimulate me now for a few
hours. but IL would make death the
more aEonizlng."
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-23
70 Make Better Rural Roads.

To Make Better Rural Roads.
The Postoffice Department has a
scheme under consideration which, If
adopted, will help to do away with the
bad roads to be found In many parts
of the country. The plan is to have
inspectors appointed in the rural free
delivery part of the service whose duty
1t shall be to determine whether the
roads over which 1t is proposed rural
carriers shall travel are fit.
At present the department iE swamp
ed with the complaints Of the rural car
riers about the condition Of the roads
over which they are expected to carry
the mall The department las had no
way of making the road supervisors
better the condition Of the roads. Now
1t is proposed to ask Congvess for au-
thority to abolish the rural routes that
include parts Of bad roads and not to
re-establish them until they have been
SO repaired as to make 1t possible for
an ordinary horse to drag an ordinary
vehicle over the roadbed in tue fall
and spring months.
The duty Of the proposed inspectors
shall be to examEe all the roads about
which complaint is made. If they find
the allegation to be true, 1t shall be
their duty to notify the supervisor OF
the roads for the township through
which the road passes that unless 1T IL
put into condition within the fixed
time, the carrier service will be dlscon
tinued. There are about 1900 rural
free delivery routes and on three
fourths OF them the roads are in bad
condition for about half the year.