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SENSATION.

There was big sensation in Lees vile, Ind, when w. H. Brown of that place. who was expected to die, had his life saved by Dr Kings New Dis covery for consumption. He writes: "I enduredinsufferab agonies from Asth- ma but your "New Discovery" gave me immediate relief and soon there after effected complete cure. Simi- lar cures of consumption, pneumonia, bronchitis and grip are numerous. It's the peerless remedy for all throat and lung troubles. Prices soc and S1. guaranteed by R. H. Beers & Co.,, New town; w. B. Hawley, Sherman; Fay Tor Curtis & Co.,, Sandy Hook; A. w. Twiss, Bethel; w. N. Noble and Albert Evitts, New Milford: Connery Bros,
 Georgetown; Alle.l Joyce, Roxbury Station; George D. O'Dell, Cornwall Bridge; R. F. Smith, West Cornwall. druggists. Trial bottle free.
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a town about 25 miles from Mooreland. The only child of devoted, wealthy parents, she was brought up in luxury, but at the same time her education was not neglected, and she was taught that work was honorable. When she was 15 her mother died, and after year her father married a widow with daughter of the same age. Her step- mother was exceedingly jealous of MT DuRant'S love for Laura, and while in his presence she was very kind to his daughter, during his absence from home she treated her with contempt and even cruelty. Laura bore it all quietly for her fathers sake, but when he died, after a short illness, she re- solved to leave home.
 The use of his property was willed to his wife during her lifetime, but at her death it was to revert to Laura. Taking the money her father had giv- en to her just before his death, Laura decided to leave home, where should she go? She realized that it would be hard for girl to get along, so she hit on a novel plan. Putting on suit of her fathers she took a night train for Mooreland, and her first attempt to find work was at the Call office.
 On this particular day her lawyer wrote announcing her step-mother's death, and requesting Laura to re. turn. She had decided to return on the morrow.
 1 was grief-stricken at the thought of losing so valuable friend and as sistant, and without further words poured out my story of love. I advis- ed her to leave at night, as in tha way she would avoid unfavorablt comment. Looking at my watch,
 noticed that the night train would b along in half an hour. Hastily finish ing her packing, we went to the sta tion together, l trundlng her trunl in a wheelbarrow. 1 could not hell
 the tears that flowed as the train pull
 led out, but 1 had the satisfaction o knowing that she had promised to b my wife, and that l had an invitation to visit her the next Sunday.
 Every Sunday found me in States
 burg, and then 1 moved my plan there, as l found it inconvenient t
 live in Statesburgh and publish pa . per in Mooreland.
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looking after col umn ''ad," which a merchant had promised me, my drunk en compositor, pressman and main- stay slipped out and l never saw him again. What was I to do?
 I was mad-there was no doubt about that The devil saw my wrath might descend at any moment and piled him. self assiduously to distributing the "dead' matter. l went into my little office. I knew a-plenty of good con- positors, but could 1 persuade one to come here? All that knew were earning more than could afford to pay.
 Just then the boy came in, saying that young man wanted to see me. "Send him in here," l shouted. A light, springy step sounded across the press room floor, and form darkened the doorway. looked up and was sur prised to see sparely-built young man, with light, wavy hair, and fair con- plexion. He was girlish-looking, and his ways were about as effeminate. He carried pair of overalls under his arm, while his clothes looked as if they were made by tailor who paid no attention to the fit. The young man gave his name as George DuRant; he had good i education, he said, some knowledge of office work, and thought he was quick to learn. If I could only give him something to do he was sure that he could earn enough to pay his board. His handsome, open face and importu- nate manner would have conquered me, even though I had all the help need ed, and the light that came into his eyes when I told him I could take him on would have repaid any one.
 We set in at once, and George quick ly learned the position of the boxes. The three of us soon had ali the type distributed, but how were we to get the matter for the next tissue set up: It was now two days before going to press, and not stickful was in the galleys! Late that afternoon the grimiest, toughest tramp 1 had ever as printer. He was bird of passage, who stayed at one place until he grew tired of it and then moved on to an. other. Jim Warwick threw himself into the work, and while he said that we would be little late, "still," said he, "we'll git him out" Pulling out of his pocket a black cob-pipe, with a
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short stem, and borrowing "hodful" of tobacco from me, he ''lit up'' and began work. The hooks were full of 'scopy," and the steady click of the type in the stick was the sweetest music I had ever heard. At night Jim had nearly galley full of matter, and came in to ask me if he could sleep in the press-room. George had been sleeping there on a cot, which had doubtless been there since the paper came into existence. I had offered him the privilege of occupying the room with me, but he had declined. Now l insisted on it, but he still refused, but said that he would board at the same house if he could have room to him. self.
 As we were leaving for the night l incidentally asked Jim where@his be- longings were. "Why, bless your soul, Gap, don't own nothing but the real estate on my shirt," and a glance at that article had shown him to be quite l wealthy.
 | By using some plate matter, which l found in a drawer of the imposing stone frame, we managed to get out a fairly presentable issue without much delay. Jim proved to be a treasure; but, alas! he loved his toddy. Still, it didn't seem to affect him as it had "Chew,' and I said nothing. In fact, Jim seemed to work better when, as he said, he had 1.-two drinks under his shirt" Frequently would notice that he was very nervous after n ;ght with the boys. He would set stickful and in transferring it to the galley pi about half of it. He would stand first on one foot and then on the other. gazing out of the window. Then he would come to the office and hesita. tingly say, ''Cap, lave you got two bits in your jeans?" I knew what he want. ed the 10 cents for, but l didn't have the heart to refuse him. When he got the money, out he would go, making a dash.for the nearest saloon, and would be back and at his stand before 1 hao time to think. Then the type clicked merrily and he was in fine humor.
 One day he took one drink too many He was throwing in the matter from the last issue and it was about all he could do to walk from the stand to the imposing stone and back. From my office I could see the whole perform ance, and while felt sorry for him
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TRAVELLING IS DANGEROUS.

which are kept in place in the body by delicate attachments. This is the reason that travellers, trainmen, street car men, teamsters and all who drive very much, suffer from kidney disease in some form. Foley's Kidney Cure strengthens the kidneys and cures all forms of bladder disease. George E. Hausan, locomotive engineer, Lima, O., writes, Constant vibration of the engine caused me great deal of trou- ble with my kidneys, and 1 got no re- lief until l used Foley's Kidney Cure. y Sold by R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; Betts & Betts, Sandy Hook; A. B. Blakeman, Botsford.
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NEWS IN BRIEF,


 J. A. Halgren has recently purchas- ed a new carriage.
 William Elwood has moved his fam fly to Derby.
 Selectman J. s. Thornhill attended the Masonic gathering at New Mill ford, last Friday.
 Charles Williams spent Sunday in Worthwhile going and coming on his bicycle.
 J. A. Halgren, who has been having serious trouble with his eyes, is now greatly improved.
 Manager Dean, business manager of Sturdevant's store, is receiving com. pliments on his new Panama hat.
 M. F. Keane, who has been working for the Lenox Shear Co.,, has resigned his position there and taken position as fireman on the Consolidated road. Charles Seaman has left the employ of the Lenox Shear Go. and has gone tc West Cornwall, where he has taken a position with the J. Mallison Shear Co., Edward Ovitt of Bantam wasa guest one day last week, of William Hib bard.
 K. P. Elsenboss has put up barr this spring. This barn will be 28x6( feet.
 Edward Starr of Long Meadow Hill is quite ill with pneumonia. Miss Rose Kennedy and Master l Howell Rogers of Kent were guests over Sunday of MT and Mrs c. H. Ben nett on Long Meadow Hill. I. Parent, who has had charge of the Foster place on Long Meadow Hill | the past year, has moved to Mrs Bloom $ place in the west part of the town near the Iron Works Samuel Wilson of New Haven was a recent guest of Frank Smith. H. D. Lake of Obtuse is having his house newly painted. B. P. Pitcher is doing the work: MT Pitcher also has
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the contract for painting house for MT Jackson.
 Miss Lillian Pinckney has visited friends in Danbury. the past week.
 Miss Jessie Sanford of Bedding is the teacher in Obtuses school, taking the place of Miss Tweedy, who resign ed.
 Mrs Clarence Stoddard and daugh- ter are visiting at Frank Pinckney'S.
 Mrs Hiram Hawley- and Miss Caro- lyn Hawley are in New Haven, the guests of ex-GOv. Merwin. Miss Adele Hawley of Virginia is visiting at Mrs J. w. Skidmore's. The seiectmen have an advertise. ment concerning dog license in another column. It will be of interest to own CTS who have not yet had their dogs licensed to read it.
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FROM A CAT SCRATCH

on the arm, to the worst sort of burn, sore or boil, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is quick cure. Inbuying Witch Hazel Salve. be particular to get De- tt'S-this is the salve tfsat heals without leaving scar. A specific for blind, bleeding, itching and protrud- ing piles. Sold by s. J. Parks, Trum- bull; A. B. Blakeman, Botsford; B. Hawley & Co.,, Stepney; w. N. Hurd, Long Hill; Betts & Betts, Sandy Hook; M. Beach, Monroe, w. J. Beehler, Brooktield, R. H. Beers x Co, New town.
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BRIEFLY NOTED.

NO1EO.
 Henry Briggs i s quite poorly. He is over eighty.
 Miss Carrie Mallory has been visit ing Mrs Geddes, in Br )okfield.
 The Kings Daughters circle ne,ts with Mrs B. J. Hungerford on Sdtur. day afternoon. The Thursday evening meeting is at the Second district schOOlhOuSe. A. H. Barlow has recently purchas, ed fine white horse of T. H. Stevens.
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SHERMAN.
GOOD ROAD WORK.

An excellent bit of permanent road has been done by Road Foreman George Beebe and men on the flat below the residence of Charles A. Mallory. Stone has been carted in and these have been covered by a good quality of gravel. It will be an improvement which will be appreciated, especially in freshet times, when the road is gen. erally covered.
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A LESSON IN HEALTH.

Healthy kidneys filter the impuri- ties from the blood, and unless they do this good health is impossi ble. Foley's Kidney Cure makes sound kid neys and will.positively cure all forms of kidney and bladder disease. It strengthens the whole system. Sold by R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; Betts & Betts, Sandy Hook; A. B. Blakeman, BOtSfOrd.
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THE FORTUITOUS> ASSISTANT.

ODD, OLD-FASHIONED RESULTS FROM
 THE WORRY OF A COUNTRY NEWS
 PAPER EDITOR IN NORTH CAROLINA.
 LOWE E. CASE IN THE SPRINGFIELD
 REPUBLICAN.
 I was Respondent. Physicians had told me that unless l moved to a bet Nter climate I could never be entirely rid of my throat trouble. "You must leave this severe climate and seek the pine-woods section of North Carolina '' the specialist had told me on my last visit. l paid his bill and went back to my office. l was city editor on a Bal timore daily and was doing well. Co., ing to my desk, and neglecting the work that must be attended to for the next mornings issue, sat there and reviewed my past career l had enter ed the office 10 years before, at the age of 16, and by strict attention to busi ness had risen to the position 1 now held. I had often built air castles,
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Ten Pages.
THE HOME CIRCLE.
A BOY THAT l KNEW.

A boy that knew, when skies were all And fields of the morning were sparkling
 with dew.
 With u smile on his face and a smile in
 his heart
 He walked from the phantom of trouble
 apart:
 And his laughter was sweet as the lit of For he knew not the care of the world, ,'Or The past and the future might bury their The day was enough for that boy that I knew. A youth that knew, as he stood where Leads down to the mists and the toll and Bore a smile on hls face, and kept faith And udna in his is, sou, l. nro,.a ror vo,, ,s the goal!' Though others were crushed, and though others might wear On their foreheads the emblems of doubt and despair, He would win in the strife, standing stal- wart and true, For Achieve" was the word of that youth that knew.
 A man that I know, worn, weary, and Looks backward on years that his fail- ure have told;
 Looks backward to hope, with promise To the faith. like wrath from the coun- To the visions that faded, the faltcring The wall of the bugle that called to re- treat;
 And 'tis SC Q ds~' for the morning. the sheen of And to go back to the boy that knew? -tAlfred J. Warehouse in June Success
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
BROOKFIELD.
THE JOKER AT LARGE,

A. Mansfield was somewhat SurpriS- ed, last week, to find as he looked out in the morning that his front lawn had been converted into a carriage re- pository. It was covered with wagons and carts of every description and a sign had been posted, "Auction, Spe- cial Wagon Sale" The perpetrator of the joke has not been discovered as yet.
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AN INTERESTING LECTURE.

Rev J. c. Goddard, the talented pas tor of the Congregational church in Salisbury, will give a lecture in the Congregational church on May 26 on sThe New Columbus" He appears under the auspices of the Delivers.
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A REAL ESTATE DEAL.

Charles Johnson has purchased the Joy ce farm of the administrators, and has since exchanged it for MT Cass' farm. The latter will move in the fall.
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STEVENSON.

Charles Booth of AnSonia will make
 his home with his sister, Mrs William o. French, and will have charge of her farm.
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kidney trouble.
 Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
 It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ming in kidney trouble.
 If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. kilrner' s Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits EN by all druggists in fifty :ss:::EEss cent and onedollar sig es. You may have -sa=s. ssa@ss9 aa:=zSsssss=9 sample bottle by mail Home of swampRoot free. also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. kilmeI & Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake. but re member the name, Swamp-Root, Dl Kilmers Swamp Root, and the ad dress, Bnghamton, N. I., on every bottle.
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The kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil- ter out the waste or impurities in the blood.
 If they are sick or out of order. they fail to do their work.
 Pains, aches andrheu- matism come from ex- cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected
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Over-NOrk WeakenS
 Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes.
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HN25 Year, 75 Cents for Six Months, 50 Dents for Four Months. Four Gents Copy
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Reading notices, brevier type. 1Oc line. Small nonpareil ads, 1c word per week.
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Newtown, Friday, May 22, 1903 Telephone call, 264-32
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

l1GCle lace SpFcdU " uiS ucChs CucsG 0Au OdSns
had never seen anything quite like it before
The skin rose in little Jumps, and matter came
out. My baby's skin was hot, and how he did
suffer! He wouldn't eat, and night after night /
walked the floor with him weak as was. Often
had to stop because I felt faint and my back
throbped with pain. But the worst pain of all
was to see my poor little boy burning and Itch
ing with those nasty sores, which the neighbors
said was Eczema. a lady across the street gave
me some Cuticura Ointment, think the box was
about half full, and piece of Cuticura Soap. I
followed the directions, bathing Charlie with the
Soap and putting that nice Ointment on the
sores. wouldn't have believed that my baby
would have been cured by little thing like that.
Not all Of sudden, mind you. Little by little,
but SO surely, Charlie and both got more
peace by day, and more sleep by night; The
never forget one blessed night when went to
IN woke up the sun was streaming in. For the
slept through the night without break. Yes,
w is Charlie, and his skin is as, while as snow
emedies. assl Ssssa es. ~ ~
n bottle Tin the Of Chocolate Coated per vial
for Huours of the Blood Skin and Scalp and How to-
rterhouse Sq Paris Rue de Ia Pai Boston. Columbus
oration, Sole Propretors.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
!CHAPT III.
How the First Generation Once Rishted
~. H. teal :

How the First Generation Once Rishted
=. .---..~ @-'.,s% Itself. ~ =
f.. Back in 1850, a young man of "a. Peter
Bines had Joined the rush to California;
working his passage as deck-hand ,on a
vessel that doubled the Horn. Landing
without capital at San Francisco, the little
seaport settlement among the shifting,
yellow sand dunes, he had worked six
weeks along the docks as rousta bout for
money to take him back into the hills
whence came the big fortunes and the big
ger tales of fortunes. For six years he
worked over the graYelly benches of the
California creeks for vagrant particles OF
gold. Then, in the late fifties he joined
mad stampede to the Frazer river gold
fields in British Columbia T.. Thence, in
the sixties. the mining world being still
wild over its first knowledge Of silver sui
phurets. he was dra Wsn back by the Won
der tales of the Comstock lode. .,.,e:S
Joining the bedraggled caravan over the
Carson trail, he continued his course of
bitter hardship in the Washoe valley.
From a patch of barren, sun baked rock
and earth, three miles long and third
Of q mile wide, high up on the eastern
slope of Mount Davidson, he beheld more
millions taken out than the widest enthu-
siasts had ever ventured to dream Of. But
Peter Bines was a luckless unit Of the
ajOrity that had, perforce, to live on the
hope produced by others findings. The
time for his strike had not come.
For ten years more, half in flannel
shirt and overalls, he lived in flimsy
tents, scattered canvas houses,and some
| times holes in the ground. One abode
| of luxury, long cherished in memory, was
a ten-by twelve redwood shanty on
Feather River. It not only boasted a
window, but there was a, round hole In
the shake" roof. fastidiousfy cut to fit
| a stove-pipe. That he never possessed
a stove-pipe had made this feature of the
architecture not less sumptuous and en-
gaging. He lived chiefly on salt pork and
! beans, cooked over smoky camp fires.
| Thru it all he was the determined
eager, confident prospector, never for ali
| instant prey to even the suggestion Of q
doubt that he would not shortly be rich
Whether he washed the golden specks
from the sand Of a sage-brush plain, OF
sought the mother ledge Of some wander.
ing golden child, or dug with his pick tt
follow promising surface lead, he knew
it to be only the matter of time when his
day should dawn. He was of the make
that wears unbending hope as it's birth
! right. sfss,
When his day came it brought no sur
| prise, so freshly certain had he kept o1
it's coming thru the twenty years Of
\ search. ,.s -
i At his feet, one July morning in 1876
i he noticed piece of dark stained rock ii
4 a mass of driftstones. So small was il
i that to have gone few feet to either
4 side would have been to miss it,. He
4 picked it up and examined 1t leisurely. II
i was rich in silver ; Li5.,;,t 80
4 Somewhere. then, between him and the
mountain top was the parent stock from
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
CHAPTER III.
Billy Brue Finds His Man.

Each spring the old man grew restive
and raw like an unbroken colt. And when
the distant mountain peaks began to swim
In their summer haze, and the little rush
ing rivers sang to him, pleading that he
come. once more to follow them up, ne
became uncomfortable. Every year at
this time he alleged, with a show Of irri-
station that .shis health was being sapped
by the pernicious Indulgence of sleeping
on i a bed inside a house. He alleged,
further. that stocks and bonds were but
shadows Of wealth, that the old mines
might any. day become exhausted, and
that security for the future lay only in
aving one member OF the family, at least,
looking up new pay rock against the
ever possible time of adYersity.
They amt got to maxim calendars yet
with the rainy day marked on 'em." he
would say most any ole Of them in
nocent lookin' Mondays or Tuesdays or
Wednesdays is liable to be 1T when you
get right up on to it & I'll have to start
my old bones out again, see, that.
Things are beginnin' togreensup already"
When he did go4it was always under
stood to be positively for not more than
two weeks. A. list Of his reasons for
extending the time each year to three or
four months would constitute the ideal
monograph on human sduplic Lofty When
hard pushed on his return, he had once
or twice been even brazen enough to as
sert that he had lost his way in the noun
tain, Businesses. But, forS all his protes-
tations, no one when he leftyin June sex-
pected to see him again before Septen-
ber at the earliest.
And so he loitered through the noun
tains, resting here, climbing there, max
ing always a shrewd, close reading Of the
|rocks.
It was thus Billy Brue found him at
the end of his second days search. A
little off the trail, at the entrance to a
pocket Of the canyon, he lowered erect
to peer down when he heard the noise
of the messengers ascent. Standing be-
side q boulder Of gray GRANTEE before a
background Sof thes gnarled dwarf-cedars,
his hat off, his blue shirt open at the
neck. his bare forearms brown. hairy,
and muscular, hammer in his right
hand, his left resting lightly on his hip.
he might have been the Titan that had
forged the boulder, at his side, pausing
now for breath before another
mighty task. Well over. six feet
tall, still straight as any OF
the pines before him, his head and broad
shoulders in the easy poise sof power,
Eno sign of age.e Hisslines were gracefully
! full. his bearing had still the alertness OF
l-youtfl One must have come as near as
Billy Brue now came to detect the marks
of time In his face. Not of age-merely
| of time; for. herehwas no senility, no
uuavering or fretful HINES. The gray eyes
Ishone bright and clear from far under
| the heavy, unbroken line of brow, and
1.-the mouth was still stnight and firmly
lheld. a mouth under sure control from
lcorner to corner. A little had the years