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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

Last Thursday the Hydeville tea
party gave Mrs. Thomas Melbourne a
surprise.
This evening the regular supper OF
the Ladies' Aid society of the Congre-
gational church in the vestry. Host
esses, Mrs. James Swift and Mrs. Mary
Heck.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
Episcopal church of this place will
hold an "apple social on Thursday
evening, Sept. oath. A program OF
interest will be provided, the main
feature of which will be 'sapples. =
The hostesses will be Mrs. Melbourne
and Mrs. Mccarthy. All are invited
to come. The supper will be ten
cents.
West Stafford.
Mrs. Robert Greaves is quite sick.
Miss Nellie Holmes has been visit
ing friends in Tolland.
Edith Parks from Bridgeport is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. C.E Kellogg
Ed. Dimock and son, Lavergne, are
cutting ensilage for the neighboring
farmers.
Mrs. Philo Atwood of Willimantic
has been visiting her mother, Mrs
Janette Newell.
Mrs. Luf1er from New London is
visiting her sisters, Mrs. Ella Lovett
and Mrs. Francelia Gold.
A. M. Shepard and Michael Roberts
visited VIM. S. Shepard in Feeding
Hills, Mass, last Sunday.
William Perry from New Hampshire
has moved into the Brady house, re-
Gently purchased by @. p. Broadway.
Rev. and Mrs. H. T. Barnard and
Henry Stafford left Tuesday for va
cation in New London and New York
city.
The entertainment held last week
Thursday evening was quite we'll at
tended. The Ladies' Aid will realize
about $40.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

Congressman cCleary would be
alright for governor, in fact in any
official position within the gift of
the people, but he is of more use
and benefit to the state where he is
as congressman and should an op-
portunity offer he should be pushed
up to the senatorship, we do not
mean to depose Clapp or Nelson but
he will be a most excellent man for
their successor. Mr.. McCleary does
not only look after the wants Of his
district but diligently endeavors to
secure informtlon for all parts Of
the government that will aid in q
successful administration of all
branches, making most valuable
man innCongress. His membership
on important committees indicate
to what extent his counsel is desir-
ed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

'yvoul6 Sn ct IL Nv 49,.
N The I'M sidsnt = g right "a ~
question Tint whether The respon-
~ come from tho North tho South,
tho East AZ the West they Al urse
the President to stand ~ his deter
mination. and he will do IL.
The audacity Of the unions in ask
ing the President Of the United
States to dismiss an individual b.
cause he il or. is not . member Of
a union is astonishing. There is an
old Roman maxim that Whom
ever the Gods would destroy
they Arst make mad, = and
that appears to be the presiden 7 In
evitable tendency Of m attempt 70
dictate to the President Of the
United States men whom hs shall
not appoint because they ars not
acceptable to union labor organiza-
tions. Milwaukee Evening Wiz.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
THE POPULAR RESPONSE TO
30 THE PRESIDENT.

ID The Washington bookbinders'
nnion has forced upon the cogni-
& zance Of President Roosevelt one of
the greatest problems ever presen-
ted respecting the employment of
union and non-union labor&in the
$departm Of the :. government.
u The beokbinders' union has insisted
4 that ". A. Miller shall not be rein
stated as assistant foreman in the
government printing office He was
discharged because be had become
persona non grata to the union. -
On Monday last the labor leaders,
held a conference with the President
sagaiust the retention of " Miller.
Their first and strongest suggestion
was that he was not a union man.
he president declared that was
mot a question for him to consider,
because neither the constitut ton Of
!sthe United States nor the laws Of
orr country make any distinction
u between union and non-union
!!labor, and therefore he certainly
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

Formal oeyls ~ 4 ~ \ - lloss osneS.
NJ MS. nv DiseardsA ssSsS
I 4 10 sti6. formal afyle d businsss
lettse . passinss N said the np-to-d ato
business man. we IRE beginningsstO
discard III stereotyped forms. We,
no longer Nv, II beg leave to advise
you. or We would any IN reply. but
We write the letter n the SIMPLEST
briefest manner possible. We instruct
our clerks ITO write ss naturally %
they would tan. and t. state their;
business without any unnecessary
words. Instead Of I beg leave To- I'd.
Wise that certain goods have been
sent. they start without any furbs-
lows u write, The goods have been
sent "a Jou - ordered. Il stands e
reason that sif : man Ia answering .
letter. ~ u, replying to = previous
ona The older clerks do not like
this innovation They have become
rather attached tai the randioss style.
but tho young clerks heartily approve
of less formality. : 3s " 4 s' 81.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

taesS RtySlsiEa sns1 Dsmlss ~
NV - n Aasnt. MI n
Carroll q. UFstght, . sstAority
upea q tians q 1abor. passed = GOOD
part 81 ~ bayhood IN the New HAmp-
Shire 4Dwn of Dunbarton. There ased
to live asar d arton . Dhysician re-
markabae tor his Aigheaded stupidity.
Mr.. Wright said Of him recently:
"A good story about this physician
used to circulate in our. town. Ac-
cording to 1t. an old woman stopped
his gig one day. and pointed toward
a house with Grape on the door.
$50, doctor, she said, maliciously,
Mr.. Brown. IL dead. for all you prom.
Used to cure him, eh 2 s.55.. eS 5;.s. :ss.
1.-THE doctor looked at har In his
pompous, stupid way. s5
You're mistaken. he said. You
didn't follow the progress Of the case.
It's true Mr.. Brown is dead, but he
died cured. |" n *. H.. .@s..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Huae Scheme.

a - A scheme OF unparalleled magni-
/ tude rs about to be undertaken IN;
California, involving the construction
III two .reservoirs, one OF 5000 acres
Z area and the other, at . level OF $50
4feet5 lower Of 1000 acres area. a.
canal about ten miles III length win
connect the reservoirs. Provision is
stog be made for . vertical fall OF,
1900 feet, and this, It is calculated.
viii develop orgy equal to 270, 900
{ horse pow 4 which will be applied
HI the generation. Of electric current
5for long distance transmission.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

Eccentric Frsnch aiiilonalt
\ Money Tor 0iants' Dew II

&0O0uSrsS u OUCU S4 ~ tsVseels4
Money Tor Giants pos fSss
IN. az Saint Ouen dc PiSl /.
m eccentric French mil lionA sted
= abort time ago and left the featseIr
part OF hts fortune to- hin n.y. city
Of Rouen, STIMULATING that t9s rnu'
nicipality was Ia found an ennNS prtxe
~ $40. 600 as q dowry Tor q 1isntsa md
= giantess IN order 70 regene Ne
human race. An annie able Ne
ment has now been made bstW the
heirs and the city Of Rouen. The tam
lily attacked the will on the Gq0ndt
that the giant clause ' w. intbssi.
BILE az execution BY the arrangauaent
now made the city of Rouen will pay
the heirs 100000. while out of the
residue it undertakes to found N un-
dertaking, inspired by the .sidsa OF
protecting, preserving and tmproying
the human race, but which ahAll not
cost more than 31e0, 900. The details
Of this undertaking have not yet been
divulged. s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
The Habits Of Files.

The commonest house fly, musca
domesticata. breeds in manure and
dooryard filth, and IL found in nearly
all parts Of the world. On account Of
the conformation Of It's mouth parts,
the house fy can not bite, yet no Inn
preston is stronger ii the minds Of.
most people than this insect does not
occasionally bite. This impression u
due to the frequent occurrences in
houses Of another ~ (stomoxys calci-
trans), which may be called the
stable ny, and which, while closely.
resembling the house Az. differs from
it In the important particular that it,
mouth parts are formed for piercing
the skin This species takes refuge
in houses when It rains and gives rise
to the saying that nies bite only whom:
It rains. x. aI 5si ;sss'S5 s.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
cathedral Project Not Popular.

Il Bishop Potter OF New York is ex-
periencing much difficulty in raising
the great sums necessary for the
construction Of the Cathedral CT st.
John the Divine. Many clergy men
and layrnen Of. the diocese regard the
proiect as medieval and a decided
waste of money. So strong is this
feeling that the bishop has been
much disappointed at lack Of contri-
buttons. Rich parishioners seem to
have closed their pocketbooks for a
time at least. NJ AZ .'-'- B.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Street Railways in Cities.

Philadelphia has 1,540 miles OF
streets and $50 Of street railways.
st. Louis has S75 miles of streets and
321 of street railways, and Boston
has 495 miles Of streets and 5amiles
Of street railways, Baltimore, with
$50 miles of street, has 1853 miles Of
street railways; Cleveland, with 500
mules OF. streets, has 21S miles OF
street railways. The figures, for
other cities are: Buffalo, streets, $50
miles railroads. 2e3; San francisco,
streets, $50, railroads, 25s;; Cincin.
natl, streets, 800, railroads, EOS; Pitts.
burg, streets. 800, railroads, 172, and
New Orleans, streets, 100, railroads.
s75. " .~.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

The press of the land unanimous
" deplore and crtiicise the verdict
in the Tillman-Gonzales shooting.
1t does look good deal like south
ern justice, that is no justice at all,
but there are some extenuating cir
cumstances. Tillman had been
bounded by the editor, relentlessly
and without mercy. A man can
orally be DETAINED to the limit with
out noticing the attacking party, but
when toe reflective matter is pub
ilshed it puts it in different light.
Frequently persons take exceptions
to casual mention of matter pub
ished that might be construed as a
reflection, and become angry to such
an extent as to demand retraction Or
give some form Of punishment to
get even. On this occasion Con-
zales made a movement that was
oonsiderded suspicious to Tillman's
saftey. Owing to the enmity that
existed this might, well be consider
ed as movement to bring into use
deadly weapons. Under all the cir
cumstanoes so far as given by the
press tho verdict was JUST fed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
An overblessed Father.

To- An overblessed Father. g
There air two things" said Josh
Billings, "for which man is generally
.onprepared. They are--twins." Still
less Is man prepared for twins born
In two different years. In the house
of one Of the well-known inhabitants
OF Chicago child was born shortly,
before II o'clock on the last night Of
the old year, and soon after midnight
a second came into the world. The
result is that though the children are
twins they will have birthdays on diff
ferent days, for the one will have to-
be celebrated on December 81 and the
other on January / Of the following
year. r., IT," 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

One Of the best recommendation
that Dunn has for the candidacy tor
governor il, that John E. King Of
Red Lake Falls speaks . good word
or him. When you find a republi-
can that J ohm has q word Of praise
for you can rest assured that that
man IL alright, because, it repre-
SCENTS one extreme of Kings opinion.
There is no half way work with
John, he either rips it into q fellow
or sounds his praises, especially q
repu blican.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
On the Road.

On the Road.
Sweet, we must never meet and part
again, ,.... -
'Twere too much pain;
We needs must go our journey Through
this life Et 80
without much grief or strife for fearwe
walk too slow s8.$sSE$
And we have far to 60.
Sweet. you and I must never neetsan
kiss, s. l.. ~ = l444{ 9S$s;sstssssS5s
'Twere too much bliss;
We have to 60 our journey sOberly
Without much ecstasy for fear weaWAlk
too fast sss,y.~ ..,,rs . 49, isS..sssssSssS
And miss the way at last.
Sweet, you and must follow separate
ways ..T lsg -&$&4%s gaszzssSSs$
And pass our days
And not too much remember nor ffor0sA
TOO utterly. for yet. romans the Hn-
known Inn IKE - sFs$S3s,
Wherein. ~ - x $ss2 li5s$.s535SsE%-
(An our wayfaring being past ana donsD
ss..~ After the shine ana rain
We take our ease. and maybe meet
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Injurious to the Eyes.

Injurious TO- the Eyes.
. Looking into the dre Is very 1n1uri-
GUS to the eye, particularly coal
IRE. The stimulus of light and hes
united soon destroys the eyes. Look
Ing ct molten iron viii soon destroy
the sight. Reading In the twilight IL
injurious to the eyes, % they are
obliged to make great exertion. Read.
ing or sewing with . side light in-
jures the eyes, ~ both eyes should
be exposed - an equal force of light
Those who Wish to preserve their
sight sh0uld preserve their general
health by eDsTect habits Of living, and
give their eyAs just work enough, with
q due degree of light. .. d
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
R,sosr LnnatIcs In britain,

r Hoapor lHnatles In Britain.
etesdlly 1pr the hast ten years the
number GR ssrti0sd Danper lunatics
IN the British 111U has been rising.
Similarly suicide - ancreasing all over
the country. Turn TO the physical
form and the tale = the same. Army
recruits show worse teeth to the ex-
amining medical officers every year.
It has Just been found necessary to
lower the standard Of height. weight
and chest measurement to q degree
which IL quite indie ute. With all
modern athleticism there IL still q
definite tendency to increased insanity
and to physical degeneration in Great
Britain at the present day.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Defect az the Box Kite.

The chief defect Of the box kite, OF
which DR.. Langley's aerodrome is an
elaboration, is that the weight in
creases with the cube as rapidly as
the lifting power does with the
square, SO that the larger the kite the
less it will lift in proportion. Prof.
Graham Bells kites are equal-sized
triangles, SO that they need no brac-
ing, and it is found that the lifting
power increased at a greater rate than
the increase in weight. A flock Of
these kites recently lifted 2Oo-pound
s.#5l-4-. 1900, LA - II
weight. - .s....E. !. ~ 80 :,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
U ICE !: !.
~ w I u aDpAr. rs
N \ HAWLsx. s a 4
~ ~
DDl1o1
#. l74.fra .Nr ~
/ Published Every Friday at Worth
ington, MINI. %.
Rockefeller has withdrawn his
lift 81 one thousand dollars 2 year
to the Minnesota Baptists. It is q
wonder he did not raise the price
of oil and continue the contri BUTTON
HllI 4

The millers strike in Minneapolis
il q thing Of the past and all that To-
mains for the closing act is the de-
claring Of it Of ~ formal anton by
the union. Sympathetic strikes are
not given encouragement BY the
public and there il . tendency
among labor leaders to acknowledge
this fact and the sooner they advo-
cate no sympathetic strikes in their
unions tho bsttsr the working men
viii fare with the public. ....:s.. =,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Every body Come I'D
And Enjoy !
GOOD LAUGH
Reserved Seats on sale at Nor
lands at popular prices.
s. Another Name For Il.

'.lAnd now said the # auisitive per.
son who had been asking all sorts Of
impertinent questions Of the raw
boned mountaineer who sat at his
cabin door smoking 9 corrcob pipe.
.''now l will explain to you why. have
been so inquisitive. | am a sociological
investigator, and am doing this in the
interest OF science and humanity" 4 \
''How things do chang e," remarked
the mount aineer, as he leisurely
stretched himself. ;''Whenst were .
boy we called your kin Of people dern
snoop-nosed meddlers." h B. .l
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
WANTED ONE TO vtAD1G9
PeonanotSi handy Would 90 SA11a1
Z. 1~asu Cna Better.

Pesnlnaiai handy Mouid 90 SaRa1
:4,AoM Ona Better.
Chauk Has Aonsidered the day Of
Slocnmun.1Ga1, and when he CO. mp
to London always made: . stnd sof
what he considered the hteat tah.
ions In order to introduce them into
his native village. With this end in
view, after watching closely the at
tire of the male habitues ct Ptcca-
dilly, he went into hosier's shop and
asked for gloves. He was shown sew
eral pairs, but astonished the shop
keeper by saying:
but want three"
"Three gloves? so Dear me! Do YOU
mean three pairs?"
mo, want three gloves. ~
Nobody can wear more than two"
~"1 know that; most on 'em ony
wears one and wabbles the others but
I want three-two to wear and one to
wabble. "-London Telegraph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Advance i, Of "s,vIreless. =

Consul General Richard Guenther
reports from Frankfort, April Is,
1908: The - Berlin Tageblats pub
fishes . message sent BY It's CORE
.spondent from q moving railroad
train between Rangsdorf and Zossen.
stating that on that day experiments
I'LL this line were made by the Asso-
citation for, Wireless Telegraphy,
sBraln- Siemens system. During the
journey = lively com munication was
held between the moving train and
The stations Of : Marienfelde and
5Rangsdorf The absolute reliability
;of the messages transmittea was
ssnrnyan. n ~ :' d ss- 4.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
The Nights.


oh, the Summer night
Has q smile OF light,
And she sits on a sapphire throne:
While the sweet winds load her
With gaFlands or odor.
From the bud to the rose o'er-bloWn!
But the Autumn night
Has piercing sight
And q step both strong and fIee:
And a voice, for wonder,
Like the wrath Of the thunder,
When he shouts to the stormy seal
And the winter night
Is all cold and white,
And she singeth a song Of pain:
Till the wild bee hummeth,
And the warm Spring cometh,
When she dies In dream Of RANT
Oh. the night brings sleep
To the greenwoods deep, -.
To the bird Of the woods its nest;
To care soft hours, - e#,.l.::-
To life new powers, 4 49,. 7, =
To the sick and the weary-rest! '~ <@
.&.1 >. Bryan Waller Proctor
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Dispute Over Planet M ara.

sA recent dispatch from Prof. Per
sciral Lowell from Flagstaff, "a riz.,'
stating that a:large prof ction of Mars
hassbeen discovered, leads Prof. Car
rett serviSs to declare that the
pIanet. is uad oubtedly Inhabited, On.
tie other hand; Prof lam marion Of
4 PARIS declares that the projection IS
es,s,l an Illumination Of the clouds or.
lefty mountain submits il the setting
stu, and that many other analo gous
Scbservations have already been made.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Has Faith in Kansas.

;.5s GOV. Bailey Of Kansas has mex
1a1istible faith in the agricultural
future Of his state. Since his inaugu-
rstion he has had numerous offers
for hts fine farm in Nemaha county,
but has never been tempted by the
figures named. There are several
hundred acres in the place, and the
governor has been offered $T5 an acre
several times, but thinks It worth the
even 500 at least Chicago Chroni-
rftSs 5ssS 9s - 554 a3t n eS tSSSFE
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Work of Historian. sk1opr

Onno K1opp, the historian, who died
recently in Vienna, at the age of
eiehty-one, wrote perhaps the longest
history of the. .Stuarts in existence.
He was in the service Of the King of
Hanover till 1866 and was marked
for his bitter hatred of the Prussians.
That prevented his completing his
edition Of Leibnitz's works, as the
( prug sian government, after the war,
refused to let him consult the library
and archives at Hanover, where the
%Leibnitz manuscrints are
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
...4viroinl]Ia.s.

&%Esks55S ~ " 0s1ssSss Es Az
She plucksd ! blushing rosebud,
@BrSethed III perfume rich and rare
And. laughing, bAdo masplace It
e he efotnr y, q a g, 49, e 10
Twas faiFer than the rose
1 And DER that trembling hand Of mino
felt her hnssrs Gloss. s5s. 4
sThe rosebud bent to listen
"a To tho words she whispered low .as.s4
And that garden glowed - Eden =
In the long, long ago.. $3.50 s.2zz
And still she walks beside -
HI When the twilight ghadOWo close
Y 0weeter far tn In any bloanon ss
Or the lily or the rnse- e<Ss n. m: n. n.
For there's naught Ia AT Or NRtmo :.
a Halt 10 fair or half 30 Eo0d
- q winsome, gentle woman 4la 1ssg 5sI
va With her crown o. mothoghood:
And to me she's fatrer, deaEer.
s4G With the wee or .s round her chair,
Than when i p,ace0 the blushinE roses
:Sa In sweet Virginia's hair. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
The Worlds Religions.

Herr Zeller, head o. the Bureau of
International Statistics at Stuttgart,
has published an interesting table of
the religions of the world. He places
the aggregate number of human be-
ings on the earth's surface at 1,544,-
$4,000, of whom only about onethird.
or 534,940,0O0, profess any form Of
Christianity. The adherents of Con-
fucious number 100000, 900. of Brah-
ma 173, 290,O and of Buddha 121, 0OO,-
900. The number of Jews In the world
Is given at 1O,86O,000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

Selecting School Teacher.
The village council of Arzien (Swit-
1erland) have struck upon q novel way
of selecting . school teacher. They
first examined the candidates as to
their physical stature and strength.
Then they invited them all to supper,
where the candidates had to show their
social qualifications, in conversation,
recitations and songs. The best enter
tainer was elected.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
How to Save Gas Bills.

How to save Gas Bills.
A North Broad street man who has
Q passion for reading the out Of town
newspapers, and also for answering
many Of the advertisements he 1lnds
In them. tells this on himself: The
other day he answered an ADVERTISE
ment in one Of the New York papers,
stating that for 81 . method for saw
ing gas bills would be sent. In two
days he received Z printed slip by
mail. which read: paste them in q
scrap book."-Philadelpt = Ledger.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

Jugde Collins is frequently spoken
of as candidate for the governor
ship, OF all the names mentioned
Mr.. Collins is the ablest but it is I'M
likely he will forsake his present
position for an uncertainty.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
HOW LONG MOSQUITOES LIVE.
Scientist Asserts the Pests Exist
sg:s& M Through the Winter. tS.sf3

Scientist Asserts the Pests Exist
~: st Through the Winter.
$s t is not known just how long mos.
quitoes can live, but their average life
is much longer than IS ordinarily sup.
posed Thousands Of them live
through the winter, ALTERNATING or
asleep IN dark places IN barns or
house cellars. IN sparseIy settled To-
calities, where they can not find such
places for shelter, they live through.
the winter in hollow trees, and, even
though the temperature may fall far
below freezing, they are not winter
killed !; but on the approach Of warm
weather become active again. Mosqul-
toes are frequently seen flying about
In the woods before the SNOW has
wholly left the ground .--7 liam Ly-=.
man Underwood In the Popular
Science Monthly.