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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

~ you are to imagine that 1t Is DIR
" William Boyd McKenna. the
famous expert in insanity, whC
tells this story. He has told me
many, the majority of which should
not be repeated in a world where every
Individual may read sufficient horrors
from the scroll of his own destiny. This
tale, however, is merely odd.
A man whom I will name Brown
called upon me at my office one day.
had never had the pleasure Of meeting
Mr.. Brown before.
When we got down to business 1t ap
peared that Mr.. Brown could not sleep
or, to be more exact, he could not sleep
consecutively.
81 wake up five hundred times every
night" said he. ut seems to me that
fall asleep as readily as normal man
should. but cannot stay there. start
up. l find myself sitting in bed talking
to myself sometimes and staring
My patient paused.
"Into the darkness" said l.
"Well," said he, with hesitation, as
IL he were ashamed, 81 generally have
a little light"
nightmare" suggested.
81 would naturally suppose that 1t is
a dream which wakes me and proba-
bly, the same dream every time" said
he, "but have no idea what it Is. /
have never been able to remember 1t. ]"
"Yet you feel a sensation of horror?'
81 feel afraid" he admitted.
"Haye you had any alarming expert
ence or violent shock to the nerves re-
cently?" l asked.
Mr.. Brown replied in the negative.
81 am a nervous man." said he,
though don't look it,
He did, however.
"a coward. I'm afraid" he continued
after a pause. "But there is nothing
to be afraid of. and even a coward
needs some excuse for fear"
This is not true, of course. There is
terror without cause and without cow
ardice. Under certain conditions the
human mechanism manufactures its
own fear out of nothing in particular,
but did not say this to Mr.. Brown.
Instead l asked him some questions
about his general health and found
that there was no sign of anything
wrong, except that he was losing
weight.
He was a bachelor, he was not in
love. his business was satisfac Glory, and
he had sufficient income aside from
1t. He knew OF no reason why he
should have fallen into this state OF
nervous agitation. The main trouble
was In the matter of sleeping. Mr..
Brown had all the modern soporifics,
and he told me. with a grim smile, that
they all worked beautifully.
"In fact" said he. ~ can put myself
to sleep with half a glass of beer. but
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

An Illinois congressman said that
during a hot summer day he sought
rest in hammock beneath the scant
shade of an old tree that stood at the
corner of down state hotel.
II had no sooner stretched myself In
the hammock" said he, than these
flies attacked me, seemingly by this
million. 1t was intolerable, and in no
pleasant frame of mind looked up the
proprietor.
"'What do you mean 1 demanded,
by stretching your hammock In that
fly haunted field of torture you call a
lawn
81 know the flies are bad out there
now,' he answered, but you ought to
use the hammock during the hammock
hours, and you'd have no trouble from
the flies.'
"'What are hammock hoursY l In
quired.
"'From IL noon to 2 p. m. daily he
replied. During those hours flies will
not attack you in the hammock
81 was much interested in the mans
Socratic skill in evading the issue, and.
wishing to draw him out. asked:
"'Why are there no flies around the
hammock between IL and 2Y
"'Oh,' he rejoined, at that time
they're all in the dining room Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

1t is suggested by Louis Rabourdin, a
French writer, that in each of the new
stars that blaze forth in the heavens
from time to time we see the destruc-
ton Of celestial body by a volcanic
cataclysm. At any rate, he says, If
part of the earth's crust underlying the
ocean should give way our earth would
doubtless present in succession to a
distant observer the same series of ap-
pearances that we witness in the case
of "nova," or new stars. First there
would be an outburst of blazing hydro
gen from the sea water decomposed
by the earth's internal heat, then fu-
sion of the whole crust, reducing the
globe again to a molten state, and then
the gradual extinction of it's light ow-
ing to cooling. AS cooling would first
take place locally, we should have a
variable star, the darkened portions
being periodically brought into view
by the rotation of the globe.-Success.
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YET YOU FEEL SENSATION OF HoRRoRp"
judge that nothing short of deadly
poison would prevent me from waking
up again Immediately"
In my opinion he was the victim of
fixed idea or persistent mental image,
probably of horrible nature, and so
influential in the realm of his thought
that 1t held sway even In sleep and
drove him back in terror from the
pleasant land of dreams. 1t remained
for me to find out what this terror was
on the occasion Of his first visit / did
not think best to antagonize him by
too sharp questionings. l therefore
gave him a dozen tablets containing
nothing that would do him any harm
Tor good and made an appointment
with him for the day after tomorrow.
He came promptly, looking very bag
gard and scared, and l had a serious
talk with him, entirely destitute OF
value to either of us. Upon this occa-
sion he came near to convincing me
that he really did not know what he
was afraid Of nor what dream 1t was
that invariably walked him.
Naturally had asked him early
whether he had any enemies, and he
had replied that he had none. But the
answer had been given In such a way
as to leave the impression with me
that. while he feared no one and upon
mostly. he might be laboring under an
impulse to injure some one.
think 1t was the fifth or sixth visit
when he found me upon the sidewalk
In front of my house. ready to start OH
a round of professional calls My horse
and light wagon were ready, and I
asked Mr.. Brown to come along with
me.
(Which way are you goingY he
asked.
Down town a bit and then up
again." replied.
How far?"
Fifty seventh street." replied.
"All right" said he. "I'll ride with
YOU"
We talked about his case as we rode,
and / thought him somewhat improved.
He praised some medicine that I had
given him and said that he had slept
better than usual on the previous night.
He sat in the wagon while made my
brief calls. among them the one on Fiji
ty-seventh street which 1 had men.
toned to him.
When / rejoined him after this visit
said that there was one more which l
had just decided to make. l could not
fail to note his anxiety when he asked
me where 1t was. We had already
started, and l was on the point OF turn
Ing northward into Fifth avenue.
'stxy-second street." rephs0
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

VERY REMARKABLE CURE OF DIAR-
RHOEA.-''About six years ago, for the
first time In my life, had sudden and
severe attack of diaIrhOea," says Mrs.
Alice Miller of Morgan, Texas. 81 got
tenn orary relief, but 1t came back again
and again, and for six long years l have
suffered more misery and agony than /
can tell. II was worse than death. My
husband spent hundreds of dollars for
physicians prescriptions and treatment
without avail. Finally we moved to
Bosque county, our present home, and
one day happened to see an advertise
ment of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, with testimonial OF
a man who had been cured by It. The
case was so similar to my own that con-
cluded to try the remedy. The result
was wonderful. l could hardly realize
that was we'll again, or believe 1t could
be so, after having suffered so long, but
that one bottle of medicine, costing but a
few cents, cured me-"
For sale at IS cents per box by E. K.
Taft, Ii. F. Cady, Stafford; g. Hall, Jr.,
& Co., South Wellington.
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items Of local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
July "A, 1878.

Last Friday Canadian named Lovett
while wrestling In this village. fractured
both bones In the left leg just below the
knee, and is now laid up for repairs at the
"Montreal House" under the surgery OF
DR.. G. B. Newton.
A beautiful tame doe, with a small
fawn, was received on Tuesday, by ex.
press, from EasthamptOn, Mass, by ]. G.
Anderson of the Springs House stables.
AS soon as they have recovered from the
fatigues of their journey they will be
placed In the Springs House park.
The spacious new residence OF B. w
Patten was filled last Thursday by friends
from all parts Of the country, 1t being the
occasion of the marriage of his only daugh.
ter, Miss Sally A., to Frank d. Skinner
OF Camden, N. j. Rev. Ira g. Bidwell
performed tho ceremony. Escott's band
from Springfield furnished music, and an
out-of-town caterer placed before the
guests most magnificent repast. The
couple departed on the p. m. train, be-
Ing escorted to the station by long train
OF friends In carriages.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

When Dutch baby makes it's arriv-
al, the fact is announced by a man
wearing black coat and a white tie
who is hired by the little ones parents
to go round to all their friends with
packets of sweets, which are appropri-
ately decorated with picture of ba-
by and an angel. The confection is
made of aniseed and sugar. Rough
sweets signify the birth of boy,
smooth sweets that of girl The chill
dren of the families to whom they are
sent eat the sweets spread upon their
bread and butter. In the eighteenth
century the birth of child was an
nounced by tying a pincushion deco
rated with lace and ribbons to the door
knocker of the parents house.
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my extraordinary patients condition
we were south OF Fifty-ninth street
again.
"Whewp' whistled Emmett. "Did you
see himY
''See whomY said /.
1.-THE man with the revolver" he re-
piled, IAN iron faced son Of a pirate II
ever saw one. He was coming down
the avenue, and Brown caught sight Of
him. That was when our friend yelled.
The man saw him instantly and came
straight for the carriage. He was be-
side it when the policeman brought the
horse to a stand. The man had a re-
| volver, though didn't see him draw 1t,
but he was holding the thing half hid
den by the cape of his coat. Upon my
soul, l think he would have shot If you
hadn't covered Brown completely at
the time. What do you think of it?''
/ gave it up. doubt whether any
thing that had ever happened to me be-
fore had SO bewildered me. However,
we had full explanation in few min
utes, for Brown revived and told his
story.
"That mans wife," said he in sub
stance, was a dear friend of mine
years ago. I give you my most sacred
word of honor that she was never any
thing more to me. have never spoken
word Of love to her in my life.
"There were some years when l lost
sight Of her, and when at last / met her
by accident upon the street she told me
that she was this mans wife. She
asked me to call upon her, and I saw
NO reason why / shouldn't supposed
it to be merely accidental that did not
meet her husband. In reality he is in
sanely jealous of her, and, with wo-
mans typical folly, she concealed my
visits from him. 1t seems that he knew
all about me and had spoken Of me In
such a way as to frighten her.
"Well, the inevitable happened at
last, and he found me in the house. l
was absolutely innocent of offense and
utterly unprepared for the scene that
followed. dare not speak Of it.
have told you that am coward. 1t Is
enough to say that descended to the
pitiful level of begging for my life. He
had q revolver in his hand-I believe
took pleasure in playing upon my alb
normal sensibility to fear. For hours,
as it seems to me, while l dared not
call for help because of the disgrace to
her, that man kept me in the immedi-
ate terror Of death. Then he released
me and set this singular command
upon me-that was never to pass the
line of Fiftv-ninth street nOrthward
eff you go SOUTH said he to her, or
this man comes north of that street
I'll kill you BOTH
81 know not what the result has
been with her, but you have seen what
it has been with me. The shame of
my cowardice kept the memory of that
scene always before my mind. Sleep
ing or waking, l could never forget,
until at last / was the abject prey of
this fear. seemed always to be cross
ing that dead line, to die and to cause
her DEATH"
Well, the doctor concluded, we had
q mighty hard time with Mr.. Brown,
and l can take no credit to myself for
the fortunate result. He's all right
now. What pulled him through? Prov
idence. my friend. Providence. The
woman's husband died. No mortal
could have predicted whether this
would have any effect upon Brown, but
1t did. He's gone abroad now, prac-
tically cured, and Emmett and l have
sent the pretty widow after him. l
guess it will be all right.
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why He Was Arrested.

"When l was in the legislature" said
the Kentuckian. Il was called over to
the penitentiary to see an old friend.
He said that wasn't place to keep a
gentleman in and asked him to get him
out. How'd you get in, JimT asked.
"'Well, Mr.. Tom, it was this way:
You know peppery little DIR. Smith
down to greensboro? Well, 1 met him
on the street and sez to him. doc, I'm
feeling SO bad l think I'm SICK" "Feel-
ing bad, are you" he seq. "Well, Jim,"
he SEE, why don't you take some
thing?.'
"'And that night. Mr.. Tom, l took
his two mules"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

E. K. Taft, H. +. Cady. Stafford; q.
Hall, Jr., d Co., South Wellington, will
buy 1t back.-You assume no risk when
you buy Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. E. K. Taft, II. F.
Cady, Stafford; g. Hall, Jr., & Co., South
Wilmington, will refund your money If you
are not Satisfied after using it. It Is
everywhere admitted to be the most sue
cessful remedy In use for bowel COM
plants, and the only one that never fails.
It Is pleasant, safe and reliable.
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Papa Got 1t.

Copley-That's pretty good cigar
you're smoking.
Popley-Yes; that's ten center you
gave me.
Copley-I gave you? guess you're
mistaken.
Popley-Oh, no. The only dime |
found in our baby's bank this morning
was the one you put In yesterday
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

While waiting in the reception room
for their hostess some visitors were
entertained by that lady's four-year-
old daughter. One of the callers re-
marked to the other:
"She is not very pretty"
'No." instantly replied the child; II
am not very pretty, but I am very
NEW York Times.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
True PoIiteness.

Be careful not to confound politeness
with the automatic following Of social
rules, says the Chicago Record-Herald
Do not seek to do only as others do
even If it is the very makers of the So
cial laws. Preserve your originality
No one may move wholly according to
rules and be natural. Remember that
bit of the milk of human kindness, a
few grains Of good common sense,
mixed well with desire to "do unto
Others" is a splendid recipe for success
in most walks of life.
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No False Claims,

The proprietors Of Foley's Honey and
Tar do not advertise this as "sure cure
for consumption" They do not claim
that 1t will cure this dread complaint In
advanced cases, but do positively assert
that 1t will cure In the earlier stages, and
never falls To give comfort and relief In
the worst cases. Foley's Honey and Tan
Is without doubt the greatest throat and
lung remedy. Refuse substitutes. E. X
Taft, druggist.
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Eorwetful Eather-in-Iau.

1--WE had another quarrel with my
son-in-law. Count Fuscads." said Mr.
CumroX glOomily.
"Have you refused him money!
Certainly not. But forgot to take
my hat Off and address him By his title
when handed him the check."-Wash-
ington Star
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

In Russia sunaower stalks gathered
from the fields and dried in piles have
entirely replaced firewOod. In fact,
these stalks are preferred even to pine
wood, producing quick and hot flame
fire. About 1000 pounds of such fire.
wood are gathered from an acre Of
land, thus adding a great boon to a dis
trict where wood is scarce. Sunfiower
shells are also used for heating pur-
poses not only in private houses, but
IN large factories as well. They are
burned in ovens specially prepared for
their consumption.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

CHOLERA INFANTUM.-This has long
been regarded as one Of the most danger
GUS and fatal diseases to which infants
are subject. 1t can be cured, however,
when properly treated. All that is nee
essay is to give Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and cas-
tor oil, as directed with each bottle, and
q cure is certain.
Sold by e. K. Taft, Fl. r. Cady. Stat
ford; g. Hall, Jr., & Co., South Willing
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

The most remarkable gold beetles In
the world are found in Central Ameri
ca. The head and wing cases are bril-
liantly polished with a luster as OF
gold itself. To sight and touch they
have all the appearance of that metal
Oddly enough, another species from
the same region looks like solid silver
freshly FURNISHED
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Brutally Tortured.

A case came to light that for persistent
and unmerciful torture has perhaps never
been equaled. Joe Golobick of Colusa
Calf, writes: "For Is years endured
-insuferable pain from rheumatism and
nothing relieved me, though tried every.
thing known. / came across Electric BIT.
tiers, and its the greatest medicine on
earth for that trouble. A few bottles oi
1t completely relieved and curedl me. .
Just as good for Liver and Kidney. Trou.
bles and general debility. Only SOC. Sat.
isfaction guaranteed by A. G. Eaton, drug.
gist.
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Two Bottles Cured Him.

81 was troubled with kidney complaint
for about two years." writes A. II. Davis
of Mount Sterling, Ia, "but two bottles
of Foley's Kidney Cure effected perma-
nent cure"
Sound kidneys are safeguards OF life.
Make the kidneys healthy with Foley's
Kidney Cure. Sold by e. K. Taft, drug
Qist
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

IT WILL SURPRISE YoU-TRY 1T 1t Is
the medicine above all others for catarrh
and Is worth its weight in gold. Ely's
Cream Balm does all that Is claimed fol
it.-B. w. Sperry, Hartford, Conn.
My son was afflicted with catarrh He
used Ely's Cream Balm and the disagree.
able catarrh all left him.. G. Ohm.
stead, A1cola, Ill.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at 80 cts. or
mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc Warren-st.
New York. II
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Night Was Her Terror.

II would cough nearly all night long,"
writes Mrs. Chas. Apologize Of Alexan-
dria, Ind, land cauld hardly get any
sleep. had consumption so bad that II
1 walked block l would cough fright
fully and spit blood, but, when all other
medicines failed, three 81 90 bottles OF
DIR. Kings New Discovery wholly cured
me and gained So pounds" Its abso-
lutely guaranteed to cure Coughs. Colds,
La Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and
Lung Troubles. Price 5Oc and 81 90.
Trial bottles free at A. G. Eaton's drug
store
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A Terrifying Hat.

When the French artist Benjamin
Constant was travelling in Morocco he
was invited by the sultan to present
himself at court at Tez. The New
York Stats Zeitung says that the
painters first thought was in regard
to his costume.
"Court' in Europe was one thing; in
Morocco 1t was likely to prove some
thing different. There was nothing to
do, however, but to wear his ordinary
evening clothes. He was ignorant Of
the fact that the Moors look upon black
garments as very vulgar, and 1t was
only after his arrival that he learned
his mistake.
The courtiers smiled openly; worst
Of oil, they sneered. The painter was
a man of hasty temper, and suddenly,
nettled by their insolence, he closed
his opera hat and sprung it open in the
faces of the jeering crowd. They scat
tered, yelling with surprise and fear.
The sultan heard the noise and de-
manded the cause. After lie had seen
and examined the wonderful hat he
gave this oracular opinion:
eff I had lived a hundred years in
your country and adopted all your 9TH
er customs could never have brought
myself to set on my head so hideous
a continuance as that!
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did yer git anythingT whispered
the burglar on guard as his mate
emerged from the window.
mo; the chap wot lives here is a
lawyer" replied the other In disgust.
THAT'S hard luck" replied the first.
Ibid yer lose anythingP'
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

JUST ABOUT BEDTIME Take a Little
Early Riser-it will cure constipation,
biliousness and liver troubles. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are different from 9TH
ers. They do not grippe and break down
the mucous membranes of the stomach,
liver and bowels, but cure gently by alb
sorbing the secretions and giving strength
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Proof P0sifiYe.

Il wonder if all men are foolsy'
snapped Mrs. Enpeck during a little
domestic tiff the other morning.
"No, indeed, my DEAR" replied her
husband. 81 know a number Of men
who are bachelorsy'
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made Is DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. These pills change weakness
into strength, listlessness into energy,
brain-fag into mental power. They're
" 25c per boz. Sold by A. G. Eaton.
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t merely idle gossin2"

isn't that merely idle gossipY
Gossip, my DEAR" answered Miss
Cayenne. "is never idle. 1t is the most
Industrious thing on earth."-Washing-
ton Star.
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Wife-Do you love me as much as
ever?
Husband-I reckon so.
Wife-Will always be the dearest
thing In the world to you?
Husband-I am sure you will unless
the landlord raises the rent.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

THE FOUNDATION OF HEALTH-Nour-
ishment Is the foundation of health-life
strength. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Is the
one great medicine that enables the stoT
ach and digestive organs to digest, assim-
ilate and transform all foods inro the kind
of blood that nourishes the nerves and
feeds the tissues. Kodol lays the founda-
ton for health. Nature does the rest.
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and all disorders
of the stomach and digestive organs are
cured by the use of Kodol. Sold by w.
ID, Heald
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Treat Your Kidneys for Rheumati.n

Treat Your Kidneys Tor Kheumatiem.
When you are suffering from rheuma-
tism the kidneys must be attended to at
once SO that they will eliminate the uric
acid from the blood. Fcl'y's Kidney
Cure Is the most effective remedy for this
purpose. r T. Hopkins OF Polar, Wis
says, CATER unsuccessfully doctoring
three years for rheumatism with the best
doctors, tried Foley's Kidney Cure, and
it cured me. cannot speak too highly
Of this great medicine. Sold by E. K.
Taft, druggist.
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Professional Condolences.
The Broker-Don't you find it easier
to shave some men than others?
The Barber-Yes; don't you?-Yon.
kers Statesman.
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Wait Till You're Cooler.

If you get mad at a man, make up
your mind what you're going to say.
and then don't say it.-Balumors
NaWa
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

"Did you have many words with
your wife last nightY'
"No; only a few words, but they
were repeated-very Often."-Ally Sl0-
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THE STAFFORD SPRINGS
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND GAS COMPANY.

The once of this Chapman Hari~a. wnih
lighting settled
act collectors discount Of cent win given lighting an ss
settled before
the service left this mailed tAts
be promptly given The win be his once wd
q each