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The word ''ragging" is more common
In England than in this country, even
If the custom is not. An English paper
asserts that rag Is not slang word,
but is II real old verb, also to be found
In use among Icelanders, meaning to
banter or irritate. In Lincolnshire and
doubtless other counties to provoke
boy is called getting his rag out"
"Bullyrag" is an elaboration Of the ele-
mentary term, and here also the mean
ing is clear. A ragamuffin originally
meant kind of demon.
Foley's Honey and Tar is peculiarly
adapted for chronic throat troubles, and
will positively cure bronchitis, hoarseness
and all bronchial diseases. Refuse SUBJ
stitutes. Sold by e K. Taft, druggist.
The Press., 1903-09-03
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
September 4, 1878.

Rev. Horace Moulton has sold his
farm on Village Hill to Frank p.
Mack for $3.50. -
A thunder shower, with hail, did
considerable damage to tobacco fields
about Village Hill last Monday.
L. E. Truesdell is shipping four car
loads of granite per day from his
quarry in this town to use in building
a dam upon the Chicopee river in
Warren. Eighty car loads will be
used in fulfilling the contract.
VIM. Bassett, a small boy employed
in the Granite mill, while adjusting
a belt last Monday fell and his left
hand was drawn into some machinery,
breaking the bones of three fingers
and spreading the joints, and terribly
tearing the flesh of the hand and fore
arm. The sufferer was carried to DIR.
Newton's Office, where his wounds
were dressed. ........
Born. In Stafford Springs, Aug.
1st, 1878, a son to G. E. Grandy.
Married. At the Methodist parson-
age, Stafford Springs, Sept LIST, 1878,
by Rev. w. H. Stetson, Freeman b.
McIntire of Stafford and Hattie +.
King of Glastonbury.
Rockville, Aug. Goth, 1878, by Rev.
Giles Pease, Herbert W. Mackey and
Jennie Newell, both of Ellington.
The Press., 1903-09-03
A Daring Eskimo Lover.

A young Eskimo had secretly courted
the daughter Of an enemy. The huts
.oe the lovers were not far removed,
but one night the terrific cold ripped a
great erevasse in the ice, and the young
mans house was left isolated. A gorge
100 feet deep and twenty feet wide
separated 1t from the igloo, or hut,
containing his sweetheart, but there
was a narrow bridge of ice left across
the crevasse, and this, the young man
found, would bear his weight. Eski-
mos sleep In bags. The lover decided
that he would that night cross the ice
bridge, steal the maiden he loved, bear
her to his hut and then break down the
bridge SO that he and she together
might enjoy their honeymoon unmo-
tested. He planned very successfully.
BE crept In the dead Of night into his
.enemy's hut. he snatched up the maid
On In her sack without awaking any
one, he bore her over the ice bridge
safely, and then he opened the sack to
embrace his bride; but, beholding its
contents, he gave loud cry. It was
not the maiden, but her father, that he
had stolen.
The Press., 1903-09-03
A Puzzle Fable.

An American heiress was wooed by a
foreign prince, who urgently besought
her to become his wife. In order to
test the sincerity of his love she asked,
'Will you still marry me If give away
all my money for charity and become
as poor as yourselfT'
The prince considered awhile, and
then responded, Eyes, provided you
will still marry me If l renounce my
title and become plain republican per-
son like yourself"
Query.-Did she agree to his PROPOSE
Hon ?-Smart Set
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FOUNDED ON A ROCK.
The Pueblo of the AcOma Indians
In New Mexico.

The Pueblo Of the AcOma Indians
In New Mexico.
A traveller from New Mexico was tell
ing the other night of the wonders Of
that country.
'You have all heard the advice about
building on a rock, suppose" said he.
"Well, to see that injunction carried
out to the letter you should visit the
Acoma Indians Their pueblo is built
on a mesa rising 300 feet from a COM
paratively level stretch.
"They tell funny story about how
they came to land on the top Of such
huge rock. 1t seems that they were
formerly located on another rock, and
one day when they were all out work
ing along came a great rainstOrm and
wiped off the map the only path lead
ing up to their rock city. Well, there
was nothing for it but to hunt up an
other rock, and they took life lease
of their present location.
Its picturesque place when one
gets up there. The houses are built Of
adobe, and one has to get out of doors
to get upstairs. You see, they have a
ladder up which they climb to get into
the second story.
''They have ways of their own Of
cooking. They grind their -four in q
trough with stones. They grind the
wheat as woman washes clothes and
spread it to dry on an old shawl. That
part of it may look simple, but tell
you it takes some skill to spread a
thin batter over a redhot soapstone as
they do when baking. When it is done,
they take hold of one corner and lift
it off as one would porous plaster.
But those people are past masters In
the art of making pottery. They have
been at it for years and turn out some
beautifully colored water Jars, bowls
and such things. Altogether they are
picturesque people. and visit to them
is well worth the climb up to their
rocky home If one happens to be In
that part OF the country."-New York
Tribune. ......
The Press., 1903-09-03

A REMARKABLE REQ ,RD. - Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has a remarkable
record. 1t has been In use for over thirty
years, during which time many million
bottles have been sold ant uspd II has
long been the standard and main reliance
In the treatment of Group In thousands of
homes, yet during all this time no cas-.
has ever been reported TO the manu'ac-
turers In which 1t failed to Eff ct a cure.
When given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even as soon as the croupy
cough appears, 1t will prevent the attack
1t is pleasant to take; many children
like 1t. 1t contains no opium or other
harmful substance, and may be given as
confidently to baby as to an adult.
For sale by E. K. Taft, H. F. Cady.
Stafford; g. Hall. Jr., & Co., South WI
liDQtOn,
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HIS LIFE SAVED BY CHAMBERLAIN's
Colo, CHOLERA AND DIARRHGA REMEDY.
-"B. L. Dyer, well known cooper of
this town, says he believes Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy
saved his life last summer. He had been
sick month with what the doctors called
bilious dysentery, and could get nothing
to do him any good until he tried this
remedy. It gave him immediate relief"
says B. T. Little, merchant, Hancock Md
For sale by E. z. Taft, 81. F. Cady,
Stafford; g. Hall, Jr., 4 Co., South Will
lin0tOn
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Fearful Odds Arainst Him.

Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such,
in brief, was the condition Of an old SOL
der by name of j. j. Havens, Versailles,
o. For years he was troubled with Kid
ney disease and neither doctors nor med
icines gave him relief. At length he tried
Electric Bitters. 1t put him on his feet
in short order and now he testifies, "Pm
on the road to complete recovery" Best
on earth for Liver and Kidney troubles
and all forms of Stomach and Bowel com
plants. Only SOC. Guaranteed by A.
G. Eaton, druggist.
The Press., 1903-09-03

When the great writer Carlyle was
engaged to Miss Welsh the latter in
duced her mother to consent that Car
lyle should live with both of them and
share the advantage of an established
house and income. But Carlyle an
swered Miss Welsh's proposal by say
ing that two households could not live
as IL they were one and that he would
never have any right enjoyment Of his
wife's company till she was ''all his
own" adding that the moment he was
master Of house the first use he
would make of it would be to slam the
door against nauseous intruders
The Press., 1903-09-03

Cats, large and small. make the most
careful toilet of any class of animals.
excepting some of the opossums. The
lions and tigers wash themselves in ex-
actly the same manner as the cat. wet
ting the dark, rubberlike ball of the
fore foot and inner toe and passing II
over the face and behind the ears. The
foot is thus at the same time face
sponge and brush, and the rough
tongue combs the rest of the body.
The Press., 1903-09-03
Measuring Hides.

The ancient tanner paid an expert
high wages to guess at the contents Of
his hides when sold by measure. To-
day an unskilled workman hands the
irregular shaped pieces to little ma
chine that looks something like a table
with double top which. quicker than
the mind of the expert can guess 1t.
reckons with exactness the square con-
tents in both the metric and standard
systems
The Press., 1903-09-03
Historic Albania.

Albania lies $50 miles on the Adriatic
sea and is fifty to IL hundred miles
wide. 1t was formed originally, says
William Jackson Armstrong In his HE
roes Of Defeat" from part of Ilyris. all
of Epirus and part of Macedonia in the
eleventh century. From this territory
sprung Pyrrlius. who defeated the Ro-
man invader: Philip and Alexander of
Macedon, the conquerors: Perseus
whose fame as soldier covered the
world sixty years after Christ. and
Skander:eg. who for forty years de
feated armies sent against Linn by the
Turk. Ancient -Albania lay in Asia. just
east of the Caut"ls!ls
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What Life

In the last analysis nobody knows, but
we do know that 1t Is under strict law
Abuse that law even slightly, pain results.
Irregular living means arrangement of
the organs, resulting In Constipation,
Headache or Liver trouble. d.. Kings
New Life Pills quickly re-adjusts this
It's gentle, though thorough. Only Csc,
at A. G. Eaton's drug store.
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A Rows wild Ride For life.

With family around expecting him 10
die, and son riding for life, IS miles. to
get DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, w. 81.
Brown of Lee sville, Ind, endured deaths
agonies from asthma; but this wonderful
medicine gave instant relief and soon
cured him. He writes: Il now sleep
souadly every night" Like marvellous
cures OF Consumption, Pneumonia. Bron-
chitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip prove Its
matchless merit for all Throat and Lung
troubles. Guaranteed bottles, SOC and
81 90. Trial bottles free at A. G. Eaton's
drug store
The Press., 1903-09-03

Oars a good deal in argument. but 1t
can also be overdone. As long as
Uncle Moses believed In sulphur and
birthstone he let my cabbages strictly
alone. When l had argyed him into
believin' dat no SIGH place existed he
cleaned out my truck patch In one
night.-Detroit Free Press.
The Press., 1903-09-03

''Several years since my lungs were 80
badly affected that had many hemorrha-
ges," writes A. NJ. AXE of Wood, Ind.
took treatment with several physicians
without any benefit. l then started to
take Foley's Honey and Tar and my lungs
are now as sound as bullet. / recon-
mendit In advanced stages Of lung troub-
le." Sold by E. X. Taft, druggist.
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Mall.ap,e Gln.. of the Egyptians.

MalleaD1e Glass of the Egyptians.
StrabO and Josephus both affirm that
the Egyptian glass workers were SO
well skilled in their art that they imi-
tated the amethyst and other precious
stones to perfection. Malleable glass
was one of the secret arts Of the an
clients, the formula for making 1t being
now reckoned as lost Strabo mentions
q cup of glass which could be ham,
mered into any desired shape, the ma
terial of which it was composed being
a. ductile as lead.
The Press., 1903-09-03

"What is baby?' is asked, and then
the following complicated definition is
given: The prince of walls, a dweller
in Lapland. the morning caller, noon
day crawler, midnight brawler. only
possession that never excites envy, q
key that opens the hearts of all classes,
the rich and the poor alike, in all coun-
tries; a stranger with unspeakable
cheek that enters the house without a
stitch to his back and is received with
open arms by all,
The Press., 1903-09-03
Feet Swollen to Immense Size.

81 had kidney trouble 80 bad that l
could not work." says ]. ]. Cox Of Valley
View, KY, "my feet were swollen to i'm
mense size and was confined to my bed
and physicians were unable to give me
any relief. My doctor finally prescribed
Foley's Kidney Cure, which made q we'll
man Of me-" Sold by K. x. Taft, drug
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The Grotesaue.

Canon Anger. biographer and editor
Of Charles Lamb. once uttered this
pithy saying: You may preach like
an angel. but If you can whistle on
stick people ignore your preaching and
speak of you as the man who can
whistle on q stick"
The Press., 1903-09-03

Eyes" said the would be poet, "I
started as Office boy for an editor. /
used to help empty Massachusetts"
Indeed" said the girl who had seen
some of his illusions. land now sup
pose you help fill them ?"-Philadelphia
Record. ..
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a New gsr.sx Edi.or.. Testimonial.

New jersey Editors TestIm0nInI.
M. T. Lynch, editor of the Philipsburg,
N. j., Daily Post, writes: II have used
many kinds of medicines for coughs and
colds In my family, but never anything so
good as Foley's Honey and Tar. / can
not say too much In praise of It." Sold
by e. K. Taft, druggist.
The Press., 1903-09-03
Used For Pneumonia.

DR.. @. j. Bishop Of Agnew, Mich, says:
Il have used Foley's Honey and Tar In
three very severe cases of pneumonia with
good results In every case" Refuse sub
stitutes. Sold by 3. e. Taft, druggist.
The Press., 1903-09-03
MisunderstoOd.

"Sir, you look like an optimist. You
have happy countenance Lend me
O dollar"
"My friend, do you know why I look
happy? It's because l haven't any
wealth to bother me."--Exchange.
The Press., 1903-09-03

Every time n man eats he has to mas
ucate, insalivate, chymify, chylify and
sanguify. No wonder his system is out
Of order so often.-St. Louis Post-Dis
match
The Press., 1903-09-03

Avoid serious results of kidney or blad-
der disorder by taking FOley's Kidney
Cure. Sold by Il. K. Taft, druggist.
The Press., 1903-09-03

Bores are of two kinds. gimlets and
augers. The gimlet bores yea by your
self: the auger bores you in q crowd.
Atlanta Journal
The Press., 1903-09-03

Foley's Kidney Cure makes the diseased
kidneys sound so they will eliminate the
poisons from the blood. Sold by e. X.
Taft, druggist.
The Press., 1903-09-03

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony
if you are unhappily blessed with a
vein OF f.-Lamb
The Press., 1903-09-03

IRussEs
If you are afflicted with HERNIA
Go to II z AIDS.
He has full line OF Pen6eld'a CelIu-
loid, seeley's Hard Rubber, New York
Elastic, annd other makes. He guaran-
tees satisfaction or no sale.
The Press., 1903-09-03


Was--MRs. MINNIE OTTosoN,
An sick women would be wise they would Lydia
k1nkhann's Vegetable Compound
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gowns which will be seen on all sides
as the season advances. A particularly
stunning black taffeta dress very suit
able for a woman with gray hair has
the skirt made with a succession of
deep, fitted f1ounces, each trimmed with
three rows of narrow gray velvet rib
bon. The ribbon effect is carried out
on the waist, and the undersleeve puff
is of embroidered gray velvet. A large
gray silk beaver hat trimmed with
black feathers is worn with the gown.
The redingote of taffeta is revived in
all its glory, and a very useful garment
it is. Some of the great houses are
making it do service as a carriage or
theater wrap, and with the inner vest
removed it proves a dainty garment for
house wear.
Langtry had made for her here in
Paris this autumn a gauntlet glove which
bids fair to be the dressy hand cover
ing of the season. This gauntlet, which
is thrown down in a most peaceful
fashion, is lined with kid of contrast
ing color. A white glove has violet
or perhaps green lining, and the turned
down cuff does not in the least resem-
BILE the sloppy fashion of leaving I'M
| fastened and dangling an ordinary
glove The old fashioned gold glove
buttons connected with a thin chain are
| again WOTIls Dut. ike al the OlQ Styles,
it is elaborated almost out of recogni-
ton.
| The neck ruching of other days is
basted in our collars once more, but it
looks prirn and stiff unless used as a
| finishing touch to a lace or fancy COL
| lar.
In motoring coats the women are
wearing fur as a lining, and the men
are employing the skin as an outside
material. This distinction is a nice
| one, as it will be an excellent way of
| knowing "'tother from which" while
| on the motor car.
| Dress has now become no inconsider-
able trif1e, and, with the added mate
| rails made necessary by the full skirts
| and the application of one elaborate
| trimming on another, the expense to be
| reckoned with because of increased la
Dor on a smart gown is bankrupting.
This expense may easily be overcome
by the woman who is skillful with her
needle. But how many women are not
even good plain seamstresses!
If I had anything to do with educa-
tional matters 1 should have the art of
dressmaking as well as cooking taught
in every girls school. The result would
give girls independence as well as a
knowledge often more valuable than
higher mathematics and physics.
The well dressed woman has much
more influence both at home and
abroad than the dowd.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
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most; two camers hair brushes and a

most; two camers hair brushes and
crow quill form the outfit.
To commence a smoke picture take
card about inches by Az and hold it
in a horizontal position over the flame
of a candle. moving the card back and
forth until a smooth brown surface of
smoke is obtained. Great care must
be taken that the card does not scorch.
The surface completed, the outline of
the design is next sketched in. Noon
light and water effects are easiest for
the novice Sketch the outline on the
card with a fine needle point.
If a moonlight scene is chosen the
moon should be on the left of the pic
ture, the rest of the outline drawn in,
and the interior cleared of smoke with
the aid of sharp knife. Next use a
very small camePs hair brush and
lightly put in the shading. being careful
to express artistically the natural eff
feet of your subject. Clouds are placed
with a small brush. Light on the wa
ter must be done with a long haired
brush. and, if necessary, the effect may
be heightened by using a sharp pen
knife. When trees. buildings and their
reflections are well in the foreground
they should be painted in with india
ink before the picture is smoked. Light
is represented by putting in trembling
broken lines with the fine needle and
working up with the coarser one.
These smoke pictures make really ar
tistic studies when placed in a deeply
cut mount, covered with glass and
framed or passepartouted. When
asked to make something for a fair
that is cheap and salable, smoke pic
lures represent the answer.
An appropriate gift for bride that
the loving fingers of a friend may make
is an autograph cookbook Take from
so 20 100 sheets of white linen note
paper and fasten them together by
holes punched in both cover and pa
per and run through with ribbon. The
cover, which is one-half inch larger. is
of water color paper bearing a design
cleverly formed of a rolling pin and
carving knife and fork. This book
cover may be either embroidered or
painted, according to the skill of the
donor. Divide the pages into sections,
! labelling in fancy lettering Soups,
Meats Bread Cake leaving a
generous portion for Miscellaneous .
BY way of preface the well known lines
from Lucille may be effectively used:
We may live without poetry, music and
art,
We may live without conscience and live
| without heart;
We may hive without friends, we may live
| without books,
But civilized men cannot live without
! cooks.
The book is now ready for contribu-
lions from friends. Each will be glad
to write over her own signature some
favorite recipe.
1 Nerve racked women who are carry.
ing out the fashionable doctors favor.
lite prescription. "a little dose Of nee
/ dlework-'' may find the fancy work for.
nuIas described of some benefit.
/ HELEN STEVENS.
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ting. fitting and boning- Neatness is
the order of the day in regard to neck
wear, and charming are the new linen
Prussian high collars with a daintily
embroidered edge. These are some
times worn with a muslin cravat and
are a chic finish to morning toilet. A
natty little blue morning frock received
a touch of smartness from a high collar
of orange panne, a turnover cravat of
white muslin and an orange knotted
crepe de chine tie. A wide belt of blue
kid finished the waist. The pretty hat
made for this costume was a three cor
nered blue beaver with a large cockade
of iridescent blue, green and orange
taffeta.
Gun metal gray in face cloth makes
a most attractive gown touched up
with a becoming little turnover collar
of velvet in some bright shade, worked
in a motif with dull gold thread on the
coat. Three stolelike pieces of the dress
material adorned with fringe ornament
the front width of many handsome
dresses. The fringe is carried out ber-
tina fashion about the shoulders of the
bodice.
Douillet, whose forte just now is
long, swinging effects. is showing a
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Fashionable foot gear indicates that
the toes are becoming narrower and the
heels higher, and that with the decline
of the vogue of the coat and skirt the
mannish looking shoe is passing out of
favor.
Most shoes for smart wear have a
glossy finish. There is a decided liking
for those which are strapped, and some
of the prettiest foot gear of the mo-
ment consists of little groups of straps
fastened to soles, an arrangement
which sets off pretty and dainty stock
ings, but should be on no account
adopted by women having clumsy look
ing feet.
A fad of the moment is to have OK
ford shoes laced with ribbon. Soft rib
bon will pass easily through the eyelets,
which are made a little larger than
usual. Large, rather fiat buttons are
seen on some of the smarest glace kid
boots and they look very smart.
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AN Economica1 Petticoat.

Petticoats are another important
item in the winter outfit. The most
practical plan is to have more than
one fiounce to each top. These fiounces
are provided with a comedy row of but
tonholes. and the buttons are sewed to
the edge of the top of skirt. Thus a
short friIl of stout black moreen is ex-
cellent for wet days. and for fine, dry
weather a long black or colored silk or
moirette one may be donned with pride
and a pleasant feeling of extravaganza
INDUCED at small cost. This is a word
in season to the girl on an inadequate
dress allowance, and fear her name is
legion
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the surface but gives the effect of be-
ing in strong relief. All white pieces
in the Mellick are usually more ap-
preciated, although very effective would
be bureau scarf and pincushion made
of any pretty shade of linen decorated
in floral pattern in Mellick effect
with white cotton. A cover of this
kind launders we'll and meets the ap-
prevail of the modern housewife who
insists upon her dressing table access
sories being washable.
Although not in the embroidery line,
smoke pictures represent an art that
is little known, but will be interesting
to women. The materials for making
smoke pictures are of the simplest and
most inexpensive character. Card
board and points made from needles
Nos. 10 and pushed into the wooden
part of a pen, with the needle eye fore
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minimum with a painted medallion in the
center and edged with gold cord is
handsome pillow for the very best coy
corner. Speaking of pillows, coverings
made of art ticking worked in the new
platinum metal are extremely stun
ming. This metal has the advantage of
not furnishing, as so many of the bull
lion threads employed have an unfor-
tunate fashion of doing.
Still another form of fancy work is
seen in the revival of old Irish Mount
Mellick work. White linen is the foun-
dalton for many useful bureau scarfs
and pincushions made after the Mellick
designs. A conventional pattern is
drawn on the linen and worked in
washing silk or lustrous cotton. After
the general outline is gone over some
pretty lace stitch fills in the interview
ing spaces. The work is all done on