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The Newtown bee., 1904-02-19

cry he has the record of having the best milk delivered there.
The Newtown bee., 1904-02-19

A beautiful book of more than 100 pages has been laid on the editors desk, giving history of the great New
 Britain hardware and lock concern of P. & F. Corbin. It is a small square golden panel book, ornamented with black scroll work, and bearing in it's center another panel on which the ti- tie appears in black letters, forming the only ornamentation of the severely simple but beautifully effective cover of the "History of the House of P. & F. Corbin." It is cloth bound, dark grey, with the dark green back widely encroaching on the grey field. The lin ing is of the same dark grey color as the cover, ornamented with oak and laurel sprays of conventional design in silver grey and dark green and with the Corbin monogram. The typo. graphical and press work on the book is splendid example of the printers art. It is printed on heavy enameled paper, profusely illustrated with full page portraits, hand-tooled half-tones from combination photographs and
 wash drawings, printed in black or
 India tint, plate sunk on heavy stock
 Two Newtown boys, and perhaps more j are among the 25OO employees of thi
The Newtown bee., 1904-02-19

Mrs c. H. Peck has been poorly and under Dr Gales care.
The Newtown bee., 1904-02-19

great concern. A. w. Peck, Jr., trav- els for the Corbin Screw corporation, and Paul Beardsley has a position in one of the departments of this concern.
The progress., 1904-07-23
FAMILY SPAT LASTS YEARS.
New York Husband and Wife Garry
Matrimonial Difficulties
Into Court.

For about II years Henry B. Shep-
ard, real estate dealer of New York
city, and his wife, Florence A. Shep-
ard, have been involved in matrimon-
ial litigation, suits and counter suits
having been before various branches OF
the supreme court on a multitude of
motions, stays and perplexing develop
ments of many kinds. Notwithstand-
ing this prolonged litigation there is
not an end to it yet.
One of the suits and counter suits
was on the calendar the other day be-
fore Judge Mccall for trial. and al
though request was made by coun-
sci representing Mrs. Shepard for an
adjournment, Albert I. Sire, counsel
for the husband, protested that the lit
igaton between these parties had been
unnecessarily prolonged. Judge Mccall
agreed
Mrs. Shepard brought the first suit
in 1887 and a year later Mr.. Shepard
brought counter suit. She was
awarded alimony of $1OO a month orig
inally, but later it was reduced to $55
month. 1t is said that during all
these years Mr. Shepard has paid his
wife almost $4,000 in alimony. They
were married in July, 1868, and sepa-
rated IS years later.
The progress., 1904-07-23
PROMOTION FROM RANKS.
Length of Service Requisite to Render
an Enlisted Man Fit for
Advancement.

The splendid service rendered by
those who obtained commissions in the
army following the civil war was
abundant proof of their fitness for
command. The test of war service.
says the Army and Navy Journal, is
one which cannot be eQualled by any
system of examination or marking that
may be devised in a time of peace.
The fact of the qualifications of an Off
Ger as developed under war conditions
is absolute; the question of probable
efficiency has no definite standard. In
addition, 40 years of military progress
have made the requirements for the
than ever before. Now that there is a
prospect that we may have IL appoint
ments in the year to the commissioned
ranks Of the navy, so long as there
may be shortage of graduated OFF,
GERS, and with the reduction OF the
term In the warrant grade so that the
enlisted man may get to commission
at some time before his thirties, 1t
would seem that all had been done that
need be done toward making the pro-
motion easier. What is mainly to be
feared is that under the stimulus of
the need of officers the restriction Of
numbers may be removed and broad
ly framed general provision may make
it possible for those to secure COM
mission who would not or could not
qualify under the present restrictions.
On the other hand, promotion within
the limits now set should not be made
impossible through the establishment
of standards which, however conscien-
tiously adopted. might be found pro-
The progress., 1904-07-23
GIFTS OF THE BUTTERFLY.
Whole Realm Of Animal "Mimicry"
Is Centered in the Beau
tifu1 Creatures.

The extraordinary gifts of the but
terfy race have always excited the
wonder not only of naturalists, but OF
the most ignorant observers, writes T.
w. Higginson, in Atlantic. Their ST.
lent and unseen changes; the instinct
by which they distinguish their favor
ite plant-food, as, for instance. even
among the scarcely differing species OF
the complex race of asters, where they
show themselves, as Prof. Asa Gray
said, better botanists than many OF
u.s." their skill in depositing their eggs
unerringly on or near the precise plcnt
on which the forthcoming caterpillars
are fitted to feed, although they as but
terflies have never tasted 1t. To these
should be added their luxurious spread
of wings, giving opportunities for those
likenesses and variations of color
which protect them during the few
days of their winged state; the brief
time when, If ever, their eggs must be
laid and the continuance Of the race
made sure. The whole realm Of animal
"mimicry," as it is now termed.
reaches its highest point In them, and
leads to some extreme cases; as in the
fact that, while butterflies are ordi-
narily homogeneous, there is yet one
species in Africa which has departed
SO widely from this rule that the male
has not one mate only, but actually
three different wives, each SO utterly
unlike him in appearance as to have
long been taken for wholly different
species.
The progress., 1904-07-23
HOW TO DIG YOUR BAIT.
Good Lesson for Fishermen Taught by
the Little Woodcock In Get
ting Its Meals.

Choosing a piece of chocolate col.
ored, rich looking soil, the woodcock
dug some Is or 20 holes in this soil,
an inch or two apart, with his bill.
Then he began a kind Of cake walk.
He beat the earth with his wings; he
raped it with his bill sharply; leap.
ing into the air, he alighted, stiff and
heavy, on his feet
Was the woodcock insane? Evident
ly not. For now the noses OF many in
quisitive earthworms began to protrude
from the holes the bird had drilled.
The earthworms had heard the noise
and they wished to know what the
trouble was. They turned their heads
slowly from side to side. The wood
cock devoured them. one by one.
That is the way woodcocks get earth
worms to eat, and fishermen may learn
a lesson from the birds. II fisher.
man will make a number of holes in
the soil and then beat upon the earth
with his knuckles the worms under
meath will come up through tke holes
to find out what is going on, and their
capture will be easy.
The progress., 1904-07-23
SOME FUNNY ADVERTISEMENTS.

Annual Aale now going on. Don't
60 elsewhere to be cheated-come in
here"
"A lady wants to sell her piano, as
she is going abroad in strong iron
frame"
Wanted, experienced nurse for bot
tied baby"
Furnished apartment suitable for
gentlemen with folding doors"
Wanted a room for two gentlemen
about 80 feet long and 20 feet broad"
Lost collie dog by a man. on
Saturday answering to the name of
i'm with a brass collar around his
eek and muzzle."
/, Respectable widow wants washing
for Tuesday"
"For Sale-A pianoforte, the proper
ty of musician with carved legs"
"Mr Brown, furrier, begs to an
nounce that he will make up gowns,
capes, etc., for ladies out of their own
skin"
"a boy wanted who can open oys-
ters with a reference"
Bulldog for sale; will eat any
thing; very fond Of children
Wanted, boy to be partly outside
and partly behind the counter.
Lyre
The progress., 1904-07-23
Japanese Women Smoke.

Smoking is almost universal Gus
tom among japanese women. The en-
press uses silver pipe with stem
ten inches long. The bowl is small
in fact, only a quantity of tobacco
sufficient to give the smoker two or
three whiffs can be put into it. Then
the ashes are knocked out and the pips
is carefully cleaned before it is re-
filled. To an American this form Of
smoking seems to involve too much
work. A pipe is cleaned many times
in the course of an afternoon. The
Japanese word for smoking means,
literally. drinking tobacco.
70 Tribune.
The progress., 1904-07-23
THE MAP PRoOFREADER.
Great Care Is Taken That Every City
and Town Is Correctly
Located.

Il thought knew my business until
l took job holding copy In a map
making establishment" said a veteran
proofreader, according to the New
York Press. THE change from the
rush of a morning newspaper to the
leisurely work of an encyclopedia was
queer enough. 1t was three weeks be-
fore l began to feel that 1 was earn
ing my salary.
1T takes about two weeks to read
the proof of a good map. II it is a
business atlas, particularly comprehen-
sive as to small towns, We linger over
a proof and its successive revises ever
q month or six weeks before the final
electrotype is made.
''In mapmaking 1t is not only essen
tial that every town should be on the
map, but that it should be in precisely
the right place. In some parts of the
country where accurate geographical
surveys have not been made by the
government this js a dificult task.
THE man who is buying a map or
an atlas has no use for 1t unless It
gives accurate information about the
city or town where he was born. where
his wife was born and where he was
married. The first thing q prospective
purchaser does when shown a new at
las by canvasser is to look up one or
all of these points.
IF his native city or town is not
there he won't bother to take another
The progress., 1904-07-23
WHY MANY MEN DIE YOUNG.
Man the Most Irregular, Intemperate
and Hard Working Of
Animals.

It has been said that few men die of
old age and that almost all persons die
of disappointment, personal, mental or
bodily toll. or accident.
The passions kill men sometimes,
even suddenly, says Health Culture.
The common expression, "choked with
rage, has little exaggeration in 1t. for
even though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shorten life. Strong bodied
men often die young, weak men live
longer than the strong, for the strong
use their strength and the weak have
none to use-the latter take care Of
themselves, the former do not. As 1t is
with the body, so it is with the mind
and the temper; the strong are apt to
break, or, like the candle, run; the weak
burn out. The inferior animals, which
live temperate lives, have generally the
prescribed term of years. Thus the
horse lives rs years, the OK Is or 20, the
lion about 20, the hog ten or II, the rab-
bit eight, the guinea pig six or seven.
The numbers all bear proportion to
the time the animal takes to grow its
full size. But man. of all animals, Is one
that seldom comes up to the average.
He ought to live 100 years, according to
the physiological law, for five times 20
are 10O;; but, instead of that he scarcely
reaches an average OF four times the
growing period. The reason is obvious
man is not only the most irregular
and most Incorporate, but the most la
borious and hard working of all animals.
He is always the most irritable, and
there is reason to believe, though we
cannot tell what an animal secretly feels,
that more than any other animal man
cherishes wrath to keep it warm and
consumes himself with the fire Of his
own reflections.
The progress., 1904-07-23
AN OUTRAGE.

White clover blooms, and roses red.
And green leaves wet with dew,
My teeny-weeny touslehead,
Are "violets'' to you;
And SO you pick them right and left,
And you seem 10th to stop;
1t seems to give you wondrous Joy
To pick ''botays for pop"
You know that other, other day,
You toddled to my door,
And called out: "Papa's baby's here"
And stamped, and stamped the floor.
With your wee feet to make me come
And ope to let you in?
I guess you have forgotten 1t;
l hope so! Twas a sin!
Ana sat still and read my book
Until you quiet grew;
story had me so absorbed
l gave no thought to you'll
And, when at last l oped my door,
You lay between the rooms
All fast asleep, and in your fist
A bunch of clover-blooms
The tears were half dried in your cheeks
You sighed, dear, as you slept;
And, dear, remorse quite filled my heart,
l knelt and could have wept!
And kissed you where you lay asleep
With tear-stained face and sad,
And in your sleep you guped and sighed
Ems a botay for dad!'
And ii l do that way again,
Dear baby mine. by you.
When l knock on the pearly gates
May God not let me through!
I'm glad you have forgotten it,
And love your daddy yet;
If l should live thousand years
l never will forget!
j. M. Lewis in Houston Post
The progress., 1904-07-23
FASHIONABLE FANcIEs.
Fresh Bits Of Finery That Find Fa-
vor with the Devotees
Of Dress.

Printed cotton In Scotch tweed ef-
feet is one of the new fancies for the
two-piece costume.
Real torchon is the most durable OF
all the lingerie laces, and holds ita
own in spite of changing fashions.
A black suede slipper for morning
wear has big bow Of black and white
striped ribbon.
The present-day corset cover is most
carefully fitted, so there will be no un-
necessary fullness around the waist.
The blouse coats, belted in, are very
comfortable and useful, but they are ap-
propriate only for morning or for trav-
cling.
Great quantities of embroidery appear
in summer dresses, and as the tendency
to raising it is marked, the trimming lie
Of snowy character in many cases.
It is a comfortable prediction that
dark muslins will be fashionable for
promenade wear this summer, and
the newest models have no trimming
on the skirt except two or thres
fiounces
The progress., 1904-07-23

The woman from whom the follow
| In BIT ok conversation y quoted z
uot, II may be wsll to explain. - tne
easily exclkAble type upon wnos:
| nerves the least unpleasant sounu
crates with percepttble ANNOYANCE
| She Il not one. says the Detroit Free
Press, In whose presence you cannot
read ! newspaper because Of ~ per-
sistent tendency to rattle when ~
pages are turned, nor write 2 letter Pc
cause the pen scratches bit. ana t0e
fact that anyone comes home after ten
o'clock in the evening does not disturb
her slumbers for the remainder OF tne
night.
Il frequently visit . family" said
she, which some years ago named
and quite appropriately. It seems 70
me, The Door Slammers.' doubt II
1 single member of that family OF f-nvs
ever closes a door without slamming
1t. And whether the temper OF tne
family causes the slamming, or the
slamming the temper. might form an
interesting subject for psychological
study. At any rate the atmosphere OF
the home is apparently never quite
clear and sweet. and everyone seems
to possess easily ruined dispositions.
II the fathers breakfast Is not just
to. his fixing, or II something else has
irritated him, the vigorous slam OF
the front door as he leaves fo- the
Office is all that Is needed to proclaim
It, The children's uncontrolled desire
10 get out to play is manifested by the
same sign, which is also sure indica-
ton of the mothers haste or careless
ness or impatience.
"Gruffness, thoughtlessness, haste.
carelessness, impatience - these arc
surely prominent accomplishments Of
bad tempers, How often have tried.
indirectly, of course, to impress upon
my family of door slammers that not
only is 1t fact that our thoughts in
fuence our deeds-it Is equally truo
that a manifestation of gentleness and
Quietness in our acts and movements
is sure to have beneficial effect upon
our minds"
The progress., 1904-07-23
MOST DEADLY OF SNAKES.
The Cobra Is a Beauty, But Its Bite
Is Sure Death in Every
Case.

The cobra de capella, which kills
from 10000 to $4,000 people year in
India. is one of the most beautiful
creatures you ever saw, says the New
York Press With reed a yard and
half long his keeper arouses this
most deadly of all serpents, which lifts
Its head 18 inches from the ground,
and, standing perfectly erect. expands
Its neck into hood-as seen In the
tales Of Indian juggling. The two
greenish-yellow spots, one on each
side, look like enormous eyes. The
snake is ready for strike. Its bite
Is sure death in eight minutes. Science
has found no antidote for 1t. In strik-
ing the head goes downward and for
ward, not straight out. The fangs are
permanently erect, not movable, as In
the rattlesnake.
Snakes never close their eyes, be-
cause they have no eyelids Light
is shut out by contraction of the pupil
and admitted by its expansion. A rat
tlesnake's fangs are among the curios-
tiles of the creation. Each has its
individual poison sac, located at the
base, and the contents are forced out
by the act of striking prey or an en-
emy. The fangs, two in number. are
hinged to the inside of the upper jaw
bone. Suspended from the outer side
of tho bone are four rudimentary fangs
flour on each side of the head, which
constitute his serpentine majesty's re-
serve. He often breaks big fang and
Immediately the nearest Of the four lit
tie ones works around to the inside OF
the jawbone to take the place OF the
broken one, while another delicate,
threadlike instrument of murder grows
on the extreme outer edge of the Jaw.
Thus there are always ten fangs, two
ready for business, eight In various
stages of embryo.
The progress., 1904-07-23
SHE CAME RIGHT BACK.
Kentucky Woman Was as Good ~
Her English Tormentor
in q Pinch.

Il was at a dinner In London last
spring." said the Chicago lawyer, ac-
cording to the Louisville Post, "and
almost directly opposite me sat coun-
try woman of mine from Kentucky.
"One stout, red-faced English woman
in the party persisted in batting the
Kentuckian till looked to see her lose
her temper long before she did. The
English woman talked about America
and the Americans as II the Kentucky
woman had invented the country and
was responsible for everything.
Nothing American escaped her CEN
sure: and at length she began on the
race question in way that isn't heard
at American dinner parties She went
on and on, and the Kentuckian began to
look dangerous. At last the English
woman said:
"'But you can't deny that you &C.
tually burn niggers in the states"
The Kentuckian smiled deliberately.
40, the reports of that are greatly
exaggerated she said. The practice
isn't general. We only do it in parts OF
the country where coal is too expensive
to use."
"And the English woman didn't speak
another word for nearly five minutes"
The progress., 1904-07-23
HAS. TRIED BOTH.
Travel for Health VS.. Dieting.

A man who was sent to Europe for
his health and finally found cure in a
little change in his diet says:
Il was troubled with dyspepsia for
five years and two doctors here in Ke-
nosha that treated me for over a year
both told me there was no help for
me. Then l had an expert from Chi
cago. but still received no relief; then
followed another expert from Chicago
who came to our house two times a
month for four months. : He gave me
up like all the others and told me to
take trip across the ocean, which l
did in the year 1899 and came home
doctors told me my stomach lining was
full of sores. Then l began to study
my own case and learned of the diet
recommended by the Postum Cereal
Co., SO gave up 'cofee, pork and all
greasy foods and began using Postum
Food Coffee. Gradually + got better and
better until I am well now as ever
was in my younger days. have no trou-
Bile and eat anything 1T to eat.
Sometimes away from home / am
persuaded to drink coffee, but l only
take sip Of II, for it tastes bitter and
dasagreeable to me. but the longer use
Postum the better l like it and the
better I feel. could say a great deal
more Of my experience with Postum,
but think this will give everyone a
good idea Of what leaving OF coffee
and using Postum can do" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Look In every pkg. for the famous
uttls book. The Road to Wellvills."
The progress., 1904-07-23

FOUND HIM JUST OVER THE HILL
LYING DEAD IN THE SNOW.
eaten, 'twas-an' with his hair combed
an slick. Didn't say a word. 1t made
some Of the women nervous. because he
set there like a tombstone, an never
moved nor smiled. But when a man
don't go anywhere but twice a lifetime,
'tain't to be expected he'll act like other
folks.
AN he didn't zee 'em married, after
all. I told Sam them bridesmaids would
do somethin' out Of the way. an they did
turned over lamp, an set the house
on fire! Cold down to zero, too. an all
the young folks scurryin' around out
doors in white dresses. Lord. such a
time, Hurryin' an shoutin' an con-
fusion--ev'rybody yellin' something diff
'rent-an' Marthy pretty near in hys-
terics because she'd left some things
she'd been plannin' to wear on the win
der sill upstairs; q ring. an ribbon, an
alocket with her mothers picture. You
know the sayin'. Something old an
something new. something borrowed an
something blue:' an girls are sort of
superstitious.
AN one kind of craziness breeds
more. ! guess. for before we'd got her
quiet there was another stir-old King
q tryin' to rush into the house, an two
or three holdin' him back. Let me go In
ther'.' says ne. strugglin' an strainin'
You're crazy says VIII Black. You
won't never come out alive
"'Oh, I'll come out fast enough, says
old King. ugly as ever. He was all Grip
pied with rheumatic, but he give Black q
The progress., 1904-07-23

fiiter that sent him reeIin', an' pushed
into rne door an upstairs. What n
sin says Mason, an stoppedl Swear
in' don't seem the right thing to Z
funeral. An we al held our breath an
stood there, starin' up.
"'T'wan't over two minutes, couldn't
have been; an then Sam give I yell:
Back old King against thousand for
doin' what he sets out tot We al yelled
then; for gust Of wind had blew the
smoke, an from where twas cleared
We see old King comm down. steppin'
slow an firm, with his hands shut tight
an sort O. smilin'-put me In mind OF
that day he walked with Lucy into
church-come walkin' down the stairs,
the fire each side but not t0uchin' him,
an through the hall. an out into the
street.
"An' when Sam run after him-'Look
here cries Sam, you can't 60 now!
They're comm over to my house to fin
lsh the weddin'. an you've got to see II
out he never stopped nor turned his
head. I've he'd enough says he, hur-
ryin' away. I've he'd enough, tell you,
an I'm goin' home
"The young folks got to laughin' about
it over to our house that night. Some
said the fire itself made way for him on
account Of his temper; an some said
he run in there to cure the rheumatic.
an some said twas for the sake Of thaw-
in out. There was considerable fun. I've
read somewhere that ev'ry laugh is set
down to your credit. an II SO l don't
know but what old King more'n made up
for allhis sins that night, without know
in 1t.
"An' the next mornin' when Jim Mas
son went by to Hartford he found him
Just over the hill, lyin' dead in the snow
an that locket with Lucy's picture in
his hand! He'd breathed the fire, the
doctor said; an If that was true (as
most like 'twas), he must have known
he was dyin' when he come down them
stairs, an hurried away SOS to die by
himself.
"He want no hand to make fuss over
things, old King want"
The progress., 1904-07-23
Old Soldiers Story.

Sonoma, Mich, June l3.-That even IN
actual warfare disease is more terrible
than bullets is the experience Of Delos
Hutchins, Of this place. Mr.. Hutchins
as Union Soldier saw three years Of
service under butler Barke in the Louis.
lana swamps, and as result got crippled
with Rheumatism SO that his hands and
feet got all twisted out CT shape, and how
he suffered only Rheumatic will ever
know.
For twenty-five years he. was in misery,
then one lucky day his druggist advised
him to use Dodds Kidney Pills. Of the
result Mr.. Hutchins says:
''The first two boxes did not help me
much, but I got two more, and before l
got them used up I was a great deal bet
ter. l kept on taking them. and now my
pains are all gone and l feel better than
have in years. know Dodds Kidney
Pills will cure Rheumatism"