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The Press., 1904-02-18

the town, in recent years owned and
occupied by Pat. Gilmartin, Dea. e.
T. Converse and at last by an Italiar
family named Pra, was totally de.
stroyed by fire last week Tuesday
morning The fire started from the
chimney. Mrs. Pra was alone in the
house at the time. We do not learn
of further details. The neighbor.
hood is an historical locality, the site
Of the old first Baptist meeting house
in Wilmington being just south of the
now deserted homestead.
"Bless my soul,'' said Neighbor
Wishwell, Eve chased and run from
Dan to Beersheba after a woman tc
care for my sick folks, and can't
get sight of even a hide or hair of
anybody who will come, and my folks
are really suffering for the care and
nursing requisite. Now when I was
a youngster my mother, as we'll as
every other woman in the neighbor-
hood, would respond instanter, even
in the night, on the first lisp Of q
call, and didn't think of charging a
cent. either. tell you it's quite diff
ferent nowadays. You can't stir q
soul in this direst need neither for
love nor money. They are either too
lazy, or too cold blooded, or too much
stuck up to respond to sick call.
The devil take the hindermost these
days when sickness comes. Unless
you 'veagot mint of money You are q
gone ker. To be sure, there are
lot Ren and girls 90 situated
respond, but there are
Aend Neighbor Wish
imself out Of the
The Press., 1904-02-18

We sis Agents, and have them In stock
all ready for de livery. Everyone knows that
Cyphers are the best to be had, and they are
all guaranteed rs represented In every way.
Cal and look them over and get prices
The Press., 1904-02-18

OIuuOhGS AAOA CHO AH0O1OSICa1 S0Iu1
nary at Hartford have ably supplied
the pulpit at the Congregational
church for the past three Sundays, both
morning and evening. Their sermons
have been greatly enjoyed by good
sized congregation.
1t was quite shock to the people
of this place to hear of the death OF
Mrs. Warren Chaplin last Thursday.
She was found dead at her home
Thursday, having died from heart fail
ure. Mrs. Chaplin had lived here for
many years and in that time had made
many friends. She is one who will
be greatly missed. She was the widow
of Warren Chaplin and was nearly 81
years of age. She was born in Will
lington, a daughter of Simeon and
Clarissa Alden Horton, most of her
entire life having been passed in
Stafford. For many years previous to
her marriage her home was with her
sister, Mrs. J. Fl. Spelman, at the
Springs, who alone survives her of her
fathers family. Her funeral was
Sunday afternoon at her late home.
The burial was in the Stafford Springs
cemetery.
Arthur Ellsworth Brewer, "a, whose
death occurred on Feb. LIST, was the
oldest of the nine children of Daniel
and Sarah Vets Brewer of East Hart
ford, where he was born Nov. 10, 1919.
He survived two sisters, Julia, Mrs.
Cyrus Knight; Charlotte. Mrs. Ed
ward Hewlett; brother Hamlet, and
two brothers Roswell, one of whom
died in infacny. Two sisters, Hancy,
Mrs. William Jones; Caroline, Mrs.
William Avery, and brother, Edgar
Brewer, all of Hockanum, are still
living. May 8, i842, MIR. Brewer was
married to Catherine Mandana Audrus
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Iron Turns to Copper.

tNeW 1OFk 1lIntS.B
A curious find was recently made in
one of the copper mines at FL CObTe.
Cuba. These mines. once among the
richest in the world, have been aban-
doned for over thirty years because
during the Cuban insuTrectiOn Of 1858
the coal supply was cut off by the in
surgents, and consequently pumping
became impossible, so that the mines
filed with water After the Spanish
war an American company bought the
mines and proceeded to pump out the
water. In one of the shafts thus made
accessible was found what once rep
resented an iron. pickax as well as some
crOwbars. The metal in these nipple
ments, had, heweyer, turned TO copper.
Wonderful as this may appear. there
is a simple scientific explanation The
water f1ltering through the rocks and
the copper ore veis dissolved some Of
the copper. the solution containing sui
plate of copper. AS soon az the sui
phuric acid in this solution touched the
iron 1t at once dissolved that metal and
deposited copper in it's place. for sui
phUric acid has a greater affinity for
iron than for copper. In the process
certain impurities which had existed in
the iron were left behind undisturbed.
The wooden handle Of the ak was in
good condition. The metal was porous
and irregular in shape, but ip the gen
eral outlines preserved the form Of the
ak somewhat enlarged in size
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She Saw Double.

kansas City JournaL)
A remarkable story can be verified
by a well-known Oculist IN Kansas
City. In one Of the counties of west
ern Kansas is a cattleman who has
grown wealthy His wife, a charming
woman Of some forty years, recently
began to have severe headaches. A 10
cal physician decided that the trouble
was with her eyes. The family could
not believe it, as she had very keen
sight from both far and near. How
ever, the husband took her to an ocu-
list in Kansas City for expert examina-
ton In the course of the examination
the professional man held up a candle
and asked here what she saw Il see
the two lights" she answered calmly.
"Twol" exclaimed the surprised hus-
band Have you always seen two OF
me when you looked at me2' Why.
certainly dear" was the answer; don't
you always see two of me2''
And then came the revelation that
this educated, intelligent woman had
never known in all her forty years Of
life that everybody didn't see double
She had accepted her own condition as
a matter Of course. 1t instantly ac-
counted tc the husband for little indefi-
mite movements which he had frequent
" observed in his wife when she was
reaching for an object, and il was a
matter Of great establishment to the
woman when. by an adjustment OF
glasses and through treatment, she be-
gan to see as other people do.
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A Halof Guide Yoke.

The Kansas City JoarnEl tells Of a
Kansas SWede who took a vacation
and went to the Worlds fair AmOng
other strangs and extravagant prepare
tons he bought a $40 silk umbrella.
Arriving on the fair grounds, he sOor
found himself on the Pike. The fol-
lowing is a part Of his account of the
good time he had.
"Ay lux at lung machine. Man Lux
at ma cen sa haze bat tan dOoiar ay
can bust machine Ay tank so. too
Man sa, put rainstick down hare by
door en- blow yourself one tam for
luck Ay say. moo, tank you Haze
say, il cost yo not one skoyOOdelum:
Az win stand price yust to see you
brak machine. Ay do eet, en- stan um-
breila cen corner. Then Ay brag hose
cen bOte hans en- blow lax sam Hill er
get hans of machine roun past twelal
o'clock. Man say. pun now queeck el
hard Ay do eet. Ay blow so bees
light all go out queek lax flash Fallai
sware lax sailor. en- say what cen hal
Ay mean ba sooch tang. All laugh er
laugh, ct ba sooch good yoke on house
Purity soon light COON bak, but ms
umbrella been gone long tam. Nice
mans who paid price. Ia been gone
too. Cashier, she say Ay been only
man ever blow lights out one tam: an
she ban mad. too. But Ay laugh. eel
ban sooeh hal Of guide yoke on faliar.'
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astroUs wreck. With the cab in front
the engineer can see botls sides OF t:sc
track. and for a long distance. Theie
is no smoke. no steam. 10 rolling q:
his machine to interfere with him. Tie
is in a position to detect instantly sny-
thing ahead that should not be ahead.
The wonder really is that nobody has
thought Of putting TIE cab in from.
long since
Tests of the German locomotive
which was made at Cassel. are being
conducted at the exposition. and taey
are being watched with the great est
interest. II it develops that the ma
chine is feasible for American roads
it win not be surprising il the front
cab becomes popular IN this country.
The main objection that has been
raised to it thus far il that it makes
the position of the engineer and fire.
men more unsafe. This objection does
not seem to be well founded.
As a matter OF fact e-engine crew
should be safer in a front cab because
their opportunities for locating trouble
are certainly increased by it. They
have a better chance to jump. If ne..es-
sary, or TO stop If there is time.
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~ II !. :
! BREAKFAST FOOD
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OBLIGED t. Borrow.

Up at Alta there is a swedish miner
who fell into deep trouble a few days
ago. according to a story told by a
Salt Laker just back from the cam ,.
The miner, It appears. was work. g
about the shaft Of one Of the mines
when in some manner he lost his foot
ing and fell into the open shaft II
was SEQ feet 10 the bottom Of the shaft
and the nature OF the country at the
bottom was not especially well adapted
to landing comfortably. The Swede's
body shot cut OF sight down the shaft
and hOrrOr-stricken witnesses hurried
up. expecting to find a mutilated corpse
at the bottom. But the Swede. for
tunately. had managed TO seize q pro-
jecting timber several feet down the
shaft and chung there AS quickly as
possible the rope was sent down the
shaft and he was hoisted out. Con-
trary to general expectation. the Swede
had not turned pale. he was not trem-
bling, and he did not throw his arms
about the necls Of his preservers
What he did was to turn to one of the
men and say: -Ay skal ask you for
your pipe. Bay hal. lax d fool Ay
drOp ma pipei'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-08
F1sH1Na As 4 PAsrIME.
An Ideal Occupation For Women If
Property Equipped.

Whether one is a fisherman or not
who could resist a delightful drive IN
the early morning. fully equipped with
a basket OF dainty lunch, fishing rods,
fish baskets and bait?
Thoroughly TO enjoy a days outing
Of this sort. one must dress accordinge
" A short pedestrian skirt high
boots. the universal shirt waist. and,
il the weather is little cool. a sweater,
with a soft felt hat, complete the COS
tune
Delighted with the morning air and
natures beauties. you reach your fish-
ing ground altogether too sOon- Your
companions, anxious to begin the day 5
sport, unpacks the fishing parapher-
MALTA, gets your rod in shape. and at
last invites you TO bait the hook The
squirting worms do not especially
please you. but in order 70 show that
you are a brave little woman. you at
tempt to put one on the hook. Alas,
you are unsuccessful. and then it IS
you find your escort truly helpful
Upon first casting your line into the
water, you expect Immediately 10 pull
out a large fish. You patiently hold
the rod and wonder why the fish do
not bite. Possibly they got up ahead
of you and had their breakfast before
you arrived. In this case patience is a
virtue. so you keep everlastingly at Il
and in time are rewarded, by pulling
out a bright little speckled trout In
the meantime, your friend has been
more successful and has his basket
flied with the speckied beauties.
The inner man asserts itself, and
you think Of the dainty lunch. Being
a little wearied of the rod. you make
this an excuse. and enjoy possibly
more than the fishing, the setting out
of the eatables.
Fishing should be an ideal exercise
for the modern woman It is restful for
the most part, and thus quoting to the
nerves. requiring none of the activity
or worry of other forms Of sport.
While not very much practiced in
this country by women, in the United
Kingdom many women are enthusiastic
anglers. and can hook a salmon quits
as well as members Of the stronger
sex.
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Hotel Life as Driscol Sees It.
Baltimore Herald-)


Patrick Driscoll, the millionaire
miner of Arizona, says he VIII visit
the st. Louis fair this summer. Mr..
Driscoli, with an income OF $4,000 a
month. spends only $50 monthly. He
lives in a small, clean cottage and he
cooks his own meals.
big expenditures mean waste he
said recently. II could spend all my
income without difficulty. but I would
not get the worth of each dollar. 1
would only be eneoura ging waste, ex-
travagance, and double dealing on
every side.
Take, for instance. hotel life, where
you pay $40 or $12 day. That kind Of
life IS full of duplicity.
Suppose 1 go to a so g day hotel.
NV shoe Sits a half inch and I say to
the bell boy:
:. Take this shoe to the cobbler and
have it patched up
IAN hour later the cobbler's errand
boy brings the shoe back. He hands
1t to the porter Here's a patched
shoe from room 81 he says. It's 10
| cents
"The porter hands the shoe 10 the
hall boy. Patched shoe for 81 he
says. 1t costs Is cents. I paid IT,
Give me the money
''The hall boy takes the shoe to the
bell boy. Here's your patched shoe
You owe me quarter on it. says he
And the bell boy finally brings the
shoe to ne Your shoe he says II
| cost a half dollar. paid for it. sir
"A day OF two later 1 meet the cob
| bier.
BY the way I ask, what did you
charge for patching that shoe OF
mine?
/" why, nothing answers the cob
| bier"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-08
THE WORLDS MONEY.


YOU OFTEN HEAR somebody say:
4 wouldn't do it for all the money
in the word" That means a lot OF
money. To be approximately exdci,
according TO a statistician. il means
So, 1S5, 100, 600. If it Is true that John
D. Rockefeller owns or controls a
billion dollars it viii be seen that one
twelfth of all the money in the woi Ia
is at the disposal OF a single man. And
the world. Mr.. Rockefeller included, Is
growing richer all tie time.
The annual production Of gold in nc
world is estimated at $3.50, 600 600. At
that rate it viii not be long before the
money wealth of tie world is doub'ed
and trebled. But no matter how
rapidly the wealth increases it viii do
the world no good as long as 4; Is -
unevenly distributed. Much of the
congratulations financial writers be-
stow upon the country because of in
creases in wealth per capita are as
groundIess as would be cOngratula-
lions showered upon the poor man in
the cottage because his wealthy neIsh-
Dor has just closed a profitable deal
Of some kind
The population Of the world is ssti
mated at 1.2S5. 600. 900. On this basis
the per capita wealth is in the neigh
borhood of so. The per capita wealth
Of the United States is put, in recent
bulletin issued by the director OF the
mint. at s30.69. This puts the United
States second in the list of great IA
tons in tbs regard. France stands
first with s39.22. Russia, Spain. Eng
land and Germany, are all under s2g
The lowest nation is Bulgaria which
has just 1882 per capita.
IL viii surprise many to learn that
the Straits Settlements. in the Melay
peninsula. has larger per capita cir.
culation than any nation. great or
small. in the world. Every mar.
woman and child in its population o.
something like Loco, 600 is credited with
S4S-25. It would be interesting "a
know how the wealth OF the Straits
Settlements is divided. Do a few men
there control all the money! II SC,
how much better of are the people
than the residents Of poor Bulgaria?
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Can Hear Ore.

London Cor Detroit Tribune.)
The DAYS of the black art were re-
called yesterday afternoon by some in
teresting scientific experiments at the
Palace hotel.
Round a long, shallow box, half filed
with soil, stood a number Of scientists,
inventors, mine owners and city men.
They held telephone receivers to their
ears, and listened intently to a clicking
sound. resembling that made by busy
woodpecker.
Some distance from the box-or
lucky tub as some called it-stood
instruments that transmitted electric
currents through the supposed aurifer-
Gus soil contained in the box Stimuli
taneOUsly Alfred Williams, a clever in
ventor with an American accent, prod
ded mysterious wired implements into
the soil. The prospectOTs (by tele-
phone) informed him Of the variations
in sound of the woodpecking-
We are coming to something now,
he presently whispered, and he stuck
a number Of matches IN the soil in a
manner that suggested cribbabge. But,
as a matter of fact, he was stalking out
his claim
Here it is" at last exclaimed the
operator. sticking in another match.
His assistant ran up with a garden
tftNSi- ne suspense was GREATNESS.
Two lady spectators looked pale, and
hoped the find would prove to be dia-
mondifeToUs. Their disappointment
was obvious when the scientific miner
shoveled away the earth and revealed
a piece Of lead piping.
But from the inventors point of view
the demonstration was a success. and
subsequent trials resulted in specimens
OF real ore being unearthed.
The possibilities of the invention are
great, as the location of valuable ore
beds viii be possible without the ex-
pense and labor of boring. With the
invention perfected We may look for an
''Ore telephone" in every prOspector's
kit.
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CAB PUT IN FRONT.

A GERMAN LOCOMOTIVE on eX-
II hlbition in the transportation
building at the St. Louis exposition is
attracting a great deal of attention
from railroad men. The novel feature
OF this locomotive is that the cab is
over the pilot in front. instead Of
back behind the boiler as on the loco
motives made and used IN this cOun-
try. Il is claimed that tie placing Of
the cab in front very materially re-
duces the danger OF railroad acct
dents. especially collisions.
The operation OF the engine from The
front cab is said to be entirely feast
bic and satisfactory Ire locomotive
on exhibition has attained and main
tanned a speed Of more ,han eighty
i've miles an hour. which IS as good as
the best American records. And the
unobstructed view of the track that
TIE engineer gets from the front cab
gives him an opportunity to step in
time to prevent collisions or TO keep
from running into obstacles paced
accidentally or designediy on the rails.
Il is a well known fact that IL is ex-
tremeIy difficult for American
engineers TO see FAR ahead Of them.
Even when they lean far out on their
side Of the cab there is apt TO be such
a rolling Of the engine. or such a cloud
.5f steam or smoke as 10 seriously in
terfere with their vision A few sec
onds saved VIII often prevent a dis
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SOME NEGRO STATISTICS,

THE FINAL BULLETIN on the
L negro population of the United
States. Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico has Just been issued by the CEN
sus department. The census was taken
four years ago but delays for various
reasons have held the concluding bull
Ietin back. Some interesting figures
regarding the negroes are given.
The report shows that there are 9.20I,-
81 of them. Their population center
is put in DeKalb county, Alabama,
four miles west of the Georgia line.
IN 1870 the negro population center was
in Dinwiddle county. Virginia.
This shift of nearly 500 miles is ac-
counted for by the fact that negro
labor was never profitable in the north,
the birthplace OF the American slave
trade Because negroes were not prof.
table in the north they were sold to the
south. There it has always been posi-
l>ble to work negroes at a profit, both
as slaves and as free men and women.
The negroes fit better into the south,
somehow.
the negroes in the United States proper
about 80 per cent live in the southern
states. Georgia, Alabama and Missis-
sippi have the largest per centage Of
negroes. Three-tenths Of an the blacks
in the United States live In those three
states. In further figures the bulletin
informs US that upwards Of II per cent
of the negroes live In the country, as
compared with 81 per cent of the
whites. Negroes comprise ohe-ffteenth
Of the population of American cities
and one-seventh Of the population of
the country.
From 1890 to 1900 the negro population
increased IS per cent, or !, 945, 31S. This
is the lowest rate of increase yet re-
| corded and is in line with the showing
made by the negroes throughout the
nineteenth century. It is accounted for
by the fact that the death rate among
the blacks averages very high, approx
mating 3 per cent, while the death
rate among the whites averages only
/ one and seven-tenths per cent.
Nearly four million negroes are en-
| gagged in useful occupations, most Of
them in the south. in spite of the fact
that the northern people profess 10 love
| the negro better than the southerners
and TO give him more opportunities for
making something out Of himself. The
per centage Of negro criminals is also
greater in the north than in the south
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Dvspepsia Tablets.

II that telegram had failed to reach
Brother Sam in time there is no telling
what would have got into the plat
form.
Tip for bicycle officer: Never mind
arresting preachers. Get the scorch-
ers.
Just think Of the autithesis of every
thing there is and you viii get a good
idea Of the PopuIist platform.
It's happy temperament that en-
sbies a man who can't afford the trip
TO say he doesn't care TO go to the
fair.
The cars belief that the murderer
Of BObrikOff was a mailman does not
make the late governor Of Finland less
dead.
General Rainy Season appears to be
playing for Kuropatkin the part Cen
eral Butcher played for the Duke of
Wellington
It's a ten to one shot that the read
ing Of John Sharp Williams speech at
the White House was not followed by
the ejaculation, Bully"
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home was decorated with the national
coiors and with quantities Of flowers
Mr.. and Mrs. c. y. Streven returned
to this city yesterday. after spending
a month in the east. While away they
spent week in 81. Louis seeing the
Worlds fair.
Mrs. David 2. Hemphsll enterta. aed
a number Of friends Informally Tdcs-
day afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur J. Lowe an
nounee the marriage OF their dauEh-
ter. Frances Louise. to Samuel Walter
Westerield. July f.
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No Business TO Know.

Elderly Aunt-Gwend0ien. you shock me
when you talk Of a wedding being pulled
off Yen ought 10 be ashamed to use
prize fighting slang in speaking Of 50 SOL
enn q thing as a wedding
Young Nicce-YoG misunderstood me,
AHnt Ifepzibah said the wedding hal
been put Off. But how did YOU happen to
know that pulled or Is prize lighting
slang2
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We venture to suggest that when our
not so very highly esteemed afternoon
contemporary flches q Herald special
from St. Louis it would be only proper
to give The Herald credit therefor
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knowing all about land navigation,
IL the expression is permissible,
through his railroad experience, Secre-
tary Of the Navy Morton ought to be
the right man in the right place.
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There has been lots Of talk IN St
Louis about various platforms but it
should be borne in mind that the Demo-
Gratis must so before the voters this
year on the St. Louis platform. The
others are unimportant just now.
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The next president CT the United
States VIII be nominated at St Louis
today Those who are limited to one
guess should rot overlook Judge Alton
B. Parker Of New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-08

Tip for bicycle officer; Never mind
arresting preachers. Get the scoFch-
ers.
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Miss Ivy Price entertained about two
dozen friends at a kensiagtOn at her
home yesterday afternoon A gues So
ing game was played and a prize
awarded to Miss Abbic Hermon. The