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A PhiIis line.

A few years ago lady whose soul had been attuned to lofty ideals by communion with the poets, historians, philosophers and tragedians of Greece wrote her name in the guest book at Delphi, and beneath it she spoke in terms of praise of tEe entertainment of mine host of Delphi and added that she accounted as an epoch in Ter life the fact that she had been permitted to look upon one of the holy places of the earth. The person who entered his name below hers was a MT. s. of America, who travelled with drago- man as his mouthpiece. Beneath his name the American wrote, ''The above Is O. K. as to the grub. but am still in search of the holy features" The ori- ent is not for philistines of the type of MT. S.-J. R. s. Sterrett in Harper's Magazine
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Cats I'm Ancient ESxut.

The ancient Egyptians treated cats with great distinction. If was a crime to kill them. and when they died they received q public burial. at which the people mourned. having first shaved off their eyebrows as token of sorrow. The most prominent cats were upon death embalned in drugs and spices, and cat munmies have been found side by side with those of kings. When Cambyses. inc Persian. attacked the Egyptian city of Pelusis, he cunning ly provided his soldiers with cats in- stead of shields When the host ad- vanced. the Egyptians retired in con- fusion upon discovering that they would he unable to do damage to their enemy without seriously imperiling the lives of vast numbers of cats. And so tie city was taken easily and without tie loss of Hood or of q cat. It can not be disputed that the ancient Egyp- fan cats must have enjoyed life very TIT :
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Birds Guided by tl,e stars.

Did you ever venture any conjecture as to how misrf tory birds manage to keep up their flight ill a due north di- rection after night? It has been prov ed that on clear nights they often ''wing their northern flight in the rarefied atmosphere three miles above the earth's surface This being true, it is clear tllat guidance by the topog- raphy of the country is out of the ques- tion. How. then, are they able to keep their leaks pointed toward tie north pole? The scientific ornithologist comes to the rescue with the Geclara- ton that tLey are guided hy the stars and in support of his opinion cites as evidence the feet that when the stars are obscured by clouCs tie birds be- come Eewildered and at once seek the ground
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AuRICLE LORE.
The Elder Pliny's Quaint Essay 0z
 Ears, H0man md Animal.

The Elder Pfiny's Quaint Essay 01
 Ears, Haman md Animal.
 The human ear and it's peculiarities are the subject of some interesting re- marks in American Medicine. The ear, being placed on the borderland of face and head, enjoys but doubtful claims to the dignity of a feature" But it's form tells markedly in the makeup of individual beauty. X perfectly formed auricle is a very desirable feature in deed. And we sometimes meet with one which constitutes a revolting de formity.
 The cropping of the ears to which ob streperous patriots were subjected, in the infancy of British liberty. necessi- tated the wearing of voluminous wigs by such men as Prynne and De Foe.
 There is an inevitable suggestiveness about long ears of which the owner can never feel precisely proud. The physiognomists have all noticed the organ. Rhazes observes that "a man with large ears is stupid, but long lived" and Baptista Porta gives nearly similar impression. Tie elder Pliny is rather full in this as in most other items of the gossiping lore of natural history He says in that:
 Man alone hath not the power te shake his cares. Of faggie. long. and hanging cares, came the syrnames first of the Flacci families and houses in Rome). There is no one part of the bodie costeth our danes more than this. by reason of their precious stones and pendant pearls thereat. Tn the East countries, men also as well as women, think it a great grace and brauery to weare earrings of gold. As touching their proportion, some creatures haue bigger or lesser than others. Deere only, the fallow as well as the red, haue them slit and as it were diuided. In Rats and mice they be hairy.
 ''To conclude, no creature hath cares but those that bring forth their young aliue; and none of them are without saue onely Scales, Dolphins, Vipers, and such fishes as were called Car tilagineous and gristly. And these all instead of cares, haue certain holes or conduits, except the foresaid gristly fishes, x tie Dolphins: and yet man 1COL IL IAslt IACy uO hSNtAO WI enough. For delighted they be with musick; and vpon some great noise and sudden crack they are astonished, and then easily taken. But maruel it Is how they should heare as tLey do; neither can 1 comprehend the reason and means thereof. no more than l am able to shew how they do smell, for no Organs and Instruments haue they thereof to be scene, X yet there is not an hound vpon the land sents better, nor hath a finer nose than they. Of all souls, the Likeowle and tie Otus alone, haue feathers like cares: the rest haue only holes to heare by. And after the same manner skaled fishes and serpen.S. In Horses. Mules, and Asses, and all such as serue either pack or saddle. tie cares are tokens of their courage more or lesse."
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SAVED FROM THE KNIFE
cal-cura Solvent, the Wonderful New Msdl- cine Will Dissolve and Expel Stone and Gravel from the System. Your Money Back if 1t Does Not Cure.

A surgical operation is no longer neces- sary for the removal of Stone and Gravel from the Kidneys and Bladder, since the 1ses0 medicine, CaLcura Solvent, discovered by the we1l-known physician and surgeon, the late Dr. David Kennedy, quickly dis solves and swiftly expels Stone, Red and White Gravel, thus freeing the patient of the inflammation and pain, caused by the presence of these lime formations. Better than all, Cal-cura Solvent prevents the formation of Stone and Gravel and all uric acid conditions of the blood. The medical profession has accepted and heartily en- dorsed the principal upon which Dr. Ken nedy based his claims for Cal-cura Solvent.
 If your druggist does not have Cal-cura Solvent, write to the Oal-cura Company, Rondout, N. Y.; but ask your druggist first. $1.O0 8 bottle. Only one size.
 Guarantee: Your druggist will return your money if Cal-cura fails to cure, and The Cal-cura Company will pay the drug gist. Remember, Cal-cura Solvent cures 98% of all cases of Kidney, Bladder and Liver disordera
The Press., 1904-12-07
The Bite Of the Tsetse Fly.

Singular indeed is the effect of the bite. or. as the Boers call it. the "stick," i" of the tsetse fly. for the carcass when examined is found to be almost blood less. The cellular tissue under the skin is distended with air, resembling a number of soap bubbles, the fat is yeIlowish green and oily, the heart 50 soft that tie fingers can be made to meet through it, the lungs and liver are diseased. the stomach and bowels are pale and empty and the gall bladder Is distended with bile. Yet, as Living stone says. wild animals nearly akin to tie horse and OK, such as the buff faio and zebra. suffer no harm Neither do pigs, goats and wild antelopes, but dogs suffer as severely as horses and oxen.
 Tie skin of an animal which has died from the tsetse shows all the puncturcs on tEe inside, with a ring of yellow mucus on the flesh beneath eich punctuTe as large as the palm of tie hand and resembling the ap- pearance of d snake bite. No certain remedy is known for tine puncture of this terrible 1y.-Chambers' Journal
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The board of pardons in session in Hartford Monday pardoned from state- prison Garrett Dalton, who was serv- ing a sentence of from two to four years for theft from the person in New Haven, and Edwin Taylor, who was serving a sentence of 15 years for burglary committed in Bridgeport. George Yang, who was serving a sentence for manslaughter, committed in Hampden, New Haven county, and David Scholly, who was sentenced Dec. 5, 1894, for twenty years for rape, committed in Hebron, Holland county, were paroled- The applica- tion of John Warren, who was sen- tenced on December 4, 1859, to life imprisonment for killing his wife in Wilmington, was not granted.
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A CIVIL ... :. rraT.

| How General I1icsxessfooper Bridges | the Tennessee River. E One of General Andrew HickenlOop- CTS experiences in the civil war, as told by himself, is thus related in the Boston Transcript:
 "One evening with McPherson on the Tennessee river I shall never for get, There was no enemy in sight and none expected. About an hour be- fore sundown I was suddenly sum- moned to the generals tent and in formed that our whole army of 3O,OOO men must be across the river and start ed after the Confederates by daylight the next morning.
 But, general 1 protested, there isn't within forty miles a stick of tim Der big enough to carry an empty caisson, and the wagons with the ponies are ten miles back
 "T can't help that said MePherson. The bridge must be built and the army on the move before o'clock. Good night, Colonel Hickenlooper!
 '.In my despair went down to the riverside and paced the bank for an hour, trying to think out key to the problem. As chief of the engineer corps I knew what was expected of me and that if failed my career, both in mili- tary and in civil life, was at an end. Wandering back about half mile, came upon an old gin filled with cot ton. I suppose it must have held two or three thousand bales. Here was my salvation. Why not build a bridge Of the cotton and use the old boards as a roadway?
 Inside of a half hour I had large detail of men on the ground. We sank the bales with large stones, laying two tiers of four bales each clear across the river and holding them in place by two big cables stretched across on the lower side. The boards of the gin made tolerable roadway, but at the best it was an awfuIly scaly job.
 At o'clock I walked up to Mo Pherson's tent and routed him out of bed. General, the bridge is ready said.
 every well, colonel,' was the response, and I had not walked three rods before boots and saddles sound ed and the camp became a bedlam.
 "I crossed the bridge and stood at the edge of the water, expecting and dreading to see the cables part under the terrific strain, but they stood the test, and at half past Il the last wagon had made safe passage and we signaled ahead to McPherson. All over'
 Tn little while was called to the general, who was five miles ahead. AS I rode up he saluted and said: That was well done, colonel. Now you go back and cut the bridge loose, and I'll telegraph the gunboats down the river to pick up the cotton for you and your assistant engineer
 'I thought that was a first class re- ward and of course performed my part | of the work"
 AS matter of fact, he received no reward for this extraordinary piece of work except his satisfaction in having accomplished what seemed like the | imDOSSible
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Charm. of Fo..sl Huntsnr

One of the charms of the fossil hunt er's life Is the variety, the element of certainty, combined with the gambling element of chance. Like tEe prospector for gold. the fossil hunter may pass suddenly from the extreme of dejection in great variety of ways. sometimes as the result of prolonged and deliber ate scientific search in n region which Is known to be fossiliferous. sometimes in such a prosaie manner as the dig ging of a well.-Century. st1
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Common salt injected into timber win preserve 1t from decay.
NnM1pr snrrrprna -nrn,

No Mo RE SUFFFRING.-n you are trou- bled with indigestion get bottle of Ko- dol Dyspepsia Cure and see how quickly 1t will cure you. Geo. A. Thomson, of Spencer, Is., says: Have had Dyspep
 sia for twenty years. My case was al- most hopeless. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure was recommended, and used only few bottles of it and 1t Is the only thing that has relieved me. w. 'uld not he without it. Have doctorsd with local physicisns and also at Chicago, and even went to Norway with hopes of getting some Te- lief, but Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the only remedy that has done me any good, and I heartily recommend it. Every per- son suffering with Indigestion or Dyspep- sia should use It." Sold by all druggists.
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Improvidient Man.

My husband is th9 most extrava- gant man." walled little Mrs. Bargain hunt
 ''Yes?" said the sympathetic friend.
 Yes. He paid g for hat. when by looking around for d day or two he could probably have got one for $198"--Pittsburg Post.
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AoEroN cures Headache and Neuralgia
RslRm.

Monson, 1st, a daughter (Freida Kener. son) to Mir. snd Mrs F. E. Cady.
 Stafford Springs, Nov. 30 h, a daughter to Mir. and Mrs. Alec Fontanella.
 Holland, Nov. 4th, a daughter to Mir and Mra. Frank E. LaTaille.
 Staffordville, 3d, daughter to Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Converse.
 Stafford Springs, 9th. a daughter tc MT and Mrs. Matthew Sullivan.
 Westford, Nov. 28th, son to Rev. ant Mrs. Henry A. Rider.
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The snif Didn.t suit.

Are you sure that my daughter fn vors your suit!' 1
 'Well. no. she doesn't. But 1 prom Ised I'd go to another tailor as soon as fixed things with u."-Clevelanl Plain Dealer.
The Press., 1904-12-07
A Frightened Horse.

Running like mad down the street, dump ing the occupants, or hundred other ae- cidents, are every day occurrences. It behooves everybody to have a reliable Salve handy, and there's none as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Burns, Cuts, Sores, Ec zema and Piles disappear quick ly under It's soothing effect. 25c, at Ea- tons drug store.
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WaferIOarReA.

A little girl. when recovering from scarlet fever. drank a great deal ot water. Her nerves were weak. and she cried for slight causes. ''I wouldn't cry" said her mother. us the tears began to come. How can help it." sobbed the child. when l am so full of waterT'
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AII the Aiore AnnoyfnR.

"But his statement ali ,at you is q tissue of malicious lies. is it not?'
 No; it's very substantial combina- don of malicious. lies, with tissue of malicious truth. ''-P Philadelphia Ledger.
The Press., 1904-12-07

At the city election yesterday Rock vile voted to install 8 sewerage dl- tration plant, and $75, 900 was ap- propriated for the same.
The Press., 1904-12-07
Worse Than That.

Do you thin'i that the governors remarks were spontaneous, grandma Y' "Worse. They were positively scand' d'lous."-Exchange
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Those Girls.

Stella-Hc wore my picture right over his heart. and it stopped the bull let. Bella-No wonder. dear: it would stop q clock
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 We are not responsible for, nor do we by pub fishing, endorse the opinions of our correspond ents-
 This paper is mailed regularly to it's sunscrib CTS until definite order to discontinue is re- eeived and all arrears are paid in full
 THIS Paper and The Connecticut Courant semi-weekly, furnished for ss.1s per year in ad- vance
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M0rEnnA.

South Coventry, 3i, by Rev. Nestor Light. John Tomasko and Mics Nanko Grendol.
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B--See photographs.

nISTRICT OF STAFFORD, ss. Pro- A bate Court, December 5, A. D. 1904.
 Estate of James Ferry, late of Stafford, in said district, deceased
 The administra1rix having exhibited her aa- m1ntstration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, it is
 Ordered, that the i4th day Of December, A. D., 1904 at o'clock in the afternoon, at the Probate Omce in Stafford, be and the same is assigned for hearing on the allowance of said administra- tton account, with said estate and this Court di- rects the administratrx to cite all persons inter- eSted therein to appear at said time and place, by publishing this order in some newspaper hav- ing circulation in said district, and by posting 9 copy on the public sign-post in the town Of Stafford, where the deceased last dwelt
 MARCUS B. FISK. Judge.
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An. acre of good fishing ground will yield more food, in a week than an acre Of the best land will in year.
The Press., 1904-12-07

FOR SALE = Thoroughbred Rose II Comb White Leghorn Cockerel.
The Press., 1904-12-07

Is your home warm, cozy and comfortable? Full of fresh air, sunshine, faith, peace, good health and good cheer7
 Ifnot, there is something wrong. You should take 8 little comfort every day-stop, and think a bit.
 We do not ossume fO know it all, but we have leaIn d few thIngs worth while about Heating and Ventilation.
 Hot Air Furnaces, (for coal and wood) Hot Water and Steam Heaters, (direct and Indirecf)
 We might have thought or suggestion of value to you. What we know you are welcome to-what we 10 you pay for.
 We have pleased some people very much. wish we could help you. Come in and ask questions. ..a |. ?. HODGSON.I
 A few Coal Heating Stoves cheap to get them out of the way.
 When your pipes free zs up call at
 26 Main Street.
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NOTICE.

The legal voters of the Borough of StafYord springs are hereby notified and warned to meet December 12th, 1904. at 10 o'clock in the fore noon, for the following purposes: 1st-TO elect officers for the ensuing year and term. 2d-To hear the annual report of the Court of Burgesses and Treasurer, and to act on the same. 3d-To see If they will vote to lay tax to de- fray the current expenses and reduce the bor- Ough indebtedness. 4th-To see if they will vote to instruct the Court of BurgesseS to install an incanheScent electric light on River Street, near the Fabyan WoOlen Cos mill.
 5th-To do any other business proper to be done at said meeting. Articles 2, 8. 4 and will be acted upon at O'Clock, p. m., at which time the polls close.
 F. F. PATTEN, Warden.
 FRED MANN,
 F. E. FITZPATRICK,
 ANTHONY ADAMS, ! Burgesses,
 F. J CHANDLER,
 A. W. KINGsBURY, Stafford Springs, December 9th, 1904.
 Attest:
 WILLIAM H. HEALD, Clerk
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LEWIS MCLAUGHLIN. PUBLISHER. x1.5o year. IT paid strictly in advance. .s1. .ss
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U1E need . veItabIs msn (ev womaul
 w co seII our fAmfly rsmsaEea alrsex to thn homes 0f Stafford epFingN. eseadw wurM nnd good pay e the r1zhx psrzoa4 <Gdrsw ~D. Pres On1ce.
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Sole Agents for Buttersek Patterns.
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GOING SOUTH.

- Au 0u6Ct OCI- IU, ISU4. --- E. H. FTzHUGH, Vice Pres. and Gem Manager J. E BRNTLEY. General Pasaen0nv Agent
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-02
WOMEN STAND BY MINISTER
Q OUTTOTED MEN WHO WANTED
 BULLOCK TO RESIGN.

The Result May be Disruption of the
 Neishborhood Church of stratford--
 Baby Is Very III.
 Women in sympathy with the Rev. Charles S. Bullock pastor of the Neigh borhood church of stratford, who fig ured in the recent Smaller scandal, packed the church meeting to consider the pastors resignation. The women outvoted the men, who wished to have the pastor go.
 At meeting of the trustees of the church and the leading officers peti- ton, signed by, all those present with one exception, requested the pastor to resign for the good of the church.
 The petition was presented to MT. Bullock. On the following day he call- ed on most of the women members of his church. asking them to attend the meeting and vote for him. The church will probably be broken up, as the members who supplied the money say that they and their families will with draw at once. The Smaller baby, of which the Rev. MT. Bullock was accused of being the father, is critically i'll.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-02
TWENTIETH CONNECTICUT
Will Hold Reunion at sayin Rock or
 August 25.

 will Hold Reunion at Sayin Rock on
 August 25.
 The thirty-ninth annual reunion. of the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteer infantry will be held at savin Rock on Thursday, August 25 A business meet ing will be held at Ii o'clock, followed by dinner.
 The committee in charge is as fol- lows: Charles French, Of Ansonia, pres ident; James V. Johnson, of Southing- ton, first yice-pr president, and N. w. Greenman, of Waterbury, second vice. president.
 The Twentieth Connecticut saw much service, being attached to the Second brigade of the Third division of the Twentieth Army corps, Most of the fighting in which the Twentieth Con necticut took part was in the vicinity of Atlanta. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment took part in the famous march to the sea and also in the march through the Carolinas, ending in the battle of Goldsboro, in which the Con- federacy was finally crushed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-02

placing of orders for sixty thousand tons of steel rails for the Hartman system was an influence in the strength of those stocks and of United States Steel preferred.
 The strength in the wheat market twas somewhat variously interpreted, but the London Times reports Of gen. .eral damage to European crops was a feetor and appealed more to stock mar ket sentiment than did the reports of harm to spring wheat from too much moisture. The sharp increase in the grain movement and some large foreign buying reported of corn were received with satisfaction. The eastern railroads and the coalers were less affected, prob ably owing to the shutting down of the anthracite eollieries for a week from to-day.
 The movement in United States Steel preferred held the later market in face of some profit-taking, and made the closing firm. Only a few of the promi- nent stocks moved as much as a point
 Bonds were dull and steady. Total sales, par value, $940, ,OO0.
 United States bonds were unchanged on call.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-02
YOUNG LADY DROWNED.

Sad Affair at Woodmont- Guest of
 Prominent New Haven Family.
 Woodmont August Miss Grace Sherwood, aged sixteen years of Wa terbury, was drowned here to-day while bathing.
 Miss Sherwood was visiting here with the family of Elliott H. Morse, secre- tary and treasurer of the Connecticut Savings bank, of New Haven, and she went into the water for morning plunge to-day with Miss Dorothy Morse, a girl of about the age of Miss Sherwood.
 They had been bathing only few minutes when Miss Sherwood stepped into deep water and went down. Her companion screamed for help and Har- old Judd and Stewart Merwin of this place jumped into boat and pulled quickly to the spot where the girl was last seen.
 Dr. Charles Vishno of New Haven and Dr. Mitchell with trained nurse worked oyer the girl for an hour or more, but the ywere unable to restore any sign of animation.
 An eyewitness of the accident said that Miss Sherwood who was good swimmer, had started to swim for Oys- ter rock, point several hundred feet from shore, when she suddenly threw iip, her hands and went under From the position of her body when recover ed, it is believed that she was seized with cramps.
 Miss Sherwood was well known in Derby, having lived there up to two oe three years ago. She was daughter of the late Charles s. Sherwood, and lived with her grandfather, A. F. Sher- wood. formerly a deputy sheriff. The family removed to Waterbury several years ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-02
cnNGR.AT VALUATIONS.

Captain F. F. Redmond, of No. 7's en- zine company, is receiving congratula- tions on the arrival of a little girl at his home. 1s0 Cedar street, yesterday afternoon. Mother and child are doing finely.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-02
oFF oN PLEAsI1RR .s,l,l, .S TRIP

William L. Stevenson, of Farren ave- nue, the popular stenographer at Kim berly, Root & Days, left yesterday for a trip into the old Bay State for the benefit of his health, and will make his headquarters at Ashley Falls. He will be away from two to four weeks. Will liam Deegan, of 156 Olive street, will substitute for him during his absence.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-02
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Closing Prices.

The following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Whitely. Bankers and Brokers, 25 Broadway. New York, and 15 Center street. New Haven, Conn:
 Bid. Asked.
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LocAI, sTocK auorATIoNs.
Bank Stocks.

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