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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-20

know that you were going to fall in
love with me!'
I Her color came back with rush.
Il rs this" she faltered = lis this =
love?"
He laughed, low, contented, joyous
laugh.
i Il will answer that only with you in
my arms Conner
She hesitated. Aware of bewiider-
ing sense of happiness, she still hesitat-
ed. But his eyes compelled her. She
took a step forward, and again his
arms infoldcd her. 1t was with dread
Of the battle to be possessing her that
Doris Ware heard the first dinner bell
that evening. But it was determined
| young lady who held her head high and
went down the stairway to meet the
English noblelnan whom it had been
decided should make her his wife.
Would her always indulgent father ,e
furious to learn she was to marry a
penniless tutor? Would her weak, am
bilious mother weep and protest? What
matter? She would have him whom
she loved-loved-lov
"Go in!' Her parents, standing at
the foot of the stairs, kissed her. Go
in, and God bless you both! He is
waiting. Go to him.
Then the slender figure, all in snowy
draperies of clinging lace, was walking
up the room.
81 am sorry to have to tell you, Lord
Lessington''- she began, but the words
she would have spoken were never
said.
The tall, handsome man in evening
dress had her held tightly to his heart
and the arms that closed around her
were those that had been her refuge
that morning in the forest.
"John," she whispered. john
Cedric John Jardine Dynely, Lord
lLessingtonr he corrected her. BE
loved, I've won you! I've served for
you, if not as long as Jacob served for
Rachel, as faithfully. It's fair-all's
fair, sweetheart. in love and warr'
A disordered stomach may cause re
end Of trouble. When the stomach fails
to perform it's functions the bowels be
come deranged, the liver and kidneys
congested, causing numerous diseases
the most fatal of which are painless anC
therefore the moIe to be dreaded. The
important thing is to restore the stomach
ard liver to healthy condition, and fol
this purpose no better preparation can bt
used than Chamberlai','s Stomach anc
Liver Tablets.
For sale by E. K. Taft, HI. F. Cady
Stafford; G. Hall, Jr., & Co, South vii
linoton
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-20

By order OF the Probate Court, the real estate
OF John j. Roche, deceased, situated In the Dor
Ough OF STAFFORD Springs. consisting OF q tract
of land with house and a valuable sand bank
land of Myra B. Mix, north and west by land d
j. Carl Converse.
MARY ROCHE, ADMINISTRATIVE.
Stafford Springs, Conn, April 20, 1907
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-20

A hair in the head is worth two in
the brush.-Boston Christian Register.
Joy, temperance and repose slam the
door on the doctors nose-Longfellow
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-20

Foley's Kidney Cure II taken In tins
affords security from all kidney and blad
der diseases. Sold By e. K. Taft,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-20
Central Vermont Railway (Southern
division )-trains leave:

In effect Oct. 12, 1903.
e. 81. FITZHUGH, Vice Pres. and Gen1 Manage
]. z. BENTLEY, General Passenger Agent.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
Ancient Water Works.

London's weary arbitration for the
possession Of its water supply con-
trasts vividly with Tiverton's pride in
her more than six centuries ownership
of the towns water works. They are
the oldest in Britain. Amicia, Countess
of Devon, built them in 1910, and pre-
sented them to Tiverton. The water is
brought from the moors five miles
away, and the works are still in con-
tinuous use Once a year they are in-
spected by the manorial and municipal
authorities, and proclamation is made
that the water is for the sole use of
Tiverton. Southampton's water works
also date from the thirteenth century.
They were built by the monks in 1890,
and in 1920 they conveyed all their
rights in the springs, conduit and pipes
to the Mayor and community Of South
ampton.-London Daily Chronicle.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
Factory and School in One.

One of the curiosities of current lit
erature is the increasing number of
monthly magazines published by big
Industrial concerns in this country and
in Europe. The cost of production and
the work of editing these little peri
odicals is borne by the firms, their sole
purpose being to form what sociolo-
gists call "a point of contact between
the employer and employed. The text,
which is often illustrated with good
half-tones, concerns everything that
relates to the social side of the en-
ployes' daily life as employees, and
there are departments given over to
''helpful hints that answer inquiries
of all sorts. The magazine issued by
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
is printed in Italian and German, as
we'll as in English. The Cadburys, the
cocoa manufacturers of England, had
contest for amateur photographers
recently, fine reproductions Of the prize
winning pictures being reproduced in
the last number of the magazine. The
contest was limited to the employees
of the works, and the results were ex-
tremely good.-New York Press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
WISE WORDS.

The Man of Sorrows was not much
of Man for sighs.
Fortune never disappoints the man
who knows he will fail
The envious man grows lean at the
success of his eighbor.-Horace.
A cheerful face is nearly as good for
an invalid as healthy weather.
Franklin.
The BEST education in the world is
that got by struggling to get a living.
Wendell Phillips.
Takers will refrain from evil speak.
ing only when listeners refrain from
evil hearing.-Hare.
Humanity is never so beautiful as
when praying for. forgiveness, or else
forgiving another-Richter.
The sight of battlefield after a
fight is enough to inspire a love OF
peace and horror OF war.-Napoleon
It is this desire o. the happiness OF
those whom we love which gives tc
the emotion of love itself it's princi
pal delight, by affording to us con
slant means Of it's qualification.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
Severed Finger Replaced.


In connection with the recent trans
planting of an ear, the following case
may be of interest: A man aged sixty,
some years ago, during the killing Of
a pig, had his right middle finger bit
ten completely off through the middle
phalanx by the animal. HE walked
to my house," states DR.. Edsall, OF
Surbiton, who records the case, "a dis
tance Of six miles, with friend. On
my inquiry for the missing piece of
finger the friend, after hunting in va
rious pockets. produced it from one Of
them. covered with tobacco dust, etc.
Having cleansed the stump and sew
cred portion joined the two ends by
trapping, and fixed on splints. In
about fourteen days circulation was
completely restored, union had taken
place, and he has his finger to this day.
The nerves did not unite, SO that the
part is insensitive. The finger had been
off about two hours. The distal joint
is stiff, but Notwithstanding this he
finds it extremely useful, and is very
proud of it."-London Tit-Bits.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
When Smith Died.

A little cross-fring was going on be-
tween the Texas and Arkansas law
makers the other day, when Senator
Culberson said:
ARKANSAS is a suburb of Texas, and
there are some powerful good people
there, but about the most shiftless fam
lily [ ever heard of lived in that State.
''The family belonged to the numer-
Gus Smiths. Old Daddy Smith was
very sick, and a neighbor called to see
about his condition. He found no one
at home except daughter-in-law, whe
informed him that the rest Of the FAM
lily had gone to see their daddy buried.
The neighbor was religious man and
inquired of the daughter-in-law if the
old gentleman had made any prepara-
tons for eternity.
"'No,' replied the woman; 'nothin'
more than to give the two least boys
a boss apiece, He knew they'd never
own one eff they had to work fer it. -
Washington Times.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
AslA's FouR.rooTEo FRE,cHTERs.,
Ships of the Desert Still Garry Merchan
disc in Caravans.

Ships of the Desert Still Garry Merchan-
disc In Caravans.
It will not be long before railroads
and then the centre of Asia will begin
to wake up, but to-day it is still impos-
sible to ship goods into Turkestan OF
Persia or Arabia by any means other
than the caravan, just as goods were
shipped in the days of King Solomon.
If anything, the roads are a little
worse now than they were then, and a
caravan bound from Teheran or Bag
dad to the interior may be months and
even years on the way.
This fact has made it necessary for.
many an American merchant to study
queer things about storybook land in
order to know just how his goods must
be packed and shipped out of America,
SO that they will be in the proper con-
dition for loading on camel and mule
back in the desert towns, whence they
start on their strange voyages.
An American shipper Of goods for ex-
port into Far Eastern countries must
AAOW JuSI AOW uuCu CdIlCl Call CdEEy
and over what kind of a road it will
have to travel; for in many places the
roads are over mountain sides that are
SO narrow that the size of the package
is of the utmost Importance.
Thus, shippers in the United States
who do business with the Orient, have
had to learn that the merchandise must
be packed in tin or Zinc-lined cases, be-
cause it is sure to be subjected to fierce
storms in shelterless trails. They have
had to learn that a camel load is two
packages Of 26Q pounds each. Mules.
according to the caravan drivers ta-
bles, can carry two packages, one on
each side, each weighing 1853 pounds.
These packages must not be ionger
than four feet, wider than two feet or
! deeper than one and half feet. Pack
ages of this size can just scrape
through some of the dizzy defiles lead
| ing into wild Asia.
| At Ispahan about 500 mule and cam
el loads of merchandise are received
or shipped every month during the
trading season.-Savannah News.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
THE FARMER BOY
BY c. T. LEWIS.

.,,,,er how is the boy for me,
me IN! 10, h;s ,an rustic air and mirthful glee,
With nI III aolow with the roses hue,
HIS eneeNIb me- brow kissed by the morning. 9
r., lau@bter au@i partakes of the ripping
oms ss7S to him pleasing dream;
Llle sSe see'f flashes the tints Of the sky above,
Hls eye tr,,e heart heart responds to the throbs of
love.
r,o farmer boy is the boy for me;
1ne L -;ns -", NV heart with his innocent glee,
me- me I,l,n honest face with the tan of earth
In me he tJ, horn on the farm is kingly birth.
II, IT, hos studied natures pure open book;
az aed drink in truth from the murmuring
brook; -.
he has caught the song OF the warbllng
bird :,
Thus the ploughboy's whistle SO often
heard.
The farmer boy is the boy for me;
vou In1 NAV call him rustic, blithe and free.
"a matter though plain the clothes he
rhoroh in summer he loves his feet to
bare; -,
r. touch with nature he's natures child.
Stern life will tame him, he Is not wild;
HEN need the strength he's gathering now,
When the dust of battle is on his brow.
The farmer boy is the boy for me;
Millions cannot purchase life SO free.
( To be reared on the farm is wealth untold,
Health is more precious than silver or gold:
The The marts of trade, the city's din and
strife
Crush freedom and sunshine out of many a
life;
The strong trusted men in the world to-
day
spcnt happy boyhood amid clover and
hay.
Fruit Grower.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
FIXING THE DATE or EASTER
The Difference Betwe en- the ASTRONOMERS
and Paschal Full Moon.

1he OlHeronce BetWe en- the AstrOnOInica
and Pasc1lal Full Moon.
A good deal of popular misapprehen-
sion exists as to the method by which
the date Of that movable festival, Eas-
ter, is determined. The Episcopal
prayer book gives these Instructions:
Easter Day is always the first Sum
day after the full moon which hap
pens upon or ext after the twenty first
day Of March, and il the full moon
happens upon Sunday, Easter is the
Sunday after.'' This phraseology
would appear to be explicit enough to
prevent any possible mistake, but un-
fortunately there is an astronomical
full moon and an ecclesiastical full
moon, and they are not Identical. It
is the ecclesiastical, OF spaschal full
moon which the almanac makers en-
ploy in fixing the date of Easter.
Here is a serious difficulty that would
be encountered once in a while if the
astronomical, or real, full moon were
made the basis of the computation.
The time of that phenomenon must be
expressed in days, hours and minutes.
The paschal full moon is not indi-
Gated by a particular hour and minute,
but extends over whole secular day.
Differences in longitude cannot affect
it, nor the date of Easter as computed
therefrOm.
Another point of difference between
the astronomical and paschal full moon
is that the latter is nominally land ap-
proximately) the fourteenth day of the
moon, including the day when the lat
ter became new. But in fixing the
date one does not consult an almanac
for the actual day and hour of the new
moon, but enters into a rather compli-
Gated computation, in which the num-
ber of the year, the Golden Number
and the Dominica Letter enter. Tables
have been made up in advance on this
basis, and put into the prayer books,
so that i'll any year one may determine
Easter himself by using the three fac.
tors here mentioned.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12

( X ( regarded the sign hung
Nx xx there, business-like
xssAakAASExxx xASAAASkExx square OF cardboard, on
Oh which was neatly printed, Busy"
But as Sallie was carrying food, she
was not deferred by the sign; she
knocked and pushed the door open.
Her friend Rachel looked up from
her book apprehensively. what have
you been doing?' she demanded. ''Or
is it something you want me to do?''
Take this nice fat chocolate with
the nut on the top" urged Sallie. "'I
been doing? Want you to dog It's
nothing to set excited about. I asked
freshman to come to your room to
afabDlt this evening. Let me tell you
low it happened,' she urged hastily.
1ell in with her coming up from the
village, and I knew she was a fresh
man because she wore kid gloves. So
asked Aer if that was her first year,
anu she said yes, and I asked her if
sne FAD met many Of the students vet,
ana she said very few: and I asked her
"naI she was going to specialize in,
and she said German.
Ihcn there didn't seem to be much
VI anything else to say, so I remarked
plat had been to the village for
suVese 10 make rabbit, and she said
sue Aao never eaten one. After that
-. ,ue'e was nothing to do but ask her to
osp TIT tnls one. Fancy having never
.''Fl rlbbit! And you know. Rach.
", can make it in my own room,
DO'ause that tiresome roommate they
pN' III with me when Blanche didn't
aon'e oon pack says it gives her a head.
ene Just to smell one"
~, -'"Vnel shrugged her shoulders re-
alsneoly. aS, Very WELL" she said. s.I'l]
tsA t~ her II it's her first year and if she
sIo"s sh many people and what courses
to ns axes but after that you will have
" entertain her.,
mo.''' aenel' said sallie, earnestly, "this
ans a,o11'hs in chapel the dean talked
froeh sa' Tue upper classmen helping thu
! 1en han She was very impressive
If ,e CIV uecldcd to help this freshman
yaora, Can nave the benefit of nv thre,
ms bosa experience when she has bee,
start 9niy ~ three weeks, think what {
@'"5' al 1t will give her!
a,,a. s1all Begin she medita+ed sb,
is t1's,ls her hair differently. Tba
hanS r Aes note to the appearance. Per
story 49, oa naVe noticed that when tn
hprso,s eook heroine wishes to diseuis
hair 'ir IL as a waiting maid, she does he
On tho 10 sn Ill uh5ecoming manner; Will
houso o'ner hand, when the work
which drudge receives the fortune q
She at at sue M has been unjustly deprived
a corono4 o.lee mas her hair coiffured b
hair IL nO[enl a hair dresser. To do th
lajr- W. WI, uress the hair, to coiffure th
Ta-what ~ a differencer -
as tho saest .. arrived that evening ius
ical noin4 aaoolt' had reached that cri-
Waits oln' ~ When one adds the egg an
turn on zee if the mixture is going t
bent ovo, uae 81 smooth or stringy. salli
abstractao,ln ne chafing dish, greeted ht
Rachel, ~ and left hospitality I
lie s'fersl fopslt introduced herself, since $,
aame wass ~ 10 so. And the guest
Was he" "as: a Caroline Conrad. Th
'' year. Rachel understoo
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
Expensive Outfit of the English Judge.

The outfit of an English Judge costs
about $1,000. He has to have at least
five gowns of silk, besides a girdle,
scarf, casting hood a black cap. a
three-cornered cap, a beaver hat, a
cooked hat. a silk hat, lace bands and
two full court suits with swords.-Lon-
don Daily Mail
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12


There was an unusual silence in the
room after the door closed behind Miss
Conrad. Rachel occupied herself in
gathering up the dishes. and tactfully
ignored the detected figure on the
couch. AS the flights out'' bell sound
ed Sallie rose.
"Rachelv' ;.hsre,
Eyes, Sallie.''
II am going to take stand against
this fashion Of promiscuous class CUT
ting. It Is bad example to freshmen.
and as the dean remarked, we should
do all we can to help freshmen. 1 shall
not go to town tomorrow. By the
way" she added, as she reached the
door, 'if you will give me the lavender
ribbon, will wear it to class to-mor-
row to show Miss. Conrad that am
not offended with her."-Youth's Com
panion.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12

YsngsYaxX EFORE the door Of room Sc
M ~ Sallie Russell paused and
( * Z regarded the sign hung
4 W there, a business-like
XWNskcxXX cnuarn Of cord hna r6 OF,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12

"But, Miss Russell"-the embarrass.
ment that had entirely disappeared
in the course of the evening returned:
Miss Conrad's cheeks were painfully
red-.'you don't understand. I am
that new German teacher!'
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-05-12
TRAINING a
FRESHMAN
kkH*kkkkkk -
Hy MARY ALDEN HOPKINS.

ITI - y INN NEEER
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
Green Diamond Found.

considerable interest writes a corre-
spondent, has been aroused in johann
nesourg by the discovery on a mining
property at KlerksdOrp of a green dia
mond of about three quarters carat.
The gem had slipped into a crevice in
the iron plates of the crushing mill and
was found during the dismantling of
the mill to make room for new stamp
battery.
In 1893 over seventy similarly colored
diamonds were found upon the same
property. They had all slipped between
the dies and escaped destruction. 1t is
conjectured that manv other green
stones were crushed out of existence.
For the first time since that date the
Klerksdorp Gold and Diamond Com
pany propose to resume operations on
this particular ground, which contains
both gold and diamonds and the pros
poets Of unearthing more of these
green gems are being eagerly watched
from the Rand.-Philadelphia Record.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
Tribe of Primitive Indians.

The Alabama Indians in the Creek
Nation are so primitive in their ways
that they attract attention where In
dians are no uncommon sight. They
are living and practicing customs of
the Indians of 100 years ago. They still
speak their own dialect, being the only
one of the forty-nine different tribes
composing the Creek Nation that does
this. None of them can speak English
They live in pole huts daubed with red
clay
The Alabama tribe has affiliated with
the Snake Indians, and is still more
backward in accepting association with
the white man. For a long time they
refused to be enrolled on the loyal
Creek rolls, but of late many of them
have been persuaded to come forward
and enroll. The prophet is the big man
of the tribe. When a horse is stolen he
is supposed to be able to find it, or if
Indians become sick he is expected to
make them well. If a drought over
takes the land he is expected to make
it rain. He brews or makes all the med
icine for his tribe. Pottery making,
which is a. lost art with the Creek In
dians to-day, was possessed by the
members of this tribe until a few years
ago The last survivor Of the old school
in the making Of pottery was an old
woman who died a few years ago.
Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
The Cardinal Changed Doctors.

A correspondent of the London
Chronicle tells of an incident he wit
messed in the theater of the Crystal
Palace, where Cardinal Manning was
addressing an immense meeting of
members of the League of the Cross
temperance organization, which was
very near to his heart. II will con-
fess to you," he said, with that mix
ture in his manner of the playful and
the Daternal which his Irish children
loved, that 1 do not practice what
preach. I am not total abstainer
myself, because my doctor won't let
me be one" At once a voice came
from the topmost gallery. Change
your doctor!' Thank you for the hint
my friend" promptly said the Cardi-
nal; Il will" What is more, he did
with the result that he was a teeto-
taller ever afterward, refusing all slim
ulants, even in his last illness.-New
York Tribune
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
New Irish Potato.

The French National Society of Ag-
riculture has recently had its atten-
ton called to a new potato, which
some French journals say will not
only play an important role in agri-
culture, but will supplant the Irish po-
tato. The technical name of the new
vegetable is solanum commersonii,
but it is now beginning to be called
the Uruguay Irish potato. as it comes
from the banks of the Mercedes River
in Uruguay. The yield is said to be
enormous and it appears to be i'm
mune from any disease. This potato
is cultivated like the common vege-
table Of this name. or, at least has
been so cultivated in the trials made
IN France since 1901.-Exchange
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
Countrr,s Cotton Cron.

On December 3, 1908, the Depart
ment of Agriculture estimated 9.962,-
0S9 bales as the cOuntry's cotton crop
-an estimate remarkable both for the
wild speculation which it excited and
for the fact that it came within $4,000
bales of Daniel j. Sullys estimate.
SUlly and the Government were both
wrong for the movement into siCht
reported at this weeks close for Sep
tember 1 TO date, fOOts up 9.973,4 4O6
bales. Furthermore, there remain six
weeks before the twelvemOnth's total
can be ascertained. At this weeks
movement of 45.32S bales. there would
be added. in that period, 277.0OO bales.
making a total of 1O,25O.OOO. 1t may
be more, or il may be less.
The bearing of these preliminary
figures or the years consumption is
rvnarka tIe. Last November Thomas
Ellison estimated 70. $4,000 bales OF
American cotton as the seasons prob
able requirement of the spinners.
Since the worlds supply of American
cotton last September was only a
trifie over 100000 bales. as against
some 100000 bales to-day. it would
seem that spinners' requirements have
been reduced, by the excessive prices,
no less than 1.1S1 900 bales. The pro-
cess has not been pleasant. but IL has
been striking proof of the defensive
power which consumers of staples
nave against corner manipulators.-
New FORK Evening Post