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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18
AT Belts

Belts reports tremendous sale of
linens.
For coughs and colds Druggist Belts
recommends Syrup Of White Pine and
Tar.
A nice line of confectionery always
Oh hand.
A complete stock Of dried fish for
the .Lenten trade.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18
Spring Medicine

There Is no other season when good
medicine IL 80 much needed as In the
Spring.
The blood is impure, weak and
impoverished-a condition indicated
by pimples and other eruptions on the
face and body, by deficient vitality,
loss Of appetite, lack Of strength, and
want Of animation.
Hoods Jarsdpdrilia
and Pills
Make the blood pure, vigorous and
rich, create appetite, give vitality,
strength and animation, and cure
all eruptions. Have tho whole family
begin to take them today.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been used in
our family for some time. and always with
good results. Last spring I was all run
down and got bottle Of it, and a. usual
received great benefit" MISS BEuLAH
BoYcE, Stowe, Vt.
Hoods Sarsepartila premises to
o''-. ard he"~~ <'se prorosee.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18

Aline, Justine and Alice Houlihan
have recovered from the measles.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18

from theI James Angevine place at
Botsford to the Winton farm in Gray's
Plain, about April l.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18

CT Hedden will move his family
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18

DIR Henry E. Waite of Dodgingtown
has been entertaining his brother,
Walter Waite, of New York.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18

If you want to be in the swim, Mr.
Man, buy Blackman hat and a pair
of Blackman shoes. At the Un-X-ld
Hat 4 Shoe Co., Arcade, Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18

D. N. Clark, the hardware man of
Shelton, has something to tell the reo-
pie about paint. Notice his advertise
ment in another column.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18
CHURCHNOTES

IA COuplcU0 SUNK OI Orlcu uSn IOr
the.Lenten trade.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHNoTEs.
The March meeting of the Ladies'
Missionary society mill be held next
Tuesday afternoon. March %, at the
home of Miss Scudder, at O'Clock.
REX ChriStuS, " the story of mission
work in China, will then be continued.
A service, including the Sacrament
of the Lords Supper, will be held in
the church on Good Friday afternoon,
April l, at 2.3O.
BEST REMEDY FOR CONSTIPA-
TON.
"The finest remedy for constipation
ever used is Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets" says Eli Butler,
of Frankville, N. Y. "They act gently
and without any unpleasant effect, and
leave the bowels in perfectly natural
condition. Sold by R. H. Beers &
Co., Newtown; Taylor, Curtis & Co.
Sandy Hook; W. N. Hurd, Long
Hill; Ernest Hawley, Hawleyville:
A. B. Brakeman, Botsfor6: d. S.
Mead, Branchville.
The proprietor of Browns business
college, in Bridgeport, is doing a gen.
erOus thing giving a free course in
penmanship. Saturday morning at 10
O'Clock the first lesson of the free pen
manship course was given and more
prospective students applied to gam
admission than could be accommodated
had the school been twice as large as
it is. Many burst into tears when told
there was no more room. Prof Brown
said that the spirit shown by the young
people in seeking to acquire better
handwriting should not 90 unreward-
ed. The assistants secured the names
and addresses Of all those who could
not be seated last and he is sending
each one letter informing them that
another special class will be formed on
Saturday afternoons to accommodate
those over ID years of age. Prof Brown
wishes it known that the same princi-
pies underlying the art of good hand
writing are taught in this free course
as are taught in the regular course in
the college.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-18

We have nice line of boys never
rip school and dress shoes at rock bot
tom prices Sandy Hook Shoe Store.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
BANKERS PROSPEROUS
COTTON BELT INSTITUTION REPORT
 sATISFACTORY CONDITION.
Southern Manufacturers' Record Indi- eates Degree of Comfort and Gener-
 al Prosperity Unknown In south In Years.

Baltimore. Dec. 9.(Special. .)-Bankers of the Cotton Belt present In this weeks issue of the Manufacturers
 Record many evidences of prosperity in their section. Under date of Novem- Der 2Sth they were asked for views on the financical condition of farmers and business men, the outlook for trade. the prospects for increase in manufac- turing interests. immigration and the general spirit of the people as to the upbuilding of their community. Com ing from different States the replies indicate a degree of comfort and gen. eral prosperity unknown in the South in many years The situation in Ala bama is quite typical. Farmers there are in a better financical condition than they have ever been, having made large crops this season and now selling their cotton at a fair average price. As a rule they are getting out of debt and becoming independent financially. It Is significant that. fin addition to the fair cotton crop they made a large corn crop this year. So in Georgia there are reports of full average crops
 both of cotton and corn, and plenty in the way of provisions, in addition to the staple. while in Tennessee corn and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
WATER CURE FOR ADE.
Playwright Denies Report of Serious
 Illness.

Illness.
 Neww York Special-Gearge Ade lay back on his bed in a room in the Hol- land House to-day. wrapped in bath robe, which he said had Jacobs coat beaten before the start" and received friends who, alarmed by published re- ports of his illness.1 went there to learn told all who inquired he was not III. I'm taking the water cure" he an- nounced, I'm on the water wagon for a week, The grub cart has not been by since Wednesday night. and won't come by again until next Wednesday. Until then I have to live on rest and water.
 'Trs just this way: During last year I worked very hard and run myself down. had had indigestion. and about e month ago my physician ad- vised me to take his starvation cure, which consists in living on water only for one week and taking complete rest. I intended taking 1t at that time, but l had to 20 home to vote and when got among the chickens and cows on the old farm 1t seemed so fine that l remained uptil few days ago. Now l have nothing to do, SO am taking the treatment.
 Not a bit of food has passed my lips since last wednesday night, and feel just as we'll as though had eaten three solid meals a day. think l have lost a few pounds. but could af- ford to. This water cure Is a great thing, and after experiencing 1t done see where the people in the Philippines can enter any complaint. Other great men have taken the cure. notably Mfr. Edison, who says 1t cured him of all his ills"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
The American Club, - ae NIa~fan na0aynh her

City of Mexico December 5. The Advertiser:
 Your letter was forwarded to me at this place, and 1t Is real pleasure to comply with your request.
 The older grow, my feelings Of love and gratitude to the people of Alaoama become stronger and stronger. My first service in the Confederacy was with Alabama soldiers. and it IS to them that am indebted for my first recom- mendations for promotion to command volunteer troops.
 It was to the superb bravery of Ala bama soldiers in the battle of Shiloh that I am indebted for any reputation gained upon that field, and during my entire career as soldier, brave Ala bama soldiers formed a great part Of my command, and 1t was Alabamtans who did me the honor to give me ten elections to the Congress of the United States.
 My first visit to this and adjacent countries has been filled with matters of great historic interest. At San An tonic we are shown the Alamo, where nearly two hundred Americans met death in their terrible battle with some four thousand Mexicans in March, ls38.
 We trod the field of Monterey. where, on September 20, 1s46. General Taylor won his third battle over the Mexicans. We visited the City Saltillo, where Gen eral Taylor again met the enemy ,driv- ing them south to Buena Vista, where. on February 23rd. 1S47, with about 4,T0o American soldiers, he achieved vic- tory over Santa Anna, whose army has been variously stated at from 16,0oo to le,000 This ended the campaign in Northern Mexico. or, I should say, Cen tral Mexico. as 1t then was.
 Santa Anna knew that General Scott was on the sea with another American army en route to Vera Cruz. This made 1t necessary for Santa Anna and his army to hasten to meet this new invasion. General Scott effected a landing near Very Cruz. March 9. 1Si7. and all of your readers are familiar with what followed. the capture of Vera Cruz, March 27, and the victory of Cerro Gorda, on April 1s. the battle and vic. tories of Padierna and Cherobusco, Au- gust 20, and Molino del Key and Cara Mata. September 18th and 18th.
 The last two battle fields are near the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

hay crops have been good. The over- production of rice in Louisiana has been counterbalanced by 6 heaithy con- dition of the lumber market and in
 Florida cattle business with Cuba and the raising of early vegetables and fruits have helped the farmers nightly. Improvement in farming conditions has been accompanied by advances in the price of farm lands uurlng the past two years, from 25 to 50 per cent, in some parts of Georgia, for instance. and from 50 to 100 per cent. in other parts and by more than 100 per cent. in Alabama. Mortguages have been can oelled, diversification in crops is be- coming more general. farmers of Arr kansas now marketing fruit and vege- table crops to the value of from $50 to
 $10O an acre where 10 years ago they realized only>k15 to s2o. and Fort Smith
 being one of the largest original ship ping points for Irish potatoes in the United States The many substantial improvements in the way of new, build ings. first-class roads, &c., reflect the spirit of progress intensified by pros perity.
 A study of the reports of fifteen leading railroads in the South, includ- ing four whose mileage does not alto Rether lie in this section of the ooun- try, although a very large part of 1t ts Southern, displays the gratifying fact that the earnings of these roads are in- creasinR as the season advapces. All the lines referred to have issued their statements up to and including Sept ember and In nearly every instance each company shows for that month an increase of much greater percentage than its average for the three months since July 1st, when the fiscal year of all but one of the lines began. Some of the gains are remarkably large, due partly to enlarged business and re- ceipts and partly to the completion of the improvements which were under way last year which were charged to operating expenses. In calculating the percentages of growth comparison is made with the corresponding month and period of last year.
 A detailed review of the reports, first of the period of three months and then of the month of September, presents clearly the ratio of progress which rail- roads in the South are now enjoying, for the reports of the lines here con- sidered are typical, as wwill be seen by the homes of the several companies.
 For the period for three months from July 1 to September 80 the changes shown are as follws: Southern Rail- way, gross TAP per cent. increase net TIP per cent increase; Atlantic Coast Line gross SIP per cent, increase. net 73s per cent. increase; seaboard Air Line gross e.S7 per cent. increase, net 23.7s per cent, increasa; Norfolk 6 Western. gross .6 of 1 per cent. i'm crease. net .75 Of 1 per cent. decrease: & Ohio. gross s.sO per cent. increase. net 1888 per cent. increase: Louisville & Nashville gross III per cent increase, net 15.I6 per cent in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

Santa Claus shrank at the hearth-stone,
 And I, sank back on my bed; And the embers fell-a ghostly knell-
 To ashes gray, and dead.
 God pity the wish of your stricken soul!" He sighed, and saw teardrop roll 'The boon that you crave is beyond my dole" And he fled with the wind in the chimney.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

Chapter meeting in New Orleans or December 2s.
 It is expected that at least 200
 delegates will attend this biennia i, meeting of the Grand Chapter. Judge Richardson and MT. Wood ruff with the representatives of chap. ters of the State University, Howard College. Auburn Institute and the Birmingham alumni chapter. will make an effort to have the Grand Chapter hold its next biennial meeting at some point in Alabama.
 At a recent meeting of the Mont gomery Alumni Chapter officers were elected as follows: Dr. Thomas M. Owen. president; Clin Stewart, vice president; Frank Tsnnille, secretary R. 8. Teague. treasurer; and J. W. Woodruff. tiler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

Joseph wheeler. General Wheeler is in Mexico on business connected with American en- terprises in which he Is interested.- Editor.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

crease; Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, gross s.25 per cent. increase, net 629 per cent. increase; Mobile & Ohio. gross 5.78 per cent. increase, net 9.24 per cent. increase: Illinois Central. gross ATT per cent. increase, net 4s.- 62 per cent. increase: Yazoo & Ms sissippi Valley, gross 6.o1 per cent. in- crease, net 1.3s per cent. increase: Rock Island system, gross 1928 pes cent. decrease. net 14.22 per cent. de- crease; St. Louis & San Francisco. per cent. increase; Missouri Pacific. gross .66 of 1 per cent. decrease. net 4.33 per cent. decrease Missouri Kan sas & Texas. gross 10.s3 per cent in~ crease, net 38.3S per cent. increase; St. Louis Southwestern, gross 1S.4e per cent. increase, net %251 per cent in- crease.
 For the month of September the changes shown are as follows: South ern Railway, gross 10.ss per cent. in- crease, net 1923 per cent increaBe; Att lantic Coast Line. gross 12.79 per cent. increase. net 2S.32 per cent. increase: Seaboard Air Line, gross 13.11 per cent. increase, net 40.37 per cent. increase: Norfolk & Western. gross 6.s4 per cent increase. net 7.64 per cent. increase: Chesapeake 6 Ohio, gross 9.29 per cent increase. net 25.2S per cent. increase: Louisville & Nashville. gross 4.21 per cent. increase. net 15.53 per cent. in- crease; Nashville Chattanooga G St. Louis, gross 3.09 per cent. increase, net ACT per cent. increase; Mobile & Ohio. gross 10.33 per cent. increase, net GOT per cent. increase; Illinois Central. gross S.41 per cent. increase, net 56.34 per cent increase. net 2.15 per cent. in- crease; Rock Island system gross 6.21 per cent. decrease, net 15.s2 per cent. increase; St. Louis & San Francisco. gross 1o.76 per cent increase. net S3.s3 per cent. increase; Missouri Pacific.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
Gen. Joseph Wheeler
 Writes from Mexico

Cty of Mexico, and we are to visit them with President Diaz, not for the spe- cial purpose of seeing these battlefields as the war of 1848-7 is not a pleasant subject to our Mexican friends, and we never allude to 1t.
 This morning a few Americans were invited to see the inauguration of President Diaz. This was a great com pliment to us. As the room is very small it was understood that the audi ence would be confined to the Cabinet, members of Congress and the Cover nors of States and of course foreign ambassadors.
 It was a very impressive spectacle. At 4 o'clock this afternoon we were re- ceived by President D1az. He does not speak English so I addressed him in Spanish. I told him that 1t gave me very great pleasure to congratu- late His Excellency. and also even more cordially the Republic of Mexico upon his inauguration.
 He clasped me with both hands and thanked me in language much too com pltmentary for me to repeat it. but I can say that he closed by expressing his pleasure that my address to him was in his own language.
 President Diaz is a great and a grand man, and has done much to add to the prosperity of his country.
 He has invited me to be with him when he presents prizes and diplomas to the cadets of the Military School
 Tomorrow night I am invited to a banquet given in honor of the Presi. dent. The festivities are continuous There are balls, dinners, bull fights and receptions
 With holiday greetings Co the peo- pie of our State,
 Cordially.
 Joseph Wheeler.
 General Wheeler is in Mexico on business connected with American en- terprises in which he Is interested. - Editor.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
In ZaiRler.

Way down. way down in zeisler town'
 Where Letter is the king. They war and fight both day and night.
 And bullets shrilly sing. The miners Turk and will not work.
 And shoot at those why try. The dynamite they try to light
 To blow the town sky high With din and shout they run abUut
 The battle rages high. The miners struck and run anuok
 And bade the town goodbye. With evil will they hide to kill
 A bold and vicious bunch Who need to feel the prod of steel
 To give the proper huncn. The boys in blue go marching through
 The little miniSg town. To keep away the fierce array
 That wants to tear it down. With lead in tons and Calling guns
 Joe Letter holds his sway A stoesssl who knows what Co eo
 To keep his foes at bay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
BELL HAS CRACKED.
Police Department EnabaxEasaaA us
 Lack of Signals.

Police Department EnabaxEasaaA uD&
 Lack of stgnals.
 The Montgomery Police are without @ bell in the tower at headquartars and are without meaus of summoning officers by the old established custom of bell taps.
 About a month ago. the bell which had been nservice about year enly cracked and was shipped to . bell company of West Troy, N. Y. Tha old bell which had been in service fpr twenty years previous had been re- csived from this company and 1t waa known that the last bell which cracked was merely a defective enc.
 The new bell will not cost the oskys anything as it is given in placs of the defective one. It will weigh Ee0I pounds and will be of good workmaa-l . ship and a deep rich tone.
 The department is hampered sone@ what in it's work by the abssnce e& the call bell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
No Harm In Tobasooq

The Bishop of Tsxas Is . man oe phyzsaaa proportions commsnsurate with the greAa' diocese over which he has ehaxga Laav-' inE c barber shop one day during the Fsesas' Episcopal convention in Boston. hs HghsaA a cigar. Why. Bishop" inquired the bar Der. ''you do that sort of thing?" "oh. yes" was the reply; T have done that ssxs of thing ever since was i2 years ola" The barber surveyed the six feet four inches of individual before him. Then: 'Tts we'll yo' began young, Bishop" he commented. 'for they do say 1t stunts yo'rs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

gross 2.71 per cent. increasa nst ax per cont. increase; Missouri, Kan,s A Texas. gross 1856 per cent. increase. net 60.So per cent. increasa; St Louia Southwestern, gross l7.ss per cent In. crease, net 81.s4 per cent tucrsasa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

ROLLER CHAMPION FLOUR makes the hOusekeeper happy because 1t makes such fine bread.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
SIGMA NU FRATERNITY.

Montgomery Alumni Chapter Elects Omcers.
 Judge Terry Richardson and Loren
 20 F. woodfufr have been elected dele gates from Montgomery Alumni Chap ters Sigma Nu Fraternity to the Grand
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

After a man passes fifty he begins looking like an old house with For Rent, sign on lt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-04
FULTON ON 4 /;

,J.nr,co counc,l. q M: 7ss, 4 Royal 0 Arcanum.
jxviiI !'hoid an interesting meeting to.niEht at
NeIsen's Hall i aA Ss ten
ar nd n othe2 important business transacted .
Mr. George W. Rogers, who was opera Cd
upon for appendicitis is5 making taplo fs 8
social /. will be- given night by the Young
woman' 3 Christian Temperance Union at tho
home 81 its president, n Samuel ", hieFs-;;
ditb, on. williamsburg avenue. ], 49,.
RGxhstnR aos GaHa9 ii On
MISC. Ans ana lice Gil ENwhp have been
Visiting their aunt nnos = IA itnore
have returned 70 helrs nome y
Miss Nunnal,y, Of YilliaInsburg Avenue
who has bsen confined a. nSE none to e. so ont
tine Mr. w kin fS gavsdo eysf
his vacation In the ountains q west y, yir,
gn,a, has returned to his home on Louisiana
r Mr K isr Weeks
Mrs, Pat Arnold. g who has been quite ~ az
her It home In Henrico county tof seSsFai
w Ths Rsv 'I 9en
Apostolic Church, who has beer cona 81 y tlng
'reviyal sieetng in Danyil!e, returned Home
t4 Car barney ina he With Y re gi e
Mrs George Duke has Ietutr9hsa W. 54 =, niT
home o. ot e ,Ia y M ther hnme
and children expect e ret W 5o 1850
MI and Mrs w III ,,slr G = y
aren ars "a epanty
M,.' o Sass Ksa,tsT . yI;lflRs friends and
Miss Forsase W e! e visiting fFeAas Y
s ays jazz 'T Msmpen E.absts, cry !;
Hampton, on Dseny Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-04
GREAT FIELD OF HUNTERS
sStaunton's Entries a Foretaste OF
Richmond's Shows Prospects 4.

.Staunton's Entries a Foretaste Of
Richmond Shows Prospects
The officials Of the staunton4 Horse r.
SHOW Associa ton re 4 ent h,lsiastlc over r.
the prospects for their first annual e ','
shlhition.s ana claim the argcst number
OF entries OF any out door show ever had
In this State. AS nearly all the exhi bits
from this show will be seen at the Rich
n,ond show In October, I he entries there
are or peculiar in terest here. Nearly
every blue ribbon winner at the fre 'titsl';
icksburg, Culpeper, NJ anassas and Orange
shows is entered at Stanton. and n q ~
the classes are we'll filled.
Among some OF the better known eos-
.hibitors In the various classes are N RI.
Allen Potts. or Gotham !; Julian Morris.
OF Automatic; George Cole Scott, 81
Richmond; CORTLAND H Smith, $of the
Hampton stock farm. near exandria,
With his great string Of prize winning rir1
hunters: Nc Comb and Sydnor, O. Mana ifll y
:sas Clarence O.. West. OF Baltim9Ee;
81 rber and CARRIER. OF Harrtsonburg:
Wilbur Osborne. OF Cord louisville !: Paul ,'.i !
A. sorg, Of Ohio L. S, IL Ricketts,, 81
Orange; Clarence Moore. OF the .GheVy
cha Sc fIunt CLUB. washington; Herbert
yAsheton, of yVarrenton and many ~ morse
owners from Augusta ROCKINGHAM ma, 4 Inc. q
Rockbridge counties, n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-04
II. IN 4. SERIOUS c.oNDITIo-'NtliI 4.
Hospital Authorities Will Alloy Azs' X
NotOne to See Mr.. Caesar. M
(special To The Times-

(SSDeClhl3
NV, ~ YORK August A-Gerard Caesal.a
Sth eve WEALTHY hSs 10 b ,ee of Riehmon:
Who Wa ARRESTED Whle.tryllng g 6, e
teritelling his story being held q. 4hii
N !hs go1,fset I s.alnani Is
ts snch u serious condition now thai the
hospital refuse t. lst ypSfhS o
sec him, including the detecttYes I VIZ
All day Tuesday Caesar lay on i his IS +, SH J.
and g rs ioId of the
iosptal doctors he was seized from he 4 :
hind By several men, who after arIg sl y
ne,,1en1bered no more until he found him
self trying TO enter The In'pefia af'ese''
THE police believe that Gas ga r m nus
been salqem sna aea aale1 t sGta
,,hn'a Ten heating and robbing him. pl laced
hin CAB e helpless eG hs .afn w hea
10 = ttI Ia 'impefIl Hotel. The police are
nov, now trying to find some witnesses