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The Press., 1905-10-18


The most extravagant instance of
literary relic worship on record is
said to be that of a we'll known Eng
lishman, who constantly wears, in a
small locket attached to a chain
around the neck. portion Of the
charred skull of Shelley.
!, OF late years a great many persons
have visited the former residence of
Victor Hugo to see a tooth of that ce-
lebrity which is kept in a small glass
case with this inscription: ''Tooth
drawn from the jaw of Victor Hugo
by the dentist on Wednesday, Aug. Ii,
1871, at Vianden, in the gardens at
tached to the house Of Nine. Koch, at
o'clock In the afternoon"
In the year 1916 tooth of the IA
nous Sir Isaac Newton was sold at auc-
ton by relic monger of London and
was purchased by an English noble
man for a sum equal to $3,650 in
United States currency. The buyer
had a costly diamond removed from a
favorite ring and the tooth set in it's
place.
The wig that Sterne wore while writ
ing "Tristram Shandy" was sold at
public auction soon after the great
writer's death for the sum Of $4,000,
and the favorite chair of Alexander
Pope brought 1000 at a sale in 1922.
The Press., 1905-10-18
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years agol
October FL, 1875.

Mrs. A. f. Cheney has sold her
house in Foxville, and the vacant lot
adjoining, to James Morris for
81, 900.
The steam saw mill of George S.
Adams, about one. half mile east of
the Street, took fire soon after six
O'Clock on Monday evening and burnt
to the ground The loss is estimated
at about 80, 500
A case is now on trial at borough
hall before Judge Waldo of Hartford,
referee, involving a disputed bound
between the land of the Congrega-
tional church, backed by a deed given
by the Granite Mill Co., and that of
the estate of the late Col. w. A. Fos-
ter. The witnesses are mostly old
men, whose recollection goes back to
the time when a road ran upon or
near the disputed bound. The Foster
heirs claim that the church occupied
land belonging to them, while the
Granite Mill Co. claims to own a
strip between the church and the
Foster property.
Owing to the storm last Saturday
the final round ball game of the sea-
son on Mr.. Cady's grounds was post
poned until next Saturday at 2 p m.
Born In Stafford Springs, Oct.
Is, a daughter to Robert Callahan.
The Press., 1905-10-18
Laughter and Health.

A physician in search of remedies
for human ills finds that laughter
stands very high in the list of prophy-
Tactics. The effect of mere cheerful
ness as a health promoter is we'll
known, but an occasional outburst of
downright laughter is the heroic rem
edy. 1t is matter of everyday expert
ence, says the authority in question,
that one feels the better for a good
laugh, an explosion of laughter being
in truth nerve storm, comparable in
its effect to a thunderstorm in nature,
doing good by dissipating those op-
pressive clouds Of care which some
times darken the mental horizon" This
authority assures us that the memora-
BILE adage, Laugh and grow fat" rests
on sound philosophical basis. Portly
people are not given to laughter be-
cause they are fat. They are fat be-
cause they laugh.
The Press., 1905-10-18

Doctors agree that the public is
wrong in the popular conception that
burglars sometimes chloroform the in
mates of house before committing a
robbery. The usual story is that the
anaesthetic was squirted into the sleep
ing room through keyholes. A Kan
sas City surgeon who has had occasion
to administer chlOroform or ether 500
times says that chloroform admins
tered in this manner would put q
quietus on the burglar as we'll as the
Of a home. Physicians have
tried many times to administer chloro-
form to sleeping persons and have met
with very poor results. The first eff
feet of an anaesthetic is not to lull to
but to arouse all the men
tai and physical vigor of the person
to whom it is given.-Kansas City
Journal.
The Press., 1905-10-18

ed away, and while she lay upon the
floor behind the counter the hand Of
the law was laid upon her parent
Allen had been passing the store at
the time of this occurrence. He went
In with the crowd and remained from
professional considerations.
The first thing that Kitty said on
being restored to consciousness was
that she would pay for the broken
glass. This variation Of the conven-
donal where am If'' so amused Allen
that he gave the storekeeper $15 and
received In return a receipt In full for
all damages and promise not to prose
cute Maginley or discharge Kitty. The
poor girl sobbed with gratitude, being
unable to express it in any other way,
but this was common, and Allen ceased
to pay any attention to her.
He called the next day, however, to
assure himself that the candy man had
kept his word. He had. But he con-
hded to Allen that he was afraid Ma
ginley would come In again and make
more trouble. AS a result Of this init
nation Allen fell into a habit of visit
ing the store four or five times a week.
As to what occurred in the shop, /
have obtained my facts from the pro-
prfetor, a little, womanish man with
an ear for everything. 1t appears that
Kttty's colleague, an experienced young
woman who had been married and de-
serted, told Kitty one day that Allen
was mashed" Kitty rejected the sug-
geston as a Wild absurdity.
"Of course he Is" said the grass
widow. what does he come In here
for every day buying candy? Do you
suppose he eats it? Why, I've seen
him throw it into the ash can outside
the door. He comes here to see you"
Kitty did not believe it, but the next
time Allen came in she was so nervous
that she spilled candy all over the
door, and when he had gone she was
obliged to sit down in a corner and fan
herself, whereat the woman Of expert
ence laughed.
One day when Allen called Kitty had
large piece Of court plaster on the
side Of her forehead. She was SO pain
fully ashamed of it that there could be
no doubt about the cause Of the injury,
though she tried to tell Allen that she
had bumped her head against door.
BY singular coincidence, when Kit
ty left the store that afternoon at 8
o'clock she met Allen on the nearest
corner. He said that he happened to
be passing, and IL she didn't mind
walking a little way Why, Of course.
1t all looked perfectly natural to the
grass widow, who was a witness of the
occurrence. -s.... -
I'm afraid your father hurt you
pretty badly" said Allen. And Kitty
stopped suddenly, with her face fam
ng. Does he often do itr'
The tears began to force their way
1ut Of Kitty's eyes. She was ashamed
u them, ashamed Of the wound, asham-
The Press., 1905-10-18
In Simple
Charity
By EVERETT HOLBROOK
Copyright, 1905, by Charles B. EtherinRton
By EVERETT HoLBROOK
Copyright, 1905, by Charles B. EtherinEton

Ut is generally conceded that Ches-
ter Allen Is a soulless brute, and
this conviction in regard to him
grows deeper and deeper as one
learns more about his view Of life. He
has an astonishing familiarity with the
most wretched experiences of his fell
low creatures, and he relates them
with an awful Indifference.
And yet l have known Allen to act
with great kindness and delicacy.
have seen him express by deeds a sym
pathy which he seems entirely incapa-
BILE of feeling. 1 have reason to be
grateful to him, but when he has done
me a favor 1 have been we'll assured
that If the circumstances had been q
little different he would have shot me
with the same frozen placidity.
He has an unsymmetrical face, the
left side being so much better than the
right that even photographer could
hardly fail to prefer it. His forehead
is rather low and narrow at the top
his eyes are a leaden gray; his cheek
bones are too high and prominent and
his lips are hard and thin.
1t will puzzle physiognomist to de-
eide why q man who answers to such
a description is often called handsome.
Perhaps his graceful figure and the
elegance of his attire may explain the
riddle, or it may be that his perfectly
unaffected manner attracts.
Allen has been a reporter for a dozen
years, though he enjoys an income
from property in trust that would en-
able him to live without work. He Is
valuable to a newspaper because he Is
never misled by enthusiasm or de-
ceived by falsehood.
1t was in the way Of his profession
that he met Kitty Maginley. Kitty
was a very pretty young woman who
worked in a candy store for S. week.
She had only one dress for summer
and one for winter, but she knew how
to wear them and how to adorn her
self with 10 cents worth Of ribbon.
She lived with her father, who was a
depraved and drunken rascal, and with
two little sisters.
One day Maginley went into the
store where Kitty worked and asked
her for some money. Except in one
particular stage of intoxication, he
knew better than to do this, but the
fates conspired, and he did 1t. Kitty
had no money and so her father picked
up a great bar Of nut candy of the
counter and threw 1t at her. It struck
one Of the glass doors protecting the
shelves along the wall and there was a
terrible shattering crash. Kitty faint
The Press., 1905-10-18
A PUEBLO LEGEND.
the Story of the Great Flood and tie
Monster Turtle.


The children of the Pueblo Indians
have a Noahs ark of their own, and
some of the animals it contains are
very curious indeed-such animals, in
fact, as civilized young people are not
acquainted with. Among them are
mountain goats, queer creatures of the
cat tribe and prong horned antelopes.
All of these animals are made out Of
clay and baked like pottery, after
which they are painted in quite an
artistic and lifelike fashion.
Like most other peoples, the Pueblo
Indians have tradition of a great
food. The catastrophe occurred long
ago, when they lived in the ancient
land Of their forefathers. One day the
earth began to shake and strange
rufnblings grew louder and louder un-
til at length an opening yawned in
the middle of the central square Of
the town. Out Of the opening gushed
q mighty stream of water, Overwhelm-
ing the houses and flooding the val
ley, so that the inhabitants fed with
their live stock to neighboring noun
tains.
Presently there rose out Of the hole
in the earth the head Of a gigantic
turtle, which lowered to the very roof
of the sky. Everybody was terror
stricken, but the chief man Of the
town, whose name ought to have been
Noah, plucked up the courage to ask
the great reptile what it wanted. The
turtle replied that it was hungry and
that it's appetite could be appeased
only by the sacrifice of a young man
and a young woman. There was moth
ing to do but to obey, and so hand
some youth and a beautiful girl were
delivered up to the turtle, which took
them in it's mouth and sank with them
through the hole, Immediately all Of
the water flowed away, and in the
place where the reptile had appeared
there rose up a large black rock which,
according to the myth, may be seen to
this day, testifying to the truth of the
story.
Unfortunately, the deluge left things
in such damp and uncomfortable
condition, after destroying all of the
houses and most of the portable prop
erty, that the people thought 1t wisest
to go away, So they started on a
journey northward, the whole tribe of
them, and the crane, which is q sacred
bird, flew ahead to pick out the driest
route, At length they came to the re-
gion which their descendants now In
habit and which is so extremely dry
that the water supply is always a sub
ject Of anxiety.
The Press., 1905-10-18

II her system is in deranged condi-
lion, or she Is predisposed to apoplexy
or congestion of any organ, 1t is at this
Gme likely to become active and, with
q host of nervous irritations, make life
. burden.
At this time, also. cancers and tumors
are more liable to begin their destruc-
tive work. Such warning symptoms as
a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, dix
xineSs. headache, dread of impending
evil, sounds in the ears, timidity, pal
pitation of the heart, sparks before
the eyes, Irregularities, constipation,
variable appetite, weakness and inqui-
stude are promptly needed by intelG-
rent women who are approaching the
period of life when woman's great
change may be expected.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the worlds greatest remedy
FOR women at this trying period, and
may be relied upon to overcome all dis
tressing symptoms and carry them
safely through to q healthy and happy
cid age.
Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound invigorates and strengthens the
female organism, and builds up the
weakened nervous system as no other
medicine can.
Mrs A. Z. G. Hyland, of Chester
town, Nd, in letter to Mrs. Pink
ham, says:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham=
al had been suffering with falling of the
womb for years and was passing through the
change Of life. My womb was badly swollen.
/ had a good deal Of soreness, dizzy spells,
headaches, and was very nervous. wrote
you for advice and commenced treatment
with Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound as you directed, and am happy to say
hat all those distressing symptoms left me,
and have passed safely through the change
OF life q we'll woman
For special advice regarding this i'm
portant period women are invited to
write to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. 1t
n free and always helpful.
The Press., 1905-10-18

An excellent plan for smokers is to
abstain from time to time-that is, fast
from all tobacco, say, for weeks or 4
month at time. This method enables
the smoker to enjoy his smoke more
when he goes back to it and is less
harmful to his health.
"It is a fine scheme" said one man.
when 1 stop for a month l am
equipped with the keeneSt relish and
liking for good cigar at the end Of
that month. 1 am rested, refreshed,
recuperated-in pocket too. Thus I
show that am master of my habit,
and not mastered by it. have been
doing this way for a long time now
and 1 heartily recommend my plan to
all smokers. do not limit myself
to any number Of cigars while in one
Of my smoking months, but simply
smoke at will, and then absolutely
quit until another month is through"
Baltimore American.
The Press., 1905-10-18
Communication from A. Jacobsen.

Offer to Refund Money if Hyomei Does
Not Cure Catarrh
To the Editor of The Press:
have been asked recently if the
advertisements printed i'll your col
umns regarding Hyomei were true,
where I offer to refund the money if
this treatment does not cure catarrh.
I wish you would please print this
letter in as conspicuous place as pos
sible in your paper, saying that we
absolutely agree to refund the money
to any purchaser of a Hyomei outfit
if it does not cure catarrh.
The outfit consists of an inhaler Of
Ia convenient size to be carried in the
vest pocket, so that the user can
breathe Hyomei four or five times
daily. With this is included medi-
cine dropper and bottle of Hyomei.
The outfit sells for $1.O0 and is a
most economical treatment, for the in
haler lasts a lifetime and there is
enough Hyomei for several weeks
use, while extra bottles can be OBJ
tanned for so cents.
/ trust this letter will settle any
doubts that may have arisen ms to my
willingness to refund the money for
a Hyomei outfit, in case the pur-
chaser is not perfectly satisfied.
I wish to say emphatically that
my guarantee on Hyomei holds good,
and l will refund the money to any
dissatisfied purchaser who simply
states that he has used the treatment
to directions and has not
been helped.
Respectfully yours,
Anders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1905-10-18
Railway Wh001s

Did you ever notice that the wheels
Of locomotive engine are beveled?
The reason for this is that in rounding
a curve the outer rail is, Of course, a
little longer than the inner one. The
difference is very little, but it would
be enough to make an engine skid"
unless it were reckoned for. In the
beveled wheel the higher part, with its
greater circumference, is forced against
the outer rail by the very tendency
Of the engine to drive straight ahead,
and with the other wheel the smaller
circumference rests on the rail, thus
overcoming the difference in the lengths
of the lines.
The Press., 1905-10-18
Flu" of Tr pic Meaning

are IN Sc lines from II. Simmons, of
Casey, Il. Thi k THAT might have re-
suited from his terrible cough If he had
cot taken the mediciI ab mt which ! e
writes: II had fearful cough, that di-
'rlb-d my nit his rest l tried every
h rg, bnt nothing would relieve 1t, until
| took DR.. Kings NV Discovery fo1
rrnerm otion, Coughs and Col ls, which
complete ly cured me-" Instantly 'ieves
md permanently cures all throat and
lung disease; prevents grip and pm IL
monia At Eatoh's, druggist guaran-
t-ed so and ST. Trial bottle free.
The Press., 1905-10-18

A JUDloIoUe INQUIRY "A wel'-krown
traveliI nan who visits the drug trade
lays he has often heard druggists inquire
IT customers who asked for a cough med
icine, whether 1t was wante' for child
or for an adult, and II fol- child t ey
Imost Invariably recommend Chamber
lein's G ugh Remedy The reason for
this is that they know there l. no danger
fro 1t and tia it always cures. There
is not the least danger In giving 1t. and
for cout h. colds and Group it is I'm W.
pass e.. For sale by E. X Taft, II. F..
Cady, ST. ff,rd; G. Hall, Jr., Il Co ,
Willington.
The Press., 1905-10-18
sick wives and Daughters

You have often seem them with pale
9faces, poor appetite, HI ad and back ache,
symptoms common to the sex Fathers
and mothers lose no time In securing DR..
David KennedI's Favorite Remedy, OF
Rondout, N Y. 1t will cost only one
dollar and is much cheaper than sickness.
Write t. Dr.. David Kennedy's Sons,
Rondout, N. Y, for free sample bot
tla
The Press., 1905-10-18
Parlor Pride Stove Polish.

LIQUID-READY FOR INSTANT USE. A
few drops OF Parlor Pride Stove Polish
gives the stove brilliant lustre shine,
making the stove fit for the parIor. No
soiled hands easy to apply always
r adv. REQUIRES no water or mixing
(~ater used in paste polish rusts the
stove). No drjed-up pas te remains AFTER
using awhilA. P ,rIOr Prize good to the
last dror. Sold by all dealers. large
sample bottle free (no expense or postage
to pay) Give name Of vour dealer al d
address PARLOR PRIDE MFG. CO.,
Boston, Mass. 52ja
The Press., 1905-10-18

buying her ticket and giving her some
thing for her journey. But she's got to
be sent out of this town for her life."
won't you ever see her again ?'s''1
asked.
"You seem to think this is a senti-
mental affair" said he. "If you saw a
woman drowning and pulled her out of
the water would you expect to spend
the remainder OF your life in her so
CiOtYT"
The Press., 1905-10-18

How TO CURE CoRNs AND BUNIoNs -
First, soak he corn or bnnion in warm
water to soften it; then pare it down aa
closely as possible without drawing blood
md apply Chan barlain's Pain Balm
twi"e daily, rubbing vigorously for five
MINUTES at each application. A com
plaster should be worn a few days to
protect 1t from the shoe. AS g. neral
Iiniment for sprains, bruises, lsmeness
and rheumatism, Pain Balm Is unequal
ed. For sale by E. K. Taft. II. F.
Cady Stafford; q. Hall, Jr., & Co., vii
lipgtOn.
The Press., 1905-10-18
DR.. KENNEDY'S
EAV0RITE
REMEDY
Breaks no Hearts, Excuses
no Crimes.

DR.. David Kennedy's FAvoRTTE REM
EDY is not disguised enemy of the human
race; where it cannot help, IL does not
harm. 1t is composed of vegetable ingre-
dents and does not heat or inaame the
blood but cools and purifes IL. In all cases
of Kidney troubles, Liver complaints, Con-
stipation of the Bowels, and the delicate
arrangements which affiict women, the ac-
ton of DIR. Kennedy's FAVORITE REM
EDY is beyond praise. Thousands Of
grateful people voluntarily testify TO this,
in letters to DIR. Kennedy; and with a
warmth and fullness of words which mere
business certificates never possess. IL
makes no NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. no crimes
breaks no hearts. In its coming there is
hope, and in its wings there is healing.
We challenge II trial and are confident Of
the result. Your druggist has it, ONE
DOLLAR n Bottle. Bear in mind the
name and address: DIR. Da0M KENNEDY,
Rondout. New York
The Press., 1905-10-18

I'm what way could you be Of any
use to an employment bureau?" said
the proprietor.
"Simplest thing in the world" re-
piled the shiftless looking applicant.
you are always in need Of men to
fill positions, and I'm always out Of
iob."-DetrOit Free Press.
The Press., 1905-10-18
New Cure for Cancer.

All surface can ers arr now known to
he durable by Buckler's Arnica Salve.
Jas Waters, of u, fiji I'D, Va, writes :
Il had a cancer ON my up for years, that
sc ell incutab'e, till Buckleu's Arnica
Sal he: d II, and now it is perfectly
we'll" Guaran eed cure for cute and
ourns. IS at Eaton's drug store.
The Press., 1905-10-18
Plans tn Get Rich

are tftan f.ls rated ny sudden hr' ak
'Iown. due 20 dysp"psi, or Gov S ipat'on
Nrar4 up take Nr. Kr g. NV Life
pl4 They kA on ~" 'nat-ri ! wi irh
20 zyIne y..ur 81 =. :nI give v"n
q e'a,t Cure h"ai O. e a''d 4 1T =
napc, ~" A Eafo:'s W store 25 ,
ynaraLtGed
The Press., 1905-10-18
Related AdviSn

THAT coat looks shabby" remarked
Hicks to his intimate friend, the poet.
"Why don't you have it turnedr'
do you think this coat has three
sifesF' asked the impecunious one sad
~. And nothing more was said on
the subject.
The Press., 1905-10-18

"Jack Ardupp tried to borrow q dol
lar from me just now but he didn't
get it. I told him hadn't a SOU"
"Wasn't that stretching the truth
considerably
"Not at all. never saw one, In fact.
It's French coin, isn't tt2''-Pittsburg
Post
The Press., 1905-10-18

1--WE are going to give an amateur
dramatic performance in aid Of
worthy charity"
"Why, that, Of course, Is an extern
uating circumstance" - New York
The Press., 1905-10-18

Most Of us have probably specialized,
at one time or another, what would
happen If a hole were bored right
through the earth and one were to
drop a stone into it, and a scientific
man gives his views on this puzzling
question. '"The stone" he says, would
fall with increasing speed to the cen
ter of the earth, where 1t would have
attained a rate of nearly 300 miles
minute. Its momentum would carry
1t at constantly reducing speed
through the remaining half Of its jour
ney, until by the time it appeared at
the antipodean end Of the hole it
would have come to standstill. 1t
would then begin to drop again and
would perform exactly the same jour
ney on its return to the starting point.
Thus it would continue to travel back
ward and forward from one end of
the earth to the other practically for
ever"
The Press., 1905-10-18
Pnxinr the Wax.

'Has Harold asked your father to
give &is consent?
"He told father last night that he had
made 1000 in a real estate deal, so
suppose he's asking him on the install
ment PLAN Milwaukee Journal
The Press., 1905-10-18

Sick headache Is caus ID by disorder
ed condition Of the stomach, and Is quick
ly cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets For aale by E. Z. Taft, Fl.
F. Cady, Stafford; g. Hall, Jr., Co.,
Wilmington.
The Press., 1905-10-18

Love is the shadow of the morning,
which decreases as the day advances
Friendship Is the shadow Of the even
ing, which strengthens with the setting
sun Of life.
The Press., 1905-10-18

Juswed--Do yuu know, old man, I
don't spend so much money now as l
did before | was married. Mooney
How's that? Juswed-Well, l don't
have it to spend
The Press., 1905-10-18
when 1t Grew TiresOme.

81 never thought" said the conceited
lecturer, that my voice would fill that
hall"
NO" replied the candid man, II
thought at one time it would empty It."
philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Press., 1905-10-18
A had Recollection.

First Barber-Whew! That barn.
stormer must be a bad actor! Second
Ditto-Why? First Barber-When
asked him If he wanted an egg sham
poo he jumped right out Of the chair
and made for the door!-Detroit Free
Press