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PEOPLE OF THE STAGE.
Theatrical Life Has Few Joys and
 Much Bitterness.

Theatrical Life Has Few Joys and
 Much Bitterness.
 Booth, to whom Henry B. Abbey would cheerfully have paid $1,OOO a night for 15O consecutive nights, was one of the most unhappy men on the face of Gods earth. He had buried two wives, been through the mortified tion of bankruptcy and so far as world ly wealth is concerned, so far as the comforts of settled home go, had yet to make the one and secure the other. This being the case, what do you SUD- pose Is the fate of minor people? The fact is that they work hard, are under paid, never play the parts they prefer, pay much, by far the greater portion of their salaries, for stage costumes, in variably have gang of hangers on who eat the bread they earn, are out of engagements most of the time and ninety times out of a hundred die so poor that they are buried at the ex- pense of their fellows. In the first place, it is extremely difficult for them to obtain a position, and, having a position, how few it's advantages. They have to rehearse at inconVenient times; they go out in all kinds of weather regardless of their health or comforts or home desires; they dress in outlandish places, either wet, damp and chilly or overheated. They are at the capricious mercy of speculative managers, and, having found by ex- perience that there is very little sym- pathy for them, either before or behind the footlights, they wrap themselves in garment of mental indifference to appearances, which is utterly misun- derstood by a cynical and suspicious world.
 I,know of girl who was called to a Sunday night rehearsal. Her father was very i'll, but the rental of their rooms, the fees for the doctor and mon- ey for the drugs depended upon her at- tending to her business. It was imper- ative that she should be in the theater at 7:30 o'clock. Having arranged the room as women only can, having placed upon the table by the bedside of her father his medicine, she kissed him goodby and, with loving touch, prom ised to be back as early as possible. You know what Sunday night rehears. Rls mean. They mean 1, 2, 8, 4 o'clock the next day. That is what this one meant. The girl hastened home. The candle light had gone, the cold gray of the early morning was in the room, the father was dead upon the bed Boston Globe.
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and valuable colonial furniture that was used in the St. Louis building, the commission having already con- tracted for it's use. Tn addition, Mrs. John NJ. Holcombe of Hartford. mem= Der of the advisory committee. will add many valuable colonial articles
 The state commissioners are arrang- ing for extensive exhibits Illustrating the manufacturing, insurance, educa- tiOnal. mineral, dairy. pOmOlogical, to- bacco and general farm product indus tries on the lines of exhibits al previ- 0us exnostiOns and will also make elaborate exhibits of a historic. legisla= tive and social economic character, in trQducing many new and interesting features.
 The Connecticut commissioners are: President, Samuel A. Eddy. Canaan; secretary. William T. Barber. Harwin- ton; treasurer, .eX-Senator Thomas Hamilton, GrOton; advisory committee, Hon. Frank L. Wilcox of Berlin, who was president of the St. Louis commis- sion; Rev pr. SamueT Hart of Mittdfe= ii di town and Mrs. John M. Holcombe of Hartford, who was identified with the St. Louis exposition. The manager for the commission. George D.. Curtis of Hartford, was for many years connect ed with the press of that city. Office of the commission, room 9, capitol, Hartford. Mrs. C. c. Monson of New Haven, who filled a similar position very satisfactorily at St. Louis, will be the hostess at the Jamestown building.
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THIRTY YEARS AGO.
IItems of local interest taken from the columns of The Press, thirty years ago.l
 December 28 1870.
December 2S, 1876.


 The mad scare is over, and out of the many dogs and few children bit ten, not single case of hydrophobia symptoms has shown itself.
 Orlando Davis, overseer in the fin- ishing room of the Converseville Co.'S mill, was surprised at his residence Christmas evening by the sudden wis., itation of the employees of his room, who presented him with a beautiful easy chair.
 A number of gentlemen of this vil- lage. desiring to post themselves in parliamentary law, and upon various public matters, have organized 8 body modelled after the Connecticut senate, having a representative for each of the 21 districts, secretaries, doorkeepers and messengers. All the routine work of 8 regular senate was gone through with in organizing, and the business of a real senate is carried on to the minutest detail.
 Born. In West Stafford, 21st, son to B. B. Bartlett.
 Married. At the Stafford Springs House, 24th, by Rev. Dr. Hawley, Thomas Melbourne and Eleanor Starkey, both of Staffordville.
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famous Colonel Talmadge house at Litchfield, the architecture being quite closely followed In designing the Jamestown building, however, it was deemed advisable to vary the interior arrangement in order to meet eXpoSi- tion requirements as well as to iptro- duce modern features to adapt 1t to residential purposes after the eXposi- ton. Facing the sea, there will be q twelve foot terrace in front, with q lawn having shrubbery and flowers ex- tending to the boulevard skirting the beach. On the rear is a wide veran- da overlooking the rear lawn, to be filled with shrubbery and Towering plants Several of the adjacent state buildings, costing much more, will he far less stately and attractive.
 The exterior presents gambrel roof ed structure, having a twelve foot wing at each end. with pillars to the roof and verandas and ornamental bal cony, which add much to the attraG- tiveness of the design. The antique Dutch door forming the iflaa.;,, iflaa.;,,. GssEatnazsRe opens upon a wide reception hall six teen feet in width extending backward 1hirty four feet to a wide door opening upon the veranda and broken part way by an ornamental stairway to the sec ond floor. Midway the landing is over looked by large stained glass win dow, which is one of the most effective interior features To the left of the main entrance Is the reception room
 sixteen feet wide and extending back the entire depth of the building thirty
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Lawyers and our Public Life.

Without stopping for statistics, which have been so often collated, 1t Is enough to say that in the public life of this country the lawyer has been the conspicuous factor. The judiciary, of course is altogether composed of mem- bers of the profession. In executive offices and legislative halls the law has predominated and still predominates over every business and all other pro- fessions. Yet the public life of this country has been of the highest char acter. Acting for the public as the lawyers have done in these various fields of official labor, they have proved true to their employment, and it may safely be said that the scan dals which have sometimes been found in official life have seldom attached to them. How can this be accounted for except upon the theory of a general personal integrity? It is no sufficient explanation to say that, although the great mass of the profession Is cor rupt, there are a few who are reliable, and they are the ones whom the public select for official life. The truth Is their very prominence in public life, their fidelity to the trusts therein i'm posed, is evidence which cannot be ig- nored that the profession has and maintains a character for honesty and uprightness which attracts general confdence.-D. J. Brewer in Atlantic
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A GIGANTIC GAMBLE.
Every Step tAf the Pearl Fishery At~
 tended by Pickle Fortune,

Every Step Nf the Pearl Fishery At~
 tended by Pickle Fortune,
 The worlds most gigantic gamble, variations and shadings, is unquestion, ably the Coylon pearl fishery. Com pared with it any state lottery pales to instgnifcance. From the taking of the first oyster to the draining of the last vatful of matter every step is at- tended by tickle fortune, and never Is the interest of the people of Portugal or of Mexico keener over a drawing of a lottery, the tickets of which may have been sold at the very thresholds of the cathedrals, than Is that of the natives of Ceylon and southern India over the daily results of a Manar fish cry.
 Each bivalve is a lottery ticket. It a monarchs crown or be a seed pearl with a mercantile value of only few rupees. Perhaps one oyster in a hun- dred contains a pearl, and not more than one pearl in hundred, be II known, has a value of importance. Nature furnishes the sea, pearling banks. oysters and all therein contain ed. The Ceylon administration con ducts the undertaking and for its trou- ble and trifing outlay exacts 'rake- off" of two-thirds of all that may be won from the deep. And mere man, the brown or black diver, receives for his daring and enterprise one oyster in every three that he brings from the oceans depths, and his earnings must be shared with boat owner, sailors, at tendants and assistants almost without number.
 For size of "rake-off" there is no game of hazard in the world offering parallel. The Ceylon government used to exact three out of every four oysters brought in, the current tribute of two out of three having become op- .erative only few years since.-Fred- eric c. Penfield in Century.
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The 4nanrerO of Home.

Home is the most dangerous place I ever go to-" remarked John Muir, the famous geologist and naturalist. He was on the train returning from Art- zona to his home in Martinez, Cal, after the earthquake. "As long as camp out in the mountains, without tent or blankets, get along very we'll, but the minute get into a house and have warm bed and begin to live on fine food get into a draft, and the first thing know am coughing and sneezing and threatened with pneu- monia and altogether miserable. Out doors is the natural place for 8 man. Walk where you please, when you like. and take your time. The mountains won't hurt you, nor sGe exposure. Why, I can live out for $50 year for bread and tea and occasionally little tobac- co. All need is sack for the bread and pot to boil water in and an ax. The rest is easy."-World's Work.
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Safe.

A New York man was stopping for month at an inland town in Florida. This man is exceedingly fond of swim ming, but has a horror of snakes, and this fear kept him from indulging in his favorite sport in the nearby river. He was fishing one day and mentioned his desire and the barrier to its en- joyment to his guide, a lanky and sor- rowful Cracker"
 "Oh, I kin fix yo' all up all right" the guide drawled and led the way to a beautiful little lake some distance back from the river. "Ain't nary snake in hyah," he said.
 The northerner enjoyed half hours sport in the clear water and then, com ing back to the white sand beach, be- gan to dress. He then observed that what he had taken to be logs floating upon the water were in motion,
 Wonder what causes those logs to move ?' he said.
 '"Them ainIt logs," his guide calmly replied, chewing on straw; "them's gators. That's how come there ain't no snakes in hyah-gators keeps lem ct uD."-Harnar'a W00klv
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The handsome state building, of colonial design, erected for Connecti- cuts use at the Jamestown exposition, April 26 to Nov. 30, 1907, is already further advanced toward completion than most of the twenty or more state buildings in course of erection. The contractors, the H. Wales Lines com pany of Meriden, who submitted the lowest bid, $18,300, were the con- tractors also for the Connecticut build ing at St. Louis, which cost about ESQ., OOO
 Not only has the building been de signed to serve for exposition purposes, but also for a club house or private summer home after the exposition is brought to an end, and it is the belief of the commissioners that the sale of the building will net a large part of. the original cost. Situated close to the beach and commanding charm ing view over the broad expanse of Hampton Roads, 1t is ideally situated for selling to advantage after the ex- position.
 The plan is substantially that of the
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Refused the Queens Invitation.

kSGxuBSu lnG %uSc"B 4nV1nAlAOns
 Mime. Antoinette Sterling, the Ameri- can singer, once unconsciously commit ted breach etiquette which is record ed in the sons memoir of his mother. Queen Victoria commanded Mime. Ster- ling to sing before her. Without any thought of offending the singer replied simply that she was sorry, but on the evening designated she was engaged to sing for charity. She would be pleas cd to sing for her majesty the next week. The consternation among court officials was great. What would have happened if the singer had not been prevailed upon to break her engage ment and comply with the queens be- hest only a lord chamberlain knows. Even lord chamberlain could not pre- vail on her to break her rigid resolu- ton against wearing low dress at a concert, and court custom had to yield to her. The queen took unconscious re- venge on the American by presenting her with tea service, for Mime. Ster- ling kept all her life a childish resolu- ton never to drink tea because the spilling of the tea in Boston harbor was the symbol of American defiance of England
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Connecticut at Jamestown
  Exposition.
State Erecting Fine Building and Will Make ExteT1-
 sive Exhibits of Her Industries.

four feet, to two large French win dows opening on the veranda. The great open fireplace ill this apartment will easily make it the favorite ''living room'' under private ownership of the building. Toilet rooms are also on the left side, with ladies' comfort room opening from the reception room: To the right of the main entrance is the library and managers office, 16 by 16; an exhibition dining room, 17 by 28, and in the ell a private dining room, 19 by 13, kitchen, pantry and closets.
 On the second floor, in front, are two exhibition chambers, 16 by 16, sepa- rated by wide hall, and to the. rear the rooms of the resident commission CT, r by IT, and the manager, IF by 16, the latter having an adjoining small room for a private office. This floor also has convenient apartments for the hostess. On the third floor two rooms are to be finished and the re- maining space left for storage, etc.
 The reception hall, reception room and exhibition dining room and cham bers will be furnished with the rare
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Letter Carriers' Scars,

Show me letter carrier" said a postal official, "and I'll show you somewhere or other on the man the scar of dogs teeth. Letter carriers hate dogs, and with good reason, for they are continually getting nfpped. It is at houses with front gardens that they are troubled most. Dogs run loose in these gardens, and it is their delight to bite letter carriers. myself have two scars on my hand and two on my leg. Take a census of every trade, and I'll guarantee that the letter carriers will lead all in their DercentaSe of dog scars"
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Meaning I'm Oriental Ruwa.


 Not only the design but the colors of the rugs woven in the orient are full of significance, They represent nation, al or individual traditions and stand for virtue, vices and social importance. Red was regarded by the Egyptians as symbolic of fidelity. Rose tints signify the highest wisdom and black and in- digo sorrow with the Persians. Pref
 erences for duller tones of color among the Persians give to all their emhroid- cries and other products of the loom a certain richness and dignity. Tyrian purple is almost universally regarded as royal. Green has been chosen by the Turk as his gala color, but he would not approve of its use in rugs, where it would be trodden by the feet.
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A Great Outside Remedy.

Most pains are of local origin-a 'tcrick" in the back, 8 twinge of rheumatism, a soreness all over arising from a cold-are all cured by outside applications. The quickest, safest and most certain method is Allcock's Plaster, known the world over as universal remedy for pain. They never fail, they act promptly, they are clean d cheap. You can go right ahead with your work while the healing process goes on. Sixty years use has given them eat reputation.
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Makes the Liver Lively.

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup gives per manent relief in cases of habitual consti- pation as it stimulates the liver and re- stores the natural action of the bowels without irritating these organs like pills or ordinary cathartics. Does not n use- ate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Remember the name ORINo and refuse substitutes, finders Jacobsen.
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 situation the last of her desiring.
 Alexandra Haunted Herbert Hartley in Greenfeld's face; she waved him abroad like a banner. If the town hummed with rumors of her, she help ed the rumor wax, but helped it to no explanation.
 But with her family there was one topic that, like the weapon used in committing a crime, seemed always im- possible to dispose of. The nile green tulle-why didn't she wear it? And that was the one thing she couldn't do.
 It was their house dressmaker that in a measure vanQuished her at last. "One, two, three," measured the wom- an. That's only once and quarter, and I'll need as much again. Those ruff1es on your nile green underpetd- coat-they're match, Miss Alexandra, and we're in hurry"
 Alexandra went into her room, shut ting the door behind. The tulle hung upon the hooks with kind of defiant grace, as If 1t still held something of It's owners quality. She took the gown down slowly and spread it gently out upon the bed. How happy she had been when she had worn 1.-the last time she had been happy!
 She had meant they should have a memorable evening, she and George and the gown. And how had 1t so fallen out? Coquetry? What did 1t mean except that If 1t were good to be with George 1t was joy still subtler to dance away with some one else knowing his eyes held her, followed her, and that for each the crowded room held only the other? Provoca ton, alluring, half a mystery to her self, 1t was like a fold of the silk that shimmered over its silk lining.
 She slipped down upon the floor by the bedside and began to rip the flounces. What was 1t he said that had made her so angry7 Her vanity was as endless as her caprice. He shouldn't have said it, and yet-it was true enough. We'll, she had warned him. He was we'll rid of her. He had come out of the matter with better grace than she had, except about the ring, No doubt 1t had been found long ago. It angered her afresh to think how stubborn he had been not to have told her. The way to make her feel how small she was was not to tell her SO that never served-but to take the big way and put her in the wrong by be- ing generous. If he had given her a chance, half a chance
 The scissors shipped, shipped. It was thus she had laid sharp tool on her happiness. She was cutting the stuff, but what did it matter? She was always cutting and tearing something dear to her.
 And the ruf1es must come off, they said. She bent nearer. She might as we'll tear and be done. |.
 What was this hard thing on which the scissors struck and caught? Not, surely not In her hand lay the ring.
 
 "AlexaP' He had come at her urgent summons, but hotly rebellious. And yet AIexa, there before him-a curious figure hung about with green silk ruff ies - Alexa, grieved, remorseful, pour ing her heart out. How was it possible to withstand her?
 "And suppose" he said, the ring half back in its place again-'I suppose I'll have to marry you to save you from
 But she would not let hira -aAea AtyAaIlx the obnoxious name.
 You'll have to marry me to save me from Alexandra Lee"
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Metallic Sympathy,

On the death of the Duke of Yelling ton the bells of Trim, near Dangan castle, his fathers seat in Ireland, for which when a young man Wellington had sat in the Irish parliament, rang a muf1ed peal, when the tenor, a beau tifully toned bell, suddenly broke It was found by curious coincidence to have been cast In 1769, the year of the dukes birth.
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Asthma Sufferers Should Know This.

Foley's Honey and Tar has cured many cases of asthma that were consit tered hopeless. Mrs. Adolph Buesing, 701 West hird St., Davenport, Iowa, writes "A severe cold contracted twelve years ago was neglected until 1t finally grew in to asthma. The best medical skill avail able could not give me more than tempo. rary relief. Foley's Honey and Tar was recommended, and one fifty cent bottle entirely cured me of asthma which had been growing on me for twelve years. If l had taken it at the start I would have been saved years of suffering" Anders Jacobsen.
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Don't express a positive opinion un- less you perfectly understand what you are talking about.
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Life insurance was invented by Pas cal, whose theory of probabilities" and Flaw of averages" still govern the business.
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Will Interest Many.

Every person should know that good health is impossible If the kidneys are de- ranged. Foley's Kidney Cure will cure kidney and bladder diseases in every form, and will build up and strengthen these organs so they will perform their functions properly. No danger of Bright's disease or diabe es if Foley's Kidney Cure is taken in time Anders Jacobsen.
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The Rapid Approach

Of winter, with its numerous demands upon your purse for the needs of the sea- son, should remind you of 'the winter of your own life, which comes upon us all too rapidly. If you would enjoy this pc riod to It's fullest, provide for it now while able to do so. Open 8 savings account with us; add to it consistently, and when compelled to retire from life's activities you will be Independent. We will help YOU save. Start now, to-day.
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stupidity lent her a stammering tongue.
 George, George!" she called after him, but she entreated only an infext- ble back. With Herbert's name on her lips and Herbert's ring on her finger, she was indeed left committed to the situation the last of her desiring.
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You can save money by buying your COAL now. Place your order with the old established firm of
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Trains leave Palmer, EaStbOund.

For WORCESTER and BOSTON, 4. 1. 6.I ,. '6.39, 7.3Q, s7.33 9.3O, 11.s9 a. m. and i.O7,
 212, s25S, 3.4S, 4 45, -642, 87.5391p m. For ALBANY and the WEST, TAB, .1o.47 8. m. and 12.2s, 1.5S 5.45, s.06, 1OlO, p. m. For SPRINGFIELD, TAB, 9.54, .1O.47 a. m.
 and 1S.2s, 1.6s, s.a1, 5.1S, 6.4S, 7.s4, - s.O6, 1O.10, p. m. For WARE RIVER BRANCH, 7.45 a m., 3.5o,
 ['7.Oa p. m. to Barre Plains only).
 'Runs daily. Sundays only. fstops on signal Through Pullman sleepers to Albany, Burralo Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis and the West.
 Mileage Tickets covering 1000 miles of track, at two cents per mile, via New York Central lines, takes one to the principal resorts of the rth and West. Buy one: it will save you time and money.
 For mileage and through tickets, etc.. call or or address G. A. Rice, ticket agent, Palmer, Mass. -.
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Studies teach not their own use that is, a wisdom without them and above them won by observation.-Ba. con.
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