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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
C0PPERPLATE ENGRAVING,
The Art Was Discovered Through the
Merest Accident.

The Art Was Discovered Through the
Merest Accident.
Every one has noticed on his visiting
card the extremely delicate lines Of
his name, and almost every one knows
that they are produced by printing
from an engraved copperplate. Like
many other things of use and beauty,
this art Of copperplate engraving was
discovered through the merest accident
by the goldsmiths Of Florence in the
fifteenth century. 1t Is a historical
fact, however, that one day an engrav-
er on gold, wishing to take proof of
his work, made the usual sulphur cast
and then filled up the lines with lamp
black, thus enabling him to see exactly
how his work looked. While occupied
In doing this it occurred to him that
possibly the same results could be OBJ
tanned by filling up the original en-
craving with lampblack instead Of
making an Impression of it and filing
up that Struck with the idea, he put
1t into practical use, and with little
damp paper succeeded in getting fair
impression from the engraving.
The discovery was communicated to
other workers in the art, and they
hailed it with Joy, as it saved all the
arduous trouble Of making sulphur
casts, but they never saw the full. value
Of the discovery, and consequently the
art of plate engraving lay for almost
q century before its true import was
discovered and brought out in all It's
great and beautiful results. Today COL
lectors Of plate engravings rave over
the crude results Of earlier times and
search the world for examples Of these
early masters to add to their collec-
tons. Many of these collections have
been presented to museums, where
they may be seen and appreciated by
the people.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
THE BEST SLEEP.
It Is That Which One Cannot Avoid
without a Struggle.

1t Is That Which One Cannot Avoid
without a Struggle.
When debating the question, How
much sleep is needed? one must keep
In mind that the best sleep, indeed, the
only healthy kind, Is that which one
cannot avoid without a struggle. It is
the sleep that always follows on weari-
ness; 1t Is not that which is obtained
by difficulty. If a person slept for three
hours right away and then awoke re-
freshed-that Is, with no further in
clination to sleep-he would not then
be in need of it. His proper course
would be to arise and engage in work
But he must be prepared to sleep at
any time in the day when the longing
occurs. To the latter rule there is one
exception. Let us. suppose that one
has acquired the habit Of sleeping half
the night and lying half awake during
the. remaining half. Such q habit can
be best broken by rising after the first
sleep and refraining from nap in the
day. When the bed hour arrives the
chances are that the victim Of insom-
MIA will be so sleep hungry that he
will not wake until the proper hour for
rising. *
In any case it is great mistake to
turn over on the other side and remain
in half conscious state. Indeed, it is
more serious mistake than many
would believe, says Home Notes. The
brain is now in a peculiar state, more
closely resembling the hypnotic than
would be possible under any other nor
NAL conditions. Quite lot might be
written about the peculiar dangers and
powers Of this half waking state.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
POETRY IN MACHINERY.
Glorious Work of the Modern Reaper
Fit Subject For Art.

Glorious Work of the Modern Reaper
Fit Subject For Art.
Poetry and art have these many
years pictured the labOrs of men and
wnmen in the harvest field From
Ruth, the cleaner. to Millet's 'eReaper''
we have read the long, melancholy sto-
ry Of the toilers gathering with crude,
wasteful, inhuman hand tools the crops
of the world that the nations might
have bread. Rightly understood, these
two women, living so far apart, are pa
thetic monuments to the astounding
stupidity that could permit such things
when, as we now see, by taking thought
machine can release humanity from
such senseless labor. With a singular
perversity artists have delighted to
paint pictures of foolish toll Even now
the critics tell us that neither the now
er, the reaper, the thrashing machine
nor the sulky pillow is a fit subject for a
picture.
Never was there a greater blunder.
The glory and majesty Of our mighty
harvests, won for the feeding Of the
world with so little labor that the vast
wheatfields seem lonely, the smoking
clouds of chaff and straw blown high
in the air from whirring thrashers, the
great companies of men and horses
marching to the horizon as the ploWs
turn side sweeps of sod to the sun, the
gang drills sowing mile long lacelike
threads over the brown earth where
springs the growing crop-these and a
hundred other scenes are fit themes for
any poet. In our fields are no sad null
titudes of i'll paid, short lived peasants,
crushed and bent by the iniquity of the
sickle. why sing the sad song Of the
the harvesting machine awaits the poet
and painter who can see and under
tand?-Charles Barnard in Reader.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

Why do we grieve at separations7
Why do everlasting farewells chill our
hearts, and the fading away of lost
Joys fill us with bitterness?
"Be not the slave Of Words" says
Carlyle els not the distant, the dead,
while I love it and long for 1t and
mourn for it, here in the genuine sense,
as truly as the floor stand onT'
And are not all good experiences thus
forever a part of our lives? Can we
therefore regret or mourn any past JOY,
any lost friend? Nothing is lost or gone
from us that we have the spirit and
capacity to appropriate and make our
own forever. 1t Is not the touch Of
body that makes presence. Have we
not all known times when presence in
the flesh brought no nearness, and
again when the absent one seemed un-
speakably near in spirit? So not to be
within the actual physical sense, but
to be able to appreciate and love the
spirit Of another, Is the true association
and communion. Hence our friends
need never die, nor need we ever be
parted from them.
Further, In order to realize them
truly we need to be separated from
them IL the flesh ut times. Mise we
shall grow to think them all body and
forget that dlviner, intangible. un-
namable essence-the living spirit, tie
real sel4.-Exchange.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
GOldsmith,s Obituary Notice

1t would be difficult to finG a more
quaint announcement Of death than
that published in an old newspaper in
1774, at the time Of Oliver Goldsmith's
demise.
"1774, April 4. Died, DR.. Oliver Gold
smith. Deserted is the Village; the
Traveller hath laid him down to rest:
the Good-natured Man is no more; he
Stoopse but to Conquer; the Vicar hath
performed his sad office; it is q mourn
full task from which the Hermit may
essay to meet the dread tyrant with
more than Grecian or Roman forti-
krAd0"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

B. Spiegel, 1904 N. Virginia st Evans.
vile, Ind writes For over five years |
was troubled with kidney and bladder affec.
tons which caused me much pain and wor.
ry | lost flesh and was all run down, and
a year ago had to abandon work entirely,
| had three of the best physicians who
did me no good and was practically given
up to die. Foley's Kidney Cure was rec.
omended and the first bottle gave me great
relief and after taking the second bottle
| was entirely cured
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

WHY kAD ADUAAF5A WA Ao~@ ~
There are two stories regarding the
rarity OF the silver dollar Of 1904, the
most generally accepted one being the
one which accounts for the scarcity by
saying that they were sent to Africa to
pay the soldiers engaged In war be
tween this country and Trlpoli. There
were only 1850 OF them coined. An
other version OF the story which &C
counts for their rarity is that vessel
bound to China with almost the entire
mintage of that year was lost. The
former story appears to be the most
likely EXPLANATION.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

Why does the sun burn? Why does a
mosquito sting? Why do we feel unhap-
py in the Good Old Summer Time? An
swer: we don't. We use DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, and these little ills don't
bother us. Little ills don't bother u.s.
Learn to look for the name on the box to
get the genuine. Sold by Anders Jacob
SEN
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

In the center Of Sulphur island, Oh
New Zealand, is a lake Of sulphuriC
acid fifty acres In extent. The water
contains vast quantities of hydrochloric
acid and sulphuric acids, kissing and
bubbling at a temperature Of no de-
grees F., and great care has to be
taken in approaching 1t to avoid suf-
location.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
Artful.

Young Mr.. Fitts-What are you smil-
Ing at, dear2 Mrs. Fitts-I was just
thinking how you used to sit and hold
my hand for an hour at time before
we were married. How silly you
were! Mr.. Fitts-I wasn't silly at ALL
I held your hand to keep you away
from the piano.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
Vim6icf1VN.

Naggus-What are you going to do
with the hero and heroine Of that mag
aGine story you're running now? Marry
then7 Borus- Certainly. They viii be
married in the last chapter. Naggus-
I'm glad Of 1t. It will serve them
FiRht,-Tit-Bits.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

my dear sir" protested the eminent
senator, 'I try to take broad view Of
every public question"
Il notice you always stand both
sides Of it." said the dlssatis con-
stituent. &C Chicago Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

The heart Of a man who has lived
to be seventy has beaten 100000, 900
times-not counting the times when he
got scared and 1t worked overtime
Somerville Journal.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

Many persons are debarred from din
ing out owing to their liability to con-
tract hiccough during a meal. AS a
rule when caused by food it comes on
at once, and equally as rule the food
causing it is hot Soups are more like
~ to provoke hiccough than solids are.
1t is a good plan to forego soup, which
can be done without causing remark,
says Home Notes. Or one may eat q
little bread before taking it. A third
plan is to drink a little cold water and
to take the soup in very small sips.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

There is nothing so pleasant as that
bright, cheerful, at-peace with the-world
feeling when you sit down to your break
fast. There is nothing so conducive to
good work and good results. The healthy
man with healthy mind and body is q
better fellow, better workman, better
citizen than the man or woman who is
handicapped by some disability, however
slight. A slight disorder of the stomach
will derange your body, your thoughts
and your disposition. Get away from the
morbidness and the blues. Keep your
stomach in tune and both your brain and
body will respond. Little indiscretions
of overeating can be easily corrected, and
you will be surprised to see how much
better man you are. Try little Kodol
for Dyspepsia after your meals. Sold by
Anders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

A person may not merit favor, as
that Is only the claim Of man, but he
can never demerlt charity, for that ia
the command Of God.-Sterne.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
Another Good Man Go,e Wrong

He neglected to take Foley's Kidney
Cure at the first signs of kidne trouble,
hoping it would wear away, and he was soon
a victim of Bright's disease. There is
danger in delay, but if Foley's Kidney
cure is taken at once the SYMPTOMS will
disappear, the kidneIs, are strengthened
and you are soon sound and we'll, A. r.
Bass of Mo1gantown, Ind had to get up
ten or twelve times in the night, and had
a severe backache and pains in the kid
neys, and was cured by Foley's Kidney
Cure.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
The SardinfRns.

Sardinia was wild place in the mid
die of the last century. A traveller
says: 1.-THE men are clothed in goat
skins, one before and another behind,
without breeches, shoes or stockings,
and a wooden or skin cap ON the head.
The women have no other habillments
than a long wooden gown and wooden
cap. The peasants always go armed
to defend themselves from one another,
SO that travelling In the interior is ex-
tremely unsafe without an escort, and
it is even dangerous for ships to send
their people on shore for water unless
they are well armed. In short, the
Sardes are the Malays Of the Mediter
ranean."
Sick " ives and Daughters.
You have often seem them with pale
faces, poor appetite, head and back ache,
symptoms common to the sex. Fathers
and mothers lose no time In securing DR..
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of
Rondout, N. Y. 1t will cost only one
dollar and is much cheaper than sickness.
Write to Dl. David Kennedy's Sons,
Rondout, N. Y, for a free sample bot
tie. 2
AoRToN win break up a Cold in one
night.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

Perfumes have been used from the
earliest times. The burning of per.
fumed incense was one of the rites of
the Hebrew and pagan religions, and
perfumes of various sorts were used
by nearly all the nations of antiquity
Both the Romans and the Greeks were
skilled in making perfumery. 1t was
from the Arabs, who possessed the art
of preparing perfumed waters, that the
use of perfumes was introduced into
medieval Europe.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

Prof. Tyler of Amherst college said re-
Gently: ga man can live comfortably
without brains: no man exer existed
without digestive system. The dyspep
tic has neither faith, hope or charity. y
Day by day people realize the Importance
of caring for their digestion realize the
need of the use of a little corrective aftel
overeating, A corrective like Kodol foi
Dyspepsia. 1t digests what you eat
Sold by Anders Jacobsen,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
You say you had to give the patient
chloroform twiceY'
YES" replied the dentist. II had to
give it to him the second time to ex-
tract the money."-Detroit Free Press.
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cod

Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cod.
A. j. Nnsbaum, BatesvilIe. Indiana,
writes ''Last year l suffered for three
months with a summer cold SO distress
ing that it interfered with my business.
had many of the symptoms of hay fever,
and a. doctors prescription did not reach
my case, and l took several medicines
which seemed to only aggravate my case.
Fortunately insisted upon having Foley g
Honey and Tar and it quickly cured me
My wife has since used Foley's Honey and
Tar with the same SUCCESS
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

ENGRAVED Cards furnished at The
- Press of1ice-50 cards and script plate 90
cents; 50 cards and Old English plate from $3.50
to sa.5A
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

Benham-I don't like your actions;
you should remember that you are my
wife. Mrs. Benham-I am not likely to
forget it when everybody tells me how
they pity me.-New York Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
Trains leave Palmer, EaStbOund.

For WORCESTER and BOSTON, '4.O4, 6.10
'6-39, 7.3O, E.S3 $50. 1929 a. m. and I.O7
2.12, s2.5s, 3.4s, AS, '6.42, s7.5s 927 p. m.
For ALBANY and the WEST, 7.42, '1O.47
an. and l222, 1.5S, 5.4s, 500, 1910, p. m.
For SPRINGFIELD, 7.42, 954, '1O.47 a. m.
and 1872, 1.5s, s.s1, 5.1s, SAB, 7.s4,
sos, 1910, p. m.
For WARE RIVER BRANCH, T.45 a. M, S.55
C'7.0s p. m. to Barre Plains only.
Runs daily. Sundays only. fstops on signal
Through Pullman sleepers to Albany, Buffalo
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
North and West. Buy one: it will save you
time and money.
For mileage and through tickets, etc.. call on
or address G. A. Rice, ticket agent, Palmer,
Mass.
A. s. HANSON, g. P. A, Boston, Mass.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

A world of truth in a few words
NEARLY all other cough cures are consti.
pating, especially those containing OPT
ates. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar moves the bowels. Contains no OPT.
ates You can get it at Jacobsen's.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

AoEToN win break up Cold in one
night.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22
Arabian SnuR,

Snuff in Arabia is not used as 1t is
with us, although one occasionally sees
snuffer, but the snuff is ordinarily
made into a pill Of about the size of a
robins egg and is placed between the
lower front lip and the teeth. This
manner Of using snuff Is common
among the laboring class, and almost
every cody that is met in the street
has his lower lip pulled out by ball
of snuff behind It, Arabian snuff Is
prepared out of the ordinary powdered
tobacco, unrefned sugar and potash.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-04
NAVAL ACADEMY MEETS
DEFEAT ON HOME GROUNDS

ANNAPOLIS. MD. November 3.-The
Naval Academy football team met de-
feat at the hands Of the strong Penn
sylvauia State eleven this afternoon.
when che visitors scored one touchdown.
but failed 20 Kick goal. and the midShip-
men We're unable to cross the opposing
line The score was made in the first
half. during which Pennsylvania State
outDlaycd her opponents at every point
OF the game and gained ground practi-
cally at Will. time and asain making
ten yards on straight line plunginE.
The midshipmcu braccd up in the Sec
ond half but were forced to work hard
to prevent a second score. the ball being
in Naval Academy territory practically
al the time. Score. TO o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-04
Coach After Them.

During the intcrmission king Cole
gave the Virginia team good. stiT talk
ing 10. and when they went back to tl,
neld it was with "a do or die expression
on their faces
Lenhart kicked OF and Randolph GOT
the ball. Again the short gains began nm
I'll the ball was lost on downs Each time
the bail was lost Buckneu kicked after
enc down and the line plunging was re-
stunned
In the line and end work Johnson
showed supreme. Each time gain was
needed DC was called on 20 carry the
oali and the exception was when he failed
to make tho gain. From the time he got
the bali until the whistle was blown he
fought like heud To- carry the pigskin
over the line. and generally made good
During the second half the Virginians
worked the forward pass To perfection.
johnson would get the ball 10 Maddox for
good gains each time. and i'm the early
part OF the half Maddox got the ban
ON this play a went thirty yards for
the only touchdown made by the Viz
snian~. Randolph tried for goal but
missed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-04
JiGK MUHR0E To
MEET MARVIN HART
Heavyweights Now in Training
and Bout Has Been Planned
for Early Date.

NEW YORK. November a.-Jack Mun-
roe. Who whipped ZAP Limerick ~ tie
old Criterion Club. anG Tom SAarkey. at
Philadelphia. and Marvin Hart. Will meet
in "a heavyweight boat. probably the laSt
parJ o. this month or carly next month.
Tho miner has been getting in cOud.t. IA
for several weeks at tie Thousand Islands
Hotel, while Hart has been training for
some weeks. getting ready Tor the bout
with Mike ScLrecK.
Harris two contests here. one with
George Gardner and the other with kld
Carter the Kentucky Colonel We're a
tremendous drawing card. Hart made
good i'm those two bouts.
Tile Lincoln Club matchmaker has been
anxious Tor some time TO set a bout for
hCavyWc !ghts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-04
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SORF ok. VA. November o-Tle
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'' -'t~"" a-@" made Fewer tlnoles
N-'4 o--''' ---'f-@- IMAM d-d t"eir olil-
j.. nus ana We're quicker o. take advantage
'- errors. but on straight football tie
'-I'.i.iAns proved 70 DC the superior
s' -il gamers
r''''0 -. '''ie row n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-04
YALE DEFEATS
WEST POINTLADS
Showing Made by Sons of Eli
Was Disappointing-Grave's
Fine Work.

WEST POINT y. =. November 3-Yate
defeated West Point by a score OF 10 20 8.
The game was lively enough, but the
showing made by The Ellis was disap-
pointment TO their partisans Their line
work was poor. They We're weak IN AT
tack and defense. particularly in the first
half. In the second they braced and made
a better front. but the fumbling OF hunts
spoiled their open play. Coach Graves had
the soldiers in fine trim. and there were
mighty cheers Tor him when his men
scored after twenty minutes OF play in
the first half.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-04

We're called on. and from the kickoff
they went down the field Tor five and
ten-yard gains. until the courtyard line
was reached.
Johnson. who had been clipping the
Yards Off five and ten at time was
called on to take the bail over tine line.
but he was thrown just one foot from the
goal Bucknell got che ball at that point
and kicked TO safety. Virginia again
took the ball down the field in short
gains, but before they got to the goal.
time was called. The first half ended
with the score OF g 10 in Buckrclr s
l..-n-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-04
OF FOOTBALL GAMES IN EVERY SECTION
OF AMERICA YESTERDAY IS RECORDED HERE

Buc<neu. 2; Virginia. O.
Georgetown. :; North Carolina, Q.
" p. T.. 10; Roanoke College, 0.
Carlisle. g; Syracuse. :.
Yale. 10; West Point, 6.
Princeton. ?; Dartmouth, Q.
Cornell p; Western University Of
PennsyiVania. @.
Michigan, 10; Vanderbilt. z.
Iowa. = Wisconsin. IS.
Washington anc jefferson. G: La
fayette, 3.
Harvard g; Brown. 5.
s. Louis University g.; Kansas
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-04

UnIVersIty. ?.
Minnesota. Is; Nebraska. @.
Y. N. o., 80; University OF MARYLAND.
e.
Holy Cross. g; Fordhan7. s.
Trinity, c; Hamilton. 2.
Williams. %; Colgate, 9.
Tufts. p; Bowdoin. g.
Wesleyan, 5; Springfield Training
School. 0.
Amherst. -; Massachusetts Agri-
cultural. 8.
George Washington. p; Randolph
Macon, o.
Georgia Tech. n; Auburn, o.
Lehigh. 0; Dickinson. 0.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-04
Clark's Great Run.

Ou the Kickoff clark. OF Ruckncu. got
the bail and spruted FOR eighty yards
only To Doc dowued hv Randolph ou the
hfteon-yard line. The Virginia line held tho
heavy team for downs there. and they
lost the ball Virginia kicked 90 safety.
and the game began i'm real earnest. All
tho tricks under the new rules were
tried. but Buckneu could do nothing
against the Virginia ends and line. and
We're forced to kick.
I'm the latter part OF tho first half on
punt Clark got tho ball and ran seventy
Yards for a touchdown. on his way he
was tackled and thrown 10 the ground
three times but each time he managed
10 get 90 his feet in time TO eiude the
men follow.u
Randolph tackled Linn just after le
started. bat only bore him to tuc ground.
whom his hold slipped and ClarN got
away Cook then trird tile runner. bgt
he also failed 20 make good. Randolph.
after his failure. sprinted after tle pune
ner. and caught him on the thirty-nve-
yard limo only To let him Slip away again.
The graudstaud and hleaclcrs were
brought e. tloir feet by The sensational
run by clark and the d.u was dcafcuing
FOR q few minutes. The ran was clean.
and both sides Joined iu cheering the
man who made the frst touchdown.
After this run Virginia seemed I'D tako
now interest in the game. All the backs